""Last week, I downloaded a bunch of Taylor Swift and Charli XCX onto my tablet. I've never really listened to either of them, but some phony list of my favorite music circulated on social media, [REDACTED]," Mangione wrote in a letter from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. "Rather than being a buzzkill and set the record straight, I figured I'd see what all the hype was about." "So I'm walking laps on the top tier of my unit listening to 'Cardigan' by Taylor Swift when one of the other inmates, 'King,' calls me over to see what I'm listening to. He scolds me for a while, then replaces all my music. Now I listen to 'Lil Durk.'""
""Last week, I downloaded a bunch of Taylor Swift and Charli XCX onto my tablet. I've never really listened to either of them... I figured l'd see what all the hype was about. So I'm walking... pic.twitter.com/0tUkNBbX4l - xcx source (@xcxsource) October 28, 2025""
Luigi Mangione says he downloaded Taylor Swift and Charli XCX songs onto his tablet at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after a phony social-media list circulated his supposed favorite music. He reports that he had never really listened to those artists and decided to see "what all the hype was about." While walking laps listening to Taylor Swift's "Cardigan," an inmate nicknamed "King" summoned and scolded him, then replaced Mangione's music. Mangione states that he now listens to Lil Durk. Portions of the account were reposted in a social media post reproducing the letter.
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