Taylor Swift revealed Ice Spice as a shock visitor on the Eras tour — however followers are questioning her motives for the collaboration

• Taylor Swift introduced out Ice Spice at her Eras Tour live performance in New Jersey as a shock. 
• The pair just lately joined forces on a brand new model of Swift’s music “Karma,” launched on Friday.
• Followers have questioned Swift’s motives on the again of Matty Healy’s feedback about Ice Spice.

Taylor Swift stunned followers at her Eras tour live performance Friday by bringing out Ice Spice after the pair launched a monitor collectively earlier the identical day.

Swift, 33, and Ice Spice, 23, joined forces to carry out a brand new model of “Karma,” that includes the rapper. The music was launched on Friday as a part of the “Fearless” singer’s Midnights (The Til Daybreak Version) album. Different newly launched tracks on the album embrace a model of “Snow On The Seashore” with extra Lana Del Rey vocals. 

Images from the live performance present Swift and Ice Spice singing with one another and embracing as rainbow-color confetti fell.

Nonetheless, the motivation behind the pair’s united entrance has been referred to as into query, after a collection of destructive feedback made by Matty Healy, whom Swift is rumored to be relationship, in regards to the rapper resurfaced.

Neither Swift nor Healy, who fronts man The 1975, have publicly confirmed experiences they’re relationship. The pair have been noticed a number of occasions collectively over the previous month, together with holding palms at a members-only venue in New York Metropolis earlier in Might, in keeping with Folks Journal.

Their rumored romance kicked off shortly earlier than feedback Healy made throughout an look on “The Adam Friedland Present” in February started recirculating on social media in early Might.

As Insider beforehand reported, Healy and the hosts of the podcast made enjoyable of Ice Spice and tried to guess her ethnicity.

Some followers are questioning if Swift’s Ice Spice collab is a PR transfer

In April, Healy supplied an apology to Ice Spice whereas seemingly on stage, according to a fan video posted to Twitter. 

After Swift tweeted about her new collaboration with Ice Spice on Wednesday, some followers have been left questioning the timing of the announcement — and whether or not it got here right down to a PR transfer by Swift.

“I really like taylor swift as a lot as the following swiftie however that is such an attention-grabbing PR transfer,” one fan tweeted after the announcement. “Firstly, having ice spice on Karma is loopy when matty healy has actually made derogatory feedback about her physique and mocked chinese language & hawaiian accents whereas discussing her ethnicity.”

—Shawn Ellwood (@shawnathon54) May 24, 2023

Another tweeted, accompanied by a light-hearted video: “Taylor Swift attempting to distract from the Matty Healy rumors by collabing with Ice Spice.”

Nonetheless, others did share their pleasure about Ice Spice and Swift’s collaboration. “Nah that is wild as a result of after I first heard ice spice I mentioned she had famous person high quality however we might need to see how’d she develop as an artist. She’s plain rn. Killing the sport,” TikToker and influencer Bobby Foster tweeted. 

Fan account Viviana added: “TAYSPICE COMING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD.”

Representatives for Ice Spice, Swift, and Healy didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark from Insider, made outdoors regular working hours.