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In late October, Taylor Swift dropped a new album. One of the songs -- “Anti-Hero” -- got its own music video. Watch it here

But the version is edited. It cut from the original a scene where Taylor stands on a scale that reads “fat”. Watch this TikTok to see what Taylor changed

Why the change? The WSJ reports that the edits came after critics accused Taylor of being insensitive to fat people

This TikToker agreed with the change: The music video was upsetting to fat people. Sending a message that fat equals bad is insensitive

This Twitter user had a similar take: “Fat people don’t need to be constantly reminded that it’s everyone’s worst nightmare to look like us”

Right, says NY Magazine. She probably didn’t mean to hurt fat people, but it still hurt. Couldn’t she come up with another way to communicate her insecurities

This Swiftie Substacker: Artists are responsible for what kinds of messages they send out about marginalized people. The scene perpetuated fatphobia

But a Guardian Op didn’t really see the problem. Taylor used the word to accurately describe how it feels stepping on a scale with an eating disorder

Rolling Stone takes it further: Use some critical thinking skills, people! This isn’t about fat people. It’s about Taylor’s lived experience with disordered eating

And a Washington Examiner Op says the edit was a bad idea: Show some backbone, Taylor. Don’t “self-censor” yourself for the online fringe

An NBC News Op agrees: Taylor shouldn’t have cut the scene. She could’ve used the controversy to defend her powerful commentary on society’s standards of beauty

This TikToker wasn’t a fan of the scale scene for an unrelated reason: It was just plain corny

Like the music video or not, there’re plenty of other songs on Midnights to jam to. In fact, CF wrote an article all about the album. Check it out here