Who is Taylor Swift’s Cancelled about? Theories about Brittany Mahomes to Blake Lively, and the singer’s words against misogyny explored

Fans have already begun dissecting the meaning behind Taylor Swift's new album, with Cancelled prompting the most speculations.

The songstress debuted her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, this week, and one track in particular has fans buzzing with theories. According to netizens online, Cancelled may be about her friendship with Blake Lively. Others think it could be about championing friendship in the face of troubling times:

“Welcome to my underworld / Where it gets quite dark / At least you know exactly who your friends are / They’re the ones with matching scars," she sings.

Scroll down to learn more about the song.

The different theories about Taylor Swift's Cancelled song explored:

In the song, Taylor Swift also sings that she “likes” when her friends get “canceled,” which is a phrase used to describe an online phenomenon where a person gets shunned from society due to problematic behavior.

“You thought that it would be OK at first / The situation could be saved, of course / But they’d already picked out your grave and hearse,” Swift sings. “Beware the wrath of masked crusaders / Did you girlboss too close to the sun? / Did they catch you having far too much fun?”

She then asks the subject of her song to stick with her, because

“when they see you coming they’ll run.” She adds, “Something wicked this way comes."

Elsewhere in the song, she champions her friend before she notes how she likes them “cooked in Gucci and in scandal.” Fans think this lyric may be referring to Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Patrick Mahomes.

The latter plays for the Kansas City Chiefs alongside Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift's husband-to-be. Per Us Weekly, Taylor Swift and Brittany were spotted at the US Open last year sporting the luxury clothing brand.

However, elsewhere in the song, she sings:

“They believed I was innocent / So I’m not here for judgement."

Fans think she could be referencing Lively, who recently copped major flak on social media amid her ongoing sexual assault lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni.

Taylor Swift and Lively have long been friends, though, as reported by Elle magazine, things between them turned sour when the latter launched the lawsuit. First, leaked screenshots of texts between Lively and Baldoni showed the former name-dropping Swift and referring to her as a "dragon" in what looked to be an intimidation attempt.

Then, per the outlet, Baldoni's legal team alleged that Lively threatened to release a decade-worth of text exchanges between her and her friend unless Swift publicly sided with her. However, Lively's lawyer slammed the allegations, and a representative for Swift also issued a statement quelling rumors she was involved:

“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie … she did not even see It Ends With Us until weeks after its public release.”

According to Entertainment Weekly, the dark, grunge-inspired track could just be an ode to girlfriendships and a slam on misogyny.

"Did you girl-boss too close to the sun?" she sings at one point. "Did you make a joke only a man could?" she sings in another. "Were you just too smug for your own good?" she asks. "'Tone-deaf and hot, let's f---in' off her.'"

As of this writing, the songstress has yet to address speculations about the meaning behind her song.

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