Blank Space - Voice Memo

So this next clip is, uh

From a session that I had with Max Martin and Johan Shellback

And what we like to do

Is we like to run, um, a recording on our phones

Of everything we're doing when we're putting a song together

Just in case one of us blurts out a

Cool melody and then we forget about it

We wanna go back and then

And replay the tape so that we can remind ourselves

What exactly we were saying

Um, so I brought in this idea called "Blank Space"

And this was me playing it for Max and Johan for the first time, and

They're shouting out these produc... production ideas like, you know

The "Oh!" at the beginning of the chorus

Um, and that ended up in the song, so

This is the very beginning stages of a

Song on the album called "Blank Space"

Like

Nice to meet you

Where you been

I could show you incredible things

Diamonds, seasides, all these gems

It's the summer, and it's like

Oh my God, guess who knew

Lesson learned, I do too

Lesson learned, us who knew?

Boundless, endless, in his eyes

You can listen and listen good

All you think about this time others didn't

Oh my God, this is me

I don't care what you heard about me

Can't believe what you heard about me

Heard about me

'Cause

It's gonna be forever

Gonna go

(Yeah! Ey! Ey!

Gonna go down in flames

You can tell me when it's over

This is like a, this is like an early 2000's Nelly track now

Long list of ex-lovers

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

But I've got a blank space, baby

I'll write your name

Blank space, baby

I'll write your name

It's so annoying, I love it

Oh my God, everyone's gonna kill you

Yeah