Pretty much every Swiftie knows the Nils Sjöberg songwriting credit on the song “This Is What You Came For” by Calvin Harris and Rihanna was Taylor Swift, even though she’s never talked about it. Instead, she’s thrown hints about her connection to…
Pretty much every Swiftie knows the Nils Sjöberg songwriting credit on the song “This Is What You Came For” by Calvin Harris and Rihanna was Taylor Swift, even though she’s never talked about it. Instead, she’s thrown hints about her connection to the name, but her fans have wanted her to spill the tea for a long time. In a Nov.13 interview with Rolling Stone, Taylor Swift’s explanation of her Nils Sjöberg pseudonym was finally revealed, and it proved her fans were right all along. Swift’s Rolling Stone interview was for its “Musicians on Musicians” series, and she joined music legend Paul McCartney for a chat. The two songwriters touched on the topic of pseudonyms because McCartney revealed he’d made music under “the Fireman.” Swift replied, “Love a pseudonym,” and then revealed her thoughts on why people use them. “I think when a pseudonym comes in is when you still have a love for making the work and you don’t want the work to become overshadowed by this thing that’s been built around you, based on what people know about you,” she said.
