• Taylor Swift released a new single on Friday called “You Need to Calm Down.”
  • The second verse shouts out the LGBTQ rights organization GLAAD and accuses homophobic people of living in the “dark ages.”
  • “Control your urges to scream about all the people you hate,” she sings, “‘cause shade never made anybody less gay.”
  • Some fans believe the song is a message to President Donald Trump, especially since it was released on his birthday.
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Taylor Swift’s new song, “You Need to Calm Down,” is being celebrated as an ode to LGBTQ rights.

The lyric video for the single, both released at midnight on Friday, confirms an explicit shoutout to the country’s most famous LGBTQ rights organization: “Why are you mad,” Swift sings, “when you could be GLAAD?”

https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1139386505820962818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Swift apparently goes on to mock protestors at Pride parades, accusing homophobic people of living in the “dark ages.”

"Sunshine on the street at the parade / But you would rather be in the dark ages," she sings. "Makin' that sign must've taken all night."

In the second pre-chorus, Swift delivers her final blow.

"You just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace / And control your urges to scream about all the people you hate," she sings. "'Cause shade never made anybody less gay."

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Foto: Screenshots from Taylor Swift's "You Need To Calm Down" lyric video.sourceTaylor Swift/YouTube

Even the single's cover art contains a nod to Pride and Swift's position as an LGBTQ ally.

Swift stands in the foreground with her back to the camera, showing off an illustration of a snake turning into butterflies on her back, similar to the opening scene of her "ME!" music video.

But in the background, there appears to be a small rainbow flag.

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Foto: There's also rainbow detailing on a trailer.sourceBig Machine Records

The bridge of "You Need to Calm Down" echoes Swift's message of tolerance and equality, but instead focuses on female empowerment.

"And we see you over there on the internet / Comparing all the girls who are killing it," she sings. "But we figured you out / We all know now we all got crowns."

Although Swift has self-defined as a feminist since 2014, she's only recently made clear that she supports these such liberal movements. She remained apolitical for most of her career, but then in October, voter registration in Tennessee boomed when Swift endorsed a variety of Democratic candidates on her Instagram.

Read more: The road to Taylor Swift's political Instagram was long and winding - here's how we got here

Most recently, Swift wrote an open letter to Tennessee's Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and urged him to support the Equality Act, which would make it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Fans are thrilled that Swift is using music to show support for LGBTQ rights and using her platform to promote a message of equality.

Some even believe the song is a message to President Donald Trump, especially since the song was released on his birthday.

https://twitter.com/allakmiller/status/1139512754375745536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/1989sheerans/status/1139393503866179587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

"You Need To Calm Down" is the second single from Swift's upcoming album "Lover," which will be released on August 23.