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Karma is an unreleased studio album by Taylor Swift. It was intended to be released during Autumn of 2016 through Big Machine Records as her sixth studio album, however, it was scrapped, because she went into hiding due to the media. She then instead released reputation on November 10th 2017. The album was leaked in full on July 24th 2019. Lyrically, it has themes of revenge, anger, sexual desire, adulthood, and breakups.
Leak History[]
- April 7th 2019: a snippet of "Crucify" leaked.
- April 19th 2019: another snippet of "Crucify" leaked.
- April 25th 2019: a snippet of "Alcohol" leaked.
- May 5th 2019: "Crucify" leaked in full.
- May 8th 2019: the album cover leaked.
- May 19th 2019: images from the photoshoot for the album cover leaked.
- May 23rd 2019: "11:11" and "Alcohol" leaked in full.
- June 5th 2019: a snippet of "Go Away!" leaked.
- June 8th 2019: a snippet of the music video for "Cursed Paradise" leaked.
- June 18th 2019: "Go Away!" leaked in full.
- July 8th 2019: the covers for the singles leaked.
- July 17th 2019: the track listing leaked.
- July 24th 2019: the full standard edition of the album leaked.
- August 6th 2019: all music videos from the album leaked.
- August 13th 2019: the full deluxe edition of the album leaked.
Background[]
In the Spring of 2016 Swift began teasing her sixth studio album by bleaching her hair and doing a photoshoot with Vogue with a brand new aesthetic. Many fans expected the album to be released that Autumn. However, the album was later scrapped due to her controversies. Swift then came back in August 2017 with the single Look What You Made Me Do from her new sixth studio album reputation. In the music video for the single, Swift pays homage to Karma by spray painting "TS6" on a plane and cutting off the wings, symbolizing that the album was ready to be released, but was pulled back before it could.
Swift then pays homage to Karma again in her music video for The Man. One scene in the video features the titles of her first six studio albums spray painted on a wall. With them is the word "Karma", which is written twice.
Singles[]
Various insiders confirmed that the planned singles for the album were:
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hurricane" | Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback | Martin, Shellback | 3:31 |
| 2. | "Kissing Strangers" (featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore) | Swift, Hayley Williams, Rick Nowels | Nowels | 3:26 |
| 3. | "Go Away!" | Swift, Jack Antonoff | Antonoff | 2:27 |
| 4. | "Everybody Will Find Out" | Swift, Liam Howe | Howe | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Fragile Flame" | Swift, Martin, Shellback | Martin, Shellback | 3:41 |
| 6. | "Falling Down" (featuring Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day) | Swift, Billie Joe Armstrong, Antonoff | Antonoff | 9:56 |
| 7. | "Whiplash" | Swift, Howe | Howe | 2:18 |
| 8. | "Cursed Paradise" | Swift, Martin, Shellback | Martin, Shellback | 3:22 |
| 9. | "Karma" (featuring Stevie Nicks) | Swift, Stevie Nicks, Antonoff | Antonoff | 4:44 |
| 10. | "Crucify" | Swift, Martin, Shellback | Martin, Shellback | 3:48 |
| 11. | "11:11" | Swift, Howe | Howe | 2:47 |
| 12. | "Alcohol" (featuring Pat Benatar) | Swift, Pat Benatar, Antonoff | Antonoff | 2:38 |
| 13. | "Revolution" | Swift, Nowels | Nowels | 3:57 |
Deluxe Edition[]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Bleeding Knees" | Swift, Martin, Shellback | Martin, Shellback | 3:27 |
| 15. | "Undertow" | Swift, Howe | Howe | 2:57 |
| 16. | "The Best Mistake I've Ever Made" | Swift, Antonoff | Antonoff | 3:46 |
Cut Songs[]
- A Second Glance
- Alone
- Body Image
- In This Moment
- More Than You Know
- Somebody Else
- Worst In Me
- Your F**king Majesty
Trivia[]
- This is Swift's first explicit album, with the songs "Go Away!", "Falling Down", "Whiplash", "Karma", "Crucify" and "Alcohol" being explicit.
- However, her first officially released explicit album is folklore.
- It's currently unknown if Swift was intended to tour this album or not.