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Bonus Track | THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY (2024)

“imgonnagetyouback” is track eighteen on THE ANTHOLOGY, the double album edition of Taylor’s eleventh studio album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (2024). It was released on April 19, 2024, through Republic Records.
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Background

Taylor released her tenth studio album, Midnights, on October 21, 2022, to widespread commercial and critical success, becoming the biggest album of the year. Midnights was eventually nominated for six Grammy Awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024. The morning of the ceremony, Taylor teased the release of an album by changing her profile picture across all social media platforms to a black and white version of the already existing cover artwork of Midnights. This led to her fans speculating online that she was preparing to release reputation (Taylor’s Version), a forthcoming re-recording of her sixth studio album, reputation (2017). Taylor’s website also appeared to have crashed, replaced with the non-existent HTTP status code 321, as well as error code “hneriergrd”, which fans deciphered to be an anagram spelling “red herring”. They also analyzed the source code of her website and found hidden, foreign-language words, which they then translated into English. The words found would be revealed to be words in Taylor’s handwritten note for the album.

Taylor won the Grammy Awards for “Best Pop Vocal Album” and “Album of the Year” for Midnights a few hours later. In her acceptance speech for the former, she revealed a new studio album, titled THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, and announced its release date of April 19, 2024, which she had been keeping secret for nearly two years. Its cover artwork was subsequently posted on her social media accounts, along with a photograph of a handwritten note.

Live Performances

“imgonnagetyouback” received its first live performance on July 5, 2024, during one of Taylor’s shows on “The Eras Tour” (2023-2024). She played it together with “Dress” (2017) in Amsterdam. On July 28, she paired it up with “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” (2016) in Munich.

Lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah

[Verse 1]
Lilac short skirt
The one that fits me like skin
Did your research
You knew the price going in
And I’ll tell you one thing, honey
I can tell when somebody still wants me
Come clean
Standing at the bar like something’s funny, bubbly
Once you fix your face I’m going in

[Chorus 1]
Whether I’m gonna be your wife
Or gonna smash up your bike
I haven’t decided yet
But I’m gonna get you back
Whether I’m gonna curse you out
Or take you back to my house
I haven’t decidеd yet
But I’m gonna get you back

[Post-Chorus]
I hear thе whispers in your eyes
I’ll make you wanna think twice
You’ll find that you were never not mine

[Verse 2]
Small talk, big love
Act like I don’t care what you did
I’m an Aston Martin that you steered straight into the ditch
Then ran and hid
And I’ll tell you one thing, honey
I can take the upper hand and touch your body
Flip the script and leave you like a dumb house party
Or I might just love you ’til the end

[Chorus 2]
Whether I’m gonna be your wife
Or gonna smash up your bike
I haven’t decided yet
But I’m gonna get you back
Whether I’m gonna flip you off
Or pull you into the closet
I haven’t decided yet
But I’m gonna get you back

[Post-Chorus]
I hear the whispers in your eyes
I’ll make you wanna think twice
You’ll find that you were never not mine

[Bridge]
I can feel it coming
Humming in the way you move
Push the reset button
We’re becoming something new
Say you got somebody
I’ll say I got someone too
Even if it’s handcuffed I’m leaving here with you
Bygones will be bygone
Eras fading into gray
We broke all the pieces
But still wanna play the game
Told my friends I hate you
But I love you just the same
Pick your poison, babe
I’m poison either way

[Final Chorus]
Whether I’m gonna be your wife
Or gonna smash up your bike
I haven’t decided yet
But I’m gonna get you back
Whether I’m gonna curse you out
Or take you back to my house
I haven’t decided yet
But I’m gonna get you back

[Post-Chorus]
I hear the whispers in your eyes
I’ll make you wanna think twice
You’ll find that you were never not mine

[Outro]
I’m gonna get you back

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY by Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2024)
General Information
ArtistTaylor Swift
AlbumTHE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
ReleasedApril 19, 2024
Recorded2022-2023
StudiosConway (Los Angeles)
Electric Lady (New York City)
GenrePop
Length3:42
LabelRepublic Records
SongwritersTaylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
ProducersJack Antonoff
Taylor Swift
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