Zach Bryan Apologizes for ‘Drunkenly’ Tweeting He Prefers Kanye West over Taylor Swift, Deletes X Account: ‘Love Taylor’

In an Instagram Story on Thurs, Sept. 19, the country star said he “was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong”

Zach Bryan has apologized for a controversial tweet about Kanye West and Taylor Swift.

On Thursday, Sept. 19, he compared the two artists in a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter).

“eagles > chiefs,” Bryan, 28, began, per PopCrave. “Kanye > Taylor,”

The country star then concluded by asking his fans, “who’s with me,” which not only prompted online backlash but prompted him to delete his X account.

However, Bryan kept his Instagram active, which featured four Instagram Stories with Ye (formerly Kanye West) songs including “Good Life,” featuring T-Pain, “I Thought About Killing You,” “All Mine” and “Ghost Town” featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR, Billboard reported.

In a series of Instagram Stories on Thursday, Sept. 19, the “Revival” singer “broke his silence” and issued an apology.

“For the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” Bryan began, sharing that he was listening to the single “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone from Swift’s latest album The Tortured Poets Department. “I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong. I know there’s a lot of stuff that clouds around Ye and I was speaking purely musically. I love Taylor’s music and pray you guys know I’m human and tweet stupid things often. Hope one day I can explain this to her. Twitter gets me in trouble too much and I’d say it’s best I stay off it. I’m sorry to any Taylor fans I pissed off or let down. Love you guys and I’m trying my best!”