I find “I hate it here “ soooo sad … like, she is just hating her life 😢

I agreed and I love Girls! 🤍🩶🖤

CSSM is my absolute favorite from the anthology 😭

"i look in people`s windows" is Peter`s pov. cause Wendy was the woman "who sat by the window and turned out the light". so Peter was flying around searching for her and hoping that their eyes might meet one more time and everything would change and they would be together after all

I think she wrote "The Manuscript" after being with Travis for awhile and really seeing what a healthy relationship looks like and realizing he is truly "The One". That's what "And at last, she knew what the agony had been for" refers to. She details all her failed relationships, but realizes that she needed to go through all that in order to find The One.

You guys missed the point of the song for I Hate it Here. She's miserable in her life with Joe (which she has detailed in many other TTPD songs), and she's escaping into her fantasy world where she fantasizes about Matty. She's told us all of this in TTPD and on Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, and a few songs on Rep and Lover. On Gold Rush (which is a song about Matty), "My mind turns your life into folkore I can't dare to dream about you anymore"

For How Did it End, the first verse is about Joe, and the second verse is about Matty. For the bridge, the first three lines are about Joe, and the last four lines are about Matty. Since Folklore Taylor has referred to Matty as a 'ghost' and uses those themes. The D-Y-I-N-G is a callback to the 'K-I-S-S-I-N-G in a tree' childhood song to continue with the theme that she uses with Matty regarding them as children since they were young when they first dated

"My rain soaked body" refers to the rain show at Nashville that he attended

Lots of misinformation about the Black Dog song. The song is 100% about Matty. It's the Black Dog BAR in Cork, Ireland where Matty did a concert at Musgave Park on 6/13 that she's talking about, not the Black Dog PUB in England that is falsely trying to capitalize and there was never any CCTV video footage shown - the owner just said they checked their CCTV and lied saying they saw a "certain blonde person visiting". "And so I watch as you walk into some bar called The Black Dog". He obviously went to the bar after the concert and she goes onto imagining what he is doing in the bar (with a young girl) compared to what they used to do in bars and that is what is breaking her heart. She recorded the song on 6/23 (not 5/18 as is mistakingly shown on social media) so the event had just taken place when she wrote and recorded it.

I think The Alchemy was written for Matty, but she ended up ditching the concept of him and changing some of the lyrics to make it fit for Travis. The "child's play" part is forgiving Travis for his old tweets when he was young that everyone was giving him a hard time over

Honestly, this album is very clever. After hearing it several times now, I think of it as a quadruple diss. Everyone thought it would be about Joe, as I am sure he thought as well. Instead she made him a footnote, as it sounds like that is what he made her feel in their time together. She shifts to Matty, they have history and it sounds like the missing pieces were the lack of his maturity and following through on promises. He's the rebound, he was fun and said all the right things she needed to hear after being caged, vulnerable and let down, again he can't follow through and she learns fast that he never will. The toxic part of the fanbase, sounds like she doesn't appreciate when a group tries to control her narrative like the media has. Especially since she puts so much effort into her fans, clearly she's done smiling it off and putting her foot down. Then the double diss in one shot. Calling Kim out, but then thanking her for making her stronger and giving her the drive to be where she is. It smacks Kanye on the backswing because he thinks that's what he did, and has said so, but she thanked Kim and never eludes to him. She closes chapters on these, and makes it a point that she doesn't plan to revisit this particular past. Then the nod to Travis. She marries the past with her future, and then snips the invisible string holding them together. My takeaway is that she is tired, tired of carrying the weight of past loves, hurts, opinions and expectations. She's cutting the cord so she can step out of that shadow and walk into the light with a new love, and most importantly, a new outlook and doing things on her terms.

The Alchemy is 100% about Travis girls what do you mean matty 😭

my boy only breaks his favorite toys is about joe.

I respect Taylor totally and I don't want to get into her business that she's not sharing openly but what the fuck did Matty do to her

I've never location shared with anyone. I'll say i'm going some where or let people know i'm home safe. But I've never knew so many people did this. Huh the more you know

I love this podcast! You both shine!

I returned my original vinyl because I ordered the signed vinyl when it dropped. They refunded me and today another vinyl showed up??? I haven’t opened it. I need to contact them.

This album gives you the roller coaster of love and love lost. Have to say I do like the Taylor FU ear. Loml I think is about Joe. I can do it with a broken heart give me a Barbie vibe like “I need to be perfect and plastic”.

"I look in peoples windows" feels like scrolling social media for your ex. Peoples post are like windows into their lives, she feels like a creep or weirdo but she is addicted to "the if only", the idea of imagining that she is at those dinner parties/Christmas parties that that was still her life but she is on the outside now looking in.

Damn I was so excited for yall to draw all the parallels for Cassandra to the Kimye situation, like what she was doing when she got the call, the Christian chorus line, use of the word bitch (callback to I made that bitch famous). And now she’s saying that you all clearly see Kanye isn’t a good person and I hate to say it, but do you believe me now??

I completely agree with you guys This album does not deserve the hate it’s getting at all The anew York Times needs to be cancelled

The Texas reference is her switching for the first time invisible string to the 1 and I think the weekend after she went to Florida and came back to Houston Texas!

Stop interrupting Gia 😤😤😤let that girl talk I want to hear what she has to say 😭😭😭

Please remember these are the words and feelings of half of many relationships. Taylor is addicted to relationships, I do see her as extreme5needy. Yes she's incredibly talented, but in many ways troubled. Keep on enjoying everything in your lives girls. AND NEVER STOP DANCING. I MAY BE OLD BUT DANCING, MUSIC AND THE BEACH ARE MY FAVES.

“Chloe or Sam…” has a sound very similar to Cardigan

I adore how you unabashedly push back on bullies 👏

My theory about the Black Dog Is that the rain soaked body line is about her downpour show in Nashville, since Matty was at those shows. And the shower was an intimate or memorable moment they had together. And she could now be wanting to sell the Nashville house because of those memories.

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived is probably THE top 10 best bridges she has written.

IMO, I don’t think Maroon is about Matty, i think Taylor just re-uses metaphors and certain phrases more than we’d like to admit lol Still believe it’s about Jake (he had a roommate at the time of dating her, their whole affair taking place in New York, Red the album tying into Maroon etc)

Pals can you please get Noah to stop chiming in & gently shifting narrative context when Taylor stories come up on chicks in the office??? I’m sure it’s not even intentional can just tell it’s too tempting for him to insert subtle skepticism every. Single. Time. And it’s now getting too annoying for me to listen which is sad bc obviously love Ria, Fran, want their thoughts on these stories/music even when I don’t perfectly agree!!! I’m only very sick of everyone reinforcing this narrative “ohhh it’s impossible to criticize Taylor Swift, praise towards her isn’t even genuine, they’re scared!! Poor thing😱” such an overshared and under-examined ‘filler’ opinion that never quite leads into any new/interesting point, let alone genuine analysis of work, impact.. It’s just kind of silly to pretend like hating Taylor Swift or finding things to criticize isn’t still among the very most popular & lucrative media, opinion content, ‘jokes’…. Sure she has a large fanbase that cares enough to factcheck easily proven claims or stir up trouble when people bring their most obvious misogyny into commentary…. So yes, talking shit & acting like some expert with musical taste, cultural opinions we should value above our very own isn’t as breezy consequence free as 2000s-20..: but truly only a matter of audience, you can say any of the most vile things about Taylor imaginable and hit crazy levels of engagement, endless comments, scrolling through hundreds before someone’s bothered trying to defend/disagree even slightly…. Obviously why would Swifties bother, not wanted, not our place to waste time.. when your audience demo largely overlaps Taylor fans though-yeah expect some healthy disagreement /debate to different critiques, theories etc… if your criticism or claim gets challenged in return, may not always be super fun, but in reality nobody is infringing on your right to opinion, critique etc.-so can simply skip the meta narrative instead of contributing further, preface isn’t all that deep, mostly regular internalized misogyny. Chicks managed to stay fun yet grounded all football season when discourse was truly eating itself so please PLEASE! he cannot ruin things now.. And I beg one of you just gently kindly intervene<3

What I love and find f-ing hilarious (and maybe it's just me but well) about "thanK you aIMee" is Taylor WILLINGLY giving *her* credit for what she has accomplished (or at least one of the driving forces that pushed her to achieve it) in terms of her legacy, UNLIKE *KW* who tried SO HARD for Taylor to “willingly admit" that he "made her famous" which she never acknowledged (go look at the complete phone call if you haven’t) and you KNOW *KW* is seething with this “admission”

I think shes talking to Travis in the Albatross... and that makes it so beautiful for me. Its like the opposite of Peace.

Re The Alchemy: The hospital was a drag, worst sleep I ever had is referencing the mv where she was sleeping in a bed and then was in a hospital which those two are JA and MH. She making a comeback meaning she is moving on. The child's play can refer to the trouble TK got in to in college getting suspended. The sign on your heart is still reserved for me can mean he has always had a crush on her. Plus today April 25 TN pretty much confirmed it with the football emoji and the Spotify canvas shows the very last scene in the mv that zooms in on the bracelet on her arm that looks like the one he has been wearing lately and to rep the friendship bracelet and her sitting on the phone in the rain he comes out more or leas reaches out. I've also seen some words on the street that someone who knows TK asked if there are songs about him and he said at least two songs were about him.

Sounds to me that Joe had untreated depression

I’ve been playing these two albums nonstop. At this point her music is stronger than the narcotic rumor, I’m pretty sure they are hardwired into my body at this point.

"There's a difference between enjoying Taylor's albums fot their music and their performances and their narratives -- or enjoying them because you're deeply entrenched in the Taylor Verse. And you're obsessively combing through the lyrics on each song like the convoluted plot of the 30th Marvel Sequel" - Anthony Fantano

My interpretation of The Manuscript is a bit more specific than yours. I think it is specifically about the Jake relationship, and the catharsis she felt when she made the short film All Too Well. She had to write a script to make that film ("The Manuscript"), and as she was directing it and watching the actors "hit their marks" (meaning actors pouring out all the emotion and conveying it all accurately with the same intensity she felt in the relationship), she cried ('tears fell in time with the score' with the score being the 10-minute version of All Too Well). Once the film was out in the world, she felt like she doesn't have that pain anymore (“Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.”) I think making that film was a revelation to her and she's discovered how to heal through storytelling in all its forms.

49:49 Brooooo your faces!!! Did someone try breaking in your crib or was that your reaction to the song?

Beautiful wallpaper!!

Greige is used a lot by designers/decorators to basically describe the most neutral, blends-with-anything, shade that is s a combo of grey and beige. Basically she's saying she blends-in-the-woodwork, bland and boring.

Is the Bolter telling the story of Emma Stone's character in Poor Things?

Declawing a cat is straight up evil.

Regarding the Black Dog-If you listen to Hits Different--they(her and Matty or her and Joe) were still together She was imagining falling in love with other girls in the bar and getting drunk and puking on the street That guy needs to shut up!

hahaha "whata cunt!!!" I just love you girls!!! Just speaking all sorts of truth about the situation, it's amazing! If I ever have shit to deal with with someone I want you girlies in my corner :) Way to have Taylor's back!

Another great video ladies! 🩷🩷🔥🔥

Gia looks TIRED at the end lol, love you guys

I can help out with the word Greige. I’m a costumer and we work with fabrics. it’s a technical term we use for fabrics. “Greige is the name or type/ color of fabric we get before you can dye it. Bleached fabrics are harder to dye a color. “Greige: unbleached and undyed: greige linen.” So I interpret her meaning as something soooooo drab not just gray/ beige (and it’s not the purity of white.) It’s literally a fabric that should and could be bright bold colors. Any color in the world. Maybe it will be some day. Dyed I beautiful hue again. Sorry ! Hard to explain!

Great recap! Loved it

i might be trippin but when you were wondering what playlist Peter is on I went to look and i swear ALL the songs are on playlists except for Peter

Kanye is the real Black Klansman, because his beliefs are way too aligned with theirs. Also, as a Caucasian, am I allowed to start a campaign to have Kanye stripped of his status as a black man?