Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy went borderline apoplectic as he discussed a new song from Taylor Swift titled “thanK you aIMee.”
In a video uploaded to X, Portnoy professes his love for the song which many ‘Swifties’ like himself believe is a ‘diss track’ meant to insult Kim Kardashian.
Fans of the pop star were able to pull out an abacus and a hieroglyphics translator and crack the super-secret code in the title. You see, the only capitalized letters are in fact ‘K-I-M.’
“She capitalizes in the title K-I-M,” Portnoy joy-rages. “Kim f***ing Kardashian, that rat, that snake.”
#ThanKyouaIMee is Taylor Swift's magnus opus. A masterpiece! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Sing it Northwest! SING IT!!!! pic.twitter.com/Yyone7L4TP
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) April 19, 2024
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Taylor Swift Goes After Kim Kardashian
The Daily Mail reports that fans suspect there are actually two songs on the new Taylor Swift album that go after Kim Kardashian – the aforementioned “thanK you aIMee” and “Cassandra.”
Aside from the uber-subtle spelling of Kim in the title, the song, which references a mean old school bully, is believed to actually be about Kardashian.
And Swift is straight-up spittin’ fire with these lyrics.
All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
Taylor Swift
And I couldn’t wait to show you it was real
Screamed, “F**k you, Aimee” to the night sky as the blood was gushin’
But I can’t forget the way you made me heal
One particular lyric practically spells out that Taylor Swift was targeting somebody other than the fictitious ‘aIMee.’
“And so I changed your name and any real defining clues,” she sings later adding, “A song that only us two is gonna know is about you.”
Yea, I mean, you two and everybody else in America that picked up on it within a few minutes of the release of the album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
Oh, and Dave Portnoy, too.
“#ThanKyouaIMee is Taylor Swift’s magnus opus,” he says. “A masterpiece! Bravo! Bravo!”
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Dave Portnoy: Us Swifties Never Forgive Or Forget
How about those spicy lyrics though? Remember when media was hiring ‘forensic lip readers’ to try and figure out if Taylor Swift dropped an f-bomb at a football game?
A lip reader who insisted she actually said “frug, fry or truck” instead of an expletive because she simply couldn’t have sworn in the heat of the moment?
No, I’m not making that up.
Anyway, Portnoy goes on to explain that Taylor Swift is rehashing an old feud with Kim Kardashian and that the Swifties never forget.
Apparently, the feud stems from a dispute over lyrics in Kanye West’s song “Famous.” In the song, he refers to Swift as “that b**ch” he made famous.
Kardashian later released edited footage of a phone call between Kanye and Taylor, which she claimed proved Swift was aware of the lyrics. Taylor denied this.
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Swift maintained that the full phone call, which was later leaked, showed she was not informed about the specific lyric in question and accused Kardashian of manipulating the narrative and essentially creating a backlash against the pop icon.
@jessweslie #greenscreen #taylorswift #thetoturedpoetsdepartment #kimkardashian #fyp ♬ original sound – Jessica Weslie Arena
“I’ve been at the forefront of this for years, saying the Swifties, we do not forgive. We do not forget,” Portnoy said of the “thanK you aIMee” track.
“F*** you, Kim. F*** you. This is Taylor’s masterpiece. Her MASTERPIECE.”
Is it though?