#How did it end

[cellphonehippie]

my beloved ghost and me

sitting in a tree

D-Y-I-N-G

print

[hits-differently]

the tortured poets department - april 19th

[enchantedevermore]

“luck of the draw only draws the unlucky” —> “lost the game of chance, what are the chances?” is driving me INSANE

[justbetweenus8789]

To me this album has solidified the fact that Taylor was mourning the end of her relationship with Joe for a long time before she pulled the trigger, and the cracks where there from the start basically (by that I don’t mean it was bad all the way through. But that the fundamental incompatibility was always gonna come out. see the epilogue). The colour was slowly draining out of that relationship until she felt almost numb.

It seems like at some point when she reconnected w matty during either midnights or around the time she performed at the 1975 show in London he could smell the fact she was dying inside and why. Ie being ignored by joe, his resentment and jealousy and indifference to her. He then essentially lovebombed her in a targeted way making her think he’d give her all the feelings Joe wasn’t willing to. This is all over the record. And I think she knew she was gonna run to matty when she broke up with him . He made her feel amazing and postponed some of the pain of joe.

Then when he ghosted it hit lik a double whammy (see the prophecy).

I can’t stop thinking how painful it must have been in 2020-2 to have everyone talking about this secret engagement or marriage and the fact that they were “obviously hiding it well”. It’s a lesson to us all I guess. Also don’t wanna sound snarky but when midnights came out me and many others said there were red flags all over it and we were worried, and that was construed as “hate”. Idk.

Anyway- more than any of her previous records I feel like this album was for her. She made it bc she had to stand up for herself- and while she’s always stood up for herself - she’s never explicitly called out bad fan behaviour bc that’s hard to do. I’m really proud of her for doing that here . And just being so loudly messy. She’s never been more human to me and I’m so proud of her

[ilostyou]

exile (2020) // how did it end? (2024)

[evermoredeluxe]

“how did it end?” is just. so heartbreaking. spends the whole song talking about how of course heartbreak happened to her again and everyone wants a piece of it and wants to know all the secrets, and then ends it with “i still don’t know how did it end?” filled with childlike cluelessness and innocence… goddamn

[torturedpoetsdepartement]

how did it end? - taylor swift

[midnightsslut]

how did it end is so bereft and haunting it actually makes me uncomfortable and that has never happened before djsj

[wouldvebeensweet]

PEEPAW DESSNER HAS NEVER LET ME DOWN

[thetorturedswiftiedepartment]

Taylor Swift (2019): “hey kids! Spelling is fun!”

Taylor Swift (2024): “d-y-i-n-g”

[carpet-of-moss]

hey kids, spelling is fun!

D Y I N G

[addressedtothefire]

“The empathetic hunger descends” line of the album for sure

[greyscalemoon]

i wanna bottle up all the ad libs in how did it end and keep them so close to my heart

[waiting-for-the-proof]

The whiplash I'm getting from these two song, istg

[dutch-swifties]

How did it end is really heart breaking, a song about how people only care about how her relationship ends and want all the personal details when it’s non of your business…. And forget to care about her feelings and hurt and privacy. Such a personal song 🥹