Song
I Did Something Bad
Reputation · 2017 · Track 3
Sole author
Written byTaylor Swift, Max Martin, Karl Johan Schuster
Produced byMax Martin, Karl Johan Schuster
Also known as: IDSB
Mash-ups & Live Pairings
- Should've Said No / I Did Something Bad — Miami Gardens, Night 2, Cassandra / mad woman / I Did Something Bad — Toronto, Night 5
Themes
Business or Industry
Society & Power
Business rage: defiance and counter-attack — the speaker owns the so-called wrongdoing and refuses to perform remorse for an industry that has already condemned her. Transgression reframed as survival strategy: if they're going to call her a villain she'll play the part on her own terms.
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