Slut! (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]

Album

1989 (Taylor's Version)

Label

Republic Records

Genre

Alt-Pop

Media Type

DD

Duration

3:00

Composer(s)

Taylor Swift;Jack Antonoff;Patrik Berger

Entered Chart

Nov 18, 2023

Peak Date

Nov 18, 2023

Released

October 27, 2023

“Slut!” leans fully into Swift’s media reputation as a “slut,” accepting that branding as long as it means she’s dating “the one.” The song, the first From The Vault track from 1989 (Taylor’s Version), was ostensibly written around 2013-14, a time where Swift frequently embraced the negative media portrayal she got in her lyrics – perhaps most notably in “Blank Space.” Taylor originally teased the track via a video she posted to her Instagram account on September 19, 2023. The video features a vault with the letters and symbols of the track title coming out of it. Taylor would reveal the full tracklist on September 20, 2023, and the song released with the rest of 1989 TV on October 27, 2023.

[Verse 1]
Flamingo pink, Sunrise Boulevard
Clink, clink, being this young is art
Aquamarine, moonlit swimmin' pool
What if all I need is you?

[Pre-Chorus]
Got love-struck, went straight to my head
Got lovesick all over my bed
Love to think you’ll never forget
Handprints in wet cement
Adorned with smoke on my clothes
Lovelorn and nobody knows
Love thorns all over this rose
I'll pay the price, you won't

[Chorus]
But if I’m all dressed up
They might as well be lookin' at us
And if they call me a slut
You know it might be worth it for once
And if I'm gonna be drunk
I might as well be drunk in love

[Verse 2]
Send the code, he's waitin' there
The sticks and stones they throw froze mid-air
Everyone wants him, that was my crime
The wrong place at the right time
And I break down, then he's pullin' me in
In a world of boys, he's a gentleman
[Pre-Chorus]
Got love-struck, went straight to my head (Straight to my head)
Got lovesick all over my bed (Over my bed)
Love to think you’ll never forget
We’ll pay the price, I guess

[Chorus]
But if I'm all dressed up (If I’m all dressed up)
They might as well be lookin' at us (Lookin' at us)
And if they call me a slut (If they call me a slut)
You know it might be worth it for once (Worth it for once)
And if I'm gonna be drunk
I might as well be drunk in love

[Bridge]
Half asleep
Takin’ your time in the tangerine
Neon light, this is luxury
You're not sayin' you're in love with me
But you're goin' to
Half awake
Takin' your chance, it's a big mistake
I said, "It might blow up in your pretty face"
I'm not sayin', "Do it anyway" (Do it anyway)
But you're going to
[Outro]
(Up)
And if they call me a (Slut)
You know it might be worth it for once
And if I'm gonna be (Drunk)
I might as well be drunk in love