'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
You know it used to be mad love
So take a look what you've done
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
Now we got problems
And I don't think we can solve them
You made a really deep cut
And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
[Verse 1]
Did you have to do this?
I was thinking that you could be trusted
Did you have to ruin
What was shiny? Now it's all rusted
Did you have to hit me
Where I'm weak? Baby, I couldn't breathe
And rub it in so deep
Salt in the wound like you're laughin' right at me
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, it's so sad to
Think about the good times
You and I
[Chorus]
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
You know it used to be mad love
So take a look what you've done
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
Now we got problems
And I don't think we can solve them
You made a really deep cut
And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
Did you think we'd be fine?
Still got scars on my back from your knife
So don't think it's in the past
These kinda wounds, they last and they last
Now, did you think it all through?
All these things will catch up to you
And time can heal, but this won't
So if you're comin' my way, just don't
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, it's so sad to
Think about the good times
You and I
[Chorus]
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
You know it used to be mad love
So take a look what you've done
'Cause, baby, now we've got bad blood, hey
Now we got problems
And I don't think we can solve them
You made a really deep cut
And, baby, now we've got bad blood, hey
[Bridge]
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes
You say sorry just for show
If you live like that, you live with ghosts
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes (Hey)
You say sorry just for show (Hey)
If you live like that, you live with ghosts (Hey), mmm
If you love like that, blood runs cold
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
You know it used to be mad love
So take a look what you've done
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey (Bad blood)
Now we got problems
And I don't think we can solve them (Don't think we can solve them)
You made a really deep cut
And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey ('Cause now we got bad blood)
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
You know it used to be mad love
So take a look what you've done (Look what you've done)
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey (Ooh, woah)
Now we got problems
And I don't think we can solve them
You made a really deep cut
And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
About
As Swift said in her Rolling Stone interview:
For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not. She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, ‘Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?’ Then last year, the other star crossed a line.
She did something so horrible. I was like, ‘Oh, we’re just straight-up enemies.’ And it wasn’t even about a guy! It had to do with business. She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me. And I’m surprisingly non-confrontational – you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So now I have to avoid her. It’s awkward, and I don’t like it.
Much speculation has been made about who this song is about, with one popular theory suggesting Katy Perry. Perry seemed to think so herself, tweeting the day after the Rolling Stone feature was published:
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
“Bad Blood” is a song I wrote about a new kind of heartbreak that I experienced recently, which was when someone that I desperately wanted to be my friend and thought was my friend ended up really making it very obvious that she wasn’t. It was somebody that I really looked up to and really, really longed for the approval of this person and so, it was kind of devastating to receive kind of a low blow from that person. And this song was kind of the first time I ever released it up for myself and that relationship, because she was always the bolder one and the louder one. I think it’s important to stand up for yourself and, if you can only really come up with the courage to do it in a song form, then that’s how you should do it.
— Via Yahoo! Live
For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not. She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, ‘Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?‘ [In 2013] she did something so horrible. I was like, ‘Oh, we’re just straight-up enemies.’ And it wasn’t even about a guy! It had to do with business. She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me. And I’m surprisingly non-confrontational – you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So now I have to avoid her. It’s awkward, and I don’t like it.
— Via Rolling Stone.
“Bad Blood” is certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA.
- 2.Blank Space
- 3.Style
- 6.Shake It Off
- 8.Bad Blood
- 11.This Love
- 12.I Know Places
- 13.Clean
- 14.Wonderland
- 15.You Are In Love
- 16.New Romantics