“Renegade” by Big Red Machine featuring Taylor Swift

Big Red Machine put out "Renegade" on July 2, 2021, with Taylor Swift out front, and American triple-A radio got it that very day, the third single from their second album, How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? Swift wrote it with Aaron Dessner, who produced it and plays a small arsenal on it: acoustic and electric guitars, bass, bass synth, piano, Mellotron and synthesizers. Jason Treuting drums, and Justin Vernon adds electric guitar and backing vocals behind Swift's lead.

It's an upbeat blend of indie pop and folk, pushed along by guitar, drums and strings, but underneath it's about how fear and mental health struggles can poison a relationship, told by someone trying to reach a walled-off partner. Critics praised its sharp writing, and it was the band's first entry on every chart it reached, in six countries.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.