Taylor Swift has released a brand new single called “You Need to Calm Down.” Hear it below. Taylor announced that a new track was coming on Instagram Live earlier today. She also shared the title, cover art, and release date of her seventh studio album. Her reputation follow-up Lover is out August 23 via Republic.
At one point in the song, Taylor sings, “You just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace/And control your urges to scream about all the people you hate/‘Cause shade never made anybody less gay.”
On June 1—the first day of Pride Month—Swift penned an open letter to Tennessee’s Republican Senator Lamar Alexander in support of the Equality Act. The bill is an expansion of the Civil Rights Act that prohibits employers from discriminating against anyone because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. “The fact that, legally, some people are completely at the mercy of the hatred and bigotry of others is disgusting and unacceptable,” she wrote.
“You Need to Calm Down” arrives two months after Taylor released her Brendon Urie-featuring single “ME!.” A music video for the new single is slated to drop June 17. Swift’s last album reputation was released in 2017.
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