Cyndi Lauper names Taylor Swift album that really won her over: 'It was wonderful'

Cyndi Lauper is singing Taylor Swift's praises.

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

But there was one album — of Swift's 11 originals — that really won her over.

"I first started listening to her during the pandemic, when she wrote the record, when she went and hibernated and did that record, that wonderful, like, folk record almost," Lauper said of 2020's Folklore.

"It was wonderful," the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer raved about the woman she's been photographed with at music events over the years. "I'm proud of her. I think she's terrific."

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Swift's Folklore won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and it produced singles like "Cardigan" and "Exile," a collaboration with Bon Iver. It was a commercial smash, 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, 'cause..." and pretended to throw a punch.

In a new interview with The Guardian this week, Lauper revealed that when she was recording her debut album, 1983's She's So Unusual, which included hit songs 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 you could only have one woman who is successful. What the hell is that about?" Lauper said. "That woman's been entertaining us for years. She's made great pop songs. I want to be competitive, but not pitted against another woman. I'm not into that."

Lauper is the subject of the new documentary, Let the Canary Sing, which is available on Paramount+.