Taylor Swift receives apology over video showing nude wax work of her

It's been eight years since the world first saw Kanye West's controversial music video for his track 'Famous', but those wax figures he used in it are still just as talked about.

And unfortunately for Taylor Swift, the effigy created in her image has been thrust back into the spotlight once again thanks to a blunder by Billboard.

While congratulating the pop star, 34, on where she ranked in their list of the '25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century', the music publication managed to put their foot right in it.

But first things first - the 'Blank Space' singer earned the number two spot, for the Swifties who haven't seen the news yet.

To commemorate her incredible success in the entertainment industry, Billboard shared a video which paid homage to Swift's achievements alongside the announcement.

But it seems the chart company really ought to be triple checking what snippets they put in this kind of clips, as it bizarrely included a scene from West's 'Famous' music video.

For those who need a reminder, the musician was inspired by Vincent Desiderio's 2008 Sleep painting when putting together his creative vision for the song.

But in West's version, naked sculptures of the likes of Swift, Kim Kardashian, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Anna Wintour, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner and Bill Cosby were seen laid in a shared bed.

Nightmare stuff, really - which is what Swift thought to.

At the time, her pal Lena Dunham took to a Facebook post to slam the rapper for the music video.

She branded it both 'sickening' and 'disturbing' - but it seems for some reason, Billboard thought Swift might like to see it in a short video honouring her.

The music firm have since apologised for the inclusion of the clip, although this might fall on deaf ears for Swifties.

In a post on X, Billboard wrote: "We are deeply sorry to Taylor Swift and all of our readers and viewers that in a video celebrating Swift’s achievements, we included a clip that falsely depicted her.

"We have removed the clip from our video and sincerely regret the harm we caused with this error."