- Fans think The Tortured Poets Division's song 'ThanK you aIMee' is a diss at Kim Kardashian.
- A clue seems to include the capital letters “KIM” in the song's title.
- The song “Cassandra” also appears to reference this feud, which dates back to 2016.
Taylor Swift's fans initially expected her latest album to be primarily about her ex-boyfriend, but the deluxe edition of The Tortured Poets Department… It appears to include a thinly veiled diss track about Kim Kardashian.
Swift released her new album on Friday, surprising fans with a deluxe edition that includes 15 additional songs.
Fans immediately began tweeting that they thought “ThanK you aIMee” was referring to Kardashian, who famously clashed with Swift in 2016.
Their feud, which seemed to have been resolved, began when Kardashian defended her then-husband, ex-Kanye West, when he called Swift “that bitch” in her 2016 song “Famous.” did.
Yeh and Kardashian said Swift celebrated the song. Kardashian tried to prove this by releasing a short clip of Ye and Swift having a phone conversation about “Famous” before its release. Yeh never mentions the infamous “I made that woman famous” line in the clip. Swift did not dispute the validity of the clip, but said she never gave permission for the lyrics to “Bitch.”
The event was a huge moment for pop culture, as three of the most influential people of the 2010s collided. Swift bounced back from the drama with her 2017 album Reputation, which skyrocketed her popularity. Swift was already a rising star at the time, but her global domination began after her “Reputation” days and feud with the Kardashians.
Swift never mentions Kardashian's name in “ThanK you aIMee,” but it's easy to see why fans are speculating. First of all, the song title has “K,” “I,” and “M” in capital letters, and is spelled “Kim.”
Here's what you need to know about the Kardashian-Swift feud and all the lyrics that referenced it.
In recent years, Kardashian seemed ready to step away from drama.
The Famous feud reignited in 2020 when Ye and Swift's entire phone call was leaked online. Swift fans felt vindicated as it was shown that the lyrics to “Bitch” were never mentioned during the call. However, after the video leaked, Kardashian tweeted that she never lied about the phone call or the lyrics to “Bitch.”
Since then, the drama has subsided and Kardashian has begun praising Swift, clearly eager to move on.
Swift, on the other hand, is not.
In December 2023, Swift mentioned the drama in her Time Person of the Year profile, saying it felt like the “death of my career.”
“It's a complete fabrication of an illegally recorded phone call that Kim Kardashian edited and released to tell everyone I'm a liar,” she said. “It depressed me emotionally and I went to places I had never been before. I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave my rented house for a year. I was afraid to answer the phone. I pushed most people away.'' I just couldn't trust anyone anymore and I was really, really depressed. ”
This appears to be the first time Swift has written about Kardashian.
Swift targeted Ye on her 2017 album Reputation, which included several songs that appeared to reference their feud. Although Kardashian was not targeted on this album, fans speculate that Swift referenced Kardashian and Ye's relationship in her 2020 song “Mad Woman” and 2022 song “Vigilante Shit.” .
However, “Thank you aIMee” seems to be the most common. Blatant reference to the Kardashians. Swift sings about “Amy,” the school bully who pushed her, who her fans think is Kardashian.
Fans speculated that the lyrics, “A statue of you spray tanned” and “Your words still ringing in my head,” were references to Kardashian's physique and infamous phone call. are doing.
Swift also seems to be nodding to the idea that “Amy” is a pseudonym: “So I changed your name and the real, crucial clue/And one day your kid came home singing.” I'm coming back to you/It's just the two of us, it's about you.”
In response to these lyrics, fans of He quickly reshared it on his TikTok account.
In the song, Swift also hints that her mother, a “saintly woman,” wanted Amy dead.
Swift also appears to mention Kardashian and Ye in another “TTPD” track called “Cassandra”
The title character Swift is singing about is likely a nod to Greek mythology, and the musician seems to be drawing parallels between herself and Cassandra.
Cassandra, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, has the gift of prophecy. Cassandra, who rejected the god Apollo, is cursed so that people will not believe her prophecies.
Swift appears to be quoting her and Ye's infamous phone conversation when she mentions receiving a phone call in the first verse of “Cassandra.” Swift appears to be singing about the aftermath of that call and the leaked version of her that shows she wasn't lying. She says, “They're shrieking when 'Burn the Bitch'/They go quiet when the truth comes out.”
Allusions to the aforementioned drama also appear in the chorus of “Cassandra,” in which she sings: “So they filled my cell with snakes, I’m afraid / Do you believe me now?”
These lyrics point to Swift's “Reputation” era, which was heavily laden with snake symbolism.Swift used snake imagery to reclaim her power after Kardashian apparently called her a reptile X In 2016.
Representatives for Kardashian and Swift did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
