Taylor Swift responds to detractors who want her to “go away” with a four-word statement.

When detractors tell Taylor Swift it’s time to move away from the spotlight, she responds with a straightforward statement.

One of the things the 35-year-old singer “look[s] up to the most in people is career longevity,” she said while discussing the people she can turn to for industry advice during her appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Wednesday.

“Career longevity, friendship longevity, longevity in their relationships,” she stated. “How can you maintain something positive? I believe that some segments of our society truly value longevity and adore it.”

“There are also corners that are like, ‘Give someone else a turn,'” she went on.. Can’t you just go away so that we can talk about how good you were?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t want to.'”

Swift went on to say that there are three people she can turn to for advice, naming singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks, record producer and songwriter Max Martin and her fiancé, professional football player, Travis Kelce, noting, “I can talk to him about any of this.”

The “Anti-Hero” singer also spoke about how 2025 was “a good year” for her, saying she feels “so grateful” after getting engaged to Kelce and getting her masters back in the same year.

Those two things that you just mentioned, getting engaged to the love of my life, getting my music back, those are two things that just never could have happened,” she told Colbert. “They could have just never happened. It wasn’t like it was a ‘Oh, it’s just a matter of time.’ Both of those things could have just never arrived in my life. I’m so grateful for both of those things happening.”

She then credited her fans as the reason she was able to get her masters back.

Kelce and Swift announced their engagement on Instagram in August, sharing a joint post that featured Kelce on one knee as the two of them were surrounded by flowers, with the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨.”

The two began dating after he attended one of her stops during the Eras Tour and later went on his podcast, “New Heights,” to share how disappointed he was not to have met her following the concert.

The Eras Tour was a massive undertaking for Swift. It spanned nearly two years, beginning in March 2023 and concluding in December 2024, during which she traveled to five continents and performed 149 shows, each of which was three hours long.