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Taylor Swift, Whose Music Backed “The Summer I Turned Pretty”, Finally Weighs in on Team Conrad vs. Team Jeremiah

Taylor Swift has a message for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty. The 14-time Grammy winner, 35, dished on her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, during her Tuesday, Oct. 7 On Air with Ryan Seacrest appearance — and she even gave some clarification as to where she stands on the whole Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah debate. After being asked which side she gravitates toward, Swift — whose music has been featured on the Prime Video series — shared that she's ultimately "Team Summer I Turned Pretty." "Because this show has, when I tell you that this show has completely used my music in the most thoughtful, beautiful ways and with these important moments in Belly's life. I'm just, I'm here for whatever is next," Swift said. "I support your choices, girl." "I feel like my music comes from inside her mind," she added of Belly, who is played by Lola Tung. "So I'm like, I'm really with her no matter what she goes with. I know that sounds — but I promise that I thought about this." As fans may recall, the beloved Prime Video show concluded with Belly picking Conrad Fisher (Christopher Briney) once and for all after three seasons of navigating a complicated love triangle that involved his brother, Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno). After the finale aired, Prime Video announced a movie was in the works to continue Belly's story. Swift's music has served as soundtrack for many of the series' most memorable moments. The show's series finale featured tracks "Out of the Woods" and "Dress," as author and showrunner Jenny Han told PEOPLE that she "had that thought of" using "Out of the Woods" early on and was "really excited to use" "Dress" on the hit series. Hahn previously shared with Jenna Bush Hager on her podcast, Open Book, on Jan. 9 that one Swift song in particular was important for her to use in the show. As she explained, Swift's "The Way I Loved You" plays during the 2022 season 1 finale of the show, and she even "knew what song I wanted" as she was "pitching out the season." "I was kinda trying to, like, inception it into everyone's heads that this is what we — that we need this," she said, adding she was willing to do "whatever it took to get it." She ended up writing a handwritten note to Swift, explaining "how much it would mean — not just to me, but I thought to the fans. That was the gift I really wanted to give, because I'm like, they're gonna go crazy for this." Ultimately, the Taylor's Version of the Fearless song was used, and Han said she was "so lucky to get more than one" track. "She really — I felt like she is someone who bets on women. And I felt like she bet on me," the author said of Swift. "And I can't say enough how thankful I am that she let us use her music. And I think she knows, too, her fans would like the show." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The Summer I Turned Pretty is available to stream on Prime Video.

Taylor Swift, Whose Music Backed “The Summer I Turned Pretty”, Finally Weighs in on Team Conrad vs. Team Jeremiah

Taylor Swift has a message for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty.

The 14-time Grammy winner, 35, dished on her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, during her Tuesday, Oct. 7 On Air with Ryan Seacrest appearance — and she even gave some clarification as to where she stands on the whole Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah debate.

After being asked which side she gravitates toward, Swift — whose music has been featured on the Prime Video series — shared that she's ultimately "Team Summer I Turned Pretty."

"Because this show has, when I tell you that this show has completely used my music in the most thoughtful, beautiful ways and with these important moments in Belly's life. I'm just, I'm here for whatever is next," Swift said. "I support your choices, girl."

"I feel like my music comes from inside her mind," she added of Belly, who is played by Lola Tung. "So I'm like, I'm really with her no matter what she goes with. I know that sounds — but I promise that I thought about this."

As fans may recall, the beloved Prime Video show concluded with Belly picking Conrad Fisher (Christopher Briney) once and for all after three seasons of navigating a complicated love triangle that involved his brother, Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno). After the finale aired, Prime Video announced a movie was in the works to continue Belly's story.

Swift's music has served as soundtrack for many of the series' most memorable moments. The show's series finale featured tracks "Out of the Woods" and "Dress," as author and showrunner Jenny Han told PEOPLE that she "had that thought of" using "Out of the Woods" early on and was "really excited to use" "Dress" on the hit series.

Hahn previously shared with Jenna Bush Hager on her podcast, Open Book, on Jan. 9 that one Swift song in particular was important for her to use in the show. As she explained, Swift's "The Way I Loved You" plays during the 2022 season 1 finale of the show, and she even "knew what song I wanted" as she was "pitching out the season."

"I was kinda trying to, like, inception it into everyone's heads that this is what we — that we need this," she said, adding she was willing to do "whatever it took to get it."

She ended up writing a handwritten note to Swift, explaining "how much it would mean — not just to me, but I thought to the fans. That was the gift I really wanted to give, because I'm like, they're gonna go crazy for this." Ultimately, the Taylor's Version of the Fearless song was used, and Han said she was "so lucky to get more than one" track.

"She really — I felt like she is someone who bets on women. And I felt like she bet on me," the author said of Swift. "And I can't say enough how thankful I am that she let us use her music. And I think she knows, too, her fans would like the show."

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

The Summer I Turned Pretty is available to stream on Prime Video.

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