The song's music video, directed by Joseph Kahn and filmed in Los Angeles, premiered on March 11, 2018, at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Its production incorporates dense synthesizers and beats that evoke tropical house and dancehall. 'Delicate' is an electropop and synth-pop ballad that features vocals manipulated with a vocoder. Inspired by events surrounding Swift's celebrity and personal life, the lyrics depicts a narrator's vulnerability when she ponders if her reputation would affect the blossoming romance. Swift wrote the song with producers Max Martin and Shellback. ' Delicate' is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017). MXM (Los Angeles, California and Stockholm, Sweden).
