Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince

"Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince"
Song by Taylor Swift
from the album Lover
ReleasedAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
Studio
  • Golden Age (Los Angeles)
  • Golden Age West (Auckland)
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:53
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Taylor Swift
  • Joel Little
Audio video
"Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" on YouTube

"Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). She wrote and produced the song with Joel Little, a few months after the 2018 U.S. midterm elections to capture her disillusionment with the American political climate under the first Trump presidency.

"Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" is a synth-pop track instrumented by marching band–styled percussion and background cheerleading shouts. A protest song, its lyrics use high-school imagery as a metaphor to describe the struggles of navigating a flawed system. The refrain alludes to a troubled love story between the titular characters amidst the chaos. Many critics have regarded the song as Swift's first explicit social commentary. Most reviews were fond of the lyricism as poetic and meaningful; a few initial reviews were unimpressed but have retrospectively appreciated the political message.

"Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" charted in Australia, Canada, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, and the United States. It has received certifications in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Swift performed a portion the song as the opening number to the Eras Tour (2023–2024). The song is the namesake to Swift's 2020 documentary film, Miss Americana, and turned "Miss Americana" into a sobriquet for her.