Jewels

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## **Jewels**

* Album Artwork
* Deluxe Artwork
* Scrapped Single Artwork

## General information

### Release date

September 7th, 2022November 26th, 2022 (Deluxe)

### Albums

*Lust*,
*Lust Deluxe*

### Songwriter(s)

Durga1239

"**Jewels**" is the second track from the standard edition of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, Lust, released on September 7th, 2022, through Republic Records. This song was performed live before getting released.

On February 7th, 2025, Jewels became RIAA certified platinum

## Background

This song was originally intended for the scrapped album "Lusting", however, it was both scrapped. Around the same time Swift performed this song at a concert.

Taylor announced that Jewels would be the second track on the album.

### Trend 1

There was a trend on TikTok with this song where people would make povs about their loved one cheating on them with another and then killing the cheater.

### Trend 2

There was another trend where people would do a dance,

Both of these trends boosted the popularity of the song.

## Meaning

In a TikTok live a fan had asked about the meaning of jewels in which Taylor responded with "It's about me getting revenge on a thief in a lowkey murderous way"

## Lyrics

[Intro]

```
They carry the body away, I sit there with my fan

```

```
[Verse 1]
Cherry limeade on a California beach
You’re valedictorian with your analytic speech
Your perfect sister and her ombré dress
A volleyball game and stupid bets
Time to untie this Gordian Knot
The stage is set for my evil plot

```

```
[Pre-Chorus]
I walk in, they whisper rumors
My friends and I, we’re all late bloomers
I guess that’s why you left
Got away with the perfect theft

```

```
[Chorus]
But I got the power now, knife in my hand
You steal my jewels, and I steal your man
There he is in the college procession
You can watch, but I advise viewer discretion
You steal my jewels, and I steal your man
Now it’s time to unfurl my brilliant plan

```

```
[Verse 2]
Idiot, imbecile, dumb blonde and hoe
Whatever you call me, I still steal the show
One woman to rule them all, just sit and watch, honey,
I’ve got however long I need, time isn’t money
For years I’ve waited for this second to come
When I smash that snowcone in your face, yum!
Checklist time, yup, there’s love, there’s war
So fairness is out the window, this lion’s ready to roar
Sand in your face as the ball hits the ground
And by then, your dear boyfriend’s already drowned

```

```
[Pre-Chorus]
I walk in, they whisper rumors
My friends and I, we’re all late bloomers
I guess that’s why you left
Got away with the perfect theft

```

```
[Chorus]
But I got the power now, knife in my hand
You steal my jewels, and I steal your man
There he is in the college procession
You can watch, but I advise viewer discretion
You steal my jewels, and I steal your man
Now it’s time to unfurl my brilliant plan

```

```
[Bridge]
Paramedics come
Are they the deus ex machina?
Everyone crowds around
Murder in Santa Catalina
Who’s the killer? Was it poison?
Post-mortem awaited
Corruption’s in the air, the police manipulated

```

```
[Pre-Chorus]
I walk in, they whisper rumors
My friends and I, we’re all late bloomers
I guess that’s why you left
Got away with the perfect theft

```

```
[Chorus]
But I got the power now, knife in my hand
You steal my jewels, and I steal your man
There he is in the college procession
You can watch, but I advise viewer discretion
You steal my jewels, and I steal your man
Now it’s time to unfurl my brilliant plan

```

```
[Outro]

```

They carry the body away, I sit there with my fan
## Scrapped Single

On a tiktok live, a fan had said jewels sounds like a single which Taylor responded with "Yeah I know, I originally going to release it as a single since I felt proud of it but I also really liked the result of my glass heart so I released it instead"

On October 4th, 2022 Swift uploaded images with the caption "some cute scraps" with unreleased single artwork for her album Lust, this including Junior, Blinded and Jewels. It also hinted towards an upcoming song now known as Wishing Well.

## Controversy

Some critics had felt uncomfortable about how the song is about murder, which leads to them disliking the song. Some people have also disliked how the song got popular on TikTok.

## Chart Performance

Jewels peaked at 1 on Billboard hot 100 and stayed for 7 weeks

Jewels peaked at 12 on Apple Music Global

## Trivia

* Taylor saw Meredith and Olivia planning to attack Benjamin and thought of the song idea
* Jewels is the 12th song to hit 1