ME! is the new single from Taylor Swift and is a collaboration with Brendon Urie for Panic! at the Disco.
You know you love this song, so let’s find out some trivia and facts about it!
- “Me!” is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift
- Featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco
- Released by Republic Records
- It was released on April 26, 2019
- It is the lead single from her upcoming seventh studio album
- The title is stylized in all caps
- On April 13, 2019, a countdown to midnight on April 26 appeared on Swift’s website
- Leading to speculation about the release of new music
- On April 25, various news outlets reported that a mural of a butterfly in The Gulch neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee
- Painted by street artist Kelsey Montague
- It was connected with the upcoming release
- A crowd of several hundred gathered at the mural as the word “ME!” was added to it by Montague
- While Montague was initially told that the mural was commissioned as promotion for ABC, ESPN and the 2019 NFL Draft
- Swift appeared at the mural and revealed that it was in fact part of her countdown promotion
- And that she would be interviewed by Robin Roberts during the NFL Draft broadcast with further information
- At the interview she confirmed the release of a new song and music video at midnight
- Sharing the title as well as the feature from Urie
- “Me!” is a bubblegum pop song
- It is written by Swift, Urie and Joel Little
- And produced by Little and Swift
- In an interview with Robin Roberts, Swift described the song as about “embracing your individuality and really owning it”
- Saying that “with a pop song, we have an ability to get a melody stuck in people’s heads, and I just want it to be one that makes them feel better about themselves, not worse”
- In the US, “Me!” debuted at position 100 on the Billboard Hot 100
- Based solely on its first three days of radio airplay
- With 36.9 million in radio audience
- It is Swift’s 78th Hot 100 charting song
- The music video for “Me!” premiered on YouTube at 12AM EST (05:00 UTC)
- On April 26, 2019
- In a live premiere format
- Prefaced by a Q&A chat in the live chat text with Swift
- It was directed by Dave Meyers and Swift
- The video broke the Vevo record
- As well as the YouTube record for most views in the first 24 hours for a lead female video
- And the third most-viewed overall earning 65.2 million views
- Swift and Urie are scheduled to open the upcoming 2019 Billboard Music Awards with a performance of “Me!”
