While fans mostly focused on the references to Taylor Swift‘s romances in her new songs, they had a blast listening to “thanK you, aIMee,” a song that was a not-so-thinly veiled attack on Kim Kardashian. The lyrics tell a story Taylor Swift shared many times about how much her mental health suffered during her feud with Kim and Kanye West, but it ended on a hopeful note about how she learned to make the best of it.
She recently debuted the song at Wembley Stadium and seemed to throw shade at the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, who had reportedly claimed Taylor should be over their feud by now, with a scathing speech.
Taylor Swift Played Kim Kardashian Diss Track For The First Time
“thanK you aIMee” was one of the most controversial songs on Taylor Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, as it was a direct dig at Kim Kardashian, referencing, without naming specifics, the infamous Kanye West feud.
As she continues incorporating the new songs into her Eras tour, she decided to play the diss track for the first time on her second night playing at the legendary Wembley Stadium.
“I was thinking about getting to play at Wembley Stadium. That’s not remotely normal [and] it is so insane for you to [have] done that for me… and for my crew because we get to play Wembley Stadium eight times this summer,” she began introducing the song. “You clearly thought this was a good idea [and] you wanted this to happen. Blows me away. I’ll spend forever trying to thank you for that.”
After the thank-yous, however, her speech took a turn, and she seemingly began shading Kim Kardashian, hinting to fans which song was coming.
“On the other hand, it really makes me think about how every time someone talks s**t, it just makes me work even harder and it makes me even tougher. So, it also makes me incredibly thankful for those people,” she quipped and launched into the song.
Kim Kardashian About The Song
“All that time you were throwing punches / I was building something / And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel / Screamed, ‘F**k you, Aimee’ to the night sky / As the blood was gushing / But I can’t forget the way you made me heal,” Taylor Swift sings.
The letters capitalized in “thanK you, aIMee” didn’t leave much to the imagination, allegedly causing a reaction from Kim Kardashian.
The reality TV star was apparently upset at being featured in the song, and a source claimed that “She’s over it and thinks Taylor should move on.” The insider went on to say that Kim “doesn’t get why [Swift] keeps harping on it” since “it’s been literally years.”
While the song is very much a diss track, the lyrics become friendlier in the end.
“All that time you were throwing punches / It was all for nothing / And our town, it looks so small from way up here / Screamed, ‘Thank you, Aimee’ to the night sky / And the stars are stunning / ‘Cause I can’t forget the way you made me heal.”
“thanK you, aIMee” is not a song about hate but about how Taylor Swift learned to take the negativity thrown her way and turn it into art, and while she might not be fully over what happened with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, she seems to be working on it.