Taylor Swift

Written By: Joel Little, Brendon Urie &

Taylor Swift

Produced By: Taylor Swift & Joel Little

Taylor Swift teaches listeners a lesson about self-love and confidence with “ME!” featuring Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie. It’s a stark turn from her sixth studio album, reputation, released in 2017, which is known for its dark visuals and mature themes.

After a YouTube credits leak the day before its release, the collaboration was confirmed by Swift herself when she appeared with Robin Roberts on ABC. Before Swift went on air, a Spotify billboard in London, England began to promote the track.

The music video for the song gained 65.2 million views on YouTube in its first 24 hours, making it the biggest 24-hour debut for a female or solo artist on the platform, as well as breaking the record for the biggest 24-hour VEVO debut, which she previously achieved with “Look What You Made Me Do.” It also broke the record for most first-day plays on US pop radio, another record previously held by “LWYMMD.”

Contradicting her own pattern, this is the first cover of one of Taylor’s lead singles to not feature a picture of herself.

[Intro: Taylor Swift]

I promise that you'll never find another like me

[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]

I know that I'm a handful, baby, uh

I know I never think before I jump

And you're the kinda guy the ladies want

(And there's a lotta cool chicks out there)

I know that I went psycho on the phone

I never leave well enough alone

And trouble's gonna follow where I go

(And there's a lotta cool chicks out there)

[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift]

But one of these things is not like the others

Like a rainbow with all of the colors

Baby doll, when it comes to a lover

I promise that you'll never find another like

[Chorus: Taylor Swift]

Me-e-e, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I'm the only one of me

Baby, that's the fun of me

Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e

[Verse 2: Brendon Urie, Taylor Swift]

I know I tend to make it about me

I know you never get just what you see

But I will never bore you, baby

(And there's a lotta lame guys out there)

And when we had that fight out in the rain

You ran after me and called my name

I never wanna see you walk away

(And there's a lotta lame guys out there)

[Pre-Chorus: Both, Brendon Urie]

'Cause one of these things is not like the others

Livin' in winter, I am your summer

Baby doll, when it comes to a lover

I promise that you'll never find another like

[Chorus: Brendon Urie, Both]

Me-e-e, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I'm the only one of me

Let me keep you company

Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e

[Bridge: Brendon Urie, Taylor Swift, Both]

Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"

But you know there is a "me"

Strike the band up, one, two, three

I promise that you'll never find another like me

Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"

But you know there is a "me"

And you can't spell "awesome" without "me"

I promise that you'll never find another like

[Chorus: Both, Taylor Swift, Brendon Urie]

Me-e-e (Yeah), ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (And I want ya, baby)

I'm the only one of me (I'm the only one of me)

Baby, that's the fun of me (Baby, that's the fun of me)

Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Oh)

You're the only one of you (Oh)

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e

[Outro: Brendon Urie, Taylor Swift, Both]

Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team" (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

But you know there is a "me"

I'm the only one of me (Oh-oh)

Baby, that's the fun of me

(Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Strike the band up, one, two, three

You can't spell "awesome" without "me"

You're the only one of you (Yeah, yeah)

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e

Swift announced the single with Robin Roberts of Good Morning America just hours before its release, saying:

‘ME!’ is a song about embracing your individuality and really celebrating it, and owning it. I think that with a pop song, we have the ability to get a melody stuck in people’s heads, and I want it to be one that makes them feel better about themselves.

In an interview with KIISFM, Swift stated about the track:

This song is such a celebration and it’s so playful. The ultimate main purpose of this song when I thought of this melody … I was like, ‘It’s so catchy, what do we want to get stuck in people’s head?’ And what I wanted was to make people happy about themselves because I think everyone literally is so neurotic and insecure and anxious about things, you know? … I think there should be a way for us to have a song stuck in our heads that reinforces the fact that we’re different, and obviously there are a lot of songs about ‘I’m special,’ but I hadn’t heard one recently that was about ‘I’m special because of who I am.’