Taylor Swift Gets Back at Kanye West in the Most Epic Way

If you think your favorite artist works hard, Taylor Swift works even harder—especially when it comes to claiming the top spot. The pop star recently made headlines again after preventing Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign from reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with their latest collaboration album, Vultures 2.

This marked the end of Kanye’s impressive streak, where nearly every album he released debuted at the top of the U.S. charts—except for College Dropout and Kids See Ghosts. But not this time.

Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, has held the No. 1 spot for the past 14 weeks. In a move that seemed to intensify her long-running feud with Kanye, Swift released a live mashup of her track “thanK you aIMee,” cleverly stylized to spell out “YE” with capital letters.

This added another layer to their decade-old rivalry. Interestingly, the original version of the song was rumored to reference Kanye’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, with the capital letters spelling “KIM.”

Although Swift has never publicly confirmed these connections, the timing seems too coincidental to ignore. The history between Swift and Kanye is well-known, dating back to the infamous moment at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards when Kanye interrupted Swift during her acceptance speech to proclaim, “Taylor, I’m real happy for you, I’m gonna let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!”

With her latest chart victory, Swift seems to have added another chapter to this ongoing saga between the two music icons.