It was the song that fans took as being coded with details of their feud, and now Kim Kardashian has responded to Taylor Swift’s ‘thanK you aIMee’ from The Tortured Poets Department. The song appears on Swift’s 11th album, which was released on April 19, 2024.
A source told People that Kim Kardashian doesn’t know why Taylor decided to write the song about her. “She’s over it and thinks Taylor should move on,” the source said. They also added that the Skims founder “doesn’t get why [Swift] keeps harping on it. It’s been literally years.”
Another source told Life & Style, “Kim probably does have regrets about lying about the editing of the now famous video, but it’s fair to say that she was caught up in the whole Kanye [West] aspect of it. She was basically protecting her man. I’m sure Kim could clear up what really happened, and why she did what she did, but I don’t think she wants to revisit that particular situation. It would just open up a whole new can of worms and she’s truly moved on.”
In her first interview after the release of The Tortured Poets Department, Kim Kardashian told Jimmy Kimmel on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Life is good.” Jimmy Kimmel didn’t ask Kim about the album despite him mentioning Taylro in his opening monologue. However, they did share this one interesting fact: “You sleep with your eyes slightly open?” Kimmel asked. “I do!” Kim affirmed. “There’s footage because my sisters have taken videos and pictures.”
On a post Kim shared on April 18, 2024, she wished her sister Kourtney a happy birthday. “Happy Birthday Queen @kourtneykardash There’s no one on this planet that I have spent more time with and have all of the same memories with growing up than you and I cherish them all. Sharing a room and friends and cars and our lives together for four decades has been the most magical journey to have you by my side. I love you and I can’t wait for another 45 years together! I will especially cherish this last sister trip where all of our kids had dance parties til they passed out, the way we all did growing up! Celebrating you today and grateful to you forever for always giving the best advice a sister could possibly give!” she wrote.
In the comments section, the post was flooded with thousands of variations of “thank you aimee”, referencing the song off Swift’s album, which owing to the choice in capital letters spells out K-I-M. It seems comments were temporarily disabled, but have been reactivated.
The feud between the “All Too Well” singer and The Kardashians star was reportedly instigated after Kim released a snippet of a conversation on Snapchat in 2016 between Taylor and her then-husband Kanye West where he shared a line of his song “Famous” to the referred to “Bad Blood” musician.“
To all my Southside N—s that know me best, I feel like Taylor Swift might owe me sex,” to which Taylor replied, “That’s not mean!” However, Taylor was unaware of the line “I made that b**ch famous” according to her reps. Taylor and Kanye have been in a feud since 2009 when he bombarded her on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards to tell her that Beyoncé deserved her VMA more.
Kim spoke about the feud on social media in 2020. “@taylorswift13 has chosen to reignite an old exchange – that at this point in time feels very self-serving given the suffering millions of real victims are facing right now,” Kim tweeted. “I didn’t feel the need to comment a few days ago, and I’m actually really embarrassed and mortified to be doing it right now, but because she continues to speak on it, I feel I’m left without a choice but to respond because she is actually lying.” Kim later filed for divorce against Kanye in 2021.
Taylor Swift’s “thanK you aIMee” lyrics
[Verse 1]When I picture my hometownThere’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of youAnd a plaque underneath itThat threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school
[Pre-Chorus]And it was always the same searing painBut I dreamed that one day, I could say
[Chorus]All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’And I can’t forgive the way you made me feelScreamed “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’But I can’t forget the way you made me heal
[Verse 2]And it wasn’t a fair fight, or a clean killEach time that Aimee stomped across my gravеAnd then she wrote hеadlinesIn the local paper, laughing at each baby step I’d take
[Pre-Chorus]And it was always the same searing painBut I prayed that one day, I could say
[Chorus]All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’And I couldn’t wait to show you it was realScreamed “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’But I can’t forget the way you made me heal
[Post-Chorus]Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly womanBut she used to say she wished that you were deadI pushed each boulder up the hillYour words are still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head
[Verse 3]I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncoolI built a legacy which you can’t undoBut when I count the scars, there’s a moment of truthThat there wouldn’t be this, if there hadn’t been you
[Bridge]And maybe you’ve reframed itAnd in your mind, you never beat my spirit black and blueI don’t think you’ve changed muchAnd so I changed your name, and any real defining cluesAnd one day, your kid comes home singin’A song that only us two is gonna know is about you, ’cause—
[Chorus]All that time you were throwin’ punches, it was all for nothin’And our town, it looks so small, from way up hereScreamed “Thank you, Aimee” to the night sky, and the stars are stunnin’‘Cause I can’t forget the way you made me heal
[Post-Chorus]Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly womanBut she used to say she wished that you were deadSo I pushed each boulder up that hillYour words were still just ringin’ in my head, ringin’ in my head
[Outro]Thank you, AimeeThank you, Aimee
