Taylor Swift Blocks Kanye West's Album from Reaching No. 1 — Then Seemingly Renames Alleged Kim Kardashian Song for Him

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swiftjust quietly edited the song title of “thanK you aIMee” to“thank You aimEe”for the release of the live version she performed in London in June — and the subtle difference is speaking volumes for Swifties.

Days after the 14-time Grammy winner’sThe Tortured Poets Departmentsecured its 14th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart — preventingYe (a.k.a. Kanye West)and Ty Dolla $ign’s joint albumVultures 2from reaching the top spot — Swift seemingly took a jab at the Chicago rapper.

Swift, 34, released the live mashup of “thank You aimEe” and “Mean,” which sheblended together at her June 22 Eras Tour show, on Thursday, Aug. 15. The original title’s capital letters were stylized to spell out KIM, with the song about a bullyspeculated to be Kim Kardashian.

Now, the capital letters in the title — “thank You aimEe” — spell out YE, seemingly marking the latest development intheir years-long feud.

Taylor Swift edited the song title of ‘thanK you aIMee’ to ‘thank You aimEe’ for the live version.

In theTortured Poetssong, Swift sings: “All that time you were throwing punches, I was building something / And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel / Screamed ‘F— you, Aimee’ to the night sky, as the blood was gushing / But I can’t forget the way you made me heal."

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Taylor Swift in London in August 2024; Kanye West in New York City in May 2019.Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty; Kevin Mazur/MG19/Getty

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While Swift has never acknowledged who “thanK you aIMee” (or “thank You aimEe”) is about, listeners quickly pointed to the “KIM” being Kardashian and now the “YE” being her ex-husband.

“We love a shady queen,” one personsaidon X (formerly Twitter), while anotherwrote, ”Taylor changing the letters in thank you aimee from ‘Kim’ to ‘Ye’ is a VERY rep coded thing for her to do🐍.”

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The song title change comes as Swifties are impatiently awaiting the release ofReputation (Taylor’s Version),which is the re-recorded version ofher 2017 albumthat came out after the feud with the then-couple.

source: people.com