Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song)
2017 song performed by Taylor Swift
"Call It What You Want" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017). Written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, the song is a mid-tempo electropop and synth-pop ballad with R&B-trap crossover elements. Its lyrics are about the transformative power of a romantic relationship that helps Swift cope with the tumultuous outer world. Big Machine Records released the song for download and streaming on November 3, 2017, as a promotional single prior to the album's release.
Music critics received "Call It What You Want" with positive reviews, praising the vulnerability and intimacy depicted in its songwriting and production. The song reached the top 40 on singles charts in Austria, Hungary, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the UK, and the US. It received certifications in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. Swift performed "Call It What You Want" live on Saturday Night Live in 2017, on the Reputation Stadium Tour in 2018, and four times on the Eras Tour in 2023 and 2024.
Background and release
Taylor Swift achieved her status as a pop icon with her synth-pop fifth studio album, 1989 (2014), which was a huge commercial success. Her rising fame was accompanied by increasing tabloid scrutiny, and a series of publicized romantic relationships and celebrity disputes blemished her once-wholesome-and-innocent image as "America's Sweetheart". Swift thereafter went into a hiatus, during which she conceived her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017), as a response to the media commotion surrounding her celebrity. According to Swift, Reputation has two major themes; one is vengeance and drama, and the other about finding love, friendship, and "something sacred throughout all the battle cries".
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