--- title: Taylor Swift Opens Up About Her Worst Nightmare description: While interviewing rock 'n' roll muse Pattie Boyd for Harper's Bazaar, Taylor Swift ended up identifying her "worst nightmare." canonical: https://time.com/5334641/taylor-swift-pattie-boyd/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-10T16:22:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:33:47.648Z og:title: Taylor Swift Discusses Her 'Worst Nightmare' og:description: In an interview with Pattie Boyd, Swift ended up sharing her own fears og:url: https://time.com/5334641/taylor-swift-pattie-boyd/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt281597cbccdc691b/698935018fd2ee180135c172/taylor-swift-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5000 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: Taylor Swift reputation Stadium Tour og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift Discusses Her 'Worst Nightmare' twitter:description: In an interview with Pattie Boyd, Swift ended up sharing her own fears twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt281597cbccdc691b/698935018fd2ee180135c172/taylor-swift-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift Shares Her Worst Nightmare In an Interview with Rock Muse Pattie Boyd > Sponsored content. 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Taylor Swift's new album Reputation is now available_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 10, 2018 4:22 PM UTC Taylor Swift's new album Reputation is now available  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 10, 2018 4:22 PM UTC [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/5270926/taylor-swift-on-snake-repuation/), pop’s megastar, may seem invincible: her latest album _Reputation_ is a [knowing mediation with a wink](http://time.com/5195544/taylor-swifts-delicate-video-memes/) at her own fame, after all. But in a candid interview with rock ‘n’ roll muse Pattie Boyd, Swift discussed her “worst nightmare” — and it suggests she’s more sensitive to the tides of public opinion than we might think. Swift sat down with Boyd [for _Harper’s Bazaar_](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a22020940/taylor-swift-interviews-pattie-boyd/) to ask her questions about her memoir _Wonderful Tonight_, which recalls her relationships with music icons like George Harrison and [Eric Clapton](http://time.com/5101654/eric-clapton-going-deaf/). In the interview, Boyd described a particularly harrowing brush with Beatlemania at a show in London while she was dating Harrison. “\[These girls\] followed us out, and they were kicking me and pulling my hair and pushing us all the way down this long passageway,” Boyd remembered of the “absolutely terrifying” experience, adding that they were saying “We hate you.” “That is my worst nightmare,” Swift responded. “You probably felt like, ‘If you knew me and I knew you, you would not be pulling my hair in an alleyway and saying, ‘I hate you.’’” Swift has often made her listening sessions accessible to fans, and even responds to messages on social media platforms like Tumblr. Like any major celebrity, she has also [addressed some of her criticism](http://time.com/5270926/taylor-swift-on-snake-repuation/) over the years. Even though one of her hit songs is called “Shake It Off,” it seems clear from Swift’s response to Boyd that dealing with haters doesn’t always come easy. Swift is currently in the midst of her international _Reputation_ stadium tour, with upcoming stops across the East Coast. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:16] [ MUSIC ] [00:32] I just really like to write songs about boys, [ MUSIC ] [00:35] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5334641/taylor-swift-pattie-boyd/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5334641/taylor-swift-pattie-boyd/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift Shares Her Worst Nightmare In an Interview with Rock Muse Pattie Boyd","datePublished":"2018-07-10T16:22:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T09:33:47.648Z","description":"The 'Reputation' singer interviewed Boyd about fame, songwriting and more","url":"https://time.com/5334641/taylor-swift-pattie-boyd/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Taylor Swift"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt281597cbccdc691b/698935018fd2ee180135c172/taylor-swift-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt281597cbccdc691b/698935018fd2ee180135c172/taylor-swift-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift reputation Stadium Tour","caption":"Taylor Swift reputation Stadium Tour","creditText":"Gareth Cattermole/TAS18—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5334641/taylor-swift-pattie-boyd/","name":"Taylor Swift Shares Her Worst Nightmare In an Interview with Rock Muse Pattie Boyd"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Taylor Swift Releases New Album 'Reputation'","description":"Taylor Swift's new album Reputation is now available","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/i0jcC1oU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-11-10T05:28:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/i0jcC1oU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5334641/taylor-swift-pattie-boyd/","duration":"PT1M36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5334641/taylor-swift-pattie-boyd/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```