Cyndi Lauper names her favorite Taylor Swift album: “It was wonderful”

Cyndi Lauper sings the praises of Taylor Swift.

“Look, I like her,” the “True Colors” singer told the BBC. The One Show this month. “I think she’s great and I think she writes some wonderful songs as an artist.”

But there was one album – with eleven original songs by Swift – that really convinced her.

“I started listening to her during the pandemic, when she was writing the record, when she went into hibernation and made this record, this wonderful, almost folky record,” Lauper said of the 2020 album. folklore.

“It was wonderful,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer raved about the woman she was photographed with at music events over the years. “I’m proud of her. I think she’s great.”

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Swifts folklore won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and spawned singles such as “Cardigan” and “Exile,” a collaboration with Bon Iver. It was a commercial success, becoming the best-selling album of the year and breaking records.

During her interview, Lauper also made a joke about Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce: “Don’t mess with her because…” and pretended to punch her.

In a new interview with The guard This week, Lauper revealed that she was recording her debut album, The 1983 She is so unusualwhich included hits such as “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “She Bop,” and “Time After Time,” her record label tried to pit her against another female music star, Madonna.

“As if there could only be one woman who is successful. What the hell is that?” Lauper said. “This woman has entertained us for years. She’s made great pop songs. I want to be competitive, but I don’t want to compete against another woman. I’m not into that.”

Lauper is the subject of the new documentary, Let the canary singwhich is available on Paramount+.