okay so we have been talking about how misty goes over to taylor during certain parts of the song but i was just watching a recording online where they distort the sound to avoid copyright conflict and so i was watching the performance purely visually and not trying to think about the connection to the lyrics and it’s quite literally that
loving how karlie casually confirmed that the initials on the pavement in soho were in fact written for her —a rep era kaylor fan theory— in the same breath that she says that her husband carved them in there, when we have literal multiple timestamped photos that show how her initials had a TS next to them years before half the pavement was ripped up and he added the J!and nobody’s batting a fucking eye!!
just remembering how karlie posted this on october 26, 2014, the eve of 1989's midnight release, kind of implying that she was out of the country (but she was actually snapped by a fan in nyc with taylor)
but the fact that she chose this particular picture... with (her?) hands making our girl's signature heart sign which she became so known for that it's practically unofficially copyrighted by the Taylor Swift™ brand....
The way everything regarding the Lover era was 🌈 gay🌈 until she had to fade back to black.
1. February 24th 🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴= Seven (now we know why).
She finished her 7th Studio album. The same day Karlie made her final countdown Spotify playlist.
2. The day after she completes Lover the album she goes and sings at a gay couples engagement party and sings KOMH.
3. She also wears the Lover designer dress.
4. Then here comes ME! Out Now! On Lesbian Visibility Day. Her loudest-gayest moment to date. 🌈🌈🌈
5. On the 1st day of PRIDE that a bitch had her Equality Act letter and petition in the drafts! 'Cause as soon as the clock struck midnight in the East! Boom!! "I, for one, would greatly appreciate it!" 👀😏🌈
6. The Gay Peacock outfit performance. 🌈
7. YNTCD 😏 Just GAY shit!! 🌈 no explanation needed.
8. The Archer 🏹 drops on the first day of Leo season.
9. 1st Lover SS posted Bi-Colored Rice Krispie Treats "💕" on Karlie's bday on Aug. 3.
10. 13 days from KK's birthday Lover drops! And ding m-ding! It's a Wedding/engagement song!
11. Lover MV drops and there in a rainbow 🌈 🏠.
12. VMA performance: Big 🌈GAY🌈 parade—then she sings Lover!
13. Sunshine is gone. ☀️ 🕳 🖤
14. February 2020-The Man! Gay shit on the main! 👨
That's just a little recap. What a time it was!
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“Up on YOUR Roof with a Schoolgirl Crush”
In the Making of a Song video for “King of My Heart” Taylor sings the lyrics as “with all these nights we’re spending up on YOUR roof with a schoolgirl crush.”
Video - at 6:30.
So who had a rooftop in 2016 when this song was being written?
Lily’s and Karlie’s addresses were public info.
Lily’s Building
Lily’s building had a rooftop for hanging out.
In a photoshoot she did for Cass Bird and Telegraph magazine, they used Lily’s East Village neighborhood for the shoot, including up on the roof.
Karlie’s Building
Karlie’s two-story building had a garden, garden gate, and balcony but no rooftop to hang out on.
Joe’s Building
Articles report that Joe was living in Crouch End when he met Taylor. I don’t think his place had a rooftop to hang out on from photos of the area.
The Bridge
I’ve written about the “King of My Heart” lyrics in other posts, including the British, model, and wlw references, so let’s just look at the bridge here after the roof lyric.
“Drinking beer out of plastic cups”
Is this a reference to Taylor and Karlie at the Knicks game in 2014? Maybe. But the 2014 era doesn’t seem to match the rest of the song, especially since this line is after “my broken bones are mending.”
“Say you fancy me not fancy stuff”
Another British 🇬🇧 reference in a song with many British references. So this line could fit Lily or Joe.
The Making of a Song video was recorded in September 2016. The Nashville and LA scenes, including the rooftop lyric scene, were filmed September 19-21. (Link) The song appears to have been started in early September from the Cornelia Street scene at the beginning of the video and some people think it may have been started as early as August. All of this is before September 28.
I don’t like a gold rush, gold rush
I don’t like anticipating my face in a red flush
I don’t like that anyone would die to feel your touch
Everybody wants you, everybody wonders what it would be like to love you
Walk past
Quick brush
I don’t like slow motion, double vision in rose blush
I don’t like that falling feels like flying
‘Til the bone crush
Everybody wants you
But I don’t like a gold rush
i was looking at the awe website at that unbelievable duo necklace taylor wore in her autumn tiktok and i realized today that there are different versions of the design.
What clues did Taylor and Karlie give out in the last 3 months? That they are still on?
It has been a busy three months for me personally so I am probably not the best one to answer this. But, I will post this and surely others will add to it.
I will start:
Obviously the folklore promotion by Karlie (yes that was more than three months ago).