juliette

just a place for me to talk about my love Taylor Swift & probably post unwanted photos of my cats 💫 aus

[itoldyouthings]

seven is for everyone who’s ever had something happen to them as a child

[itoldyouthings]

it’s the innocence of the second verse that kills me the most.. the pure childhood cluelessness... ‘i’ve been meaning to tell you / i think your house is haunted / your dad is always mad and that must be why’... as kids we don’t understand why the adults around us do what they do. especially when it comes to abuse. your little friend down the street doesn’t understand why your dad runs around like a madman everyday, so it must just be the house making him so angry

[loveisbraveandwild]

folklore is for the gays™️

[youreyeslooklikecoming-home]

Love Traingle Part One

Cardigan / August / Betty

[diagon-alli]

taylor just played folklore for the woodland creatures outside her house and called it a secret session… and you know what that’s fine

[theweirdwideweb]

[pastabot]

@youdonthavetogotocollege

[felinetay]

when i felt like i was an old cardigan under someone’s bed you put me on and said i was your favorite 🌼

[anatrik]

Safe and Sound walked so Folklore could run.

[shouldvesaidno-deactivated20201]

how did we go from hey kids spelling is fun! to this

[stumbleonhometomycats]

I’m having a break down over The Last Great American Dynasty!!! Taylor tells the story of Rebekah Harkness and all the trouble she caused in Watch Hill Rhode Island with her insane parties, feuds with neighbors and her general debauchery that was the talk of the town. And then she died and Holiday House sat quietly for 50 years, “free of women with madness, their men and bad habits” AND THEN Taylor has the audacity to say “And then it was bought by me // I had a marvelous time ruining everything” because Taylor was know for her crazy parties there and her “men and bad habits” and we know there were tabloids publishing stories of her fighting with people in town. I REALLY underestimated this song upon first listen. Holy SHIT.

[followsthesparks]

so the last great american dynasty is about the woman who owned taylor’s rhode island mansion before her (the one where she threw all the fourth of july parties) and the song is all the folklore about the woman who lived there and how she was a “mad woman” and then at the end of the bridge taylor says “and then it was bought by me” and switches it to her perspective and how now she’s the mad woman who owns it… i…

[aintmyjewelry]

the use of green in the merch.....the outdoor album shoot...........reputation and red had a baby and her name is folklore

[cages-boxes-hunters-foxes]

[flyawayswift]

I love how Taylor presents Betty as so much wiser than James. In Betty James says “I’m only seventeen I don’t know anything” but in Cardigan, Betty says “but I knew you” and continued to list the things she knew, she knew he’d miss her “once the thrill expired”, and she knew he’d stand on her porch to try to get her back. She’s presented as wise and mature whereas James is young and naïve which is also reflected in the melodies. Cardigan is deeper, mellow and expresses heartbreak, whereas Betty is lighter and unaware, with more superficial lyrics, such as observations about events at school.

[howyougetheboy]

this.

[taylorswifh]

tossing pennies in the pool

[youfitinmypoem]

[thelasttime]

august is from the perspective of the girl james cheated on betty with! in august the narrator says "Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car"" and in betty, it's "When she pulled up like / A figment of my worst intentions /She said "James, get in, let's drive"" the "she" in betty is someone other than betty bc betty is "you". cardigan is betty's pov, betty is james' pov, and august is the third party's pov!

how does taylor come up with these stories

[kenxoxmusic]

i cant believe this time last night i didn’t even know folklore was a thing and now i am feeling so many emotions and can’t form a single thought