Innocent

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"Innocent" is a reflective, forgiving ballad by Taylor Swift from her album *Speak Now*, widely interpreted as addressing the fallout from Kanye West's interruption of her 2009 MTV VMA speech.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
album Speak Now NERFINISHED
albumArtist Taylor Swift NERFINISHED
albumType studio album
artist Taylor Swift NERFINISHED
associatedWithEra Speak Now era NERFINISHED
composer Taylor Swift NERFINISHED
containsInstrument guitar
piano
strings
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception mixed
firstLivePerformanceEvent 2010 MTV Video Music Awards NERFINISHED
genre country pop
pop
pop rock
hasLyricsTheme emotional healing
forgiveness
growth
redemption
reflection
hasSongStructure verse-chorus-bridge
hasSongwriterCredit Taylor Swift NERFINISHED
hasVersion live performance at 2010 MTV Video Music Awards
includedInTourSetlist Speak Now World Tour NERFINISHED
inspiredByEvent Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards
language English
lyricExcerpt "Today is never too late to be brand new"
"Who you are is not what you did"
lyricist Taylor Swift NERFINISHED
musicalStyle piano-driven ballad
narrativePerspective first person
notableFor connection to Taylor Swift–Kanye West public feud
forgiving tone toward the subject of the song
partOf Speak Now NERFINISHED
performedAt 2010 MTV Video Music Awards NERFINISHED
performer Taylor Swift NERFINISHED
producer Nathan Chapman NERFINISHED
Taylor Swift NERFINISHED
recordedFor Speak Now NERFINISHED
recordingPeriod 2009–2010
recordLabel Big Machine Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 2010-10-25
subjectOfInterpretation Kanye West 2009 MTV Video Music Awards incident NERFINISHED
tempo slow
trackNumber 11
vocalStyle soft and reflective
writer Taylor Swift NERFINISHED

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