The world’s biggest music star has been facing some fan backlash of late, from those who think she might be using her power irresponsibly. Accusations of greed, wastefulness and even anti-feminism have been lobbed at the singer/songwriter. Here’s where it stands.

How is Swift seen as wasteful?

Ever since releasing her album The Tortured Poets Department on April 19, Swift has been dropping new editions on a regular basis, a practice not uncommon in the music business, but which she has embraced enthusiastically over her career.

In an interview with Billboard magazine in March about her own efforts to promote sustainability, singer Billie Eilish talked about how her newest album was made from recycled black vinyl, with shrink-wrap sourced from sugar cane. She then condemned the multiple-release practice.

“I can’t even express to you how wasteful it is,” she said. “It is right in front of our faces and people are just getting away with it left and right, and I find it really frustrating as somebody who really goes out of my way to be sustainable and do the best that I can and try to involve everybody in my team in being sustainable — and then it’s some of the biggest artists in the world making f–king 40 different vinyl packages that have a different unique thing just to get you to keep buying more. It’s so wasteful, and it’s irritating to me that we’re still at a point where you care that much about your numbers and you care that much about making money — and it’s all your favourite artists doing that sh-t.”

Eilish didn’t mention Swift by name, but “biggest artists in the world” and “your favourite artists” were taken by many fans as a dig at Swift. This even after Eilish took to social media to say she hadn’t been singling anyone out, and pointing out that she too releases multiple versions of the same album.