The album title was inspired by the "semi-toxic relationships" that Swift experienced during the process of conceiving this album, with Swift describing the emotions she felt as "red emotions" due to their intense and tumultuous nature.
Naslov albuma inspiriran je "polu-toksičnim odnosima" koje je Swift doživila tijekom procesa osmišljavanja ovog albuma, a Swift opisuje emocije koje je osjećala kao "crvene emocije" zbog svoje intenzivne i burne prirode.