In the song, Kanye raps: “For all my Southside niggas that know me best / I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that bitch famous.” Its release was followed by criticism, which Kanye responded to on Twitter in February, saying: “I called Taylor and had a hour long convo with her about the line and she thought it was funny and gave her blessings.”
The recording of that conversation, which was uploaded to Kardashian’s Snapchat account in a series of roughly-edited snippets, does not feature Kanye reading out the specific line “I made that bitch famous”.
But he does read the rest of the lyric, before asking for Swift’s approval.
“Go with whatever line you think is better,” Swift answers. “It’s obviously really tongue in cheek, either way ... And I really appreciate you telling me about it, that’s really nice.”
Swift released a statement on Instagram soon after Kardashian West uploaded the Snapchat, accusing West of “character assassination”.
“You don’t get to control someone’s emotional response to being called ‘that bitch’ in front of the entire world,” she said.
“Of course I wanted to like the song. I wanted to believe Kanye when he told me I would love the song. I wanted us to have a friendly relationship.”
Swift went on to say that Kanye West promised to play the song for her but she did not hear it before release.
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