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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