Taylor Swift kept the digs subtle and far between at the American Music Awards

Variety

"Has there ever been so much suspense over a televised award that didn’t even involve an 'envelope, please' moment?" write Jem Asward and Chris Willman. "Taylor Swift’s appearance at Sunday’s American Music Awards, where she was being honored as artist of the decade, was easily the most anticipated awards show appearance of the year, both for whether she’d be able to perform disputed material (resolved in advance) and whether they’d use her speech to offer her adversaries at Big Machine a sick burn (anyone’s guess, up to the last moment). As it turned out, she kept the digs subtle and far between." Swift vaguely mentioned her battle with Big Machine later in the show.  “I really don’t have anything articulate to say,” Swift said. “The past year of my life has had some of the most amazing time and also some of the hardest things I’ve gone through in my life, and a lot of them haven’t been public.”

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