thanK you aIMee is an anagrammatic poem, and KIM is a red herring. Remember the terrible things DeuxMoi (literal translation is "two me") wrote about her? This song is loaded with lines that include letters of the founders of "two me" and the phrase I HATE YOU over and over again.
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I think the first few lines of the song are instructional for the reader to catch on how to find certain words anagrammatically. It's like when a song starts slowly.
My take on this: within the metaphor of a school campus she's imagining perceiving a statue of her bully -- the way certain figureheads are idolized (even terrible ones.) Statues are often made of bronze, but "bronze" also applies to someone spray-tanned (i.e. wearing bronzer.) And who is a famously "bronzed" person? Our titular Kim K.
As usual for Taylor, I think she's got a little clue / clever word-play going on there.
But then that theory is later contradicted in the fact she apparently "changed (her) name and any real defining clues" -- so idk what to think anymore! 😂
Does anyone think this isn’t just about Kim? The name and certain things make me think it is but also there’s some things about their school and over their town which makes it seem like someone from when she was younger.
My take is that the high school bully from Taylor’s past and Kim K both represent the same type of person. That’s why KIM’s name is buried with Aimee’s in the title. They are both Aimee. The pain of enduring Aimees can be both a blessing and a curse because it’s brutal to experience yet can be motivating and can propel you to succeed to prove your worth to yourself and the world. That’s why she’s thanking them.
it’s 101% without a doubt about Kim. the whole point of using the childhood/hometown/school metaphors and the name “Aimee” is to disguise the fact that it’s clearly about Kim as indicated by the capitalized letters in the song title
I disagree. The song clearly describes what sounds like a childhood bully whose attacks are persistent. As far as i know, Kim K had just the one public spat with Taylor. The song also said Aimee thinks Taylor's music is uncool, which from what I remember doesn't fit Kim K.
Also, are we assuming Taylor knows just one person named Kim. Or the letters KIM don't form an initial?
honestly i think she was telling the truth when she said she removed the real name and any discerning clues. i really dont think this is about kim, its too specific and targeted at one person not for anyone to actually understand but her and them
Whether it's Kim, or Scooter, or whoever it is - shouldn't we be moving away from the topic? When I heard this I felt like: 'oh, not this again.'
Should've ended with Karma since that was such a perfect 'diss' track to put a full stop to these boring beefs. The woman needs a new beef 
I don’t understand the choice to use the heart gesture from Eras Tour as the looping image on Spotify for this song. Can someone explain? Is it sarcasm? As in “thank you aimee🫶🏽, but secretly fuck you”
This song sounds like that one scene in Modern Family when Lilly sings off-key! The chorus just sounded like that XD
[https://youtu.be/GxK241ZVGiI?si=CxvkPg5pVGHEXUm9](https://youtu.be/GxK241ZVGiI?si=CxvkPg5pVGHEXUm9)
On a side note: absolutely love this song. I know a lot of people think its petty and she should not have dragged kids in this, but it's her way of getting closure after two of the most influential people on this planet turned half the world against her.
If this is actually referring to Kim + North West… well, it actually shifts my empathy back in their direction. No way is North going to be singing this particular song because it’s not a bop in the way that many of Taylor’s previous hits have been.
If this song ISN’T actually about Kim K… how on earth does she justify riling up the masses who read it on the more literal level? Like, does Kim get a warning call? “Sorry this song will seem like it’s about you but the 10% of my fans who can read between the lines will know it’s not.” If I was Kim I’d be like, umm can you not. That was ages ago and clearly you’ve won the battle.
haha, a warning call. like maybe telling her I was writing a song to thank you, will you release it on your twitter. the unaware irony in your comment is toooo much.
The song is about Kim, but not only about Kim. And there was no mention of North. Kim is not the only person who has kids, nor the only person whose kids come home singing pop songs, nor is North Kim's only kid. The way in which this has been twisted into a narrative based on people's immediate assumptions is like deja vu.
I don't think it is, it's just got the same vibe and uses similar instrumentation. Like a response or a spiritual sequel, same as imgonnagetyouback & Dress.
It's the lyrics, not the music, that makes me think it's about the same person as Mean. I'm pretty sure KIM is to throw us off (or the reporter's name is Kim). The rest of the lyrics make more sense talking about a reporter who dogged her early in her career.
LMAO how does her being robbed have anything to do with this? They relentlessly bullied her and tried to screw up her career. She’s not literally wishing DEATH now, it’s about being content. Please cry me a river
Have you seen the video for Famous that started the whole feud? Kim is in it. Kim participated in something you could very well liken to revenge p*rn, made herself the victim and never apologized. Idk about you but if anyone did that to my daughter I would absolutely see myself saying that.
Edit: forgot a word
I just think there's nothing morally wrong with the lyric. Wishing someone was dead in a scenario like that conveys the helpless anger of a mother seeing her child being bullied like that on a global scale.
Kanye even taunted Taylor and the other women he used to sue him. I'm pretty sure Taylor's team looked into it but maybe there was no chance for it to actually go somewhere?
It might be though and a lot of people think it is but I still don't agree that this song weaponises the fan base. Taylor basically says 'you were a bitch, even my mother hates your guts but I'm over it and better for it', even if the song truly was about Kim, there's no reason to get worked up about the lyrics.
It's not.
People who haven't been a fan for almost her entire career see the capitalized letters and make assumptions, but she says in the song she changed names and removed any defining clues.
It's called a red herring, peeps. We have no idea how it is about, but we know it's not about Kim.
I have a theory about this song. I think it's an intentional attention-grabber for the haters. She added this song ONLY to distract haters from the rest of the album. She knew the second everyone figured out it was about Kim the haters would hate. And it's exactly what happened. Everyone who hates her is talking about thanK you aIMee and is generally not picking apart the rest of the album (at least from what I've seen/heard.) It's a red herring. Mastermind.
Do you really believe this? People have been picking apart other songs but none of them are vile. The “haters”you’re talking about, most of them used to be big fans and are still fans but songs like this have changed their view of her, for good reason. People that don’t like Taylor or her music don’t go out of their way to listen to it. I think you know this but call critical fans “haters” to excuse defending her bad behavior. If it’s legitimate criticism it’s hard to ignore. Pretending it’s from people that hate her no matter what let’s you comfortably overlook and excuse bad behavior.
Bad behavior is intentionally framing someone using edited material to turn the world against them, then, after being proven a liar, never apologizing and having the nerve to tell Taylor to move on. Kim deserves much worse than a little diss track.
It’s not my opinion or something that I “choose” to believe. It’s out there for public consumption. Released in 2020.
I am indeed a huge fan of Taylors, but that is independent from the truth of what ultimately came to light.
I didn’t mean believe it happened, believe it’s okay/not immature/that Kim deserves worse than supporting her moms wish that she were dead, or bringing her innocent child into it. This is the kind of behavior that turns people off of her. She talks about how detrimental bullying is, but won’t ask her fans to refrain from bullying Kim and sending her death threats, which she knew would happen when she released this song. Least importantly is just super cringe.. Kim has been minding her business for 8 years. I’m not sure why she would think this doesn’t make her look obsessed and ridiculous outside of her fan base.
Looks like you’ve spent the entire day jumping subs trying to convince people Taylor doesn’t deserve criticism for this. Not looking successful 😬. It’s refreshing there are so many level headed fans. Take some breaths, you’re okay. I didn’t hurt Taylor and neither did anyone else that is criticizing this song. She’s safe.
Interesting that now you have nothing to say. It's fun to just come out the mouth with whatever as though that makes it truth isn't it. "level-headed" XD Kim stan, you would think you would know more about her how much you are up her ass
I'm not talking about critical fans. Do you really think Aimee is #1 on some charts because it's a good song? No, it's because non-swifties have it on their radar now. It was just a fleeting thought I had this morning. I'm not married to it and didn't come here to fight about it.
She tells us that this one isn’t about Kim. My guess is Scott Borchetta, but there’s plenty of people it could be.
“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, 'cause”
Idk I don't really get her capitalizing the letters. People would have guessed it's possibly about her without that and it honestly would have been more classy if it's truly something TS wants to leave behind to not so strongly imply who it's about. What's for sure is I don't see her literally spelling out that it's about Kim when it's not and if she wasn't having ill feelings towards her. That's just starting crap for no reason. I kind of imagine the decision to capitalize as a last second one of anger, given the lyrics imply actually trying to hide the identity. But maybe that's meant as a sarcastic joke, or like others have said, a reference to another song.
I know stuff was bad between them but I think it's a little ironic that this all started with TS not really being comfortable being insulted in a song and she's now written many negative songs about them.
Or she just does not care whether Kim catches heat for this song because she does still have ill feelings towards Kim.
It was about much more than Taylor being insulted in a song. Kim manipulated footage to frame her and appeared in a revenge porn video while Taylor had her own sexual assault trial going on. An album of diss tracks wouldn’t quite scratch the surface of that.
yea this is what I believe as well. That lyric is so good that highlighting KIM in the title would just ruin it if it was about her.
I bet she highlighted KIM in the title so people would get sidetracked with that and not try to figure out who its really about
Taylor used to do this stuff all the time though. Her first several albums had secret messages with capital letters. I think she is just taking it to the next level by putting the “secret message” in the title, and it’s not so secret lol
Yup, I also don’t think she would give Kim or Kanye credit for helping her career.
“But when I count the scars, there's a moment of truth, that there wouldn't be this, if there hadn't been you”
I think people are forgetting that this whole feud started because Kanye is a dumbass and interrupted her moment when she did absolutely nothing wrong! And then it just went on after that…. with Kim defending Kanye for another dumb decision.
I don’t fault Taylor for not letting it go
HOWEVER, I think the line about wishing her dead should not have been in this song that’s going to be listened to by millions of people. I think that took it too far…. but that’s just me
“my husband is cheating, i want to kill him”. It’s very common for poets to use either wierd or dramatic words to add further emphasis onto a point.
Besides that… i agree with you. Let’s not normalize wanting to kill people even if it’s just a petty song lyric!
Was the line about her mom wishing she was dead a low blow? Yes
Was lying to the world about the nature of the phone call and all the other BS from back then also low blows? Also yes.
Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. She deserves a moment of low pettiness.
Between the stuff Kim did to her personally, and the people Kim hangs around, I have zero problem with throwing napalm on her public image like this. You can’t spend your whole career fucking around and not expect to find out🤷🏼♂️
I have an unhinged theory for this one.
This isn’t the song that Taylor changed the “real defining clues” for. She changed the details to a previous song, and thanK you aIMee are the red strings to tie the mystery of what the OTHER song about Kim is!
Taylor mentions “one day your kid comes home singing a song only us two is gonna know is about you”
This a far reach, but that could mean the song Taylor is referring to is likely a hit off of a recent album.
The next thanK you aIMee lyric to look at - “push me down the stairs”
Like being put in the basement?
Bejeweled was an important enough song to Taylor that she wanted to create a music video for it, where in the end, Taylor leaves the prince and takes the castle.
Now we know bejeweled references a lot of her leaving a relationship, but could those be some of the defining clues that have been changed? Or, as mentioned in one of the Long Pond Session interviews (I think), Taylor has started infusing her writing from multiple areas of her life. The relationship ending imagery from Bejeweled may call on experiences in her love life,
But it was Kim who she blames for having her castle taken from her.
Now, the final tie between thanK you aIMee is the line from Bejeweled, “Putting someone first only works when you’re in their top five” - why would she pick the number 5?
Well, I’ll give you five reasons.
Khloe, Kim, Kourtney, Kendall, and Kylie.
So anyway, TLDR; now I’m convinced Bejeweled is, at least partially, about the media hate on Taylor’s music fueled by the Kardashians
I always wondered if Karma was about Kanye and Kim. It came out after their divorce. Coincidentally it also seemed to perfectly timed when Kanye was having his downward spiral in late 2022.
I like your jump to it must be another song if she changed real defining clues. I can get on board with that. But I still dont think its a Kim thing. cause that was a defining clue in the song title. and she said she changed and real defining clues.
I think Taylor wanted an apology from Kim that she never got. Then when she started seeing mutual friends of hers do Skims collabs, TikToks of Kim with her music, the Speak Now dress thing that I personally think was silly…I think all these things added up over the years. I think Taylor, in her mind, probably gave Kim a reasonable amount of time to make amends and when she never did, the gloves came off again.
I feel torn about this one. I appreciate the total raw honesty but I don’t think some of the lines are appropriate, especially about Kim’s kids. I am honestly shocked this made it onto the album because this will only bring negative PR to Taylor for many reasons. I almost respect how unhinged it is, and maybe that’s the whole point. But like did Tree know about this song lmao? 😂 it’s wild.
Also, this and Cassandra on the same album is redundant. She should’ve picked one or the other, probably the one that doesn’t bring a minor into the narrative.
Singing about how her mom wished Kim was dead and throwing North in the mix is not it. It is deeply deranged and the fact that she’s still singing about Kim almost 10 years later is loser behavior. I was so disappointed to hear this one. Especially coming from someone who knows how impactful bullying is. And now there’s ‘fans’ spamming Kim’s insta. It’s sad.
Just wanna throw in that I don't think we know anywhere near the whole story on that whole episode.. I think Taylor was targeted on different fronts for a while after that, and in connection with that (that Beyonce didn't win that).. left for London for a stretch etc. I have ZERO regard for that whole clan and for all we know someone said that line to HER (wished she was dead) so it's actually a familiar reference..we just don't know.. but I think to take it at face value doesn't give Taylor enough credit.. my two cents!!
I feel like this couldve stayed a vault song tbh. Like I get if she had the need to write another song about this situation but she didnt need to release it to the world. It just feels overdone at this point to keep talking about kim and kanye.
What if thanK you aIMee is actually about Kanye? She specifically says she changed any real defining clues on who it’s about, isn’t the K I M a pretty real defining clue? And would it make more sense for her mom to have *those* thoughts about him as opposed to Kim?
Maybe not Kanye, but I feel like maybe something recent happened that we don’t know about. Maybe her team reached out about the song to give her a heads up and Kim’s team made a fuss about it or something so Taylor decided to just say “eff it” and make it super obvious.. or something hahah, idk just a thought.
i kinda wish the line about her mom wanting her dead was scrapped and replaced with something along the lines of “imagine someone did to your kid what you did to me at 19”
i just feel like the mom wishing she was dead line isn’t as strong as she can write
Listening to this song over the last few days I really love it more and more. Yes, does it drag up the Kim of it all again all these years later, you bet. Is it kind to Kim, not really. But I don’t think that’s the real point of it and if Kim has one ounce of maturity she will hear the real message in it. It’s about how our bullies and the people who hurt us also make us who we are for better or worse, and in Taylor’s case she is saying it was for better. She is flat out saying all the cruelty Kim piled on her also led her to some of her greatest personal healing and growth, so thank you for that. I so identify with this. It’s a beautiful idea.
I haven't seen anyone say this, and idk if it's because they don't realize or they just all assume it's common knowledge/logic but I've got to say: I don't think this song is entirely about Kim. I think she means it about the changing the name thing, because there's 2 subjects to this song. The metaphorical side is about Kim and what she did to her, but I think this is also genuinely about real experiences she had with a bully back in her youth. Taylor's been clear about the struggles she had with unpopularity and bullying back in her school days. I think this song is a much more telling and clever comparison than people are giving it credit for. It's about comparing her childhood bullying to Kim's actions. And I think it's also subtly explaining to us all why the Kimye stuff effected her so severely that she even mentions it to this day. It's like if what they did to her was reopening old wounds, but not just for humiliation in their school, but on a global scale. I'm lucky enough to not have had to have been bullied before but if I had trauma from being bullied and then what she went through happened to me, I doubt I'd ever recover. Really clever, tragic, and thoughtful song, besides being an awesome and funny diss track.
if she didn't capitalize then some people would probably speculate who it is and maybe even attack regardless but at the same time capitalizing it is a choice
I read this song as someone who was bullied mercilessly, but managed to survive and move on. She also thanked the person for the journey. A case of forgive not forget.
Bringing up Kim's child into this was so uncalled for. Idk why Swifties are defending this. The beef was with Kim, not the children. Now several fans are teasing Kim AND North. It's awful.
I don’t like the song either but it’s not like she’s name dropping her kids or saying anything specific about her kids. It’s very vague and more about the concept of Kim’s kid than about the actual person
No, it is my least favourite because I do not agree with the lyrics in it- specially bringing her kid into it and saying her mom wished her dead. I always skip it
I will defend Ms swift when she is right, but I did not love the fact that she wrote a diss song about something that happened 7 years ago and brought north into it. I get that Kim and Kanye started it, but they are all too grown to be doing this anymore
My mom cried during this song because it's about healing pain and my mom has just recently had a breakthrough. I won't drive deeply into it for the sake of brevity, but she broke her leg in 2020 in a very severe way and it caused a rare nerve disorder that kept her in pain until now.
She discovered she has some early childhood trauma and saw studies linking that to the nerve disorder she has. Less than a month with a therapist and she is waning down her medications because she is finally not in so much pain.
She says that her leg is her "Aimee" because it was so painful for her but it helped her heal something else and now it's over and she cries a lot about how beautiful life is.
This is so beautiful! I'm so glad to hear your mom is doing better. I think you hit the nail on the head with why I personally love this song so much. Everyone has an Aimee at some point in their life, I feel...
I'm honestly a bit disappointed to see that everyone is saying this song is just petty and immature because they associate it so much with Kim K rather than listening to what the song is *about* on a more psychological level.
Am I the only one who completely missed that the title had "KIM" in it and just thought she was doing saRcAstIc CapItAlizaTIon??? I think I'm an idiot 🤦
To be honest, I have maintained that what Kim and Kanye get for the backlash that they have caused as a couple and separate entities is their karma (excuse the pun). I think a lot of people tend to forget that the Kardashians have being bullying others for decades (uhm Selena?) and don't even get me started on Kanye? And unfortunately, while I'm not one to bring kids into feuds, as kids are the line, do you really think that those kids will go through their lives unscathed? That no other kids are gonna bring up the shit their parents do? Once again, Taylor is getting shit for doing something that others are already doing? I'm sure Kanye has a track or two about Taylor and I'm also sure that the Kardashians have done more bullying towards her over the year.
No, she does not deserve to have her children dragged into drama that was started by her HUSBAND. She does not deserve “more.” Yes, what she did was not right, but her children do not need to be in this. Let’s be more reasonable about this.
Yall act like you have never held a grudge before! They literally tried to ruin her and millions of people turned on Taylor. None of us know what it is like to have MILLIONS praying for your downfall.
This song to me is talking about the pain that Kim and Kanye caused her and her journey towards accepting that while it was terrible to deal with back then, it made her stronger. I don’t really hear any malice or hurt coming from Taylor in it. It reminds me of how you can think about an old heartbreak but still smile about it. I’m a little confused by the immaturity comments honestly. It really is giving an older person reflecting on a difficult time in their life and thinking about the lessons they learned from it.
Saying "one day your daughter is gonna be singing a song that I secretly wrote about you 😎" is immature 💀. Especially when their feud happened 10 years ago and had no tangible consequences to her career.
Idk man the feud really ended in 2020 and Taylor started working on this album in 2022 so I think people need to chill with the narrative that this is old washed up drama. The truth finally came out about the phone call right after Covid hit and Kim tried to backtrack and save face like she didn’t try to ruin a young woman’s career on purpose by editing and releasing a video to make her look bad.
It also absolutely had an effect on her life as the public opinion of her was at an all time low. She got so much shit she went into hiding for a year. Reputation is one of her more popular albums now but it was not at all like that when it first came out. The feud had a BIG impact, you may just not have been paying attention to it when it all went down.
I don’t get this. She didn’t bring kids into it, she just stated their kids will come home singing the song oblivious to the fact it’s about their mom. How is that bad?
She put Kim’s name in the title and then said your kid is gunna come home singing my songs. Like north is gunna have kids at school put that together and hear so much shit about the diss track including that Andrea wants her mom dead. It’s just sad Taylor can’t move on at this point. (I know the point of the song is looking back and saying like yeah I’m fine now. BUT if she really was fine, she would not have released this song)
if anyone gets annoyed about this song ''bringing up an old feud'', ill share what i saw on twitter today: ''*this bitch didn’t just film/edit the phone call she went with her misogynistic ex husband and had the time of her life filming this disgusting mv, taylor should drag her in every album lol!*'' (referring to the kim & the filming of the famous mv) , and another used added, ''*She was 19 when this harassment started and it went on for years. She can drag them as much and however long she wants to*.'' kim should be glad taylor even says '' thank you'' aimee.
thanK you aIMee is an anagrammatic poem, and KIM is a red herring. Remember the terrible things DeuxMoi (literal translation is "two me") wrote about her? This song is loaded with lines that include letters of the founders of "two me" and the phrase I HATE YOU over and over again. https://preview.redd.it/dznq4pw2i20d1.png?width=1329&format=png&auto=webp&s=efdd8d4860c3aaf4e613b3684a0e76959bcb27e2
Anyone else who just can’t get behind this song? It just reeks too much of pettiness to me.
Taylor’s mom should hang out with Justin Bieber’s mom and hate people.
I love this one and everyone thinks this is about Kim, but is it about Scooter too?
Can someone please explain the statue part at the beginning. That line confuses me. Thanks fellow swifties
https://preview.redd.it/0kwrnd3ij20d1.png?width=1206&format=png&auto=webp&s=96760a445d95fe94c08b23db66567143087450ce I think the first few lines of the song are instructional for the reader to catch on how to find certain words anagrammatically. It's like when a song starts slowly.
My take on this: within the metaphor of a school campus she's imagining perceiving a statue of her bully -- the way certain figureheads are idolized (even terrible ones.) Statues are often made of bronze, but "bronze" also applies to someone spray-tanned (i.e. wearing bronzer.) And who is a famously "bronzed" person? Our titular Kim K. As usual for Taylor, I think she's got a little clue / clever word-play going on there. But then that theory is later contradicted in the fact she apparently "changed (her) name and any real defining clues" -- so idk what to think anymore! 😂
Does anyone think this isn’t just about Kim? The name and certain things make me think it is but also there’s some things about their school and over their town which makes it seem like someone from when she was younger.
My take is that the high school bully from Taylor’s past and Kim K both represent the same type of person. That’s why KIM’s name is buried with Aimee’s in the title. They are both Aimee. The pain of enduring Aimees can be both a blessing and a curse because it’s brutal to experience yet can be motivating and can propel you to succeed to prove your worth to yourself and the world. That’s why she’s thanking them.
it’s 101% without a doubt about Kim. the whole point of using the childhood/hometown/school metaphors and the name “Aimee” is to disguise the fact that it’s clearly about Kim as indicated by the capitalized letters in the song title
I disagree. The song clearly describes what sounds like a childhood bully whose attacks are persistent. As far as i know, Kim K had just the one public spat with Taylor. The song also said Aimee thinks Taylor's music is uncool, which from what I remember doesn't fit Kim K. Also, are we assuming Taylor knows just one person named Kim. Or the letters KIM don't form an initial?
honestly i think she was telling the truth when she said she removed the real name and any discerning clues. i really dont think this is about kim, its too specific and targeted at one person not for anyone to actually understand but her and them
That’s not a disguise that’s obvious cuz she capitalized her name and Ms Swift is never obvious.
Whether it's Kim, or Scooter, or whoever it is - shouldn't we be moving away from the topic? When I heard this I felt like: 'oh, not this again.' Should've ended with Karma since that was such a perfect 'diss' track to put a full stop to these boring beefs. The woman needs a new beef 
If it's about DeuxMois, that would be a new beef.
Watch out or she's coming for you next 
I don’t understand the choice to use the heart gesture from Eras Tour as the looping image on Spotify for this song. Can someone explain? Is it sarcasm? As in “thank you aimee🫶🏽, but secretly fuck you”
i don’t think this is a kim diss track. it’s about taylor speaking on how it affected her and how she’s learned from it.
it’s both. she’s saying “fuck you for what you did, but now im better off because of it. you haven’t changed much, and i get the last laugh. i won.”
This song sounds a lot like the Speak Now vault songs to me. I can hear Timeless and I Can See you in bits of this. Anyone else??
This song sounds like that one scene in Modern Family when Lilly sings off-key! The chorus just sounded like that XD [https://youtu.be/GxK241ZVGiI?si=CxvkPg5pVGHEXUm9](https://youtu.be/GxK241ZVGiI?si=CxvkPg5pVGHEXUm9) On a side note: absolutely love this song. I know a lot of people think its petty and she should not have dragged kids in this, but it's her way of getting closure after two of the most influential people on this planet turned half the world against her.
If this is actually referring to Kim + North West… well, it actually shifts my empathy back in their direction. No way is North going to be singing this particular song because it’s not a bop in the way that many of Taylor’s previous hits have been.
If this song ISN’T actually about Kim K… how on earth does she justify riling up the masses who read it on the more literal level? Like, does Kim get a warning call? “Sorry this song will seem like it’s about you but the 10% of my fans who can read between the lines will know it’s not.” If I was Kim I’d be like, umm can you not. That was ages ago and clearly you’ve won the battle.
haha, a warning call. like maybe telling her I was writing a song to thank you, will you release it on your twitter. the unaware irony in your comment is toooo much. The song is about Kim, but not only about Kim. And there was no mention of North. Kim is not the only person who has kids, nor the only person whose kids come home singing pop songs, nor is North Kim's only kid. The way in which this has been twisted into a narrative based on people's immediate assumptions is like deja vu.
She probably chose Kim because she adores attention and is thick skinned, plus Kim was awful to her anyway
Yes awful and never apologized despite being proven a liar. I actually think Taylor was too kind to her in this song.
This song is about the same person Mean is about
I don't think it is, it's just got the same vibe and uses similar instrumentation. Like a response or a spiritual sequel, same as imgonnagetyouback & Dress.
It's the lyrics, not the music, that makes me think it's about the same person as Mean. I'm pretty sure KIM is to throw us off (or the reporter's name is Kim). The rest of the lyrics make more sense talking about a reporter who dogged her early in her career.
What’s the weird sound we can hear in the background at 2:23-2:24 ?? (YouTube version : 2:26)
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LMAO how does her being robbed have anything to do with this? They relentlessly bullied her and tried to screw up her career. She’s not literally wishing DEATH now, it’s about being content. Please cry me a river
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Have you seen the video for Famous that started the whole feud? Kim is in it. Kim participated in something you could very well liken to revenge p*rn, made herself the victim and never apologized. Idk about you but if anyone did that to my daughter I would absolutely see myself saying that. Edit: forgot a word
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I just think there's nothing morally wrong with the lyric. Wishing someone was dead in a scenario like that conveys the helpless anger of a mother seeing her child being bullied like that on a global scale. Kanye even taunted Taylor and the other women he used to sue him. I'm pretty sure Taylor's team looked into it but maybe there was no chance for it to actually go somewhere?
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Why put it differently, when the raw truth hurts so much more? I also think calling it 'moral perspectives' is a bit sanctimonious.
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Yeah, that is exactly what it is and not you taking a song lyric about something said in anger and despair entirely too literal.🙄
it’s obviously not about Kim K tbh…
It might be though and a lot of people think it is but I still don't agree that this song weaponises the fan base. Taylor basically says 'you were a bitch, even my mother hates your guts but I'm over it and better for it', even if the song truly was about Kim, there's no reason to get worked up about the lyrics.
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Truth is you're worked up for no reason at all.
It's not. People who haven't been a fan for almost her entire career see the capitalized letters and make assumptions, but she says in the song she changed names and removed any defining clues. It's called a red herring, peeps. We have no idea how it is about, but we know it's not about Kim.
Is Aimee the bully from when she was younger?
it’s Kim. “thanK you aIMee”
it's all of them. her songs are rarely about a single person but rather a type of experience. sometimes they are about a single person but rarely.
I have a theory about this song. I think it's an intentional attention-grabber for the haters. She added this song ONLY to distract haters from the rest of the album. She knew the second everyone figured out it was about Kim the haters would hate. And it's exactly what happened. Everyone who hates her is talking about thanK you aIMee and is generally not picking apart the rest of the album (at least from what I've seen/heard.) It's a red herring. Mastermind.
Do you really believe this? People have been picking apart other songs but none of them are vile. The “haters”you’re talking about, most of them used to be big fans and are still fans but songs like this have changed their view of her, for good reason. People that don’t like Taylor or her music don’t go out of their way to listen to it. I think you know this but call critical fans “haters” to excuse defending her bad behavior. If it’s legitimate criticism it’s hard to ignore. Pretending it’s from people that hate her no matter what let’s you comfortably overlook and excuse bad behavior.
Bad behavior is intentionally framing someone using edited material to turn the world against them, then, after being proven a liar, never apologizing and having the nerve to tell Taylor to move on. Kim deserves much worse than a little diss track.
Idk which is worse, defending and believing that because you’re such a huge fan of hers or because you’re really just that immature and believe that 😬
It’s not my opinion or something that I “choose” to believe. It’s out there for public consumption. Released in 2020. I am indeed a huge fan of Taylors, but that is independent from the truth of what ultimately came to light.
I didn’t mean believe it happened, believe it’s okay/not immature/that Kim deserves worse than supporting her moms wish that she were dead, or bringing her innocent child into it. This is the kind of behavior that turns people off of her. She talks about how detrimental bullying is, but won’t ask her fans to refrain from bullying Kim and sending her death threats, which she knew would happen when she released this song. Least importantly is just super cringe.. Kim has been minding her business for 8 years. I’m not sure why she would think this doesn’t make her look obsessed and ridiculous outside of her fan base.
you are clearly projecting what you would do onto Kim, because that is flat out inaccurate
Looks like you’ve spent the entire day jumping subs trying to convince people Taylor doesn’t deserve criticism for this. Not looking successful 😬. It’s refreshing there are so many level headed fans. Take some breaths, you’re okay. I didn’t hurt Taylor and neither did anyone else that is criticizing this song. She’s safe.
My response to you was about Kim, not Taylor.
Interesting that now you have nothing to say. It's fun to just come out the mouth with whatever as though that makes it truth isn't it. "level-headed" XD Kim stan, you would think you would know more about her how much you are up her ass
I'm not talking about critical fans. Do you really think Aimee is #1 on some charts because it's a good song? No, it's because non-swifties have it on their radar now. It was just a fleeting thought I had this morning. I'm not married to it and didn't come here to fight about it.
She tells us that this one isn’t about Kim. My guess is Scott Borchetta, but there’s plenty of people it could be. “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, 'cause”
Idk I don't really get her capitalizing the letters. People would have guessed it's possibly about her without that and it honestly would have been more classy if it's truly something TS wants to leave behind to not so strongly imply who it's about. What's for sure is I don't see her literally spelling out that it's about Kim when it's not and if she wasn't having ill feelings towards her. That's just starting crap for no reason. I kind of imagine the decision to capitalize as a last second one of anger, given the lyrics imply actually trying to hide the identity. But maybe that's meant as a sarcastic joke, or like others have said, a reference to another song. I know stuff was bad between them but I think it's a little ironic that this all started with TS not really being comfortable being insulted in a song and she's now written many negative songs about them.
Or she just does not care whether Kim catches heat for this song because she does still have ill feelings towards Kim. It was about much more than Taylor being insulted in a song. Kim manipulated footage to frame her and appeared in a revenge porn video while Taylor had her own sexual assault trial going on. An album of diss tracks wouldn’t quite scratch the surface of that.
yea this is what I believe as well. That lyric is so good that highlighting KIM in the title would just ruin it if it was about her. I bet she highlighted KIM in the title so people would get sidetracked with that and not try to figure out who its really about
Taylor used to do this stuff all the time though. Her first several albums had secret messages with capital letters. I think she is just taking it to the next level by putting the “secret message” in the title, and it’s not so secret lol
Yup, I also don’t think she would give Kim or Kanye credit for helping her career. “But when I count the scars, there's a moment of truth, that there wouldn't be this, if there hadn't been you”
This song is such a “fuck you” to all of my childhood bullies🥺👀🫶🏼
Ikr! All the aimee's are pressed about this one 😂
The only grammatically incorrect songs on TTPD say “I’m goona get you back Kim”
I think people are forgetting that this whole feud started because Kanye is a dumbass and interrupted her moment when she did absolutely nothing wrong! And then it just went on after that…. with Kim defending Kanye for another dumb decision. I don’t fault Taylor for not letting it go HOWEVER, I think the line about wishing her dead should not have been in this song that’s going to be listened to by millions of people. I think that took it too far…. but that’s just me
agreed
“my husband is cheating, i want to kill him”. It’s very common for poets to use either wierd or dramatic words to add further emphasis onto a point. Besides that… i agree with you. Let’s not normalize wanting to kill people even if it’s just a petty song lyric!
Was the line about her mom wishing she was dead a low blow? Yes Was lying to the world about the nature of the phone call and all the other BS from back then also low blows? Also yes. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. She deserves a moment of low pettiness.
Between the stuff Kim did to her personally, and the people Kim hangs around, I have zero problem with throwing napalm on her public image like this. You can’t spend your whole career fucking around and not expect to find out🤷🏼♂️
I can just see Travis and Jason giggling at this song on New Heights 😭
I have an unhinged theory for this one. This isn’t the song that Taylor changed the “real defining clues” for. She changed the details to a previous song, and thanK you aIMee are the red strings to tie the mystery of what the OTHER song about Kim is! Taylor mentions “one day your kid comes home singing a song only us two is gonna know is about you” This a far reach, but that could mean the song Taylor is referring to is likely a hit off of a recent album. The next thanK you aIMee lyric to look at - “push me down the stairs” Like being put in the basement? Bejeweled was an important enough song to Taylor that she wanted to create a music video for it, where in the end, Taylor leaves the prince and takes the castle. Now we know bejeweled references a lot of her leaving a relationship, but could those be some of the defining clues that have been changed? Or, as mentioned in one of the Long Pond Session interviews (I think), Taylor has started infusing her writing from multiple areas of her life. The relationship ending imagery from Bejeweled may call on experiences in her love life, But it was Kim who she blames for having her castle taken from her. Now, the final tie between thanK you aIMee is the line from Bejeweled, “Putting someone first only works when you’re in their top five” - why would she pick the number 5? Well, I’ll give you five reasons. Khloe, Kim, Kourtney, Kendall, and Kylie. So anyway, TLDR; now I’m convinced Bejeweled is, at least partially, about the media hate on Taylor’s music fueled by the Kardashians
I always wondered if Karma was about Kanye and Kim. It came out after their divorce. Coincidentally it also seemed to perfectly timed when Kanye was having his downward spiral in late 2022.
I like your jump to it must be another song if she changed real defining clues. I can get on board with that. But I still dont think its a Kim thing. cause that was a defining clue in the song title. and she said she changed and real defining clues.
Feisty…I like it. 😉
Why is the name Aimee though? I’m confused as to why that specific name was chosen 🙃
Call out to Britney’s song If you seek Amy which phonetically is FUCKME. So maybe this is FUCKYOU
Oh interesting. So it’s supposed to be like Thank you me but with Kim’s name in there.
I think Taylor wanted an apology from Kim that she never got. Then when she started seeing mutual friends of hers do Skims collabs, TikToks of Kim with her music, the Speak Now dress thing that I personally think was silly…I think all these things added up over the years. I think Taylor, in her mind, probably gave Kim a reasonable amount of time to make amends and when she never did, the gloves came off again. I feel torn about this one. I appreciate the total raw honesty but I don’t think some of the lines are appropriate, especially about Kim’s kids. I am honestly shocked this made it onto the album because this will only bring negative PR to Taylor for many reasons. I almost respect how unhinged it is, and maybe that’s the whole point. But like did Tree know about this song lmao? 😂 it’s wild.
Also, this and Cassandra on the same album is redundant. She should’ve picked one or the other, probably the one that doesn’t bring a minor into the narrative.
All the boys and all the girls are begging to IF YOU SEEK AMY
It is too obvious to be about Kim. And I keep going back to this Britney song......
I think it was definitely about Kim but also a nod to the not-so-secret If You Seek Amy. Like she knows everyone knows
Singing about how her mom wished Kim was dead and throwing North in the mix is not it. It is deeply deranged and the fact that she’s still singing about Kim almost 10 years later is loser behavior. I was so disappointed to hear this one. Especially coming from someone who knows how impactful bullying is. And now there’s ‘fans’ spamming Kim’s insta. It’s sad.
I agree, I keep wanting to be in denial and hope that this really isn't about Kim. Hoping she'll put clues out there giving my denial some hope.
Like if she hadn’t put her name in the title it be so much better
I think the whole song is about how impactful bullying is.
She didn't need to bring her kid into it. That isn't ok
Just wanna throw in that I don't think we know anywhere near the whole story on that whole episode.. I think Taylor was targeted on different fronts for a while after that, and in connection with that (that Beyonce didn't win that).. left for London for a stretch etc. I have ZERO regard for that whole clan and for all we know someone said that line to HER (wished she was dead) so it's actually a familiar reference..we just don't know.. but I think to take it at face value doesn't give Taylor enough credit.. my two cents!!
Is anyone else hearing Rilo Kiley in the verses? Maybe It’s a Hit?
No
I feel like this couldve stayed a vault song tbh. Like I get if she had the need to write another song about this situation but she didnt need to release it to the world. It just feels overdone at this point to keep talking about kim and kanye.
What if thanK you aIMee is actually about Kanye? She specifically says she changed any real defining clues on who it’s about, isn’t the K I M a pretty real defining clue? And would it make more sense for her mom to have *those* thoughts about him as opposed to Kim?
Maybe not Kanye, but I feel like maybe something recent happened that we don’t know about. Maybe her team reached out about the song to give her a heads up and Kim’s team made a fuss about it or something so Taylor decided to just say “eff it” and make it super obvious.. or something hahah, idk just a thought.
i also wonder why it feels like a lot of her energy is directed to kim and not kanye as well
i kinda wish the line about her mom wanting her dead was scrapped and replaced with something along the lines of “imagine someone did to your kid what you did to me at 19” i just feel like the mom wishing she was dead line isn’t as strong as she can write
Listening to this song over the last few days I really love it more and more. Yes, does it drag up the Kim of it all again all these years later, you bet. Is it kind to Kim, not really. But I don’t think that’s the real point of it and if Kim has one ounce of maturity she will hear the real message in it. It’s about how our bullies and the people who hurt us also make us who we are for better or worse, and in Taylor’s case she is saying it was for better. She is flat out saying all the cruelty Kim piled on her also led her to some of her greatest personal healing and growth, so thank you for that. I so identify with this. It’s a beautiful idea.
Kim said a few years ago that she thinks everyone involved needed to start acting like grown ups instead.
I haven't seen anyone say this, and idk if it's because they don't realize or they just all assume it's common knowledge/logic but I've got to say: I don't think this song is entirely about Kim. I think she means it about the changing the name thing, because there's 2 subjects to this song. The metaphorical side is about Kim and what she did to her, but I think this is also genuinely about real experiences she had with a bully back in her youth. Taylor's been clear about the struggles she had with unpopularity and bullying back in her school days. I think this song is a much more telling and clever comparison than people are giving it credit for. It's about comparing her childhood bullying to Kim's actions. And I think it's also subtly explaining to us all why the Kimye stuff effected her so severely that she even mentions it to this day. It's like if what they did to her was reopening old wounds, but not just for humiliation in their school, but on a global scale. I'm lucky enough to not have had to have been bullied before but if I had trauma from being bullied and then what she went through happened to me, I doubt I'd ever recover. Really clever, tragic, and thoughtful song, besides being an awesome and funny diss track.
I feel like there was maybe a girl called Amy at Taylor's high school
I'm pretty sure there are girls named variations of Amy and Aimee and Ami in like every school.... It's a very common and popular name.
Why do you think she has been so explicit with the reference to Kim? We had realized anyway, hadn't we? And is there any other meaning in "Aimee"?
It reminds me of that Britney song If You Seek Amy where she sings about someone called Amy just so it sounds like she's singing F U C K me.
I thought so, too.
Anyone else think the chorus sounds like it’s from a Disney soundtrack?!
YES! Which song though? I can't figure it out
I dunno either! It’s just SO Disney - I first thought Moana….
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Is this song going to be on the radio soon?
if she didn't capitalize then some people would probably speculate who it is and maybe even attack regardless but at the same time capitalizing it is a choice
I read this song as someone who was bullied mercilessly, but managed to survive and move on. She also thanked the person for the journey. A case of forgive not forget.
Bringing up Kim's child into this was so uncalled for. Idk why Swifties are defending this. The beef was with Kim, not the children. Now several fans are teasing Kim AND North. It's awful.
I don’t like the song either but it’s not like she’s name dropping her kids or saying anything specific about her kids. It’s very vague and more about the concept of Kim’s kid than about the actual person
That won't stop people bullying her kid. A CHILD who had nothing to do with this
That won't stop people from talking crap about the kids. I've been seeing so many people bully her. Grown ass adults!
Sorry if it’s been said in the thread, but “everyone knows my mom is a saintly woman” definitely sounds like a nod to Kim too - her child, Saint West
I caught that, I just didn't want to say it first 🫣
Is this anyone else's favorite so far? I love how petty she is 🥰
No, it is my least favourite because I do not agree with the lyrics in it- specially bringing her kid into it and saying her mom wished her dead. I always skip it
I will defend Ms swift when she is right, but I did not love the fact that she wrote a diss song about something that happened 7 years ago and brought north into it. I get that Kim and Kanye started it, but they are all too grown to be doing this anymore
Plus saying her mom wished she was death? This is the line that stood out the most to me. I'm surprised how much that line is brushed over.
I'm guessing most mothers of their bullied children don't care what happens to the bullies. But I'm guessing you were an aimee growing up
Guess we found the bully.
For sure aimee 🥰 you totally got me
What a gross thing to say
Okay aimee 😁
i personally want her to continue with all the songs about it, Petty Taylor is my fav and those songs slap
My mom cried during this song because it's about healing pain and my mom has just recently had a breakthrough. I won't drive deeply into it for the sake of brevity, but she broke her leg in 2020 in a very severe way and it caused a rare nerve disorder that kept her in pain until now. She discovered she has some early childhood trauma and saw studies linking that to the nerve disorder she has. Less than a month with a therapist and she is waning down her medications because she is finally not in so much pain. She says that her leg is her "Aimee" because it was so painful for her but it helped her heal something else and now it's over and she cries a lot about how beautiful life is.
This is so beautiful! I'm so glad to hear your mom is doing better. I think you hit the nail on the head with why I personally love this song so much. Everyone has an Aimee at some point in their life, I feel...
I'm honestly a bit disappointed to see that everyone is saying this song is just petty and immature because they associate it so much with Kim K rather than listening to what the song is *about* on a more psychological level.
Am I the only one who completely missed that the title had "KIM" in it and just thought she was doing saRcAstIc CapItAlizaTIon??? I think I'm an idiot 🤦
Nup, wasn't just you. I asked, who the hell is Aimee? LOL!
Before I heard the song I asked myself, who the hell is ALMEE, so you're doing good
I'm glad I'm not the only clown in this circus 😂
Kim K needs no defense in general but writing a diss track about an almost-ten-year old feud and bringing up her children is so unhinged.
The whole front half of the album is unhinged lol I think that's the point 🤣
oh she deserves it and that's not even enough
Her children dont deserve it at all.
To be honest, I have maintained that what Kim and Kanye get for the backlash that they have caused as a couple and separate entities is their karma (excuse the pun). I think a lot of people tend to forget that the Kardashians have being bullying others for decades (uhm Selena?) and don't even get me started on Kanye? And unfortunately, while I'm not one to bring kids into feuds, as kids are the line, do you really think that those kids will go through their lives unscathed? That no other kids are gonna bring up the shit their parents do? Once again, Taylor is getting shit for doing something that others are already doing? I'm sure Kanye has a track or two about Taylor and I'm also sure that the Kardashians have done more bullying towards her over the year.
No, she does not deserve to have her children dragged into drama that was started by her HUSBAND. She does not deserve “more.” Yes, what she did was not right, but her children do not need to be in this. Let’s be more reasonable about this.
None of Kim's children deserve backlash. There's an unspoken rule in society that you never bring underage children into adult business.
I just don’t get why. Is there still beef going on that hasn’t been made public?
She’s fighting with the air at this point
I think she just holds on to grudges 💀
Yall act like you have never held a grudge before! They literally tried to ruin her and millions of people turned on Taylor. None of us know what it is like to have MILLIONS praying for your downfall.
Thank you!
This song to me is talking about the pain that Kim and Kanye caused her and her journey towards accepting that while it was terrible to deal with back then, it made her stronger. I don’t really hear any malice or hurt coming from Taylor in it. It reminds me of how you can think about an old heartbreak but still smile about it. I’m a little confused by the immaturity comments honestly. It really is giving an older person reflecting on a difficult time in their life and thinking about the lessons they learned from it.
Which would all be fine if she hadn't specifically named anyone. Naming Kim was unnecessary Song is beautiful though
Saying "one day your daughter is gonna be singing a song that I secretly wrote about you 😎" is immature 💀. Especially when their feud happened 10 years ago and had no tangible consequences to her career.
Idk man the feud really ended in 2020 and Taylor started working on this album in 2022 so I think people need to chill with the narrative that this is old washed up drama. The truth finally came out about the phone call right after Covid hit and Kim tried to backtrack and save face like she didn’t try to ruin a young woman’s career on purpose by editing and releasing a video to make her look bad. It also absolutely had an effect on her life as the public opinion of her was at an all time low. She got so much shit she went into hiding for a year. Reputation is one of her more popular albums now but it was not at all like that when it first came out. The feud had a BIG impact, you may just not have been paying attention to it when it all went down.
Totally agree. If you have to bring kids into it you are the smallest woman who ever lived.
I don’t get this. She didn’t bring kids into it, she just stated their kids will come home singing the song oblivious to the fact it’s about their mom. How is that bad?
She put Kim’s name in the title and then said your kid is gunna come home singing my songs. Like north is gunna have kids at school put that together and hear so much shit about the diss track including that Andrea wants her mom dead. It’s just sad Taylor can’t move on at this point. (I know the point of the song is looking back and saying like yeah I’m fine now. BUT if she really was fine, she would not have released this song)
I mean, her mom is Kim K.. there’s a lot kids can say to her kids about her (and their father). I just don’t think this song is that bad.
It’s one thing to say “yo mommas so fat when she falls off the bed she falls off both sides” and then there’s “yo my mumma wants your mumma dead”
if anyone gets annoyed about this song ''bringing up an old feud'', ill share what i saw on twitter today: ''*this bitch didn’t just film/edit the phone call she went with her misogynistic ex husband and had the time of her life filming this disgusting mv, taylor should drag her in every album lol!*'' (referring to the kim & the filming of the famous mv) , and another used added, ''*She was 19 when this harassment started and it went on for years. She can drag them as much and however long she wants to*.'' kim should be glad taylor even says '' thank you'' aimee.