12 Songs That Were Dedicated ‘Discreetly’ To Other Celebrities And You Didn’t Know

Most of the songs are inspired by love and heartbreak, but there is a select group of tunes whose muses are Hollywood celebrities and you probably did not know it, although you have chanted them over and over again during parties with your friends.

Here we share 12 of them. Surely when you finish reading, you will run to Twitter to corroborate the gossip or, better yet, you will put them in your room at full volume.

1. Hollaback Girl de Gwen Stefani

The singer said in an interview that she was inspired to write the song after she was called a “cheerleader” in a bad way. Gwen who told that Gwen? It was none other than Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain’s ex-wife.

2. Obsessed by Mariah Carey

Mariah and Eminem exchanged explicit messages in which each humiliated the other with musical hits.

3. Alfie the Lily Allen

The song tells of his brother Alfie, who rose to fame until his appearance on Game of Thrones interpretando a Theon Greyjoy.

4. 7 Things by Miley Cyrus

This is probably an old fact, but in case you didn’t know, the song is inspired by the relationship that Miley had with Nick Jonas.

5. Shout Out To My Ex de Little Mix

Let’s start with that Perrie Edwards is part of Little Mix and was Zayn Malik’s girlfriend.

Well, the song is dedicated to Zayn and his now wife Gigi Hadid because the singer left Perrie to establish a relationship with the model. It should be noted that Zayn and Perrie were together for four years and even got engaged.

6. Dear John de Taylor Swift

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6qGGE_OKMs

Maybe you already knew, but it never hurts to remember this musical gem inspired by John Mayer, Tay’s ex-boyfriend.

7. Stupid Hoe by Nicki Minaj

In this song it seems that Nicki is making fun of the appearance of Lil ‘Kim, with whom she does not get along but nothing well.

8. You’re So Vain de Carly Simon

Carly herself confirmed in an interview that the song is inspired by the actor Warren Beatty, with whom she established a relationship.

9. Paper Doll by John Mayer

This song is the answer to Taylor for the song Dear John. Ouch! You can see that they did not end well at all.

10. Me and Mr. Jones by Amy Winehouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTAcyaYBWzs

The song is dedicated to rapper Nas. In addition, he himself confirmed that the song talks about him.

11. Call Out My Name de The Weeknd

The above lyrics are considered a reference to Selena, with whom he had an intermittent relationship for a long time.

12. Don’t by Ed Sheeran

The song is rumored to be inspired by Ed’s relationship with Ellie Goulding, who later left to become involved with Niall Horan, a singer who called himself Ed’s friend.