“Okay so, really, any time I’m even going to talk about, or reference another artist, I feel inclined to tell you that they’re not here. No one else is here, it’s just me, you’re stuck with me. But I am going to talk about another artist, because I feel like stadiums are huge, and it’s important to really communicate, so that’s what I’m doing. I’m going to talk about another artist, who has an album that just came out, and it’s so cool. The National just had an album come out! This band has influenced me beyond my ability to verbalize how much they’ve influenced me, just lyrically, their ability to set a scene, their ability to tell stories. And obviously Aaron Dessner is in The National, and he has completely changed my life. Yeah, so I was lucky enough to be able to write a song with them for their new album, which is called The First Two Pages Of Frankenstein. Check it out, stream it, buy it on vinyl! And I love them so much. They’ve been so kind to me, and so I’m not going to sing the song that we have on this new album. It’s called The Alcott—check that out, though. But I am going to sing Coney Island.”
— Taylor before playing Coney Island (piano) in Atlanta, GA on April 28th
Has anyone done a masterpost of the blurry background home clips from the Lover MV? I know the sparklers with Karlie as well as the guitar KIWYW performance have been identified. I was watching it again today and when the lyric "take me home" comes on, there's an owl/bird in the background and I seem ti recall something with owls related to the Big Sur trip?
i am positive someone did at the time but i can’t remember who and i can’t locate a reblog
anybody have a link to a post?
i was able to recover these
bi rice crispies ↓
big sur falcon pic ↓
it is thought there might be a daisy (maybe not the daisy but a daisy) in this ↓
here’s the sparkler one ↓
and this is just something i pointed out about the union jack symbol that makes an appearance ↓
ah what the heck i’m feeling festive i’ll add this too ↓
i think it was also pointed out that there’s a pic of taylor jumping off a dock, and karlie had recently posted a pic of her similarly jumping off a dock
Speech before singing Mine (talking about Speak Now)
I talk a lot about how folklore was the first time I was writing about characters and stuff, but actually Speak Now I was inventing scenarios that definitely weren't happening in my life. I wrote this song Speak Now about interrupting a wedding of an ex and like.. I was 18 when I wrote that. None of my exes were getting married. I never interrupted a wedding, it was just a fantasy. And I think that's one of my favorite things about Speak Now, it was so fantasy, it was so fantastical, I think it was the first time I was thinking in cinematic, you know 'this isn't my life', but what if it were? Like watching a movie, and trying to write what those characters might be feeling. I say this because I wanna play a song, that when I wrote it I was writing about all these relationship things that haven't happened to me. There's drawer of my things at your place, and thing like that. And working through fights and not just breaking up. Anyway, so those were things I was not par-taking in at 18 and 19, when I wrote these songs. It's been such a privilege and such a treat to go back and re-record them 'cause relating to them now.. it's really crazy to go back and listen to these songs that at the time were a fantasy but now feel really relatable to me. And um... this is called MINE.
same energy (not really but kind of)
I can’t believe she put this coder girl in the video iykyk
The way she didn't explain False God or give it any kind of intro like she usually does (probably because there isn't a hetsplanation lol).
there really isn’t any other way to explain the west village
god i still can’t get over how she’s wearing the vsfs ring during this clip
I took a pic of joe and well these aren’t his feet.
gonna need therapy after this
Taylor performing Cornelia Street as the surprise song on guitar 🎸 during N3 in Mexico City 💖
Finally