Sparks Fly: Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain

State Of Grace: We learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts

ivy: My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Midnight Rain: He wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain

You’re Losing Me: I know my pain is such an imposition

Evermore: I had a feeling so peculiar, this pain wouldn’t be for evermore

As a longtime Swiftie who has tuned in to her releases since Speak Now, I have always held the opinion that "Treacherous" is one of her best songs ever (or at least top 5). RED is a critical darling, of course, but most attention has been given to either "All Too Well" or "State of Grace" (another one of her best).

Recently, I was talking to a few other Swifties who insisted that "Treacherous" is not impressive at all and that she has much better songs. When I asked what some of these better songs were, they mentioned tracks from her recent albums (I will not mention which ones!). I could not believe my ears.

Of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but here is mine: "Treacherous" is the antithesis to a major issue in some of her recent work. In newer songs, she tends to over-explain using "big" and "fancy" words. While those words may read well in prose, they are often too clunky for music. In contrast, "Treacherous" has an effortlessness, one that I think has been missing for quite some time. I will focus just on the first verse rather than going through the entire song to illustrate my point.

The song opens with what I consider her most sensual lines:

"Put your lips close to mine
As long as they don’t touch
Out of focus, eye to eye,
‘Till the gravity’s too much"

No "big" or "difficult" words are used here. The sentence structure is very simple, yet the imagery is remarkably potent. It depicts two lovers who are extraordinarily close together without quite touching, capturing the anticipatory moment right before everything comes together. Two lips are so close that they can feel each other's breath and the heat emanating from each other's face. The narrator wants to feel her lover, but knows she cannot fully give in yet. In the next line, their vision is "out of focus" because their extreme proximity makes it impossible to focus visually. This highlights the thematic idea that falling in love can be dangerous and unpredictable. These few lines capture that split second of intimacy – that moment right before "the gravity" becomes too much – in a way that is wonderfully sensual, romantic, tactile, and vivid, all without using any complex vocabulary.

The next few lines are equally great:

"And I’ll do anything you say
If you say it with your hands
And I’d be smart to walk away
But you’re quicksand"

The first two lines here are more self-explanatory: the narrator has almost fully given herself to her lover. She is willing to do anything, provided the instruction comes through physical touch. It is the culmination of the preceding lines. Where we were previously shown the moment of anticipation, we are now shown the aftermath of gravity taking over: the narrator has fallen, hard. The pre-chorus reinforces the song's central theme: the awareness that this budding relationship is potentially dangerous. The lover is quicksand, and she is already trapped.

"Treacherous" showcases Taylor Swift's best artistic impulses: an acute perception of human emotion, an ability to paint vivid pictures, precise vocabulary, and just the right amount of personal storytelling without becoming overly specific or unrelatable. It is sparse, unhurried, and refined. Every word contributes to the larger picture. She lets the lyrics breathe without rushing the verses, chorus, or bridge. To me, "Treacherous" is the perfect Taylor Swift song.

Historically, every Hot 100 #1 Taylor has has been a part of Taylor's setlists (with the exception of "Is it over now?")

Red tour (first tour to include a #1 hit)

- We are never ever getting back together

1989 tour

- WANEGBT

- Bad Blood

- Blank space

- Shake it off

Reputation tour

- WANEGBT

- Bad Blood

- Blank space

- Shake it off

- Look what you made me do

Eras tour

- WANEGBT

- Bad Blood

- Blank space

- Shake it off

- LWYMMD

- Cardigan

- Willow

- Cruel Summer (became a #1 during the tour)

- Anti-hero

- All too well

- Fortnight (became a #1 during the tour)

Since the end of eras, she has added four new #1s: Fate of Ophelia, Opalite, I knew it, I knew you, and Patient Zero.

If she includes every #1 song in a future tour, that will mean 16 set songs for the setlist (approximately 1/3 of the eras setlist and almost the same length as the reputation tour, which was 19 songs). This doesn't include other songs she consistently plays either - Love Story, You Belong with me being the two mainstays throughout her whole career.

Curious to know if people think she will continue her tradition of playing every #1 song on her setlist or if she'll cut a few in order to make way for an album-specific tour, i.e. a Showgirl tour.

The title is self-explanatory. What are songs that you forget about for whatever reason?

I recently posted a mashup album of The Life of a Showgirl and reputation. After that, I decided to make more. I took Debut and Fearless and combined them into 1 alternate debut album. I took these 2 because she only has 4 country albums, and I think Debut’s closest match is Fearless. Anyways, I’ll now share the tracklist + singles rollout

Change
1:Tim McGraw
2:Fearless
3:Love Story
4:Our Song
5:Fifteen
6:Teardrops On My Guitar
7:You Belong With Me
8:Should’ve Said No
9:Forever & Always
10:Cold As You
11:You’re Not Sorry
12:Picture to Burn
13:Mr. Perfectly Fine
14:A Place In This World

Track 1 introduces you to the world. It shows the themes and vibes and narratively works as a girl who’s just gotten out of a relationship.

Fearless —> Our Song show a new relationship. Taylor is happy and she’s in love

Fifteen explores the vulnerability, naivety, and heartbreak. It’s an emotional but slightly comforting track. Kinda like You’re On Your Own, Kid.

Teardrops On My Guitar & You Belong With Me show Taylor wanting someone she can’t have. At the end of the You Belong With Me music video, it shows Taylor actually ending up with the guy

Should’ve Said No —> You’re Not Sorry work as the breakup. Taylor finds out she gets cheated on (SSN) and confronts him, she’s alone now and sad/angry about how they were supposed to be forever and always (F&A). She’s then reflecting on the relationship and how cold he was (CAY), and finally, we get You’re Not Sorry where she’s detached from him

Picture to Burn and Mr. Perfectly fine is Taylor completely moving on while A Place In This World shifts outside the relationship story and focuses on her dreams of being a musician

Singles
Pre-album Singles:
Lead Single: Love Story
Second Single: Teardrops On My Guitar

With-album Single:
Third Single: You Belong With Me

Post-album Singles:
Fourth Single: Our Song
Fifth Single: Picture to Burn

Promo Singles:
• Should’ve Said No
• Tim McGraw

What do you guys think? Would you listen to this? Are there any songs you’d replace or anything you’d change at all? I personally am mourning Change and White Horse. I think they would be good additions, but I wanted to keep it tight, so I just did 14.

Hi! Wanted to share my Taylor Halloween House! Last year I did the Sc-Eras Tour with every album/outfit, New Frights Podcast, etc. this year, I did her wedding with replicated outfits and details the we know. The other half of my yard is a “group therapy for the uninvited guests- exes and ex best friends.” 😆. 21 skeletons and 250 pumpkins and one giant friendship bracelet! Come see us if you’re in Orlando in Baldwin Park!
lots more photos/parts but unable to add!

Hello!

I don’t know if anybody else has this “thing” I have with albums that sometimes, I have to listen to them in a specific place. Folklore is my favorite album in the whole world.

I’ve been going on artist dates with myself (re: Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way) and been listening to my favorite albums while I do so. Obviously Folklore is one I’m looking forward to because it’s my number one and I want it to be special.

What are your favorite places to listen to Folklore? Or any TS album you that you’d like to bring it up.

I live in Los Angeles. Any local places suggestions would be fantastic! I thought of the Huntington Gardens but I think I might need to listen to Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves there (another one on my list).

Thanks in advance!

I feel it'd have to be something iconic, probably a bridge.

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived and Cruel Summer's bridges I feel are really strong contenders.

The edible hit yesterday and apparently galaxy brain was like "let's do our own alternate universe album" LMAO and it's actually pretty solid, although it didn't get any further than putting together the songs and making that basic cover for the playlist. So um, feel free to roast High Me's lack of photoshop skillz. 24 tracks because "24 hours of spiraling" was the logic, with Dear Reader acting as the intermission.

Spotify Playlist

The two 2 sister albums converge into.. 2 albums? That was confusing.

Hopefully, the storyline makes sense in my head on both albums.

Enjoy!!!

I really wanna know Swifties opinion on which album would be the most experimental she has put out until today, and I’m sure a lot of you guys would say it’s Folklore but I don’t feel like it, Folklore was a new direction, a complete turn of genere but it doesnt feel a lot experimental to me meanwhile feel like it’s midnights it’s cause it has a lot of various items like the Deep Voice, synth pop, various instrumentals. Anyways what’s your opinion?

— The Life of a Showgirl
- Album of the Year
- Best Pop Vocal Album
- Best Album Cover
- Best Engineered Album

— The Fate of Ophelia
- Record of the Year
- Best Pop Solo Performance
- Best Music Video

— The Life of a Showgirl (feat. Sabrina Carpenter):
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

— I Knew It, I Knew You
- Song of the Year
- Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Best Country Song
- Best Country Solo Performance

— The Eras Tour: The Final Show
- Best Music Film

My friends birthday is coming up and she’s a huge swiftie (she also recently converted me, I’m now a huge 1989 enjoyer). Anyways I wanted to make her something to go with her other gifts, and I wanted to make something Taylor related that was subtle so I went for a small trinket tray since I don’t think she has anywhere to store her everyday jewellery. I ordered some dice that I thought were more ‘Lover’ colours (cruel summer reference with the dice) but they turned out a bit more green than blue. I’m not too sure how I feel on the outcome and whether I’ll still give it to her lol, but wanted to share incase it inspired anyone else :)

Today, while listening to my Taylor playlist, Highway Don’t Care came on reminding me of one of Taylor’s banger collabs. The song was a collab with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban and was released to the country charts in the thick of the Red era.

During the Red era, Taylor generally put out a country release and a pop release. Begin Again went country, while I Knew You Were Trouble went pop. Red went country, while Everything has Changed went pop. 22 went pop while Highway Don’t Care was the country release.

This pattern got me thinking, what if Taylor put out another country single from Red to mirror 22 on the pop charts instead of Highway Don’t Care? Which song deserved the single treatment at country radio back in 2012?

I know we already got 6 other singles, but what’s one more? :)

A Swiftie friend told me she kept switching between livestreams during the Eras Tour to see the show from different angles.

That gave me an idea for a fun personal project: a way to switch between fan cams while rewatching a concert.

Just added a London Eras Tour show!

It’s free, doesn’t require a login, and all the videos are sourced from YouTube. Love to hear what you think!

You can try it here: https://www.everyseat.vip/c/taylor-swift-london-2024-08-20

Shared with permission from the mods (thanks for letting me share my fun project!)

As the title says, I’m fully in my autumn-love era, and all I want to do is listen to folklore and evermore on repeat.

Folklore feels like watching the leaves drift to the ground while thinking about a love that was beautiful but just a little heartbreaking. Exile gets me every single time.
I NEED another Taylor Swift and Bon Iver collaboration. Give me the melancholic lyrics, the soft instrumentals, and that feeling of being in love while somehow still a little sad.

I think ANTI-HERO can be summarized as a temptress that loves to getaway car. This replaces reputation and actually plays into the "villain" and become a "villain" or in this album an "Anti-Hero" instead of the "secret love story."

The Anti-Hero part in my opinion never got explained properly... only a few glimpses of it on the prologue, the title track and Dear Reader, but I like to think it's the "there will be no explanation," quote. I also like the "It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero" lyric because this time in her life is probably crazy and I'd say the fans are still cheering even if the things she does are questionable.

That's my little headcanons.

Anyways, Enjoy!

“When a fever turns a dreamer into a pathetic ghost” she’s talking about herself. “Fever dream high in the quiet of the night you know that I caught it”
I don’t want to id the song because I know she hates it, but it’s hard not to see the connection these lyrics share. Anyway.. we can still talk about the emotional connections through these lyrics.

Cruel Summer was on her ‘denial’ 5 stages of grief playlist before the release of TTPD.