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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are some of you perhaps reading too much into the songs?  There's no rule that says every song is a gospel retelling of a specific relationship. [/quote]

Yes but they will read between every line to try to put her down.

It’s weird.

People did that Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears when they were at the top of their game.

People love to be haters.[/quote]

The haters seem keenly aware of her lyrics, relationships, age, and other facts about her. It's a bit odd to be so invested in something that's not their cup of tea. Supposedly.[/quote]

That’s because we’re not haters. We like(d) her music enough and own some of it, but also think the themes and slander of her recent exes on each album is juvenile and has gotten old. It’s like a comedian telling the same joke for 20 years - there’s no range.[/quote]

I guess you're no longer the target demographic. She's got a fan base and some stick with her, some move on, and some girls may be aging into the angst as tweens who haven't been following her for 18 years. Maybe the music is just not for you anymore.[/quote]

Yes, I think that’s fair. I just find it interesting that neither Taylor nor her music have really evolved, especially when her whole thing is writing songs like a diary. She definitely has a market and she’s a phenomenon, but I don’t know- I’m her age and I compare her to someone like Billy Joel, who has albums and albums of diverse songs and themes, and I’m just kind of “meh” about TS now. I liked her early stuff but yes, it seems ive outgrown her music, which to me, has gotten stale - and also kind of sad to be trashing your exes so publicly. [/quote]

And just to add, is that even in her best business interest? What happens if she falls in love and stays in another long term relationship? What if she gets married? Will she write songs if she’s in a stable relationship? Or just perform old ones? Obviously she never has to worry about money, but I assume she’s like being at the top of her game, and if that is dependent upon heartbreak material, she’ll have to go from relationship to relationship forever, pretending she’s shocked and devestating when it ends. [/quote]

Considering so many of her songs are based on stories and not her real life, which she has been honest about, I don’t think that is a concern. She’s done a really good job of taking inspiration from other things. She’s talked about how a lot of her songs on her pandemic albums were inspired by old movies she watched in lockdown. [/quote]

I am sure some of this is true. But also some of it probably isn't. Can she admit, I burned for this other man while I was with Joe for 6 years (and before, and after) and wrote dozens of songs about him in code? Good girl, role model Taylor?  I used to think that she would never, but then TTPD came out, and now I am actually in awe of her bravery, her grand gesture in the name of love, and her IDGAF attitude. Because she loved Matty Healy, thinks he is worthy and wants the world to know. But why risk it now if she is truly over him? Because I don't think she is.
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She is, which is why she can release this album now. The poem she wrote even says so. It’s over - she found a love that means she can finally let this one and all the other men in the past go. It’s a goodbye to so many eras . That’s why the anthology ends on The Manuscript. “The story’s not mine anymore.”

The idea of “the one that got away” is not unique to Taylor. I’d say many people have that one person who, throughout life, acts like a hologram for all the lives and paths we didn’t live because of the ones who chose. They’re an idea more than anything but they’re in the background as the “what if” or the “in another life.” A fantasy more than anything. That’s Matty to her I think. [/quote]

Yes, I’m happily married and approaching the 2 decade mark with my husband. We have 2 kids and I’m thankful for our family.

But I’m human. I still periodically look into past boyfriends and crushes and what they’re up to. Even been known to have the occasional sex dream about another guy. people are messy and life is complicated. I still love my husband and our life but I haven’t perfectly shut out my past or closed myself off entirely from experiencing conflicting emotions.

Taylor isn’t a mom or married so I imagine this is even more straightforward for her. Plus come on, some of this is just songwriting for the sake of songwriting. She is able to harness emotions and thoughts and build a song out of it. Doesn’t mean every word is biographical. [/quote]

Taylor writing songs about longing for a past love is the healthier equivalent to people who are 45 Facebook messaging their high school boyfriend to “see how they’re doing.” [/quote]

And now we realize this pining has been going on for TEN years.[/quote]

10 that we know of, that’s when they were first spotted publicly. But they might have known each other even before that. I’m actually now questioning some of the songs on 1989 too. Style fits MH a lot more than Harry Styles. Maybe they weren’t dating or having passionate trysts yet at that time, but she could have already been under Matty Healy’s spell and writing about them. There are certainly stories online of her going to his band’s  concerts and acting totally smitten.

It’s possible she used titles (Style) and descriptive phrases to dupe everyone, the same way she misled the public about who this album was going to be about or about her 6-year long “Endgame” relationship with Joe, which was probably mostly just a front. I enter into evidence the lyrics in Endgame itself :) 
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Someone needs to tell Taylor because Matt has had many relationships in the past decade and has one now. Is this like a giant decade long case of you’ve got mail? [/quote]

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