The enduring feud between Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian reignited when the pop singer released the not-so-subtle song “thanK you aIMee” from her latest album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ The track delves into their ongoing feud, sparking widespread discussion since the album’s release on Friday. Following the album drop, Kim experienced a significant loss of over 100K followers on Instagram.
Before the album’s release, Kim Kardashian had 364.3 million followers, but that number has now dropped to 363 million. Recently, Kim shared photos from her beach vacation on sister Kourtney Kardashian’s birthday. The comment section of her latest post was flooded with ‘Swifties’ reminding her of the latest song. One fan wrote, “thanK you aIMee 🤍,” while another commented, “thanK you aIMee…The mother has spoken.”
In “thanK you aIMee,” Taylor Swift addresses the longstanding feud between herself and Kim Kardashian, which originated at the 2009 MTV VMAs. The song’s lyrics include lines such as, “All that time you were throwin’ punches, / I was buildin’ somethin’,” sung in the chorus. “And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel / Screamed ‘F—k you, Aimee’ to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’ / But I can’t forget the way you made me heal.”
The feud began when Kim’s ex-husband, Kanye West, interrupted Taylor’s acceptance speech on stage at the 2009 VMAs, claiming she didn’t deserve her award for best female video. Later, he referenced Taylor in his song without obtaining her permission, which she objected to, calling it misogynistic.
Kim defended Kanye and released a phone call conversation suggesting Kanye had received Taylor’s approval before releasing the song. However, when the full conversation was leaked, it became evident that Kanye hadn’t provided all the details to Taylor.
Taylor’s new album also touches on her past relationships with Matty Healy and Joe Alwyn, along with references to other celebrities and artists like Charlie Puth, Clara Bow, Stevie Nicks, and Patti Smith.
Taylor Swift discussed the inspiration behind her new album in a commentary on Amazon Music, highlighting society’s fascination with artists’ pain. “What do we do to our writers, and our artists, and our creatives? We put them through hell. We watch what they create, then we judge it. We love to watch artists in pain, often to the point where I think sometimes as a society we provoke that pain and we just watch what happens,” she said.