When Taylor Swift introduced the arrival of Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) again in Could, a variety of followers and journalists puzzled if she may change the lyrics on one of many album’s most controversial songs, “Higher Than Revenge.” Now that the re-recording has arrived, what’s the decision?
She lit a match to the notorious lyrics.
On the unique track — an album reduce from the 2010 challenge rumored to be impressed by ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas and his post-Taylor girlfriend Camilla Belle — Swift sings: “She’s not a saint and he or she’s not what you assume, she’s an actress, whoa/ She’s higher recognized for the issues that she does on the mattress, whoa.”
Within the re-recorded model that arrived very first thing Friday (July 6), Swift retains the primary line the identical, however adjustments the latter line to: “He was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches, whoa.”
Within the years since Communicate Now was launched in October 2010, critics have accused Swift of “slut-shaming” her romantic rival within the lyrics. When requested in regards to the controversy swirling across the track by The Guardian in 2014, 4 years after the track’s launch, Swift mentioned, “I used to be 18 after I wrote that. That’s the age you might be whenever you assume somebody can truly take your boyfriend. Then you definately develop up and notice nobody take somebody from you in the event that they don’t wish to go away.”
In response to setlist.fm, Swift final carried out “Revenge” in March 2012, when she wrapped up her Communicate Now World Tour in New Zealand. Now that it has up to date lyrics, we’ll see if she pulls it out as a shock track on her ongoing Eras Tour.
Hearken to the brand new model right here:
