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Cancelled!
2025 song by Taylor Swift From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Cancelled!" (stylized in all caps) is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. It was written and produced by Swift, Max Martin, and Shellback. The song is said to be about Swift's friendship with American actress Blake Lively.[1][2][3][4]
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Background
Swift and Lively have had a strong friendship, although their relationship weakened with the implication of Swift in Lively's controversy with Justin Baldoni.[5] Lively was also mentioned in the podcast New Heights, co-hosted by Swift's fiancé Travis Kelce, and was praised by Kelce as "killing" Lively's debut The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.[6]
Lyrics and composition
The song is positive about the relationship of Swift and Lively, although it was expected that Swift would write a diss track about their relationships after Swift's implication in Lively's controversy. Lyrics like "[Your friends are] the ones with matching scars" allude to their troubles in life.[7] Lyrics like "Did you girl-boss too close to the sun?" implicate high standards set as successful women.[8] Swift described the title as referencing her criticisms and "feeling cancelled by any sort of social backlash that you get".[9]
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Reception
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The song received mixed reviews. Many critics believed that the song is an attempt to mimic her sixth album Reputation.[10] It received comparison to the song "Look What You Made Me Do", a song with a similar theme.[11]Some described the song as "crisp and snappy",[12] while others described the lyrics as cringe.[10][13] Collider described the song as "one of her boldest tracks" and having "a darker tone".[14] Screen Rant described the song as showing Swift's "wicked sense of humor".[15] India Block of The London Standard felt the track is "very fun musically, but the lyrics are a car crash of outdated millennial cringe".[13]
Personnel
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Credits are adapted from album liner notes.[16]
Studios
- Produced at MXM Studios and Shellback Studios, Stockholm
- Recorded at Shellback Studios, Stockholm
- Strings recorded and engineered at IMRSV Studios, Stockholm
- Strings and horns engineered and edited at Studio 112, Jonstorp, Sweden
- Mixed at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach
- Mastered at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, New Jersey
Personnel
- Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriting, production
- Max Martin – production, songwriting, programming, keyboards, recording
- Shellback – production, songwriting, programming, bass, guitar, keyboards, recording
- Erik Arvinder – orchestra conductor, recording, engineering
- Anna Roos Stefansson – violin
- Claudia Bonfiglioli – violin
- Daniela Bonfiglioli – violin
- Fredrik Syberg – violin
- Iskander Komilov – violin
- Janika Gustaffson – violin
- Lola Torrente – violin
- Matthias Johansson – violin
- Oscar Treitler – violin
- Patrik Sedrup – violin
- Sofie Sunnerstam – violin
- Veronika Novotna – violin
- Yongnim Lee – violin
- Christopher Öhman – viola
- Erik Holm – viola
- James Opie – viola
- Vidar Andersson Meilink – viola
- David Bukovinsky – cello
- Antonio David – cello
- Peter Volpert – cello
- Tomas Lundström – cello
- Bård Ericson – double bass
- Tomas Jonsson – flute
- Teresia Alm Bylund – oboe
- Peter Noos Johansson – trombone
- Janne Bjerger – flugelhorn
- Magnus Johansson – flugelhorn, French horn
- Helena Stjernstrom – English horn
- Mattias Bylund – string synthesizer, bassoon, orchestra arrangements, engineering, digital editing
- Bylund Strings – strings
- Stockholm Studio Orchestra – strings
- Henrik Langemyr – strings copyist
- Lasse Mårtén – recording, engineering
- Willem Bleeker – recording, engineering
- Christopher Rowe – additional recording
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Bryce Bordone – assistant mixing
- Randy Merrill – mastering
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