Taylor Swift name-drops Patti Smith and Dylan Thomas on new song. Here’s why 👇

Swift sings in “The Tortured Poets Department”: “I laughed in your face and said, ‘You’re not Dylan Thomas. I’m not Patti Smith. This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel. We’re modern idiots.”

Dylan Thomas is a Welsh poet and writer famous for “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” “Under Milk Wood” and “Fern Hill.” Thomas was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in 1914 and died in 1953.

Patti Smith is a famous poet, author, songwriter, singer and painter 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in 1947. Her Instagram bio reads, “Writer. We are all alive together.” Smith is still an active writer. She did a book signing in New York City Thursday morning.

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The Chelsea Hotel (or Hotel Chelsea or The Chelsea) is in Manhattan. Built in the late 19th century, the 12-story hotel is a New York designated landmark that has famously housed writers, painters, authors and the who’s who of fashionable socialites. And still does.