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Parallels to Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” Album and the Zourry (Zayn, Louis, Harry) Love Triangle!!!

This is all theory and speculation.

Be for you go tell us to touch grass, read our theory, listen watch our music video parallels at the end and listen to the playlist. We will be posting a timeline later on.

BACKGROUND INFO - Folklore’s Love Triangle:

Taylor admits that some of Folklore (2020) was written from the perspective of others’ experiences.

“In a letter she penned to fans after the album’s release, Swift said, “I found myself not only writing my own stories, but also writing about or from the perspective of people I’ve never met, people I’ve known, or those I wish I hadn’t.” Although there are stories from Swift’s own life on “Folklore,” as one has come to expect from her previous albums, many of the songs consist of fictional narratives.”

Taylor has also confirmed that the songs, “Cardigan”, “Betty”, and “August” are about a love triangle between characters Betty, James, and Augusta.

Overarching theme - this is a summer love triangle. Listen to each song to understand the storyline. The summary is that James cheats on his girlfriend Betty with Augusta, but winds up ultimately going back to Betty.

Since Taylor and Zayn have intentionally collaborated in 2017, we speculate that Taylor used her and Zayn’s shared experience of being in love triangles with Harry and Louis as inspiration to come up with this storyline.

LYRICAL ANALYSIS AND PARALLELS:

“August” (Augusta’s POV) - We theorize this to be Taylor and/or Zayn’s POV

Taylor, when talking about “August” she calls the person Augusta or Augustine- using both female and male pronouns. Here is the video where she talks about Augusta/Augustine in a way she can seem to feel for their story.

Zayn parallels:

“And I can see us twisted in bedsheets”

Parallel to Zayn’s “Pillowtalk” that could reference a secretive affair

“reckless behavior”

“It’s our paradise, and it’s our war zone”

Taylor

“Cause you were never mine” and “You weren't mine to lose”

Parallel to Zayn’s “I Won’t Mind”

“I know you'll never be mine”

Parallel to Taylor and Zayn’s song collab - “Don’t Wanna Live Forever”

“Wondering if I dodged a bullet or just lost the love of my life… Baby, baby, I feel crazy, up all night, all night and every day, I gave you something, but you gave me nothing”

“Cardigan” (Betty’s POV) - Theorized to be Louis’ POV (or could be Harry’s if you think Augusta could represent Eleanor)

“When you are young, they assume you know nothing”

Parallel to Louis’ “Too Young”

“We were too young to know we had everything”

Taylor

“A friend to all is a friend to none; Chase two girls, lose the one”

Love triangle reference

“And when I felt like I was an old cardigan, Under someone's bed”

Parallel to Louis’ “Don’t Let it Break Your Heart”

“you left a part of you In New York, under your bed in a box”

“But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss”

Reference to all the couples tattoos?

“And I knew you'd come back to me”

Parallel to Louis’ “Always You”

“I'm wastin' my time when it was always you, always you”

MUSIC VIDEO -

Piano in water parallels with Harry’s “Falling” music video and Taylor’s “Cardigan” 1:55-3:08

Then compare this with Taylor’s Cardigan 1:38-3:11 (look at the playlist below)

“Betty” (James’ POV) - Theorized to be Harry’s POV

“I'm only seventeen, I don't know anythin'”

Getting across that these people are young/teens and make mistakes

“Slept next to her, but, I dreamt of you all summer long”

Reference to Harry’s possible summer affair with Zayn?

EXTRA SONG WITH PARALLELS:

“Invisible String” from Folklore

“Green was the color of the grass Where I used to read at Centennial Park”

Harry reference

“Teal was the color of your shirt When you were sixteen at the yogurt shop”

Louis reference, plus Harry reference - he was 16 when he worked in a bakery

“Time, curious time, Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs”

Reference to Louis’ compass tattoo

“Gave me the blues and then purple pink skies”

Possible bi flag coding?

WILLIAM BOWERY THEORY:

“William Bowery” is an alias name for a songwriter on “Betty” and other songs by Taylor Swift. Taylor revealed that it’s Joe, her boyfriend at the time, but that doesn’t make too much sense. Why would Joe need to go by an alias name, just to have it revealed explicitly by Taylor? There is speculation William Bowery may be Louis. Louis’ middle name is William…

Supporting evidence- sourced from this post:

“I have mentioned before that while Louis was at the Australian Open, sponsored by a Champagne company, Taylor Swift went out and ordered Louis Champagne that was $2,800 and Rosé - “Rosé flowing with your chosen family.” Given that 28 is a wildly significant number to Louis and the other factors, this to me was an overt Easter egg by Taylor and a signal that Louis is part of her chosen family. If she had done this with Jack, Dianna, Karlie, Lily, Travis, Zoe or anyone we’re aware she has a close association with, it wouldn’t be questioned as being intentional. Shortly before this, she had started to wear Harry’s lion ring, which she has not been seen in recently…

You know another song William Bowery co-wrote? Champagne Problems.”