Did You Notice The Sneaky Mean Girls Reference In Taylor Swift Comeback Single Look What You Made Me Do?

She doesn't even go here.

Friday, August 25, 2017 - 10:14

If anyone was ever going to make fetch happen, it was going to be Taylor Swift. So it comes as no surprise that there are a few sneaky nods to Mean Girls in her brand new single, 'Look What You Made Me Do.'

And while we should make it clear that it's unclear whether these nods are intentional or just purely accidental, it does seem like a pretty perfect coincidence given Taylor's history with *that* Katy Perry dig about being a 'Regina George in sheep's clothing,' which itself is largely thought to be a response to Taylor shading her in 'Blank Space.'

https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/509247190280065025?lang=en

Check out the music video for Taylor Swift's Out Of The Woods below...

View the lyrics

Looking at it now
It all seems so simple
We were lying on your couch
I remember

You took a Polaroid of us
Then discovered
(Then discovered)
The rest of the world was black and white
But we were in screaming color
And I remember thinking

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good
(Are we out of the woods?)

Looking at it now
Last December
(Last December)
We were built to fall apart
Then fall back together
(Back together)

Ooh, your necklace hanging from my neck
The night we couldn't quite forget
When we decided, we decided
To move the furniture so we could dance
Baby, like we stood a chance
Two paper airplanes flying, flying, flying
And I remember thinking

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good
(Are we out of the woods?)

Remember when you hit the brakes too soon?
Twenty stitches in a hospital room
When you started crying, baby, I did too
But when the sun came up, I was looking at you

Remember when we couldn't take the heat?
I walked out, I said "I'm setting you free"
But the monsters turned out to be just trees
When the sun came up you were looking at me

You were looking at me, oh
You were looking at me
(Are we out of the woods yet?)
(Are we out of the woods yet?)
(Are we out of the woods yet?)
(Are we out of the woods?)

I remember
(Are we in the clear yet?)
(Are we in the clear yet?)
Oh, I remember

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet? (Yeah)
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet? (Yeah)
Are we in the clear yet? (Yeah)
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good

Writer(s): Antonoff Jack, Antonoff Jack Michael Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

As you probably noticed after about the first line, Taylor's comeback single is a major diss track calling out a certain someone for messing with her. From references like 'Don't like your tilted stage,' it's got people guessing that this song is probably a response to the drama that went down between her, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West last year. He did perform the Saint Pablo tour on a tilting airborn stage after all.

But what you might not have noticed from your first 55 listens to the track is that there are a few moments that bear resemblance to everyone's favourite movie: Mean Girls.

https://instagram.com/p/BYJLD0MnU89

First up we have the line 'I've got a list of names underlined / and yours is in red underlined,' which fans of the movie were quick to say sounds a whole lot like that moment we see Regina writing in the Burn Book and going in with the red pen.

https://twitter.com/GaryBowenn/status/900938106777554944

Then there's the fact that it samples a beat that sounds a lot like a Peaches track called 'Operate' that's used in the background during the fateful Mean Girls Halloween party where Cady wishes she'd dressed like a sexy mouse (duh) instead of a genuinely terrifying ex-wife.

One fan even went as far as to compare the sound waves of the two tracks to show just how close the two samples are and the evidence is pretty convincing.

https://twitter.com/tkylemac/status/900943396176408576

https://twitter.com/tkylemac/status/900950395899355137

Then there's the whole 'The old Taylor can't come to the phone right now. Why? Because she's DEAD' line, which kinda just reminds us of the four-way call moment between the Plastics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awow8HpWNcg

Ok that one's a stretch but we just wanted to watch that scene again. So sue us. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In conclusion: we don't think Kimye or Katy Perry can sit with Taylor right now. And while we don't know if this is an amazing secret Taylor nod to the film that made us all wish for white gold hoops for Hanukkah or it's all pure coincidence, it kinda just makes us love the song even more.

Let us know what you think about all of this with a tweet to @MTVUK already.