Taylor Swift's new song "You Need to Calm Down" has a message to haters, and we're already blasting it on repeat

Caitlin White

Haters are still gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, but this time Taylor Swift isn’t just going to shake it off. At midnight on June 13th, Swift dropped “You Need to Calm Down,” the second single off her highly anticipated seventh album, Lover.

The track speaks out against online bullying, homophobia, and pitting women against each other—all against a fun pop beat. Needless to say, fans are in a love frenzy.

Yesterday, Swift announced the title of her upcoming summer album, Lover, and that it would be released August 23rd. In her announcement, she said that the album would be heavy on romance—but not just the lovey-dovey kind we would normally expect. Earlier, Swift has said Lover would have “political undertones,” and now with “You Need to Calm Down,” those messages and vibes are all coming together.

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Later, in “You Need to Calm Down,” she doubles down on being an ally for the LGBTQ community.

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It’s not Swift’s first time speaking out for LGBTQ rights. June 1st, the singer wrote an open letter to her senator urging him to vote to pass the Equality Act, which would protect LGBTQ people from “discrimination in their places of work, homes, schools, and other public accommodations.”

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🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!🌈 While we have so much to celebrate, we also have a great distance to go before everyone in this country is truly treated equally. In excellent recent news, the House has passed the Equality Act, which would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in their places of work, homes, schools, and other public accommodations. The next step is that the bill will go before the Senate. I’ve decided to kick off Pride Month by writing a letter to one of my senators to explain how strongly I feel that the Equality Act should be passed. I urge you to write to your senators too. I’ll be looking for your letters by searching the hashtag #lettertomysenator. While there’s no information yet as to when the Equality Act will go before the Senate for a vote, we do know this: Politicians need votes to stay in office. Votes come from the people. Pressure from massive amounts of people is a major way to push politicians towards positive change. That’s why I’ve created a petition at change.org to urge the Senate to support the Equality Act. Our country’s lack of protection for its own citizens ensures that LGBTQ people must live in fear that their lives could be turned upside down by an employer or landlord who is homophobic or transphobic. The fact that, legally, some people are completely at the mercy of the hatred and bigotry of others is disgusting and unacceptable. Let’s show our pride by demanding that, on a national level, our laws truly treat all of our citizens equally. 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Click the link in my bio to sign the petition for Senate support of the Equality Act.

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The new song also speaks to the pressure women in public face to be perfect, and how online trolls and bullies are constantly trying to pit women against each other just to tear them down.

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Check out all messages and hear “You Need to Calm Down” for yourself in this lyric video.

After Swift’s album announcement last night, Instagram promptly crashed…coincidence? Luckily everything is back up and running now for Swifties to show their love.

The music video for “You Need to Calm Down” won’t drop until Monday, June 17th on Good Morning America, but it’s safe to say all of us Swifties will be too busy listening to the song on loop to worry about the wait.