All About Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

“Look What You Made Me Do” is the lead single of Taylor’s sixth studio album, reputation (2017). It is generally regarded as her comeback single and focuses on revenge and rebirth into a smarter, stronger person. The song charted at No. 1 around the world.

Fans and mainstream media interpreted “Look What You Made Me Do” as Taylor “claiming back her narrative.” To say the song was polarizing upon first listen would be a rather massive understatement, but nowadays it is considered one of pop music’s most memorable moments, spurred by its music video and the numerous records that were broken.

Background

Taylor released her fifth studio album, 1989, in October 2014. Its synth-pop production transformed her sound and image from country-oriented to mainstream pop. The album was a massive commercial success, selling over five million copies in the U.S. within one year, and spawning three Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles. The BBC asserted that the success of 1989 solidified Taylor’s status as a global pop star.

In 2016, when Taylor was at the peak of overexposure, some of her rivals in the industry (including Scooter Braun, Kanye West and Justin Bieber) succeded in launching a worldwide hate campaign against her. As a result, Taylor disappeared from public view for an entire year and thought about quitting music for good. She became increasingly reticent on social media, having previously maintained an active presence with a large following, and avoided interactions with the press. She conceived her sixth studio album, reputation, as an answer to the media commotion surrounding her celebrity.

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

[Verse 2]
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 3]
I don’t like your kingdom keys
They once belonged to me
You ask me for a place to sleep
Locked me out and threw a feast (What?)

[Verse 4]
The world goes 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 (Nick of time)
Honey, I rose up from the dead
I do it all the time (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!)

[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

[Chorus Variation]
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

[Spoken]
“I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now…
Why? Oh,
’cause she’s dead.” (Oh!)

[Final 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