--- title: Katy Perry Addresses Taylor Swift Feud on Carpool Karaoke description: Katy Perry finally opened up about her feud with Taylor Swift on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. canonical: https://time.com/4790154/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-carpool-karaoke/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-23T13:19:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:52.465Z og:title: Katy Perry Reveals the Reason Behind Feud With Taylor Swift og:description: "She started it and it's time for her to finish it" og:url: https://time.com/4790154/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-carpool-karaoke/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca24c8b24a0db722/6988cc68a988ca6e0c6bc1fd/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: 2011 American Music Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry Reveals the Reason Behind Feud With Taylor Swift twitter:description: "She started it and it's time for her to finish it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca24c8b24a0db722/6988cc68a988ca6e0c6bc1fd/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Katy Perry Reveals the Reason Behind Her Feud With Taylor Swift > Sponsored content. 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LIVE on November 20, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Taylor Swift and Katy Perry arrive at the 2011 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on November 20, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Jeff Kravitz/AMA2011/FilmMagic by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 23, 2017 1:19 PM UTC After years of avoiding directly commenting on the matter, Katy Perry has finally confirmed her [rumored feud with Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4771017/katy-perry-bad-blood-response-new-album/). On Monday night’s extended _Carpool Karaoke_ special, host James Corden asked the singer if there was truth to [speculation](http://time.com/4785868/ruby-rose-on-katy-perry-swish-swish/) that she and Swift were at odds. For the first time, Perry discussed [the clash](http://time.com/3728338/taylor-swift-katy-perry-bad-blood/) in detail, telling the _Late Late Show_ host, “There’s a situation…she started it, and it’s time for her to finish it.” Perry then told Corden that she attempted to reach out to Swift to clear the air. “I tried to talk to her about it and she wouldn’t speak to me,” she said. Both pop stars have strongly hinted at a feud, without naming each other, since a [disagreement](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/taylor-swift-1989-cover-story-20140908?page=4) about background dancers, which Perry confirmed to Corden. It all came to a head with the release of Swift’s 2015 song “Bad Blood,” which some fans — including Perry — read as a jab at the “Firework” singer. “I do the right thing any time that it feels like a fumble,” Perry told Corden. “It was a full shutdown and then she writes a song about me, and I’m like, OK, cool, cool, cool, that’s how you want to deal with it? Karma!” When the host asked if Perry, who was on the show to promote her forthcoming album _Witness_, would bury the hatchet once and for all, she said yes, but she doubled down on her thoughts about karma. “But, what I want to say is that I’m ready for that B.S. to be done. Now, there is the law of cause and effect. You do something, and there’s gonna be a reaction, and trust me daddy, there’s gonna be a reaction. It’s all about karma, right?” As for the “reaction,” she may have been referencing her latest track “Swish Swish,” featuring Nicki Minaj, which Swift’s friend Ruby Rose perceived the song as dissing Swift. After Corden asked if Perry would “take the beef off the grill,” she argued for solidarity among women, saying, “I think personally that women together, not divided, and none of this petty bulls–t, women together will heal the world.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4790154/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-carpool-karaoke/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4790154/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-carpool-karaoke/"},"headline":"Katy Perry Reveals the Reason Behind Her Feud With Taylor Swift","datePublished":"2017-05-23T13:19:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:52.465Z","description":"\"She started it and it's time for her to finish it\"","url":"https://time.com/4790154/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-carpool-karaoke/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Katy Perry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca24c8b24a0db722/6988cc68a988ca6e0c6bc1fd/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca24c8b24a0db722/6988cc68a988ca6e0c6bc1fd/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2011 American Music Awards - Red Carpet","caption":"Taylor Swift and Katy Perry arrive at the 2011 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. 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