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Most of the Renegade lyrics link back to songs on reputation through evermore, but there is one linking back to 1989’s New Romantics (bJ) which has one of the most under the radar stanzas ever!

Like how is she going to say “we team up then switch sides” in one breath and then “the rumors are terrible and cruel but honey most of them are true” in the next and NO ONE SAYS A DAMN THING ABOUT IT?! 🤯💀

I switched teams too… when I was 22! 😂

Easter Egg = Hatched

I screenshot these IG stories from Karlie on September 10th and 14th (before and after the Met gala).

I captured the first one because I thought the “double bubble” gum was suspicious and was even chatting with a mutual about it.

When the second one came out, we knew the first was Karlie teasing the inspiration for her Met gala dress before it was revealed. But why she included the “double bubble” gum was still a mystery.

I think I understand it now, though. Karlie was dropping an Easter Egg that Taylor would eventually wear a similar dress. And she did it over a month before Taylor shared her version with us.

In conclusion, that smirk on Taylor’s face makes a lot of sense.

a bit of resonance with the universe...

i’m just gonna leave this here...

okay but actually, she’s being very loud with this “forever is the sweetest con” chapter. loud about bearding and façades and being duplicitous. these songs allude to mirages of many kinds. (see also this great tag by @all-my-possessions). Let’s look at how:

cowboy like me (also re: this analysis) 

I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve

Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear

Hustling for the good life

And the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up

Forever is the sweetest con

mirrorball:

I’ll show you every version of yourself tonight

Spinning in my highest heels, love, shining just for you

I can change everything about me to fit in

The masquerade revelers

I’ve never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try

evermore:

motion capture put me in a bad light

sending signals to be double-crossed

long story short:

Fatefully I tried to pick my battles ‘til the battle picked me

Misery like the war of words I shouted in my sleep

The knife cuts both ways

And I fell from the pedestal

Long story short, it was the wrong guy, now I’m all about you

And he’s passing by, rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky

invisible string:

Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs. 

Were there clues I didn’t see?

Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart. Now I send their babies presents

willow:

Every bait and switch was a work of art

Tea Time! There's something in the bridge of Coney ISLAnd you all are missing!

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Coney Island 🎤

how is lover about karlie? "ive love you 3 summers now honey"?

Link

“love is so short, forgetting is so long”

All Too Well: The Short Film

There was so much theatricality in the darkness of reputation. It was a love story, but it was also filled with angst, rebellion and this vengeful taking back of your life.

FINALLY I THOUGHT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!! also i hope tree will shut down the media and that taylor is not gonna read those stupid articles