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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Innocent canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
album Speak Now ⓘ
albumArtist Taylor Swift ⓘ
albumType studio album ⓘ
artist Taylor Swift ⓘ
associatedWithEra Speak Now era ⓘ
linked to: Speak Now
composer Taylor Swift ⓘ
containsInstrument guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
strings ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception mixed ⓘ
firstLivePerformanceEvent 2010 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
genre country pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme emotional healing ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
growth ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
reflection ⓘ
hasSongStructure verse-chorus-bridge ⓘ
hasSongwriterCredit Taylor Swift ⓘ
hasVersion live performance at 2010 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
includedInTourSetlist Speak Now World Tour ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
performedAt 2010 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
performer Taylor Swift ⓘ
producer Nathan Chapman ⓘ
Taylor Swift ⓘ
recordedFor Speak Now ⓘ
recordingPeriod 2009–2010 ⓘ
recordLabel Big Machine Records ⓘ
releaseDate 2010-10-25 ⓘ
subjectOfInterpretation Kanye West 2009 MTV Video Music Awards incident ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
trackNumber 11 ⓘ
vocalStyle soft and reflective ⓘ
writer Taylor Swift ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Speak Now → track → Innocent ⓘ
Vital → hasTrack → Innocent ⓘ
Lowborn → hasTrack → Innocent ⓘ
You Gotta Believe → hasPart → Innocent ⓘ