Mean (Taylor's Version)

The re-recording of Mean is more satisfying — not because the production hits harder, but because thirteen years later she really is 'too good for them to reach.' The girl who wrote a clapback is now on the Grammy stage.

What I still love is that stubborn 'the more you push me down, the higher I stand.' It isn't elegant, almost childish, but that 'no argument, just proof' energy is something most people never learn.

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