Taylor Swift shared a message telling haters to ‘talk s***’ before singing Kim Kardashian’s rumored song, thank you aIMee, during the second night of her Eras Tour stop in London on Saturday.
The Grammy winner, 34 — who went Instagram official with boyfriend Travis Kelce as she posed with the Prince of Wales — performed the song, which can be found on her album Tortured Poets Department.
Upon its release, fans quickly speculated that the song, which is stylized to spell out “KIM” in all caps, was a reference to Swift’s alleged feud with the SKIMS founder.
Before singing a mashup of thanK you aIMee and Mean from her Speak Now album, Taylor said per We weekly: ‘It really makes me think about how every time someone talks shit, it just makes me work even harder and it makes me even harder.
“So it makes me incredibly grateful for those people as well,” the star went on to tell the sold-out crowd.
Taylor Swift, 34, shared a message to haters who “talk s***” before singing Kim Kardashian’s rumored song, thank you aIMee, to fans during night two of her Eras Tour stop in London on Saturday (seen above )
Upon its release, fans quickly speculated that the song, which is stylized to spell out “KIM” in all caps, was a reference to Swift’s alleged feud with the SKIMS founder.
Shortly before, Taylor had welcomed the opportunity to perform eight concerts at Wembley Stadium during her Eras Tour.
The star began her stop in London on Friday, June 21, followed by two additional nights on Saturday and Sunday, June 23. She returns to the venue for five more nights in August.
‘I was thinking about playing at Wembley Stadium. That is far from normal [and] it’s so insane that you do that [have] I did that for me… and for my team, because we get to play eight times at Wembley Stadium this summer.’
The Love Story hitmaker continued: “You clearly thought this was a good idea [and] you wanted this to happen. Blows me away. I will forever try to thank you for that.”
Thank you aIMee appeared on Taylor’s eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, which was released a few months earlier in April. There was also speculation that another song, Cassandra, would be about the reality star.
After the release, a source said We weekly at a time when the diss track was Swift’s “last word” on their years-long feud.
‘The song is her last word. Taylor has moved on and isn’t looking back,” the insider told the outlet, adding that the singer “didn’t hear anything” from Kim during the song.
A separate source says this People after the album’s release that Kim is “over” the feud with Taylor and wants her to “move on.”
Before singing a mashup of thanK you aIMee and Mean from her Speak Now album, Taylor said, according to Us Weekly, “It really makes me think about how every time someone talks shit, it just makes me work even harder and it makes me even harder’; Seen in London on Saturday
Thank you aIMee appeared on Taylor’s eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, which was released a few months earlier in April. There was also speculation that another song, Cassandra, would be about the reality star
“She’s over it and thinks Taylor should move on,” the insider said, adding that Kim “doesn’t understand why.” [Swift] keeps harping on it. It’s literally been years.”
Besides the unsubtle title, fans think Thank You Aimee is aimed at Kim thanks to the chorus: “All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethingthin.”
“And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel / Screamed ‘F*** you, Aimee’ at the night sky, with the blood flowing / But I can’t forget the way you made me heal.”
Elsewhere in the lyrics, Taylor sings about removing “defining clues” about the person she’s singing about, adding, “I changed your name,” which immediately drew more listeners to the irregularly capitalized title.
The ongoing feud between Taylor and Kim appears to trace back to the release of Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo in 2016.
In the song Famous from that album, Kim’s ex-husband raps: ‘I feel like me and Taylor may still have sex / Why? I made that b**** famous.”
The line, which refers to the moment Kanye interrupted Taylor’s win at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, is said to have been passed to the singer for approval, but she denies ever consenting to it.
Taylor said she had been contacted about the song, but was “never informed of the actual lyrics: ‘I made that b**** Famous.’
The ongoing feud between Taylor and Kim appears to trace back to the release of Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo in 2016; seen in 2015 in LA
The line, which references the moment Kanye interrupted Taylor’s win at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, is said to have been passed to the singer for approval, but she denies ever consenting to it; seen in 2009 in New York
In an attempt to prove Kanye’s version, Kim shared an edited clip from the studio of him calling Taylor up and seemingly getting her approval.
However, the clip shows that he’s conveying the idea more than the specific lyrics, and when the full call was later leaked, it became clear that the use of “b****,” which seemed to be a major problem for Taylor, was completely omitted.
Things seemed to settle down in the following years, with Kim claiming on Watch What Happens Live in 2019 that the trio had “moved on” from the dispute.
However, that wasn’t how the Blank Space singer saw it, and she later said in an interview with Elle, “It would be nice if we could get an apology from people who bully us.”
Although Taylor’s career has never been better or more prominent than in recent years, she complained within her TIME Person of the Year Profile 2023 that the dispute “psychologically took me to a place I’ve never been before.”
“You have a completely fabricated frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, that Kim Kardashian edited and then broadcast to everyone telling everyone I was a liar,” she seethed.
It is illegal to record a telephone conversation in California, where at least some parties were likely located during the original exchange, without the consent of all parties to the conversation.
Taylor added that her distress caused her to move “abroad” in the aftermath.
During the big night, Swift took to her Instagram page to share a now-viral selfie she took with Kelce, Prince William and his children, George and Charlotte.
Swift has been busy with her Eras Tour stop in London, which officially kicked off on Friday.
In addition to a sold-out crowd of fans, other special guests were also in attendance, like her NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce, who cheered her on.
During the big night, Swift took to her Instagram page to share a now-viral selfie she took with Kelce and Prince William and his children, George and Charlotte.
The group could be seen smiling excitedly in the image – which Taylor captioned as: ‘Happy Bday M8! The shows in London are off to a fantastic start.’
The Prince of Wales was later spotted grooving and showing off his dance moves as Swift performed her hit Shake It Off during the concert.
After her three-night stop in London, Taylor will continue her European trek in countries including Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Poland and Australia before returning to London in August; seen in London on Friday
The Prince of Wales was later spotted grooving and showing off his dance moves as Swift performed her hit Shake It Off during the concert.
And on Saturday night two, other celebrities were also present, such as Tom Cruise, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Hugh Grant.
Travis’ brother, Jason Kelce, and his family were also spotted supporting the Bad Blood hitmaker as she took the stage.
After her three-night stop in London, Taylor will continue her European trek in countries including Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Poland and Australia before returning to London in August.