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Is Taylor Swift’s new song thanK you aIMee about Kim Kardashian? Fans are reading into the lyrics

Fans immediately drew a connection to the fashion mogul with the new track on The Tortured Poets Department.

Taylor Swift’s newest album dropped at midnight on Thursday as the 14-time Grammy winner surprised with 31 new songs on The Tortured Poets Department. While there were tracks that seemed to tell the stories of heartbreak with ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn and her short-lived follow-up relationship with singer Matty Healy, one song stood out to fans.

MORE: 9 Taylor Swift lyrics that may be Travis Kelce references from So High School and The Alchemy

Based on the lyrics and cryptic capitalizations in “thanK you aIMee,” Swifties quickly put it together that it might be about Swift’s longstanding feud with Kim Kardashian.

Swift has had beef with Kardashian and her ex-husband, Kanye West, for years, stemming back to West’s lyrics mentioning Swift in his song “Famous” and the phone call between the artists that was leaked in 2016.

The song details the pain “Aimee” put her through, but says “… I can’t forget the way you made me heal.”

9 Taylor Swift lyrics that may be Travis Kelce references from So High School and The Alchemy

These clearly sound like they’re about Travis Kelce.

If you woke up extremely early on Friday morning to listen to Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, you found out that she released 15 extra songs to go along with the original track listing.

And you also found out that there were a pair of songs off the album that sounded like they were clearly about her boyfriend, Travis Kelce: So High School and The Alchemy.

Fans have already combed through and found the references, so we’ve collected them in one place. Here’s a look at some of the lyrics that could be Kelce references from those two tracks:

“I wanna find you in a crowd just to hide from you” (So High School)

Something a bit subtle, but the two of them have been in a ton of crowds, including at Coachella 2024 recently.

“Are you gonna marry, kiss or kill me? It’s just a game, but really I’m betting on all three for us two” (So High School)

Remember that video people unearthed in which he said he’d kiss Swift in the “Kiss, Marry, Kill” game? Yep.

Get my car door, isn’t that sweet? Then pull me to the backsеat (So High School)

Fans think this one is obvious.

You know how to ball, I know Aristotle (So High School)

You know you’re good at football. Almost too obvious.

I feel like laughing in the middle of practice to that impression you did of your dad again (So High School)

We assume that’s a reference to Ed Kelce?

So when I touch down, call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team, ditch the clowns, get the crown (The Alchemy)

Touchdown! Team!

These blokes warm the benches, we’ve been on a winning streak (The Alchemy)

Another set of sports references!

Shirts off, and your friends lift you up, over their heads, beer sticking to the floor, cheers chanted cause they said “There was no chance trying to be the greatest in the league” Where’s the trophy? He just comes, running over to me (The Alchemy)

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Hmmm. I wonder if that’s a sneaky Jason Kelce reference, but really — this is so obviously Travis.

I circled you on a map (The Alchemy)

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It was way too easy to get him going with this😂 #marriedlife #couplecomedy #taylorswift #traviskelce

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LOL. Clearly a reference to the “Taylor Swift put Travis Kelce on the map” meme.

Taylor Swift fans swoon over Travis Kelce references in 2 Tortured Poets Department songs

So High School and The Alchemy sounds like they’re about Travis Kelce.

The talk about Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, was that it would cover her relationships with Joe Alwyn and Matt Healy.

And it did. But the big surprise — beyond the fact that she then dropped 15 (!!) extra surprise songs to go along with it — is that there are almost undoubtedly references to her relationship with Travis Kelce.

There are two songs that fans are zeroing in on: So High School and The Alchemy.

So High School has a lyric — “Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me” that refers to Kelce’s old video in which he played that game and said he’d kiss Swift. The Alchemy has football references everywhere: “So when I touch down, Call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team” and “Where’s the trophy? He just comes, running over to me.”

Here’s some reaction: