Taylor Swift f/ Chris Stapleton - "I Bet You Think About Me"

[born]

Artists: Taylor Swift and Chris Stapleton
Title: "I Bet You Think About Me"
Songwriters: Lori McKenna and Taylor Swift
Album: Red (Taylor's Version)
Label: Republic Records/MCA Nashville

Track #26 on Red (Taylor's Version). Written by Taylor Swift and Lori McKenna. The song was serviced to Country radio, impacting the format immediately.

[fearlessarrow]

Has the all knower always had the verified profile icon or...

If the country push is true, it'll be interesting to see. The novelty of Taylor pushing songs to country radio probably helped push "betty" into the top 40 on country radio, but at this point I'm not sure if country radio is willing to embrace a Taylor song unless Taylor makes a full-fledged return to country (even then I'm a little skeptical). Having Chris Stapleton attached might help in that regard though.

[recordyear]

The paradox that is Chris Stapleton isn't particularly well-perceived by radio listeners in general but he made in so many radio single releases...lol

[fearlessarrow]

Also I need to say, a Taylor Swift and Lori McKenna co-write is almost guaranteed to be good. Watch me jinx it

[recordyear]

Nov 3, 2021 10:18:30 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

Also I need to say, a Taylor Swift and Lori McKenna co-write is almost guaranteed to be good. Watch me jinx it

It better not be worse than Walker Hayes/Lori McKenna co-write

[HeyHeyHey]

This is probably going to be a really good song! Looking forward to it.

[zdm1998]

Taylor Swift with a old song from the Red era coming to country radio? Smack my a** and call me Judy I am perched.

[taylor]

Nov 3, 2021 12:05:15 GMT -5 zdm1998 said:

Taylor Swift with a old song from the Red era coming to country radio? Smack my a** and call me Judy I am perched.

Well, it’s technically not old, because we’ve never heard it before   It’s gonna be so nice to have Red-era Taylor back on the radio tho! I bet it does at least moderately well thanks to Chris.

[.indulgecountry]

Omg I'm so hyped for this! Having Chris Stapleton on it will hopefully give it a boosted incentive for country radio to play it more than they did her last single, which was way too good to have flopped like it did.

[Troublemaker]

All these releases to country radio makes me think she might be trying to make a comeback to the format.

[raylatch98]

Hopefully this is great, I loved "betty" but I was one of the few people who found "No Body No Crime" so overrated (for the amount of praise it got, I never saw it as great as everyone else seemed to). 

[kimberly]

Nov 3, 2021 9:39:48 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

Has the all knower always had the verified profile icon or...

no, they got it fairly recently I think. they tweeted about it when it happened but I'm not gonna go find it now.

[fearlessarrow]

Nov 3, 2021 17:41:19 GMT -5 kimberly said:

Nov 3, 2021 9:39:48 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

Has the all knower always had the verified profile icon or...

no, they got it fairly recently I think. they tweeted about it when it happened but I'm not gonna go find it now.

Ok so my eyes weren't deceiving me lol

[taylor]

Nov 3, 2021 18:18:30 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

Nov 3, 2021 17:41:19 GMT -5 kimberly said:

no, they got it fairly recently I think. they tweeted about it when it happened but I'm not gonna go find it now.

Ok so my eyes weren't deceiving me lol

I don’t know how recent of a development this is, but the account is suddenly no longer verified…?

[kimberly]

Nov 3, 2021 18:34:22 GMT -5 taylor said:

Nov 3, 2021 18:18:30 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

Ok so my eyes weren't deceiving me lol

I don’t know how recent of a development this is, but the account is suddenly no longer verified…?

omg it was there when I posted an hour ago... that's wild lmao

[recordyear]

[taylor]

This NEEDS to be sent to country radio. I think it could be massive at the format.

[Juan Carlos]

Serviced to Country.

[Deleted]

I like it.

[born]

*adds to the list of my least favorite Taylor Swift songs*

[recordyear]

This looks like to have a radio deal?

[fearlessarrow]

Nov 12, 2021 7:00:47 GMT -5 born said:

*adds to the list of my least favorite Taylor Swift songs*

your take:

[sabre14]

Hourly Airplay on iHeartMedia stations today.

MCA Nashville is handling promotion.

[Deleted]

Goes for Country adds on Monday.

[Taylor.]

This is so fucking petty but I love it lol

[AP]

This is absolutely classic Taylor.

[austin]

Nov 12, 2021 7:00:47 GMT -5 born said:

*adds to the list of my least favorite Taylor Swift songs*

I always love how polar opposite you and I are with our Taylor favs and least favs haha. Two huge stans who come to an artist for the complete opposite sounds (which she can deliver at a masterful level) just shows how freaking amazing she is.

I LOVE this one. I don't see it doing much of anything though, considering what happened last year with her country-folk singles.

[Deleted]

Does anyone know who she’s talking about in this song? She gave a bunch of info about him.

[cowboyduck]

Nov 12, 2021 12:33:30 GMT -5 @jacobl18 said:

Does anyone know who she’s talking about in this song? She gave a bunch of info about him.

I believe it is Jake Gyllenhaal.

This is fantastic and indeed classic Taylor. I may be crazy but I hear a little bit of a red dirt melody touch on it which is right in my wheelhouse.

[fearlessarrow]

Nov 12, 2021 8:59:18 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Hourly Airplay on iHeartMedia stations today.

MCA Nashville is handling promotion.

Taylor's team/MCA Nashville is not playing around this time! Hoping this can actually take Taylor back to the upper echelons of the country airplay charts.