Taylor Swift New Album 2013: 'Red' Songstress Denies Madonna Comparisons, Promises 'Darker' and 'Weirder' Changes on Upcoming Record?

Pop star Taylor Swift is clearly one of the bigger names in music these days, so comparisons to icons are sure to come up. But the "I Knew You Were Trouble" songstress in a recent interview distanced herself from the biggest female name in music. That's right- Taylor doesn't like the Madonna comparisons, but for a respectable reason!

When talking to the Associated Press, Swift took the comparison as a compliment but explained that there are major differences between the "Material Girl" and herself - namely their images.

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"I would never see myself that way," she explained. "I see myself as kind of this girl who writes songs in her bedroom. You can kind of dress it up all you want and you can put together an amazing theatrical production, you can become a better performer as time goes by, and you can try to excite people, but I'm always going to be a girl who writes songs in her bedroom in my own personal perception of myself."

Taylor also discussed her upcoming follow-up record to 2013's Red. When asked about collaborations on her fifth studio album, Swift revealed some changes she might make in her songwriting techniques.

"I've never just been so excited to show up to the studio every day, just because you never know what we're going to put together," she said. "I'll bring in ideas and they'll take such a different turn than where I thought they were going to go, and that level of unexpected spontaneity is something that really thrills me in the process of making music. ... What if we did this? What if we made it weirder? What if we took it darker? I love people who have endless strange and exciting ideas about where music can go."

Are you excited about Taylor's upcoming album? Will you be expecting some darker or weirder songs?