As Taylor Swift released her sophomore effort, Fearless, earlier this week, the country-pop songstress is fearlessly addressing some highly publicized rumours about her circulating in the U.S. media.

One reputedly claims that the 18-year-old is pregnant. Swift’s response? False. “I’m really offended by this one,” she tells Metro. “I’m not that kind of girl. After reading that, I just sat there thinking, ‘What did I do to provoke that?’ But then I found out that this kind of thing happens to a lot of girls in this industry — for no reason.”

Another rumour alleges she was dating Joe Jonas, the middle sibling of teen heartthrobs The Jonas Brothers. Swift’s response? True, but it’s over now.

“I’ve always been very upfront with (Joe) and I’ve kept the relationship a secret for a very long time,” Swift says days after revealing to People Magazine and on The Ellen De Generes Show that the 19-year-old dumped her in October. “I only addressed the issue because I felt I owed it to my fans. I wanted to say, ‘Look, you guys weren’t crazy, the breakup did happen. I made a few comments on it and now I’m ready to stop giving him my time and energy.’”

Nonetheless, her fascination with boys figures prominently throughout Fearless. While Forever And Always may be linked to her split with Jonas, Swift explains that another song, Hey Stephen, reveals a crush toward a real-life Stephen, whose last name she purposely keeps mum.

“He hasn’t heard the song yet so that should make for an interesting phone call,” Swift laughs. “When I write a song I make sure that the songs are written about people I know and most of the time they’re going to mention specific names.”

Swift’s own Behind The Music story so far reveals that the Wyomissing, Pa., native dropped her first demo to numerous record labels at age 11 and began writing songs when she was 12. By age 14, she relocated to Nashville for work as a songwriter. Two years later came her 2006 triple platinum-selling debut followed by numerous award nominations and/or wins (including country song of the year during Tuesday’s BMI Country Awards). Among her most recent performance highlights include teaming up with rockers Def Leppard for a CMT Crossroads special.

“I was never one of those presumptuous hopefuls who thought a career in country music would actually work out for me,” says Swift, who cites Faith Hill and Shania Twain as influences. “That’s why now I feel so blessed that everything is pretty much coming together.”