Taylor Swift admits that just the idea of being in a relationship now leaves her "stressed".
The singer finds difficulty in dealing with the constant scrutiny that comes with her dating other famous faces, so wants to take time off from men to focus on herself.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper 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."
Previously dating Jake Gyllenhaal, John Mayer and Harry Styles to name just three, she insists that the 'Shake It Off' character portrayed is actually nothing like her.
"But this girl is not fictitious as that girl is not me."
Claiming that many of her friends get into new relationships as soon as their previous one ends, she states she is enjoying the single life for now.
"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."
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