Taylor Swift's new song just let us know the '90s are back
There's one thing you need to know about Taylor Swift's new single, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the squabbles her lyrics allude to.
"Look What You Made Me Do" makes use of Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" -- an absolute '90s pop banger that'll take you way back. Like, waaaaay back.
The '90s British dance trio got a co-writing credit on Swift's new release, because the track has an interpolation of the famous melody.
YouTuber Chase Holfelder posted a clip of the two tracks playing at the same time. Once you hear it, there's no unhearing it. Trust us.
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Right Said Fred received a writing credit on the track, which was produced by Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff.
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Swift was only 2 years old at the time "I'm Too Sexy" was released, so she likely grew to appreciate it once it was no longer in the charts.
It seems Right Said Fred is pretty delighted with the "reinvention" of the classic track. The band thanked Swift on Twitter.
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As the lyrics go, are we too sexy for this song? Probably.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article misstated Right Said Fred's involvement with the song.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
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