PREVIEW

Patti Smith Is Honored to Have Been Name-Dropped on Taylor Swift's New Album. Taylor Swift name-dropped legendary musician Patti Smith in a song on her new album, 'The Tortured Poets Department’. "And who's gonna hold you like me? And who's gonna know you, if not me? I laughed in your face and said, 'You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we'rе modern idiots.' And who's gonna hold you like me?", Taylor Swift, via "The Tortured Poets Department”. 77-year-old Smith took to Instagram to thank Swift for the mention, 'Cosmopolitan' reports. She posted black and white pictures of herself reading 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog' by Dylan Thomas with the following caption: "This is saying I was moved to be mentioned in the company of the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Thank you Taylor. @taylorswift", Patti Smith, via Instagram. This isn't the first time Smith has spoken positively about Swift, 'Cosmopolitan' reports. In 2019, she talked about Swift's celebrity status with 'The New York Times’. "She's a pop star who's under tremendous scrutiny all the time, and one can't imagine what that's like.” "It's unbelievable to not be able to go anywhere, do anything, have messy hair." "And I'm sure that she's trying to do something good. She's not trying to do something bad.” "And if it influences some of her avid fans to open up their thoughts, what does it matter?", Patti Smith, to 'The New York Times’. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT