--- title: Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian Phone Call Transcript description: Here's the full transcript of Kim Kardashian West's Snapchat video documenting Kanye's call with Swift to discuss the lyrics to "Famous." canonical: https://time.com/4410370/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-kanye-west/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-18T15:24:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:28.936Z og:title: Read the Transcript of Kanye West's Call with Taylor Swift og:description: The receipts have arrived og:url: https://time.com/4410370/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-kanye-west/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt814f13a730b85b47/69889c55bc6cfc11543ddd53/taylor-swift-kanye-west-together.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Backstage & Audience og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Transcript of Kanye West's Call with Taylor Swift twitter:description: The receipts have arrived twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt814f13a730b85b47/69889c55bc6cfc11543ddd53/taylor-swift-kanye-west-together.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Transcript of Kanye West's Phone Call With Taylor Swift > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: Recording Artists Kanye West and Taylor Swift attend The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS) Larry Busacca—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2016 3:24 PM UTC On Sunday night, the feud between Taylor Swift and Kanye West [reached a boiling point](http://time.com/4410084/kanye-kim-kardashian-taylor-famous-call/?iid=sr-link1) when Kim Kardashian West released footage of a recorded call between West and Swift on Snapchat. The video appears to show the two music superstars discussing the lyrics of his song, “[Famous](http://time.com/4218582/kanye-west-taylor-swift-famous/),” which references Swift. A quick recap: After West released the song, Swift released a statement: “Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message.” But in a recent [_GQ_ profile](http://www.gq.com/story/kim-kardashian-west-gq-cover-story), Kardashian West contradicted this, [saying that Swift was not telling the truth](http://time.com/4371498/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-taylor-swift/?iid=sr-link3) — and that she had recorded proof. Last night, Kardashian West made good on her word. In the grainy video, which has frequent cuts and edits, West appears to read the lyric in question to Swift, which she calls a “compliment.” They then affirm their mutual respect for each other. And Swift jokes that everyone will think it’s a feud — but that she’ll be able to dispel those rumors, thanks to the phone call. The Internet immediately exploded, as Twitter and Facebook went wild with the hashtag #KimExposedTaylorParty. Swift [responded with a note](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) explaining that she did not approve the use of the derogatory expletive — and called out the West team for recording her without her consent. Read the full transcript of the [choppy Snapchat story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwKKT3jpP7A) here. 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