{"id":2197544,"date":"2025-12-13T10:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2197544"},"modified":"2025-12-13T10:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:18:02","slug":"taylor-swift-quietly-changes-lyrics-of-two-reputation-songs-fuelling-speculation-about-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-quietly-changes-lyrics-of-two-reputation-songs-fuelling-speculation-about-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift quietly changes lyrics of two &#8216;Reputation&#8217; songs, fuelling speculation about new music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a> has quietly changed the lyrics of two \u2018Reputation\u2019 tracks, fuelling speculation amongst fans that new music could be coming.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday (December 12), Apple Music updated all of Swift\u2019s music on the Dolby Atmos feature, shortly after which, fans noticed the tweaks to a handful of lines from the record\u2019s hit songs.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2018I Did Something Bad\u2019, the original lyric \u2014 \u201c<em>If he spends my change, then he had it coming<\/em>\u201d \u2013 is now changed to have Swift sing: \u201c<em>If he calls me a bitch, then he had it coming<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>As fans scoured for more changes, some Swifites discovered the more subtle switch-up on \u2018Delicate\u2019, where Swift now sings \u201c<em>Goddamn, never seen that colour blue<\/em>\u201d rather than \u201c<em>Oh damn, never seen that colour blue\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDelicate\u201d and \u201cI Did Something Bad\u201d by Taylor Swift now have newly updated lyrics in their Dolby Atmos versions on Apple Music:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoddamn, never seen that color blue\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he calls me a b*tch then he had it coming\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0q9Yz6CaBD\">pic.twitter.com\/0q9Yz6CaBD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1999384901057986735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As yet, the pop star has provided no explanation for the changes, but Swifties are naturally convinced it\u2019s an Easter egg for something involved \u2018Reputation (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u2019 \u2013 one of two of her albums left in a series of re-records Swift had been rolling out before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-all-the-music-ive-ever-made-now-belongs-to-me-3866250\">she reclaimed ownership of her full catalogue earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Swift <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-sends-message-to-critics-who-want-her-to-go-away-and-give-someone-else-a-turn-i-dont-want-to-3918137\">appeared on\u00a0<em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u00a0<\/em>this week<\/a> and discussed everything her new docuseries, which earned a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/tv-reviews\/taylor-swift-the-end-of-an-era-documentary-disney-plus-review-3918276\">three-star review<\/a> from <em>NME.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s a great documentary to be made about\u00a0<em>The Eras Tour<\/em>, but it\u2019s probably an unofficial one exploring the unique sense of community it fostered among the singer\u2019s fanbase,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like Woodstock without the drugs,\u201d one commentator notes here, entirely without shade. For now, though, <em>The End Of An Era<\/em>\u00a0is solid content for Swifties wanting to relive the tour\u2019s huge collective dopamine hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in her <em>Colbert<\/em> appearance, she touched on her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-says-shes-very-lucky-to-have-the-guidance-of-stevie-nicks-she-paved-the-way-for-me-3918070\">friendship with Stevie Nicks<\/a>, and also addressed the critics who complain about her over-exposure and want her to \u201cjust go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there are certain corners of our society that really love that and look up to longevity,\u201d she told Colbert.\u00a0\u201cThere are also corners that are like, \u2018Give someone else a turn. Can\u2019t you just go away so we can talk about how good you were?\u2019 And I\u2019m like, I don\u2019t want to, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Swift has either released or re-released at least one album every year since 2019, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-kept-charli-xcx-from-number-one-with-new-uk-only-editions-of-the-tortured-poets-department-3766185\">has often been accused of intentionally blocking other artists \u2013 including Charli XCX \u2013<\/a>\u00a0from topping the charts.<\/p>\n<p>Her rebuttal to her critics followed news that a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/coordinated-online-misinformation-attack-accused-taylor-swift-of-nazi-connections-and-fans-may-have-helped-spread-it-3917920\">coordinated online attack was launched to accuse Swift of having Nazi connections<\/a>, which fans inadvertently may have helped gain momentum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift has quietly changed the lyrics of two \u2018Reputation\u2019 tracks, fuelling speculation amongst fans that new music could be coming. 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