A long-forgotten message from Taylor Swift to Ed Sheeran has resurfaced-and it’s once again dragging Kanye West into the spotlight.
In a photo posted by Sheeran on his new Instagram account, @teddysoldphone, Swift is seen quoting West‘s iconic 2009 MTV Video Music Awards interruption-but on a jar of homemade jam. The handwritten message reads: “Yo Ed – I’m really happy 4 you and I’m gonna let you finish but this is the best JAM OF ALL TIME, – T.”
The image comes from a phone Sheeran used in 2015, which he recently recovered while dealing with a copyright lawsuit over his hit song Thinking Out Loud. Sharing the device’s contents online, Sheeran described the process as “a time capsule,” saying it transported him back to a very specific chapter of his life.
The post, and Swift‘s witty reference, quickly grabbed fans’ attention-both for its nostalgia and the throwback to one of pop culture’s most infamous moments.
A decade-old jam note stirs up memories of Swift-West drama
The now-viral line written on the jam jar is a callback to Kanye West‘s disruptive moment at the 2009 VMAs, when he interrupted Swift‘s Best Female Video acceptance speech. Grabbing the mic, West said: “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’mma let you finish. But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all-time! One of the best videos of all-time.”
Though the two stars appeared to reconcile in the years following, their uneasy truce collapsed after West‘s 2016 track Famous, in which he claimed Swift approved a controversial lyric referring to her as a “b****.” Swift denied ever giving consent, sparking a renewed public feud.
Things escalated when Kim Kardashian, West’s then-wife, released footage of a phone call between Swift and West, and later referred to Swift as a “snake” on Twitter, posting: “Wait it’s legit National Snake Day?!?!? They have holidays for everybody, I mean everything these days!”
Now, nearly a decade later, Swift‘s jam note-lighthearted as it may seem-has brought that chapter back into public conversation, reminding fans just how deep some pop culture wounds go.
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