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Odd Future' Rapper Calls Out Taylor Swift For Her New Video: 'It's Offensive And Harmful

Caroline MossAug 19, 2014, 21:13 IST

Queen of teens Taylor Swift announced a new album yesterday - "1989" - and released the video for the record's first single; a poppy tune called "Shake It Off."

The video, which shows Swift imitating various dance moves (like twerking) from an eclectic variety of musical genres (like rap), was immediately called out by Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt, saying that the video is "inherently offensive and harmful."

He continues:

He makes a valid point. Take a look at some shots from the video, like Swift crawling under a bunch of twerking women.

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Or this:

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Swift, with her gold hoops and sub-par (and likely, purposefully so) dance moves, just croons "haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate."

You can watch the full video here: