50 Fun Facts About Reputation (Taylor Swift Album)

Which animal became Reputation's emblem after online critics used its emoji to mock Taylor Swift?

Snake imagery then ran through the whole campaign: she teased the album with silent clips of a CGI reptile and filled her tour stage with them.

Which English singer-songwriter raps a verse on 'End Game', the only Reputation track with guest artists?

Ed Sheeran found the idea for his verse at a party at Taylor Swift's Rhode Island home, where he reconnected with the schoolmate he later married.

Which TV series inspired Taylor Swift to split Reputation into a battle side and a love side?

Game of Thrones also shaped her writing: its habit of foreshadowing twists pushed her to hide cryptic messages for fans in the songs.

Which Reputation track opens with the voice of the baby daughter of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds?

Gorgeous starts with the little girl saying its title, a clip Taylor Swift previewed on Instagram the day before the song came out.

Which rapper's 2016 song 'Famous' ignited a feud with Taylor Swift that hangs over Reputation?

Kanye West had first clashed with her in 2009, when he interrupted her acceptance speech at an awards ceremony.

Which famous pair does Taylor Swift name in the lyrics of Reputation's 'Getaway Car'?

Bonnie and Clyde suit the plot: the narrator flees one relationship with someone new, knowing the second romance is doomed because it began as an escape.

Which streaming service released the Reputation Stadium Tour concert film on New Year's Eve 2018?

Netflix carried the film worldwide after Taylor Swift announced the release on her birthday, December 13.

Which English pop group earned a writing credit on Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' for its 1991 hit?

Right Said Fred's 'I'm Too Sexy' is interpolated in the melody, and the brothers learned the mystery artist was Swift only after the single came out.

Which singer joined Charli XCX as an opening act on Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour in 2018?

Camila Cabello and Charli XCX also came back on stage during the show to sing 'Shake It Off' with the headliner.

Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' ended the 16-week Hot 100 reign of which chart-topping single?

Despacito, Luis Fonsi's hit, was knocked off as her single leapt from No. 77 to No. 1 in its second week on the chart.

Which rapper joins Taylor Swift on 'End Game' and parties with her on a Miami yacht in the video?

Future shares the Miami scenes with her, including a ride in a Lamborghini Aventador with Swift in the passenger seat.

Which co-writer of six Reputation tracks kept his studio computer offline to stop the album leaking?

Jack Antonoff worked with her mostly at his home studio in Brooklyn and deleted the trial versions once the album was finished.

In the 'Look What You Made Me Do' video, what fills the bathtub Taylor Swift lies in?

Diamonds surround her beside a necklace spelling out a refusal next to a ring, a scene many viewers read as a send-up of tabloid rumours about her romances.

Which director filled Taylor Swift's '...Ready for It?' video with nods to Blade Runner and Tron?

Joseph Kahn also directed the videos for 'End Game' and 'Delicate', the latter shot over two nights in Los Angeles.

At which ceremony did Taylor Swift premiere the 'Look What You Made Me Do' video, three days after the single?

The MTV VMAs gave the video its debut on August 27, 2017, and it drew 43.2 million YouTube views in its first day.

In the 'Look What You Made Me Do' video, a carving on Taylor Swift's seat quotes which Shakespeare play?

Julius Caesar supplies the dying ruler's words to Brutus, cut into the armrest of her golden chair as she is served tea.

Taylor Swift premiered Reputation's closing ballad 'New Year's Day' during an ad break in which ABC drama?

Scandal viewers saw a performance filmed weeks earlier at her Rhode Island home, during a fan-only preview of the album.

Which US radio format received Taylor Swift's 'New Year's Day' as a single, despite Reputation's electropop sound?

Country stations had warmed to her late-night TV performance of the ballad, so her label made the single official on November 27, 2017.

Which delivery company put Reputation artwork on its trucks in a 2017 partnership with Taylor Swift?

UPS announced the tie-in shortly after the lead single arrived, alongside contests promoting the album across American cities.

How did Taylor Swift style the title of Reputation, a choice she later explained to Zane Lowe?

All lowercase suited it, she explained, because the album was not unapologetically commercial and took the most explaining.

Which hitmaker co-wrote and produced nine Reputation tracks alongside his partner Shellback?

Max Martin and Shellback drove the album's heavier first half, while a second producer shaped its softer closing stretch.

A tombstone in the 'Look What You Made Me Do' video bears a pseudonym Taylor Swift used on which DJ's hit?

Calvin Harris released 'This Is What You Came For' in 2016 with her credited as Nils Sjöberg, the name carved on the grave.

Which make of gold sports car does Taylor Swift crash in the 'Look What You Made Me Do' video?

Bugatti built the Veyron she wrecks against a post before posing with a Grammy while photographers snap away.

The car-crash scene in Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' video was read as a jab at which pop rival?

Katy Perry wore a similar hairstyle, and the wreck recalls one in her own 'Unconditionally' video.

What symbolic sum did Taylor Swift win at her 2017 assault trial, an award fans saw echoed in a Reputation video?

One dollar is what the court awarded her, and fans spotted a single banknote tucked into one scene of the 'Look What You Made Me Do' video.

In Taylor Swift's '...Ready for It?' video, a hooded Swift confronts a caged double of herself that is what?

A cyborg version of the star breaks out of her cell, and flying glass cuts the hooded Swift's face to reveal she is one too.

In '...Ready for It?', Taylor Swift likens her romance to Elizabeth Taylor's with which actor?

Richard Burton's pairing with her namesake hints at the complications of stardom and privacy facing her own new relationship.

In 'Delicate', which brand of shoes does Taylor Swift picture her love interest wearing?

Nike earns the mention, a detail one NPR critic praised because a brand name can be as evocative as any love-song cliché.

Critics heard Taylor Swift's 'Call It What You Want' as a song about her romance with which English actor?

Joe Alwyn fits the lyrics, which credit a steady relationship with helping her cope with a tumultuous outside world.

Which US retailer sold two deluxe editions of Reputation, each with its own exclusive magazine?

Target stocked the two volumes, which were filled with handwritten lyrics, paintings and behind-the-scenes photographs.

Which Taylor Swift album, her first full pop release, came directly before Reputation?

1989 spent a full year in the Billboard 200's top ten, a level of fame that brought the scrutiny Reputation answers.

In the 'Delicate' video, what happens to Taylor Swift after she is handed a mysterious sparkling note?

She turns invisible and dances barefoot through a hotel and a subway platform, reappearing only after dancing in pouring rain.

What did Taylor Swift do days before announcing Reputation that set off talk of new music?

She blanked her social media on August 18, 2017, then posted silent clips that drew wide press attention before naming the album on August 23.

The Reputation cover prints Taylor Swift's name over half her face in a typeface styled after what?

Newspapers inspired the lettering, which outlets read as a dig at press scrutiny, and the black-and-white shot spawned many memes.

The Reputation Stadium Tour's North American run broke a gross record set by which band's A Bigger Bang Tour?

The Rolling Stones needed 70 American shows to set the old mark, while Taylor Swift passed it with just 38.

What did Taylor Swift acquire in May 2025, with her re-recording of Reputation left unfinished?

Her master recordings for the first six albums came home on May 30, closing a dispute that began with a 2019 sale to Scooter Braun.

Which gospel-tinged Reputation track about love as an addiction went viral on TikTok in 2022?

Don't Blame Me charted in several territories on the strength of the trend, reaching the top 20 in Norway and Singapore.

Which Reputation track, whose production came to Taylor Swift in a dream, opened the 2018 AMAs?

I Did Something Bad took shape when she described the dreamed sound to her producer, who pitched her own voice down for the post-chorus.

On which late-night program did Taylor Swift sing 'New Year's Day' in tribute to the host's late mother?

The Tonight Show performance for Jimmy Fallon came three days after Reputation's release and won the ballad new fans at radio.

Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' lyric video drew on Saul Bass's graphics for which Hitchcock film?

Vertigo shaped the clip's graphics, and the result drew over 19 million YouTube views in a day, then a record for a lyric video.

Which label released Taylor Swift's Reputation and was later bought by talent manager Scooter Braun?

Big Machine Records and Swift kept the album off streaming platforms for its first three weeks, feeding an industry debate about sales.

In 'King of My Heart', Taylor Swift shrugs off suitors with Range Rovers and which other luxury car?

Jaguar gets a British pronunciation from Swift in the song, which rates her partner above rivals with expensive cars.

The title of Taylor Swift's Reputation track 'So It Goes...' echoes a refrain made famous by which novel?

Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 novel, popularized the phrase, which Swift attaches to a power ballad about giving in to attraction.

Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' video beat a 24-hour YouTube views record held by which Psy video?

Gentleman had held the one-day record since April 2013; Swift's video reached 43.2 million views, about 30,000 a minute.

The zombie in Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' video wears a dress from which earlier video?

Out of the Woods supplies the gown the corpse wears as she climbs from a grave and then buries her 2014 Met Gala self.

Which comedian voiced the spoken bridge of 'Look What You Made Me Do' on the Reputation Stadium Tour?

Tiffany Haddish's pre-taped voice announced the death of the singer's former self while a large floating prop appeared on stage.

A mystery band's cover of Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' opened an episode of which TV drama?

Killing Eve used the version by Jack Leopards & the Dolphin Club, a band with no prior trace that fans suspect features her brother Austin.

The English guest on Taylor Swift's 'End Game' drops which film title into his verse, marking when his romance began?

Born on the Fourth of July fits because he reconnected with his eventual wife at a holiday party at Swift's home on that date.

To which pioneering dancer did Taylor Swift dedicate the choreography of 'Dress' on her Reputation tour?

Loie Fuller was saluted on the big screen at the end of the number as a pioneer who fought for artists to own their work.

Reputation earned Taylor Swift a single Grammy nomination, in which category, an outcome widely called a snub?

Best Pop Vocal Album was its lone nod at the 61st ceremony, and several publications called its absence from the top categories a snub.