Katy Perry Readies “Bad Blood” Response Track “1984”?

Katy Perry Readies “Bad Blood” Response Track “1984”?

Taylor Swift has never come out and said that “Bad Blood,” her 1989 track and recent #1 single, is a dis song about Katy Perry. She’s told Rolling Stone that it’s about another singer and that the two are “straight-up enemies,” but that’s about all she’ll say. Still, just about everyone agrees that Perry is the song’s target. And Perry seems to agree, too. According to Digital Spy, Perry has registered a new song called “1984” with BMI. Swift’s 1989 was named after the year she was born, and Perry was born in ’84, so it seems like a pretty direct reference. Perry co-wrote the song with Andreas Carlsson, Patrick Collier, Nazerine Tokio, and R&B kingmaker Dallas Austin. No word yet on when we’ll get to hear the sparkle-pop “Ether,” but the world waits with breathlessly.

UPDATE: A rep tells Billboard that Perry was “not involved in writing, singing, recording or registering this song.” It is still registered in her name at BMI.

UPDATE 2: Turns out Perry’s work is actually registered with ASCAP. The organization tells us anything credited to her on BMI has nothing to do with her song registrations.

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