#bejeweled

[i-am-da-bug]

not really into hypno kink. i just think its really interesting that bejeweled 3 is listed as a valid resource to engage with it

[dearstarwarsdiary]

[strawberryskygirlblogg44]

𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎-𝟷𝟿𝚝𝚑/𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢-𝟸𝟶𝚝𝚑-𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚞𝚡𝚞𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚑é 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚕, 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚞𝚡 𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚜/𝚛𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 👓⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚💎

**Ratigan running his hand up Amelia's thigh during one scene**

AMELIA: “I would smack you with these glasses, but I fear you’d be into that!” 😒

RATIGAN: 🤭😈

[daily-taylor-lyrics]

- Bejeweled, Midnights, Taylor Swift, 2022

[doohickeyhondickey]

they say they’re best friends

[poggermanmcparfait]

had a revelation (Mr. Gems is Mr. B btw)

[benobii]

I can finally peak on my PeakStation 3

[badthingtosayinasong]

09/07/2026: "Bejeweled"

I need to make this quick cause it's late and I have dishes to do

My history with this song:

nothing specific

Thoughts:

"Bejeweled" is a crisp, sparkly ode to self-confidence, specifically the kind of confidence that tends to appear when someone else is trying to put you down. Dappled with bright synths, it's the Midnights track whose production most perfectly captures its imagery, in my opinion (along with "Midnight Rain" and perhaps "Mastermind").

Like "Midnight Rain", "Bejeweled" presents Taylor's career as opposed to the pursuit of love: "And when I meet the band / They ask 'Do you have a man?' / I can still say 'I don't remember.'" But in this song, Taylor feels driven to this reprioritization due to the neglect by her partner instead of her innate ambition. That being said, "Bejeweled" is also about putting yourself out there and gaining much needed romantic/sexual attention – a type of moving on: "Sapphire tears on my face, sadness / Became my whole sky / But some guy said my aura's moonstone / Just 'cause he was high."

The focus on weaponized aesthetics is an interesting motif the track shares with the previous one ("Vigilante Shit"), though the focus and vibe is completely different.

"Putting someone first only works when you're in their top five" is quite directly a philosophy of love and a continuation of Taylor's recurring habit of framing love in quasi moral terms.

Favourite lyric: "I polish up real nice" just a neat image-matching phrase

Favourite melodic line: I looooove the rhythm of this bit of the chorus: "Familiarity breeds contempt / Don't put-me-in-the-basement / When-I-want-the pent! house! of your! heart!" also how the next bit is off-beat. Taylor's rhythmic flow is highly underrated.

Favourite production element: the higher backing vocals in the last chorus