Emo Rock Star Responds to Taylor Swift Name-Dropping Him in New Interview

Carly SilvaSun, May 3, 2026 at 3:33 AM UTC

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Taylor Swift recently named some of her biggest influences when it comes to songwriting, giving a special shoutout to Dashboard Confessional.

While sitting down with the New York Times for a new interview about songwriting, Swift explained that she was heavily impacted by the lyricism in emomusic. She specifically mentioned Chris Carrabba, the lead singer and primary songwriter for Dashboard Confessional, who has now responded to Swift's comments.

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Carrabba reposted a clip from Swift's interview on X (formerly Twitter) to say, "Swift has been "so kind to me over the years."

"To hear her express how my songs affected her was a lovely surprise," he continued, while adding, "Everything is connected. I feel fortunate to be a link in the chain."

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During the interview, Swift stated, "I was the most intensely impacted by emo music," before name-dropping Carrabba and other emo rock stars, like Fall Out Boy's bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz.

Swift went on to praise "how they take a common phrase and then they just twist the knife of it." She quoted some of the lyrics of Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Going Down" and Dashboard Confessional's "Hand's Down," as examples.

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"I would read the lyrics to those songs...and I'd just finish reading a line and just go, 'Oh my God!"

Throughout her career, Swift collaborated with a number of emo artists, including Wentz and Fall Out Boy, who were featured on her 2023 Speak Now(Taylor's Version) "vault" track "Electric Touch." She also has a duet with Paramore's Hayley Williams on the same album ("Castles Crumbling"), and she collaborated with Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie for the lead single "Me!" on her 2019 Lover album.

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