Taylor Swift Sings About Returning To 1830s Minus The Racism & Twitter Is In Shambles

Taylor Swift has unveiled her “Tortured Poets” album, and amidst the Swifties going hard for the project, there is one standout song that has run wild on social media. 

On the record “I Hate It Here,” Swift sings about going back in time to a year when things were seemingly much simpler. According to the Grammy Award winner, she would travel back in time to the 1800s, but only under one condition. 

“I’d say the 1830s but without all the racists / And getting married off for the highest bid,” she sang. 

Swift added, “Nostalgia is a mind’s trick / If I’d been there, I’d hate it,” admitting that people often wish to go back in time looking to restore a feeling or experience they once had. The lyrics have sent people online into shambles, with jokes flying from her fanbase and even critics. 

“I’d say the 1830s but without all the racists” pic.twitter.com/RgBkNgR7AK

— – ali ! yuri aziracrow truther 🧪💫 fan acc (@OSHIANSTARKS) April 19, 2024

How I felt when Taylor swift said ''We would pick a decade
We wished we could live in instead of this
I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists'' pic.twitter.com/Ifiw1A8wak

— Taste™ (@Arispony) April 19, 2024

Taylor Swift walking out of the studio after singing “My friends used to play a game where we would pick a decade we wish we could live in instead of this. I’d say the 1830’s but without all the racists and getting married off for the highest bid.” pic.twitter.com/66F5EN5tYO

— Mania💫(Kid Flash Era) (@NovaMania17) April 19, 2024

Taylor Swift in 1830 without all the racists pic.twitter.com/BlRY0kp742

— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) April 19, 2024

shorty wanted to be alive during the 1830’s. the era people would die from shit we prevent with antibiotics

— dij (@DijahSB) April 19, 2024

Taylor Swift in 1830 without all the racists pic.twitter.com/dCWARyVHp7

— DEI SHAWN (@ShawnNOrlando) April 19, 2024

Explain to me like i’m 5 how you can have the things America romanticizes about the 1830’s without racism 😭 https://t.co/Reu0dFyFz2

— Gabrielle 💬 (@gabalexa) April 19, 2024

Wanting to go back to the 1830’s to die young from cholera and yellow fever is actually hilarious 😭

— drop dead silly (@kdramaloverxo) April 19, 2024

https://twitter.com/TGProductionsss/status/1781417761836523988

Some people had a much more serious reaction to her words, and explained being highly offended by the lyrics. Several social media users even accused Swift of being out of touch, especially when it comes to the slave trade and harsh treatment that natives were subjected to during that moment in history.

Swifties trying to defend their lyrical genius with “added context”
*Stares in history B.A.* that context is worse. Here’s a link of global events in the 1830’s since I can’t list everything (Trail of Tears: 1838, Panic of 1837, Indian Removal Act 1830) https://t.co/TAOD0XW2Jm https://t.co/YFlUuUe4S1

— Stephany ♡ ☭ ♂ (@astro_comrade) April 19, 2024

https://twitter.com/celestine_cider/status/1781399190867714166

romanticizing the 1830s is crazy because what was ever good about the 1830s?! slavery was rampant, the indian removal act displaced and killed so many natives, anti-mexican sentiments were at a high, womens rights were nowhere to be found… like what ? https://t.co/0ahm9YzGTF

— dandelion ✿ (@faerieriver) April 19, 2024

1830s is really crazy. Andrew Jackson, second great awakening of radical evangelicalism, opium for childbirth, slavery and slave revolts, the battle of the Alamo

— Shoobz (@shOoObz) April 19, 2024

No matter which side of the argument you fall on, the Swift line has certainly sparked a wave of conversation.