Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian have had a pretty long and notorious feud with each other stemming from Kanye West – the ex-husband of Kardashian – jumping on stage at MTV VMAs in 2009 to declare that Swift didn’t deserve an award, and Kardashian’s continued defense of her ex-husband in which she has called Swift a liar. And based on the lyrics of one of her new songs, it sounds like Swift is not over it.
In her new album The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift not-so-subtly blasted Kim Kardashian in her song “thanK you aIMee” – which cleverly capitalizes the letters K, I, and M to spell out “Kim.” In the song, Swift paints “Aimee” – who is clearly supposed to be Kardashian – as a sort of high school bully that she dreams of escaping.
The song begins with a pretty clear reference to Kardashian.
“When I picture my hometown
There’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you
And a plaque underneath it
That threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school”
And the chorus of the song makes it pretty clear that Swift did not appreciate Kardashian’s bullying.
“All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel
Screamed “[expletive] you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’
But I can’t forget the way you made me heal”
“Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman
But she used to say she wished that you were dead
I pushed each boulder up the hill
Your words are still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head”
Swift even cheekily mentioned that she changed her name in the song so nobody would know who she’s writing about – even though it’s quite clear it’s about Kardashian.
“I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool
I built a legacy which you can’t undo
But when I count the scars, there’s a moment of truth
That there wouldn’t be this, if there hadn’t been you”
“And maybe you’ve reframed it
And in your mind, you never beat my spirit black and blue
I don’t think you’ve changed much
And so I changed your name, and any real defining clues
And one day, your kid comes home singin’
A song that only us two is gonna know is about you”
Kardashian did not immediately respond to the song.
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