Blank Space

Single

"**Blank Space**" is the second track from American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift’s fifth studio album, *1989*, released on October 27, 2014, through Big Machine Records. The song became the second single from the album on November 10, 2014. It is also the second track from Swift's fourth re-recorded album, *1989 (Taylor's Version)*, released on October 27, 2023, through Republic Records.

On October 19, 2023, the Taylor's Version re-recording was accidentally posted early on Instagram, and was quickly changed back to the original shortly afterwards.

## Music video

* The text that Sean is seen sending in the video is "can't wait to see you tonight" to a girl named "she".

* On the set of Blank Space, Taylor accidentally scratched the front of the car and had to pay $3,200 to get it repainted.

## Hidden message

Hidden message: There once was a girl known by everyone and no one.

## Lyrics

* Album version
* Voice memo

**[Verse 1]**
Nice to meet you, where you been?

I could show you incredible things

Magic, madness, Heaven, sin

Saw you there and I thought

Oh, my God, look at that face

You look like my next mistake

Love's a game, wanna play?

New money, suit and tie

I can read you like a magazine

Ain't it funny? Rumors fly

And I know you heard about me

So, hey, let's be friends

I'm dying to see how this one ends

Grab your passport and my hand

I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

**[Chorus]**
So, it's gonna be forever

Or it's gonna go down in flames

You can tell me when it's over

If the high was worth the pain

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

'Cause you know I love the players

And you love the game

'Cause we're young and we're reckless

We'll take this way too far

It'll leave you breathless

Or with a nasty scar

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

But I've got a blank space, baby

And I'll write your name

**[Verse 2]**
Cherry lips, crystal skies

I could show you incredible things

Stolen kisses, pretty lies

You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen

Find out what you want

Be that girl for a month

Wait, the worst is yet to come *(Oh, no)*

Screaming, crying, perfect storms

I can make all the tables turn

Rose garden filled with thorns

Keep you second guessing, like

"Oh, my God, who is she?"

I get drunk on jealousy

But you'll come back each time you leave

'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream

**[Chorus]**
So, it's gonna be forever

Or it's gonna go down in flames

You can tell me when it's over

If the high was worth the pain

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

'Cause you know I love the players

And you love the game

'Cause we're young and we're reckless

We'll take this way too far

It'll leave you breathless

Or with a nasty scar

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

But I've got a blank space, baby

And I'll write your name

**[Bridge]**
Boys only want love if it's torture

Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya

Boys only want love if it's torture

Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya

**[Chorus]**
So, it's gonna be forever

Or it's gonna go down in flames

You can tell me when it's over

If the high was worth the pain

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

'Cause you know I love the players

And you love the game

'Cause we're young and we're reckless

We'll take this way too far

It'll leave you breathless

Or with a nasty scar

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

But I've got a blank space, baby

And I'll write your name

So this next clip is, uh, from a session that I had with Max Martin and Johan Shellback and what we like to do is we like to run

Um, a recording on our phones of everything we're doing when we're putting a song together

Just in case one of us blurts out a cool melody and then we forget about it

We wanna go back and then-and replay the tape so that we can remind ourselves what exactly we were saying

Um, so I brought in this idea called "Blank Space," and this was me playing it for Max and Johan for the first time and they're shouting out these proju— production ideas like, you know the "Oh!" at the beginning of the chorus, um, and that ended up in the song

So, this is the very beginning stages of the song on the album called "Blank Space."

"Nice to meet you, where you been?

I could show you incredible things

Diamonds, seasides, all these gems

[?] this song that [?]

Like, oh my God, listen in

Listen in, I do too

[?]

[?] honest [?]

We can all sing this and cry

All you're thinking, all this time

[?]

Oh my God, listen me

Just forget what you've heard about me

Don't believe what you hear about me, hear about me

'Cause it's gonna be forever, or gonna go—

Yeah! Hey, hey!

Gonna go down in flames

You can tell me when it's over—

This is like a, like an early 2000s Nelly track

Long list of ex-love—

Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane

But I've got a blank space, baby

I'll write your name

I've got a blank space, baby

I'll write your name"

That's awesome! I love it

Oh my god, everyone's gonna kill you

Yeah!

## Awards and nominations

"**Blank Space**" received 7 awards from 17 nominations.

## Live performances

Swift performed "Blank Space" from May 5, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan, to December 12, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia, on The 1989 World Tour, as the third song on the setlist. The song was also performed from May 8, 2018, in Glendale, Arizona, to November 21, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan, on The Reputation Stadium Tour, as the twelfth song on the setlist. The song was performed once again on September 9, 2019, for the City of Lover concert film. Lastly, the song is performed on the on-going Eras Tour, as the thirty-fourth song on the setlist.

## Cover versions

Pop singer Jax sang this song on the March 12, 2015, episode of *American Idol.* Pop/soul singer Amy Vachel did a folky version of this song on the November 23, 2015, episode of *The Voice*. It peaked at number 4 on iTunes.

## References

1. ↑ https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-1989-tour-setlist-lyrics
2. ↑ Here Are All the Songs Taylor Swift Played on the Opening Night of the Reputation Tour