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Taylor Swift ‘secretly wrote Calvin Harris’ hit song, This is What You Came For'

CALVIN Harris has ripped into ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift after the revelation that she actually wrote his hit song This is What You Came For.

Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris in happier times. Picture: Supplied
Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris in happier times. Picture: Supplied

CALVIN Harris has ripped into ex Taylor Swift after it was revealed she wrote his hit song, saying he won’t let her try to “bury” him like she did to Katy Perry.

TMZ reports that during their relationship, Swift wrote This is What You Came For, sat down at a piano and did a demo into her iPhone. She sent it to Harris, who loved it and so they went into a studio and did a full demo with Swift on vocals and Harris doing the beat.

Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris at July 4 2015.  Picture: Instagram
Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris at July 4 2015. Picture: Instagram
Rihanna performs with Calvin Harris at Coachella.  Picture:  Getty
Rihanna performs with Calvin Harris at Coachella. Picture: Getty

While TMZ says they both knew the song would be a hit, Swift agreed with Harris that releasing a song together would be a bad move and overshadow the song itself.

So Swift kept the publishing rights but used the pseudonym Nils Sjoberg on the credits.

She reportedly agreed that Rihanna would be a good stand-in to release the song with Harris. It went straight to the top of the chart.

However, Harris and Swift’s relationship became strained when he responded to a question by Ryan Seacrest about whether or not he would ever collaborate with Swift.

“You know we haven’t even spoken about it. I can’t see it happening though,” he said.

TMZ reports that Swift was hurt, with one source saying it was “the breaking point in the relationship.”

Now, Harris has hit back with a series of tweets in which he starts off admitting that she wrote the song, revealed she sings on it as well and that “she smashed it as usual.”

However he pointed the finger directly at Swift and her “team” for leaking the story to TMZ.

“Hurtful to me at this point that her and her team would go so far out of their way to try and make ME look bad at this stage though,” he wrote. “I figure if you are happy in your new relationship you should focus on that instead of trying to tear down your ex bf for something to do.”

He then references her famous feud with Katy Perry, who she reportedly wrote her hit Bad Blood about after the Teenage Dream singer reportedly stole her crew for a tour.

“I know you are off tour and you need someone new to try and bury like Katy ETC but I’m not that guy, sorry. I won’t allow it,” he wrote. “Please focus on the positive aspects of YOUR life because you’ve earned a great one.”

“God bless everyone have a beautiful day,” he finished with.

Taylor Swift and new beau Tom Hiddleston and, right, with ex boyfriend Calvin Harris.  Picture:  Splash
Taylor Swift and new beau Tom Hiddleston and, right, with ex boyfriend Calvin Harris. Picture: Splash

Perry was quick to claim victory in her war with Swift, retweeting a message from May last year and a Hillary Clinton GIF that seemed to sum up her feelings.

Perry and Swift’s feud goes back to 2014.

“For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not,” Swift told Rolling Stone magazine, without naming Perry. “She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, ‘Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?”’ Swift said.

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift used to be friendly. Picture: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift used to be friendly. Picture: Larry Busacca/Getty Images

“Then last year, the other star crossed a line. She did something so horrible, I was like, ‘Oh, we’re just straight-up enemies’,” she said. “It had to do with business. She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour.

“She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me,” she said.

Perry has never spoken about Swift except for the following tweet in which she warned that (presumably, Swift) resembled a character out of the movie Mean Girls rather than America’s Sweetheart.

Harris’ interview with Seacrest was two days before the Met Ball where Swift struck up a spark with Tom Hiddleston, who she is now dating.

Interestingly Swift could stop Harris from performing the song, just like he did to his ex Rita Ora, for whom he wrote I Will Never Let You Down.

Swift, who is in Australia, has not commented but a spokesperson confirmed that she did write the song.

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