{"id":898,"date":"2020-08-23T17:25:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T17:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=898"},"modified":"2026-10-18T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T17:32:39","slug":"you-need-to-calm-down","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/lover-album\/lover-songs\/you-need-to-calm-down\/","title":{"rendered":"You Need to Calm Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cYou Need To Calm Down\u201d is track fourteen and the second single from Taylor\u2019s seventh studio album, Lover<\/a><\/em> (2019). Written by Taylor and Joel Little, the song was released on June 14, 2019, and addresses online hostility, celebrity criticism and homophobia. With a playful, pointed response to trolls and those who judge others for who they are, Taylor calls for people to stop policing other people\u2019s lives and embrace individuality, while also voicing her support for LGBTQ+ rights.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe song\u2019s colorful music video went viral for its parade of celebrity cameos and its surprise ending, which featured Taylor and Katy Perry finally making peace in matching hamburger and French fry costumes. The playful reunion turned years of speculation about their feud into one of the most memorable moments of the Lover <\/em>era<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor began working on Lover<\/a><\/em> during a week in New York City in July 2018, while still on the “reputation Stadium Tour<\/a>,” with the album\u2019s main recording sessions beginning after the tour concluded that November. The record marked a shift from the darker atmosphere of reputation<\/a><\/em> (2017). In her September issue interview with Vogue<\/em> in 2019, Taylor described Lover <\/em>as a \u201cnew beginning\u201d and a \u201clove letter to love, in all of its maddening, passionate, exciting, enchanting, horrific, tragic, wonderful glory,\u201d recalling that she had written from an \u201copen, free, romantic, whimsical place.\u201d\n

\n\u201cYou Need To Calm Down\u201d was written and produced by Taylor and New Zealand songwriter and producer Joel Little. Together, they created several of the songs that moved beyond Lover<\/em>\u2019s more traditional love-song themes. Alongside \u201cME!,<\/a>\u201d which celebrates individuality and self-acceptance, \u201cMiss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince<\/a>,\u201d \u201cThe Man<\/a>\u201d and \u201cOnly The Young<\/a>\u201d explore gender inequality and political change. \u201cYou Need To Calm Down\u201d fits into this broader thread, supporting LGBTQ+ rights. In her interview with Vogue<\/em>, Taylor said:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\u00abRights are being stripped from basically everyone who isn\u2019t a straight white cisgender male. I didn\u2019t realize until recently that I could advocate for a community that I\u2019m not a part of. It\u2019s hard to know how to do that without being so fearful of making a mistake that you just freeze. Because my mistakes are very loud. When I make a mistake, it echoes through the canyons of the world. It\u2019s clickbait, and it\u2019s a part of my life story, and it\u2019s a part of my career arc.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe title of \u201cYou Need To Calm Down\u201d was first teased on April 26, 2019, in the music video for \u201cME!,\u201d when Brendon Urie shouted the phrase in French. An instrumental version of the song, described as having an \u201cold-timey, 1940s-sounding\u201d style, also played briefly in the video. Taylor officially announced the song as the second single from Lover<\/em> during an Instagram livestream on June 13, revealing that it would be released at midnight the following day, June 14, 2019. A vertical video followed exclusively on Spotify <\/a>on June 24, and a remix by British electronic music group Clean Bandit was released on August 20, 2019.\n

\nA lyric video premiered alongside the song on YouTube, featuring Easter eggs pointing to Taylor\u2019s support for LGBTQ+ rights. Following Taylor\u2019s donation to GLAAD for Pride Month and her Change.org petition urging the US Senate to pass the legislation, the petition surpassed 500,000 signatures, helping bring greater public attention to the Equality Act and adding momentum to calls for federal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. After the song\u2019s release, GLAAD reported an influx of donations of $13 each, a nod to Taylor\u2019s favorite number.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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