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Taylor Swift Songs as Enneagram Personality Types

The Enneagram is a personality test that classifies your personality in one of nine categories, each with different traits. Most of Taylor Swift's songs fall into two of the personality types: type 4 (the individualist) and type 9 (the peacemaker). The songs on these lists are mostly in album order - however, there are a few added onto the ends of a few of the lists that took me a little longer to place that come out of order.

TYPE 1: THE REFORMER

The reformer tends to be rational. This person is idealistic and principled - they live by their values. They are purposeful and self-controlled, and tend to be perfectionists. The songs I classified as Type 1's are songs that focus on the ideals in relationships and life. They're songs where Taylor has a purpose, and some of them tend to have more rational thoughts behind them.

Tim McGraw

Mary's Song (Oh My My My)

Fifteen

Untouchable

We Were Happy

Don't You

Last Kiss

I Almost Do

The Last Time

I Wish You Would

How You Get The Girl

Clean

End Game

The Archer

The 1

This Is Me Trying

Epiphany

The Lakes

Happiness

It's Time To Go

Mastermind

Dear Reader

TYPE 2: THE HELPER

The helper is a caring person who genuinely cares about other people. They tend to be interpersonal and generous. These people are people-pleasing, and can be possessive. The songs I classified as Type 2's are ones where she clearly shows caring for other people, sometimes to the extent of people-pleasing. She tends to be possessive in some of these songs, too.

Teardrops On My Guitar

Tied Together with a Smile

Stay Beautiful

Hey Stephen

Jump Then Fall

That's When

Sparks Fly

Enchanted

Stay Stay Stay

Begin Again

Run

Welcome to New York

Wildest Dreams

Delicate

Lover

Afterglow

It's Nice to Have a Friend

Seven

Marjorie

You're On Your Own, Kid

Glitch

Sweeter Than Fiction

Sad Beautiful Tragic

Ronan

Soon You'll Get Better

Safe & Sound

TYPE 3: THE ACHIEVER

The achiever is a success-oriented, pragmatic, and hard working person. This person is very driven and adaptive, and is very image-conscious. The songs classified under this category show how conscious Taylor is of her own image. They're the songs where she's trying to show herself in a positive light. These are the songs where she shows herself as a hard worker and just how successful she is, without caring about those who try to bring her down.

A Place in This World

Change

Superstar

The Other Side of the Door

Speak Now

Mean

Long Live

I Bet You Think About Me

Style

Shake It Off

Call It What You Want

I Think He Knows

ME!

Mirrorball

Gold Rush

Midnight Rain

Karma

Today Was a Fairytale

I Heart ?

You All Over Me

TYPE 4: THE INDIVIDUALIST

The individualist tends to be withdrawn and sensitive. This person is self-absorbed and dramatic, and tends to be temperamental. This person is very expressive. These songs are dramatic and temperamental, the ones where Taylor is bolder about herself - she is in the right in all of these songs, even when she isn't.

Picture to Burn

A Perfectly Good Heart

You Belong With Me

The Way I Loved You

Forever & Always (Piano Version)

Come In With The Rain

Mr. Perfectly Fine

Better Than Revenge

Holy Ground

Girl At Home

Blank Space

I Did Something Bad

Look What You Made Me Do

The Man

Death by a Thousand Cuts

The Last Great American Dynasty

Illicit Affairs

No Body, No Crime

Cowboy Like Me

Anti-Hero

Vigilante Shit

High Infidelity

Carolina

Invisible

Breathe

All Too Well

All Too Well (10 Minute Version)

My Tears Ricochet

TYPE 5: THE INVESTIGATOR

The investigator is intense and cerebral - they tend to think more with their brains than with their hearts. They are perceptive and innovative, but tend to be secretive and isolated. The songs classified as Type 5's are the ones where Taylor finds herself isolated and alone. A lot of these songs tend to be very intelligently written.

The Outside

White Horse

The Story of Us

Innocent

Treacherous

Starlight

Nothing New

I Know Places

Getaway Car

I Forgot That You Existed

Exile

Peace

'Tis the Damn Season

Tolerate It

Coney Island

Ivy

Labyrinth

Would've, Could've, Should've

Beautiful Ghosts

Eyes Open

Evermore

TYPE 6: THE LOYALIST

The loyalist is committed and security-oriented. They tend to be anxious and suspicious of those around them. They are responsible and engaging. Taylor tends to be anxious and suspicious in a lot of the songs I classified as Type 6's. They're the songs where she's seeking security and comfort, but may not always be receiving it. Things are going wrong in many of these songs.

Cold As You

Tell Me Why

Bye Bye Baby

If This Was a Movie

I Knew You Were Trouble

The Lucky One

The Moment I Knew

Forever Winter

New Romantics

Don't Blame Me

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

False God

August

Hoax

Question...?

I Don't Wanna Live Forever

The Very First Night

TYPE 7: THE ENTHUSIAST

The enthusiast is spontaneous and fun-loving. They are busy and versatile, but they tend to be a bit distractible and scattered. These songs have a lot of energy and are fun. These are the dance songs, the ones that make you want to move. This is the smallest list of the nine personality types. While a lot of Taylor Swift songs could fall under this personality type, most of them tend to fall under another type better, hence why this list is so small.

I'm Only Me When I'm With You

Forever & Always

Ours

22

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Message in a Bottle

All You Had to Do Was Stay

Wonderland

Gorgeous

Paper Rings

London Boy

Lavender Haze

Bejeweled

Paris

TYPE 8: THE CHALLENGER

The challenger is a powerful and self-confident person. This person tends to be dominating - you're always aware of their presence when they walk in the room. They are decisive and willful, and oftentimes tend to be confrontational. The songs under this category tend to be confrontational and angry. Many are songs where she is feeling confident in herself. These songs tend to have a lot of energy, but aren't as happy and energetic as Type 7 songs.

Should've Said No

Fearless

You're Not Sorry

Mine

Dear John

Haunted

Superman

State of Grace

Red

Better Man

Out of the Woods

Bad Blood

...Ready For It?

Dancing with Our Hands Tied

Dress

Cruel Summer

Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince

You Need to Calm Down

Mad Woman

Betty

Champagne Problems

Dorothea

Long Story Short

Closure

Babe

TYPE 9: THE PEACEMAKER

The peacemaker is easygoing and self-effacing. They are receptive and really good listeners. They are agreeable and complacent, and they tend to avoid conflict as much as possible. The songs in this category are ones where Taylor is easygoing, calm, and agreeable. She tends to be open to listening to the other person's point of view in these songs, as well.

Our Song

Love Story

The Best Day

Today Was a Fairytale

Back to December

Never Grow Up

Everything Has Changed

Come Back... Be Here

This Love

You Are In Love

So It Goes...

King of My Heart

New Year's Day

Cornelia Street

Daylight

Cardigan

Invisible String

Willow

Right Where You Left Me

Maroon

Snow on the Beach

Sweet Nothing

The Great War

Bigger Than The Whole Sky

Hits Different

Crazier

Christmas Tree Farm

Beautiful Eyes

Curious what your Enneagram personality type is? Take the quiz here. Afterwards, see if you agree about the songs I picked matching your personality!

[hotchley]

🐨 Okay, I have a burning question—what’s your Enneagram? You know Sleeping at Last, their number songs? One through Nine? That’s the Enneagram! It’s a personality test with nine different types and subsets of various combinations of types. I’m a Three! My church does some stuff with it—mostly they make all of us “leaders” take it and then we make nerdy jokes at each other about ‘typical Seven behavior’ and whatnot. But yeah, the songs are based on each type, and they are scarily accurate.

I discovered their songs…well via a fanfiction (a GLORIOUS one, I will say, for a smaller fandom I went through a phase with) that used it for a chapter title and excerpted a song. It was called Eight, for some reason. And then I realized that holy crap, there are more of these, and they’re GOOD, and they’re based on that personality test I’d had to take literally a week before! So I listened to the Three one, and literally cried it was so beautiful. I then listened to the whole album and made multiple friends take the Enneagram test before showing them the respective song. That’s how I got into SaL.

I was rereading that fic today and remembered you like SaL, too, so, I figured I’d ask! If you don’t know your type off hand (not everyone is as nerdy as I, haha), it’s just a free online quiz. I predict you’re a Nine, Eight, or Two. But I could also be very wrong. I’m bad at predicting.

Putting it all below the keep reading :)

I love a good burning question!

I'm actually a type Four lol. So... yeah not your guesses, but it's nice that you tried! Funny story: when I read the description for Four I was like: I don't want to be like that- ohh that's why...

Although it has been a while since I've done the quiz and a lot has changed in my life over the past three years so maybe I should redo it...

I love the enneagram album, even though I've never listened to it the whole way through (only Four and maybe a few of the others? I'm not sure)

I read the thing for a type three and I can see that! Your church sounds great- me and my sister (when we were in that phase) would just go to the other: that's such a type *number* thing to do (even if it wasn't lol) Also, I love hearing about your church please send all the funny stories!

Ahh I love Sleeping At Last and I'm so glad you found their songs because all of them are just so good

Four is just <3

The first song of theirs I listened to was Saturn and it was honestly the best thing I'd ever heard. Light is also amazing- I wanted to do so many Hotch and Jack fics based off of that song, never did, but the ideas are in my brain!

I love that people remember me liking SaL, it's very sweet! I think I might redo the test now, but at the moment, I'm a Four!