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"'''Me!'''" (stylized in [[all caps]]) is a song by [[Taylor Swift]] featuring [[Brendon Urie]] of [[Panic! at the Disco]], released on April 26, 2019, as the lead single from Swift's seventh studio album, [[Lover (album)|''Lover'']], by [[Republic Records]]. Written by Urie, Swift, and [[Joel Little]], and produced by the latter two, "Me!" is an upbeat [[bubblegum pop]] and [[synth-pop]] track driven by a [[marching band]] [[drumline]]. It is about embracing one's individuality, self-affirmation, and self-love. |
"'''Me!'''" (stylized in [[all caps]]) is a song by the American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]] featuring [[Brendon Urie]] of the American band [[Panic! at the Disco]], released on April 26, 2019, as the lead single from Swift's seventh studio album, [[Lover (album)|''Lover'']], by [[Republic Records]]. Written by Urie, Swift, and [[Joel Little]], and produced by the latter two, "Me!" is an upbeat [[bubblegum pop]] and [[synth-pop]] track driven by a [[marching band]] [[drumline]]. It is about embracing one's individuality, self-affirmation, and self-love. |
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Music critics described the production as cheery or [[Camp (style)|campy]]; they either found the track catchy and [[tongue-in-cheek]] or deemed it immature and cloying. On the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], "Me!" debuted at number 100 and jumped to number two the next week, breaking the record for the [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Biggest single-week upward movements|biggest single-week jump]] in the chart's history. The single was certified [[RIAA certification|double-platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]]. It reached the top ten and received [[List of music recording certifications|platinum or higher certifications]] in Australia, Canada, Poland, and the United Kingdom. |
Music critics described the production as cheery or [[Camp (style)|campy]]; they either found the track catchy and [[tongue-in-cheek]] or deemed it immature and cloying. On the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], "Me!" debuted at number 100 and jumped to number two the next week, breaking the record for the [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Biggest single-week upward movements|biggest single-week jump]] in the chart's history. The single was certified [[RIAA certification|double-platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]]. It reached the top ten and received [[List of music recording certifications|platinum or higher certifications]] in Australia, Canada, Poland, and the United Kingdom. |
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== Background and release == |
== Background and release == |
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On April 13, 2019, a countdown to midnight on April 26 appeared on [[Taylor Swift]]'s website, leading to speculation about the release of new music.<ref name="Slate Magazine">{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/taylor-swift-website-countdown-clock.html|title=Taylor Swift Is Counting Down to Something|work=[[Slate Magazine]]|date=April 14, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426221035/https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/taylor-swift-website-countdown-clock.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 25, various news outlets reported that a mural of a butterfly in [[The Gulch, Nashville, Tennessee|The Gulch]] neighborhood of [[Nashville, Tennessee]], painted by street artist [[Kelsey Montague]],<ref name="Tennessean">{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/04/25/taylor-swift-announcement-2019-nashville-gulch-mural/3572564002/|title=Is Taylor Swift's announcement linked to activity in Nashville's Gulch? Fans are there for it|work=[[The Tennessean]]|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216165208/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/04/25/taylor-swift-announcement-2019-nashville-gulch-mural/3572564002/|url-status=live}}</ref> was connected with the upcoming release.<ref name="USA Today" /> A crowd of several hundred gathered at the mural as the word "Me!" was added to it by Montague.<ref name="USA Today">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/23/taylor-swift-countdown-nashville-mural/3547560002/|title=The Taylor Swift mural in Nashville is getting a mysterious update|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425153200/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/23/taylor-swift-countdown-nashville-mural/3547560002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WKRN">{{cite web|url=https://www.wkrn.com/news/artist-touches-up-gulch-mural-rumored-to-be-linked-to-taylor-swift/1953189546|title=Artist touches up Gulch mural rumored to be linked to Taylor Swift|publisher=[[WKRN]]|last=Baird|first=Brittney|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425153653/https://www.wkrn.com/news/artist-touches-up-gulch-mural-rumored-to-be-linked-to-taylor-swift/1953189546|url-status=live}}</ref> While Montague was initially told that the mural was commissioned as promotion for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[ESPN]] and the [[2019 NFL |
On April 13, 2019, a countdown to midnight on April 26 appeared on [[Taylor Swift]]'s website, leading to speculation about the release of new music.<ref name="Slate Magazine">{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/taylor-swift-website-countdown-clock.html|title=Taylor Swift Is Counting Down to Something|work=[[Slate Magazine]]|date=April 14, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426221035/https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/taylor-swift-website-countdown-clock.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 25, various news outlets reported that a mural of a butterfly in [[The Gulch, Nashville, Tennessee|The Gulch]] neighborhood of [[Nashville, Tennessee]], painted by street artist [[Kelsey Montague]],<ref name="Tennessean">{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/04/25/taylor-swift-announcement-2019-nashville-gulch-mural/3572564002/|title=Is Taylor Swift's announcement linked to activity in Nashville's Gulch? Fans are there for it|work=[[The Tennessean]]|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216165208/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/04/25/taylor-swift-announcement-2019-nashville-gulch-mural/3572564002/|url-status=live}}</ref> was connected with the upcoming release.<ref name="USA Today" /> A crowd of several hundred gathered at the mural as the word "Me!" was added to it by Montague.<ref name="USA Today">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/23/taylor-swift-countdown-nashville-mural/3547560002/|title=The Taylor Swift mural in Nashville is getting a mysterious update|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425153200/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/23/taylor-swift-countdown-nashville-mural/3547560002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WKRN">{{cite web|url=https://www.wkrn.com/news/artist-touches-up-gulch-mural-rumored-to-be-linked-to-taylor-swift/1953189546|title=Artist touches up Gulch mural rumored to be linked to Taylor Swift|publisher=[[WKRN]]|last=Baird|first=Brittney|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425153653/https://www.wkrn.com/news/artist-touches-up-gulch-mural-rumored-to-be-linked-to-taylor-swift/1953189546|url-status=live}}</ref> While Montague was initially told that the mural was commissioned as promotion for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[ESPN]] and the [[2019 NFL draft]],<ref name="Refinery29">{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230892/who-is-taylor-swift-butterfly-artist-kelsey-montague|title=The Artist Behind The Butterfly Mural Had No Idea It Was For Taylor Swift|work=[[Refinery29]]|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426231000/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230892/who-is-taylor-swift-butterfly-artist-kelsey-montague|url-status=live}}</ref> Swift appeared at the mural and revealed that it was in fact part of her countdown promotion and that she would be interviewed by [[Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts]] during the NFL Draft broadcast with further information.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BwsEsK-huqu/|title=So... @kelseymontagueart helped me pull off the best surprise clue reveal today in Nashville!! Thank you to everyone who showed up, I've never been more proud of your FBI level detective skills. Next clue: I'll be joining the magnificent @robinrobertsgma for a chat tonight on ABC live from Nashville 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕|via=Instagram|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428125636/https://www.instagram.com/p/BwsEsK-huqu/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the interview she confirmed the release of a new song and music video at midnight, sharing the title as well as the feature from Urie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-to-release-new-song-and-video-me-tonight/|title=Taylor Swift to Release New Song and Video 'ME!' Tonight|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Bloom|first=Madison|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426012648/https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-to-release-new-song-and-video-me-tonight/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== Composition == |
== Composition == |
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{{Blockquote|quote= With a pop song, we have an ability to get a melody stuck in people's heads, and I just want it to be one that makes them feel better about themselves, not worse.|source= Swift talking about "Me!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/taylor-swift-new-music-butterfly-mural.html|title=Taylor Swift Confirms New Music Is Coming, But That Doesn't Fully Explain the Chickens in Sunglasses|work=Vulture|last=Crucchiola|first=Jordan|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425211603/https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/taylor-swift-new-music-butterfly-mural.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |
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"Me!" is a [[bubblegum music|bubblegum]]<ref name="Pollard2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-me-new-song-album-brendon-urie-panic-disco-t7-a8888006.html|title=Taylor Swift has been so busy dropping hints, she's forgotten to write a good song|website=[[The Independent]]|last=Pollard|first=Alexandra|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426185135/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-me-new-song-album-brendon-urie-panic-disco-t7-a8888006.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[synth-pop]] song,<ref name="Pitchfork review">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-me/|title="ME!" by Taylor Swift Review|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Anna|last=Gaca|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=August 5, 2019|archive-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726001959/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-me/|url-status=live}}</ref> driven by a [[marching band]] [[drumline]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5651207/taylor-swift-lover-songs-explained/|title=Let's Anazlye the Lyrics to Every Song on Taylor Swift's Lover|last=Burner|first=Raisa|date=August 24, 2019|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609233017/https://time.com/5651207/taylor-swift-lover-songs-explained/|archive-date=June 9, 2020|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> It was written by Swift, [[Joel Little]] of [[Goodnight Nurse]] and [[Brendon Urie]] of [[Panic! at the Disco]], and produced by Swift and Little. The song was initially developed as a slow, [[Acoustic music|acoustic]], [[piano]] [[ballad]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kircher|first=Madison Malone|date=2020-01-31|title=Taylor Swift, Please Release an Acoustic "ME!"|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/taylor-swift-miss-americana-reveals-acoustic-me-version.html|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Vulture|language=en-us|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729081347/https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/taylor-swift-miss-americana-reveals-acoustic-me-version.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
"Me!" is a [[bubblegum music|bubblegum]]<ref name="Pollard2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-me-new-song-album-brendon-urie-panic-disco-t7-a8888006.html|title=Taylor Swift has been so busy dropping hints, she's forgotten to write a good song|website=[[The Independent]]|last=Pollard|first=Alexandra|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426185135/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-me-new-song-album-brendon-urie-panic-disco-t7-a8888006.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[synth-pop]] song,<ref name="Pitchfork review">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-me/|title="ME!" by Taylor Swift Review|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Anna|last=Gaca|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=August 5, 2019|archive-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726001959/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-me/|url-status=live}}</ref> driven by a [[marching band]] [[drumline]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5651207/taylor-swift-lover-songs-explained/|title=Let's Anazlye the Lyrics to Every Song on Taylor Swift's Lover|last=Burner|first=Raisa|date=August 24, 2019|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609233017/https://time.com/5651207/taylor-swift-lover-songs-explained/|archive-date=June 9, 2020|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> It was written by Swift, [[Joel Little]] of [[Goodnight Nurse]] and [[Brendon Urie]] of [[Panic! at the Disco]], and produced by Swift and Little. The song was initially developed as a slow, [[Acoustic music|acoustic]], [[piano]] [[ballad]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kircher|first=Madison Malone|date=2020-01-31|title=Taylor Swift, Please Release an Acoustic "ME!"|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/taylor-swift-miss-americana-reveals-acoustic-me-version.html|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Vulture|language=en-us|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729081347/https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/taylor-swift-miss-americana-reveals-acoustic-me-version.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[File:Panic at the Disco Im Park 2016 (11 von 11).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Brendon Urie]] of |
[[File:Panic at the Disco Im Park 2016 (11 von 11).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Brendon Urie]] of [[Panic! at the Disco]] is featured in the song, who also co-wrote the song. "Me!" is Swift's first lead single to have a featured artist.|alt=Brendon Urie performing onstage in a brown jacket.]] |
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In an interview with Robin Roberts, Swift described the song as about "embracing your individuality and really owning it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-review.html|title=Taylor Swift's 'ME!' is, Uh, Cute but Cloying|work=Vulture|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163435/https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
In an interview with Robin Roberts, Swift described the song as about "embracing your individuality and really owning it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-review.html|title=Taylor Swift's 'ME!' is, Uh, Cute but Cloying|work=Vulture|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163435/https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== Critical reception == |
== Critical reception == |
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"Me!" received mixed reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. ''[[ |
"Me!" received mixed reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. ''[[Forbes]]''{{'}}s Hugh McIntyre wrote that it "isn't just a pop song, it's the momentary escape we all need".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2019/04/26/taylor-swift-and-panic-at-the-discos-brendon-urie-team-up-for-new-pure-pop-future-smash-me/|title=Taylor Swift And Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie Team Up For New Pure-Pop Future Smash 'Me!'|website=[[Forbes]]|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426051856/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2019/04/26/taylor-swift-and-panic-at-the-discos-brendon-urie-team-up-for-new-pure-pop-future-smash-me/|url-status=live}}</ref> Roisin O'Connor of ''[[The Independent]]'' wrote that "Swift once again proves her mastery of the infectious pop hook in one of the most drastic reinventions of her career to date".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/url-taylor-swift-me-review-new-song-brendon-urie-panic-disco-ts7-album-a8887141.html|title=Taylor Swift, 'ME!' review: Pop song with Brendon Urie signals a bright new era|website=The Independent|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426105319/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/url-taylor-swift-me-review-new-song-brendon-urie-panic-disco-ts7-album-a8887141.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''<nowiki/>'s Raisa Bruner noted that Swift "veers away from her normally specific songwriting to instead offer up an anthem of [[self-love]]", and added that even though it "doesn't hit the emotional notes of her [Swift's] most memorable work, it makes a strong statement".<ref name=":1" /> |
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In an article titled "'ME!' Is Everything Wrong With Pop", ''[[The Atlantic]]''{{'}}s Spencer Kornhaber wrote that the song "has almost none of the elements that once made [Swift] interesting, but it does have a dolphin screech for a chorus".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-song-review/588118/|title=Taylor Swift's 'ME!' Is Everything Wrong With Pop|website=[[The Atlantic]]|last=Kornhaber|first=Spencer|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426170131/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-song-review/588118/|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', Anna Gaca stated that it "is a showcase for the worst and weakest aspects of Swift's work", and added "it is not hard to write a better song than this".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-me/|title='ME!' by Taylor Swift Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Gaca|first=Anna|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426161409/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-me/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s Rhian Daly wrote that the lyrics of "Me!" "are just surface messaging about self-love and [[Self-acceptance|acceptance]], the kind of hollow #positivity that is slapped on greeting cards and slogan t-shirts and sold as empowering".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/taylor-swift-brendon-urie-me-review-2481135|title=At long last Taylor Swift returns, but 'ME!'{{'s}} message of self-acceptance can't reach beyond the superficial|website=[[NME]]|last=Daly|first=Rhian|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426140420/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/taylor-swift-brendon-urie-me-review-2481135|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Mikael Wood stated that the song features "her weakest lyrics ever" and that "nothing about this song advances our thinking about Swift".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-me-new-single-review-20190426-story.html|title=Taylor Swift's new song 'Me!' is nowhere near as smart as she is|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426092751/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-me-new-single-review-20190426-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''{{'}}s Carl Wilson called it "fluffy and immaterial", adding that Swift and Urie "just traipse through a kiss-and-make-up number out of a teen musical".<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Carl |title=Taylor Swift Resurrects 'the Old Taylor,' but Did She Ever Really Leave? |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-review-new-single-and-video-says-even-less-than-she-wants-you-to-think.html |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=April 26, 2019 |date=April 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426182309/https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-review-new-single-and-video-says-even-less-than-she-wants-you-to-think.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Kate Solomon opined that "she's concocted what might be her most pop song to date," and went on to say that "the low point might be Swift shouting out, 'Spelling is fun, kids!' like a manic summer camp counsellor because she's noticed that 'you can't spell awesome without me'".<ref>{{cite web |last=Solomon |first=Kate |title=Taylor Swift, ME! review: Swift's saccharine new single falls way short |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-review-swifts-saccharine-new-single-falls-way-short/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=April 26, 2019 |date=April 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426080105/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-review-swifts-saccharine-new-single-falls-way-short/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Spinoff]]''{{'}}s Alice Webb-Liddall wrote "I was prepared to like it until Taylor yelled 'Spelling is fun' and from that point in the video I felt a little bit sick".<ref name="Spinoff">{{cite web |title=What we think of the new Taylor Swift song 'Me' |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/26-04-2019/what-we-think-of-the-new-taylor-swift-song-me/ |website=[[The Spinoff]] |access-date=April 26, 2019 |date=April 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426182313/https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/26-04-2019/what-we-think-of-the-new-taylor-swift-song-me/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Matthew McAuley from the same magazine opined that Urie "pulled out all of the stops to try and ruin this one".<ref name="Spinoff" /> Writing for ''The Independent'', Alexandra Pollard stated that the song is "so blandly uncontroversial that there is literally nothing to say about it", and that it "has proven something of a damp squib".<ref name="Pollard2019"/> |
In an article titled "'ME!' Is Everything Wrong With Pop", ''[[The Atlantic]]''{{'}}s Spencer Kornhaber wrote that the song "has almost none of the elements that once made [Swift] interesting, but it does have a dolphin screech for a chorus".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-song-review/588118/|title=Taylor Swift's 'ME!' Is Everything Wrong With Pop|website=[[The Atlantic]]|last=Kornhaber|first=Spencer|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426170131/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-song-review/588118/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rob Harvilla of ''[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]'' opined "'Me!' is a cloyingly goofy [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]-pop confection with an earworm chorus and a certain try-hard insidiousness to it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/4/26/18517778/taylor-swift-me-music-video-ts7|title=Against 'ME!'|work=The Ringer|last=Harvilla|first=Rob|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426130655/https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/4/26/18517778/taylor-swift-me-music-video-ts7|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', Anna Gaca stated that it "is a showcase for the worst and weakest aspects of Swift's work", and added "it is not hard to write a better song than this".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-me/|title='ME!' by Taylor Swift Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Gaca|first=Anna|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426161409/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-me/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s Rhian Daly wrote that the lyrics of "Me!" "are just surface messaging about self-love and [[Self-acceptance|acceptance]], the kind of hollow #positivity that is slapped on greeting cards and slogan t-shirts and sold as empowering".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/taylor-swift-brendon-urie-me-review-2481135|title=At long last Taylor Swift returns, but 'ME!'{{'s}} message of self-acceptance can't reach beyond the superficial|website=[[NME]]|last=Daly|first=Rhian|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426140420/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/taylor-swift-brendon-urie-me-review-2481135|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Mikael Wood stated that the song features "her weakest lyrics ever" and that "nothing about this song advances our thinking about Swift".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-me-new-single-review-20190426-story.html|title=Taylor Swift's new song 'Me!' is nowhere near as smart as she is|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426092751/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-me-new-single-review-20190426-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''{{'}}s Carl Wilson called it "fluffy and immaterial", adding that Swift and Urie "just traipse through a kiss-and-make-up number out of a teen musical".<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Carl |title=Taylor Swift Resurrects 'the Old Taylor,' but Did She Ever Really Leave? |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-review-new-single-and-video-says-even-less-than-she-wants-you-to-think.html |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=April 26, 2019 |date=April 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426182309/https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-review-new-single-and-video-says-even-less-than-she-wants-you-to-think.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Kate Solomon opined that "she's concocted what might be her most pop song to date," and went on to say that "the low point might be Swift shouting out, 'Spelling is fun, kids!' like a manic summer camp counsellor because she's noticed that 'you can't spell awesome without me'".<ref>{{cite web |last=Solomon |first=Kate |title=Taylor Swift, ME! review: Swift's saccharine new single falls way short |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-review-swifts-saccharine-new-single-falls-way-short/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=April 26, 2019 |date=April 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426080105/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-review-swifts-saccharine-new-single-falls-way-short/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Spinoff]]''{{'}}s Alice Webb-Liddall wrote "I was prepared to like it until Taylor yelled 'Spelling is fun' and from that point in the video I felt a little bit sick".<ref name="Spinoff">{{cite web |title=What we think of the new Taylor Swift song 'Me' |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/26-04-2019/what-we-think-of-the-new-taylor-swift-song-me/ |website=[[The Spinoff]] |access-date=April 26, 2019 |date=April 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426182313/https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/26-04-2019/what-we-think-of-the-new-taylor-swift-song-me/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Matthew McAuley from the same magazine opined that Urie "pulled out all of the stops to try and ruin this one".<ref name="Spinoff" /> Writing for ''The Independent'', Alexandra Pollard stated that the song is "so blandly uncontroversial that there is literally nothing to say about it", and that it "has proven something of a damp squib".<ref name="Pollard2019"/> |
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The song broke four [[Amazon Music]] records that includes most first-day streams, most first-week streams and most on-demand voice requests with [[Amazon Alexa|Alexa]] of a single debut on the platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/taylor-swift-me-breaks-youtube-vevo-and-amazon-alexa-request-records/|title=Taylor Swift's ME! breaks YouTube, Vevo and Amazon Alexa request records|publisher=[[CNET]]|first=Kate|last=Collins|date=April 28, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504080211/https://www.cnet.com/news/taylor-swift-me-breaks-youtube-vevo-and-amazon-alexa-request-records/|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Spotify]], "Me!" opened at number one on the Global Spotify charts with 7.94 million streams dated April 26, 2019,<ref name="charts">{{cite web|url=https://www.spotifycharts.com/|title=Spotify Charts|website=www.spotifycharts.com|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070737/http://spotifycharts.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> beating her 2017 hit, "[[Look What You Made Me Do]]", which opened with 7.90 million streams dated August 25, 2017.<ref name="charts" /> |
The song broke four [[Amazon Music]] records that includes most first-day streams, most first-week streams and most on-demand voice requests with [[Amazon Alexa|Alexa]] of a single debut on the platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/taylor-swift-me-breaks-youtube-vevo-and-amazon-alexa-request-records/|title=Taylor Swift's ME! breaks YouTube, Vevo and Amazon Alexa request records|publisher=[[CNET]]|first=Kate|last=Collins|date=April 28, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504080211/https://www.cnet.com/news/taylor-swift-me-breaks-youtube-vevo-and-amazon-alexa-request-records/|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Spotify]], "Me!" opened at number one on the Global Spotify charts with 7.94 million streams dated April 26, 2019,<ref name="charts">{{cite web|url=https://www.spotifycharts.com/|title=Spotify Charts|website=www.spotifycharts.com|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070737/http://spotifycharts.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> beating her 2017 hit, "[[Look What You Made Me Do]]", which opened with 7.90 million streams dated August 25, 2017.<ref name="charts" /> |
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"Me!" debuted at number 100 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and ascended 98 spots to its peak of number two in its second week, behind "[[Old Town Road]]" by [[Lil Nas X]] featuring [[Billy Ray Cyrus]], becoming the [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Biggest single-week upward movements|biggest single-week jump in the Hot 100's history]], beating the record previously set by [[Kelly Clarkson]]'s "[[My Life Would Suck Without You]]".<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8510137/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-tops-hot-100-fifth-week|title=Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Tops Billboard Hot 100 For Fifth Week, Taylor Swift's 'Me!' Vaults to No. 2|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=May 6, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609032737/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8510137/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-tops-hot-100-fifth-week|url-status=live}}</ref> The song debuted at number one on the [[Digital Songs|''Billboard'' Digital Song Sales]] chart, as Swift's record-extending sixteenth chart topper, with 193,000 sold, and at number two on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Streaming Songs]] chart, with 50 million US streams garnered within a week. In Canada, "Me!" had a very similar run on the charts as it did in the US. On the [[Canadian Hot 100]], "Me!" opened at number two, while debuting atop the Canadian Digital Songs Sales chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/taylor-swift|title=Taylor Swift Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207015641/https://www.billboard.com/music/taylor-swift|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In the United Kingdom, "Me!" debuted and peaked at number three on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming Swift's 12th top ten hit song in Britain. It also sold 67,000 downloads within its first week, making it Britain's second biggest female sales debut of 2019, behind [[Ariana Grande]]'s "[[7 Rings (Ariana Grande song)|7 Rings]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190503/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 – Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=June 2, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707150426/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190503/7501/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Me!" garnered the most video streams in the UK among Swift's collaborations, at 18.4 million streams.<ref name="UK2021">{{Cite web|title=Taylor Swift's Top 10 biggest collaborations at the Official UK Chart|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swifts-top-10-biggest-collaborations-at-the-official-uk-chart__33504/|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=July 1, 2021|accessdate=July 1, 2021|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701125556/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swifts-top-10-biggest-collaborations-at-the-official-uk-chart__33504/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In Iceland, "Me!" debuted at number four on the [[Íslenski listinn]], becoming Brendon Urie's highest-charting single in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513153942/http://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 13, 2019|title=TÓNLISTINN – LÖG – Plötutíðindi|date=May 13, 2019}}</ref> In Ireland, "Me!" debuted at number five on the [[Irish Singles Chart]] on May 4, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles|title=IRMA – Irish Charts|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623125403/http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles|url-status=live}}</ref> In the rest of Europe, "Me!" peaked at number one in Hungary, number three in Croatia and Israel, number four in Iceland, Greece, Latvia, and Slovakia, number five in the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Lithuania, number seven in Austria, number nine in Norway and Slovenia, and number ten in Poland.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} |
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"Me!" debuted and peaked at number two on the [[ARIA |
In Australia, "Me!" debuted and peaked at number two on the [[ARIA Singles Chart]] dated May 4, 2019, becoming Swift's seventeenth top ten hit in Australia. |
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In New Zealand, "Me" debuted at number three on the [[New Zealand Singles Chart]], tallying Swift's fourteenth and Urie's first top 10 in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift+feat.+Brendon+Urie+of+Panic!+at+the+Disco&titel=Me!&cat=s|title=charts.nz – Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – Me!|website=charts.nz|access-date=June 2, 2019|archive-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510024355/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift+feat%2E+Brendon+Urie+of+Panic%21+At+The+Disco&titel=Me%21&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[File:Taylor Swift & Brendon Urie - Me! (music video screenshot).png|thumb|Swift sits on a unicorn-shaped eave as the dress turns into a waterfall. The word "Lover" in the background was an example of [[Easter egg (media)|Easter eggs]] that Swift placed in the video, as it was later revealed to be the [[Lover (album)|album title]].]] |
[[File:Taylor Swift & Brendon Urie - Me! (music video screenshot).png|thumb|Swift sits on a unicorn-shaped eave as the dress turns into a waterfall. The word "Lover" in the background was an example of [[Easter egg (media)|Easter eggs]] that Swift placed in the video, as it was later revealed to be the [[Lover (album)|album title]].]] |
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The setting of the video seems to be set within a [[chrysalis]].<ref name="mv-bbc" /> The music video opens with a snake slithering on a floor which then explodes into a |
The setting of the video seems to be set within a [[chrysalis]].<ref name="mv-bbc" /> The music video opens with a snake slithering on a floor which then explodes into a flock of colourful butterflies, symbolically ending her previous era, ''[[Reputation (Taylor Swift album)|Reputation]]'', where snakes were a motif, and welcoming the inception of the upcoming one.<ref name="mv-bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48063952|title=All the references in Taylor Swift's Me! video|last=Savage|first=Mark|work=[[BBC]]|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502033322/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48063952|url-status=live}}</ref> The video pans up to an apartment unit in which Swift and Urie are engaging in an argument in French, with [[hard subtitles]] provided. In the argument, Swift refers to her cats Meredith and Olivia as her "daughters". Swift is wearing a black and white tulle dress with floral accents (which is similar to the black and white dress worn by actress [[Grace Kelly]] in the film ''[[Rear Window]]'').<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/46077293/image/46077350/Rear-Window|title = Rear Window|date = April 28, 2019|access-date = April 15, 2021|archive-date = April 15, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210415005101/https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/46077293/image/46077350/Rear-Window|url-status = live}}</ref> Swift then leaves the room without Urie and starts singing the song upon closing the door in the hallway. Swift walks down the hallway, and the camera briefly cuts onto a group of framed artwork hung on the apartment of chicks in sunglasses and a portrait of [[The Chicks]] during the line "and there's a lot of cool chicks out there". Swift is then seen walking to the lobby accompanied with several thunderclouds, one of which is in the form of a snake that tries to swallow her up but turns to dust upon doing so. The video cuts to a scene where a suit-clad Swift dances with her backup dancers, who are holding office bags. Urie looks out onto the street from the apartment and jumps down the balcony on an umbrella [[Mary Poppins (character)|Mary Poppins]]-style wearing a floral print suit. |
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He lands on the roof of a building with a unicorn-shaped [[eave]], where Swift is seen sitting at the edge in a pink dress that turns into a waterfall. This is where the ''Lover'' sign is spotted. Urie then tries and fails to win Swift over with classic and banal items such as a bouquet of flowers and a ring. He then awes her by presenting a cat, which Taylor later adopted as her third pet and named Benjamin Button. The camera cuts to Urie opening his heart, which is revealed to be a [[kaleidoscope]]. Swift has revealed on an [[Instagram]] livestream that this is a reference to her 2014 song "[[Welcome to New York (song)|Welcome to New York]]", where she sings "kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats".<ref name="instagram-live">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/10-things-we-learned-from-taylor-swift-and-brendon-uries|title=10 Things We Learned From Taylor Swift And Brendon Urie's Instagram Live|work=[[BuzzFeed]]|last=Schocket|first=Ryan|date=April 28, 2019|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514105248/https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/10-things-we-learned-from-taylor-swift-and-brendon-uries|url-status=live}}</ref> Urie and Swift then sing on a heart-shaped pinkish-orange stage, joined with a band of angels and [[go-go]] dancers wearing 1960s mod style clothing. As the bridge plays, Swift and Urie don blue marching band uniforms and dance with a group of dancers in the same attire, but pink. The video then cuts to a scene of the duo dancing on a floating window with a psychedelic-esque background. The last scene then depicts Swift in a blue attire that melts into what seems to be liquid bubblegum while a running Urie summons the same rain-like pastel liquid around the street. The video ends with the duo entering the same apartment building with an umbrella as the bubblegum rain continues on the street in the night. |
He lands on the roof of a building with a unicorn-shaped [[eave]], where Swift is seen sitting at the edge in a pink dress that turns into a waterfall. This is where the ''Lover'' sign is spotted. Urie then tries and fails to win Swift over with classic and banal items such as a bouquet of flowers and a ring. He then awes her by presenting a cat, which Taylor later adopted as her third pet and named Benjamin Button. The camera cuts to Urie opening his heart, which is revealed to be a [[kaleidoscope]]. Swift has revealed on an [[Instagram]] livestream that this is a reference to her 2014 song "[[Welcome to New York (song)|Welcome to New York]]", where she sings "kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats".<ref name="instagram-live">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/10-things-we-learned-from-taylor-swift-and-brendon-uries|title=10 Things We Learned From Taylor Swift And Brendon Urie's Instagram Live|work=[[BuzzFeed]]|last=Schocket|first=Ryan|date=April 28, 2019|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514105248/https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/10-things-we-learned-from-taylor-swift-and-brendon-uries|url-status=live}}</ref> Urie and Swift then sing on a heart-shaped pinkish-orange stage, joined with a band of angels and [[go-go]] dancers wearing 1960s mod style clothing. As the bridge plays, Swift and Urie don blue marching band uniforms and dance with a group of dancers in the same attire, but pink. The video then cuts to a scene of the duo dancing on a floating window with a psychedelic-esque background. The last scene then depicts Swift in a blue attire that melts into what seems to be liquid bubblegum while a running Urie summons the same rain-like pastel liquid around the street. The video ends with the duo entering the same apartment building with an umbrella as the bubblegum rain continues on the street in the night. |
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She performed the song along with "You Need to Calm Down" and "Shake It Off" at a ''[[Good Morning America]]'' concert in [[Central Park]] on August 22.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Lover' Tracks, Talks Re-Recording Albums on 'GMA'|date=August 22, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-lover-good-morning-america-874982/|access-date=August 24, 2019|archive-date=August 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823225221/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-lover-good-morning-america-874982/|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 9, Swift performed the song at the [[City of Lover]] one-off concert at [[Olympia (Paris)|L'Olympia]] in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/taylor-swift-city-of-lover-concert-review|title=Taylor Swift's The City of Lover concert: a triumphant yet intimate celebration of her fans and career|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|website=[[NME]]|date=September 10, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=September 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916000640/https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/taylor-swift-city-of-lover-concert-review|url-status=live}}</ref> She released this live version on digital music platforms on May 17, 2020. On October 19, she performed the song at the We Can Survive charity concert in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8533602/taylor-swift-lizzo-camila-cabello-we-can-survive|title=Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish & More Supported a Great Cause at 7th Annual We Can Survive Concert: Recap|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|magazine=Billboard|date=October 20, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022021203/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8533602/taylor-swift-lizzo-camila-cabello-we-can-survive|url-status=live}}</ref> She performed the song on the ''Sukkiri Morning Show'' in Tokyo, Japan on November 7,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/81883/2|title=テイラー・スウィフト、「ヒサシブリ!」約7年ぶりの来日ファン・イベントでニューALや愛猫を語る|trans-title=Taylor Swift talks about new album and cats at a fan event in Japan after 7 years|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113141602/http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/81883/2|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Alibaba Group|Alibaba]] [[Singles' Day]] Gala in Shanghai, China on November 10.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8543200/taylor-swift-performance-shanghai-china-2019-alibaba-singles-day|title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Lover,' 'You Need to Calm Down' & 'ME!' in Shanghai: Watch|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 10, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111050954/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8543200/taylor-swift-performance-shanghai-china-2019-alibaba-singles-day|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 8, Swift performed the song at [[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]'s [[Jingle Bell Ball#2019|Jingle Bell Ball 2019]] in London.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545722/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm-live-video-capital-fm-jingle-bell-ball|title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Christmas Tree Farm' Live for the First Time at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball: Watch|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 8, 2019|access-date=December 9, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208234825/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545722/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm-live-video-capital-fm-jingle-bell-ball|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 13, she performed the song at [[iHeartRadio]] [[WHTZ|Z100]]'s Jingle Ball in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-13-taylor-swift-brings-holiday-cheer-to-jingle-ball-with-christmas-tree-farm/|title=Taylor Swift Brings Holiday Cheer to Jingle Ball with "Christmas Tree Farm"|last=Mastrogiannis|first=Nicole|website=[[iHeartRadio]]|date=December 14, 2019|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214064048/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-13-taylor-swift-brings-holiday-cheer-to-jingle-ball-with-christmas-tree-farm/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
She performed the song along with "You Need to Calm Down" and "Shake It Off" at a ''[[Good Morning America]]'' concert in [[Central Park]] on August 22.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Lover' Tracks, Talks Re-Recording Albums on 'GMA'|date=August 22, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-lover-good-morning-america-874982/|access-date=August 24, 2019|archive-date=August 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823225221/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-lover-good-morning-america-874982/|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 9, Swift performed the song at the [[City of Lover]] one-off concert at [[Olympia (Paris)|L'Olympia]] in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/taylor-swift-city-of-lover-concert-review|title=Taylor Swift's The City of Lover concert: a triumphant yet intimate celebration of her fans and career|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|website=[[NME]]|date=September 10, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=September 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916000640/https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/taylor-swift-city-of-lover-concert-review|url-status=live}}</ref> She released this live version on digital music platforms on May 17, 2020. On October 19, she performed the song at the We Can Survive charity concert in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8533602/taylor-swift-lizzo-camila-cabello-we-can-survive|title=Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish & More Supported a Great Cause at 7th Annual We Can Survive Concert: Recap|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|magazine=Billboard|date=October 20, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022021203/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8533602/taylor-swift-lizzo-camila-cabello-we-can-survive|url-status=live}}</ref> She performed the song on the ''Sukkiri Morning Show'' in Tokyo, Japan on November 7,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/81883/2|title=テイラー・スウィフト、「ヒサシブリ!」約7年ぶりの来日ファン・イベントでニューALや愛猫を語る|trans-title=Taylor Swift talks about new album and cats at a fan event in Japan after 7 years|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113141602/http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/81883/2|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Alibaba Group|Alibaba]] [[Singles' Day]] Gala in Shanghai, China on November 10.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8543200/taylor-swift-performance-shanghai-china-2019-alibaba-singles-day|title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Lover,' 'You Need to Calm Down' & 'ME!' in Shanghai: Watch|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 10, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111050954/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8543200/taylor-swift-performance-shanghai-china-2019-alibaba-singles-day|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 8, Swift performed the song at [[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]'s [[Jingle Bell Ball#2019|Jingle Bell Ball 2019]] in London.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545722/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm-live-video-capital-fm-jingle-bell-ball|title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Christmas Tree Farm' Live for the First Time at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball: Watch|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 8, 2019|access-date=December 9, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208234825/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545722/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm-live-video-capital-fm-jingle-bell-ball|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 13, she performed the song at [[iHeartRadio]] [[WHTZ|Z100]]'s Jingle Ball in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-13-taylor-swift-brings-holiday-cheer-to-jingle-ball-with-christmas-tree-farm/|title=Taylor Swift Brings Holiday Cheer to Jingle Ball with "Christmas Tree Farm"|last=Mastrogiannis|first=Nicole|website=[[iHeartRadio]]|date=December 14, 2019|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214064048/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-13-taylor-swift-brings-holiday-cheer-to-jingle-ball-with-christmas-tree-farm/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Hours after the song's release, [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]] and [[ESPN]] used the song for their intro for night 2 of the [[2019 NFL |
Hours after the song's release, [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]] and [[ESPN]] used the song for their intro for night 2 of the [[2019 NFL draft]], a day after Swift broke the news of the song's release, in an interview with [[Good Morning America|ABC's]] [[Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts]]. The song was also used in a commercial Swift filmed in partnership with [[Capital One]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/music/taylor-swift-capital-one-commercial-waitress-bartender/|title=Watch Taylor Swift Hilariously Moonlight — and Fail — as a Bartender and Server in New Commercial|first=Melody|last=Chiu|magazine=People|date=July 26, 2019|access-date=July 26, 2019|archive-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726125433/https://people.com/music/taylor-swift-capital-one-commercial-waitress-bartender/|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was excluded from the set list for [[The Eras Tour]], but was performed as a surprise song on the November 20, 2023 show in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surprise-songs-list-1235578714/amp/ Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour: Every Surprise Song She’s Played So Far], Variety, November 21, 2023</ref> |
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On June 28, 2021, a cover of "Me!" by Taiwanese singer [[Tzuyu]], a member of South Korean girl group [[Twice]], featuring Bang Chan of [[Stray Kids]], was released. A 10-second teaser of the cover was posted to YouTube on June 22, 2021, which accumulated 1.7 million views in a day.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|date=June 23, 2021|title=TWICE's Tzuyu Teases Her Cover of Taylor Swift's 'ME!'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9591033/twice-tzuyu-teases-taylor-swift-me-cover-video/|access-date=June 23, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831155727/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9591033/twice-tzuyu-teases-taylor-swift-me-cover-video|url-status=live}}</ref> |
On May 29, 2019, American duo [[Niki and Gabi]] released a parody of "Me!" on YouTube.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5qOHdvq0dU |title=Taylor Swift- ME! Music Video Parody / Remake by Niki and Gabi |date=2019-05-29 |last=Niki and Gabi |access-date=2024-07-15 |via=YouTube}}</ref> On June 28, 2021, a cover of "Me!" by Taiwanese singer [[Tzuyu]], a member of South Korean girl group [[Twice]], featuring Bang Chan of [[Stray Kids]], was released. A 10-second teaser of the cover was posted to YouTube on June 22, 2021, which accumulated 1.7 million views in a day.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|date=June 23, 2021|title=TWICE's Tzuyu Teases Her Cover of Taylor Swift's 'ME!'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9591033/twice-tzuyu-teases-taylor-swift-me-cover-video/|access-date=June 23, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831155727/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9591033/twice-tzuyu-teases-taylor-swift-me-cover-video|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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"Me!" (stylized in all caps) is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of the American band Panic! at the Disco, released on April 26, 2019, as the lead single from Swift's seventh studio album, Lover, by Republic Records. Written by Urie, Swift, and Joel Little, and produced by the latter two, "Me!" is an upbeat bubblegum pop and synth-pop track driven by a marching band drumline. It is about embracing one's individuality, self-affirmation, and self-love.
Music critics described the production as cheery or campy; they either found the track catchy and tongue-in-cheek or deemed it immature and cloying. On the US Billboard Hot 100, "Me!" debuted at number 100 and jumped to number two the next week, breaking the record for the biggest single-week jump in the chart's history. The single was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It reached the top ten and received platinum or higher certifications in Australia, Canada, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
Swift and Dave Meyers directed the music video for "Me!", which features bright and colorful aesthetics. Critics commented that it was a symbolic departure from the dark aesthetics of Swift's past album, Reputation (2017). The video claimed the Vevo record for the highest 24-hour views, amassing over 65.2 million views within its first day of release. In 2019, it won Best Visual Effects at the MTV Video Music Awards, Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards, and Best Female International Artist Video at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan.
Background and release
[edit]On April 13, 2019, a countdown to midnight on April 26 appeared on Taylor Swift's website, leading to speculation about the release of new music.[1] On April 25, various news outlets reported that a mural of a butterfly in The Gulch neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, painted by street artist Kelsey Montague,[2] was connected with the upcoming release.[3] A crowd of several hundred gathered at the mural as the word "Me!" was added to it by Montague.[3][4] While Montague was initially told that the mural was commissioned as promotion for ABC, ESPN and the 2019 NFL draft,[5] Swift appeared at the mural and revealed that it was in fact part of her countdown promotion and that she would be interviewed by Robin Roberts during the NFL Draft broadcast with further information.[6] At the interview she confirmed the release of a new song and music video at midnight, sharing the title as well as the feature from Urie.[7]
Composition
[edit]With a pop song, we have an ability to get a melody stuck in people's heads, and I just want it to be one that makes them feel better about themselves, not worse.
— Swift talking about "Me!"[8]
"Me!" is a bubblegum[9] and synth-pop song,[10] driven by a marching band drumline.[11] It was written by Swift, Joel Little of Goodnight Nurse and Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco, and produced by Swift and Little. The song was initially developed as a slow, acoustic, piano ballad.[12]
In an interview with Robin Roberts, Swift described the song as about "embracing your individuality and really owning it".[13]
The song is performed in the key of C major in common time with a tempo of 91 beats per minute. It follows an I–vi–IV–V chord progression known as the '50s progression (in C major, this is C–Am–F–G). The song's vocals span from F3 to E5.[14]
On August 21, 2019, it was reported that the lyric "Hey, kids, spelling is fun!" was removed from all digital and streaming versions of the song, including the album version.[15]
Critical reception
[edit]"Me!" received mixed reviews from music critics. Forbes's Hugh McIntyre wrote that it "isn't just a pop song, it's the momentary escape we all need".[16] Roisin O'Connor of The Independent wrote that "Swift once again proves her mastery of the infectious pop hook in one of the most drastic reinventions of her career to date".[17] Time's Raisa Bruner noted that Swift "veers away from her normally specific songwriting to instead offer up an anthem of self-love", and added that even though it "doesn't hit the emotional notes of her [Swift's] most memorable work, it makes a strong statement".[11]
In an article titled "'ME!' Is Everything Wrong With Pop", The Atlantic's Spencer Kornhaber wrote that the song "has almost none of the elements that once made [Swift] interesting, but it does have a dolphin screech for a chorus".[18] Rob Harvilla of The Ringer opined "'Me!' is a cloyingly goofy Disney-pop confection with an earworm chorus and a certain try-hard insidiousness to it".[19] Writing for Pitchfork, Anna Gaca stated that it "is a showcase for the worst and weakest aspects of Swift's work", and added "it is not hard to write a better song than this".[20] NME's Rhian Daly wrote that the lyrics of "Me!" "are just surface messaging about self-love and acceptance, the kind of hollow #positivity that is slapped on greeting cards and slogan t-shirts and sold as empowering".[21] Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Mikael Wood stated that the song features "her weakest lyrics ever" and that "nothing about this song advances our thinking about Swift".[22] Slate's Carl Wilson called it "fluffy and immaterial", adding that Swift and Urie "just traipse through a kiss-and-make-up number out of a teen musical".[23] Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Kate Solomon opined that "she's concocted what might be her most pop song to date," and went on to say that "the low point might be Swift shouting out, 'Spelling is fun, kids!' like a manic summer camp counsellor because she's noticed that 'you can't spell awesome without me'".[24] The Spinoff's Alice Webb-Liddall wrote "I was prepared to like it until Taylor yelled 'Spelling is fun' and from that point in the video I felt a little bit sick".[25] Matthew McAuley from the same magazine opined that Urie "pulled out all of the stops to try and ruin this one".[25] Writing for The Independent, Alexandra Pollard stated that the song is "so blandly uncontroversial that there is literally nothing to say about it", and that it "has proven something of a damp squib".[9]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Video | Won | [26] |
MTV Video Music Awards | Best Collaboration | Nominated | [27] | |
Best Visual Effects | Won | |||
Best Cinematography | Nominated | |||
MTV Video Music Awards Japan | Best Female International Artist Video | Won | [28] | |
People's Choice Awards | Music Video of 2019 | Nominated | [29] | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Song: Female Artist | Nominated | [30] | |
Choice Pop Song | Nominated | |||
Dance Magazine Awards | Best Music Video | Won | [31] | |
Guinness World Records | Most Viewed Vevo video in 24 hours | Won | [32] | |
Most Views of a New Music Video from a Solo Artist in 24 hours on YouTube | Won | [33] | ||
2020 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Best Music Video | Nominated | [34] |
Favorite Music Video Choreography | Nominated | |||
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Music Collaboration | Nominated | [35] | |
ASCAP awards | Award-winning Song | Won | [36] | |
Hito Music Awards | Best Western Song | Won | [37] | |
BMI Pop Awards | Award-winning Song | Won | [38] | |
Publisher of the Year (Sony/ATV) | Won |
Commercial performance
[edit]The song broke four Amazon Music records that includes most first-day streams, most first-week streams and most on-demand voice requests with Alexa of a single debut on the platform.[39] On Spotify, "Me!" opened at number one on the Global Spotify charts with 7.94 million streams dated April 26, 2019,[40] beating her 2017 hit, "Look What You Made Me Do", which opened with 7.90 million streams dated August 25, 2017.[40] "Me!" debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100, and ascended 98 spots to its peak of number two in its second week, behind "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, becoming the biggest single-week jump in the Hot 100's history, beating the record previously set by Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You".[41] The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, as Swift's record-extending sixteenth chart topper, with 193,000 sold, and at number two on Billboard's Streaming Songs chart, with 50 million US streams garnered within a week. In Canada, "Me!" had a very similar run on the charts as it did in the US. On the Canadian Hot 100, "Me!" opened at number two, while debuting atop the Canadian Digital Songs Sales chart.[42]
In the United Kingdom, "Me!" debuted and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Swift's 12th top ten hit song in Britain. It also sold 67,000 downloads within its first week, making it Britain's second biggest female sales debut of 2019, behind Ariana Grande's "7 Rings".[43] "Me!" garnered the most video streams in the UK among Swift's collaborations, at 18.4 million streams.[44]
In Iceland, "Me!" debuted at number four on the Íslenski listinn, becoming Brendon Urie's highest-charting single in the country.[45] In Ireland, "Me!" debuted at number five on the Irish Singles Chart on May 4, 2019.[46] In the rest of Europe, "Me!" peaked at number one in Hungary, number three in Croatia and Israel, number four in Iceland, Greece, Latvia, and Slovakia, number five in the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Lithuania, number seven in Austria, number nine in Norway and Slovenia, and number ten in Poland.[citation needed]
In Australia, "Me!" debuted and peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart dated May 4, 2019, becoming Swift's seventeenth top ten hit in Australia.
In New Zealand, "Me" debuted at number three on the New Zealand Singles Chart, tallying Swift's fourteenth and Urie's first top 10 in the country.[47]
Music video
[edit]The music video for "Me!" premiered on YouTube at midnight EDT (04:00 UTC) on April 26, 2019, in a live premiere format, prefaced by a Q&A chat in the live chat text with Swift.[48][49] It was directed by Swift and Dave Meyers. On April 27, 2019, it was announced that the music video amassed 65.2 million views within its first day of release, breaking the 24-hour Vevo record previously held by Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next". The video also broke Swift's personal record set in 2017 with the "Look What You Made Me Do" music video, which garnered 43.2 million views on August 28, 2017. The music video also became the most-viewed video in 24 hours by female artist, a record that was later surpassed by Blackpink's "How You Like That" video in June 2020.
Swift has stated that there are multiple Easter eggs in the video, and that there are three levels of them in the video, from most obvious to least obvious, which point to clues about the upcoming album, single, and tour. It was revealed that "You Need to Calm Down", a line Urie says to Swift at the beginning in French, would be the second single, and an "old-timey, 1940s-sounding instrumental version" of the song plays in the background in the same scene.[50] The album title Lover[51] was correctly guessed in advance.[52] Other potential titles that were speculated of being on the album were "Kaleidoscope",[53] "Home"[54] and "Awesome".[55] The portrait of The Chicks was later revealed to be a reference to a collaboration for the song "Soon You'll Get Better" on the album.[56]
The music video received three nominations at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, winning Best Visual Effects.[57] A lyric video was released May 1, 2019.[58]
Synopsis
[edit]The setting of the video seems to be set within a chrysalis.[59] The music video opens with a snake slithering on a floor which then explodes into a flock of colourful butterflies, symbolically ending her previous era, Reputation, where snakes were a motif, and welcoming the inception of the upcoming one.[59] The video pans up to an apartment unit in which Swift and Urie are engaging in an argument in French, with hard subtitles provided. In the argument, Swift refers to her cats Meredith and Olivia as her "daughters". Swift is wearing a black and white tulle dress with floral accents (which is similar to the black and white dress worn by actress Grace Kelly in the film Rear Window).[60] Swift then leaves the room without Urie and starts singing the song upon closing the door in the hallway. Swift walks down the hallway, and the camera briefly cuts onto a group of framed artwork hung on the apartment of chicks in sunglasses and a portrait of The Chicks during the line "and there's a lot of cool chicks out there". Swift is then seen walking to the lobby accompanied with several thunderclouds, one of which is in the form of a snake that tries to swallow her up but turns to dust upon doing so. The video cuts to a scene where a suit-clad Swift dances with her backup dancers, who are holding office bags. Urie looks out onto the street from the apartment and jumps down the balcony on an umbrella Mary Poppins-style wearing a floral print suit.
He lands on the roof of a building with a unicorn-shaped eave, where Swift is seen sitting at the edge in a pink dress that turns into a waterfall. This is where the Lover sign is spotted. Urie then tries and fails to win Swift over with classic and banal items such as a bouquet of flowers and a ring. He then awes her by presenting a cat, which Taylor later adopted as her third pet and named Benjamin Button. The camera cuts to Urie opening his heart, which is revealed to be a kaleidoscope. Swift has revealed on an Instagram livestream that this is a reference to her 2014 song "Welcome to New York", where she sings "kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats".[61] Urie and Swift then sing on a heart-shaped pinkish-orange stage, joined with a band of angels and go-go dancers wearing 1960s mod style clothing. As the bridge plays, Swift and Urie don blue marching band uniforms and dance with a group of dancers in the same attire, but pink. The video then cuts to a scene of the duo dancing on a floating window with a psychedelic-esque background. The last scene then depicts Swift in a blue attire that melts into what seems to be liquid bubblegum while a running Urie summons the same rain-like pastel liquid around the street. The video ends with the duo entering the same apartment building with an umbrella as the bubblegum rain continues on the street in the night.
In her Netflix documentary Miss Americana, Swift describes the concept of the music video as having been based on the song's message of individualism and self-empowerment, by demonstrating the hobbies and characteristics that make herself and Urie unique: emo kids and musical theatre for Urie, and cats, gay pride, and cowboy boots for Swift.[62]
Reception
[edit]The video broke the Vevo record, as well as the YouTube record for most views in the first 24 hours for a lead female video, and the third most-viewed overall earning 65.2 million views.[63] It also broke the Vevo record of the fastest video to reach 100 million views at the time, doing so in 79 hours.[64]
Chris Willman of Variety described the music video as a "phantasmagorical delight" that induces an instant "sugar rush" in a "bubblegum psychedelia".[65]
Live performances, covers and usage in media
[edit]On May 1, 2019, Swift and Urie opened the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with a performance of "Me!".[66][67] On May 21, 2019, Swift and Urie performed the song at the finale of the sixteenth season of The Voice.[68] Swift and Urie also performed the song on June 1, 2019, at the 2019 Wango Tango.[69] She performed a solo version of the song at the finale of the fourteen season of Germany's Next Topmodel on May 23,[70] on The Graham Norton Show in the United Kingdom,[71][72] and at the eighth season of the French version of The Voice along with "Shake It Off" on May 25, 2019.[73][74] On July 10, 2019, Swift performed the song at her headlining Amazon Prime Day concert along with "You Need to Calm Down" and a number of songs from her previous albums.[75]
She performed the song along with "You Need to Calm Down" and "Shake It Off" at a Good Morning America concert in Central Park on August 22.[76] On September 9, Swift performed the song at the City of Lover one-off concert at L'Olympia in Paris, France.[77] She released this live version on digital music platforms on May 17, 2020. On October 19, she performed the song at the We Can Survive charity concert in Los Angeles.[78] She performed the song on the Sukkiri Morning Show in Tokyo, Japan on November 7,[79] and the Alibaba Singles' Day Gala in Shanghai, China on November 10.[80] On December 8, Swift performed the song at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball 2019 in London.[81] On December 13, she performed the song at iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball in New York City.[82]
Hours after the song's release, ABC and ESPN used the song for their intro for night 2 of the 2019 NFL draft, a day after Swift broke the news of the song's release, in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts. The song was also used in a commercial Swift filmed in partnership with Capital One in 2019.[83] The song was excluded from the set list for The Eras Tour, but was performed as a surprise song on the November 20, 2023 show in Rio de Janeiro.[84]
On May 29, 2019, American duo Niki and Gabi released a parody of "Me!" on YouTube.[85] On June 28, 2021, a cover of "Me!" by Taiwanese singer Tzuyu, a member of South Korean girl group Twice, featuring Bang Chan of Stray Kids, was released. A 10-second teaser of the cover was posted to YouTube on June 22, 2021, which accumulated 1.7 million views in a day.[86]
Credits and personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from liner notes of "Me!" and Tidal[87][88]
- Personnel
- Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriter, producer
- Joel Little – producer, songwriter, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, record engineering, synthesizer programming
- Brendon Urie – vocals, songwriter
- John Rooney – record engineering assistance
- Serban Ghenea – mix engineering
- John Hanes – mix engineering
- Randy Merrill – master engineering
Charts
[edit]
Weekly charts[edit] |
Year-end charts[edit]
|
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[190] | 5× Platinum | 350,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[191] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[192] | Diamond | 160,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[193] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[194] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI)[195] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[196] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[197] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[198] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[199] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV)[200] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP)[201] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[202] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[203] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[204] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Japan (RIAJ)[205] | Gold | 50,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Format(s) | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | April 26, 2019 | Original | Republic | [206] | |
Italy | Radio airplay | Universal | [207] | ||
United States | April 29, 2019 | Adult contemporary radio | Republic | [208] | |
April 30, 2019 | Contemporary hit radio | [209] | |||
Various | May 1, 2019 |
|
2019 BBMAs exclusive live rehearsal | [210] | |
Original | [210][211] | ||||
China | December 14, 2019 | CD single | Universal | [212] | |
Various | May 17, 2020 |
|
Live | Republic | [213] |
See also
[edit]- List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2019
- List of number-one digital songs of 2019 (U.S.)
- List of UK top-ten singles in 2019
- List of top 10 singles in 2019 (Australia)
- List of number-one digital tracks of 2019 (Australia)
- List of airplay number-one hits of the 2010s (Argentina)
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- 2019 songs
- Bubblegum pop songs
- American synth-pop songs
- Taylor Swift songs
- Brendon Urie songs
- Songs written by Taylor Swift
- Songs written by Brendon Urie
- Songs written by Joel Little
- Song recordings produced by Joel Little
- Republic Records singles
- Music videos directed by Dave Meyers (director)
- Music videos directed by Taylor Swift
- Male–female vocal duets
- Number-one singles in Scotland
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