Taylor Swifts Ruin the Friendship lyric breakdown on The Life of a Showgirl is it about Blake Lively?

Bad blood or coincidence? Taylor Swift fans have been convinced that “Ruin the Friendship,” one of the engaged Grammy winner’s songs on her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” released on Friday, is about her ex-bestie, Blake Lively.Several claimed the song’s title pointed to their alleged friendship breakdown amid the ongoing legal drama between Lively and her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director, Justin Baldoni.But is the tune really about Lively? Keep scrolling to find out!Swifties were anxiously waiting for “Ruin the Friendship” to drop, with many believing the words would give insight into the singer’s feelings about her fractured relationship with the actress.However, the lyrics in track six on Swift’s twelfth studio album are actually about a friend she wished had turned into a love interest.“And it was not an invitation.

Should’ve kissed you anyway.And it was not convenient.

But your girlfriend was away.Should’ve kissed you anyway,” Swift sings in the catchy tune.

“Staying friends is safe, doesn’t mean you should,” is another lyric in the song that is clearly not about Lively.Swift does, however, name another pal in the track — her childhood best friend, Abigail Anderson Berard.“Abigail called with the bad news.Goodbye and we’ll never know why.

It was not an invitation but I flew home anyway, with so much left to say,” the pop icon belts out.“It was not convenient, but I whispered at the grave.

Should have kissed you anyway.”After “The Life of a Showgirl” came out, fans realized “Ruin the Friendship” is not about Lively .Instead, they theorized that Swift is singing about Lively in “CANCELLED!”, the tenth track from the album.“dumb–s people thought ruin the friendship would be about blake whole time it’s about a crush whom you never told you liked that died,” one fan wrote on X.“Cancelled being about Blake when everyone said ruin the friendship would be,” another fan said.Som...