With the title “Actually Romantic,” Swifties might have been expecting Taylor Swift to return to the sentimental ballads she penned early in her career. But the track is cheekier than the title suggests.

The seventh track on “The Life of a Showgirl” features a sassy chorus in which Swift sings about someone who has criticized her, yet the pop star finds all the time this person has spent talking about her “actually sweet.”

The song falls in line with tracks from past eras where the Grammy winner called out those who have wronged her, like “Mean,” “Bad Blood” and “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.”

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