Taylor Swift is "stressed" out by the idea of being in a relationship.
The ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker finds it difficult to deal with the constant scrutiny she comes under when she’s dating, so is taking some time off from men to focus on herself.
She explained: "I get stressed when I think about getting into a relationship because I get beat up in the press whenever I go near a boy.
"So you can understand why I am taking a bit of a break.
"A relationship is not in my brain right now. So that’s why ‘Shake It Off’ is a cheeky play of the character of me that has been written in the press.
"It’s this complex mess of a girl who can get all of these guys but scares them because she is just very clingy and needy and mercurial and unpredictable."
However, the 24-year-old beauty – who has previously been dated One Direction hunk Harry Styles, musician John Mayer and ‘Prisoners’ actor Jake Gyllenhaal – insists that character is nothing like the real her.
She added to The Sun newspaper: "But this girl is not fictitious as that girl is not me."
Taylor went on to claim that while many of her friends begin a relationship as soon as their previous one comes to an end, she’s enjoying being on her own for the time being.
She said: "I have a lot of friends who date one person after another after another.
"But staying single has been the best thing I have done."
Taylor Swift stressed by idea of relationship
