Romance is not one of Taylor Swift's priorities at this time.
"Dating or finding someone is the last thing on my mind," the 24-year-old singer said in a new cover story interview for British Vogue. "I can't picture how it could work with the way my life is. I don't know how a guy is supposed to walk next to his girlfriend when there are 20 men with cameras, and he can't protect his girlfriend because that's the life she chose."
The "Shake It Off" hitmaker admitted that she has been intentionally avoiding a romantic relationship, because she thinks that men who have tried to pursue her does not really want what comes with dating someone like her.
"I just don't see how it could work, so I don't think about it, and I kind of run from it when it presents itself," said the Reading, Pennsylvania-born recording artist, who previously dated John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner and Harry Styles, among others. "I don't think any guy really... They think that they would want to get to know me, and maybe date me, but I don't think they want what comes with it."
In a recent Rolling Stone cover story, the seven-time Grammy-winning singer opened up on what she feels about the public's very keen interest in her love life.
"I feel like watching my dating life has become a bit of a national pastime, and I'm just not comfortable providing that kind of entertainment anymore," she told the magazine. "I don't like giving comedians the opportunity to make jokes about me at awards shows. I don't like it when headlines read 'Careful, Bro, She'll Write a Song About You,' because it trivializes my work."
"I don't like how all these factors add up to build the pressure so high in a new relationship that it gets snuffed out before it even has a chance to start," she added.
In the same interview with British Vogue, Swift also talked about her fifth studio album "1989" that will be released Oct. 27.
"This time around I've chosen the brave and bold way of going about things," she said. "Because with this album I've completely changed the sound of everything I've done until now. So it's interesting to not be afraid of that. You know, I don't want to hurt people's feelings, I don't want to betray Nashville, whatever, but essentially it comes down to challenging yourself as an artist."
Despite her jump from country to pop, the singer claimed that she is still as relatable as ever.
"The one thing I wish these girls that come to my shows knew is that they are exactly where I was when I was a teenager... I was going through all these phases... all these different personalities, trying to figure out what category I fit into," she shared. "But if you just keep doing 'you'... maybe you won't find a place where you fit in for a very long time, but you eventually will."
