1989 World Tour Live Part 3

Things I think about

“Meet me in the afterglow.” - Taylor Swift

lmao… is Louis Vuitton really still addressing her as “mademoiselle karlie kloss” in 2021?

They must be skimming right over the ‘marriage and two weddings’ that’s mentioned in every single karlie article 😂

karlie, are you hinting? You knew our kaylor asses would zoom in on that like we did last time…

I'm genT13 on twitter!!!

How I made sense of Kaylor (v1 20171231)

This is not intended to create another Kaylor master-post

There are plenty and great ones around, primarily Kaylor master post I, Kaylor master post II, Kaylor Evidence, Reputation Era Master Post. Using existing master-posts and various Kaylor materials, this post is intended to share how I made sense of Kaylor, as well as what I consider equally important as looking through pieces of information and establishing evidences:

Connecting pieces of information and evidences in a coherent timeline to highlight (an established) pattern of events, and subsequently digesting them through a wider lens of reasons. 

Drawing related pieces of information and interconnecting them within certain timeline or context – literally or mentally, always helped me to make a better sense of things. I used the same approach to make sense of Kaylor, and these are a beautified version of the doodles I did. It is not intended as a complete list of events since you can get it from digging through all the master-posts and all Kaylors’ archives. Rather, this drawing picked on some events with a key purpose to show the connection and pattern of things. By taking a less fragmented and more holistic take on things, I am hoping it will give us a better perspective to digest information with a clearer (and kinder) lens.

Building blocks to construct my thought process: 

Kaylor-meter: the chronology of Kaylor events, 

Gaylor-meter: the chronology of Tay’s gay footprints, 

Beard-fest: bearding and PR stunts related to Kaylor / Gaylor

Word-orama: the closest narrative to what Taylor felt, saw and experienced throughout her journey. In some part, they are perhaps the most telling account of the emotional journey she went through the meter, the fest and her life in general.

As always, follow, go and dig through archives in these senior folks for abundant golden nuggets @jennyboom21 @tallcurlygirl @whaler13bg @taytaysbeard @kaydar @all-my-possessions. Aside from its general discourse on Kaylor/Gaylor the last two are particularly my go-to and great blogs for their fascinating perspective and essays on lyrics. Content credit goes to these folks and all Kaylors whose posts are included in this piece. There are plenty of other Kaylor blogs with great pieces and thoughts of which are no less important just because they are not mentioned or referred in here.

The Journey, and how I made sense of it:

The way I see it, Kaylor-meter, Gaylor-meter, Beard-fest and Word-orama are interconnected and interwoven fabrics of Taylor (professional) life as an artist. A fascinating - at times mind-boggling, interplay of staged and debunk. There were elements of real life person Taylor throughout the journey, however, in looking into this Kaylor journey I am using “Taylor the product/brand” lens. (Refer to this post for what I meant by “Taylor the product/brand” lens)

How to make sense of the graph? The post reference numbers are structured as such to help make an easy connection between Kaylor, Gaylor, beards and songs events. For example: Kissgate - ref# (6) is connected to Tayvin - ref# (6a1) and (6a2) to show that Tayvin events are a PR set up connected to (primarily) Kissgate event in Kaylor’s journey. Please note that I only included some of the events in Kaylor-meter, Gaylor-meter and Beard-fest for the reason that this post is intended to show an established pattern, and not an exhaustive list of events. 

So what are the patterns that we can see? 

When Dianna Agron case (D) was leaked, Harry Styles was emerged. However, chain of events indicate otherwise (Da1) (Da2).

When Kissgate (6) happened Calvin Harris was set up as a ‘boyfriend’. Once again, the PR stunt worked for the targeted audience, but not to others (6a1) (6a2).  Read through the detail in the referred Kissgate and Tayvin master-post to understand why they were connected, and why Tayvin was considered as a stunt and not a real thing between Taylor and Calvin.

When the screaming rainbow Reputation was dropped (10), it was also raining beards on Taylor’s (10a1) (10a2) (10a3) (10a4) and Karlie’s part of the world  (y1) (y2) (y3) (y4) (y5)   

Plenty of posts about this PR stunts. In short, the beards are up and fly away whenever there is an album release, when the public caught wind of Tay’s gayness, or when materials or events that can be viewed as gay will be released, with a purpose to cover up and to retain the hetero-narrative. 

(Note: on why beards are needed, refer to Sobering Thought section of this post, as well as search through these folks’ blog: @taytaysbeard @kaydar @paradisekisses)  

Reference posts:

Kaylor-meter: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

Gaylor-meter: (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)

Beard-fest: (Da1) (Da2) (6a1) (6a2) (x1) (x2) (x3) (10a1) (10a2) (10a3) (10a4) (y1) (y2) (y3) (y4) (y5)

You may also want to check this Reference from @all-my-possessions for timeline/master post/general information. (note: this link does not work for mobile users)    

The words that tell the (real) story…

Despite the abundant proof of disconnect or illogical events of Taylor’s hetero persona, Taylor official narrative on her albums - except for her two latest albums, still throw people off. However, in looking deeper into her lyrics, significant amount of ambiguity or timeline disconnect have weakened the narrative and indicated that the songs were anything but. Her latest album (Reputation) did so in an a even bolder fashion. As I noted in previous section, Word-orama is another aspect in the stage and debunk games. 

Some great posts that I found helping in shedding the lights on ambiguity and anything but:

(a-e) a series of essays from @all-my-possessions (note: for mobile users, upon clicking on the link, you will be directed to her main page. Use the search bar on the right top pane of her blog and type in index list to access the essays)

(a-f) a collection of posts dissecting the subject of the song, debunking of the beards from songs angle.

Beard defying songs:  (e1) (e2) (D-Da-e3) (D-Da-e4) (f3) (f4) (K-f5) (f6)

Media take on reputation: (f1) (f2) 

So how did I identify the interplay patterns between the meters, beard-fest and word-orama?

When Kissgate (6) happened Calvin Harris was set up as a ‘boyfriend’. Once again, the PR stunt worked for the targeted audience, but not to others (6a1) (6a2).  And (presumably) to muddle further of the public narrative and to encourage non-het reading, Taylor planted ambiguity through her songs  (e1) (e2) (D-Da-e3) (D-Da-e4)

When the screaming rainbow Reputation was dropped (10), it was also raining beards on Taylor’s (10a1) (10a2) (10a3) (10a4) and Karlie’s part of the world  (y1) (y2) (y3) (y4) (y5). Taylor ambiguity further the speculation that it is anything but hetero (f3) (f4) (K-f5) (f6) 

Side note: Just an additional background for those who are not familiar with Taylor’s work - I didn’t, thus the information digging I did: you can view snapshots on Taylor’s album from wikipedia (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) 

Once the pieces are all connected, now what? How should I read it? How should I digest them?

When looking into the information and connecting the dots, one process that I always found important is to digest the connected pieces within its context, and the understanding of the mechanics of and the why behind things. What is the underlying mechanics behind an event? What possible stoppers, risks or ramification that could prevent - what many would see as a natural progression of things, from happening? 

Selected perspectives I considered important to shed a different - and better, lights on the connected pieces: 

The media and public lenses: selected posts to highlight what the media and public see and say about Kaylor (primarily). Outsider perspective always helped to balance the notion of subjectivity on things. It also shows that what internal Kaylors see as evidence were viewed through the same lens by the media/public (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 

PR & celebrity PR games: selected posts on how things work and why certain events - in Kaylor/Taylor/other celebrities were done in such way. (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)

Ethic and moral wrestling: privacy violation and outing are the controversies many touted in this fandom for various reasons and intentions. I put in selected posts to give (the needed) perspective on these crucial issues. (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

Kaylors’ words of wisdom: some sobering thoughts to ponder beyond all the excitement in the fandom discourse. (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30)

These kind of information and perspective are a crucial and inseparable part of my take on things, since it gave me a better perspective and discourse.

So that’s how I made sense of Kaylor and how I formed my opinion on events throughout the journey. 

Note: aside from seniors mentioned earlier on, special mentioned of blogs with thoughtful discourse: @modellesbians-kaylor @thoseflashinggreeneyes @paradisekissess @kaylorcastle @howyougetthenerd.

Last but not least, the belle of the ball…

Karlie Kloss defies stereotyping in her own right 

Many may see Taylor Swift-Karlie Kloss as just one of those cliche famous musician-model pair up the likes of Adam Levine-Behati Prinsloo, John Legend-Christy Teigen, David Bowie (RIP)-Iman, Mick Jagger-Jerry Hall - of which the list goes on. Who is Karlie Kloss? Is she just one of those pretty faces? The 6 foot giraffe from the Lou does pack a whole lot of punches in answering the stereotyping thrown at her.

Flexing her inner-geek muscle and unleashing her kookie-monster self, Karlie breakdowns stereotyping on those in fashion industry and elevates the platform she has to reach out and opening opportunities for young girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) whilst opening her heart to those in needs. Owning most of the processes and ideas, her stereotype-defying passion has earned her accolades and acknowledgement from heavy weighters alike. 

Some of industries appreciation on her passions beyond fashion industry: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)      

My go-to blogs for everything Karlie Kloss: @makistar @fuckthesoliddude @karlieklosschile 

Folks whose work I draw from. Thank you! Fascinating and great insight! 

@anotherday-anotherdrama-drama @karlitakloss @kaylor-evidence @larrienation @jennyboom21 @tallcurlygirl @kaydar @taytaysbeard @whaler13bg @all-my-possessions @modellesbians-kaylor @paradisekissess @thoseflashinggreeneyes @castle-of-brick @100percentsunshine @howyougetthenerd @femmetay @kayspiracy @kaylorcastle @ta-swifts @fuckthesoliddude @iloveanimalssavetheworld @karlieskupkake @svnshineswift @kaylorcastle @thoseflashinggreeneyes @broswiftie @xswhitetee @actyourshoesizegirl @thisiskatsblog @out-of-the-klosset @superspider7890  @raleighcat17 @ificoulddancewithyou @makistar @karlieklosschile 

As I have noted in the first section of this post, there are plenty of other Kaylor blogs with great pieces and thoughts of which are no less important just because they are not mentioned or referred in this particular work. So, go dive in and find them!

PS. Update or correction will be structured as versioning

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Hello fellow tinhat.

Something I saw on Reddit yesterday has sent me into a spiral of wonderfulness about Gold Rush.

A reminder of what Taylor said about Gold Rush, that it: “takes place inside a single daydream where you get lost in thought for a minute and then snap out of it.”

I had a theory from very early on that Gold Rush was about kaylor meeting at the Met Gala in 2011. I didn’t have any solid ‘evidence’ of this, but some stuff stuck out. As a refresher, we know that they met and had an interaction at the 2011 Met Gala because a year and a half later Karlie said that this was when the baking date joke first started. They joked about it, Taylor then mentioned it during her Vogue interview Sept 13, 2011, and then Karlie saw it when Vogue was released in January 2012 and tweeted ‘your kitchen or mine?’ Karlie wore a gold dress that year to the Met Gala and then 8 years later, she famously wore another gold dress and captioned her insta post “Gold Rush”.

What really made me think Gold Rush was about the 2011 Met Gala was just the whole way it vibes with the toe storyline, because I think the Toe fanfiction was invented to mimic Kaylor’s actual truth, partly to allow Taylor to write about her experiences and attribute them to joe in a believable way. It’s easier to lie when it’s partly true. So if Taylor first developed a crush on Karlie at the Met Gala 2011, it just smoothly fits into this toe thing, in a way. This is especially true when you add in the fact that Dianna was also there, and then Taylor and Dianna may have started something within days of when Taylor shouted out Karlie in the Vogue interview in Sept 2011, and both Karlie and Dianna tweeted about the Vogue cover in a flirtatious way. You end up with this messy bit of a love triangle type thing going on, not too far off from the mess that was Calvin/Tom/Joe (Karlie) in 2016. Not that I think we can say that anything really was going on between kaylor at this time, but you can definitely see flirting and crushing going on, which fits the toe narrative about them being friends and texting while Taylor secretly had a crush while dating Tom. Not exactly the same of course, but if this was all happening back then it gives her this ability to write about real situations and feelings while being able to attribute it to the boyfriends. And the whole message of Gold Rush is that it’s just a dream and it could never be. And so it was for another 2 years (in the toe fantasy it was just 3 months of her daydreaming about it and thinking it could never be.)

So this was just a silly, fun idea I had until yesterday when I saw this excerpt form her Vogue interview on Reddit. Keep in mind the spring 2012 show took place in Sept 2011:

👀 What are the odds? She was even wearing an folkevermore-style cottagecore dress!

I also realized that in August 2011, in the same sort of timeframe all this was going on, Taylor wore a Philadelphia Eagles shirt during Speak Now tour 👀

And on top of all that, at this time karlie was getting what I consider to be her first real chance at fame outside of the fashion world, because she got a cover story for Life Magazine, released Sept 10, 2011 (all this going on at the same time is kinda crazy!) And this video was part of that photoshoot:

W Magazine

W Magazine

Karlie Kloss by photographer Gabrielle Revere. See the story here. 

Very ‘gleaming twinkling’ if you ask me. Plus Daisies!?!

So I hope you will join me in this wildness. It seems right up your alley.

———

👁👄👁

if lover is about joe then explain this to me @ the antis

What are the top three things that happened in the last year or so that make you so confident they are still together? No “sources”. No small coincidences. Real things that make sense. No eye theory allowed! Go!

ok anon, i’ll bite!

-taylor’s sudden and sustained use of baby, child, and father imagery and language from lover era through folklore and evermore and now. karlie has done some of it too.

i could list it all up but this post would get very long and it’s, you know, a touchy subject. but i think it’s been pretty noticeable if you’ve been open to it. plus idk, taylor creates a whole album about a secret love and talks about wanting to be her lover’s end game but somehow it’s not supposed to include starting a family? and if it does it needs to be done publicly?

-taylor’s continued use of the crest symbol (something kaylors identified far earlier than swifties)

beyond the Lover music video, we see it in the evermore album photos, and she’s now used it on The Vault. it’s the snake looking like an S and the butterfly looking like a K, for me. plus.. crests are made for *families*

-social interactions with mutual acquaintances.

for example, cara delevigne going to see taylors SNL performance and also publicly sending karlie bottles of wine. misty copeland dancing for taylor’s AMA performance and then also posting a pic wearing a LIKE A KLOSS tshirt to instagram. lily aldridge wishing karlie a happy birthday using a pic where taylor’s right there in the frame. the haim sisters hanging out both with taylor and with karlie on multiple occasions. etc. and then brandon maxwell adding taylor swift songs to his runway shows, and christian siriano often featuring pics on instagram of taylor in dresses he’s designed. all this while karlie hosted project runway with them as judge and mentor. if you believe taylor and karlie were ever together, these kinds of sustained moments should give you pause because they just wouldn’t happen if there was a breakup.

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honorable mentions:

-taylor making the noticeable public pivot towards “fictitious songwriting” with folklore and evermore.

this isn’t so much a proof as something that i think really sets her up well for the future. for me, trying to wean the public off of searching for connections between lyrics and her real life is a way of protecting what she has. plus it has allowed her to write about a greater variety of things.

-the red rose dresses

i’m sorry say what you will about twinning being abstract (yes sometimes it is) but, this kind of thing is just obvious. what’s more, we can deduce that taylor started working on that video before karlie started designing her dress, and karlie then designed hers, debuted it, and taylor then went and did the video without change. to a similar extent you could argue a similar pattern with the yellow dresses in 2019 (elle cover/off-white runway) and the orange thing (yntcd/carolina herrera vogue cover/adidas/match.com) that went into 2020. there’s a pattern of one of them debuting a look, the other puts out a similar look, then it gets revealed the other was working on it earlier, etc… plenty of opportunities to course correct these bold primary color twinning moments if they didn’t want anything to do with one another.

-taylor continuing to wear the vsfs ring (which is undeniably a kaylor bat signal)

on significant days such as kissgate anniversary in 2019, while accepting an award in 2021, and at her birthday party just this month. honestly i could write a dissertation on other jewelry things (karlie wearing the cartier necklace through the pandemic onset and her pregnancy, the alison lou of it all… or the awe le duo necklace lolol, but the angel wing ring takes the cake)

moreover, it’s just all this and every other thing, in aggregate. they’ve both maintained my attention!

Celine Homme?

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sometimes the universe

...just says it shall be...

i mean seriously... can you believe this pic of karlie existed back in... august 2012?? with a gold heart covering over the other side of her face??? like...?!?! between this and the sweet escape coincidence unearthed by @daydreamlibertine i am truly beside myself

thanks to @blogbeautiffulthings for this truly hidden gem!! i can’t believe i’ve never seen it.

here’s more from the photoshoot that it is from:

karlie seems to be wearing her jennifer meyer initial necklace in this shoot as well.

really i’m just enamored by karlie showing off some very rare left-side eye 😂 and also like, it’s at such a particularly good angle...

...so naturally 🙈 i took the liberty of flipping it, zapping the saturation, and overlapping:

what a fit!

also it kind of reminded me of something

a taymoji of taylor in a hoodie, oddly misplaced within the I Did Something Bad pack

hark...!

is that a crack of the knuckles over a keyboard that i do hear? why yes concerned reader, i am aware this hoodie references a particular preexisting look of taylor’s. no, concerned reader, i am not aiming to say that this taymoji is meant to reference this one time back in 2012 when karlie modeled a black hoodie. after all this is a taymoji quite squarely of the:

BLIND FOR LOVE

gucci look from the lwymmd video.

that’s right.

blind 👁

for love 💛

♪♬♩♫♪♬♩♫

*postscript*

also like, in rewatching the behind the scenes for this scene why does taylor go out of her way to make a scene out of one of the guys that has a hole cut out of his tie?

🤨hmm?? 🤨🤨🤨 hmmmmm???