So It Goes...

Taylor Swift released her fifth studio album, 1989, in October 2014. 1989{{'s}} synth-pop production transformed Swift's sound and image from country-oriented to mainstream pop.{{cite journal |last=McNutt |first=Myles |year=2020 |title=From 'Mine' to 'Ours': Gendered Hierarchies of Authorship and the Limits of Taylor Swift's Paratextual Feminism |journal=Communication, Culture and Critique |volume=13 |issue=1 |page=79 |doi=10.1093/ccc/tcz042}} The album was a commercial success, selling over five million copies in the United States within one year, and spawning three Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles.{{cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |date=October 17, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's '1989' One-Year Anniversary: 13 Impressive Chart Facts for the Blockbuster Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6745034/taylor-swift-1989-anniversary-chart-facts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504084527/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6745034/taylor-swift-1989-anniversary-chart-facts |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} Nick Levine of the BBC asserted that the success solidified Swift's status as a global pop star.{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Lover: The struggle to maintain superstardom |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301114553/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |publisher=BBC}}

Swift was a target of tabloid gossip during the promotion of 1989.{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Patrick |date=November 9, 2017 |title=5 things Taylor Swift's past USA Today interviews tell us about her Reputation era |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/11/09/5-things-taylor-swifts-past-usa-today-interviews-tell-us-her-reputation-era/840232001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110033304/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/11/09/5-things-taylor-swifts-past-usa-today-interviews-tell-us-her-reputation-era/840232001/ |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017 |work=USA Today}} Her "America's Sweetheart" reputation, a result of her wholesome and innocent image, was blemished from publicized short-lived relationships and disputes with other celebrities, including rapper Kanye West and media personality Kim Kardashian.{{cite web |last=Puente |first=Maria |date=July 18, 2016 |title=Is Taylor's good-girl rep frayed by Kanye/Kardashian feud? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/07/18/taylors-good-girl-rep-frayed-latest-feuding-kanyekardashians/87247770/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218182222/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/07/18/taylors-good-girl-rep-frayed-latest-feuding-kanyekardashians/87247770/ |archive-date=February 18, 2020 |access-date=February 23, 2021 |work=USA Today}}{{cite magazine |last=Berman |first=Judy |date=January 28, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift: Miss Americana Is an Intriguing But Incomplete Sketch of an Icon in Transition |url=https://time.com/5773209/taylor-swift-miss-americana-netflix-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308060622/https://time.com/5773209/taylor-swift-miss-americana-netflix-review/ |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |magazine=Time}} Swift became increasingly reticent on social media, having previously maintained an active presence with a large following, and avoided interactions with the press amidst the tumultuous affairs.{{cite news |last=Yahr |first=Emily |date=November 15, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Avoided – and Mocked – the Media with Reputation. And It Worked. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/11/15/taylor-swift-avoided-and-mocked-the-media-with-reputation-and-it-worked/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019202738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/11/15/taylor-swift-avoided-and-mocked-the-media-with-reputation-and-it-worked/ |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} She conceived her sixth studio album, Reputation, as an answer to the media commotion surrounding her celebrity.{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=September 30, 2019 |title=9 Taylor Swift Moments That Didn't Fit in Our Cover Story |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-moments-that-couldnt-fit-in-our-cover-story-890700/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001144210/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-moments-that-couldnt-fit-in-our-cover-story-890700/ |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

Swift and the Swedish producers Max Martin and Shellback wrote several songs for Reputation, including "So It Goes…". During a songwriting session in Los Angeles, Swift came across an instrumental track produced by Oscar Görres that Shellback played on his computer. Swift heard the track and told him, "That’s special. I haven't done anything like that. Can we do that?"{{Cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=August 30, 2020 |title=What Do Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Troye Sivan & Taylor Swift All Have In Common? Oscar Görres |url=https://grammy.com/news/what-do-britney-spears-katy-perry-troye-sivan-taylor-swift-all-have-common-oscar-gorres-interview |access-date=2024-03-20 |publisher=The Recording Academy |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320064638/https://www.grammy.com/news/what-do-britney-spears-katy-perry-troye-sivan-taylor-swift-all-have-common-oscar-gorres-interview |url-status=live }} Swift then wrote the lyrics and composed the melody together with Martin and Shellback, and the three had a FaceTime call with Gorres to finalize the song, which became "So It Goes…". Görres recalled that it was a "strange" session for him because he had just gotten out of the shower wrapped in a towel, but he was "very thankful for that". Big Machine Records released Reputation on November 10, 2017; "So It Goes…" is track number 7.{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Lucas |date=November 7, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Will Keep New Album From Streaming for a Week |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-07/taylor-swift-is-said-to-keep-new-album-from-streaming-for-a-week |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108000614/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-07/taylor-swift-is-said-to-keep-new-album-from-streaming-for-a-week |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}} The track was recorded at MXM Studios in Stockholm, Sweden and Los Angeles, United States.

At 3 minutes and 52 seconds long, "So It Goes…" is an atmospheric trap-pop,{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Eleanor |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift's reputation Is a Microcosm of America's Explosive Political Landscape |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reputation |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=The Line of Best Fit |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121153628/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reputation |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Jamieson |date=November 13, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift: Reputation Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reputation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115407/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reputation/ |archive-date=November 13, 2017 |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=Pitchfork}} synth-pop,{{Cite web |last=Cridlin |first=Jay |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Reputation review: Taylor Swift should know she's better than this |url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/-Reputation-review-Taylor-Swift-should-know-she-s-better-than-this_162512020/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Tampa Bay Times |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314031939/https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/-Reputation-review-Taylor-Swift-should-know-she-s-better-than-this_162512020/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=2020-09-08 |title=Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=NME |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170541/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916 |url-status=live }} and EDM-pop{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/news/taylor-swift-reputation-track-by-track/g86Ul5aZmJs/11-11-17|title=Review: Taylor Swift Takes A New Direction With Reputation – But Is It The Right One?|website=The Music|first=Uppy|last=Chatterjee|date=November 11, 2017|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006060117/https://themusic.com.au/news/taylor-swift-reputation-track-by-track/g86Ul5aZmJs/11-11-17/|url-status=live}} power ballad.{{Cite web |last=Cawley |first=Terence |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Reckons with Her Reputation |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2017/11/10/taylor-swift-reckons-with-her-reputation/6i4qH5wRRg5lzt68ioZEzJ/story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610033100/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2017/11/10/taylor-swift-reckons-with-her-reputation/6i4qH5wRRg5lzt68ioZEzJ/story.html |archive-date=June 10, 2018 |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=The Boston Globe}} It incorporates thick synths, trap beats and elements of 1990s electronica, resulting in a sound that the music critic Annie Zaleski describes as "chilly".{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024|p=141}} Lyrically, "So It Goes…" is a love song about a newfound romantic connection. The narrator ponders on how it helps her get out of her fixations,{{Cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |date=2017-11-10 |title=Analyzing Every Song on Taylor Swift's Reputation |url=https://time.com/5017724/taylor-swift-reputation-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621040320/http://time.com/5017724/taylor-swift-reputation-explained/ |archive-date=June 21, 2018 |access-date=2024-02-23 |magazine=Time |language=en}} but she also has concerns of fear and danger. She feels trapped and powerless against a greater force,{{Cite web |last=Ahlgrim |first=Callie |title=20 Taylor Swift songs with literary references you may have missed |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-lyrics-literary-references-easter-eggs-details-2023-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223061802/https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-lyrics-literary-references-easter-eggs-details-2023-5 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Business Insider}} and enjoys the sexual chemistry of this relationship, leaving scratches on her lover's back.{{Cite web |last=Fekadu |first=Mesfin |date=2017-11-10 |title=Music Review: Taylor Swift's reputation is pure pop magic |url=https://apnews.com/taylor-swift-music-arts-and-entertainment-c29acbc0b521419cb362e720b32ec018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109080715/https://apnews.com/taylor-swift-music-arts-and-entertainment-c29acbc0b521419cb362e720b32ec018 |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Associated Press News}}{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=10 November 2017 |title=Review: The Old Taylor's Not Dead |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/10/562360434/the-old-taylors-not-dead |website=NPR |access-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609090728/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/10/562360434/the-old-taylors-not-dead |url-status=live }} The narrator confesses that she has fallen deeply in love: "I'm so chill/ But you make me jealous."{{Cite magazine |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=2017-11-14 |title=Taylor Swift's Confessions on Reputation |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/27/taylor-swifts-confessions-on-reputation |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101031206/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/27/taylor-swifts-confessions-on-reputation |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |access-date=2024-03-20 |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X}} The title is a reference to a phrase popularized by Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969).

File:Taylor Swift performing Fearless during Reputation Stadium Tour - New Jersey, 2018.jpg.]]

Reviews of "So It Goes..." generally highlighted its lyrics as showcasing a new side to Swift that is sensual and "edgy".{{Cite web |date=2017-11-10 |title=Where Did Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn Meet? The 'So It Goes' Lyrics Seem To Hint At The Answer |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/where-did-taylor-swift-joe-alwyn-meet-the-so-it-goes-lyrics-seem-to-hint-at-the-answer-3265505 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223061757/https://www.bustle.com/p/where-did-taylor-swift-joe-alwyn-meet-the-so-it-goes-lyrics-seem-to-hint-at-the-answer-3265505 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Bustle}}{{Cite news |last=Yahr |first=Emily |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Reputation': A track-by-track breakdown of feuds, relationships and Kanye |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/11/10/taylor-swifts-reputation-a-track-by-track-breakdown-of-feuds-relationships-and-kanye/ |access-date=July 25, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Kayleigh |last2=Olson |first2=Samantha |date=2024-02-26 |title=Every Song Taylor Swift Has Written About Joe Alwyn (So Far) |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a43548519/taylor-swift-songs-about-joe-alwyn/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227015831/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a43548519/taylor-swift-songs-about-joe-alwyn/ |url-status=live }} {{Cite web |last=Michaels |first=Wendy |date=2017-11-10 |title=Taylor Swift's Song 'So It Goes…' Is Actually Really Sexual, According To The Lyrics |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/p/taylor-swifts-so-it-goes-lyrics-are-so-sexual-we-kind-of-love-it-3260811 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227060347/https://www.elitedaily.com/p/taylor-swifts-so-it-goes-lyrics-are-so-sexual-we-kind-of-love-it-3260811 |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Elite Daily}} Craig Jenkins of Vulture commended in his review of Reputation that the song "[weighs] the freedom of being single against the irresistible magnetism of a growing attraction".{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=2017-11-10 |title=Taylor Swift's Reputation Fixates on Big Enemies and Budding Romance |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/review-taylor-swifts-album-reputation.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102153952/https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/review-taylor-swifts-album-reputation.html |url-status=live }} Ashley Iasimone, writing for Billboard, compared the song to "Mirrorball", from Swift's eighth studio album Folklore, further elaborating that both songs "present a sense of illusion, and an overwhelming feeling of being caught up in a moment".{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=2020-08-30 |title=If 'Folklore' Turned You On to Taylor Swift, These Are the Deep Cuts You'll Like |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/songs-like-taylor-swift-folklore-9438687/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910034854/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/songs-like-taylor-swift-folklore-9438687/ |url-status=live }} Chris Willman of Variety applauded the song as a "lipstick-smearing firebrand",{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2017-11-10 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' |url=https://variety.com/2017/music/reviews/album-review-taylor-swift-reputation-1202611695/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109063146/https://variety.com/2017/music/reviews/album-review-taylor-swift-reputation-1202611695/ |url-status=live }} and Rob Harvilla of The Ringer finds the song "awkward and dorky".{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=The Ringer |date=2017-11-10 |title=The Taylor Swift 'Reputation' Exit Survey |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2017/11/10/16633908/taylor-swift-reputation-exit-survey |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The Ringer |language=en |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419024613/https://www.theringer.com/music/2017/11/10/16633908/taylor-swift-reputation-exit-survey |url-status=live }} Geoff Nelson of Consequence and Mikael Wood of Los Angeles Times compared it to Lorde's sophomore album, Melodrama,{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Geoff |date=2017-11-10 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift - Reputation |url=https://consequence.net/2017/11/album-review-taylor-swift-reputation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413002652/https://consequence.net/2017/11/album-review-taylor-swift-reputation/ |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}} and the music by Rihanna, respectively.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2017-11-14 |title=Review: Taylor Swift's privacy is a public act on 'Reputation' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-reputation-review-20171113-story.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

Several critics regarded "So It Goes…" as a weaker song in Swift's discography. Chris Richards of The Washington Post posted a negative review of the song, describing it as an attempt to "rap like Travis Scott".{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=Chris |date=November 10, 2017 |title=It's Taylor Swift's world. The rest of us just go insane in it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-taylor-swifts-world-the-rest-of-us-just-go-insane-in-it/2017/11/10/c3f7bfa4-c63f-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=April 10, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127084755/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-taylor-swifts-world-the-rest-of-us-just-go-insane-in-it/2017/11/10/c3f7bfa4-c63f-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html |url-status=live }} Alex Hopper of American Songwriter ranked the song as nine out of ten of the least streamed songs in every Taylor Swift album, further elaborating that it is "not as powerful as [other songs on Reputation]".{{Cite web |last=Hopper |first=Alex |date=2023-10-24 |title=The Least Streamed Songs on Every Taylor Swift Album Ranked |url=https://americansongwriter.com/ranking-the-least-streamed-songs-on-every-taylor-swift-album/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=American Songwriter |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305060502/https://americansongwriter.com/ranking-the-least-streamed-songs-on-every-taylor-swift-album/ |url-status=live }} Jamieson Cox of Pitchfork described "So It Goes..." as "replacement-level trap-pop". George Fenwick of The New Zealand Herald deemed the song insignificant and cringe-worthy.{{Cite web |last=Fenwick |first=George |date=2024-04-19 |title=Taylor Swift's Reputation: A thrilling - but flawed - return |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/album-review-taylor-swift-reputation/2W2IFYQ64QRXI6WONMKQDI6HGM/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107103022/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/album-review-taylor-swift-reputation/2W2IFYQ64QRXI6WONMKQDI6HGM/ |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The New Zealand Herald}} Hannah Mylrea of NME and Lindsay Zolatz of The Ringer considered the track "filler", the former also called it "sleepy". Jane Song of Paste criticized its "lack of catchiness",{{Cite web |last=Song |first=Jane |date=February 11, 2020 |title=All 158 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Paste |archive-date=June 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625065820/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs |url-status=live }} and Nate Jones of Vulture wrote that the song "comes and goes without making much of an impact".{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Nate |date=2023-11-08 |title=All 214 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Vulture |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913234630/https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-status=live }} On a more positive note, Zaleski regarded "So It Goes..." as one of the "most underrated" tracks on Reputation.{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024|p=141}}

Swift performed "So It Goes…" on her Reputation Stadium Tour on select dates, both as a surprise song and in place of "Dancing with Our Hands Tied".{{cite magazine |last=Farley |first=Rebecca |date=July 11, 2018 |title=In Washington, D.C., Taylor Swift Finally Performed "So It Goes" |url=https://www.refinery29.com/2018/07/204133/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-diaries-washington-dc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712090321/https://www.refinery29.com/2018/07/204133/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-diaries-washington-dc |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |access-date=July 12, 2018 |magazine=Refinery29}}{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=2018-11-20 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed On Her Reputation Stadium Tour B-Stage |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list-8458025/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418125758/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list-8458025/ |url-status=live }} She performed it again as a "surprise song" as part of the Eras Tour concert on November 20, 2023, in Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=2024-02-18 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed on The Eras Tour (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surprise-songs/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319011405/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surprise-songs/ |url-status=live }}

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Reputation.{{cite AV media notes |title=Reputation |publisher=Big Machine Records |year=2017 |type=CD liner notes |id=00843930033102 |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}}

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• Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriter, executive producer
• Max Martin – producer, songwriter, keyboards, programming
• Shellback – producer, songwriter, keyboards, programming
• Oscar Görres – producer, songwriter, keyboards, programming, piano
• Michael Ilbert – engineer
• Sam Holland – engineer
• Cory Bice – assistant engineer
• Jeremy Lertola – assistant engineer
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• John Hanes – mix engineer
• Randy Merrill – mastering

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• {{Cite book |last=Zaleski |first=Annie |author-link=Annie Zaleski |title=Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |year=2024 |isbn=978-1-6672-0845-9 |pages=132–147 |chapter=The Reputation Era}}

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Category:Taylor Swift songs

Category:Songs written by Taylor Swift

Category:Songs written by Max Martin

Category:Song recordings produced by Max Martin

Category:Song recordings produced by Shellback (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Shellback (record producer)

Category:2017 songs

Category:Trap music songs

Category:American electronic dance music songs

Category:American synth-pop songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Oscar Görres

Category:Songs written by Oscar Görres

Category:Synth-pop ballads