Celebrities are fair game when it comes to this Taylor Swift Songs, a lesson Kim Kardashian learned first hand with 2024 The Tortured Poets Department.
“Kim isn’t happy about it but doesn’t want to add fuel to the fire,” a source tells us exclusively Us weekly of Kardashian’s reaction to Swift’s “Thank you aIMee,” which is believed to be about their previous feud Kanye West.
The Kardashians The 43-year-old star is “upset that Taylor still has negative feelings towards her,” the insider said. “She thought her problems were a thing of the past,” the source adds.
While Kardashian “had no idea she would be a part of this narrative,” the insider said she “believed it could happen at some point knowing how Taylor writes her music.”
Although Kardashian has yet to publicly comment on Swift’s new song, she gave her first interview since its release on Monday, April 22 Jimmy Kimmel, “Life is good.”
The following day, the Skims founder posted a retro 2022 selfie of herself, her sister, via her Instagram Stories Khloe Kardashian and Swift’s former best friend Karlie Kloss. (Kloss, 31, and Swift were inseparable for years before reportedly falling out.)
In case you missed it, Us has a lot of information to break down TTPD. And while at first glance “thanK you aIMee” appears to be about someone named Aimee, eagle-eyed fans were quick to point out that the capital letters in the title mean “Kim.”
In addition to the title nod, Swift, 34, alludes to her drama with Kardashian in the lyrics.
“When I picture my hometown / There’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you,” she sings, seemingly describing Los Angeles. “And a plaque underneath / That threatens to push me down the stairs of our school.”
Swift then criticizes Kardashian (or Aimee) for being a bully and “throwing punches” while “building something.”
Taylor Swift has not only made headlines for her chart-topping music over the years, but also for several high-profile celebrity feuds. In January 2022, Swift got into a social media spat with musician Damon Albarn after he claimed she shouldn’t call herself a songwriter if she wasn’t the only creative credited on a track. “I […]
The singer claims that there was never a “fair fight” between the women. She claims that her nemesis was always “stomping over her ‘grave'” and “laughing at every little step I took.”
Swift finally thanks her enemy, singing, “I can’t forget how you made me heal.”
Kardashian and Swift’s feud dates back to 2009, when the reality star’s now-ex-husband West, 46, interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV VMAs. West explained Beyonce deserved the award that left the audience speechless.
The rapper claimed in his 2016 song “Famous” that the awards show debacle made Swift a superstar. Swift, meanwhile, criticized West for the lyric, “Me and Taylor might still have sex / I made this guy famous,” claiming she didn’t agree to it.
Kardashian defended her then-husband and released a phone conversation between West and Swift that was allegedly recorded without her consent. When Kardashian posted the footage via Snapchat, she added snake emojis, which Swift kept referring to Call Album.
In 2020, the feud reignited when the full version of Swift’s leaked phone conversation with West was released, proving that she was “telling the truth all along.”
The following year, Kardashian caused a stir when she praised Swift’s music during an appearance on the Honestly With Bari Weis podcast. “I really like a lot of her songs,” she claimed in 2021. “They’re all super sweet and catchy. I had to look at my phone to find a name.”
Although the Skims founder was criticized for saying “Thanks, AIMee,” he wants to bury the hatchet with Swift once and for all. (Fans also believe Swift addressed Kardashian’s past snake comments in her new track “Cassandra,” which says, “So they filled my cell with snakes, I’m sorry to say/Do you believe me now?”)
“It was a different time in Kim’s life and she feels like her whole life is different now and she’s in a better place,” the source says Us Kardashian and West divorced in 2021.
When it comes to Swift, Kardashian would “love to patch things up between them,” the insider says. “Kim really wishes Taylor well and hopes they can move forward.”