In a new article, Rolling Stone says that 'Actually Romantic' is an unnecessary shade for Charli xcx:
“So if Swift really does live ‘rent-free’ in Charli’s head, that’s something we may never fully get to understand. But as listeners, hearing ‘Actually Romantic’ as such a pointed response to ‘Sympathy’ just felt unnecessary […] Swift wants to sound unbothered, even though every lyric suggests the opposite…”