" Mean " was first performed at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3 , 2011 . In May 2011 , Swift performed the song on '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show '' . Swift also performed the song live at the 54th Grammy Awards on February 12 , 2012 , changing the first line of one of the final choruses to " Someday , I 'll be singin ' this at the Grammys " . She performed " Mean " as part of the set list during her Speak Now World Tour , and part of The Red Tour set list as well . Swift also performed it on selected dates on The 1989 World Tour in place of " You Are In Love " ; and during her Reputation Stadium Tour as the surprise song for the first Dublin show
The 1989 World Tour
The 1989 World Tour
Mean (song)