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Inspired by 1980s synth-pop with synthesizers, drum pads, and overlapped vocals, Taylor Swift abandoned the country stylings of her previous releases to incorporate pop production for her fifth studio album, 1989, which was released in 2014.{{cite magazine |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=September 16, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Reveals Five Things to Expect on 1989 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-reveals-five-things-to-expect-on-1989-65750/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116173655/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-reveals-five-things-to-expect-on-1989-65750/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |url-access=limited}}{{cite magazine |last=Light |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Light |date=December 5, 2014 |title=Billboard Woman of the Year Taylor Swift on Writing Her Own Rules, Not Becoming a Cliche and the Hurdle of Going Pop |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music-2014/6363514/billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-on-writing-her |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226012450/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music-2014/6363514/billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-on-writing-her |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2019}} Swift began writing songs for the album in mid-2013 concurrently with the start of Swift's headlining world tour in support of her fourth studio album Red.{{cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/taylor-swift-talks-next-album-cmas-and-ed-sheeran|title=Taylor Swift talks next album, CMAs and Ed Sheeran|last=Talbott|first=Chris|agency=Associated Press|date=October 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026093555/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/taylor-swift-talks-next-album-cmas-and-ed-sheeran|archive-date=October 26, 2013|access-date=October 26, 2013|url-status=live}} On 1989, Swift and the Swedish producer Max Martin served as executive producers.{{cite web |last=Zollo |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Zollo |date=February 13, 2016 |title=The Oral History of Taylor Swift's 1989 |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-oral-history-of-taylor-swift-s-1989-d9869cc13adc?sf22314340=1#.cd4wstjmz |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404113417/https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-oral-history-of-taylor-swift-s-1989-d9869cc13adc?sf22314340=1#.cd4wstjmz |archive-date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=March 23, 2016 |publisher=The Recording Academy |via=Cuepoint}} Martin and his frequent collaborator Shellback produced seven out of 13 songs on the album's standard edition.

Having been known as "America's Sweetheart" thanks to her wholesome and down-to-earth girl next door image,{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101023301/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story|title=Taylor Swift's Telltale Heart|work=Vanity Fair|archive-date=November 1, 2020|access-date=November 1, 2020|date=March 15, 2013|issue=April 2013|first1=Nancy|last1=Jo Sales|first2=Jessica|last2=Diehl}}{{cite web |last1=Hindo |first1=Madison |last2=High |first2=Largo |date=February 12, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Has Reinvented Her Public Image with 1989 |url=https://www.tampabay.com/tb-two/play/taylor-swift-has-reinvented-her-public-image-with-1989/2217325/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831020043/https://www.tampabay.com/tb-two/play/taylor-swift-has-reinvented-her-public-image-with-1989/2217325/ |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |work=Tampa Bay Times}} Swift saw her reputation blemished due to her history of romantic relationships with a series of high-profile celebrities. The New York Times asserted in 2013 that her "dating history [had] begun to stir what feels like the beginning of a backlash", questioning whether Swift was in the midst of a quarter-life crisis.{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Bee-Shyuan |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Taylor Swift Gets Some Mud on Her Boots |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/for-taylor-swifts-image-erosion-is-a-danger.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=March 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322110003/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/for-taylor-swifts-image-erosion-is-a-danger.html |archive-date=March 22, 2013}} The Tampa Bay Times observed that until the release of 1989, Swift's love life had become a fixed tabloid interest and overshadowed her musicianship. Swift disliked the media portrayal of her as a "serial-dater", feeling that it undermined her professional works, and became reticent to discuss her personal life in public.{{cite magazine |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=September 8, 2014 |title=Cover Story: The Reinvention of Taylor Swift |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-reinvention-of-taylor-swift-116925/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816144402/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-reinvention-of-taylor-swift-116925/ |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |access-date=February 6, 2019 |url-access=limited}}{{cite web |last=Yuan |first=Jada |date=February 13, 2015 |title=On the Road with Best Friends Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss |url=http://www.vogue.com/9287379/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-best-friends-march-2015-cover/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104150142/http://www.vogue.com/9287379/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-best-friends-march-2015-cover |archive-date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=November 10, 2015 |work=Vogue}} The tabloid scrutiny on her image prompted her to write satirical songs about her perceived image, in addition to her traditional romantic themes.{{cite news|first=Melissa|last=Block|title='Anything That Connects': A Conversation With Taylor Swift|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/10/31/359827368/anything-that-connects-a-conversation-with-taylor-swift|website=NPR|access-date=January 30, 2015|format=Audio upload and transcript|date=October 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206065548/http://www.npr.org/2014/10/31/359827368/anything-that-connects-a-conversation-with-taylor-swift|archive-date=February 6, 2015|url-status=live}}

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Talking to GQ in 2015, Swift said that she envisioned "Blank Space" to be a satirical self-referential nod to the media perception of her image as "a girl who's crazy but seductive but glamorous but nuts but manipulative". She admitted that she had felt personally attacked for a long time before realizing "it was kind of hilarious".{{cite web |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |author-link=Chuck Klosterman |date=October 15, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift on 'Bad Blood', Kanye West, and How People Interpret Her Lyrics |url=https://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018020927/http://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |access-date=October 18, 2015 |work=GQ}} She co-wrote the song with its producers, Max Martin and Shellback.

"Blank Space" follows the verse–chorus song structure.{{sfn|Sloan|2021|p=23}} The lyrics in the verses are clipped, "Magic, madness, heaven, sin", which the musicologist Nate Sloan said set a mysterious and dreadful tone.{{sfn|Sloan|2021|p=23}} At one point, Swift describes herself as a "nightmare dressed like a daydream".{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108205938/https://www.thefourohfive.com/review/article/taylor-swift-1989-141|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/review/article/taylor-swift-1989-141|title=Taylor Swift – 1989|work=The 405|first=Sydney|last=Gore|date=November 5, 2014|archive-date=November 8, 2014|access-date=November 1, 2020|url-status=dead}} The refrain alludes to Swift's songwriting practice taking inspiration from her love life: the lyrics, "Got a long list of ex-lovers They'll tell you I'm insane But I've got a blank space, baby", are followed by a brief silence and then a clicking retractable pen sound, and Swift concludes the refrain: "And I'll write your name."{{sfnm|1a1=Sloan|1y=2021|1p=23|2a1=Sloan|2a2=Harding|2a3=Gottlieb|2y=2019|2p=34}} After the song's release, the line "Got a long list of ex-lovers" was misheard by some audience as "All the lonely Starbucks lovers", which prompted internet discussions including a response from Starbucks themselves.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2014/11/why-you-keep-mishearing-that-taylor-swift-lyric.html|title=Why You Keep Mishearing That Taylor Swift Lyric|first=Melissa|last=Dahi|date=November 24, 2014|work=The Cut|access-date=September 17, 2020|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220123307/https://www.thecut.com/2014/11/why-you-keep-mishearing-that-taylor-swift-lyric.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Christopher |date=May 25, 2015 |title=Even Taylor Swift's Mom Thought It Was 'Starbucks Lovers' |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/05/25/taylor-swift-starbucks-lovers-mom/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027131809/https://ew.com/article/2015/05/25/taylor-swift-starbucks-lovers-mom/ |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2020}}

Swift told NME in 2015 that when "Blank Space" was released, "[half] the people got the joke, half the people really think that [she was] really owning the fact that [she was] a psychopath".{{cite web |date=August 27, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Explained to Us the Story and Misconceptions of 'Blank Space' |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/taylor-swift-explained-to-us-the-story-and-misconceptions-of-blank-space-14783 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923082227/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/taylor-swift-explained-to-us-the-story-and-misconceptions-of-blank-space-14783 |archive-date=September 23, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=NME}} According to Sloan, the narrator of "Blank Space" is unreliable, and therefore it is open to interpretation whether the song is a true portrayal of Swift's character or not.{{sfn|Sloan|2021|p=24}} In contemporary publications, journalists commented that the track represented 1989{{'s}} lighthearted view on failed relationships and departed from the idealized romance on Swift's past albums.{{cite web|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/taylor-swifts-blank-space-among-the-10-best-songs-of-2014-b99404710z1-285631971.html/|title=Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' among the 10 best songs of 2014|first=Piet|last=Levy|date=December 12, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2020|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020114342/http://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/taylor-swifts-blank-space-among-the-10-best-songs-of-2014-b99404710z1-285631971.html/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/187585-taylor-swift-1989-2495596654.html|title=Taylor Swift: 1989|work=PopMatters|first=Corey|last=Baesley|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301035646/https://www.popmatters.com/187585-taylor-swift-1989-2495596654.html|archive-date=March 1, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989/|title=Taylor Swift: 1989 Album Review|work=Pitchfork|first=Vrinda|last=Jagoda|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922054848/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989/|archive-date=September 22, 2019|url-status=dead}} Others wrote that Swift made fun of her image and the media discourse surrounding her celebrity, which later served as the foundation for her sixth studio album Reputation (2017), an album exploring her public experiences and the media gossip.{{cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Lansky |date=October 23, 2014 |title=Review: 1989 Marks a Paradigm Swift |url=https://time.com/3533569/taylor-swift-1989-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023223029/http://time.com/3533569/taylor-swift-1989-review/ |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |access-date=November 17, 2014 |magazine=Time}}{{cite magazine |last=He |first=Kristen |date=November 9, 2017 |title=Why Taylor Swift's 1989 Is Her Best Album: Critic's Take |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8031027/taylor-swift-1989-best-album |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109203121/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8031027/taylor-swift-1989-best-album |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017}}

Martin and Shellback employed a sparse production for "Blank Space" as Swift wanted the song to emphasize the lyrics and vocals. Musically, "Blank Space" is an electropop song{{cite news |last=Gill |first=Andy |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift, 1989 – Album Review: Pop Star Shows 'Promising Signs of Maturity' |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-pop-star-shows-promising-signs-of-maturity-9814620.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031191004/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-pop-star-shows-promising-signs-of-maturity-9814620.html |archive-date=October 31, 2014}}{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024|p=109}} that is set over minimal hip hop–influenced beats.{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Review: Taylor Swift Smooths Out the Wrinkles on Sleek 1989 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=November 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115075319/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |archive-date=November 15, 2014}} Annie Zaleski said that the beats resonate like the sounds of a grandfather clock.{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024|p=109}} The song incorporates synthesizers, percussioned guitar strums, and layered backing vocals.{{cite web |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=April 26, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Singles – Ranked! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427062612/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=The Guardian}} Swift sing-speaks the verses{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024|p=109}} and, in the refrain, sings in her higher register as the production crescendos with faster programmed drums.{{sfn|Sloan|2021|p=23}} Some critics compared the song's minimal production to the music of Lorde, specifically her 2013 album Pure Heroine.{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=October 28, 2014|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/10/taylor-swift-new-album-1989-review/|title=Taylor Swift Gets Clean, Hits Reset on New Album 1989|work=Spin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119025551/https://www.spin.com/2014/10/taylor-swift-new-album-1989-review/|archive-date=November 19, 2018|access-date=April 5, 2018|url-status=live}} According to Spin{{'}}s Andrew Unterberger, "Blank Space" embraces 1980s pop music authenticity, but with a modern twist.

"Blank Space" was the second single from 1989. In the United States, Big Machine and Republic Records released the song to rhythmic crossover radio on November 10,{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=October 30, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's Next 1989 Single Announced |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6304059/taylor-swift-1989-second-single |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202085327/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6304059/taylor-swift-1989-second-single |archive-date=December 2, 2014 |access-date=October 31, 2014}} and hot adult contemporary{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030044020/http://www.republicplaybook.com/genre/hot-ac/ |url=http://www.republicplaybook.com/genre/hot-ac/ |title=Hot AC {{!}} Genres {{!}} Republic Playbook |publisher=Republic Records |archive-date=October 30, 2014 |url-status=dead|access-date=October 30, 2014}} and contemporary hit radio on November 11, 2014.{{cite web |title=Top 40/M Future Releases |url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |publisher=All Access Music Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130072416/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |archive-date=November 30, 2014 |url-status=dead|access-date=November 9, 2014}} Universal sent "Blank Space" to Italian radio on December 12, 2014, and released a CD single version of "Blank Space" in Germany on January 2, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Blank-Space-2-Track-Swift-Taylor/dp/B00QSRRCGE|title=Blank Space (2-Track)|access-date=May 11, 2015|website=Amazon.de|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107211132/http://www.amazon.de/Blank-Space-2-Track-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00QSRRCGE|archive-date=January 7, 2015}}

"Blank Space" debuted at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated November 15, 2014.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6304579/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-returns-no-1-hot-100|title=Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' Returns to No. 1 on Hot 100|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=November 5, 2014|access-date=November 5, 2014|magazine=Billboard|url-access=subscription|archive-date=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120060922/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6304579/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-returns-no-1-hot-100|url-status=live}} The single reached number one in its third week on the chart, supported by the release of its music video. It took the number-one position from 1989{{'s}} lead single "Shake It Off", making Swift the first woman to succeed herself at the top spot.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6320061/taylor-swift-blank-space-hot-100|magazine=Billboard|title=Taylor Swift Makes Hot 100 History With 'Blank Space'|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=November 19, 2014|url-access=subscription|archive-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218074905/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6320061/taylor-swift-blank-space-hot-100|url-status=live}} "Blank Space" remained atop the Billboard Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks.{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203234140/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6422424/taylor-swift-hot-100-record-streak-women|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6422424/taylor-swift-hot-100-record-streak-women|title=Taylor Swift Helps Tie Record Streak for Women Atop Hot 100|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=December 31, 2014|archive-date=February 3, 2015|magazine=Billboard|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2020}} In August 2023, "Blank Space" re-entered the Hot 100 and reached number 46 after it increased in streams; this was brought by Swift's announcement of the re-recorded album 1989 (Taylor's Version) and her performances of the song on her Eras Tour.{{Cite magazine |last=Zellner |first=Xander |date=August 14, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' Returns to Hot 100 for First Time in Eight Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swifts-blank-space-returns-hot-100-1989-taylors-version-announced-1235392257/ |access-date=August 15, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816104400/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swifts-blank-space-returns-hot-100-1989-taylors-version-announced-1235392257/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-number-1-artist-100-chart-extends-record-77-weeks-1235397276/|title=Taylor Swift Extends Artist 100 Longevity Record to 77 Weeks at No. 1|magazine=Billboard|first=Xander|last=Zellner|date=August 22, 2023|access-date=August 22, 2023|archive-date=August 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822153119/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-number-1-artist-100-chart-extends-record-77-weeks-1235397276/|url-status=live}} The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified "Blank Space" eight-times platinum, which denotes eight million units based on sales and track-equivalent on-demand streams, in July 2018, and the single had sold 4.6 million digital copies in the United States by October 2022.{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-streaming-airplay-sales-before-midnights-chart-debut-ask-billboard-1235159369/|title=Ask Billboard: Taylor Swift's Career Streaming, Airplay & Sales, Ahead of the Chart Debut of Midnights|date=October 21, 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 24, 2024|archive-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021212022/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-streaming-airplay-sales-before-midnights-chart-debut-ask-billboard-1235159369/|url-status=live}}

The single also reached number one in Australia, Canada, South Africa, and Scotland. It peaked atop Billboard{{'s}} Euro Digital Song Sales and the Finnish Download Chart. "Blank Space" charted within the top five of national record charts, at number two in New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, number three in Bulgaria, number four in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Israel, the United Kingdom, and number five in Lebanon. The track received multi-platinum certifications in many countries, including fourteen-times platinum in Australia and four-times diamond in Brazil. It was certified four-times platinum in Canada, Poland, United Kingdom, and New Zealand; and double platinum in Austria and Portugal. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "Blank Space" was the eighth-best-selling song of 2015, selling 9.2 million units.{{cite web | url=http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2016.pdf | title=Global Music Report 2016 | publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry | date=April 12, 2016 | access-date=April 16, 2016 | archive-date=July 30, 2016 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160730180434/http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2016.pdf | url-status=dead}}

The song received widespread acclaim. Upon the release of 1989, Shane Kimberline of musicOMH called "Blank Space" one of the album's best songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989|title=Taylor Swift – 1989 {{!}} Album Review|work=musicOMH|date=November 3, 2014|first=Shane|last=Kimberlin|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105103600/https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989|archive-date=November 5, 2014|url-status=live}} PopMatters{{'s}} Corey Baesley lauded it as "easily a candidate for the best pop song of 2014", writing that the minimal production may "sound bright and easy" but was in fact "weapons-grade, professional pop". Sydney Gore from The 405 deemed "Blank Space" the album's highlight, and Aimee Cliff from Fact labeled it one of Swift's "most enjoyable songs to date" for portraying Swift's love life in a larger-than-life manner.{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/10/30/taylor-swift-1989-review/|title=1989|work=Fact|first=Aimee|last=Cliff|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618195113/https://www.factmag.com/2014/10/30/taylor-swift-1989-review/|url-status=live}} Drowned in Sound{{'s}} Robert Leedham wrote that Swift succeeded in experimenting with new musical styles on 1989, specifically choosing "Blank Space" as an example.{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424|title=Album Review: Taylor Swift – 1989|work=Drowned in Sound|first=Robert|last=Leedham|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214002551/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424|url-status=dead}}

The Observer critic Kitty Empire picked "Blank Space" as a song that showcased Swift's musical and lyrical maturity, calling it "an out-and-out pop song with an intriguingly skeletal undercarriage".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/26/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-bold-gossipy-confection|title=Taylor Swift: 1989 review – a bold, gossipy confection|first=Kitty|last=Empire|work=The Observer|date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026105123/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/26/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-bold-gossipy-confection|archive-date=October 26, 2014|access-date=April 6, 2019}} Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Mikael Wood selected the track as one of the album's better songs because of Swift's songwriting craftsmanship. The New York Times critic Jon Caramanica deemed the song "Swift at her peak" that "serves to assert both her power and her primness".{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=October 23, 2014 |title=Review: Taylor Swift's 1989 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-1989-new-album-review.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026191544/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-1989-new-album-review.html?_r=0 |archive-date=October 26, 2014}} The Independent{{'}}s Andy Gill was less enthusiastic, calling it a "corporate rebel clichéd{{sic}}" song.

Retrospective reviews of "Blank Space" have been positive. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian in 2019 declared "Blank Space" the best single Swift had released, praising its success in transforming Swift's image from a country singer-songwriter to a pop star thanks to its "effortless" melody and witty lyrics. Rolling Stone reviewer Rob Sheffield wrote: "Every second of 'Blank Space' is perfect."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/blank-space-2014-205262/|title=Taylor Swift's Songs: All Ranked|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Rob|last=Sheffield|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=August 5, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021173610/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/blank-space-2014-205262/|url-status=live}} Paste in 2020 described the song as "remarkably well-made, infectiously catchy, and legitimately funny", and named it the best song on 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs/#2-blank-space-1989|title=All 158 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked|date=February 11, 2020|work=Paste|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413001443/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs/#2-blank-space-1989|url-status=live}} Selja Rankin from Entertainment Weekly also dubbed "Blank Space" the best track on the album, praising the over-the-top lyrics and its catchy 1980s pop sound.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/the-best-taylor-swift-song-from-every-album/?slide=6115621#6115621|title=The best song from every Taylor Swift album|first=Selje|last=Rankin|date=July 31, 2020|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026132505/https://ew.com/music/the-best-taylor-swift-song-from-every-album/?slide=6115621#6115621|url-status=live}} The Recording Academy in 2023 picked "Blank Space" as one of Swift's 13 essential songs that represented her songwriting and musicianship.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Taila |date=January 26, 2023 |title=The Taylor Swift Essentials: 13 Songs That Display Her Storytelling Prowess And Genre-Bouncing Genius |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/taylor-swift-songs-essentials-midnights-anti-hero-album-all-too-well-2023-grammys-blank-space-folklore-reputation-lover-discography |access-date=November 1, 2023 |publisher=The Recording Academy |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414063314/https://www.grammy.com/news/taylor-swift-songs-essentials-midnights-anti-hero-album-all-too-well-2023-grammys-blank-space-folklore-reputation-lover-discography |url-status=live }}

Rolling Stone ranked "Blank Space" sixth on their list of the best songs of 2014,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2014-20141203/taylor-swift-blank-space-20141202|magazine=Rolling Stone|title=50 Best Songs Of 2014|date=December 3, 2014|access-date=December 3, 2014|archive-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225015003/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2014-20141203/taylor-swift-blank-space-20141202|url-status=live}} 73rd on their list of the best songs of the 2010s decade,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/taylor-swift-blank-space-4-917617/|title=The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206141445/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/taylor-swift-blank-space-4-917617/|url-status=live}} 357th on their 2021 revision of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,{{Cite magazine |date=September 15, 2021 |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915162053/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=July 18, 2022}} and later at 320 in their 2024 revised list.{{Cite magazine |date=February 16, 2024 |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216221517/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=February 18, 2024}} Time named it as the ninth best song in their year-end list.{{Cite magazine|url=http://time.com/3613567/top-10-best-songs|magazine=Time|title=Top 10 songs|date=December 2, 2014|access-date=December 2, 2014|archive-date=January 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124104400/http://time.com/3613567/top-10-best-songs/|url-status=live}} The song placed at number three on The Village Voice{{'}}s annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll of 2014.{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/according-to-600-music-critics-these-were-the-best-albums-and-songs-of-2014/|title=According to 600 music critics, these were the best albums and songs of 2014|first=Alex|last=Young|work=Consequence of Sound|date=January 13, 2015|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019155344/https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/according-to-600-music-critics-these-were-the-best-albums-and-songs-of-2014/|url-status=live}} Stereogum{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|website=Stereogum|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106132915/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/|archive-date=November 6, 2019|url-status=dead}} and Uproxx{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/best-songs-of-the-2010s-ranked/|title=All The Best Songs of the 2010s, Ranked|website=Uproxx|date=October 9, 2019|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180027/https://uproxx.com/music/best-songs-of-the-2010s-ranked/|url-status=live}} ranked the song at numbers 49 and 72 on their lists of the best songs of the 2010s decade, respectively. Billboard named it one of the 100 "Songs That Defined the Decade". Katie Atkinson wrote that the single consolidated Swift's trademark autobiographical storytelling in music while "setting the standard for a new, self-aware pop star" in poking fun at her perceived image.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8544243/taylor-swift-blank-space-songs-that-defined-the-decade|title=Songs That Defined the Decade: Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space'|last=Atkinson|first=Katie|magazine=Billboard|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=November 23, 2019|archive-date=November 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129150901/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8544243/taylor-swift-blank-space-songs-that-defined-the-decade|url-status=live}} On Slant Magazine{{'s}} list of the 100 best singles of the 2010s, "Blank Space" ranked 15th.{{cite news|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-100-best-singles-of-the-2010s/5/|title=The 100 Best Singles of the 2010s|date=January 1, 2020|magazine=Slant Magazine|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101191614/https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-100-best-singles-of-the-2010s/5/|url-status=live}}

"Blank Space" won Song of the Year at the 2015 American Music Awards.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/music/news/american-music-awards-2015-winners-full-list-1201646476/|title=American Music Awards 2015: Full Winners List|work=Variety|date=November 22, 2015|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621113319/https://variety.com/2015/music/news/american-music-awards-2015-winners-full-list-1201646476/|url-status=live}} At the 2016 BMI Awards, the song was one of the Award-Winning Songs that helped Swift earn the honor Songwriter of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2016_bmi_pop_awards|title=BMI Honors Taylor Swift and Legendary Songwriting Duo Mann & Weil at the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards|date=May 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602184045/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2016_bmi_pop_awards|archive-date=June 2, 2016|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.|access-date=June 2, 2016}} It earned a nomination for International Work of the Year at the 2016 APRA Awards in Australia.{{Cite web |title=APRA Music Awards 2016 |date=April 5, 2016 |url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-music-awards-2016 |publisher=APRA AMCOS |access-date=April 8, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320141915/https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-music-awards-2016 |archive-date=March 20, 2024}} At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in 2016, "Blank Space" was nominated in three categories—Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees|title=Grammy awards winners: the full list|work=The Guardian|date=February 16, 2016|access-date=December 14, 2016|archive-date=February 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221180634/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees|url-status=live}}

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Joseph Kahn directed the music video for "Blank Space". According to Kahn, Swift conceptualized the video to "[address] this concept of, if she has so many boys breaking up with her maybe the problem isn't the boy, maybe the problem is her".{{cite web |last=Anthony Hernandez |first=Brian |date=November 10, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Cries, Screams, Stabs In Crazy 'Blank Space' Music Video |url=https://mashable.com/2014/11/10/taylor-swift-blank-space-music-video-leak/#Es__cA_ilmqU |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507234150/https://mashable.com/2014/11/10/taylor-swift-blank-space-music-video-leak/#Es__cA_ilmqU |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=Mashable}} Photography took place at two locations on Long Island: primary shooting took place at Oheka Castle, with a few additional scenes shot at Woolworth Estate. The video was shot over three days in September 2014.{{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |date=November 11, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' Director Details Interactive App |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swifts-blank-space-director-details-interactive-app-20141111 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112142617/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swifts-blank-space-director-details-interactive-app-20141111 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=November 11, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} The last day was dedicated to film American Express Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience, an interactive 360° mobile app in collaboration with American Express.{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Kevin P. |date=November 14, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Really Stood on a Horse And 7 Other Secrets From 'Blank Space' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1998157/taylor-swift-blank-space-making-of-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117021104/http://www.mtv.com/news/1998157/taylor-swift-blank-space-making-of-video/ |archive-date=November 17, 2014 |access-date=November 16, 2014 |website= |publisher=MTV}} Kahn told Mashable that Swift was thorough in choosing the visual devices and imagery: "When you have an artist wanting to test her imaging, it's always great territory to be in."

Kahn took inspirations from Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange for the video's symmetrical framing style. The video begins as the male love interest (Sean O'Pry) drives an AC Cobra towards the mansion of Swift's character. They quickly become a loving couple: they dance together, paint a portrait of the boyfriend, walk along the estate grounds, and ride horses. Halfway through the video, Swift's character notices him texting someone, and the couple begins to fall apart: they begin to fight and Swift's character shows erratic behaviors such as throwing vases, slashing the painted portrait, and burning her boyfriend's clothes, which drives him to end the relationship.{{cite web |last=Roberts |first=Randall |date=November 10, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Loses Mind, Smashes, Slashes in New 'Blank Space' Clip |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-blank-space-video-20141110-column.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129153016/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-blank-space-video-20141110-column.html |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Before the boyfriend leaves the mansion, Swift's character smashes her boyfriend's car using a golf club, a reference to Tiger Woods's 2009 cheating scandal. After he drives away, a new man (Andrea Denver) approaches, offering Swift a new hope for love.

Swift planned to premiere the video on Good Morning America on November 11, 2014, but Yahoo! accidentally leaked it a day before; Swift posted the video onto her Vevo account quickly afterwards.{{Cite web |last=McKinney |first=Kelsey |date=November 10, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's New Music Video Is Back Online |url=https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/10/7185937/taylor-swift-blank-space-video-watch |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=Vox |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112161802/https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/10/7185937/taylor-swift-blank-space-video-watch |url-status=live }} The interactive app American Express Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience, featuring the 360° video version of "Blank Space", was released for free onto mobile app stores. The user can choose to either follow Swift and her love interest throughout the linear storyline, or leave the storyline to explore other rooms in the mansion and find interactive easter eggs, such as Swift's childhood photos.{{cite web|title=Taylor and American Express Brings Fans a First-of-Its-Kind Video Experience for 'Blank Space' Music Video|url=http://www.taylorswift.com/news/232223|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114163418/http://www.taylorswift.com/news/232223|archive-date=November 14, 2014|access-date=November 14, 2014|website=taylorswift.com}}{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=November 11, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's Blank Space App: Inside The User Experience |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6312276/taylor-swift-blank-space-app |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929150642/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6312276/taylor-swift-blank-space-app |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} Kahn told Rolling Stone that the app was created with "superfans" who wanted to "feel even closer to Swift" in mind.

Some media outlets compared the narrative of "Blank Space" to that of Gone Girl, citing that both Swift's character and Gone Girl{{'s}} protagonist "[strip] away the romantic sheen she's given all her relationships in the past".{{cite magazine |last=Zuckerman |first=Esther |date=November 10, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Is In On the Joke in Her 'Blank Space' Video |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/11/10/taylor-swift-is-in-on-the-joke-blank-space/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104034035/https://ew.com/article/2014/11/10/taylor-swift-is-in-on-the-joke-blank-space/ |archive-date=January 4, 2020 |access-date=January 4, 2020 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} Randall Roberts from the Los Angeles Times wrote that Swift delivered an "Oscar-worthy" performance. Billboard praised the video's cinematic quality and aesthetics and found Swift's self-referential portrayal amusing, which served as "icing on the blood-filled cake".{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201075932/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6568420/taylor-swift-best-music-videos-countdown|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6568420/taylor-swift-best-music-videos-countdown|title=Taylor Swift's Top 10 Best Music Videos|date=August 30, 2015|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=December 1, 2015|access-date=December 1, 2015}} The Guardian{{'s}} columnist Jessica Valenti complimented Swift's portrayal of her perceived image and dubbed the video "a feminist daydream", where "the narrow and sexist caricatures attached to women are acted out for our amusement, their full ridiculousness on display".{{cite web |last=Valenti |first=Jessica |date=November 11, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift in the 'Blank Space' Video Is the Woman We've Been Waiting For |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/11/taylor-swift-blank-space-video-woman-boy-crazy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329043635/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/11/taylor-swift-blank-space-video-woman-boy-crazy |archive-date=March 29, 2020 |access-date=March 29, 2020 |work=The Guardian}}

USA Today and Spin in 2017 deemed "Blank Space" the greatest video Swift had done;{{cite web |last=Hutcheson |first=Susannah |date=August 31, 2017 |title=The Top 10 Taylor Swift Music Videos, Ranked |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2017/08/31/the-top-10-taylor-swift-music-videos-ranked/37435445/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707024204/https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2017/08/31/the-top-10-taylor-swift-music-videos-ranked/37435445/ |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2017 |work=USA Today}} the latter praised the aesthetics as glamorous and lauded the hilarious depiction of Swift's reputation.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/11/taylor-swift-music-videos-ranked/|title=30 Taylor Swift Music Videos, Ranked|date=November 12, 2017|work=Spin|access-date=November 12, 2017|archive-date=November 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113011447/https://www.spin.com/2017/11/taylor-swift-music-videos-ranked/|url-status=live}} Entertainment Weekly in 2020 picked "Blank Space" as the best video among the 1989 singles, describing it as "the only music video that can be earnestly described as 'Kubrickian{{' "}}.{{cite magazine |last1=Rankin |first1=Seija |last2=Huff |first2=Lauren |date=June 30, 2020 |title=The Best Taylor Swift Music Video From Every Album |url=https://ew.com/music/2019/04/26/best-taylor-swift-music-video-from-every-album/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703142136/https://ew.com/music/2019/04/26/best-taylor-swift-music-video-from-every-album/ |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |access-date=June 30, 2020 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} It won Best Pop Video and Best Female Video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701130012/https://www.billboard.com/articles/awards/vmas/6678711/vmas-2015-winners-list-full|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/awards/vmas/6678711/vmas-2015-winners-list-full|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2015: The Winners|date=August 30, 2015|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=July 1, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020|url-status=live|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz}} and earned a nomination for Best International Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan.{{cite web |title=MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2015 |url=http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj2015/nominees/best-female-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221093808/http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj2015/nominees/best-female-video/ |archive-date=February 21, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2016 |website= |publisher=MTV Japan}} The American Express Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience app won Original Interactive Program at the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028204221/https://ew.com/article/2015/09/10/emmys-2015-taylor-swift-more-winners/|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/10/emmys-2015-taylor-swift-more-winners|title=Emmys 2015: Taylor Swift wins first Emmy, more early honors announced|first=Shirley|last=Li|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 10, 2015|archive-date=October 28, 2019|access-date=October 28, 2019}} Rolling Stone placed "Blank Space" at number 67 on its list of the 100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time.{{Cite magazine |date=July 30, 2021 |title=The 100 Greatest Music Videos |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-music-videos-1194411/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730133714/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-music-videos-1194411/ |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

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Swift performed "Blank Space" during the "1989 Secret Session", live streamed by Yahoo! and iHeartRadio on October 27, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/taylor-swift-live-broadcasts-manhattan-744356|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031085153/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/taylor-swift-live-broadcasts-manhattan-744356|title=Taylor Swift Live-Broadcasts Manhattan Rooftop Secret Session|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Colin|last=Stutz|archive-date=October 31, 2014|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=February 6, 2019|url-status=live}} Swift premiered the song on television at the 2014 American Music Awards, where she recreated the narrative of the music video, acting as a psychopathic woman who acts erratically towards her boyfriend.{{cite magazine|title=Watch Taylor Swift's Theatrical 'Blank Space' Live Debut at AMAs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-taylor-swift-debut-blank-space-live-at-amas-20141123|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 24, 2014|access-date=November 24, 2014|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121010/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-taylor-swift-debut-blank-space-live-at-amas-20141123|url-status=live}} She again performed the song on The Voice on November 25,{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift Brings Dramatic Flair to "Blank Space" Live on 'The Voice'|url=https://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/11/taylor-swift-blank-space-live-the-voice|website=Fuse|first=Jeff|last=Benjamin|date=November 27, 2014|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021647/https://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/11/taylor-swift-blank-space-live-the-voice|url-status=live}} at the 2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on December 2,{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/taylor-swift-prances-around-in-lingerie-during-victorias-secret-fashion/2208728|title=Taylor Swift prances around in lingerie during Victoria's Secret Fashion Show|work=Tampa Bay Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206071332/https://www.tampabay.com/taylor-swift-prances-around-in-lingerie-during-victorias-secret-fashion/2208728|archive-date=February 6, 2019|first=Lydia|last=Harvey|date=December 3, 2014}} and during Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball 2014 in London, broadcast on December 5.{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208183057/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6385922/taylor-swift-beats-laryngitis-sam-smith-ariana-grande-shine-at|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6385922/taylor-swift-beats-laryngitis-sam-smith-ariana-grande-shine-at|title=Taylor Swift Beats Laryngitis, Sam Smith, Ariana Grande Shine at KIIS FM Jingle Ball|first=Colin|last=Stutz|magazine=Billboard|date=December 6, 2014|archive-date=December 8, 2014}}

On February 25, 2015, Swift opened the 2015 Brit Awards with a rendition of "Blank Space". At the beginning of the performance, Swift sang the song in front of a white background featuring silhouettes of backup dancers.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/taylor-swift-brit-awards-performance-777741|title=Brit Awards 2015: Taylor Swift Performs 'Blank Space'|first=Ashley|last=Lee|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 25, 2015|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129203633/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/taylor-swift-brit-awards-performance-777741|url-status=live}} The song was part of the set lists for three of Swift's concert tours—the 1989 World Tour (2015),{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/05/05/taylor-swift-1989-world-tour-set-list-costumes-the-stage-the-spectacle|title=Taylor Swift '1989' World Tour: Set list, costumes, the stage, the spectacle|first=Emily|last=Yahr|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 5, 2015|access-date=December 12, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012053859/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/05/05/taylor-swift-1989-world-tour-set-list-costumes-the-stage-the-spectacle|archive-date=October 12, 2018}} Reputation Stadium Tour (2018),{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/why-taylor-swifts-reputation-tour-is-her-finest-yet-628294/|title=Why Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Tour Is Her Finest Yet|first=Rob|last=Sheffield|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=December 12, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204655/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/why-taylor-swifts-reputation-tour-is-her-finest-yet-628294/|archive-date=September 12, 2018}} and the Eras Tour (2023–2024).{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=March 18, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Eras Tour: The Full Setlist From Opening Night |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-setlist-1235552488/ |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318073358/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-setlist-1235552488/ |url-status=live }} On September 9, 2019, Swift performed the song at the City of Lover one-off concert in Paris, France.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/taylor-swift-city-of-lover-concert-review|title=Taylor Swift's The City of Lover concert: a triumphant yet intimate celebration of her fans and career|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|website=NME|date=September 10, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=September 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916000640/https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/taylor-swift-city-of-lover-concert-review|url-status=live}} She performed the song again at the We Can Survive charity concert on October 19, 2019, in Los Angeles.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8533602/taylor-swift-lizzo-camila-cabello-we-can-survive|title=Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish & More Supported a Great Cause at 7th Annual We Can Survive Concert: Recap|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|magazine=Billboard|date=October 20, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022021203/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8533602/taylor-swift-lizzo-camila-cabello-we-can-survive|url-status=live}} At the 2019 American Music Awards, where Swift was honored Artist of the Decade, she performed "Blank Space" as part of a medley of her hits.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8544635/2019-amas-taylor-swift-performs-medley|title=Taylor Swift Performs Major Medley Of Hits, Brings Out Surprise Guests For 'Shake It Off' at 2019 AMAs|magazine=Billboard|first=Bianca|last=Gracie|date=November 24, 2019|access-date=November 25, 2019|archive-date=November 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126041342/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8544635/2019-amas-taylor-swift-performs-medley|url-status=live}} She again performed the song at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball 2019 in London,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545722/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm-live-video-capital-fm-jingle-bell-ball|title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Christmas Tree Farm' Live for the First Time at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball: Watch|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|magazine=Billboard|date=December 8, 2019|access-date=December 9, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208234825/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545722/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm-live-video-capital-fm-jingle-bell-ball|url-status=live}} and at iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2019 in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-13-taylor-swift-brings-holiday-cheer-to-jingle-ball-with-christmas-tree-farm/|title=Taylor Swift Brings Holiday Cheer to Jingle Ball with "Christmas Tree Farm"|last=Mastrogiannis|first=Nicole|website=iHeartMedia|date=December 14, 2019|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214064048/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-13-taylor-swift-brings-holiday-cheer-to-jingle-ball-with-christmas-tree-farm/|url-status=live}}

Following the song's debut at the 2014 American Music Awards, the rapper Pitbull uploaded a remix featuring his rap verse to SoundCloud on December 15, 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.musictimes.com/articles/20143/20141215/pitbull-taylor-swift-blank-space-remix-amas-2014-listen.htm|title=Pitbull Reworks Taylor Swift 'Blank Space': Listen to the AMAs Inspired Mr. Worldwide Remix|last=Menyes|first=Carolyn|website=Music Times|date=December 15, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2018|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425124930/https://www.musictimes.com/articles/20143/20141215/pitbull-taylor-swift-blank-space-remix-amas-2014-listen.htm|url-status=live}} The retro music group Postmodern Jukebox transformed the song into a 1940s-inspired track in their cover,{{cite web |date=December 17, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's Song 'Blank Space' Goes Viral With 1940's Style YouTube Cover |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/taylor-swift/news/blank-space-1940s-cover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517195510/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/taylor-swift/news/blank-space-1940s-cover/ |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2020 |work=Capital FM}} and the rock band Imagine Dragons performed a slowed down rendition of the song sampling Ben E. King's "Stand by Me" at BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge in February 2015.{{cite web |last=Trudon |first=Taydor |date=February 13, 2015 |title=Imagine Dragons Jam Out To Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' In Soulful Cover |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/imagine-dragons-blank-space_n_6679456 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021143751/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/imagine-dragons-blank-space_n_6679456 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |work=HuffPost}} I Prevail, another rock band, released a post-hardcore cover of "Blank Space" as their debut single in December 2014.{{cite web |date=December 5, 2014 |title=Blank Space –Single by I Prevail |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/blank-space-single/975882825 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018103422/https://music.apple.com/us/album/blank-space-single/975882825 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=October 18, 2020 |website=Apple Music}} The cover reached number nine on Billboard Hot Rock Songs{{cite magazine |last=White |first=Emily |date=June 16, 2015 |title=I Prevail's Punk Cover of Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' Debuts on Hot Rock Songs |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6443559/i-prevail-punk-cover-taylor-swift-blank-space-hot-rock-songs |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929042910/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6443559/i-prevail-punk-cover-taylor-swift-blank-space-hot-rock-songs |archive-date=September 29, 2015 |access-date=October 12, 2015}} and number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite magazine |title=I Prevail Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/i-prevail |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716020203/https://www.billboard.com/music/i-prevail |archive-date=July 16, 2018 |access-date=July 23, 2018}} and received a platinum certification by the RIAA, which denotes one million track-equivalent units.{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=I Prevail|title=Blank Space|access-date=April 24, 2021}} It was also certified Gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in 2024.

The rock singer Ryan Adams covered "Blank Space" on his 2015 track-by-track cover album of Swift's 1989.{{cite magazine |last=Young |first=Alex |date=September 18, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams has finished his Taylor Swift 1989 covers album, preview two songs |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/08/ryan-adams-has-finished-his-taylor-swift-1989-covers-album-preview-two-songs/ |url-status=live |magazine=Consequence of Sound |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927100655/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/08/ryan-adams-has-finished-his-taylor-swift-1989-covers-album-preview-two-songs/ |archive-date=September 27, 2015 |access-date=September 22, 2015}} On his rendition, Adams incorporated stripped-down, acoustic string instruments, contrasting the original's electronic production.{{cite web |last=Winograd |first=Jeremy |date=October 21, 2015 |title=Review: Ryan Adams, 1989 |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/ryan-adams-1989/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506211701/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/ryan-adams-1989/ |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |work=Slant Magazine}}{{cite web |last=Zaleski |first=Annie |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams transforms Taylor Swift's 1989 into a melancholy masterpiece |url=https://www.avclub.com/ryan-adams-transforms-taylor-swift-s-1989-into-a-melanc-1798184927 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212033205/https://music.avclub.com/ryan-adams-transforms-taylor-swift-s-1989-into-a-melanc-1798184927 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=February 12, 2018 |url-status=live |work=The A.V. Club}} The indie singer Father John Misty released a cover version of the song in the style of the rock band the Velvet Underground in 2015.{{cite magazine |last=Young |first=Alex |date=September 22, 2015 |title=Father John Misty covers Ryan Adams' cover of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" (in the style of Velvet Underground) |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/09/father-john-misty-covers-ryan-adams-cover-of-taylor-swifts-blank-space-in-the-style-of-velvet-underground/ |url-status=live |magazine=Consequence of Sound |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922071347/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/09/father-john-misty-covers-ryan-adams-cover-of-taylor-swifts-blank-space-in-the-style-of-velvet-underground/ |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |access-date=September 22, 2015}} The cover is a reinterpretation of Adams's version and is built on the melody of the song "I'm Waiting for the Man".{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Jeremy |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Father John Misty Takes on Ryan Adams, Covers Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' in the Spirit of the Velvet Underground |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/61303-father-john-misty-takes-on-ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swifts-blank-space-in-the-spirit-of-the-velvet-underground/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923110924/http://pitchfork.com/news/61303-father-john-misty-takes-on-ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swifts-blank-space-in-the-spirit-of-the-velvet-underground/ |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |access-date=September 22, 2015 |work=Pitchfork}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 1989{{cite AV media notes |title=1989 |author=Swift |year=2014 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Big Machine Records |id=BMRBD0500A |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}}

• Taylor Swift – vocals, background vocals, songwriter, shouts
• Cory Bice – recording assistant
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• John Hanes – mixing engineer
• Sam Holland – recording
• Michael Ilbert – audio recording
• Max Martin – producer, songwriter, keyboards, programming
• Shellback – producer, songwriter, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming, shouts, stomps

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{{Infobox song

| name = Blank Space (Taylor's Version)

| artist = Taylor Swift

| album = 1989 (Taylor's Version)

| released = October 27, 2023

| studio = Prime Recording (Nashville)

| genre =

| length = 3:51

| label = Republic

| writer = * Taylor Swift

• Max Martin
• Shellback

| producer = * Taylor Swift

• Christopher Rowe

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After signing a new contract with Republic Records in 2018, Swift began re-recording her first six studio albums in November 2020.{{cite web |last=Melas |first=Chloe |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Speaks Out about Sale of Her Masters |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/16/entertainment/taylor-swift-masters/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118064935/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/taylor-swift-speaks-out-about-sale-of-her-masters-1.5191925 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |publisher=CNN}} The decision followed a public 2019 dispute between Swift and the music executive Scooter Braun, who acquired Big Machine Records, including the masters of Swift's albums which the label had released.{{Cite news |date=August 22, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Wants to Re-Record Her Old Hits |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49432817 |url-status=live |access-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822202321/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49432817 |archive-date=August 22, 2019}}{{cite web |last=Finnis |first=Alex |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Masters: The Controversy around Scooter Braun Selling the Rights to Her Old Music Explained |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-masters-scooter-braun-selling-rights-music-rerecording-row-explained-762411 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212170953/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-masters-scooter-braun-selling-rights-music-rerecording-row-explained-762411 |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=i}} By re-recording the albums, Swift had full ownership of the new masters, which enabled her to control the licensing of her songs for commercial use and therefore substituted the Big Machine–owned masters.{{Cite news |last=Shah |first=Neil |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Releases New Fearless Album, Reclaiming Her Back Catalog |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-releases-new-fearless-album-reclaiming-her-back-catalog-11617945524 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008111731/https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-releases-new-fearless-album-reclaiming-her-back-catalog-11617945524 |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |issn=}}

The re-recording of "Blank Space", subtitled "Taylor's Version", was released as part of 1989{{'s}} re-recording, 1989 (Taylor's Version), on October 27, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Vassell |first=Nicole |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Fans Celebrate As Pop Star Releases 1989 (Taylor's Version) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-1989-track-list-b2436950.html |url-access=limited |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=The Independent |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030093741/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-1989-track-list-b2436950.html |url-status=live }} Swift produced "Blank Space (Taylor's Version)" with Christopher Rowe, who had produced her previous re-recordings.{{cite web |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=October 30, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor's Version) Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030073002/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version/ |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=Pitchfork}} The track was engineered by Derek Garten at Prime Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee; mixed by Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia; and mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey. Rowe and Sam Holland recorded Swift's vocals at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles and Kitty Committee Studio in New York.{{Cite AV media notes |title=1989 (Taylor's Version) |year=2023 |publisher=Republic Records |id=0245597656 |type=Compact disc liner notes |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}}

While giving positive reviews, music critics had different opinions on the re-recording's production. The Line of Best Fit journalist Kelsey Barnes commented that "Blank Space (Taylor's Version)" sounded like an "exact replica",{{cite magazine |last=Barnes |first=Kelsey |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor's Version) |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/taylor-swift-1898-taylors-version-reignites-sleek-pop-passion |url-status=live |magazine=The Line of Best Fit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027055859/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/taylor-swift-1898-taylors-version-reignites-sleek-pop-passion |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |access-date=October 27, 2023}} but The Independent{{'s}} Adam White wrote that the re-recorded song features Swift's matured vocals that eroded the "raw mania" of the original song.{{Cite news |last=White |first=Adam |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Re-Records Her Pop Classic 1989 to Diminishing Returns – Review |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-1989-review-rerecording-b2436457.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027161540/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-1989-review-rerecording-b2436457.html |archive-date=October 27, 2023}} In NME, Hollie Geraghty praised the re-recording for showcasing one of the album's "deliciously polished belters that still feel brand new nearly a decade later".{{Cite magazine |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor's Version) Review: Her Best Album Will Never Go Out of Style |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review-lyrics-tracklist-3522001 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027055855/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review-lyrics-tracklist-3522001 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |access-date=October 27, 2023}} "Blank Space (Taylor's Version)" peaked at number nine on the Billboard Global 200 chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Makes History With Top 6 Songs, All From 1989 (Taylor's Version), on Billboard Global 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-top-six-songs-global-200-1989-taylors-version-1235464643/ |access-date=December 20, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114151040/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-top-six-songs-global-200-1989-taylors-version-1235464643/ |url-status=live }} On national singles charts, the re-recorded song peaked within the top 20 in Australia (9), Canada (11), New Zealand (12), and the United States (12).{{Cite magazine |last=Zellner |first=Xander |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Charts All 21 Songs From 1989 (Taylor's Version) on the Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-all-songs-hot-100-1235464591/ |access-date=December 20, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106204255/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-all-songs-hot-100-1235464591/ |url-status=live }}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 1989 (Taylor's Version)

• Taylor Swift – lead vocals, background vocals, songwriter, producer
• Matt Billingslea – drums programming, membranophone, electric guitar, synthesizer
• Bryce Bordone – engineer for mix
• Dan Burns – synth bass programming, synth programming, additional engineer
• Derek Garten – additional programming, engineer, editor
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• Sam Holland – vocals recording
• Max Martin – songwriter
• Mike Meadows – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer
• Randy Merrill – mastering
• Christopher Rowe – producer, background vocals, vocals recording
• Shellback – songwriter

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