Taylor Swift Fans Speculate if New Song Is About Scooter Braun

A new song from Taylor Swift's newest album Midnights proved that nobody wants to get on her bad side.

Midnights was released on October 21 at, yes, midnight, and fans were up at all hours decoding lyrics to the songs, including track number eight, titled "Vigilante S**t."

Because nobody writes scathing diss tracks like Swift, the song is a legendary anthem about "dressing for revenge," but some of the lyrics appear to reference Swift's own need for vengeance. Since the song's release, fans have been theorizing that it is about entertainment executive Scooter Braun, whom Swift has an extensive history with.

Braun, who launched his own media company in 2007 called Scooter Braun Projects, acquired Swift's then-label, Big Machine Label Group, for $300 million in 2019, and subsequently purchased the masters of Swift's entire music catalog.

Swift revealed at the time that she was unaware that Big Machine owner Scott Borchetta would sell the company to Braun, whom she accused of "incessant, manipulative bullying" over the course of several years.

In 2019, the singer posted on Tumblr that she had "pleaded for a chance to own my work" for years before the move, and called the sale to Braun "my worst-case scenario." Since then, Swift has been re-recording and releasing her past albums, releasing both Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version), in 2021.

Last year, Braun was sued for $200 million by former Goldman Sachs and Guggenheim Securities executive Peter Comisar over a failed private equity fund the pair launched together. Braun also divorced his then-wife Yael Cohen last July.

Upon the release of the song on Friday, fans began to speculate that Swift's "Vigilante S**t" is about Braun and the aforementioned scandals in which he has been enshrined.

"That song 'vigilante s**t' is about the Scooter Braun / Yael Cohen breakup and you can't convince me otherwise. I will not be taking questions at this time. Thank you," one Swift fan wrote on Twitter.

While Swift is a mastermind when it comes to remaining nuanced in her lyrics, fans pointed to several lines in the song as possible proof.

In the second verse, Swift sings, "She needed cold hard proof, so I gave her some / She had the envelope, where you think she got it from? / Now she gets the house, gets the kids, gets the pride / Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife."

Many fans believe and speculated that the verse is about Braun's divorce. People reported last month that Braun paid Cohen $20 million as they divided up their assets, and Braun will pay $60,000 a month in child support for their three younger children.

"SHE'S NOT LETTING HIM BREATHE LMFAOOO," said one Twitter user, who added screenshots of several of the song's lyrics as well as headlines about Braun in the last year.

Additionally, some fans believe the line "thick as thieves" is in reference to the lifestyle brand and gaming company, 100 Thieves, of which Braun is an investor.

In the third verse of the song, Swift sings, "He was doing lines, and crossing all of mine / Someone told his white collar crimes to the FBI."

Fans also speculated that this line referenced the lawsuit Braun is entangled with, in which Comisar claimed Braun committed fraud, a breach of fiduciary duty, and a breach of contract.

"Vigilante S**t is a Scooter Braun diss track you can literally not convince me otherwise," one Swift fan wrote on Twitter.

The song continues with an iconic chorus and lyrics that read, "I don't start s**t, but I can tell you how it ends / Don't get sad, get even / So on the weekends, I don't dress for friends / Lately I've been dressin' for revenge."

Swift even posted a TikTok on Thursday night, in which she sings along to the lyrics, "Draw the cat eye, sharp enough to kill a man," before showing off a killer makeup look.

Regardless of the subject of the song, fans agree that Swift revealed her savage side again, and the people are here for it.

Newsweek reached out to a representative for Swift and Braun for comment.