Since Taylor Swift’s diss track on “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” dropped on Friday, the reality star has lost more than 1,000,000 followers, and counting. Last month, the “Kardashians” star’s Instagram account had 364.3 million followers. The figure had plummeted to 363 million as of Monday, and the Skims creator’s comments were filled with Swifties writing the name of the nasty song, “thanK you aIMee.”
The song, published as the second installment of Swift’s “secret double album,” is about a “bronze, spray-tanned” high school bully. Fans with keen eyes immediately observed that the capitalization in the title referred to Kardashian.
“All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’ / And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel,” reads the chorus, in part. “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.”
Kardashian, 43, has yet to respond to the viral dig — or its impact on her social media presence — but she appeared unconcerned while eating out with friends. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star was at odds with Swift, 34, while she was married to ex-husband Kanye West in 2016.
After the rapper referred to Swift as “that bitch” in his song “Famous,” which the pop star took issue with, Kardashian asserted to GQ that Swift had actually granted him permission.
“She totally knew that was coming out,” Kardashian added of West, who followed “proper protocol” prior to the release. “She wanted to all of a sudden act like she didn’t.” She also revealed a phone chat between Swift and West, which the “Cruel Summer” star later said was recorded “illegally” and “edited.”
The harm had already been done, with Kardashian followers bombarding Swift with snake emojis on social media and labeling her a liar. Swift appropriated snake imagery while playing songs from “Reputation,” which is considered her “revenge album.”
Despite Kardashian’s statement to “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” viewers in 2019 that she was “over” the rivalry, Swift just brought it back up in her Time Person of the Year interview. “That took me down psychologically to a place I’ve never been before,” she explained in her December 2023 cover story. “I pushed away most individuals in my life because I no longer trusted anyone. “I went down really hard.”
Swifties are certain she also addressed the issue on the album with “Cassandra” — on top of bringing exes Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy and John Mayer into headlines with diss tracks of their own.
