Florida!!! x The Truman Show โ A ๐งต
Florida!!! is probably the most cryptic song on TTPD. I couldnโt figure out what significance Florida could possibly have until I realized: The Truman Show was filmed in Seaside, FL, which is right outside of Destin.
so all the news outlets are going to publish articles about them dating now right?? because gigi went to eras to support taylor and now theyโre holding hands in public so they have to be dating right??
devastating thought. โthe rubiesโ in maroon are dorothyโs ruby slippers, which give her the ability to go back homeโฆas in go back to โthe lips i used to call homeโโฆbut she gave up the rubies, so she canโt go back home. sheโs trapped on an island alone...marooned...๐ฉ๐ซ
@folklore_d
taylor and phoebe are wealthy white women who have claimed the label of activist/advocate. i am a fan of both, which is why iโm so disappointed by their involvement with a misogynistic racist. they arenโt responsible for him, but they are responsible for who they associate with
and if i said taylor is recreating the rep era with matty playing calvin harris (asshole, publicly embarrassed her) and travis playing tom hiddleston (โreboundโ, painfully obvious pr stunt, hung out with his mom immediately)
If youโre unfamiliar, The Truman Show is a movie about a man who is the unwitting star of a popular reality TV show. He lives in a fake town โ an elaborate set โ and every aspect of his life is stage managed. It was directed by Peter Weir, who also directed Dead Poets Society.
I have a lot of other thoughts about the story this album is telling and other ways it relates to The Truman Show, but Iโll end with this quote, which reminds me of the line, โSo tell me everything is not about me, but what if it is?โ
Like Truman, Taylorโs life has been broadcast to the world since she was a child. Sheโs a product, and her image is carefully controlled and curated to maximize her value.
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i know, itโs kinda a major part of her brand! like girl you canโt keep claiming the activist/advocate label when youโre out here promoting a dude who publicly admitted that he watches racist torture porn ๐ฌ
In the movie, Truman develops an unscripted, authentic relationship with an extra. She is quickly fired because the show runners fear that heโll find out that there is an outside world and leave.
โผ๏ธ TW: racism, misogyny, sexual violence โผ๏ธ
This was in February. There is no fucking way Taylor isn't aware of this given how thoroughly her team vets everyone around her. Unforgivable IMO.
maybe you should ask yourself if you might have some personal bias before you write an article that has the potential to harm thousands of queer people
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โbut daddy i love himโ is a reference to the little mermaid, which was originally written by hans christian andersen as a love letter to another man. andersen himself is represented by ariel, a reflection of his complex relationship with gender.
She โbeats the chargesโ and preserves her image by โgoing to Florida,โ where her authentic self ceases to exist. She refers to Florida as a drug that makes her forget โ which calls back to the โforget himโ pills in the Fortnight video.
The opening lines of Florida!!! parallel But Daddy, I Love Him. Sheโs been โchargedโ with engaging in a forbidden relationship and is getting โheatโ for it โ meaning that it could impact her career if she doesnโt end it.
These lines essentially describe Trumanโs life: he works every day at a fake job, in a fake town, and lives in a home that he doesnโt actually own โ itโs a โtimeshareโ that he can only use as long as heโs on the show.
โฆ.hmmm ๐ค her hair is pinned up in the martini glass scene. immediately after she takes the elevator to floor 13 (sntv floor). same pose on sntvโs back cover, but her hair is unpinned...
When Truman begins to notice inconsistencies in his life, he is gaslit into believing that itโs all in his head. The asylum that Taylor is locked in in Fortnight is like the set of The Truman Show โ which makes me think of this scene in Lavender Haze:
i guarantee karlie included this bc a US federal judge just ordered the FDA to withdraw approval for mifepristone, a drug used in 98% of medication abortions. not bc she was trying to easter egg lsk. iโm here for all the clowning, but letโs not forget the serious shit going on โผ๏ธ
swifties staring at this blurry ass picture until it looks like the j necklace ๐ค gaylors staring at this blurry ass picture until it looks like karlieโs necklace
You can certainly read Whoโs Afraid of Little Old Me as a message to the general public, and I think it is in part, but it also seems to be directed at people around her who have prioritized profit over her wellbeing since she was a child.
She makes it clear that what she needs to forget is who she loves; all of the โbodies that have ever been on [her] bodyโ are the cause of the scandal that is threatening her career.
Even though itโs a prison, the set is idyllic; a golden cage, if you will. I think the line โat least the dolls are beautifulโ reflects this โ while she canโt live her life authentically, at least sheโs a billionaire and wants for nothing materially.
saw someone ask why the ballet shoes and this poseโฆlook at pictures of ballet performances. every dancer will have the same hairstyle: a tight bun, filled with hairpins. now look at taylorโs hair: down and free of hairpins. thatโs why.
let me get this straightโฆtaylor is only wearing the green dress on the 13th of each monthโฆ13 happens to be both her and diannaโs lucky numberโฆand dianna literally had โall the world is greenโ tattooed onto her body
One Taylor fan commented: โSomeone said โEither he isnโt as bad as we think, or she isnโt as good as we think, pick one.โ I hate to say it, but Iโm leaning towards her.โ
she had a lump in her throat because she was afraid that sheโd say the wrong words (the hundred thrown out speeches, etc.), but sheโs finally found her (quivering) voice and is ready to speak (now)
okay iโm gonna be fucking insane for a second: taylor swift saying โthe lump in my throat expands to a quivering voiceโ followed by a โdear readerโ reference perfectly encapsulates how sheโs been slowly & subtly getting louder about kissing girls since lover era.
interesting that taylor uses the words โcome backโ so frequently in red and 1989, but not once in rep, lover, or midnights. then thereโs cardigan, which repeats โi knew youโd come back to meโ over and over
While she frames the decision to โgo to Floridaโ as her own in Florida!!!, Whoโs Afraid of Little Old Me shifts the blame outward โ she may have made the decision, but she was manipulated and pressured into doing so.
so are we gonna talk about how in this picture that sofi stadium posted the letters represent all of her albums and instead of putting them in order they grouped debut, rep, and 1989 together at the beginning
thinking about how the cover of the mysterious book from the capital one commercial mimics a shot from the style mv. and it looks like there's a moon in the background. iykyk
let me get this straightโฆtaylor is only wearing the green dress on the 13th of each monthโฆ13 happens to be both her and diannaโs lucky numberโฆand dianna literally had โall the world is greenโ tattooed onto her body
if this goes on for longer than a week imma need to take a break from her. idc if it's some sort of fucked up pr stunt, there's no excuse for her legitimizing his bigoted ass.
so let me get this straightโฆshe announced the vault tracks exactly 143 days after diannaโs 37th birthday and 37 days before 1989tvโs release dateโฆโฆ..i am trying SO hard to be normal about this
iโm not sure where the OG tweet went, but what the fuck does this mean. it shows up in the anti-hero video for like 5 frames right as they read โPS there is no secret encoded messageโ and when we see the flowers before and after there is no note
I think Karlieโs โactivismโ is mostly performative. Why? Because she couldnโt even stand up for women in her own industry when it mattered. I was modeling in NYC when the Epstein thing went public. For those who donโt know, Jeffrey Epstein was Leslie Wexnerโs โ
so thereโs a saturn-moon conjunction happening on 7/7 โ speak now tvโs release date. theyโll be closest to each other at midnight and will reach their peak at 3 a.m., which sounds very familiarโฆ
So Cassandra is about Taylor predicting the โimpending doomโ of our โsocial and political climateโ and those around her not listening because โbloodโs thick but nothing like a payrollโโฆall I can think about is that one scene in Miss Americana ๐
In light of tonightโs surprise songs, Iโd like to point out that the ship/ocean references are limited to 1989 and evermore and when put together they tell a pretty cohesive story:
controversial, but i donโt think karlieโs work stuff means anything. i was signed to her agency for a while and even huge models have no creative input unless itโs a collab. even the tiniest e-comm shoots have a whole ass creative team.
WHY am i not seeing more people talk about dianna singing a song that goes โwherever you're going iโm going your wayโฆweโre after the same rainbowโs endโ literally exactly 5 weeks before 1989tv ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
Taylor is definitely announcing 1989 TV at her 26th show on May 26th โ a ๐งต feat. Stephen Colbert, the Beatles, Hey Stephen, and Alice in Wonderland
โผ๏ธ TW: racism, misogyny, sexual violence โผ๏ธ
This was in February. There is no fucking way Taylor isn't aware of this given how thoroughly her team vets everyone around her. Unforgivable IMO.
she last wore this brand 174 days ago during her first public outing of 2023. a week after she said that 33 is โ174 in pop star yearsโ and right after the toe breakup went public. iโm thinking thoughts.
for the uninitiated, everyone thinks mine is about cory monteith but itโs actually about dianna agron. and taylor just said that it was a โfantasy at the time but now feels really relatableโ to her. the interview today. iโm so unwell.
โผ๏ธ TW: racism, misogyny, sexual violence โผ๏ธ
This was in February. There is no fucking way Taylor isn't aware of this given how thoroughly her team vets everyone around her. Unforgivable IMO.
So she already had the concept for TTPD pretty fleshed out by June 2022, before she even announced Midnights. But 75% of the album is about M*tty. Right.
cause i love this curse on OUR HOUSE? after treacherous and wonderland and begin again are you kidding me?? diโs birthday this week? ohhhhhh itโs feeling less delusional
a bunch of people are saying tonightโs betty speech was a step back, but i feel like by leading with this sheโs confirming that *all* of the characters and scenarios were made up to channel her real emotions and experiences through.
the idea that online communities shouldnโt actively work to exclude ppl who support/excuse genocide is *wild* to me. like yes user tswiftishot1989 may not have the influence of a celebrity/politician, but we all need to push back in any space we are able to
The Lucky One, Blank Space, New Romantics, and Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince as a series about fame, bearding, and the difficulty of maintaining a real relationship while closeting โ a๐งต
interesting that she was as โtrusting as a basket of golden retriever puppiesโ when she moved to NY in *checks notes* march 2014, even though a fake article about her dating dianna agron destroyed their โfriendshipโ in *checks notes* april 2013