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Genius released its year-end statistics earlier this week
A lyric from Taylor Swift's "Wood" was among the website's most-viewed of 2025
According to Genius, "Wood" was the fourth most-viewed song of the year
Taylor Swift's "Wood" was certainly a hot topic this year.
The music databaseGenius released its year-end statisticsearlier this week, and a particularly scandalous lyric from Swift'sThe Life of a Showgirlalbum track "Wood" was among the website's most-viewed of 2025.
The lyric in question? "He ah-matized me and opened my eyes," which she sings on the bridge of "Wood," an upbeat track featuring risqué lyrics and references to her fiancéTravis Kelce's BDE.
Genius' other most-viewed lyrics of the year came fromKendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us."
Genius also revealed its biggest traffic day of the year was whenThe Life of a Showgirlwas released on Oct. 3, with the site receiving 29 million views. The only time the database earned more viewers in a day was when Swift'sThe Tortured Poets Departmentcame out.
According to Genius, "Wood" was the fourth most-viewed song of the year, followed by "The Fate of Ophelia" in sixth place. Swift was the top artist of 2025 on the site.
In an interview onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonin October, Swift opened up about writing "Wood."
"I brought this into the studio, and I was like, 'I want to do a throwback, kind of timeless-sounding song,' and I have this idea about, like, 'I ain't gotta knock on wood,' and we would knock on wood, and it would be all these superstitions," she explained.
Swift continued, "And it really started out in a very innocent place. [Laughs] You know, it started out… I don't know what happened, man."
She further detailed, "I got in there. We started vibing, and I don't know. I don't know how we got here, but I love this song so much."
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In another interview withSiriusXM'sThe Morning Mash Up, Swift revealed her mom Andrea's thoughts on "Wood."
"I think that she thinks that that song is about superstitions, popular superstitions, which, which it absolutely is," said Taylor. "That's the joy of the double entendre."
The Grammy winner added, "That song, you could read that song for people and it just goes right over their head. That song you, you see in that song what you wanna see in that song."
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