{"id":73071,"date":"2024-02-06T21:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T20:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=73071"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T22:09:50","slug":"the-smallest-man-who-ever-lived","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/the-tortured-poets-department-songs\/the-smallest-man-who-ever-lived\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"73071\" class=\"elementor elementor-73071\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no 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elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b16286\" data-id=\"6b16286\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce5982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce5982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d is track fourteen on Taylor\u2019s eleventh studio double album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/\">THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2024). She wrote and produced the song with longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner. A scathing breakup song, the song begins as a piano ballad before transitioning into a vitriolic bridge.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6291201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"6291201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__6291201\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1bbef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae1bbef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e4ea9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e4ea9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor developed her eleventh studio album, <em>THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/em>, \u201cfor about two years\u201d after finishing her previous album <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/midnights\/\">Midnights<\/a><\/em> (2022). She reflected on the creation of the album as a \u201clifeline\u201d for her, as it took place amidst media reports on her personal life and her relationships with <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/joe-alwyn\/\">Joe Alwyn<\/a>, Matty Healy, and Travis Kelce:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-460451c elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"460451c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00ab<i>TORTURED POETS<\/i> is an album that I think, more than any of my albums that I\u2019ve ever made, I needed to make it. It was really a lifeline for me, just the things I was going through, and the things I was writing about. It kind of reminded me of why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life. And I\u2019ve never had an album where I needed songwriting more than I\u2019d needed it on <i>TORTURED POETS<\/i>.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7bd184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7bd184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe album\u2019s tracklist, including \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,\u201d was revealed shortly after.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc49be elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9bc49be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9146010430\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d5eda2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d5eda2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrical Theme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f632dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f632dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor co-wrote \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d with her close friend Aaron Dessner. The song is divided into two distinct parts, the first being an understated piano ballad. Taylor describes a man in a \u201cJehovah\u2019s Witness suit\u201d, and accuses him of showing her off then ghosting her and attempting to buy drugs from her distant friend. Fellow <em>TORTURED POETS<\/em> songs \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/the-tortured-poets-department-songs\/loml\/\">loml<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/the-tortured-poets-department-songs\/chloe-or-sam-or-sophia-or-marcus\/\">Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus<\/a>\u201d are closely connected to this part of the story, linking the song to English singer-songwriter Matty Healy, with whom Taylor had a publicized romance in early 2023. He has reported history of substance abuse, and often wears a suit and tie during performances.\n<br><br>Taylor audibly sighs several times during the song, but her voice distorts upon entering the second part of the song: the bridge, which employs extensive references to espionage. She bombards her ex-lover with a series of questions: <em>\u201cWere you sent by someone who wanted me dead? \/ Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed? \/ Were you writing a book? \/ Were you a sleeper cell spy? \/ In 50 years will all this be declassified?\u201d<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e404de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e404de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Live Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ff97ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ff97ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStarting with the European leg, which kicked off in May 2024, Taylor added \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d to the regular setlist for her sixth headlining tour, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>\u201d (2023-2024). During the performance, she wore a white military jacket and performed a synchronized march across the stage during the song\u2019s bridge with her backup dancers dressed as a marching band. She ends the performance by getting \u201cshot\u201d and collapsing on the floor along with the band; a pantomime skit follows in which her dancers revive her and force her into a new outfit to perform \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/the-tortured-poets-department-songs\/i-can-do-it-with-a-broken-heart\/\">I Can Do It With a Broken Heart<\/a>\u201c. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-633e932 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"633e932\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9146010430\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a0162a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a0162a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Reception<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5773f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5773f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn reviews of its parent album, \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d received critical acclaim, and many identified it as one of the best songs on the album. In a ranking of all 31 songs from <em>THE ANTHOLOGY <\/em>edition of <em>THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/em>, <em>Billboard<\/em> ranked \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d in first place, with writer Jason Lipshutz considering the song \u201canother Taylor Swift post-breakup takedown for the ages\u201d and \u201cthe beating heart\u201d of the album as a whole. Naming the song a standout track, Ryan Fish of <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> wrote \u201cIt\u2019s perhaps the cruelest and most direct Swift has ever been on one of her breakup\/revenge songs.\u201d Alex Hopper of<em> American Songwriter<\/em> and Callie Ahlgrim of <em>Business Insider <\/em>both chose it as a standout song on the album, as did Mary Siroky of <em>Consequence<\/em> and Mary Kate Carr of <em>The A.V. Club<\/em>. Caroline Darney of <em>USA Today<\/em> selected it as the sixth best song on the album; she and Grace Wehniainen of <em>Bustle<\/em> both opined that the bridge was among the best of her career. Nate Jones of Vulture ranked it the 30th best song of her 245-song discography, dubbing it an \u201cold school Taylor Swift knife to the heart.\u201d Jones and Lindsay Zoladz of <em>The New York Times<\/em> both named the track her best breakup song since \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/red-album\/red-songs\/all-too-well\/\">All Too Well<\/a>\u201d (2012).\n<br><br>\nOther critics highlighted the song\u2019s intense lyrics and delivery. Chris Willman of <em>Variety<\/em> placed the song at 25th in his ranking of the 75 best songs by Taylor, writing that it was her most scarring since \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/dear-john\/\">Dear John<\/a>\u201d (2010) and praising its \u201cepic\u201d bridge. Rob Sheffield of <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> opined that the song could be retitled \u201cThe Angriest Song I\u2019ll Ever Write\u201d for its heated interrogation-style questions and described it as a new perspective of her previous work. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the <em>Financial Times<\/em> lauded the song as a \u201cquietly venomous piano assassination.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973a48d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"973a48d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e89608a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e89608a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen <em>THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/em> was released, tracks from the album occupied the Top 14 of the US <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em>; \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d opened and peaked at No. 14 and made Taylor the first artist to monopolize the Top 14 of the chart. It debuted and peaked at No. 18 on the <em>Billboard Global 200<\/em>. It peaked at No. 16 in Australia, making Taylor the artist with the most entries in a single week with 29. Elsewhere, the song charted within the Top 20 in New Zealand (17), Canada (18), and Ireland (19), and reached the singles charts of several other European countries.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244eb13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"244eb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09dedcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09dedcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e7c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6e7c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>[Verse 1]<\/strong><br \/>Was any of it true?<br \/>Gazing at me starry-eyed<br \/>In your Jehovah\u2019s Witness suit<br \/>Who the fuck was that guy?<br \/>You tried to buy some pills<br \/>From a friend of friends of mine<br \/>They just ghosted you<br \/>Now you know what it feels like.<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus]<\/strong><br \/>And I don\u2019t even want you back<br \/>I just want to know<br \/>If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal<br \/>And I don\u2019t miss what we had<br \/>But could someone give<br \/>A message to the smallest man who ever lived<\/p><p><strong>[Verse 2]<\/strong><br \/>You hung me on your wall<br \/>Stabbed me with your push pins<br \/>In public, showed me off<br \/>Then sank in stoned oblivion<br \/>Cause once your queen had come<br \/>You\u2019d treat her lik\u0435 an also-ran<br \/>You didn\u2019t measure up<br \/>In any measur\u0435 of a man<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus]<\/strong><br \/>And I don\u2019t even want you back<br \/>I just want to know<br \/>If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal<br \/>And I don\u2019t miss what we had<br \/>But could someone give<br \/>A message to the smallest man who ever lived<\/p><p><strong>[Bridge]<\/strong><br \/>Were you sent by someone<br \/>Who wanted me dead?<br \/>Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?<br \/>Were you writing a book?<br \/>Were you a sleeper cell spy?<br \/>In 50 years will all this be declassified?<br \/>And you\u2019ll confess why you did it<br \/>And I\u2019ll say, \u201cGood riddance\u201d<br \/>Cause it wasn\u2019t sexy once it wasn\u2019t forbidden<\/p><p><strong>[Outro]<\/strong><br \/>I would\u2019ve died for your sins<br \/>Instead I just died inside<br \/>And you deserve prison, but you won\u2019t get time<br \/>You\u2019ll slide into inboxes<br \/>And slip through the bars<br \/>You crashed my party and your rental car<br \/>You said normal girls were \u201cboring\u201d<br \/>But you were gone by the morning<br \/>You kicked out the stage lights<br \/>But you\u2019re still performing<br \/>And in plain sight you hid<br \/>But you are what you did.<br \/>And I\u2019ll forget you but<br \/>I\u2019ll never forgive<br \/>The smallest man who ever lived.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae99dfd elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--skin-framed elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"ae99dfd\" 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https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-2024-komp.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a5535 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"40a5535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tGeneral Information\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fed76dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fed76dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><th>Artist<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/biography\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Album<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/\">THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Released<\/th><td>April 19, 2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Recorded<\/th><td>2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Studios<\/th><td>Long Pond (Hudson Valley)<br \/>Electric Lady (New York City)<br \/>Tiny Telephone (Oakland)<br \/>Smilo Sound (Orcas Island)<br \/>Sterling Sound (Edgewater)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Alternative<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>4:05<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Label<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Songwriters<\/th><td>Taylor Swift<br \/>Aaron Dessner<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Producers<\/th><td>Aaron Dessner<br \/>Taylor Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"infobox-header description\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6>THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT CHRONOLOGY<\/h6><\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/the-tortured-poets-department-songs\/i-can-do-it-with-a-broken-heart\/\">I Can Do It With A Broken Heart<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><strong>The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/the-tortured-poets-department-songs\/the-alchemy\/\">The Alchemy<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a66083 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2a66083\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSong Certification\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88639bc 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She wrote and produced the song with longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner. A scathing breakup song, the song begins as a piano ballad before transitioning into a vitriolic bridge. Table of Contents Background Taylor developed her eleventh studio album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, \u201cfor about two years\u201d after finishing her previous album Midnights (2022). She reflected on the creation of the album as a \u201clifeline\u201d for her, as it took place amidst media reports on her personal life and her relationships with Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy, and Travis Kelce: \u00abTORTURED POETS is an album that I think, more than any of my albums that I\u2019ve ever made, I needed to make it. It was really a lifeline for me, just the things I was going through, and the things I was writing about. It kind of reminded me of why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life. And I\u2019ve never had an album where I needed songwriting more than I\u2019d needed it on TORTURED POETS.\u00bb Taylor Swift The album\u2019s tracklist, including \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,\u201d was revealed shortly after. Lyrical Theme Taylor co-wrote \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d with her close friend Aaron Dessner. The song is divided into two distinct parts, the first being an understated piano ballad. Taylor describes a man in a \u201cJehovah\u2019s Witness suit\u201d, and accuses him of showing her off then ghosting her and attempting to buy drugs from her distant friend. Fellow TORTURED POETS songs \u201cloml\u201d and \u201cChloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus\u201d are closely connected to this part of the story, linking the song to English singer-songwriter Matty Healy, with whom Taylor had a publicized romance in early 2023. He has reported history of substance abuse, and often wears a suit and tie during performances. Taylor audibly sighs several times during the song, but her voice distorts upon entering the second part of the song: the bridge, which employs extensive references to espionage. She bombards her ex-lover with a series of questions: \u201cWere you sent by someone who wanted me dead? \/ Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed? \/ Were you writing a book? \/ Were you a sleeper cell spy? \/ In 50 years will all this be declassified?\u201d Live Performance Starting with the European leg, which kicked off in May 2024, Taylor added \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d to the regular setlist for her sixth headlining tour, \u201cThe Eras Tour\u201d (2023-2024). During the performance, she wore a white military jacket and performed a synchronized march across the stage during the song\u2019s bridge with her backup dancers dressed as a marching band. She ends the performance by getting \u201cshot\u201d and collapsing on the floor along with the band; a pantomime skit follows in which her dancers revive her and force her into a new outfit to perform \u201cI Can Do It With a Broken Heart\u201c. Critical Reception In reviews of its parent album, \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d received critical acclaim, and many identified it as one of the best songs on the album. In a ranking of all 31 songs from THE ANTHOLOGY edition of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, Billboard ranked \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d in first place, with writer Jason Lipshutz considering the song \u201canother Taylor Swift post-breakup takedown for the ages\u201d and \u201cthe beating heart\u201d of the album as a whole. Naming the song a standout track, Ryan Fish of The Hollywood Reporter wrote \u201cIt\u2019s perhaps the cruelest and most direct Swift has ever been on one of her breakup\/revenge songs.\u201d Alex Hopper of American Songwriter and Callie Ahlgrim of Business Insider both chose it as a standout song on the album, as did Mary Siroky of Consequence and Mary Kate Carr of The A.V. Club. Caroline Darney of USA Today selected it as the sixth best song on the album; she and Grace Wehniainen of Bustle both opined that the bridge was among the best of her career. Nate Jones of Vulture ranked it the 30th best song of her 245-song discography, dubbing it an \u201cold school Taylor Swift knife to the heart.\u201d Jones and Lindsay Zoladz of The New York Times both named the track her best breakup song since \u201cAll Too Well\u201d (2012). Other critics highlighted the song\u2019s intense lyrics and delivery. Chris Willman of Variety placed the song at 25th in his ranking of the 75 best songs by Taylor, writing that it was her most scarring since \u201cDear John\u201d (2010) and praising its \u201cepic\u201d bridge. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone opined that the song could be retitled \u201cThe Angriest Song I\u2019ll Ever Write\u201d for its heated interrogation-style questions and described it as a new perspective of her previous work. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times lauded the song as a \u201cquietly venomous piano assassination.\u201d Commercial Performance When THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT was released, tracks from the album occupied the Top 14 of the US Billboard Hot 100; \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u201d opened and peaked at No. 14 and made Taylor the first artist to monopolize the Top 14 of the chart. It debuted and peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Global 200. It peaked at No. 16 in Australia, making Taylor the artist with the most entries in a single week with 29. Elsewhere, the song charted within the Top 20 in New Zealand (17), Canada (18), and Ireland (19), and reached the singles charts of several other European countries. Lyrics [Verse 1]Was any of it true?Gazing at me starry-eyedIn your Jehovah\u2019s Witness suitWho the fuck was that guy?You tried to buy some pillsFrom a friend of friends of mineThey just ghosted youNow you know what it feels like. 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