Kevin Mazur/WireImageUPDATE: Katy Perry's managers at Direct Management Group confirmed to E! News Tuesday that this story is completely false. Katy was not involved in writing, singing, recording or registering this song.
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Taylor Swift can't pull a surprised face on this one!
Katy Perry has reportedly registered the song title "1984" with her music publisher, BMI. Many are speculating that this will be Katy's revenge track to counter "Bad Blood," Taylor's recently released single from her 1989 album.
Katy, 30, and Taylor, 25, have never explicitly confirmed the rumored rivalry between them, but it seems safe to say Kitty Purry isn't having cat playdates with Olivia Benson and Meredith Grey anytime soon =ever ever ever...
It was Taylor who pulled the first (public) punch, telling Rolling Stone's Sept. 2014 issue about a fellow female artist who "did something so horrible" that it took them from friends to "just straight-up enemies."
Whatever happened "wasn't even about a guy," Tay lamented. "It had to do with business."
Yes, according to Ms. Swift, this former gal pal turned arch-nemesis "tried to sabotage an arena tour" by at attempting "to hire a bunch of people out from under me."
Ever since then, Taylor told the mag, she's "had to avoid" this other lady. "It's awkward," she said, "and I don't like it."
Shortly after the release of this Rolling Stone interview, Katy tweeted a telling Mean Girls reference...
Watch out for the Regina George in sheep's clothing...
? KATY PERRY (@katyperry) September 9, 2014(Funnily enough, Taylor and sheep have proven they don't exactly get along...)
Fast forward to the weeks leading up to Katy's epic Super Bowl XLIX halftime show (love you, Left Shark!)—when Billboard asked the "Roar" songstress about Taylor's apparent diss. Katy's only response was to say, "If somebody is trying to defame my character, you're going to hear about it."
Louder, louder than a lion indeed!
(Originally published June 8, 2015 at 1:27 p.m. PT)