Though Taylor Swift has shifted her music from country to pop for her latest album, "1989," fellow country musician Brad Paisley is among those in support of Swift's musical change.

While attending Thursday's IHeartRadio release party, Paisley described Swift's decision to change her music genre as "admirable." [E! News]

"People are going to have to get used to it 'cause it's not the Taylor Swift obviously that you knew," Paisley told E! News. "Because this is somebody -- like, she was talking about how she cut her hair, and she is spending time in different cities more and becoming more of a product -- and she is a world famous superstar now. She is just not Nashville's, [and] we just have to kind of get used to that."

Paisley sounded confident audiences would take to Swift's musical transition.

"People are going to love it," he said. "It's going to sell, and it already is [selling]. She has done a great job."

Paisley then went on to address Swift's newest single, "Shake it Off," which has been the topic of controversy for its seemingly appropriation of black stereotypes. Paisley praised Swift for calling out her "haters" in the "Shake it Off" single.

"All of us have the urge to do that, and I respect her for doing that," he said. "I have that urge to do that as well because it gets old just taking it when you're in the public eye. ... It becomes a lot of fun to really steam now and again and challenge somebody who hates you. Because in the end, it's all very sort of unreal and not always accurate. ... You know the people who hate you. They don't really hate you with the same amount of fervor as the people who love you."

Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt was among those who slammed Swift's "Shake it Off" music video for incorporating black stereotypes.

"Haven't watched the taylor swift video and I don't need to watch it to tell you that it's inherently offensive and ultimately harmful," Earl tweeted on the day of "Shake it Off's" debut on Vevo.

The 20-year-old rapper continued his rant by claiming that Swift's video, which features an abundance of booty shaking, twerking, break dancing and gyrating, is encouraging stereotypes.

"perpetuating black stereotypes to the same demographic of white girls who hide their prejudice by proclaiming their love of the culture," Earl tweeted.

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