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.
Statements (48)
| 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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