Taylor Swift: Don't base your day and your happiness on social media

Taylor Swift says young people shouldn't base their happiness on what they post on social media.

Speaking to ITV News the singer says people are judging their lives by how popular they are on services like Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat.

"You have teenagers who are attaching their self worth to how many likes they get on a picture they just posted," she said.

"I don't necessarily think that's a healthy way to see yourself.

"I want to always be there to tell them, that's not the most important thing - whether this picture got 50 likes and that picture got 10, please don't base your day and your happiness and your sanity on that."

Taylor Swift is in the news again after getting Apple Music to backtrack on plans to offer a three-month free trial to subscribers.

After threatening to withhold 1989 from the new streaming service, Apple says it'll now pay artists for tracks listened to during trial periods.

Apple Music launches on 30 June.

Taylor Swift performs during The 1989 World Tour at Lanxess Arena in Cologne

In her interview with ITV News, Swift also talked about social media being a force for good when it comes to talking more openly about topics like sexuality and gender inequality.

The singer made the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women in May coming in at number 64 in the list of 100.

She's currently touring Europe, playing gigs this week in Glasgow, Manchester and London.

She also played at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich last month.

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