The recent Saturday Night Live (SNL) episode, which took place on October 11, 2025, had an exciting surprise for the fans. Charli XCX made a surprise appearance as the musical guest during Role Model’s performance. The pop singer emerged on stage to play ‘Sally’ during the song Sally, When the Wine Runs Out, a role that Role Model fills with a different celebrity guest at many of his live shows. The highlight of Charlie XCX’s cameo was, however, not her performance, but her outfit, which fuelled speculations of her taking a jibe at Taylor Swift.
Charlie XCX fuelled rumours of a feud with Taylor Swift with a Kansas City t-shirt
Pop star, Charli XCX’s latest Saturday Night Live appearance thrilled her fans. During the chorus of Role Model’s song Sally, When the Wine Runs Out, he called out, “Where’s my Sally tonight?”, prompting Charli XCX to appear. Her SNL cameo fueled an alleged feud with Taylor Swift, as Charlie took the stage in a t-shirt that read ‘Max’s Kansas City’. The outfit immediately caused a stir on social media, as some fans connected the shirt to Swift’s fiancé, Kansas City Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelce. Fans speculated that Charli’s T-shirt choice was a subtle response to lyrics on Taylor’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl.
Did Charlie XCX actually take a dig at Taylor Swift through Max’s Kansas City t-shirt?
The speculation of Charlie XCX taking a jibe at Taylor Swift was met with conflicting views from fans. Charli’s cameo was during Role Model’s performance, and he wore the same Max’s Kansas City t-shirt in the SNL episode’s promotional images. Role Model also released an album called Kansas Anymore in 2024. Moreover, Max’s Kansas City is also the name of a legendary New York City nightclub that Charli has cited as an inspiration. Given these points, the t-shirt theory seems like a stretch.
What is the Taylor Swift vs Charlie XCX feud about?
The internet-fueled drama between the two artists, Taylor Swift and Charli XCX, has grown in recent weeks, following the release of new music from both singers. Charli XCX’s 2024 album, Brat, includes a track titled Sympathy Is a Knife, which some fans interpreted as referencing Taylor Swift. The lyrics mentioned seeing a girl backstage at her boyfriend’s show and hoping they break up quickly. Charli’s now-husband, George Daniel, is the drummer of the pop band, The 1975, whose frontman, Matty Healy briefly dated Taylor Swift.
As rumours spread that she took a jibe at Taylor through the song, Charli stated that it was about her own insecurities, not about The Fate of Ophelia singer. Even after her clarification, the buzz around Charlie and Taylor’s alleged rift continued. Recently, the rumours heightened after Taylor Swift released her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, in October 2025. A track of the album, Actually Romantic, is believed to be Taylor’s response to Charlie’s alleged ‘boring Barbie’ dig at her through Sympathy Is a Knife.
Taylor’s Actually Romantic lyrics, which include the line “I heard you call me Boring Barbie”, were widely speculated to be her response to Charli. Taylor Swift described the song as being about an artist who became obsessed with her, but she did not name Charli. And now, with Charlie’s SNL cameo in a Max’s Kansas City t-shirt, the alleged feud between the two artists has gained renewed interest. Notably, neither Charli XCX nor Taylor Swift has publicly commented on the rumoured feud.
What are your thoughts on Charlie XCX and Taylor Swift’s speculated feud and alleged jibes at each other through music and other ways? Let us know.
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