Taylor Swift gave the audience at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards a preview of one of her new songs, apparently titled “Innocent.” The song is likely a track from her coming album, “Speak Now.”
Swift says that she draws her material from her own life. Was her new song about her infamous faceoff with Kanye West at last year’s VMAs, or something else? “I guess you really did it this time,” she sings in the first line of the song. Later in the tune, she croons “32 and still growing up now/Who you are is not what you did.” That line set off a flurry of web searches–West is 33 years old now, but he was 32 when he interrupted Swift’s speech at the VMAs.
The song could easily be interpreted as a graceful acceptance of West’s apology for his actions. There are references to the month the incident occurred (”You’ll have new Septembers”), to the difficulties of fame (”Lost your balance on a tightrope/It’s never too late to get it back), and to making mistakes (”Every one of us has messed up too”).
Take a look her performance and decide for yourself what it’s really about. You can leave your thoughts in the comments.
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