There Is Precedent for Taylor Swift’s ‘Cleveland!’ Making the World Go Crazy: Paul McCartney’s ‘Silly Love Songs’ Era

It is a controversy actually worthy of an exclamation point. When was the last time the internet lost its collective stuff over a single song the way it did this past week with Taylor Swift’s “Cleveland! ”?

Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/music/columns/taylor-swift-cleveland-controversy-paul-mccartney-1236894962/)