My "Reputation" is being obssesed with Taylor

17-Gabbie: One time I corrected my teacher on Taylor swifts age and then I proceeded to give a whole speech about her and her life

[speaknow]

let’s talk about how mirrorball is literally so profound…. only when she hits the bridge you realize it’s about her (past) career and how she was always trying to please people and reinvent herself and how it doesn’t come natural to her and it reminds me of the end of miss americana so much

[thelakes-mp3]

The Love Triangle Storyline:

Cardigan/August/Betty

Lyrical continuity/Easter eggs:

- The cardigan

- The cobblestones

- The car

- The front porch

- Summer romances

Cardigan: betty’s perspective

- Seems to be the song of Betty’s perspective on her love, she thought it was all they needed in the moment, but then James left (with another woman: “chase two girls, lose the one”), but they returned to her front porch after summer ended

Notable lyrics: High heels on cobblestones/And when I felt like I was an old cardigan, Under someone's bed, You put me on and said I was your favorite/ Chase two girls, lose the one/To kiss in cars and downtown bars, Was all we needed, You drew stars around my scars, But now I'm bleedin'/peter losing Wendy/I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs/I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired, And you'd be standin' in my front porch light, And I knew you'd come back to me

Betty: James’ perspective

This is the song that ties cardigan and August together mentioning things from both, which would makes sense as “James” is the one spending time With the two other participants of the long triangle, it seems Betty was the one James truly loved but they got swept away in a summer romance that they weren’t fully committed to and later regretted, turning up on bettys porch to ask forgiveness

Notable lyrics:

The worst thing that I ever did, Was what I did to you/ In the garden would you trust me, If I told you it was just a summer thing?/ I was walking home on broken cobblestones/ When she pulled up like A figment of my worst intentions, She said "James, get in, let's drive", Those days turned into nights, Slept next to her, but I dreamt of you all summer long/ Will you kiss me on the porch?/Standing in your cardigan, Kissin' in my car again

August: The Summer lovers perspective

The woman James left with for the summer (she sings about pulling up in her car, which is retold in Betty from James’ perspective) tells her perspective of loving someone who was never hers for a summer, but when they went back to school they didn’t want her. James wasn’t “hers to lose” because they loved and then returned to Betty after their summer affair

Notable lyrics: August slipped away into a moment in time, 'Cause it was never mine/ Will you call when you're back at school?, I remember thinkin' I had you/So much for summer love and saying "us", 'Cause you weren't mine to lose/Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car"/

[lovedswiftsince06]

I finished and im just like wowowow taylor sounds amazing I need to take a week off to process everything and figure out all the lyrics and what is happening and just wow

[whenemmafallsinlove]

august is a breakup song for people who went through a breakup with someone they never dated. “you were never mine to lose” yet you lost them anyways and nobody really gets that pain because they didn’t realize how much this person meant to you, or at least THAT person doesn’t know and fuck i needed this song

[anttihero]

mirrorball is about trying hard to win someone’s heart by absorbing the person-of-interest’s traits and *performing* it back to him, because you just love him so much and you think that he would love you if you’re just like him

[lovedswiftsince06]

“Clowns to the west” haha jokes on you tay I live on the EAST so HAHAHA

[lovedswiftsince06]

I need someone to make a giant thread of how all the so gs are connected like asap

[lovedswiftsince06]

BETTY BETTY BETTY BETTY

[lovedswiftsince06]

AUGUST WOW

[lovedswiftsince06]

1 hour bby

[reddeservedgrammy]

true story

[lovedswiftsince06]

anyone else having trouble pronouncing folklore

👁👄👁

[lovedswiftsince06]

Tay always seems to drop an album during crucial years in my life first reputation when I was starting freshman year and now folklore for senior year🥺

[speaknow]

when I read “tonight at midnight I’ll be releasing my 8th studio album” i literally went through a hundred stages of shock within 0.0001 second

[lovedswiftsince06]

loving the boho earthy vibe like wowowow is the album gonna be country like it just gives off those vibes idk?!?!?

[lovedswiftsince06]

tay knew exactly what she was doing when she dropped this album now. she knew how low and upset we have all been and she wanted to give her fans something to be excited about, and this is why I love her.

[lovedswiftsince06]

Yes I will be showing up to lover fest in an esmerelda onsie