Listen to Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood song about her female feud — reportedly with Katy Perry
Working off a few quotes from an interview in early September, many people concluded that Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood song is about her contentious relationship with Katy Perry. (Katy even seemed to be among those “many people.”) Now that the actual song has been released on Taylor’s 1989 album, we have even more evidence.
In typical Taylor style, she refrained from using too obvious of indicators about the song’s subject… But, she apparently slipped in some sly references to Katy’s own portfolio. Specifically: “Band-aids don’t fix bullet holes, you say you’re sorry just for show. If you live like that, you live with ghosts.” The connections: Katy penned Bullet in 2009 and Ghost in 2013. I know it’s a bit of a stretch, but it’s also too random to be a complete coincidence, right? Plus the Bad Blood lyrics
Beyond those potential references, the rest of Bad Blood is a catchy, generalized song about a former friend who put “salt in the wound” and stabbed Taylor in the back.
Listen to Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood here…
Here are the Bad Blood lyrics…
[Chorus] Cause baby now we got bad blood
You know it used to be mad love
So take a look at what you’ve done
Cause baby now we got bad blood
Hey!
Now we got problems
And I don’t think we can solve them
You made a really deep cut
And baby now we got bad blood [/Chorus]
Hey!
Did you have to do this?
I was thinking that you could be trusted
Did you have to ruin what was shining now it’s all rusted
Did you have to hit me? where I’m weak baby I couldn’t breathe
I rubbed it in so deep
Salt in the wound like you’re laughing right at me
Oh, it’s so sad to think about the good times
You and I
[Chorus]
Did you think we’d be fine?
Still got scars on my back from your knife
So don’t think it’s in the past
These kind of wounds they last and they last
Now did you think it all through?
All these things will catch up to you
And time can heal but this won’t
So if you come in my way, just don’t
Oh, it’s so sad to think about the good times
You and I
[Chorus]
Band-aids don’t fix bullet holes
You say sorry just to show
You live like that, you live with ghosts
Band-aids don’t fix bullet holes
You say sorry just to show
You live like that, you live with ghosts
If you love like that blood runs bad
[Chorus]
Are you convinced Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood is about Katy Perry?
