Here's Why Taylor Swift Fans Think 'Thank You Aimee' Is Full Of Digs At Kim Kardashian

Between Kendrick Lamar, Drake and even J. Cole, rap fans have been devouring their favorite beef flavors all month long. But now, pop fans are thinking Taylor Swift She's serving up her own heaping helping of the hot feud with her old rival, Kim Kardashian.

By surprise, 2 A.M. his release Section The tortured poets: The Anthologya double-album full-length version of Swift's long-awaited eleventh studio album, fans seem to believe her song “Thank You Aimee” is directed at the reality star with whom she has been feuding since 2016.

For starters, fans pointed out the strange capitalization of the song's title across streaming services. Called “thanK you aIMee”, Swifties guessed that the three capital letters in the title stand for “KIM”.

This trend continued when the Taylor Nation X account tweeted the chorus lyrics “Scream, 'f–K you aIMee' into the night sky,” along with a GIF of Swift playing during Reputation part of the Eras tour set. Not only did fans fixate on the continued spelling of “KIM” in all caps, but they also noticed the fact that Reputation was inspired, in part, by Swift's ongoing feud with Kardashian and her then-husband Ye (formerly known as Kanye West).

Fans also pointed out a number of the edgy lyrics throughout the song, where Swift apparently reminisces about a high school bully (the titular Aimee) and the impact it had on the pop star's life. With the opening line, “When I imagine my hometown/ There's a spray-tanned bronze statue of you,” Swifties quickly sharp to use the words “spray tan,” possibly referring to Kardashian's famous tan.

In the song's third verse, Swift sings that she “wrote a thousand songs that you find uncomfortable” and “built a legacy that you can't undo,” adding that “it wouldn't exist if it wasn't for you.” Fans thought that the verse referred to the famous leaked phone call and the aftermath snake emoji tweets Kardashian shared in 2016, instances that fans believe deeply influenced Swift's writing in Reputation.

Perhaps the most talked about verse on “Thank You Aimee” comes during the bridge, when Swift goes after her bully's lack of growth. “I don't think you've changed much. And so I changed your name, and any real clues,” she sings, with fans pointing to the confusing name throughout the song's lyrics. Swifties then showed a video of Kardashian and daughter North West dancing to Swift's “Shake It Off” as evidence for the bridge's final verse: “And one day, your child comes home singing”/ A song that only the two of us will know is about you.”

Swift recently opened up about her feud with both Kardashian and Ye during her wide-ranging interview as Times Person of the Year in December 2023. “You have a completely fabricated frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, that Kim Kardashian edited and then showed everyone that I was a liar,” Swift said during the interview. “That took me psychologically to a place I've never been before. I moved to a foreign country. I didn't leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to take phone calls. I pushed away most of the people in my life because I didn't trust anyone anymore. I went down very, very hard.”

Listen to “Thank You Aimee” and see just a few fan reactions to the new track below: