Karlie What You Want - Blog Posts

I am so gay for them 😭😭😭😭

Interested to hear your interpretation on Suburban Legends

first off the song and beat sounds so similar to mastermind and gold rush. particularly mastermind. listen to the opening seconds back to back! she sings through a lot of it similarly in my opinion

and it has some of the similar mechanics of mastermind in that it leads you to believe the song is going one way but then pulls a switcheroo on you at the end and the swell in the music aids that at the end which makes it a really sweet and emotional listening experience. i’ll get to that in a second.

i think at the beginning of taylor knowing or being aware of karlie (so like, your kitchen or mine times), this was very much the situation. karlie is in her peripheral vision (on her radar) but just as taylor described in gold rush, karlie seemed like something utterly unattainable. in lover as well we get the line “i’m highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you” and i think this fits with this description of karlie.

i didn’t come here to make friends echoes their entire conceit of mastermind, and a lot of the kaylor discography that uses the word ‘friend’ — another way to say “i don’t want you like a best friend” etc

also this is a sort of throwaway point but “i didn’t come here to make friends” was a 2000’s reality tv phrase that came into popularity via the show America’s Next Top Model. it was iconic and soon every competitive reality tv show under the sun had contestants saying it.. but it’s origins are from a show about models! of which karlie is one.

more importantly, the “you kiss me in a way that’s gonna screw me up forever” is like the follow up to the gold rush “eyes like sinking ships on waters so inviting i almost jump in” language. it’s cruel summer’s “snuck in through the garden gate every night that summer just to seal my fate” because falling in love with karlie lead to taylor wanting her complications too

mismatched star signs works because fire signs traditionally match best with air signs. also visually, stars mismatched fits in with mastermind’s “the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned” — things that weren’t in alignment coming into alignment.

there’s a bunch of story page chapter stuff throughout taylor’s discography, some of which makes its way into kaylor but i’d probably write for way too long so i’m just gonna skip over that for now

this part might be a bit tricky but i sort of blame it on many kaylors not talking that much about really early kaylor possibilities out of (a sort of unearned) respect and the one way street principle of staying in our lane but the idea of taylor saying “i know that when you told me we’d get back together and kissed me that you remember[ed] we were born to be national treasures” isn’t that too wild of a statement if you imagine them as maybe briefly connecting or talking at some point before taylor made her plans to make karlie hers. indeed, we know their paths crossed several times before they were first connected at the 2013 vs fashion show.

*for posterity, i included the apple music lyrics as the genius lyrics appear to be worded partially incorrectly

this is the part of the song which i just think is so beautifully done. in particular i love the “you don’t knock anymore” of it all

at first it sounds like she’s saying karlie doesn’t knock anymore because she come around anymore, or this idea of there having been a breakup or a period of not being together or something sad, which is matched by the tone of how she sings it for the first time. the waves crashing to the shore feels like a storm.

but at the end of the repetition her voice becomes more upbeat and it dawns on you, you’re like, oh wait karlie doesn’t knock anymore because she doesn’t need to knock anymore, she has a key! (“is that your key in the door?” anyone?)

and suddenly the waves meeting the shore is a pleasant image of unification and happiness. she closes with the thought “you don’t knock anymore and i always knew it” which makes it feel a bit more like mastermind’s “you knew the entire time, and now you’re mine” — always knowing they would get together, taylor always knowing karlie was the one. “and my life had been ruined” is sung in a sort of sweet resignation, one that i find throughout a lot of kaylor music, the idea that she knows its complicated but that its what she chose.

so yeah! that’s why suburban legends is a kaylor song to me 😌

do you guys think about the rainbow taylor drew 🌈 with “ME” in it and this IDENTICAL sign in the music video for ME! because i do and i just want to d word 😄 anyway

the James + Betty carving hiding a T and K in their first initial will never not get me…insane

can we talk about how it is the first time that a cardigan is shown/modelled on someone. the lover is a woman 🩷

i don’t see many people talking about this but what i noticed is that taylor references songs from reputation in lowercase ( ‘delicate’ instead of Delicate), this applies to the book and in the eras tour movie credits as well. i think this might be a hint towards “i keep these longings locked in lowercase inside a vault”. reputation tv + karma ? 🖤🧡 what are your interpretations?

it’s happening again, you’re losing me, it’s happening again, stop you’re losing me🌈

the rainbow…i can’t wait for the moment when she is done with the eras tour and walks through the orange karma door 🚪 🌈🧡

because ofc taylor is wearing carolina herrera

since swifties have been reading and now sharing gaylor theories, how long before they realise taylor is james ? we’ve been talking about it since folklore came out. in case they are reading through our blogs here is your evidence😭

“why would taylor need a pr relationship”, “all her relationships are REAL” okay then how would you explain that

the first time taylor wore the orange/pink dress everyone said it was not the lesbian flag because it didn’t have white. she made sure to complete the flag now 🤓 taygracie strikes again

the original “haunted by the look in my eyes that would’ve loved you for a lifetime” because wdym that’s how taylor looks at karlie ?? we cannot see karlie’s phone, it’s obviously out of frame, taylor has no idea the picture is being taken since karlie is looking somewhere else…i should stop breaking my own heart

i don't wanna live forever, 'cause i know i'll be living in vain and i don't wanna fit wherever i just wanna keep calling your name until you come back home i remember how we felt sittin' by the water and every time i look at you, it's like the first time i fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter she is the best thing that's ever been mine

this sounds like a gaylor made up thing but it’s actually because taylor is the biggest gaylor herself damn

yes, taylor is hinting towards the wizard of oz, however, let’s do research and see what it symbolises. it’s not coincidental and she knew what she was doing when she sang the mashup it’s nice to have a friend x dorothea.

so apparently everyone is catching up with the dorothy/oz theory (we’ve been talking about it for years) still people ignore the fact that it’s queer. anyway in 38 years they may finally figure it out. now take a look at this collage i found on twitter ✌🏻

credits to the owner (iateallthecat2)

i fear we don’t talk about this enough because how tf people ignore it😃

it could be coincidence (it isn’t) but matching bracelets with stars when they both had golden stars tattoos that would align when they hold hands ???

why am i not surprised 😭

hello ? this is insane

i still have no idea how to interpret the whole karlie and ice spice references 🧐

it gets even more interesting since someone pointed out that players are not allowed to leave hotel on away game☺️ so why lying ? 😃

in case no one remembers taylor included herself as part of the LGBTQ community (2016 GLAAD awards) 😃

the next chiefs games being at SOFI stadium🤭 take me back to august 9,2023🤭💌

im not saying anything 🤷‍♀️i just think it’s interesting

how do you listen to this and not think karlie kloss at the eras tour 3 weeks postpartum ??

i saw this on tiktok and decided to post it here...so you are telling me that #83000 is MAROON ? this woman never stops 8/3

i miss it when they were so painfully obvious :(