Taylor Swift ‘makes dig’ at Kim Kardashian during second night of London shows

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Taylor Swift fans are convinced that the musician made a subtle dig at Kim Kardashian while performing onstage during her second night at Wembley Stadium.

As the pop superstar played the introduction to her song “thanK you aIMee”, which is largely believed to be a reference to her years-long feud with reality star Kardashian, Swift told the London crowd: “Every time someone talks s***, it makes me work even harder.”

“It makes me that much tougher. It also makes me incredibly thankful for those people,” she said, before playing “thanK you aIMee” live for the first time since it was released as part of her new album The Tortured Poets Department.

After hearing Swift’s “thanK you aIMee” introduction, one fan concluded: “Taylor just basically confirmed that thanK you aIMee is a million % about Kim.”

When Swift released the track in April, her fans were quick to notice that the singer seemingly makes several references to Kardashian on it – including the capitalisation of some letters in the song’s title, which spell out: K, I, and M.

Then, in 2016, West released his song “Famous”, which featured the lyrics: “I feel like me and Taylor Swift might still have sex/ Why? I made that b**** famous.”

West and Kardashian went on to leak a phone call that appeared to show Swift approving the use of her name in the song.

Swift’s team immediately denied the claims in a statement, claiming that West had not run the lyrics past her as he alleged, but had instead asked her to promote the song: “Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, ‘I made that b**** famous.’”