End Game
Feat. Ed Sheeran & Future | Single | reputation (2017)
Table of Contents
Background
In 2016, when Taylor was at the peak of overexposure, some of her rivals in the industry (including Scooter Braun, Kanye West and Justin Bieber) succeded in launching a worldwide hate campaign against her. As a result, Taylor disappeared from public view for an entire year and thought about quitting music for good. She became increasingly reticent on social media, having previously maintained an active presence with a large following, and avoided interactions with the press. She conceived her sixth studio album, reputation, as an answer to the media commotion surrounding her celebrity.
Lyrical Theme
Guest Verses
«I actually wrote [my verse] in, I remember where it was, I was in a hotel room in New York, in bed at about eight o'clock in the morning. I woke up ‘cause for some reason I, like, dreamed it in my head what I was gonna do. […] I woke up and then, like, typed it all out and then recorded it like a day later and sent it to [Taylor]. And I remember [she] liked it, which is good, positive. […] I’ve never really featured like this, maybe I’ve done, like, two tracks where I’ve featured. […] Well, you see, [the 'Fourth of July' line] is kind of a play on words. Not really a play on words, it’s kind of…there’s a film with Tom Cruise called Born on the Fourth of July…my relationship started on the fourth of July.»
Ed Sheeran
Live Performances
Music Video
Critical Reception
Commercial Performance
Lyrics
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Future]
I wanna be your end game
I wanna be your first string
I wanna be your A Team
I wanna be your end game
End game
[Post-Chorus: Taylor Swift & Future]
Big reputation
Big reputation
Ooh, you and me we got big reputations
Ah, and you heard about me
Ooh, I got some big enemies (Yeah)
Big reputation
Big reputation
Ooh, you and me would be a big conversation
Ah, and I heard about you (Yeah)
Ooh, you like the bad ones too?
[Verse 1: Future]
You so dope
Don’t overdose
I’m so stoked
I need a toast
We do the most
I’m in the Ghost
Like I’m whippin’ a boat
I got a reputation, girl
That don’t precede me (Yeah)
I’m one call away whenever you need me (Yeah)
I’m in a G5 (Yeah)
Come to the A-Side (Yeah)
I got a bad boy persona
That’s what they like (What they like)
You love it
I love it too
‘Cause you my type (You my type)
You hold me down
And I protect you with my life
[Pre-Chorus 1: Taylor Swift & Future]
I don’t wanna touch you
I don’t wanna be
Just another ex love
You don’t wanna see
I don’t wanna miss you (I don’t wanna miss you)
Like the other girls do
I don’t wanna hurt you
I just wanna be
Drinking on a beach with
You all over me
I know what they all say (I know what they all say)
But I ain’t trying to play
[Chorus: Taylor Swift]
I wanna be your end game (End game)
I wanna be your first string (First string)
I wanna be your A Team (A Team)
I wanna be your end game
End game
[Verse 2: Ed Sheeran]
Knew her when I was young
Reconnected when we were little bit older, both sprung
I got issues and chips on both of my shoulders
Reputation precedes me
In rumors I’m knee-deep
The truth is it’s easier to ignore it
Believe me
Even when we’d argue we’d not do it for long
And you understand the good and bad end up in a song
For all your beautiful traits and the way you do it with ease
For all my flaws, paranoia and insecurities
I’ve made mistakes and made some choices
That’s hard to deny
After the storm
Something was born on the 4th of July
I’ve passed days without fun
This end game is the one
With four words on the tip of my tongue
I’ll never say it
[Pre-chorus 2: Taylor Swift]
I don’t wanna touch you
I don’t wanna be
Just another ex love
You don’t wanna see
I don’t wanna miss you (I don’t wanna miss you)
Like the other girls do
I don’t wanna hurt you
I just wanna be
Drinking on a beach with
You all over me
I know what they all say (Yeah)
But I ain’t trying to play
[Chorus: Taylor Swift]
I wanna be your end game (End game)
I wanna be your first string (Wanna be your first string)
I wanna be your A Team (A Team)
I wanna be your end game
End game
[Post-Chorus: Taylor Swift]
Big reputation
Big reputation
Ooh, you and me we got big reputations
Ah, and you heard about me
Ooh, I got some big enemies
Big reputation
Big reputation
Ooh, you and me would be a big conversation
Ah, and I heard about you
Ooh, you like the bad ones too?
[Verse 3: Taylor Swift]
I hit you like BANG
We tried to forget it, but we just couldn’t
And I bury hatchets, but I keep maps of where I put ’em
Reputation precedes me
They told you I’m crazy
I swear I don’t love the drama
It loves me
And I can’t let you go
Your hand print’s on my soul
It’s like your eyes are liquor
It’s like your body is gold
You’ve been calling my bluff
On all my usual tricks
So here’s the truth from my red lips
[Chorus: Taylor Swift, Future & Ed Sheeran]
I wanna be your end game
End game
I wanna be your first string (Me and you)
First string
I wanna be your A Team (Be your A Team now)
A Team
I wanna be your end game
End game
I wanna be your end game
Oh, I do
I wanna be your first string
First string
I wanna be your A Team
A Team
I wanna be your end game
End game
Artist | Taylor Swift | |||
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Album | reputation | |||
Features | Ed Sheeran Future | |||
Released | November 10, 2017 | |||
Recorded | July, 2017 | |||
Studio | MXM (Los Angeles) MXM (Stockholm) Seismic Activities (Portland) Tree Sound (Atlanta) | |||
Genre | R&B Hip Hop Pop Rap | |||
Length | 4:04 | |||
Label | Big Machine Records | |||
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback Ed Sheeran Nayvadius Wilburn | |||
Producers | Max Martin Shellback | |||
REPUTATION CHRONOLOGY | ||||
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