Maggie Rogers’ new single reminds fans of Taylor Swift Song

Maggie Rogers has convinced some fans that her latest single is connected to it Taylor Swift‘S Red era with one important detail.

Following the release of “So Sick of Dreaming” from her upcoming album, Do not forget about me, Rogers, 28, talked about the inspiration behind the “cheeky” vocal note on the bridge.

“I loved coming up with this sassy, ​​camp-y narrator,” she wrote in a newsletter later shared via Instagram on Wednesday, March 20. “Something like that Ignorant and Shania [Twain] about the whole thing in a way I couldn’t resist.

Rogers explained that the voicemail was “originally intended as an instrumental placeholder”, but she and her producer laughed so hard when they heard it back that they decided to leave it. “I think you can hear how much fun I had,” she added.

In the recording, Rogers calls a friend to describe a date gone wrong. “So he calls me 15 minutes before the reservation and says he has Knicks tickets,” she says. “I mean, I was at the restaurant. So I took the steaks, I had two martinis at the bar. And went to meet my friends down the street. What a loser. … And besides, the Knicks lost.”

Although Rogers referenced iconic ’90s pop culture moments in her explanation, some listeners couldn’t help but draw a line between Rogers’ latest song and Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” originally released in 2012. Swift , 34, later re-recorded the song Red (Taylor’s version), which dropped in 2021.

Swift’s break-up anthem features part of a conversation that begins in almost identical fashion to the voicemail in Rogers’ song. “So he calls me up and says, ‘I still love you,’” Swift says. “And I’m like, ‘I mean, this is exhausting, you know? We’ll never get together again like this. As ever.'”

“It gives Taylor’s voicemail, we’re never getting back together…in the BEST way. Everyone says ‘thanks Maggie!!!’” one fan wrote in the comments section of Rogers’ post.

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Her new single may not be directly inspired by Swift, but Rogers is a known fan. She covered Swift’s “Tim McGraw” in 2018 for a Spotify Singles session.

“This song is classic songwriting at its finest and has meant so much to me over the past decade. I hope you love it as much as I do,” Rogers said via Instagram at the time while promoting her cover.

Her interpretation immediately received Swift’s approval. The pop star thanked Rogers on her Instagram Story, calling the performance “heavenly.”

Both artists are preparing to release new albums this spring. Rogers’ third studio album will be released on April 12, a week before Swift releases her eleventh album, The department of tortured poets.