"Glitch" is the eighteenth track on the 3AM edition of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's tenth studio album, Midnights, released on October 21, 2022, through Republic Records.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
We were supposed to be just friends
You don't live in my part of town
But maybe I'll see you out some weekend
Depending on what kind of mood and situationship I'm in
And what's in my system
[Chorus]
I think there's been a glitch, oh, yeah
Five seconds later
I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch, oh, yeah
And I'm not even sorry, nights are so starry
Blood moonlit
It must be counterfeit
I think there's been a glitch, oh, yeah
[Verse 2]
I was supposed to sweat you out
In search of glorious happenings
Of happenstance on someone else's playground
But it's been two-thousand one-hundred ninety days
Of our love blackout (Our love is blacking out)
The system's breaking down (The system's breaking down)
[Chorus]
I think there's been a glitch, oh, yeah
Five seconds later
I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch, oh, yeah
And I'm not even sorry, nights are so starry
Blood moonlit
It must be counterfeit
I think there's been a glitch, oh, yeah
[Bridge]
A brief interruption, a slight malfunction
I'd go back to wanting dudes who give nothing
I thought we had no chance
And that's romance
Let's dance
[Chorus]
Glitch, oh, yeah
Five seconds later
I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch, oh, yeah
And I'm not even sorry, nights are so starry
Blood moonlit
It must be counterfeit (It must be counterfeit)
I think there's been a glitch
Live performances[]
"Glitch" was performed live for the first time as a surprise song on The Eras Tour on June 3, 2024, in Lyon, France, mashed-up with "Everything Has Changed".
Trivia[]
- On Spotify, this song uses the same visual/Canvas from "Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)". It is unknown if this is on purpose or purely coincidental.
- The lyric video's theme is based on a blood moon, which is also mentioned in the lyrics of the song. One of the alternative versions of Midnights is called the "Blood Moon" edition.
- The song is the shortest song on Midnights, and was the shortest song Swift had ever released before the release of "Now That We Don't Talk" in 2023.
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