Country-pop singer Taylor Swift has shot to the top of iTunes in 25 countries with her new single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," and is set for a record digital sales debut on next week's Billboard chart.
The song promptly drew attention from fans and music critics alike, as they began to decipher the lyrics in hopes of figuring out which ex-boyfriend she's singing about this time.
Billboard said on Wednesday that the infectiously catchy song was already among the 40 most-played tunes on U.S. radio just two days after being released. That could make "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" the biggest debut for a digital song by a female artist if Swift surpasses the 448,000 download mark set by Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" single in February 2011.
Swift doesn't give clues to go on other than the fact that this guy listens to indie music, but she does shed a little light on the song's inspiration.
"This guy walks in who is a friend of my ex's and starts talking about how he's heard we're going to get back together. And that was not the case," Swift tells "Good Morning America" on Tuesday. "So I start telling them the story: break up, get back together, break up, get back together -- just, ugh, the worst! And I picked up the guitar and [songwriting partner Max Martin] said, 'This is what we're writing.'"
Swift, 22, has sold 17.8 million albums in the United States since bursting onto the country scene as a teenager in 2006. She went on to earn six Grammys, 10 American Music Awards and more than 13 other country music trophies for hit songs like "You Belong with Me," "Mean" and "Fifteen."
Watch "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" below:
