50+ Music<p>"Mean" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TaylorSwift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaylorSwift</span></a> for her third studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpeakNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakNow</span></a> (2010). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BigMachineRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigMachineRecords</span></a> released the song to US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/countryRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryRadio</span></a> as the album's third single on March 13, 2011. Produced by Swift and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NathanChapman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NathanChapman</span></a>, "Mean" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sixstringBanjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sixstringBanjo</span></a>-led <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/countryPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryPop</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bluegrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluegrass</span></a> track that incorporates hand claps, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fiddles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiddles</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/multitracked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multitracked</span></a> vocals. Inspired by critics of Swift. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQuY8kERaU0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=RQuY8kERaU</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p>