Taylor Swift

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I don't like your little games
Don't like your tilted stage
The role you made me play
Of the fool, no, I don't like you
I don't like your perfect crime
How you laugh when you lie
You said the gun was mine
Isn't cool, no, I don't like you (Oh)

[Pre-Chorus]
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!

[Chorus]
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
[Verse 2]
I don't like your kingdom keys
They once belonged to me
You asked me for a place to sleep
Locked me out and threw a feast (What?)
The world moves on, another day, another drama, drama
But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma
And then the world moves on, but one thing's for sure
Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours

[Pre-Chorus]
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!

[Chorus]
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
[Bridge]
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
(Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me)
"I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now
"Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead!" (Oh)

[Chorus]
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do

Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" was one of the most highly anticipated songs of 2017. The lead single from her sixth studio album, Reputation, it signaled a new era for the pop star. Written by Swift and produced by Jack Antonoff, the track marked a departure from her previous sound and incorporated elements of electropop and a sample from Right Said Fred's 90s hit, "I'm Too Sexy." The song was known for taking shots at several unnamed rivals, with fans speculating that they were aimed at Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, and Katy Perry, among others.

About Look What You Made Me Do

"Look What You Made Me Do" was Taylor Swift's first single from her 2017 album, Reputation. The song quickly became a commercial success, debuting at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and breaking several records on YouTube and Vevo. The track was widely regarded as a diss track, with Swift taking aim at several of her rivals in the music industry.

The song's opening lines set the tone for the rest of the track, with Swift declaring "I don't like your little games / Don't like your tilted stage." Most fans speculated that this was a reference to Kanye West's floating stage at his 2016 Saint Pablo tour, which was notably tilted. The lyrics then transitioned into a chorus that borrowed heavily from Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy," declaring "I'm too sexy for my shirt / Too sexy for my shirt / So sexy it hurts."

As the song progressed, it continued to take veiled shots at Swift's rivals, with lyrics like "I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time / Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time" seemingly aimed at Kanye West and his infamous "I made that b*tch famous" line from his 2016 release, The Life of Pablo.

The song's music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, was released on August 28th, 2017, one day after the track was debuted at the MTV Video Music Awards. The video featured Swift in a variety of different costumes and guises, including a zombie, a dominatrix, and a car crash victim. The video broke several records on YouTube and Vevo, racking up over 43 million views in its first 24 hours.

Speaking about the song in an interview with Rolling Stone, Swift explained that it was about "owning your own flaws and owning your own mistakes and seeing them as something that makes you human." She went on to say that "I wrote that song at a time when I felt like my flaws and my mistakes were all I was, and I couldn't escape them." She added that the song was about "realizing that you couldn't trust certain people, but realizing you appreciate the people you can trust."

Despite the widespread speculation about who the song was directed at, Swift remained tight-lipped about the true meaning behind the lyrics, telling Rolling Stone that "I'm never going to talk about who everything's about. Because that would be breaking my own code of ethics."

Overall, "Look What You Made Me Do" was a highly successful track for Taylor Swift, cementing her status as one of the biggest pop stars in the world. The song and its accompanying music video were widely discussed in the media, with fans and critics alike dissecting the lyrics and trying to find hidden meanings and references.

• Release Date: August 25, 2017
• Artist: Taylor Swift