Thank You Aimee

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"Thank You Aimee"
Song by Taylor Swift
from the album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
ReleasedApril 19, 2024 (2024-04-19)
Genre
Length4:23
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lyric video
"Thank You Aimee" on YouTube

"Thank You Aimee" (stylized as "thanK you aIMee") is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from the double album edition of her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (2024). Swift and Aaron Dessner wrote the track, and the two produced it with Jack Antonoff. A country and folk track, its lyrics talk about dealing with a high-school bully. Due to the lyrical content and the stylization of the title, some media publications interpreted "Thank You Aimee" as a diss track towards Kim Kardashian.

Background[edit]

Swift released the standard edition of The Tortured Poets Department on April 19, 2024, containing sixteen tracks and four different seventeenth bonus track among different vinyl variant releases. Two hours after release, Swift surprise-released fifteen more tracks as a double album titled The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.[1]

Swift has had a longstanding public feud with American rapper Kanye West, which began when West walked onstage and interrupted Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.[2] In 2016, West released the single "Famous". Swift considered the lyrics of the song misogynistic, and felt West wrongfully took credit for her success. Several months later, West's then-wife, media personality Kim Kardashian, posted edited excerpts of a video showing a phone call between West and Swift that suggested Swift approved of the offending lyric.[3] The full version of the video was later leaked in 2020, showing that Swift ultimately did not approve of some of West's lyrics.[4] The controversy partially inspired Swift's sixth studio album, Reputation (2017). In her 2023 interview for Time's Person of the Year, Swift referred to Kardashian's actions as "a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar."[5]

Composition[edit]

"Thank You Aimee" is 24th on the track list of The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.[6] It is a country[7] and folk track[8] with country pop stylings,[9] instrumented by guitar strums.[10] Its lyrical content is directed towards Aimee, a character described as an old high-school bully.[11] In the third verse, Swift's character thanks Aimee, telling her that even though she "wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool", she "built a legacy which you can't undo", adding that "there wouldn't be this, if there hadn't been you".[12] In the bridge, Swift's character criticizes Aimee's lack of development ("I don't think you've changed much. And so I changed your name, and any real defining clues").[12]

Due to the lyrical content and the title's stylization with the capitalized letters spelling about "Kim", many media publications speculated that "Thank You Aimee" was a diss track directed at Kardashian.[6][13][14]

Personnel[edit]

Technical

  • Taylor Swift – songwriter, producer
  • Jack Antonoff – producer, recording, programming
  • Aaron Dessner – producer, songwriter, programming
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Bryce Bordone – mix engineer
  • Jonathan Low – recording
  • Bella Blaso – additional engineer
  • Oli Jacobs – recording
  • Laura Sisk – recording
  • Jozef Caldwell – assistant recording engineer
  • Maryam Qudus – recording engineer
  • Thomas Bartlett – recording engineer
  • Jeremy Murphy – recording engineer
  • Laura Beck – assistant recording engineer
  • Randy Merrill – mastering

Musicians

  • Taylor Swift – vocals
  • Jack Antonoff – cello, percussion, drums, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Aaron Dessner – acoustic guitar, banjo, synth bass, drum programming, keyboards, mandolin, percussion, synthesizer
  • Bryce Dessner – arranger
  • Thomas Bartlett – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
  • Galya Bisengalieva – violin
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin
  • Sophie Mather – violin
  • Marianne Haynes – violin
  • Alicia Berendse – violin
  • Anna de Bruin – violin
  • Akiko Ishikawa – violin
  • Nicole Crespo O'Donoghue – violin
  • Emily Holland – violin
  • Kirsty Mangan – violin
  • Cara Laskaris – violin
  • Ronald Long – violin
  • Dan Oates – violin
  • Iona Allan – violin
  • Nicholas Bootiman – violin
  • Matthew Kettle – viola
  • Elisa Bergersen – viola
  • Morgan Goff – viola
  • Brian O'Kane – cello
  • Reinoud Ford – cello
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Abi Hyde-Smith – cello
  • Dave Brown – double bass
  • Chris Kelly – double bass
  • Sophie Roper – double bass
  • David McQueen – French horn
  • Paul Cott – French horn
  • Jonathan Farey – French horn
  • George Barton – percussion

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "Thank You Aimee"
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[15] 28
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[16] 25
Global 200 (Billboard)[17] 29
Greece International (IFPI)[18] 77
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 29
Portugal (AFP)[20] 97
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 2
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[22] 26
UK Singles Sales (OCC)[23] 55
UK Streaming (OCC)[24] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[25] 23

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rosenbloom, Alli (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift's surprise double album 'The Tortured Poets Department' is daggers wrapped in a lullaby". CNN. Archived from the original on April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Mather, Victor. "Bad Blood: A Timeline of the Swift-West-Kardashian Feud". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Abad-Santos, Alex. "Kim Kardashian's Taylor Swift-Kanye West Snapchat story, explained". Vox. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Grady, Constance. "Newly leaked footage shows Taylor Swift and Kanye West talking "Famous"". Vox. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  5. ^ West, Bryan. "Revelations from Taylor Swift's Time interview, including Kim Kardashian, Ye feud". USA Today. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Muir, Ellie (April 20, 2024). "Taylor Swift 'thanks' Kim Kardashian on Tortured Poets song as she reflects on feud". The Independent. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  7. ^ Wohlmacher, John (April 23, 2024). "Album Review: Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Fish, Ryan (April 22, 2024). "Every Song on Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department, Ranked". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  9. ^ Exposito, Suzu (April 20, 2024). "Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department". British Vogue. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  10. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department: All 31 Tracks Ranked". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  11. ^ Blistein, Jon (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift's 'thanK you aIMee' Is About Kim Kardashian". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Daw, Stephen (April 19, 2024). "Here's Why Taylor Swift Fans Think 'Thank You Aimee' Is Full of Digs at Kim Kardashian". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  13. ^ Stahl, Jay (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian and Ye feud timeline: VMAs to The Tortured Poets Department". USA Today. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  14. ^ Longmire, Becca. "Are Taylor Swift's Tracks 'thanK you aIMee' and 'Cassandra' About Kim Kardashian?". People. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  15. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  16. ^ "Taylor Swift Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "Taylor Swift Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  18. ^ "IFPI Charts". www.ifpi.gr. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  19. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  20. ^ "Taylor Swift – Thank You Aimee". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  21. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 17". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  22. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  23. ^ "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  24. ^ "Official Streaming Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  25. ^ "Taylor Swift Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
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