Genius Meanings
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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 – betty
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“betty” touches on the aftermath of “august,” which describes a summer love that was doomed from the start. Listeners learn that while the summer affair was going on, the speaker
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How Taylor Swift Weaves Her Experiences With Feminist Politics Into “Cardigan”
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She has shifted from an acquiescent pop star to an emboldened spokeswoman in recent years.
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Taylor Swift – cardigan (voice memo)
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So first of all, I'm obsessed with, like, pretty much all of these tracks, and it was really hard to figure out like what I wanted to write first because I had thoughts for all of
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Taylor Swift – hoax
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An appropriate final track to an album filled with melancholy and darkness, “hoax” narrates the struggles Taylor endures in a toxic relationship. Although she has been driven to
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Taylor Swift – my tears ricochet
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Swift shared via Instagram that “my tears ricochet” is about an “embittered tormentor showing up at the funeral of his fallen object of obsession.” She revealed in a YouTube
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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 – cardigan (cabin in candlelight version)
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The cabin in candlelight version of “cardigan” takes the acoustic feel of the original even farther by removing all the percussion and harmonies to spotlight Taylor’s enchanting
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Knowledge Drop: The Six Characters Taylor Swift Channels On ‘Folklore’
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Get to know Betty, James, Rebekah Harkness, & more for the album’s one-year anniversary.
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Taylor Swift – cardigan (the long pond studio sessions)
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[Verse 1] / Vintage tee, brand new phone / High heels on cobblestones / When you are young, they assume you know nothing / Sequin smile, black lipstick / Sensual politics / When
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Taylor Swift – invisible string
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“invisible string” references an east Asian folk myth about a red thread of fate tying two soulmates together. Like on Swift’s 2019 track “Lover,” she expresses gratitude for past
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Taylor Swift – cardigan / august / willow (Grammys 2021)
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[Verse 1: Cardigan] / Vintage tee, brand new phone / High heels on cobblestones / When you are young, they assume you know nothing / Sequin smile, black lipstick / Sensual politics
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Taylor Swift – willow
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“willow” is the lead single of evermore, Swift’s second surprise album of 2020 and her ninth record overall. She released the accompanying music video at midnight EST on December
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Apple Music – Taylor Swift Essentials
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1. Taylor Swift- All Too Well (Taylor's Version) / 2. Taylor Swift- Run (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) [feat. Ed Sheeran] / 3. Taylor Swift- The Very First Night (Taylor's
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Bon Iver) – exile
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“exile” describes two ex-lovers seeing each other following a break-up. Justin Vernon describes feelings of confusion about how quickly a lover moved on, while Swift offers a
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Taylor Swift – the last great american dynasty
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“the last great american dynasty” follows the story of Rebekah Harkness, a patron of the arts, and founder of the Rebekah Harkness Foundation.
In 2013, Swift bought a Rhode Island
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Taylor Swift – the lakes
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Per the unforeseen announcement of Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album “folklore” and the subsequent release of the album’s track list, “the lakes” is the featured bonus track on
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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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YUNGBLUD – Cardigan / I’m With You
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[Spoken] / 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3 / Vintage tee, brand new phone / High heels on cobble stones / When you are young they assume you know nothing / Sequin smile, black lipstick / Sensual
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Taylor Swift – folklore [Foreword]
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It started with imagery. Visuals that popped into my mind and piqued my curiosity. / Stars drawn around scars. A cardigan that still bears the scent of loss twenty years later
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Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer
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“Cruel Summer” narrates the fragility and uncertainty at the beginning of Taylor’s relationship with Joe Alwyn. The two met officially at the Met Gala in May 2016, although she was
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Taylor Swift – illicit affairs
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“illicit affairs” tackles the idea of infidelity, which she first discussed on 2006’s “Should’ve Said No.” In the decade since she released “Should’ve Said No,” Swift’s conception
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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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Cimorelli – Heat Waves / Driver's License / Anyone / Cardigan / Happier / Something Just Like This / Lovebug / Someone Like You
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[Heat Waves: All, Lauren, Christina] / Late nights in the middle of June / 2, 3, 4 / Sometimes, all I think about is you / Late nights in the middle of June / Heat waves been fakin
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