--- title: That Katy Perry ‘1984’ Song Is Bogus description: Despite rumors that a new Katy Perry song would be a hit against Taylor Swift, Perry has no connection with the alleged track. The news... canonical: https://time.com/3915592/katy-perry-taylor-swift-1984-song-bad-blood/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-10T04:54:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:04:21.026Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: That Katy Perry '1984' Song Is Bogus og:description: "Perry was not involved in writing, singing, recording or registering this song" og:url: https://time.com/3915592/katy-perry-taylor-swift-1984-song-bad-blood/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt603dc37438cf1bf4/6987815da988caf17b6acb58/gettyimages_464099232.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: That Katy Perry '1984' Song Is Bogus twitter:description: "Perry was not involved in writing, singing, recording or registering this song" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt603dc37438cf1bf4/6987815da988caf17b6acb58/gettyimages_464099232.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # That Katy Perry '1984' Song Is Bogus by [Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly Jun 10, 2015 4:54 AM UTC  Katy Perry arrives at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2015 Katy Perry arrives at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2015Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic by [Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly Jun 10, 2015 4:54 AM UTC Despite rumors that a new Katy Perry song would be a hit against Taylor Swift, Perry has no connection with the alleged track. The [news spread on Monday](http://mashable.com/2015/06/08/katy-perry-taylor-swift-1984/) when a song called [“1984” appeared on BMI’s registration website](http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=17937386&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID), with its artist listed as Perry. “Katy Perry’s managers at Direct Management Group confirm that this story is completely false,” they said in a statement to _EW._ “Katy Perry was not involved in writing, singing, recording or registering this song.” After the information was posted to BMI, fans and critics quickly pointed out the similarites between the song’s title and Swift’s last album, _1989_, citing speculation that [Swift wrote](http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/taylor-swifts-bad-blood-is-about-katy-perry-not-miley-cyrus-2014109)[ “Bad Blood” as a dig at Perry](http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/taylor-swifts-bad-blood-is-about-katy-perry-not-miley-cyrus-2014109). Turns out, there’s nothing to see here. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/09/katy-perry-1984-bogus) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3915592/katy-perry-taylor-swift-1984-song-bad-blood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3915592/katy-perry-taylor-swift-1984-song-bad-blood/"},"headline":"That Katy Perry '1984' Song Is Bogus","datePublished":"2015-06-10T04:54:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:04:21.026Z","description":"Despite rumors that a new Katy Perry song would be a hit against Taylor Swift, Perry has no connection with the alleged track. 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