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From The Blue Nile to Charlie Puth, here are all the artists named in Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

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From The Blue Nile to Charlie Puth, here are all the artists named in Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

Kim Kardashian


Kim Kardashian.

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Although Kim Kardashian is never mentioned by name is Swift’s lyrics, many fans and outlets think “ThanK you aIMee” is about the pair’s beef.

The song’s title has the letters “K,” “I,” and “M,” capitalized, spelling “KIM.”

“When I picture my hometown/ There’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you/ And a plaque underneath it/ That threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school,” the lyrics read.

The feud began in 2016 when Kardashian defended her former husband Ye — formally known as Kanye West — and his song “Famous.”

“I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that bitch famous,” Ye’s lyrics read.

Swift’s publicist said she was not aware that West planned to describe her as “that bitch” in a February 2016 statement. However, West said in X posts that he and Swift had a phone conversation about the lyric, during which she “gave her blessings.”

By July, Kardashian shared a series of snapchats showing a purported phone call between Swift and West. The videos showed Swift and West talking, but there was no direct reference to the lyrics in question. Swift then called out the former couple, sparking a wave of backlash that inspired KimYe fans to use snake emojis to describe Swift.

Swift later dropped her 2017 album “Reputation,” which some fans considered a career-shifting album that contains jabs at West and Kardashian.

The feud sparked again in 2020 when the full phone conversation between West and Swift leaked. Fans of Swift noted that the leaked call didn’t make reference to the “that bitch” lyric, but Kardashian doubled down on her support for West with X posts.

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