Taylor Swift Shares Dakota Johnson Friendship for Time100 Essay

Kanye West & Kim Kardashian 

Following the infamous—and later revealed to be edited—phone call leak in 2016 between Kanye and Taylor over a reference he made to her on his The Life of Pablo album, Taylor has subtly clapped back at the former married couple more than once. 

As recently as 2024, Taylor penned “thanK you aIMee” likely about Kim, given she capitalized letters in the track’s title to spell out her name. (In another variant of the TTPD album, she changed the letters to capitalize “YE” in the track, as an apparent nudge against the rapper.) 

Prior to TTPD, Taylor also sprinkled hits against Kim and Kanye for the “Famous” feud, with “Mad Woman,” on folklore, where she sings, “Women like hunting witches too / Doing your dirtiest work for you / It’s obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together.”

Taylor’s her first Reputation single “Look What You Made Me Do,” was also a nod to the public fallout, as well as “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” in which she sings about a once-repaired friendship fracturing again.