Taylor Swift Shares How Feud , With Kim and Kanye Affected Her Mentally.br In her cover interview for 'Time' br magazine's person of the year, Swift opened br up about the 2016 feud, 'People' reports.br At the time, Kanye West released the song "Famous," br which contained a vulgar lyric about Swift.br Swift denied approving the lyric, at which point br West's then-wife, Kim Kardashian, released an edited br phone call of their conversation that had been recorded.br Swift denied approving the lyric, at which point br West's then-wife, Kim Kardashian, released an edited br phone call of their conversation that had been recorded.br The phone call led fans to br believe that Swift was lying, even though br she's always maintained that she wasn't.br The public's reaction "took [her] br down psychologically to a place [she'd] br never been before," 'People' reports. .br It felt like "a career death," the singer said. .br Make no mistake — br my career was taken br away from me, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'.br You have a fully manufactured br frame job, in an illegally recorded br phone call, which Kim Kardashian br edited and then put out to say to br everyone that I was a liar, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'.br I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t br leave a rental house for a year. I was br afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed br away most people in my life because br I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went br down really, really hard, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'.br Eventually, the 33-year-old songwriter learned how br to "persevere as an artist," 'People' reports. .br I’m very careful to be grateful br every second that I get to be doing br this at this level, because I’ve had br it taken away from me before. , Taylor Swift, via 'Time'.br There is one thing I’ve learned: br My response to anything that br happens, good or bad, is to keep br making things.