--- title: Katy Perry Ready to Let Taylor Swift Feud Go description: The 'Witness' singer discussed her willingness to forgive her pop rival Taylor Swift during a weekend livestream. canonical: https://time.com/4814535/katy-perry-forgives-taylor-swift/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-12T14:58:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:23.732Z og:title: Katy Perry Says She Is Ready to Let Go of Taylor Swift Feud og:description: The 'Witness' singer said she's ready to forgive her pop rival og:url: https://time.com/4814535/katy-perry-forgives-taylor-swift/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0aa62a44d2720d41/6988d139bc6cfcc3b23e1c8e/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2011 American Music Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry Says She Is Ready to Let Go of Taylor Swift Feud twitter:description: The 'Witness' singer said she's ready to forgive her pop rival twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0aa62a44d2720d41/6988d139bc6cfcc3b23e1c8e/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I Am Ready to Let It Go.' Katy Perry Discusses Why She Forgives Taylor Swift  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 12, 2017 2:58 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 20: 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. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/AMA2011/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 20: 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. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/AMA2011/FilmMagic)Jeff Kravitz—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 12, 2017 2:58 PM UTC In the hubbub around the release of her new album _Witness_, Katy Perry went on the record to extend an offer of peace to [Taylor Swift after a longstanding spat that dates back to 2014](http://time.com/4812203/taylor-swift-online-streaming/). “I am ready to let it go,” Perry said Saturday during a [podcast interview with media mogul Arianna Huffington](https://journal.thriveglobal.com/amp/p/1d07b7e81930?gi=cb4dfc4de492). “I forgive her and I’m sorry for anything I ever did, and I hope the same from her. I think it’s actually like, I think it’s time. There are bigger fish to fry, and there are real problems in the world,” she continued. “And I love her, and I want the best for her. And I think she’s a fantastic songwriter, and I think that, you know, if we, both her and I, can be representatives of strong women that come together despite their differences, I think the whole world is going to go like, ‘Yeah, well we can do this.’” The [“Swish Swish”](http://time.com/4793002/katy-perry-taylor-swift-swish-swish/) singer explained on Carpool Karaoke that she and the “Bad Blood” singer have been at odds since a disagreement over backup dancers, kicking off a professional rivalry turned personal. Perry has spent [some of her press time](http://time.com/4810732/katy-perry-on-taylor-swift-beef-interview/) before _Witness_‘s release openly [discussing her status](http://time.com/4790154/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-carpool-karaoke/) with Swift. For her part, Swift has remained publicly silent on the subject. She did, however, release her back catalog of music to streaming services [on the same day](http://time.com/4812588/taylor-swift-streaming-katy-perry-memes/) that Perry’s album dropped, inspiring a great deal of fervor as her fans [continue to wait for new music.](http://time.com/4694697/taylor-swift-new-album-2017/) Back in 2016, [Perry had said](http://time.com/4487658/katy-perry-taylor-swift-tweet/) she would be open to working with Swift if her fellow singer would say “sorry.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4814535/katy-perry-forgives-taylor-swift/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4814535/katy-perry-forgives-taylor-swift/"},"headline":"'I Am Ready to Let It Go.' 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