Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift changes name of song to seemingly diss Kanye West

Taylor Swift released a live version of "thanK you aIMee" — which fans originally speculated shades Kim Kardashian — and changed the name to "thank You aimEe," seemingly a nod to her feud with Kanye West.

NBC Universal, Inc.

Originally appeared on E! Online

Taylor Swift has time for a little revenge.

The "Cruel Summer" singer raised eyebrows after releasing a live version of her "The Tortured Poets Department" song "thanK you aIMee" mashed up with Speak Now's "Mean," which she performed at her June 22 Eras Tour show in London.

But it wasn't just the song's release that was a surprise, as fans quickly noticed Swift had updated the unconventional capitalization of the title to "thank You aimEe," seemingly nodding to her longtime feud with Kanye West, who now goes by Ye.

Fans previously speculated that the original version's capitalization threw shade at Kim Kardashian, who helped escalate Swift and West's clash while she and the "Heartless" rapper were married, like when she shared footage of the infamous 2016 phone call between Swift and West.

And Swift herself has provided some insight into her inspiration for the song. While performing the TTPD track in London, she explained its significance.

"It really makes me think about how every time someone talks s---, it just makes me work even harder, and it makes me even tougher," she told the crowd at Wembley Stadium June 22, per Parade. "So, it also makes me incredibly thankful for those people."

The 34-year-old also made a change to the lyrics from "Mean" on the new mashup, updating the line, "Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me," to "Someday I'll be singing this song at Wembley."

Travis Kelce appeared to have the sweetest reaction to Taylor Swift singing a surprise song mash-up this past weekend.

In the crowd for the live reveal of "thank you aIMee" was Swift's mom Andrea Swift, who gets a shoutout on the track. During the performance, the 66-year-old was spotted waving her arms enthusiastically from the VIP tent alongside Taylor Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelce.

While the "Fortnight" singer has never explicitly named who the song is about, the lyrics in "thanK you aiMEe" appear to reference the time after her feud with Kardashian and West.

"And it wasn't a fair fight, or a clean kill / Each time that Aimee stomped across my grave," the Grammy winner sings in the song's second verse. "And then she wrote headlines / In the local paper, laughing at each baby step I'd take."

And Swift has been candid about her mental health during the public fallout. As she recounted to TIME in December, "You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar. That took me down psychologically to a place I've never been before."

Copyright E! Online
Contact Us