MIAMI.- It is no secret to anyone that Taylor Swift always have an encrypted message for someone in your songs, and the compositions that make up The Tortured Poets Department They are not the exception, so their loyal followers concentrated on finding who each of the pieces are addressed to.
Taylor’s album not only walks through the heartbreaks she has experienced or the moments of hope, it also addresses some controversies that she has faced throughout her artistic career.
And it is in this sense that the swifties They found two songs dedicated to the socialite and businesswoman Kim Kardashianwith whom Taylor starred in a controversy years ago linked to rapper Kanye West.
The songs
thanK you alMee y Cassandra are the pieces destined for this long and complex chapter of Swift. In the first, the interpreter highlights in capital letters the letters K, I, M, which form the word KIM; Proof enough for fans that this is a direct catharsis for the Skims founder and West’s ex-wife.
The lyrics of the song narrate how she strives to build her professional path, while a woman attacks her and criticizes every step she takes.
Meanwhile, in Cassandra, although the references are more subtle, the artist used narrative licenses to reflect some viral elements of the conflict that the three starred as the snake and a famous and controversial call that was manipulated to put the singer in a bad light.
Both compositions have gone viral on social networks, and have had an immediate effect on the reach of Kim Kardashian, who saw her Instagram account decrease by at least 100 thousand followers.
After the album’s release, Kim attended Jimmy Kimmel’s show but did not address the controversy and only talked about her time in American Horror Story and the next projects of her intimate clothing line.
The conflict
The dispute between Taylor Swift and Kanye West dates back more than a decade.
It began at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when Taylor was beginning to grow in the music industry and won the award for best female video. West then came on stage and interrupted her speech to say that Beyonc deserved the award.
“Taylor, I’m really happy for you and I’m going to let you finish talking, but Beyonc’s video is one of the best videos ever. One of the best videos ever!” he said.
The rapper later issued an apology, which Swift diplomatically accepted. But what seemed to be the end of an unpleasant controversy marked the beginning of a long battle.
In 2010, West released a song dedicated to Taylor, while she responded to him with the premiere of the song Innocent.
Some time later, the rapper said that Taylor owed his fame to her, and in 2013 he assured that his apology was only due to pressure from public opinion, but that he did not really regret his attitudes against the singer. The attacks continued with public messages, comments on social networks and songs with some attacks.
But Kim played a fundamental role in the war.
The actress and producer also influenced her ex-husband when he accused her of lying about her knowledge of the song. Famous, piece in which West openly offends Swift.
After the release of that song, Taylor spoke out and assured that she had never consented to that nor had she heard the song before.
In his popular reality Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kim shared the recording of the call in which Kanye warned Taylor to release a song in which he mentioned her and she assured that she had no problem with it and that in fact she liked the composition. After this, Taylor was canceled on social media.
However, some time later, an Internet user published the original recording of the call, making it clear that what Kim had published had been edited.
About that altercation, Taylor stated a long time later that it broke her for a long time.
“It took me psychologically to a place I had never been. I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid of phone calls. I pushed most people away from my life because “I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I sank a lot.”
