TAYLOR Swift has seemingly shaded her nemesis Kanye West in a new edition of her latest album.
In April, the pop music star released her 11th studio album The Tortured Poet’s Department, and clues in the song titles have led Swifties into a frenzy.
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Taylor Swift performing in London, England on August 15, 2024Credit: Getty
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Kanye West at the Marni fashion show on February 23, 2024, in Milan, ItalyCredit: Getty
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Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Taylor Swift at the 2015 Video Music AwardsCredit: Getty
Just days after the initial release, Taylor, 34, released another version of the album titled The Anthology which featured 15 additional songs – including thanK you aIMee.
Fans were quick to notice that the only letters capitalized in the song was “KIM” seemingly referencing her years-long feud with Kim Kardashian, 44, who was married to Kanye, 47, from 2014 to 2022.
On Thursday, the Blank Space hitmaker released another version of The Tortured Poet’s Department which includes the standard digital album plus thank You aimEe.
However, Taylor changed the capital letters around, instead of “KIM” it spelled “YE,” which is a name that Kanye uses.
In addition to the album, fans were also able to download the song Mean which was recorded live from a previous show in London, England.
This weekend, Taylor will be performing five sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium in London.
The album is only available for six hours.
ON THE CHARTS
Since The Tortured Poet’s Department release, Taylor has announced several different versions of the album – including live performances and never-before-heard demos.
Currently, Taylor is still holding the number one spot with Kanye’s latest album Vultures II at number two.
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She has been number one for 14 weeks straight.
On X, fans shared their true thoughts on Taylor’s latest move.
‘A SHADY QUEEN’
“Doing this right after blocking his album from number one… taylor swift the legend that you are!” one person tweeted.
Another said, “We love a shady queen.”
Taylor’s bitter feud with Kanye and Kim explained
Taylor Swift has been locked in a nasty feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian for years.
2009 – Kanye interrupted Taylor’s VMA win for Best Female Video onstage, saying, “I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time”
2009 – Later that month, Kanye admitted he regretted the action and Taylor confirmed that he rang to apologize
2010 – Taylor performed Innocent, a song rumored to be about Kanye, at the VMAs, singing, “It’s all right / Just wait and see / Your string of lights is still bright to me / Who you are is not where you’ve been”
2013 – Kanye took back his apology to the singer, insisting, “I do not have one regret”
2015 – The former rivals reunited at the 2015 Grammy Awards and posed together for photos and Taylor later said she “likes him as a person”
2016 – Kanye debuted his song, Famous, with the lyrics, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b***h famous”
2016 – After Taylor insisted she did not approve the lyric, “I made that b***h famous,” Kim released video footage of her phone call with Kanye
2017 – Taylor seemingly referenced their feud in her album, Reputation, teasing the news with videos of a serpent – a nod to the snake emojis posted in her Instagram comments implying she was a liar – and seemed to diss Kanye in her song, This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
2018 – Taylor said Kim had not released the full recording and asked, “Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me ‘that b***h’ in his song? It doesn’t exist because it never happened. You don’t get to control someone’s emotional response to being called ‘that b***’ in front of the entire world”
2019 – Kim insisted in a magazine interview that they had “squashed” their feud
2019 – Taylor claimed Kanye’s Famous music video was “revenge porn” as it featured a fake naked sculpture of her
2020 – The full phone call between Taylor and Kanye was leaked, in which there was no mention of her being called “that b***h”
2020 – Kim initially said the call revealed “nothing new” and later backtracked and tweeted, “the only issue I ever had around the situation was that Taylor lied through her publicist who stated that ‘Kanye never called to ask for permission…’ They clearly spoke so I let you all see that. Nobody ever denied the word ‘b***h’ was used without her permission.
2023 – Taylor said in a TIME interview that the feud with Kim and Kanye felt like a “career death” and “took her down psychologically”
“Whole another level of petty,” a third pointed out.
“HELP, this is lowkey so smart. She really is a genius, end them again for me queen!” stated a fourth.
A Swiftie echoed, “She’s coming to end Kanye.”
HER REPUTATION
Their beef began at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards when Kanye interrupted Taylor during her winning speech for Best Female Video for You Belong With Me.
Kanye ran up, took the microphone from her, and exclaimed that Beyonce had “one of the best videos of all time.”
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator AwardsCredit: AFP
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Taylor Swift performing at her Eras Tour during The Tortured Poet’s Department segment in London, England on August 15, 2024Credit: Getty
Things seemed to have died down over the years until the rapper released his 2016 track Famous, which featured the infamous lyric, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/Why? I made that b***h famous.”
During a phone call that was recorded by Kim, Kanye called Taylor to talk to her about the song.
While Taylor confirmed that the phone conversation happened, she did not approve of the “b***h” lyric – despite Kim saying otherwise.
“She totally approved that; she wanted to all of a sudden act like she didn’t,” Kim said in an interview.
Kanye also released a music video for the song that featured naked look-alikes of different political figures and celebrities – including Taylor.
In 2020, the full video of the phone conversation was leaked online, proving that Taylor was unaware of the lyric.
Other than thanK you aIMee, Taylor has seemingly referenced her feud with Kanye and Kim in other songs from her albums Reputation and Speak Now.
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Taylor Swift performing in London, England for her Eras Tour in London, EnglandCredit: Getty
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Kanye West in Los Angeles in January 2024Credit: Getty
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at the 2019 Met GalaCredit: Getty
