Taylor Swift is seemingly confirming that one of her songs from her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” is about Kim Kardashian and her ex husband. Kardashian and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, have been rumored to be the subject of Swift's track "thanK you aIMee," which came out in the extended 2 a.m.
release on April 19. The capitalized letters spell out KIM, seemingly a reference to Kardashian. But in an official marketing email from Taylor Nation months later, on Aug.
15, Swift's team changed the way the song was spelled to "thank You aimEe," spelling YE in capital letters instead. The August email was promoting $5 downloads of her “TTPD” album, plus two bonus tracks recorded live — including a mash-up of “thank You aimEe,” and “Mean.” Swift, Ye, and Kardashian have had a long-running feud , beginning in 2009 when Ye interrupted Swift's acceptance speech for best female video to say that "Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.
" Revisit our live coverage of the release of “The Tortured Poets Department.” The lyrics of "thank You aimEe" appear to be about a mean girl at school, but while interpreting the song, fans honed in on several lines in particular. “I don’t think you’ve changed much/ And so I changed your name, and any real defining clues,” Swift sings on the track.
“And one day, your kid comes home singin’/ A song that only us two is gonna know is about you.” Fans pointed out Kardashian’s oldest dau.