Taylor is QUITTING the spotlight… and 1989 could be her last album

Having spent five months (and counting) on stage for the 1989 World Tour, Taylor Swift is no doubt looking forward to some free time come December.

But the singer has revealed she'll be taking more of a holiday than expected – in fact, she's planning an official hiatus from music once the tour ends.

"I think I should take some time off," she admits in the new issue of NME.

While the personal space might inspire some new music, the singer concedes that equally it might just be a break from songwriting altogether.

"I'm going to hang out with friends. Write new music. Maybe not write new music. I don't know," she said.

"People might need a break from me."

Indeed, while Taylor has broken a tonne of records over the last twelve months, including releasing the fastest-selling album of the last decade, not all the reaction to her growing fame have been positive.

Earlier this year the singer publicly clashed with Nicki Minaj on Twitter, following Nicki's complaints that her video for Anaconda didn't get an MTV VMA nomination.

Nowadays Taylor says she takes a more direct approach to such conflicts, contacting the person involved directly instead of publicly calling them out.

"I send text messages now. If there seems to be some kind of misunderstanding, I go to someone's management, I get their number and I text them," she explains. 

"It's an important lesson for anyone to learn in 2015."

Sounds like the singer is more than ready for a fresh start.