There have been rumors circulating as of late regarding Taylor Swift's alleged new boyfriend.
There have been reports recently that the "Red" hitmaker is involved in a secret romance with clothing entrepreneur and former BMX pro Kenny Sanders since last year, according to the Daily Mail.
"They started chatting online and had their first date at The Ritz-Carlton in L.A.," a source reportedly told Grazia magazine.
The insider added, "They've been quietly dating each other since, and taking each day as it comes, but she's really smitten - and the feeling's mutual."
Despite the excitement that reports of this rumored new boyfriend has caused, a representative for Taylor Swift has denied the report, telling MailOnline that the stories are "false."
In the midst of all the new boyfriend rumors, Swift has been receiving quite a bit of backlash for the op-ed piece she wrote for the Wall Street Journal regarding the music industry.
The essay, titled "For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music is a Love Story," starts off with, "Before I tell you my thoughts on the matter, you should know that you're reading the opinion of an enthusiastic optimist: one of the few living souls in the music industry who still believes that the music industry is not dying...it's just coming alive."
This sentence alone has garnered criticism from various publications as well as the public.
"Based on this piece, there are many reasons to believe that Taylor Swift has not been paying very much attention to the music industry," wrote a writer for Vox.
Gawker criticized the Swift's writing style, stating, "At times, Taylor Swift's logic is so sound it becomes redundant, doubling back on itself to form a perfectly circular circle, as when she states that (in her opinion) the financial value of an album is based in part on its financial value."
Despite the criticism, Swift has managed to get some support for her essay as well.
Quartz wrote, "Swift's belief that people will still buy albums in full might questionable. But the idea that people will pay for music 'that hits them like an arrow through the heart' and that there 'are always going to be those artists who break through on an emotional level and end up in people's lives forever,' seems pretty sound."
Read the entire essay here.
