Taylor Swift Says She’s ‘Never Not Inspired’ by Paul McCartney, In High Praise of His New Album

Taylor Swift might have her own new music arriving this week, but she took to her Instagram Story on Tuesday night (June 2) to hype up someone else’s brand-new project.

Late Tuesday, Swift shared an Instagram post from Paul McCartney promoting his just-released album The Boys of Dungeon Lane, which arrived on Friday. Swift added her own message too (along with a bicep emoji): “Never not inspired by this eternally exceptional artist.”

This is hardly the first time the pop superstars have crossed paths. In addition to sharing the stage to perform “Shake It Off” at a legendary Saturday Night Live 40th-anniversary afterparty in 2015, they also interviewed each other about songwriting for Rolling Stone magazine back in 2020, in which McCartney revealed he had planned to ask Swift to join him onstage for his COVID-canceled Glastonbury set. “Were you going to invite me?” Swift asks. “I was hoping that you would,” he said. “I was going to ask you.” Not only was the Beatles legend going to extend his hand, he was planning to play “Shake It Off” with her again. “I know it, it’s in C!” McCartney quipped.

After that interview, Swift released her second 2020 album, the Folklore follow-up Evermore, on Dec. 11, 2020, and the Wings frontman dropped McCartney III the following week. Dungeon Lane is McCartney’s first solo album since then, while Swift has released four re-recorded albums and three originals in the years after.

McCartney also showed up as a VIP guest at one of Swift’s Eras Tour dates at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2024 and was captured in fan video dancing along to The Tortured Poets Department standout “But Daddy I Love Him.”

This week, on Friday, Swift is set to release the song “I Knew It, I Knew You” from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack.