Overview
- On Dec. 3, Karoline Leavitt posted her 2025 Spotify Wrapped, listing Taylor Swift as her No. 5 artist behind Morgan Wallen, Forrest Frank, Brandon Lake and Anne Wilson.
- The inclusion contrasts with President Donald Trump’s Truth Social broadsides this year, including “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” and a May claim that she was “no longer ‘HOT?’”.
- On Nov. 2, the White House’s TikTok featured Swift’s The Fate of Ophelia over images of Washington, the president and his 2023 mug shot, captioned “OUR VIBES.”
- On Dec. 1, the White House X account used Sabrina Carpenter’s song Juno for an ICE arrests video, prompting Carpenter to denounce the clip as “evil and disgusting.”
- Spotify’s 2025 data shows Swift finished the year as the most‑streamed artist in the U.S. and No. 2 globally, undercutting claims that her popularity has faded.