Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Society’ track, ‘Cassandra,’ features numerous lyrics that appear to be about her feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.
As fans, journalists and critics all try to scramble to decode all 31 tracks on Taylor Swift’s newly-released (surprise!) double album The Tortured Poets Department, there seems to be a consensus that one particular track is about Kanye West.
While it’s not hard to see that that Swift’s « thanK you aIMee » appears to be a direct reference to Kim Kardashian, West’s ex-wife and co-conspirator in the « Famous » phone call drama — her name is literally in all caps in the song title — it’s « Cassandra » that also seems to hint at the same drama, this time with more of West’s involvement.
In the first verse of the song, Swift sings about moving into her « new house, » which is where she was « when she got the call » — a line that seemingly refers to West’s 2016 phone call to Swift, in which he asked for permission to use her name in his song « Famous. » (Swift agreed on the phone call, which Kardashian recorded and subsequently released — though Swift later pointed out that she never approved of West’s use to refer to her as a « b**** » on the track.
