#miss americana & the heartbreak prince music video

[ladymarvel27]

Loverrrrrrrrrrrr!

[terraether]

no rules in breakable heaven // good heaven, make me cry for it

Taylor Swift at The Eras Tour // Tove Styrke in Show Me Love music video + The Birth Of Venus

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[mmemirrorball]

ever since I first heard Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince four years ago, I’ve had the extremely vivid idea for a music video. I never posted about it or wrote it down but here we go!! 💕💕💕

Picture aesthetically like a warm 80s coming of age film lighting. the first verse is at the prom. a fight has broken out and a disheveled Taylor in a light blue prom dress staggers down the school hallway. The hallway is covered from wall to floor in blue and red posters and campaigns and slogans and targeted pictures (think very much mean girls, papers everywhere and people brawling and yelling). At the pre-chorus, she opens the door to gym where the dance was, it’s dark with moving white dance lights. She slinks in the shadows and amid the decorations (streamers and such) to see what’s going on.

As the chorus starts, she sees a circle of people and dancers form around two guys fighting, she watches an apparent prom king (ken doll type) and a more rebel looking guy (I’m picturing Jess from Gilmore Girls ok) get into a verbal altercation and then they’re throwing punches. Jess-boy is knocked to the floor.

Second Verse— taylor pushes her way to front of the circle, shocked at what’s happened. Suddenly the lights all turn on in the gym. After a moment, someone points at her and she is chased into a bathroom. (Pre-chorus) She hides in the stall and takes a deep breath, but she realizes on the pink stalls are all posters from the red side, vandalized and mocking pictures of her.

(Chorus) She hurries outside and sprints onto the football field. She collapses right in the middle on the fifty yard line. Close up as she closes her eyes.

Transition as eyes open to the bridge— like a dream-like sequence in the daytime (lover sky) with cheerleaders (including Taylor) in fully white cheer uniforms doing their routine. On the soft chorus part, the background fades and she drops her pom poms. close ups on her face (concerned) as she sees in the distance the Jess-boy is the only one in the bleachers.

On the “you should know” belt, the camera zooms way out to a bird’s eye shot— taylor in her white cheer outfit but with the messy prom hair, still laying in the middle of the football field, as two screaming groups of people (the red group and the blue group) charge at each other from either side. The rest of the song is a sort of montage from the fights in the hall, the gym, the cheer routine (lifts and tumbling and stuff), prom dancing, her and Jess-boy kissing, etc. final shots— close up on the front lines of either side just inches from trampling Taylor. Final shot, Taylor squeezing her eyes shut.

[ohdorothea]

Dear Reader: a web weave (citations under the cut)

Dear Reader / Look What You Made Me Do music video (2017) / I Know Places / …Ready For It? music video (2017) / Dear Reader / End Game / Reputation Stadium Tour visuals / Getaway Car / Photo of Reputation Stadium Tour / Nothing New / Dear Reader / Picture To Burn / Photo of The Eras Tour (LINK) / Look What You Made Me Do / Look What You Made Me Do music video / mirrorball / Dear Reader / If You’re Anything Like Me / Dear Reader / Forever Winter / Why She Disappeared / Forever Winter / willow / Dear Reader / it’s time to go… / Dear Reader / Image from The Ellen Degeneres Show / Paris / King of My Heart / Taylor Swift: ‘I was literally about to break’, Laura Snapes (X) / King of My Heart / Dear Reader / Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve / Photo of Lover promo using lyrics from Cruel Summer / Dear Reader / Anti-Hero Music Video (2022) / I Know Places / Anti-Hero Music Video (2022) / Dear Reader / End Game Music Video (2018) / Death By A Thousand Cuts / Anti-Hero Music Video (2022) / Soon You’ll Get Better / Dear Reader / ivy / Bigger Than The Whole Sky / Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve / Dear Reader / Tied Together With a Smile / Dear Reader / reputation prologue / Dear Reader / A Place in This World / Dear Reader / High Infidelity / Photo of The Eras Tour / Dear Reader / This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things / Look What You Made Me Do music video (2017) / right where you left me / If You’re Anything Like Me / Mastermind / The Outside / Dear Reader / Anti-Hero music video (2022) / New Romantics / Wonderland / Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince / Blank Space / A Place in this World / Lavender Haze music video (2023) / Nothing New / Dear Reader / Look What You Made Me Do music video (2017) / Sweet Nothing / Anti-Hero / Anti-Hero / Bejewelled music video (2022) / Anti-Hero / Dear Reader / Tim McGraw / this is me trying / Bejewelled / Dear John / mirrorball / Bejewelled music video (2022)

[gatzbright]

dream & george; falling in love

Dream: 'Have either of you talked about liking each other in the past?' George: *Scoffs* Dream: ... Well— George: *Giggles* Dream: Well, none of the answers fit. But I'd say, like, we've talked about 'whether' ... George: The weather? Dream: Yeah.

Dream: The realisation that, once again, I met someone that's not going to be my friend, but something more. They were never meant to be my friend in the first place. I can't avoid it. If I'm going to fall in love, I'm going to fall in love. So this song is a cry to please be gentle, please don't make me even more paranoid.

Dream: I want that part of my life to be private, you know? Regardless of who that person is ... Once the cameras are off, once we're not doing anything, it's our time. It's me and you. There's no one else. No one else exists in the world, regardless of the fact that there's thirty-million people that are looming over.

Dream: Because I'm famous and because I have all this attention on me—when I'm in my normal life it's like, I want to put the people in my life in the spotlight and make sure they feel that way. But then there's lyrics like 'the celebrity in my bed' and 'close the curtains now you're all mine' ... It's about, you know, that special someone in your life, and how in my mind, because I feel so special, I want them to feel that same specialness. So, yeah, it's about relationships and how I want that person to feel special like I do.

dream @/dreamwastaken: .@/GeorgeNotFound you've had such a big impact on my life I don't even know where to start. helping me code my videos sometimes, helping with random ideas within videos, encouraging me and always being the light in the room to make things even just a little bit brighter. you took a chance on me out of university, making thumbnails and coding for scraps because we wanted to make it big and I’m proud to say that we did it and I’ll have an appreciation for you for the rest of my life because of your friendship, kindness, and love you’ve shown me. love you man. idc if you’re never serious or if we joke around a lot, you have a place in my heart and I’m looking forward to finally meeting you and taking our next step in content creation and friendship. LOVE U

Dream: 'Spotlight' is a song I wrote about making that special someone in my life feel as special as they truly are ... I want to be there to support them through the ups and downs, and make them feel like they have a million fans screaming cheering them on, even if it's just my voice echoing a million times. They are the most important person in the world and the only one in that spotlight of love and admiration, and I want them to know that.

a lot of my future is your future

Head Over Heels / Broken, Tears for Fears | Dream and George retake 'Am I In Love With My Bestfriend' Quiz, DNF Discord Podcast | Head Over Heels / Broken, Tears for Fears | Dream Team House Cooking Stream, Awesamdude VOD | The Diaries of Franz Kafka, Franz Kafka | Paranoid, Dream | to whoever wants to hear – lyric booklet, Dream | Franz Kafka Letter, Franz Kafka | Red Doc>, Anne Carson | Photograph of Dream and George during the Foodbeast's Panel at Twitchcon San Diego, @/itsjusttai_ | Dream Team Christmas – Baking Cookies, Sapnap VOD | Paranoid, Dream | Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince, Taylor Swift | Dream's Snapchats of George, @/dream | Paris, Taylor Swift | Dream breaks down his new EP track by track, Associated Press | long story short, Taylor Swift | Dream and George on set: Everest – Dream & Yung Gravy BEHIND THE SCENES, Dream Music | Dream breaks down his new EP track by track, Associated Press | Spotlight, Dream | Technoblade Charity Stream George's POV, GeorgeNotFound VOD | Dream and George during Foodbeast's Kitchen League Battle Royale at Twitchcon San Diego, Twitch VOD | October Passed Me By, girl in red | Waiting for a Star to Fall, Boy Meets Girl | Dream Team Christmas – Gingerbread Houses, GeorgeNotFound VOD | dream Tweet, @/dreamwastaken | Dream Team Christmas – Baking Cookies, Sapnap VOD | "George napping and the sun is literally beaming him square in the face" – Photograph and Tweet, @/dreamwastaken | Paranoid, Dream | Dream and George on set: Everest – Dream & Yung Gravy BEHIND THE SCENES, Dream Music | to whoever wants to hear – lyric booklet, Dream | Dream Team House Cooking Stream, Awesamdude VOD | SOMEONE MADE A DISSTRACK ABOUT ME???, GeorgeNotFound VOD | Paranoid, Dream |

[janesociety]

how different marauders characters would act at a taylor swift concert w/ you ⭑

inspired by this post by the lovely @bealovesmarauders

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remus knows her discography by heart. he was originally a little insecure to sing the whole time, but he can’t help but sing along when you look so cute dancing and screaming the words to each song. he probably would’ve been the one to buy tickets after you came to terms with your chances of getting them being so slim, so when he surprised you with them you were over the moon. he would’ve gotten you two lower bowl seats so you would be really close but also able to see every single visual. he also would’ve offered to stand and wait in the merch line during the openers and before the concert started so you could have fun and watch them and have a cute t-shirt to take home.

james “swiftie” potter would be going absolutely feral. he would’ve gotten floor seats that were at least in the first ten rows so he could feel everything. he would’ve made a huge ordeal about surprising you with the tickets. i just know he would take you out to a fancy brunch before you guys got ready for the concert. he would probably want you two to go as miss americana and the heartbreak prince and people would definitely use your pictures as inspo for their shows. i also think he’d be the type to propose during lover or love story if you were at that point in the relationship. he would’ve been all cute about it too and told everyone around you so they could film and take pictures for you guys during the moment. he would also make a show of carrying you back to your car after the concert, even if your feet didn’t hurt that bad from the extremely uncomfortable shoes you inevitably would wear.

oh, sirius. i feel like he’s a total music snob and was really only going originally because you were so excited about it. but then he gets to the concert and he’s awestruck. he would’ve gone insane during the beat drop in don’t blame me but also prob would’ve teared up during my tears ricochet. he would’ve loved every moment of it and would immediately regret not learning all her songs before the concert. i think he’d be so obsessed that the minute he got home he would’ve gone online and bought you two more tickets for either the second night in your city or the next closest show. he’d also probably make you explain all the lore and stories behind everything on the way home. you just know that next time, he will be so prepared he will outshine every other swiftie boyfriend in the crowd. he’s also a rep girly.

lily is a swiftie through and through. there’s not doubt in my mind that she’s not an evermore and lover girly. she would’ve fought hard for those tickets and she would be so proud when she surprised you with them. you and her would spend so much time picking out the perfect themed outfits for the night and would definitely end up in a few of those “my fav outfits i saw at the era’s tour!” videos. she definitely has a note in her notes app where she keeps track of all the surprise songs and which ones she wants (she was heartbroken after dbatc and clean were taken in the same night, but she also knows that there’s not a single song that she’d be disappointed in getting). it honestly doesn’t matter where your seats are because no matter what you two will be having so much fun it won’t even matter in the end.

regulus, unlike sirius, actually prepared for the concert. he was definitely doing his research before hand. he was never a big taylor swift fan before, but when he saw your eyes light up when you told him you got tickets, he knew he had to be ready. he spent months listening to each album one by one, making playlists, attempting to learn words, and maybe even looking into the meaning behind the songs. he may get a little too caught up in connecting each song to one of her relationships and prob would wear and “i <3 T. S.” shirt to the concert. like james, he would’ve offered to carry you out of the arena, but unlike james, he would’ve listened to you saying no and would’ve been content simply holding your shoes in one hand and your hand in the other.

[cacoetheswriting]

celebrity skin. [masterlist]

pairing: rockstar!eddie munson x popstar!fem!reader total word count: tbc summary: as corroded coffin frontman, eddie munson regards himself as perhaps the most important person in the 90s music scene. that is until he meets you — america's favourite starlet. things evolve pretty quickly from there.

content warnings: 18+, minors dni: smut with a rather angsty plot, suggestive & mature themes, adult language, use of pet names, mutual pining, mentions of recreational alcohol & drug consumption, emotional hurt / comfort, topics of guilt / regret, general family drama — if i missed anything, pls let me know! also, pls read the warnings for each individual chapter.

psa: images used in the headers don’t depict readers physical attributes! these are also described vaguely in the story, only that she’s a little shorter than eddie.

part one | part two | part three | part four | part five | part six | part seven | part eight | part nine | part ten

blurbs & things:

honesty: the music video

a/n: the following are some songs that inspired this story / keep inspiring this story. i'll probably be adding as i write along, but feel free to also share some that remind you of eddie + the starlet.

hole - celebrity skin | taylor swift - miss americana & the heartbreak prince | the cure - just like heaven | maisie peters - not another rockstar | red hot chilli peppers - californication | måneskin ft. tom morello - gossip | inhaler - if you’re gonna break my heart | r.e.m. - shiny happy people | nasty cherry - six six six | fleetwood mac - silver springs | lana del rey - fuck it i love you | u2 - mysterious ways | rod stewart - sailing | suki waterhouse - to love | lenny kravitz - i belong to you | guns n’ roses - don’t cry | taylor swift - don’t blame me | ringside - tired of being sorry | cigarettes after sex - motion picture soundtrack | future islands - deep in the night | letters to cleo - i want you to want me

[marsprincess889]

Ketu placement and your most core self

So i want to talk about my personal experience about an artist I love, how she has been haunting me throughout my life and about how art imitates life.

I have ketu in jyeshta nakshatra,(and shoutout to all my 2002 babies with ketu in jyeshta, love u) and at age 10 i discovered an artist whose name i've heard of but never knew. I clicked on a song that youtube recommended called "Back to December" and i really do remember it so clearly, how natural it was and how i wasn't thinking as i branded Taylor Swift (sun in jyeshta) my favourite artist. I remember explaining passionately to my dad why I loved this song and how it differed from RED and how those songs were my safe space because while i had to try hard for anything else, this was natural and easy and just perfect.

Here i credit claire nakti, who you should know if you're interested in vedic astrology. She made a video about ketu and creativity and one's "daemon" that is really worth checking out.

Moving on, ketu is your creative, primal energy that is unaware. It's the headless body, the tail of the serpent, our past, where we come from, what is natural for us, past lives and untamed power. For example, as a ketu in jyeshta native I've always felt close to the hero archetype (I even wrote a song about that around that time), the poor orphan who rises into the world, the brave soldier who outsmarts everyone, the survivor, the winner against all odds, the grumpy independent individual, and even as a young girl, the archetype of the eldest daughter, which I actually am. I've always felt a little masculine at my core, and this explains why, as jyeshta is very masculine. All these archetypes I associate with jyeshta.

Jyeshta is known as "the best". You can only be the best if everyone else is worse, so we have the theme of competition. Jyeshta is located fully in Scorpio, and is very much about the occult side of life. It's shakti (power) is "to rise, conquer and gain courage in battle" (multiple sources). I know personally that jyeshta will never let you win an argument or back away from tension, the exception is only when there's no need to. My jyeshta moon cousin makes me so mad because he's always trying to lecture me to appear smart. That's definitely a more negative manifestation of its energy.

Anyways, in her video, claire nakti says that if you feel drawn to some art, it's been most likely created by someone with their primary placement in your ketu nakshatra. Now, this is not a rule, as I've definitely liked other artists, but Taylor's music felt too personal and custom-made for me, like she knew my taste and life from inside out.

Flash forward to summer 2019 and Taylor has released Lover, I'm sitting on a hill and cannot believe how Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince is so perfect, so me.

I went through my reputation era when she went through it, i went through a personal rebirth as she released Lover, I felt depressed and alone when I finished my school and she released folklore (tbh most of us did(SOLIDARITY TO CLASS OF 2020 MAKE SOME NOISE)) . Around that time I disovered Dickinson(a tv show) and here is my next point.(?)

Dickinson stars Hailee Steinfeld(jyeshta sun) as Emily Dickinson(also jyeshta sun), and it's about her life, yes, but mostly it's about Emily's creativity. There's a character called death that I believe relresents Emily's daemon(watch claire nakti's video for more clarity, but basically it's the opposite sex version of you, your creative self, and is represented by your ketu). Death appears whenever Emily feels different, like she needs time alone to herself and rides with him in his carriage, he also empowers her. Interestingly, Hailee Steinfeld's ketu is in Uttara Bhadrapada, which is Wiz Khalifa's(death) moon. That, in my eyes, solidifies the theory that he's representing her daemon.

I had discovered claire nakti recently at that time and also discovering this art that felt very personal to me was a little overwhelming, not to mention that i was going through a VERY stressful time in my life. As i grew so did my creative energy and I reached a certain block, but now I look at my art from that time and it's so... raw and pure and true. Tbh that time was extremely traumatic for me and it's traumatic to remember it but hey, I'm so much better now. I started my ketu antardasha at that time and it ended in february 2021. Still hard to remember yes, but I heard ketu dashas always are, you always come out more beautiful and true out of it tho 🙂.

So, be careful with ketu energies, they're not for us to misuse. There's always Venus after ketu so it's another reason to smile.

Please interact with me if any of this was interesting or felt familiar. Not all posts are going to be like this, in fact, I think they're gonna be more rare. This was a really serious post and brought up some stuff in me ngl. I really didn't deserve to go through the trauma, nobody does. But it's not all consuming, it was nothing really, it was just traumatic at the time. Anyways this is becoming a lot so wait for more aesthetic posts, I'm venusian after all 💖💖💖 love u guys, take care. 🤍

[thedelicatearcher]

Swiftie Finnick dragging rock reader to the eras tour. At first she's hesitant but when she finds out Paramore are opening she finally agrees to go with him. She won't admit it, but she screamed both Paramore and Taylor songs🤭🤭

swiftie finnick and his rock gf go to the eras tour !!

as silly as you could think it was, you couldn’t hide your excitement at the idea of dressing up for a concert. you had dressed up for concerts before, but you had never worn costumes to any of them. for months, you and your boyfriend finnick had spent entire afternoons sewing and attaching fake gemstones to your outfits.

at first, you had suggested just wearing ‘22’ shirts and calling it a day, but he was very adamant about doing the most AND making it from scratch. there were many discussions about what you should wear. on one hand, finnick really wanted to go matching with you. the idea of going as a hamburger and fries, like taylor swift and katy perry in the ‘you need to calm down’ video, was brought up but quickly dismissed by you. “how am i going to enjoy myself at a concert wearing a big ass fries outfit,” you protested. “bold of you to think that you were going to be taylor,” he retorted.

the classic ‘miss americana & the heartbreak prince’ outfit was also on the table, but finnick was eager to make a more elaborate outfit, so that idea was discarded too. even though it wasn’t what you both wanted, you decided to wear non-matching outfits. he scrolled through pinterest with you for half an hour before you finally found one you kind of liked: a black top and skirt full of gemstones that simulated the ‘bejeweled’ music video outfit. your eye makeup would include little beads, and your platform boots too. it wasn’t what you would normally wear to a concert, but you didn’t dislike it.

then, there was your boyfriend finnick odair, with his tongue sticking out in concentration as he sewed the ringmaster outfit that taylor had worn on the red tour. he had the same expression when he made friendship bracelets. being impeccable with knots, your lover was very focused on making friendship bracelets. in the time it took you to make three, he managed to make ten. his bracelets were very well done, with quirky references and pretty color palettes, although they were a little bigger than normal because his reference was his own wrist.

you love concerts, but you had never been to a taylor swift one before. when finnick invited you, you were a little unsure about going. “i wouldn’t want to take the ticket from a real fan” was your excuse, given your vague knowledge of swiftie culture after years of dating the blond. the moment he told you paramore would be the openers, you tossed that compassion for other swifties out the window.

as you made your way to your seats, you felt a little uneasy, as if you didn’t quite fit in. the vibe was nice but different from what you were used to. it wasn’t until people started trading bracelets with you that you began to feel more comfortable. a beaming smile adorned finnick’s face at the sight of your arm full of traded bracelets.

as you eagerly awaited paramore’s performance, you could hear your boyfriend’s gasps and hums of approval at other swifties’ outfits. once or twice, he pointed at someone and said “next time, we should dress up like that.” whenever someone complimented your outfit, he couldn’t help but cheerfully announce that they were handmade. but in reality, finnick’s outfit was a total spotlight stealer, so much dedication had gone into it. the colorful jacket gleamed in the sunlight reflecting off the beads. he had brought a ringmaster cane too, but sadly it was confiscated by security. he apologized profusely and promised the people behind him that he would remove his hat before the concert started, even before they had a chance to complain.

by the time paramore was midway through their set, you had already sung your heart out. you had danced like no one was watching during ‘hard times’, screamed ‘misery business’, and jumped while singing ‘still into you’ to finnick. when taylor took the stage, you were still so hyped up that you danced and sang (the few songs you knew) along with everyone else. you didn’t miss the glimmer in finnick’s eye as you danced so freely during the reputation era, or the sheer brightness on his face for being at a concert of an artist he so dearly adores. that look made everything worth it, a warm sensation overpowered your chest and you remembered once again why your heart truly and hopelessly belonged to him.

[bananaofswifts]

HOW DO WE measure the impact of a musician in 2023? Streams can be bought. Awards can be finessed. Is it when demand for show tickets leads to a congressional hearing about Ticketmaster’s policies? Or when flight attendants shout out a fanbase making a pilgrimage to see a tour opener? Or when TikToks of merch inspirations and setlist predictions rack up millions of views? Nearly a decade ago, a headline ran declaring ‘Taylor Swift Is The Music Industry’ and those with even the slightest pulse on pop culture can tell she’s only grown more omnipresent since. It all led to a warm evening in Glendale, Arizona where months after delivering her most commercially-successful album to date, Midnights, Swift debuted a discography-spanning setlist that lasted over three hours and kicked off an aptly-named stadium run. The Eras Tour has arrived.

The sheer length of the set is a feat, but not completely surprising considering the breadth of catalog at Swift’s disposal. Watching the 12-time Grammy winner take the stage right at 8pm, and continue past 11pm triggers the often overused cliché: Who’s doing it like her?

After night had fallen and GAYLE and Paramore revved the crowd up with a mix of recent chart-toppers (GAYLE’s “abcdefu”) and cultural anthems (Paramore’s “Misery Business”), it was time for the main event. At 7:57pm, a timer appeared on a massive screen prompting screams from all corners of State Farm Stadium. Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me” played as fans braced themselves for the arrival of Swift. When the timer hit 0:00, the house we’d seen in the “Lover” music video assembled on the screen, indicating that this evening was first and foremost about reviving the feelings each era evoked.

“So tonight, we’re going to be going through an adventure, one era at a time,” Swift said. “We’re going to be exploring the last seventeen years of music that I’ve been lucky enough to make and you’ve been kind enough to care about.”

It’s easy to compare one of Swift’s stadium shows to something you’d see on Broadway — never has that been more true than for The Eras Tour. The setlist is cut up into acts, grouped together by eras for each of Swift’s ten studio albums. For each era/act, Swift went full-send into that album’s look, feel, costume, color blocking, and more.

Many eras got a few songs. At one moment, it seemed like Swift’s soft spot for Folklore would mean we’d hear the entire album. On the opposite end, Speak Now’s part of the show was short but impactful. Swift played only one song from her third studio album, “Enchanted,” while wearing a stunning floor-length ballroom gown designed by Nicole + Derr. Hopping from act to act, Swift made it extremely clear when she’s taking the audience out of one era and into another. This isn’t a hastily put together setlist with a vague thread of connective tissue — Swift is taking her audience on a nostalgic extravaganza.

For both Swift and her fans, it’s been a long road to get to The Eras Tour kickoff. Friday night’s opener was four projects, millions of record sales, and over 1,500 days removed from the last tour stop on the Reputation stadium tour in 2018. Plus, who can forget the Ticketmaster fiasco in handling the sale of The Eras Tour tickets, which not only prompted an apology to Swift from the ticketing monopoly but also for Congress to investigate.

In perhaps a sympathetic nod to the canceled Lover Fest, Swift began the festivities with the Lover era. Wearing a jaw-dropping Versace bodysuit, Swift launched into “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” for the opening number. Swifties eager to see “Cruel Summer” live weren’t disappointed, as Swift strutted down the catwalk towards the stadium’s center, belting out the fast-paced bridge eager to deliver what stans had snatched away from them due to pandemic-related cancellations.

For “The Man,” Swift completed her Versace look with a blazer and made sure everyone could see the red bottoms when she kicked her feet up on a conference room table as she delivered the masterfully written and scathing assessment of gender inequality in pop culture. Swift closed out the Lover era act with “You Need to Calm Down” and “The Archer,” the latter getting a beautifully stripped down rendition so Swift’s vocals echoed across the stadium: “Because all of my enemies started out friends / Help me hold onto you.”

At one point, as Swift ran through hits from her Fearless era, she flashed a smile and announced to the crowd that she was taking us back to high school with her. The nostalgia seeped into the show, resulting in some of the loudest crowd participation yet, especially from those old enough to have grown up with Swift and were in high school at the same time she was. The singer ran through “Fearless,” “You Belong With Me,” and “Love Story,” reminding us of a time when we discovered the pop phenomenon unbeknownst to the level of celebrity she’d achieve.

Something about Swift — she’s online. If the fact that she decided to end last night with the TikTok-friendly “Karma” doesn’t make that obvious enough, her joke about disliking Evermore hammers home the point.

“We’re currently in the middle of the Evermore album, which is an album I absolutely love despite what some of you say on TikTok,” Swift said with a grin.

Later on in the act reserved for her ninth studio album, in line with how theatrical the event was, Swift set up a beautiful dinner setting only to deliver a heart-wrenching rendition of “Tolerate It.” She also performed “Tis the Damn Season,” “Willow,” “Marjorie,” and “Champagne Problems,” giving fans a sizable taste of the Evermore live experience they weren’t able to receive when the project came out in 2020.

For the acts dedicated to Reputation and Red, fans were treated to a masterclass in visuals and hitmaking, two key elements that has assured Swift prolonged success for as long as she’s had it. The powerful, striking, snake motifs were an awesome callback for fans who attended the Reputation tour.

For Red, Swift went through “22,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” and “I Knew You Were Trouble. She closed out the act with a beautiful performance of the 10-minute “Taylor’s Version” of “All Too Well.” In the evening’s most ethereal moment, small white confetti made to look like snow blanketed the State Farm Stadium as she neared the end of her magnum opus, singing “Because in this city’s barren cold/I still remember the first fall of snow/And how it glistened how it fell/I remember it all too well.” Not only is Swift a savant for world-building, but she’s perfected the ability to translate those worlds into the live experience.

Swift wasn’t shy about making sure people got the full Folklore live experience. A makeshift cabin, not unlike the one made during Swift’s 2021 Grammys performance, sat on the stage with Swift perched on it during “Invisible String.” The star also discussed how she finally got comfortable crafting narratives for purely fictional characters, rather than ripping them from the headlines about her life.

“Folklore was such a different album for me. I start writing it about two seconds into the pandemic. I was just so very aware of how much time I was going to have to spend away from you,” Swift explained before launching into “Betty,” “The Last Great American Dynasty,” “August,” “Illicit Affairs,” “My Tears Ricochet,” and “Cardigan.” “With this album, I thought it would be so fun to create characters, and storylines, and they can live in different times, and then can do all of these things, and they could fall in love and hurt each other and go to war…”

1989’s era act turned the party up and restored the energy, with Swift donning a Roberto Cavalli top and skirt and going through “Style,” “Blank Space,” “Shake It Off,” “Wildest Dreams,” and “Bad Blood.”

To cap off the evening, Swift returned to Midnights, performing album highlights “Lavender Haze,” “Mastermind,” and more. It was hard to ignore the immense gratitude the singer continued to exude throughout the evening, with the “thank yous” coming more and more often the closer she got to the end.

Eventually, the singer asked the crowd if they had time for one more and launched into her finale, “Karma,” a track with a passionate chorus that’s begging to be scream-sung in a room of about 60,000 who’ve been waiting for this exact moment for years. Maybe it’s fitting that an artist who’s had more than her fair share of ups and downs, and at times has been the most polarizing musician alive, ends her stadium tour opener with a song about how she can finally protect her peace. Karma’s a relaxing thought, indeed.

The Eras Tour is a feat. It’s live music at its highest spectacle and greatest excess. And for most, without the catalog and showmanship of Swift, it’d be too much. But 17 years into her career, maybe we ought to stop being surprised when she finds a way to top her own efforts year after year. Towards the end of Paramore’s set, Swift’s good friend Hayley Williams said we had gathered that evening to celebrate Swift’s incredible career. There’s something funny about a greatest hits concert for someone who’s never been more in her prime, isn’t there?

[missmultipleaffairs]

I'm going to regret this but I'm doing it for my Tumblr Swifties. Surprisingly there's a lot of you lmao. My favorite song from every album, of course featuring TTPD. Taylor and TøP are the only full music catalogs I know. That's it. I refuse to do this again 🤣

Alright let's go!

Debut: Should've Said No. I WANT DEBUT TV SO BAD IT'S NO EVEN FUNNY. She deserves better 😭. This song is so fucking great and the attention it gets is beautiful to me. Special mentions to Stay Beautiful and The Outside for being underrated as fuck tracks.

Fearless (TV): Forever & Always. Also an underrated masterpiece. You Belong With Me has moved up in my ranking since actually listening to it again because I initially slandered my poor baby for being so overplayed. I feel bad, I really do. Fearless and Jump Then Fall also have my strong love an attention. As an album, I'm honestly not a huge fan of Fearless but I'm honestly glad it got TV treatment first and we got Mr. Perfectly Fine so there's a lot I respect it for. One more thing, Hey Stephen is underrated as hell and I want my baby to have more love pls 🙏

Speak Now (TV): Timeless. WHY ARE WE SLEEPING ON THIS SONG IT IS SO CUTE AND PRETTY AND GORGEOUS AND GOOD AND AAAAAHHHHHH. People need to respect the final track on this album I swear. This isn't fair to Timeless. I Can See You follows as a close second and I can't believe I never noticed that Joey King was in the music video. Mine and Sparks Fly are obviously getting love from me because I love my sweet love songs. Rest in peace to Long Live and her spot on the Eras Tour set list. You'll be missed my darling. The rest of you better stop sleeping on Timeless, it's underrated as fuck and I will not hear any arguing about that. Respect my child.

Red (TV): Treacherous. I know we're not still sleeping on this one after she played it mashed up with The Alchemy. If you are, you have no taste. One her best bridges and it gets so slept on. I beg you, love Treacherous in all her sweet and pretty glory. Message in a Bottle and The Very First Night are also getting extra love as the underrated as FUCK vault tracks. Seriously, listen to Treacherous and appreciate her, we love her here.

1989 (TV): Style. You Are in Love holds second place with an almost super close tie. Yall can't argue with Style easily being the best song on the album. Even my dad, who doesn't like Taylor Swift, says it's the best one. It just is. I'm sorry. You Are in Love I've found new appreciation for after I SLANDERED the poor song in a 1989 ranking on CapCut. I'm redoing all of those because some of those rankings were just unfair. This Love gets a special mention as second best song on 1989, just not my favorite to listen to most of the time. I already have bias towards 1989 because that was the first Taylor album I heard in full capacity. TTPD is my favorite album overall, but 1989 holds a nostalgic place in my heart. One more thing, if you're sleeping on I Know Places, I need you to listen to it again. It's so amazing and needs to be appreciated for the gem it is.

Reputation: I Did Something Bad. I did some reflection on Repuation. I Did Something Bad used to hold my number 3 spot, now I'm not so sure. I think it's easily one of my favorite Tay songs ever. Maybe. This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things and Call it What You Want get second and third place here. I love both songs to death. I love Rep as a whole, Endgame just weighs it down so much. It feels so out of place in Taylor's entire catalog and everything feels like it doesn't exist. It's also just a god awful song I'm sorry 😭

Lover: Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince. I'm not a fan of Lover. I love a lot of the songs on it, but there's so much that holds it back in my eyes. Again, I'm sorry. However, we need to talk about the opening song in the Eras Tour because OH MY GOD IT IS AMAZING. I'm mesmerized by this track, it's just so pretty and the high school fairy tale told in the story is so fucking good and honestly has probably happened in my school, though I've never heard of something like that happening.Anyway, honorable mentions because that's tradition here. I Think He Knows and I Forgot That You Existed. Both are super fucking underrated. I Think He Knows espexlcially. I Forgot That You Existed is so slept on why do yall do this to my heart. Lover and Cruel Summer are the two overplayed songs that hold my attention, holy shit. I play Lover likes it's fucking drugs. As for Cruel Summer, Swifties just have fucking TASTE. Thank you for streaming the shit out of that song. Now all I ask is that you stream Lovers opening track because I've never heard such a good Taylor Swift song so slept on by Swiftie society

Folklore: Invisible String. I will never forgive Taylor for removing The 1 and TLGAD from the set list. My soul is broken from that. My initial favorite was Mirrorball, but I think I'm going back on that too, maybe as my number 2 or 3 song. I do think Folklore is her best written album. With that said, I also don't like it that much. Indie music is something I've come to enjoy and appreciate, but Folklore isn't for me. Invisible String and Mirrorball are my underrated as fuck track picks for Folklore, I love them both so much and seeing them slept on hurts my soul a little. Also, didn't she play Invisible String the other night? And I missed it? I'm sad about it. Trust.

Evermore: No Body, No Crime. EVERMORE IS HER MOST UNDERRATED ALBUM. And I know I'm not supposed to be capitalizing shit from Folklore and Evermore, but I'm a fucking perfectionist who capitalizes everything. I've never felt so attacked by an underrated album in my life. Holy shit. Stream Evermore wayyyy more than you already do. Beautiful music. No Body, No Crime DESERVES number one for making me fucking shiver at it. Ffs why are we sleeping on this? Also, Long Story Short and Ivy are getting appreciation from me. My babies, I love them. Obviously I also think Willow and Champagne Problems are also superior songwriting. I will seriously fight with people about Evermore. I became a different person after listening to this album. It's so much better than Folklore in a lot of areas. Please please please give her more love

Midnights: Midnight Rain. Here's my thing with Midnights. Or even with Red, I need to talk about Red again for a second. Red is my least favorite album. I'm sorry, it has a lot of songs that I love with all my heart, and songs that I will occasionally listen to and enjoy. But there's so many songs that drag it so far down for me. I genuinely can't listen to it without feeling disappointed in some of these songs. I'm sorry to break your hearts. Now, Midnights, also kind of falls under the same problem for me. I don't know how I feel about Midnights despite listening to it multiple times already and trying to form an opinion. I actually have an opinion on Red. Now, back to Midnight Rain. One of my favorite on stage outfit changes ever. I'm not even holding back on that at all. I'll say it until I'm dead. Obviously the TTPD sets change into I Can Do it With a Broken Heart is EONS better. I think this song is GORGEOUS. That and Lavender Haze hold the key to my heart I swear 😫. The Great War is honestly my underrated track here. I'm calling it underrated because I feel like it, leave my alone on that opinion pls 😭.

The Tortured Poets Department: So High School. We don't deserve Taylor. I love this song so fucking much and I can't believe I slandered it on first listen. I can't even respect my own opinions anymore. TTPD is an emotional rollercoaster and I didn't even think twice before I stanned Fortnight so hard. I just thought it was impressive that the song was actually good. I still need to listen to the remixes that came out. I haven't heard good things about them tho. I'm giving extra love to Cassandra and The Prophecy. I will carry these two Anthology tracks to my grave with me for people to just appreciate these masterpieces. This album makes my heart soar in ways I can't even describe. Also, the Vivienne Westwood dress on the Eras Tour? Favorite thing ever. I adore that dress and I want it.

Double Bonus: Album ranking and favorite Eras Tour fits from each set. I'm having too much fun I wanna give yall more content because I'm nice. Sorry for all the reading you'll have to do

Album Ranking:

11. Red

10. Fearless (I'M SORRY 😭)

9. Folklore

8. Lover

7. Midnights

6. Debut (like I said, underrated as fuck album)

5. Reputation

4. Evermore

3. Speak Now

2. 1989

TTPD

Eras Tour Outfits:

Lover: Pink Bodysuit. I could go on for hours with how BEAUTIFUL that bodysuit is. I love seeing it.

Fearless: Movie Outfit. I feel like that's obvious, but it's just so cute and so fun when she's bouncing around in it. I know all the Fearless outfits all kind of do that, but I just think it's so iconic and cute

Evermore: I'm treating Folkmore as a separate entity here because I need to pop off about the bronze dress. I can't believe it's gone. She was gorgeous, I miss her and I need her.

Repuation: I mean... I can't really choose can I? There's only one. Honestly I prefer a lot more of the fits on the Rep Tour but this bodysuit is great. I also like the snake on her microphone during this era

Speak Now: NEW PURPLE MILAN DRESS MY BELOVED YOU ARE SO PRETTY I LOVE YOU. Also the other Enchanted dress that's basically the dress from the Speak Now Tour with way more flare. Listen, shut up I need both pls let me have both they're so pretty 😭😍

Red: Who's Travis Kelce Anyway? Ew. I can't it's so iconic and hilarious Taylor I love you 🤣. I think the new Red suit is also cute but listen. The shirts are what matter here. I love that shirt I think it's fucking hilarious to witness. And obviously I need to mention A Lot Going On At The Moment because ofc I do. These shirts are everything to me I can't 🤣🤣🤣

Folklore: MAGENTA DRESS EVERONE ELSE JUST SHUT UP FOR A MINUTE. THAT DRESS IS BEAUTIFUL AND I NEED IT. I'm not letting my biased ass pick the green one, the magenta dress has all my love, I will not shut up about it ever

1989: The green and purple combo. My two favorite colors made it into my nostalgia albums set list. I felt like I was 7 again just seeing the first combo of it. I almost cried I'm not even kidding. I watched a video of her performing Style in that exact outfit and I damn near lost it. I know this sounds stupid but listen, my two favorite colors present in the 1989 set is amazing. I know Folklore also had both colors, but 1989 somehow makes it more iconic in my mind

TTPD: Um... Vivienne Westwood dress. Duh. Like I said, I want one, I need one, it's amazing. I also think the black two piece with the gold blazer for ICDIWABH is also really great. Its just... that damn dress... I adore it with all my heart.

Acoustic Set: Green dress from previous tour, and current pink dress in Europe. I'm letting my biased ass pick the green dress her. I thinks it's very pretty and it's also green and I love green leave me alone with my green. I also LOVE the new pink dress. She's so gorgeous, I love looking at her.

Midnights: Movie Bodysuit. The way she shimmers OH MY GOD SHE'S BEAUTIFUL. I love the matching Karma jacket too. Seriously, I'm in love. Help she's lovely. I wish I could actually see the Eras Tour with the hope of getting that bodysuit and actually getting to look at it in person. I love her, I need her, I wish I was confident enough to wear her 😭

So yeah, those are my thoughts. Kind of biased kind of not. Thought I'm scared some Swifties her might get mad at me for some opinions. Just my opinion guys I'm not changing it to please anyone. Sorry.

[andichoseyou]

THE ERAS TOUR ASK GAME!

💗Miss Americana And The Heartbreak Prince: it's been a long time coming... what was your opinion on the Lover album when it first came out, and what are your opinions on it now?

💗Cruel Summer: fever dream high... can you remember the best or worst summer of your life? if yes, can you explain why it was the best/worst?

💗The Man: i'm so sick of running as fast as i can... can you name some songs, movies, poems, etc that make you feel powerful? like you could do anything?

💗You Need To Calm Down: we've all got crowns... name 5 female artists (besides Taylor!) that you love!

💗Lover: can i go where you go... what are, in your opinion, the most romantic songs of all time?

💗The Archer: you could stay... at the end of the day, who do you choose? who is your person? your other half?

💗THE LOVER ERA: if you could add one Lover song to the setlist, which one would it be?

🌟Fearless: i don't know how it gets better than this... what was something that you were afraid to do, but did anyway? how did doing that make you feel?

🌟You Belong With Me: been here all along... what are your go-to karaoke songs?

🌟Love Story: we were both young when i first saw you... what were your favorite books/fairytales when you were younger?

🌟THE FEARLESS ERA: if you could add one Fearless song to the setlist, which one would it be?

🍂'Tis The Damn Season: it always leads to you and my hometown... what is your favorite spot in the town you grew up in? was it a restaurant? your childhood friend's house? the school you went to? someplace else?

🍂Willow: i come back stronger than a 90s trend... favorite 90s song?

🍂Marjorie: you're alive in my head... if you could have dinner with one person, dead or alive, who would it be?

🍂Champagne Problems: i dropped your hand while dancing... what was the last movie/show that made you cry?

🍂Tolerate It: tell me i've got it wrong somehow... rank every taylor swift track 5!

🍂THE EVERMORE ERA: if you could add one Evermore song to the setlist, which one would it be?

♟️...Ready For It?: in the middle of the night... what is the last dream that you can remember? what was it about?

♟️Delicate: isn't it?... what is your favorite taylor swift "question" lyric? (ex: "can i go where you go?" or "remember when you hit the brakes too soon?")

♟️Don't Blame Me: oh lord save me... all time favorite live taylor performance?

♟️Look What You Made Me Do: the old taylor can't come to the phone... what are your top 5 favorite taylor swift music videos?

♟️THE REPUTATION ERA: if you could add one Reputation song to the setlist, which one would it be?

💟Enchanted: this night is sparkling... favorite dress that taylor has worn? it can be on stage, on the red carpet, or just out and about... but it must be a dress!

💟Long Live: we will be remembered... what is your favorite Taylor related memory?

💟THE SPEAK NOW ERA: if you could add one Speak Now song to the setlist, which one would it be?

🧣22: it feels like one of those nights... when is your birthday? how old are you turning? what is something you want to do for it? do you have any birthday traditions?

🧣We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: like, ever... best way to get over a break up? (romantic or platonic)

🧣I Knew You Were Trouble: so shame on me now... name 5 songs to scream-sing in the car with the windows down

🧣All Too Well (Ten Minute Version): i know it's long gone... what song(s) by taylor would you want a ten minute version of?

🧣THE RED ERA: if you could add one Red song to the setlist, which one would it be?

☕️The 1: i guess you never know... do you prefer The 1 or Invisible String?

☕️Betty: i know i miss you... what taylor swift song do you feel like she wrote just for you? a song that you relate to so much that it feels like she got inside your brain?

☕️The Last Great American Dynasty: 50 years is a long time... if you could write an essay/book/song/etc about any historical figure, who would you choose and why?

☕️August: you were never mine... favorite month of the year? why is it your favorite?

☕️Illicit Affairs: don't call me kid, don't call me baby... top 3 favorite taylor swift bridges?

☕️My Tears Ricochet: why are you at the wake... what are your go-to songs for when you need a good cry? (doesn't just have to be taylor songs!)

☕️Cardigan: i knew you... what is your favorite piece of clothing that you own?

☕️THE FOLKLORE ERA: if you could add one Folklore song to the setlist, which one would it be?

🦋Style: take me home... if you could ask taylor to cover one song, which song would you choose?

🦋Blank Space: if the high was worth the pain... what was the first taylor song you ever heard?

🦋Shake It Off: it's gonna be alright... list ten things that make you happy!!!

🦋Wildest Dreams: i bet these memories follow you around... would you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist?

🦋Bad Blood: blood runs cold... all time favorite taylor collab? who do you want to see her collab with next?

🦋THE 1989 ERA: if you could add one 1989 song to the setlist, which one would it be?

🍀Surprise Songs: what are your two dream surprise songs that you want to see live?

🌌Lavender Haze: i just need this love spiral... what is the funniest/stupidest rumor about taylor swift that you have seen/heard?

🌌Anti-Hero: too big to hang out... are you a sexy baby or a monster on the hill?

🌌Midnight Rain: all of me changed... do you prefer sunshine or the rain?

🌌Vigilante Shit: don't get sad, get even... post your favorite taylor pictures from the eras tour!!

🌌Bejeweled: a diamond's gotta shine... out of the 4 music videos from midnights that we have, which one is your favorite? which one is your least favorite?

🌌Mastermind: none of it was accidental... what is your favorite "big word" that taylor has used in a song? (ex: Machiavellian, incandescent)

🌌Karma: sweet like honey... karma is cat for taylor, but what is karma to you?

🌌THE MIDNIGHTS ERA: if you could add one Midnights song to the setlist, which one would it be?

[purpleprincessonfyre]

What is yours favorite aesthetic (Taylor edition)? I love her Lover era and Red era is a classic in my books haha - Mia 🎶

Will we make a Swiftie of you yet, Parker?

Lol jk but my first favourite before the Taylor's Version came out was Speak Now Era and I still love it even now! The purple, the pop-punk style, the slightly country style mixed with a bit of Paramore.

But my favourite of her newer album eras is Lover too! The pastels, the pink, the hyper-femininity while releasing amazing music like Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince, Death By A Thousand Cuts, Afterglow and the music videos for Lover, The Man, YNTCD and ME!

Thanks for this question too! I love showing my Swiftie and as I am literally being flooded in great Taylor content currently it feels good to hear other people loving our Blondie as much as I do! Love ya Parker! 💜

[ohdorothea]

hoax: a web weave - part one (part two)

1. hoax 2. ME! 3. the 1 4. All Too Well 5. Babe 6. Better Man 7. Paper Rings 8. High Infidelity 9. Maroon 10. Dress 11. right where you left me 12. Maroon 13. cowboy like me 14. Hits Different 15. King of My Heart 16. willow 17. Tell Me Why 18. Teardrops On My Guitar 19. I’m Only Me When I’m With You 20. illicit affairs 21. ‘tis the damn season 22. hoax 23. Getaway Car 24. Look What You Made Me 25. Call It What You Want 26. Look What You Made Me Do Music Video 27. Tell Me Why 28. Daylight 29. The Archer 30. Run 31. Better Man 32. Slut! 33. Say Don’t Go 34. Foolish One 35. I Don’t Wanna Live Forever 36. cardigan 37. Tell Me Why 38. hoax 39. Forever Winter 40. Style Music Video 41. It’s Nice To Have a Friend 42. This Love 43. Out of the Woods 44. Hits Different 45. coney island 46. Anti-Hero 47. ME! Music Video 48. The Archer 49. Haunted 50. ivy

51. hoax 52. right where you left me 53. this is me trying 54. Nothing New 55. The Way I Loved You 56. King of My Heart 57. evermore 58. coney island 59. Hits Different 60. exile 61. champagne problems 62. All Too Well 63. betty 64. hoax 65. Death By A Thousand Cuts 66. willow 67. So It Goes… 68. Cruel Summer 69. Tell Me Why 70. Bad Blood 71. Say Don’t Go 72. closure 73. long story short 74. High Infidelity 75. Daylight 76. tolerate it 77. Death By a Thousand Cuts 78. hoax 79. Daylight 80. The Archer 81. I Bet You Think About Me 82. 22 83. Treacherous 84. Wonderland 85. Better Man 86. Message In A Bottle 87. hoax 88. Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve 89. Change 90. ivy 91. Getaway Car 92. State of Grace 93. Maroon 94. The Great War 95. The Story of Us 96. Cornelia Street 97. Wonderland 98. Anti-Hero 99. So It Goes… 100. Dear Reader

101. False God 102. Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince 103. Afterglow 104. evermore 105. my tears ricochet 106. hoax 107. Holy Ground 108. ivy 109. Dancing With Our Hands 110. Look What You Made Me Do111. Wonderland 112. right where you left me 113. Tell Me Why 114. mad woman 115. the lakes 116. The Great War 117. Cold As You 118. I Knew You Were Trouble 119. hoax 120. long story short 121. Don’t Blame Me 122. this is me trying 123. Red 124. Jump Then Fall 125. seven 126. This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things 127. gold rush 128. the last great american dynasty 129. hoax Lyric Video 130. the lakes 131. hoax 132. Is It Over Now? 133. Clean 134. Teardrops On My Guitar 135. Wonderland 136. seven 137. The Outside 138. Tell Me Why 139. illicit affairs 140. Come In With The Rain 141. Dancing With Our Hands Tied 142. Cornelia Street 143. champagne problems 144. The Other Side of the Door 145. Getaway Car 146. champagne problems 147. cardigan Music Video 148. Cruel Summer 149. hoax 150. If You’re Anything Like Me poem

151. mirrorball 152. White Horse 153. False God 154. I Knew You Were Trouble 155. Cornelia Street 156. False God 157. Love Story 158. Style 159. ivy 160. End Game 161. cowboy like me 162. White Horse 163. Ours 164. The Great War 165. False God 166. ivy 167. How You Get The Girl 168. coney island 169. Hits Different 170. Innocent 171. Look What You Made Me Do 172. You’re On Your Own, Kid 173. It’s Nice To Have a Friend 174. White Horse 175. Don’t Blame Me 176. betty 177. hoax 178. …Ready For It? Music Video 179. Hits Different 180. Forever Winter 181. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) 182. Everything Has Changed 183. Dress 184. Cruel Summer 185. Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince 186. Paper Rings 187. Afterglow 188. The Archer 189. Lover 190. Dear John 191. State of Grace 192. Starlight 193. hoax 194. Bejewelled 195. Question…? 196. peace 197. Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince 198. Forever and Always 199. Say Don’t Go 200. Hits Different 201. Bigger Than The Whole Sky 202. Wonderland 203. Lover Music Video

[setthishouseablaze]

Spotify Wrapped - Miss Americana & The Scarf

The video opens on this pair, Miss Americana and an anthropomorphized red scarf they are standing inside TS right eye. Being hidden within her eye they are just below the skyline, between the Cornelia St sign and the dice roll. There are two shots of them. In the space of a few seconds the sun (her pupil) rises behind them as they meet, join hands, drop hands off-camera, but then come back together and press against one another back to back, they disappear in a literal blink of an eye just before the final zoom out. The sky is blue, fluffy cartoon clouds go by, seagulls fly through the shot, and orange-red leaves fall from the mask worn by the scarf.

Miss Americana is one of the few characters completely unmasked in the video only glitter obscures her face, I interpret this as her being a facet of TS who is more exposed to the public eye, she wears a tight pink dress with a giant bow covering her chest, very feminine, she's wearing the Miss Americana title spelled out in black friendship bracelet beads like a beauty pageant sash. The black and white beads are a notable contrast to the blue/purple/pink beads of the other friendship bracelets worn by Mountain Taylor. Both of her wrists are covered in bracelets and I think that her earrings are made of tiny versions of those beads too but they're all illegible, the earring looks like lazy daisy petal outline.

Daisies have history in Taylor's lyricism "I once was poison ivy, but now I'm your daisy" and in her online public presence particularly in the run up to the launch of Lover and in the context of her relationship with KK.

The Scarf is a woman clad in a loose red satin robe layered with a giant red pointed scarf, aside from a toothy smile her face is obscured by orange leaves (shades of a Cheshire cat smile.) The leaves that make up the mask are the same colour as the flames of the burning house and the leaves in the snow-globe/crystal ball. Her left hand is always hidden.

The All Too Well scarf is represented another time in the video, wrapped around a cat in the foreground, but, TS says that whenever we see a cat it's just to remind us that she really likes cats so maybe that one is ignored by association?

Miss Americana is most obviously paired with The Heartbreak Prince, so does scarf-lady represent the prince as well or is the prince just absent? If so were they ghosted in favour of 'the castle' or are they just missing a direct representation because every figure in the video is part of her personal mirror-ball? All Too Well og version was on Red and the scarf represents innocence/girl-hood, is that something she could be reclaiming or, uh, re-gifting, through Miss Americana in the Lover era?

Pageants are pretty universally a feminine pursuit, and in the TS universe they're something that can be worn as a mask, and something that might be avoided to frustrate old fashioned expectations. In MAATHP "no cameras catch my pageant smile" as she ripped up her prom dress "running through rose thorns" when she saw the political landscape and ran for her life. In Dorothea the muse is "Skipping the prom just to piss off your mom and her pageant schemes."

In MAATHP she addresses a You throughout the song, no pronouns, but "the damsels are depressed"/"we're so sad, we paint the town blue" it's easy to read THP as being female. It sounds like an apologetic plea to a lover a - you know I love you but this is a terrifying time of loaded dice and there's an unfavourable scoreboard so lets not fight with each other lets just run away together and we'll come back to this battle when the time is right. I can't help but wonder if it was originally written as Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Kid.

The image of a rising sun in music always reminds of the song House of the Rising Sun which despite the popular radio version has its origin as a folk song in which the protagonist is either a prisoner or a prostitute or both. The idea of being trapped/caged/locked in to a certain image is a theme throughout Taylors work. Of course there are more obvious connections to Taylors own work, Lovers pre-launch name was Daylight, and the song Happiness references "a glorious sunrise" both of which I've blogged about here before with the general theme of Sunrise being a metaphor for coming out of the closet. Sunrises generally signify beginnings, it's interesting that in this clip the sun rises over this relationship but never sets, just becomes hidden away.

The seagulls in this clip reference a prevalent part of the imagery for 1989 both og and re-recording, they have long been rumoured to be covert symbols of sapphic love in the TS universe. Here are some 'lesbian seagull' references if you're curious. :) [1] [2] [3]

Eye Theory is another really straight-forward link to this clip and as it's a well established piece of gaylore so I'm just going to pop a link to the @9w1ft master-post. [4]

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/23/archives/extensive-homosexuality-is-found-among-seagulls-off-coast-of.html

[2] https://medium.com/ostem-ucsd/how-lesbian-seagulls-changed-the-gay-rights-movement-dd88493da8e0

[3] https://genius.com/Engelbert-humperdinck-lesbian-seagull-lyrics

[4] https://9w1ft.tumblr.com/post/707733730978037761/been-seeing-a-lotta-people-on-twitter-asking

[stuck-in-total-drama-hell]

what i think the total drama characters would wear to taylor swift’s ✨the eras tour✨ part 11/16

Bridgette & Geoff as Lover

Of course the token couple is going to be Lover. Plus Geoff is down for anything, so they could do any crazy outfit Bridgette wanted to. I think if they wanted to be a bit more low key, like less likely to be noticed in a crowd as going to the T Swift concert, they would go with the Lover music video outfits. Like how beautiful would Bridgette look in that yellow dress. If they wanted to be a bit more flamboyant, they would definitely go with the Me! music video outfits pictured. Like how cute would they look together like that? How cute would they be dressed as Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince? Like truly anything couple matching from the Lover era would be so them. Geoff would take it as seriously as he takes planning a party.