CANCELLED! (Original Songwriting Voice Memo)

[Spoken: Taylor Swift, Max Martin]

Best in the da-na-na-na

Yeah, just so we get the front now, we were skipping one round, sorta thing

I know, I know, yeah

[Chorus: Taylor Swift]

It's a good thing I like my friends cancelled

I like 'em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal

Like my whiskey sour

La-lan turn by the hour

And la-ta-ta in wonderworld

They did something sour

Down-druh sour

Never got so dark, but you, now you know who your friends are

[Spoken: Taylor Swift, Max Martin]

That's where it starts over, right?

So what are we saying?

I kinda wanna do—

No

[Chorus: Taylor Swift]

Welcome to my underworld

Yes, it gets quite dark

At least you know who your real friends arе

And—

[Spoken: Taylor Swift, Max Martin]

That's the final thing in it, right?

Can I—Yeah

Okay, yeah, I lovе that

Alright

So, just so we know, what happens after "Like my whiskey sour?"

[Chorus: Taylor Swift]

And dun-dun-dowda flowers

Welcome to my underworld

Yes, it does get dark

Now

[Spoken: Taylor Swift, Max Martin]

No, do the whole thing

Okay

[Chorus: Taylor Swift]

Good thing I like my whiskey sour

My lost and thorny flowers

Welcome to my underworld

With the best bad scars

Fun-da-ferra and da-fenta-far

Who your friends are

It's the one with matching scars

[Spoken: Taylor Swift, Max Martin]

I think we need to fix the chords there in the end to make it—

Figure out—

Well, we like the "Like my whiskey sour and da-da-da," I like that

Welcome to my—

Ah

What are you playing?

So

Like my whiskey sour

Da-da-da-ah

Welcome to my—

I do love that chord, to go to eventually, to resolve it

Let's do it

Welcome to my, um—

Go, so the first chord of the chorus

Welcome to my—

Uh, from the uh—

Underworld

So the first one is

Cancelled

What was that? Uh

What was the cancelled? I like my

I actually think we need to go back to that first chord of the entire song

With the underworld

Yeah, uh-huh

[Chorus: Taylor Swift]

Good thing, good thing, good

Said I like my friends cancelled

I like 'em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal

Now you're turning sour

Like bark and thorny flowers

Welcome to my underworld

We're the fancy side

It's so funny, 'cause it gets quite dark

Your friends are

Like

Welcome to my underworld

Da-da-da, dark

Na-na-na, you know

[Spoken: Taylor Swift, Max Martin]

You know what I mean, like?

Welcome to my underworld, like, it gets quite dark

But at least you know who your friends are

But is that—

Are you saying that's the end of the hook?

Kind of, like, welcome to my underworld, yes, it gets quite dark

The water's not fine, it's got tons of, loads of sharks

Like, welcome to my underworld

Like, you know what I mean? Like, we'll figure out what to do there

At least you know who your friends are

They're the ones with matching scars