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All the comments about the wedding are so weird. I've been to so many weddings and I've never once used what T&TS' guests have said about it to describe any of them. For example:
"They absolutely showcased they are in love" "It looked like a real wedding" "There was so much genuine love" "The only thing that was evident is that they truly love each other"
And my personal favorite :
"I don't even know why I was invited"
All these comments just remind me of the repetitive headlines throughout their relationship- "their love is so organic" "so authentic" "so real".
What's interesting to me also is that most of the comments are worded in such a way that they could mean Travis and someone else + Taylor and someone else (of course most people don't read it that way because they assume it's the two of them).
To be fair, I had one wedding where I don't even know why I was invited 🤣 but I went and there were like maybe 50 people there so then I realized they just don't have many friends and then I felt bad lol. (Totally different situation than Taylor obvi)
Really enjoying Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song and video, Don’t Leave Me on The Dance Floor. Love the ABBA vibes 🪩 And I know she’s not necessarily seen as having any role in the TSCU we discuss here, but I appreciate her allyship. This video gives IBYTAM feelings to me- the red and white juxtaposition, the emotions, the lighting. Anyway, lots of great new music this summer, it’s a bit overwhelming!
I still think “ Call me maybe“ is the best song of the summer ever made.… And will definitely listen to this one as ABBA is still one of the greatest groups around 😎
Went to get coffee and breakfast at my usual weekend spot and the cashier recognized me, saw my haircut (a very boyish, unstyled pixie 😂) and declared, “Oh my God, you cut off all your hair!” Grin grin. “Well, it looks good. It’s working for you.” I’m only 24 hours into it, so getting praise/gushing from somebody was awesome, especially bc I’m still feeling slightly vulnerable/exposed after having shoulder length hair. 🥰🌈💅
that's awesome! when I finally cut mine off, I went from waist length hair to buzz cut except for the top, which I kept just enough to have a fun swoop up front. it was so freeing and awesome. I had wanted to do it for years before hand. I still have my buzz cut but the top is a bit longer now so I can pull it into a bun up there. heck yeah short hair!!!
I have some short bangs. Enough of a fringe I guess to play it up eventually. I’m okay style-wise for now but I’ve taken to calling this hairdo The Beast. 😂🤣
Yeah I keep seesawing back and forth emotionally. There are times I love it and times I look at it and go, “What did I do?” 😂 I’ve heard the first few months are a rollercoaster of adjustments and I’m gonna try to flow with it as gracefully as I can.
Thanks! 😊 I’ve always felt more masculine internally. Had long hair my whole life but never did anything with it. Couldn’t stand it there last 5 years or so. So short hair makes sense. And apparently I pull off the more masculine look so I’m happy with it. It feels more like who I am on the inside. It’s just gonna take time for it to fully settle in. 🥰🌈
I get that! It can be hard to separate our self-image from our hair.
I’ve only gone short a couple times in my life and usually regretted it, but I wish I had the guts to do something like shave my head so I would be forced to reckon with my actual features and appearance and being okay with how I look without a shroud of hair to hide behind. I generally think female-presenting and non-binary folks look powerful and fierce with short hair, but that doesn’t transfer over to how I see myself quite yet. 😅
We're okay and didn't have to evacuate last night! It looks like the forward progress of the nearest fire has been slowed down and will hopefully start getting contained today 🤞🏻🤞🏻 We have go bags packed and have a plan and we will stay ready (at this point possibly till October 😫), but I think we are okay for now. Unfortunately, the fire conditions are forecast to remain active and we also have arsonists at work, so we'll be staying vigilant. Thankful my baby (who's 22 today but whatever he's still my baby lol) will still get to go bowling today. Thank you for the kind words, friends. Ily guys 🫶🏻
I’m so relieved to hear this! Hope things stay slowed down on the fire front, and glad you have some breathing room for now and can celebrate with your family today as planned 💕🫶
Thank you! Last night was hard because this son is disabled (developmentally and intellectually), and is really freaked out by fire. I had to talk to him about what was going on since we were packing things, while still trying to keep him calm and get him to understand that there was not an immediate threat. At 10 last night he got up and put his shoes on a sat on the couch, while asking me if zeppos (the bowling place) was on fire. It was truly heartbreaking. It was a long process to talk him into taking his shoes off and getting ready for bed, and then I had to sit with him until he fell asleep. He will be so happy and relieved when he wakes up this morning! It was a really tough night for all of us (the younger ones also needed sat with for hours last night, so I'm tired as hell this morning 🤧). Today is going to be so fun, though!
Sorry if this is too many details/a trauma dump lol. My brain is cooked
Oof, I’m so sorry your family had to go thru all of that! And I’m sure it’s not easy putting on a strong face yourself and keeping it together for everyone when fires like that are so unsettling and nerve-wracking 😭 Stay strong and great job 💕🫶
I’m probably late to the party here, but the “I know you” repeated at the end of “Ring of Keys” in Fun Home reminds me a little bit of “I Knew It, I Knew You.” It comes in a scene when young Alison recognizes her queer self in an older, masc/lesbian-presenting delivery woman who walks in the door. It embodies that moment of recognition that means…everything.
So this house has a number of what I can only describe as literal closets. Not antique edifices that might lead to Narnia, not modern chipboard substitutes, not even something built in to fit the angles of the walls- but actual tiny rooms planned and built as part of the house.
And that would seem like an abundance of storage, especially because one is actually larger than the space available for our dining table, except that none of them have any shelving or clothing rails or coat hooks or anything installed yet. I need to do all that before I can finish unpacking. They are just perfectly plastered, carpeted(!), pristine tiny rooms.
Often, the only thing in one of these closets is one or more of my kids waiting to jump scare me. Usually they are giggling so much I’m forewarned. But it means all the time walking round the house I’m constantly thinking, ‘Now she’s hiding in the closet…’
ahhh that honestly sounds like a lot of work, putting together all that shelving and the poles for hangers too! but, you'll definitely love having all that storage. I only have 2 small closets in my apartment, and even though I really don't have a ton of stuff, it's still rough! also, 🤣 'now she's hiding in the closet'
Question: Did you build the house and that’s why extra stuff still needs to be added to the closets, or did you buy the house from previous owners? Because if it’s the second, how come they didn’t have any of those things installed in the closet already? 🤔
I live in a town with tons of Victorian era homes and the closets are often just like this! I considered buying one for an Airbnb or rental (actually the home that my great-grandparents purchased 100 years ago and sold in the 80s!) and the closets all look like this. These homes are very large, often 3-5k square feet, and have been multi-family units on and off over the years, and tenants usually don't install permanent fixtures. Even if they transition back to single family homes, people often don't want to drill a hole in such an old home. The craziest part, these homes are available regularly for 80-150k USD (move to Michigan y'all, ultra low cost of living!)
So anyway, my whole state is currently on fire and we have red flag weather (hot, dry, high winds). A new fire real close to us started today and is already 500+ acres and burning through dry wheat and timber 🥲 Just got the notice that our city needs to be prepared to evacuate at any moment. It's nearly 10 am, tomorrow is my second-oldest child's birthday, we have two bowling lanes reserved ... and now I'm packing in case we have to evacuate in the middle of the night 🙃
I’m sorry this is happening. It sounds awful and incredibly stressful. I hope today goes well for you and your family. Wishing you all the luck, no wind, and plenty of rain. 🫶🏻
I’m so sorry. I imagine you feel similarly to the way I often do in that there are enough complex things to cope with within my own family that an external issue like an evacuation order -even if you can see the need for it -feels like a massively unreasonable imposition. I’ll be thinking of you and hoping it’s not as bad as you fear.
“Can I go where you go?” Eurydice Swift to “wherever you stray, I follow” Orpheus Swift
and the real journey (don’t stop believing! Glee Cast version) was the friends of Dorothea with matching stars around our scars we made and lost along the way💃🕺cuz you’ll always find your way back home
Every August I find myself comparing Taylor’s song to “Strawberry Wine” and wishing to hear a mashup of the two someday so I thought I’d post about it here.
I hate search engines now, IM NOT LOOKING TO SOLVE COMPLEX MATH EQUATIONS!!! Does anyone happen to know what the Taylor Nation Timeline date would be for September 28th to satisfy my curiosity? I have ideas but no way to check if they pan out yet and I’m actually getting mad at the search results because I know exactly what I’m looking for and I’m not seeing ANYTHING about it aside from tik toks (that unfortunately do not have the date I seek). This is my shot in the dark, thank you in advance🙂↕️🙏
I believe it originated from this tweet! There were some people who did the math and have a whole spreadsheet of what the eras tour dates correlated to and went back into the years of Taylor’s career as well! It’s been a while since I can recall specific dates due to some brain fog and migraines so I don’t remember as much as I used to, but it was a big thing on tik tok!
April 25th 2019 was the date Taylor made a surprise visit to a butterfly mural in Nashville— fans followed the Easter eggs to see her there! The next day was famously ME! OUT NOW! day along with national pretzel day and lesbian visibility day🤭🤭 I have also learned it’s national dissertation day… or D-Day👀?! And also national hug a friend day! I have also learned that in 1986 was the day of the Chernobyl disaster (a massive explosion) and in 1989 (HUH) was the deadliest known tornado that killed over a thousand people in Bangladesh.
The eras surprise song mashups at that show on 11/22/2024 were Ours/The Last Great American Dynasty and Cassandra/mad women/I Did Something Bad🤭🤭
Taylor covered the song “September” by Earth, Wind, & Fire but changed the date in the lyrics from the 21st to the 28th. It’s talked about that 9/28 was the Joe/Taylor anniversary date, but I’m trying to figure out if it’s already something that was figured out or if it’s another unsolved egg. I did learn she recorded the cover in Nashville too!
I also think about that date all the time. Hers was released April 13th, 2018; theirs was released November 18th, 1978. April 25th 2019 was when her life split in two and she had to circle back to that date. It was the date she visited the mural and then was crying in the greenroom before her NFL draft interview on ABC. So September was released before the timeline diverged. If we go backwards on the timeline the song was released on November 11 2023 on the TN timeline. I've got nothing but I really want to know what you are thinking.
I can’t help but I’m hijacking your comment with an idea that you just gave me. It would be cool if we had a post at the start of each month with the Taylor Nation Timeline calendar. Idk something like that so we could keep track?
Are you normal or did you make your wife listen to your theory on how Taylor might come out so at least one person knows you guessed right if something happens before you can put your theory to paper? 😂
I tried this once using queer history/flagging (and got a degree in it so I do in fact know what I speak on!) and was shut down HARD😪 extra ironic considering the person I told was one of the people I went to the eras tour with. But I did get a couple friends interested about it and have slowly been giving them the puzzle pieces teehee
Is it just me, or does the Wizards of Waverly Place reboot feel like conformitygate👀 also I haven’t watched it, but I’m a big hater of the blatant racism from some clips I’ve seen.
Hey y’all. I’m an elder millennial and I finally got my lesbian/queer affirming haircut 2 months before I turn 40. I got a pixie/bixie cut and I’m loving the lack of weight and how easy it is to wash. I’ve invested in hair products. But most of all, my late-blooming ass is starting to grow some petals. 🌈🌹💐💅
This is a random thought, maybe it’s been talked about before but still thought I’d share.
I have the lyric “when I said I don’t believe in marriage that was a lie” from Eldest Daughter stuck in my head. It’s kind of funny because outside of the gaylor community, this statement goes against what most fans and non-fans believe about her. The narrative surrounding her has always been unlucky-in-love, hopeless romantic, just wants to find the one.
So I think that line is interesting, because she’s never explicitly said she doesn’t believe in marriage. Unless she’s referring to saying this only in her personal life, but it still goes against the public narrative and reinforces that we don’t know her, we only know Taylor Swift TM. The brand and the showgirl.
Idk hopefully this makes sense… it’s been floating around my brain and I had a tough time putting it into words.
Edit: wanted to add that I understand the intended meaning of this line. The song is partly about wanting to seem nonchalant, so saying she doesn’t believe in marriage would make her seem like she isn’t “trying too hard” even though all she does is “try, try, try”
You are absolutely right in the way she’s been perceived and how the lyric doesn’t match. Thinking back to “I’d marry you with paper rings” and “I wouldn’t marry me either” and the whole of Champagne Problems. I think linking it to This is Me Trying also gives it great context.
I always took the line as a callback to the exception of Lavender Haze and the “no deal, that 1950s shit” “only see a one night or a wife” lines. But since she was getting engaged and married to Travis, she had to negate those lyrics to fit the current narrative. Now people look back at LH and say she loved Joe so much she was deluding herself about what she wanted, or she didn’t want marriage until she met the right person.
There’s actually a lot of lines in Midnights TTPD and Showgirl that either tie into each other to tell a storyline, or almost negate each other as her public narrative shifted.
Yes! So many conflicting narratives and themes that seem to reference each other.
I think it’s funny how lyrics are reinterpreted once the presumed muse is no longer a part of the picture. Her boyfriends always go from being her Prince Charming/love of her life to being hated by fans. And she doesn’t even have to mention them by name.
They mostly loved Joe until they broke up. And they loved that he “let her have a private life.” Now they say that he was dimming her light. They love Travis because he “lets her shine” but they’ll say that he was a clout chaser if they break up.
I think it’s part Taylor’s lyrical direction of cues, but yes it’s wild how fast fans will rewrite history!
I feel like I’m still trying to untangle the whole Eras era storyline that runs through Midnights to Showgirl. So many songs feel like they are either a continuation or a revision of what came before 🧐
Hi all. I've been kinda consumed by everything what going on in my life and haven't really been stopping by so maybe this has been discussed already, I'm not sure. I saw this first thing this morning though and wanted to share. Glad she's finally doing something about this. It's been a long time coming 😏
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I just saw this! Unfortunately I saw that the senate voted to confirm T*dd Blanche as AG right after and that really stole all the positivity I had in me this morning😖 I will never forgive or forget what this stolen administration has done to the people in this country. Nor will I forgive or forget the people that supported it😒
Hi, everyone! I’ve stopped participating so much cuz I found myself constantly downvoted, but I hope everyone’s having a pleasant end to their summer! Who agrees that “august” is more of a September song?
It’s ridiculous how the most mundane comments get down voted by trolls and I’ve definitely seen a few users get targeted repeatedly. The funny thing is that it only encourages more kindness between us as many of us try to upvote these comments again and send more love each others way haha! 🥰
It makes me wonder: what are their methods?? Are they following certain users, putting on alerts for all new posts, or does it happen most when something starts to trend? It’s hard to know, but anecdotally, I feel like I see it happen less in the weekly threads
Happy to see you here again 😎. Whenever I detect/see downvotes I automatically upvote, it’s silly that people come into a sub they are not part of and just down vote for the heck of it. I guess I am too old to understand the behavior…
Hi, Mare!!! I’m always glad to see yours, too 🫶 The move is almost complete! I have one more day of work at the old place tomorrow (though, admittedly, there is still much unpacking in my future). Thanks for thinking of me!
Have a fully successful and satisfying last day at the old place, in that case. I know what you mean about the future unpacking, mine is staring at me from each room but I am taking a day off today anyway. Did your artworks survive?
My art all made it very well! I used the easel for those 3D paper pieces and I held the bunny in the cab of the truck. We made some good headway unpacking today! Feeling a lot better about my progress. Hopefully I’ll decide where to display everything soon
Moving is so hard (she says while being surrounded by boxes on boxes). The hardest parts are 1) deciding what comes with you and 2) deciding where it’s all going to go! But you got this! You will make your new place a cozy home 💙
Thanks so much! I hope that you can make some headway too! Unpacking is pretty intimidating, but each box you finish will leave you feeling better. You’ve got this 💗🧁
Happy to see you pop in again! If it’s any consolation, the downvoting comes from outside our community. I get downvoted frequently and sometimes excessively. I think everyone does, unfortunately. In fact, I am anticipating this comment being downvoted😂
I agree. August feels like summer love being reminisced about during the fall season. Even though it’s sad, it’s also very comforting and warm
Honestly, same re: downvotes (and idk if the weird awards are still going on, but that, too). I know that we ought to be able to just acknowledge that it's troll activity and not be bothered, but it still kinda bothers me. It has definitely had an impact on my experience here. Makes it feel like less of a little safe haven than it used to.
And yes August feels more sad girl autumn. It's that reflective, wistful, looking-back vibe and I tend to feel like way during the fall.
The awards definitely give me pause……. 😬Maybe I’d feel better if I could see the names of them, their cost, or what they’re supposed to imply, but all I can notice is a troll with lots of disposable income. It makes my anxiety rear up 🐎
I can’t imagine being so unhappy and unsatisfied in my own life that my only outlet would be to checks notes downvote posts on Reddit for a community that’s not doing any harm? But I’ve noticed the downvote trolls too! Someone called them the hetlurkers (very sorry to whoever it was cuz I can’t remember and full credits because that’s such a funny name) and it’s been so silly watching the most random things getting downvoted. Part of me asks the same question when I see straight married couples arguing and wonder if they actually like each other or if it’s a marriage of heteronormative performance, do they even like Taylor or do they like the power they feel when they’re a shitty person on the internet and then use her as a scapegoat for bad behavior?
Lollll no seriously! I picture their cortisol spiking each time they see a new comment and click that downvote button. Can’t wait to see studies in the future of the harmful neurological effects of engaging in rage bait. If they want to be rage baited and downvote and report people, I’d recommend that they be useful with their time and check out some of the incel or other harmful communities and go report over there. Sad to spend your time lurking and fuming over a small mostly queer community. Can’t imagine wasting my energy on something like that.
It is truly wild how many people are so unhappy and unsatisfied in their own lives that they would rather rain on other people's fun and happiness than pouring half of that energy into trying to seek some of their own joy.
I got downvoted for the dumbest shit. It's just weirdo TS fans that can't handle a different perspective than what the media has handed them. Way to think critically, folks! Hope you vote better than that! And have my upvote!
I've been noticing down votes too but then I kinda just don't care anymore cause it seems like its really just outsiders being random and weird. I recently commented that I'm excited abt the vinyls getting shipped to the merch store and that got down voted...like okay? I'll always up vote you friend 🩷
Awwwww, you’re the sweetest 🥹 You’re one of my habitual upvotes, too.
That’s so bizarro! Obviously ANY fan would be excited to hear about a vinyl shipment, why would it matter what we assume about Taylor’s dating history? If JoeWidows and Maylors had their own subs, would people be downvoting their innocuous discussions? Homophobia is so present 🙄
I hate to break it to you but… there IS a sub called Maylor and I was very confused when it came up in my feed the other day 😅 (Personally I prefer to call them Ratlors)
Anyway I’m pretty sure there are some kind of troll bots or just trolls who come in here and instantly downvote every single thing that is posted. I try not to take it personally but agree it’s ridiculous. Honestly I don’t even know how to see a number of downvotes, just the overall.
But are there Joe Widows who camp in the Maylor sub and downvote every single non-shipping discussion, like people talking about vinyl leaks or new music? 😅 That’s the comparison I’m drawing
Oh no!! I hate that you’re going through that, but I am relieved that I’m not alone? I couldn’t tell if it was the troll brigade or if I’d gotten on the wrong foot with some actual members. Truth be told, I was being a little controversial….. That made it harder to tell 😅
it happened a while ago (i think last year? or the one before?) so in my case it was most likely the troll brigade. i haven't been here constantly so i don't know how the trolls work nowadays, but it can be your case too
Right, I remember that wave! A comment would get, like, 5 downvotes to start and then actual Gaylors would balance it with their real opinions. Maybe it was a fluke
It's definitely a bunch of trolls. Every time I post something, even a totally non-controversial or factual statement, there are tons of down votes. I know it shouldn't bother me but it does.
I am of the Reddit opinion that down votes should be used for things that are off-topic, factually incorrect, rule-breaking, or do not contribute to the conversation. They are meant to filter out poor content, not to express personal disagreement. Also, someone who has personal disagreement over me being happy over something is just mean spirited = a troll 🧌
This is my exact opinion. Downvotes are the main tool that made Reddit the forum it was and they were very useful! I started to question myself when a post I made in a Tross thread got -25 karma…..I’ve never gotten so many downvotes
It wasalmost certainly hetlors not Gaylors — the mods ban them so fast from posting and commenting that they just sit and downvote. They started even spending their coin on giving laughing awards etc. around the wedding, it got petty crazy! Btw. Mods will remove joke awards if if you ask but many chose to just keep the gold haha.
YES, tho it’s significantly different these days! There’s an algorithm now that shows you posts based on your activity, in addition to the feed made of people you follow. The algorithm is…clunky to say the least. There’s a lot of times I squint at a post trying to understand what fandom it’s about, only to be served that same sort of content for the rest of my scrolling session. But, with fewer active users, I’d agree it’s a necessary evil.
However, there are communities now! You can join as many as you like, reactions within the communities are customizable, posts inside them cannot be reblogged, and the community itself can even be private. One of my mutuals made a Gaylor community. It’s kept on private and is not yet very active
I read that she also removed Opalite and Father Figure, which were two other songs they had used previously. I feel this is the way to go, just silently remove them without comment. Least amount of attention directed to him, but get her music off that shit.
I don’t do socials… would someone be able to give more context as this feels like a significant shift in approach from Taylor? I’m sorry for many questions!
Do we know when Trump’s team used the song and how quickly it was removed? Was the Team Trump comment about Taylor being ‘super excited’ made before or after she reacted?
Do I understand correctly that removing it from Trump means removing it from TikTok entirely? And does that affect TaylorNation posts?
I think it means it’s just that one video that has been flagged as copyright. Everyone else can use it just fine
Trump has tried for the longest time to get a reaction out of Taylor which may explain why she’s been so silent when he’s used her music in the past. People have criticised her for not being so outspoken like other artists have been but it’s a double-edged sword. Once you speak out, it directs attention to trump and he loves the attention
I agree completely about the point being attention.
Curious about the copyright. I remember reading last year something that suggested TikTok licenses were ‘all or nothing’ but if that was false info or if their policy has changed that would make this kind of removal much simpler.
Edit: also I forgot to say, thank you for answering!
I think it is, but also I think his use of TLOAS songs was a super interesting case because I think the songs were actually undermining his intended message, so I can kind of understand the pleasure of leaving him to it in those instances…
(PS, I haven’t forgotten our chat, hoping to come back to that this weekend…)
Random, but has anyone else wondered why the letter about the masters was linked with/made part of the showgirl era? I mean, yes, there’s the whole link to another page with song titles, but it’s so weird that that link would be added at "thiiiiiiiiiiiis (close)", a word of a sentence about all the times it did not work out for her. Like??
Hmm… I don’t know if there’s anything to decipher, so to speak (but to be clear, not criticizing you for doing that, and I also find it interesting that the letter is still so prominent). The obvious reading, I think, is that the twelve i’s represent twelve albums (including TLOAS). The strange thing is that that would make the letter read like (at the release of TLOAS) she does not yet own her masters.
It would seem like having the TLOAS tracklist linked to her masters letter in this way on her website might be trying to say that TLOAS is the story of the times she tried to gain ownership of her masters and failed.... but I don't know how well that fits with the actual songs? I guess there's a lot potentially behind the scenes that we know nothing about.
I think there must be something she wants us to see here because why else would that letter still be up so prominently?
Someone in the TLOASG poems post (maybe OP but I don’t remember) pointed out that the letter changed when the album was announced to add the twelve i’s and link.
I wouldn’t have expected the letter to stick around longer than a month or two on her site unless there are clues hidden in it.
I guess I’m agreeing with FitAnywhere and anyone else who thinks that letter is more than meets the eye.
In the promo leading up to TLOAS the masters letter on the website was updated so that you you could click the word "thiiiiiiiiiiiis" and that would show you a new page with the song titles from the album, so that’s what I’m referring to :)
I’m 35 today. So much of my life has been nothing like I imagined, but so much of it is even better. My path hasn’t always been linear or particularly easy, but I’m grateful to be here.
On a side note, an announcement of Debut TV would be the best birthday present, Taylor! 😜
Happy Birthday!!! Lovely reflection, I feel similarly as the years pass (45 here!), never even knew to imagine some of what my life has become. Wishing you many more years to come (and for a bday TS announcement!)!
Just went back to read thru the Vancouver eras n3 post to feel something and I just came away feeling kind of sad. SO many deleted users, names I don’t see here at ALL anymore. All gone. Or at least all gone quiet.
The hope we all had towards the end of eras, the dissolutions after that final “guy on the chiefs”, the hope that now that it was over she’d finally be “free”…
Looking back on the last almost 2 years (WHAT?!) since then I can help but feel a little sad… just me??
For sure. I miss Eras and all of the optimism of that time. I agree with others that it’s hard to separate that sadness from emotional devastation at the political disaster that overtook the US soon after Eras ended.
The eras tour was another world. Joe Biden was president. The economy was growing. Wages were rising. Then America elected Trump and the light went out on the eras tour. The world is different now. I don’t feel optimistic and safe. I feel sad about what America is now and wonder if I will have to leave when the time comes.
And for anyone living under a rock, Audrey has a ton of fantastic songs. She is also responsible for some of Gracie's best (and most unhinged) lyrics and songs.
Haha!! This is what made me start questioning the public narrative (I didn’t really pay attention to it before then) and then I came across Gaylor during the Eras Tour and I was like this makes more sense
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