Blank Space

About this song

Swift wrote the song from the perspective of the image the media had painted of her, as she explained to GQ in October 2015. The music video came out in November 2014 and became the fastest VEVO video to reach a billion views, doing so in July 2015. After the song reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, Swift became the first woman to knock her own song out of the number one spot.

What it's about

The song plays with Swift's reputation as a serial dater, portraying a passionate and manipulative woman who is intensely drawn to a new lover. A pen-clicking sound near the end of the chorus suggests the character is writing her new lover's name in her "blank space."

Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.

Fun facts

• Sampled in 23 other songs, like “⁣look idk what to call this song just give me plays by ‍xaev”.
• Covered 47 times, including “Blank Space (Cover) by Ethan Bortnick”.
• Written by Shellback, Max Martin and Taylor Swift.
• Produced by Shellback and Max Martin.
• Recorded at Conway Studios.