 Genius Meanings
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Taylor Swift – Change
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The thirteenth track of Swift’s sophomore album is about her path into the spotlight. At age sixteen, she was signed to the emerging Big Machine Records, which was the smallest
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Ed Sheeran) – Everything Has Changed
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“Everything Has Changed” is a song about realizing your life has flipped upside down after falling for someone new. The track appears on Taylor’s fourth album, Red, and features
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Taylor Swift – cardigan
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Accompanied by the release of her project written and recorded during the lockdown due to COVID-19, “cardigan” is the lead single from Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album, folklore.
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Taylor Swift – Last Kiss
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In this emotional ballad, Taylor describes her feelings surrounding her break up with Jonas Brothers member Joe Jonas. The secret message for this song is “forever and always
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Taylor Swift – Bejeweled
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“Bejeweled” describes the narrator’s frustration with her lover, who does not value her as she deserves. In retaliation, she goes out for a night on the town. Despite her lover no
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Taylor Swift – Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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“Now That We Don’t Talk” explores the feelings that arise as a once-important relationship fades away, painting a picture of change and distance between two people who used to be
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Taylor Swift – If This Was a Movie
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In “If This Was A Movie,” Taylor daydreams about a lost love coming back to her. The track was made available on the deluxe edition of Taylor’s album Speak Now. (2010). Lyrically
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Taylor Swift – mirrorball
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On “mirrorball,” the sixth track off of Taylor Swift’s surprise eighth studio album, folklore, she compares herself to a reflective disco ball: she sees herself as reflecting all
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Taylor Swift – Innocent
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Taylor penned “Innocent” after Kanye West stormed the stage at the 2009 Video Music Awards after Taylor won an award for her “You Belong With Me” music video. In the song, she
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Taylor Swift – Better Man (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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A cut from the original 2012 Red album, “Better Man” captures the feeling of getting out of a toxic, perhaps abusive, relationship and accepting the sorrow that follows the breakup
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Taylor Swift – august
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“august” is another folklore track produced with Swift’s frequent collaborator and friend Jack Antonoff, who called the song one of his “favorite things [they’ve] done together.”
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Taylor Swift – Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault]
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The track’s subject matter deals with a player-type boy who makes wonderful promises to Taylor that he will stay, only to turn around and run off once he’s bored. The song
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Taylor Swift – The Best Day
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Swift wrote “The Best Day” about her mother, Andrea Swift, and the good effects her mother had on her growing up.
In an interview with Taste of Country, Swift talked about how
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Taylor Swift – Hits Different
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“Hits Different” was a bonus track on the Target-exclusive Midnights: Lavender Edition. However, due to requests from fans, Taylor announced on May 24, 2023 that the track would be
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Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor's Version)
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Using a series of similes and metaphors, Taylor’s re-recording of 2012’s “Red” sees her picturing the red-tinged pain, passion, and all-around powerful pangs of emotion associated
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Taylor Swift – right where you left me
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In addition to the fifteen tracks released on the standard issue of evermore, two bonus tracks–“right where you left me” and “it’s time to go”–were made available on the physical
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Taylor Swift – Dear John (Taylor's Version)
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[Verse 1] / Long were the nights / When my days once revolved around you / Counting my footsteps / Prayin' the floor won't fall through again / And my mother accused me of losin
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Taylor Swift – Mine
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“Mine” is the lead single from Taylor’s third studio album Speak Now.
It tells the story of a girl whose parents' failed marriage has caused her to take a pessimistic view on love
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Phoebe Bridgers) – Nothing New (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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Swift mentions “Nothing New” in the journals she released alongside her 2019 record Lover. In the journal, she reveals she wrote it for her 2012 record Red — she later included it
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Taylor Swift – Midnight Rain
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With the song utilizing an inside light pop rhythm with a mix of some synth sounds, “Midnight Rain” finds Taylor singing about ending a relationship to focus on her singing career
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Taylor Swift – Dear John
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“Dear John” is a reflection on Taylor’s short-lived relationship with fellow singer-songwriter John Mayer. Taylor conveys her feelings of frustration over the way she was treated
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Taylor Swift – Haunted
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In “Haunted,” Taylor writes about a past relationship in this song which the memory of will not escape her mind. The boy and the relationship will haunt her for the rest of her
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Taylor Swift – gold rush
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“gold rush” is a song depicting the jealousy the narrator has because she is attracted to someone who everyone admires.
Because of this, she has to stop picturing her life with
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Taylor Swift – champagne problems
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“champagne problems” tells the story of a woman who shocks her would-be fiancé and their loved ones by turning down a marriage proposal right before Christmas. In an essay about
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Taylor Swift – King of My Heart
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During a Secret Session hosted by iHeart Radio, Swift revealed that the goal for the 10th reputation track was to make each session of the song sound like a move forward in a
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Taylor Swift – When Emma Falls in Love (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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[Verse 1] / When Emma falls in love, she paces the floor / Closes the blinds and locks the door / When Emma falls in love, she calls up her mom / Jokes about the ways that this one
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Taylor Swift – Karma
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On “Karma,” Taylor confronts people from her past, warning them about the consequences of their actions. Considering the way they acted towards her previously, Taylor is relieved
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Taylor Swift – I Did Something Bad
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“I Did Something Bad” explores Swift’s new darker trap sound in the reputation era as it drifts away from previous record 1989.
Like 2014’s “Blank Space,” “I Did Something Bad
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Taylor Swift – Starlight (Taylor's Version)
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[Chorus] / I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune" / It was the best night, never would forget how he moved / The whole place was dressed to the nines / And we were dancin', dancin
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Taylor Swift – Only The Young
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“Only The Young” is a political anthem encouraging young adults and teenagers to use their voice for what they believe in. Swift first announced the song in an interview with
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Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
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Taylor Swift refuses to continue an on-and-off relationship with her boyfriend and declares that “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”.
The song was released as the lead
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Taylor Swift – Change (Taylor's Version)
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[Verse 1] / Well, it's a sad picture, the final blow hits ya / Somebody else gets what you wanted again and / You know it's all the same, another time and place / Repeatin' history
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Taylor Swift – Clean
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In an interview with Elle magazine, Taylor said the following about “Clean”:
“Clean” I wrote as I was walking out of Liberty in London. Someone I used to date— it hit me that I’d
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Taylor Swift – Back To December (Taylor's Version)
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[Verse 1] / I'm so glad you made time to see me / How's life? Tell me, how's your family? / I haven't seen them in a while / You've been good, busier than ever / We small talk
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