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{{Infobox song
| name          = So It Goes...
| type          = song
| artist        = [[Taylor Swift]]
| album         = [[Reputation (album)|Reputation]]
| studio        = * [[MXM Studios|MXM]] (Los Angeles, California and Stockholm, Sweden)
| genre         = * [[Electropop]]
* [[synth-pop]]
| length        = 3:52
| label         = [[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]]
| writer        = * Taylor Swift
* [[Max Martin]]
* [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]]
* [[Oscar Görres]]
| producer      = * Max Martin
* Shellback
* Oscar Görres
}}
"'''So It Goes...'''" is a song by the American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]] from her sixth studio album, ''[[Reputation (album)|Reputation]]'' (2017). Swift wrote the song with the producers [[Max Martin]], [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]] and [[Oscar Görres]]. Certified [[Music recording certification|gold]] by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA), "So It Goes..." quotes [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s novel, "[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]". Its lyrics, which have been interpreted as about Swift's then-boyfriend [[Joe Alwyn]], depict a narrator's vulnerability to a lover, which is portrayed as a greater force.

== Background ==
[[File:Taylor Swift - The 1989 World Tour - Ford Field 002 (18116992640).jpg|left|thumb|Taylor Swift performing on [[the 1989 World Tour]].]]
The American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]] released her fifth studio album, ''[[1989 (Taylor Swift album)|1989]]'', in October 2014. ''1989'''s [[synth-pop]] production transformed Swift's sound and image from [[Country music|country]]-oriented to mainstream pop.<ref>{{cite journal |last=McNutt |first=Myles |year=2020 |title=From 'Mine' to 'Ours': Gendered Hierarchies of Authorship and the Limits of Taylor Swift's Paratextual Feminism |journal=[[Communication, Culture and Critique]] |volume=13 |issue=1 |page=79 |doi=10.1093/ccc/tcz042}}</ref> The album was a commercial success, selling over five million copies in the United States within one year, and spawning three [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] number-one singles.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |date=October 17, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's '1989' One-Year Anniversary: 13 Impressive Chart Facts for the Blockbuster Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6745034/taylor-swift-1989-anniversary-chart-facts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504084527/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6745034/taylor-swift-1989-anniversary-chart-facts |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> The [[BBC]] asserted that the success solidified Swift's status as a global pop star.<ref>{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Lover: The struggle to maintain superstardom |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301114553/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

Swift was a target of [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] gossip during the promotion of ''1989''.<ref name="USAToday">{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Patrick |date=November 9, 2017 |title=5 things Taylor Swift's past USA Today interviews tell us about her ''Reputation'' era |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/11/09/5-things-taylor-swifts-past-usa-today-interviews-tell-us-her-reputation-era/840232001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110033304/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/11/09/5-things-taylor-swifts-past-usa-today-interviews-tell-us-her-reputation-era/840232001/ |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Her "America's Sweetheart" reputation, a result of her wholesome and innocent image, was blemished by publicized short-lived relationships and disputes with other celebrities, including a dispute with the rapper [[Kanye West]] and the media personality [[Kim Kardashian]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Puente |first=Maria |date=July 18, 2016 |title=Is Taylor's good-girl rep frayed by Kanye/Kardashian feud? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/07/18/taylors-good-girl-rep-frayed-latest-feuding-kanyekardashians/87247770/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218182222/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/07/18/taylors-good-girl-rep-frayed-latest-feuding-kanyekardashians/87247770/ |archive-date=February 18, 2020 |access-date=February 23, 2021 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Berman |first=Judy |date=January 28, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift: ''Miss Americana'' Is an Intriguing But Incomplete Sketch of an Icon in Transition |url=https://time.com/5773209/taylor-swift-miss-americana-netflix-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308060622/https://time.com/5773209/taylor-swift-miss-americana-netflix-review/ |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> Swift became increasingly reticent on social media, having previously maintained an active presence with a large following, and avoided interactions with the press amidst the tumultuous affairs.<ref name="WPost2">{{cite news |last=Yahr |first=Emily |date=November 15, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Avoided&nbsp;– and Mocked&nbsp;– the Media with ''Reputation''. And It Worked. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/11/15/taylor-swift-avoided-and-mocked-the-media-with-reputation-and-it-worked/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019202738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/11/15/taylor-swift-avoided-and-mocked-the-media-with-reputation-and-it-worked/ |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> She conceived her sixth studio album, ''[[Reputation (album)|Reputation]]'', as a response to the media commotion surrounding her celebrity.<ref name="rsrep">{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=September 30, 2019 |title=9 Taylor Swift Moments That Didn't Fit in Our Cover Story |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-moments-that-couldnt-fit-in-our-cover-story-890700/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001144210/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-moments-that-couldnt-fit-in-our-cover-story-890700/ |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>

== Production and composition ==
Swift wrote "So It Goes..." with its producers, [[Max Martin]], [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]] and [[Oscar Görres]].<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Reputation |title-link=Reputation (Taylor Swift album) |others=[[Taylor Swift]] |year=2017 |type=CD |page=8 |publisher=[[Big Machine Records]] |id=B0028815-02}}</ref>  "So It Goes..." is a love song about reflecting on how a new love interest might help her out of her fixations,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2017-11-10 |title=Analyzing Every Song on Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' |url=https://time.com/5017724/taylor-swift-reputation-explained/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |magazine=TIME |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726183953/https://time.com/5017724/taylor-swift-reputation-explained/ |dead-url=yes }}</ref> but with concerns of fear and danger. Swift portrays herself as trapped and powerless against a greater force,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ahlgrim |first=Callie |title=20 Taylor Swift songs with literary references you may have missed |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-lyrics-literary-references-easter-eggs-details-2023-5 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> while singing about leaving scratches on its back.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=10 November 2017 |title=Review: The Old Taylor's Not Dead |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/10/562360434/the-old-taylors-not-dead |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Some of the lyrics signal how she found love during her darkest days: "And all the pieces fall/Right into place".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2017-11-10 |title=Who Taylor Swift Is Singing About in the Songs on "Reputation" |url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/who-songs-taylor-swift-reputation-about-44244774 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Popsugar |language=en}}</ref> The song shares its name with a phrase from American author [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s novel "[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]".<ref name=":0" /> "So It Goes..." is the eighth track on ''Reputation'',<ref name="notes" /> and has a chord progression of G6/A, except for the choruses and the refrains.<ref>{{Cite web |title=So It Goes... chords by Taylor Swift |url=https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/taylor-swift/so-it-goes-chords-2232069 |website=Ultimate Guitar}}</ref>

== Critical reception ==
Taylor Maple of [[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]] described "So It Goes..." as "reminiscent of a relationship that's endured despite public attention or the stresses that come along with it", connecting it to how Swift and then-boyfriend American actor [[Joe Alwyn]] met.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-10 |title=Where Did Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn Meet? The "So It Goes" Lyrics Seem To Hint At The Answer |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/where-did-taylor-swift-joe-alwyn-meet-the-so-it-goes-lyrics-seem-to-hint-at-the-answer-3265505 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Bustle |language=en}}</ref> Kayleigh Roberts and Samantha Olson of Cosmopolitan also drew connections to Swift and Alwyn's relationship.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Kayleigh |last2=Olson |first2=Samantha |date=2024-02-26 |title=Every Song Taylor Swift Has Written About Joe Alwyn (So Far) |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a43548519/taylor-swift-songs-about-joe-alwyn/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US}}</ref> Jamieson Cox of Pitchfork described "So It Goes..." as "replacement-level [[trap-pop]]", while commending that "it's hard to shake the thought of her smeared lipstick, of fingernails dug into someone's back".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Jamieson |date=13 November 2017 |title=Taylor Swift: Reputation |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reputation/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> Wendy Michaels of ''[[Elite Daily]]'' described the lyrics of the song as sexual and steamy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-10 |title=Taylor Swift's Song "So It Goes..." Is Actually Really Sexual, According To The Lyrics |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/p/taylor-swifts-so-it-goes-lyrics-are-so-sexual-we-kind-of-love-it-3260811 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Elite Daily |language=en}}</ref> Craig Jenkins of ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'' commended in his review of ''Reputation'' that the song "[weighs] the freedom of being single against the irresistible magnetism of a growing attraction".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=2017-11-10 |title=Taylor Swift's Reputation Fixates on Big Enemies and Budding Romance |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/review-taylor-swifts-album-reputation.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> 

Chris Richards of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' posted a negative review of the song, describing it as an attempt to "rap like [[Travis Scott]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=Chris |date=November 10, 2017 |title=It's Taylor Swift's world. The rest of us just go insane in it. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-taylor-swifts-world-the-rest-of-us-just-go-insane-in-it/2017/11/10/c3f7bfa4-c63f-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html}}</ref> Alex Hopper of [[American Songwriter|''American Songwriter'']] ranked the song as nine out of ten of the least streamed songs in [[Taylor Swift albums discography|every Taylor Swift album]], further elaborating that it is "not as powerful as [other songs on [[Reputation (album)|''Reputation'']]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hopper |first=Alex |date=2023-10-24 |title=The Least Streamed Songs on Every Taylor Swift Album Ranked |url=https://americansongwriter.com/ranking-the-least-streamed-songs-on-every-taylor-swift-album/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref> Mackenzie Jamieson of [[FSView & Florida Flambeau|''FSView & Florida Flambeau'']] called "So It Goes..." a "extremely soft-boiled" song, describing it as "flat and mostly boring", and a "lukewarm song about aggressive sex".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jamieson |first=Mackenzie |title=Are you ready for it? A track by track analysis of Taylor Swift’s 'Reputation' |url=https://www.fsunews.com/story/entertainment/2017/11/26/you-ready-it-track-track-analysis-taylor-swifts-reputation/895942001/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=FSView |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Live performances ==
Swift performed "So It Goes..." on her [[Reputation Stadium Tour]] on select dates, both as a surprise song and in place of Dancing with Our Hands Tied.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Farley |first=Rebecca |date=July 11, 2018 |title=In Washington, D.C., Taylor Swift Finally Performed "So It Goes" |url=https://www.refinery29.com/2018/07/204133/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-diaries-washington-dc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712090321/https://www.refinery29.com/2018/07/204133/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-diaries-washington-dc |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |access-date=July 12, 2018 |magazine=Refinery29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=2018-11-20 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed On Her Reputation Stadium Tour B-Stage |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list-8458025/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The song was excluded from the set list for [[The Eras Tour]], but was performed as a surprise song on the November 20, 2023 show in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=2024-02-18 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed on The Eras Tour (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surprise-songs/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Credits and personnel ==
Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.<ref name="creds">{{cite AV media notes|title=Reputation|others=Taylor Swift|publisher=[[Big Machine Records]]|year=2017|type=CD liner notes|id=00843930033102}}</ref>

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Taylor Swift]]&nbsp;– vocals, executive producer
* [[Max Martin]]&nbsp;– producer, [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[programming (music)|programming]]
* [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]]&nbsp;– producer, keyboards, programming
* [[Oscar Görres]]&nbsp;– producer, keyboards, programming, piano
* Michael Ilbert&nbsp;– [[audio engineer|engineer]]
* Sam Holland&nbsp;– engineer
* Cory Bice&nbsp;– assistant engineer
* Jeremy Lertola&nbsp;– assistant engineer
* [[Serban Ghenea]]&nbsp;– [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* John Hanes&nbsp;– mix engineer
* [[Randy Merrill]]&nbsp;– [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]
{{div col end}}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "So It Goes..."}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=February 14, 2024|certref=<ref name="aria">{{cite web|url=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k9o2q7p7o4awhqx/AACWCcZE90sw8zo9jhynnKd7a/Jan%202024%20Single%20Accreds.pdf?e=1&dl=0|title=Jan 2024 Single Accreds|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>|number=1|relyear=2017|certyear=2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

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