- Taylor Swift appears to be reigniting her feud with Ye in the new version of her album.
- She retitled the diss track "thanK you aIMee" to "thank You aimEe," seeming to call out Ye.
Taylor Swift seems to have switched the target of her "thank You aimEe" song from Kim Kardashian to Ye by subtly tweaking the title.
On Thursday, Swift released another digital version of her latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department."
This time it featured two bonus tracks recorded from her recent Eras Tour — "The Prophecy" in Lyon and a mashup of "Mean" and "thank You aimEe" recorded in London.
The latter song, a revenge track, was originally titled "thanK you aIMee."
Fans noted the odd capitalization of the title, seeing the target of two of Swift's longtime rivals: first KIM, then YE.
thank You aimEe for the #TSTTPD digital albums featuring bonus tracks thank You aimEe (Mean - Live from London) and The Prophecy (Long Story Short - Live from Lyon).
— Taylor Nation (@taylornation13) August 15, 2024
Available until tonight at 11:59pm EDT. https://t.co/ZSGtuHSAkb pic.twitter.com/98Zk94HjJ3
The timing is particularly apposite.
Swift announced the title change on the same week her album blocked Ye's new album with Ty Dolla $ign, "Vultures 2," from debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.
It ended Ye's 19-year streak of no. 1 debut albums on the chart, encompassing every album but his first.
Since the release of "The Tortured Poet Department" in May, the album has been almost unstoppable on the charts, spending 14 weeks at No. 1. The only time it was not at No. 1 was in the last two weeks of July when Eminem and Stray Kids released new albums and took the top spot.
A representative for Ye did not immediately reply to a comment request from Business Insider.
Swift's long feud with Ye
Swift and Ye first feuded in 2009 after Ye stormed the stage at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards during Swift's acceptance speech for the best female video award to say the award should have gone to Beyoncé.
Ye later apologized, and they became friends, but in 2016, Ye released the song "Famous," naming Swift.
"I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that bitch famous," Ye sang.
Ye claimed he asked permission for the lyric, but Swift disputed it.
Kardashian, who was married to Ye at the time, released footage of Swift talking to Ye, seeming to suggest she did indeed give permission. It was a huge pop culture moment as the three stars clashed.
Over the years, Swift has released multiple songs that appear to throw shade at Ye, but "The Tortuted Poets Department" was the first album that seemed to have thinly veiled diss tracks about Kardashian.