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Podcast: Song Lyric Meanings
Episode: "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift
Description: Song Lyrics Meaning - Blank Space by Taylor Swift
"Blank Space" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). The song was released to US radio stations as the second single from 1989 on November 10, 2014, by Republic Records in partnership with Big Machine. Swift co-wrote "Blank Space" with its producers Max Martin and Shellback. In the lyrics, she conceived the song as a satirical self-referential nod to her reputation as a flirtatious woman with a series of romantic attachments, which blemished her once-wholesome girl next door image. Musically, it is an...