Breaking News:Taylor Swift Private Jet Map Sparks Debate

An animated map depicting all of the flights Taylor Swift’s private jets took last year has become a viral talking point on social media.

With Swift’s hit “You Belong With Me” serving as the soundtrack, the illustration shows airplanes with two different tail numbers flying to various destinations around North America, across to the United Kingdom, and down to South America.

The clip—which was shared on X, formerly Twitter, after initially going viral on TikTok—showed a total of more than 175,000 miles flown over the course of 2023 between the two jets. As of press time, the video has garnered more than 25 million views on TikTok and over 38 million views on X.

Newsweek reached out to a representative of Swift via email for comment.

Swift’s private jet usage has been a talking point in recent years. In 2022, she faced backlash after a report by environmentally oriented marketing firm Yard found at that time that her extensive use of a private jet made her the biggest celebrity polluter of the year up to that point.

The report used publicly available data to compile a list of the top greenhouse gas-emitting celebrities, based on their routine use of private jets. Swift came out on top, with a total of 170 flights on her private jet that added up to nearly 16 days in the air.

“Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals,” a spokesperson for Swift told Newsweek at the time. “To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect.”

The conversation about Swift’s jet use continued in 2023, as the singer-songwriter flew between New York and Kansas City, Missouri, to see her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. She also made trips between performances in South America for her Eras Tour. The star was criticized after it was revealed her private jet flights produced 138 tons of CO2 emissions in just three months.