Song

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Reputation · 2017 · Track 13

Sole author

Written byTaylor Swift, Jack Antonoff

Produced byTaylor Swift, Jack Antonoff

Also known as: TIWWCTHNT

Mash-ups & Live Pairings

I Forgot That You Existed / This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things — Cardiff, Night 1, My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys / This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things — Toronto, Night 1

Themes

Business or Industry

Society & Power

Business rage: the settling of accounts with industry betrayers — the party hosted in good faith and the friendship that curdled into betrayal. Fury delivered with a smile and a glass raised: the performance of graciousness as the sharpest possible weapon.

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