TORONTO — Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson said Friday he learned a valuable lesson last year about the power of Taylor Swift fans.
The 40-year-old musician went on Twitter to call Swift “a thief” after lyrics from his 2003 single “I Saw” showed up on her song “All Too Well.” — sparking a barrage of angry and defensive tweets.
“They swarmed,” Nathanson said of Swift’s fans, “I got 11-year-olds beating me down. They were vicious.”
He deleted the tweet but followed up with one that read: “So far, my favorite thing about today is the wave of @taylorswift13 fans calling me a p**** on twitter for writing ‘i saw’ in 2003.”
Appearing on Global’s The Morning Show, Nathanson said he was taken aback by the reaction.
“I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.”
The “Come On Get Higher” singer insisted he wasn’t even completely angry at Swift.
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“I was 90 per cent flattered and 10 per cent ‘I worked hard on that line,'” he explained. “It’s all good.”
Nathanson, who is on the road promoting his new album Last of the Great Pretenders, said he doesn’t live like a rock star.
“The days of Motley Crue hedonism, unfortunately, are long gone,” he said. “I tried to bring them back but with the folk acoustic thing, it doesn’t work.”
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