Taylor Swift Shares How Feud , With Kim and Kanye Affected Her Mentally.<br />In her cover interview for 'Time' <br />magazine's person of the year, Swift opened <br />up about the 2016 feud, 'People' reports.<br />At the time, Kanye West released the song "Famous," <br />which contained a vulgar lyric about Swift.<br />Swift denied approving the lyric, at which point <br />West's then-wife, Kim Kardashian, released an edited <br />phone call of their conversation that had been recorded.<br />Swift denied approving the lyric, at which point <br />West's then-wife, Kim Kardashian, released an edited <br />phone call of their conversation that had been recorded.<br />The phone call led fans to <br />believe that Swift was lying, even though <br />she's always maintained that she wasn't.<br />The public's reaction "took [her] <br />down psychologically to a place [she'd] <br />never been before," 'People' reports. .<br />It felt like "a career death," the singer said. .<br />Make no mistake — <br />my career was taken <br />away from me, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'.<br />You have a fully manufactured <br />frame job, in an illegally recorded <br />phone call, which Kim Kardashian <br />edited and then put out to say to <br />everyone that I was a liar, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'.<br />I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t <br />leave a rental house for a year. I was <br />afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed <br />away most people in my life because <br />I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went <br />down really, really hard, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'.<br />Eventually, the 33-year-old songwriter learned how <br />to "persevere as an artist," 'People' reports. .<br />I’m very careful to be grateful <br />every second that I get to be doing <br />this at this level, because I’ve had <br />it taken away from me before. , Taylor Swift, via 'Time'.<br />There is one thing I’ve learned: <br />My response to anything that <br />happens, good or bad, is to keep <br />making things. Keep making art, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'
