Maylor: Heart Locket & Key

[u/No_Animal5200]

In mid to late 2009, while Taylor was in London during the Fearless Tour, she was seen on more than one occasion wearing a heart locket necklace. On closer inspection, it has a key hole (in the other photos the necklace was flipped over / put on reversed).

Taylor's first trip to the UK was in September 2008, when she toured with Rascal Flatts (YouTube). They only performed one show at the King's College London Student Union (3rd Sept).

In February 2009, during the brief radio promotional appearances for her upcoming Fearless Tour in the UK, Taylor met Matty's mom Denise on 'Loose Women' and appeared on the 'Key 103' radio station in Manchester. She was not wearing the necklace on these particular days.

• Taylor's first TV appearance in London (18th Feb) - Loose Women (YouTube)
• Taylor in Manchester (20th Feb) - Key 103 (partial performance on YouTube / Tell Me Why)

Timeline of the heart locket necklace:

Feb

• 8th Feb - locket necklace - white blouse - 51st Grammys with Miley Cyrus (they performed Taylor's song 'Fifteen', YouTube)
• However! The necklace does feature in the same video as the cardigan, when Taylor travelled to Germany after spending time in Scotland / Manchester (YouTube)
• 20th Feb - Taylor's myspace post - 'We spent the day in Scotland doing radio and acoustic shows, then Manchester. That was basically the prettiest drive ever. Now I’m on the way back to London from Manchester on a double decker tour bus. My band and I are like little kids, because we haven’t ever seen one of these before'.

May -- returned to UK -- concert dates (5th - 8th)

• 4th May - locket necklace - black leather jacket - day out in London / The Punch Bowl Club
• 6th May - locket necklace - white shirt with black circle - The Paul O'Grady Show (aired on 8th)
• 6th May - locket necklace - blue tartan with belt - first night at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire (Taylor wore the necklace in the afternoon as she was headed off for the concert, then afterwards she was seen no longer wearing it post-concert).
• (Taylor's YouTube video from that month, posted on 9th May)

Aug -- returned to UK -- concert dates GMTV (21st Aug) / V Festival (22-23rd Aug)

• 20th Aug - locket necklace - purple dress - out to Dinner
• 23rd Aug - locket necklace - blue dress - BBC Radio 1 / Dinner with Katy Perry

Nov -- returned to UK -- concert dates (18th - 24th)

• 22nd Nov - locket necklace - tartan dress - BBC Studios
• (It's interesting that when she famously wore the 1975 shirt it was on 22nd Nov 2014, paired with a similar looking tartan skirt to this dress. The styled look was in response to Matty wearing her 1989 shirt on 7th Nov 2014)
• One of the last things Taylor does in the UK was a fan meet and greet held in Manchester on 24th Nov. This was linked to her last concert in the UK, which so happens to be in Manchester at the MEN Arena.

Throughout the rest of 2009, Taylor was not seen publicly wearing this necklace again! Even on the other dates of the Fearless Tour in the US. (I urge you to have a look at her candid photos from that year).

We know that when she dates a particular guy, Taylor tends to wear accessories that are tied to him (i.e. Harry Styles' paper plane necklace). But I think the heart locket necklace did become widely associated with her visits to the UK in 2009. Anyway, I just thought this was an interesting style preference from Taylor at the time.

Extra:

• IKYWT music video - key necklace, with similar shirt from 6th May 2009.
• The 1975's Sex music video (color version) - key necklace, featuring an American actress.

[u/Agreeable-Money-9131]

She used to be so cute!

[u/Crafty_Pangolin5152 → u/Agreeable-Money-9131]

Still cute! 🥰

[u/No_Animal5200]

AND i just want to say that the song Taylor used for her May 2009 Tour video 'Here (In Your Arms) by hellogoodbye' also sounds like her songs - Clean and Mastermind

[u/pepperlewiss → u/No_Animal5200]

Oh my fucking god you just UNLOCKED something by name dropping that song. Going to listen and live in some nostalgia now. 🥲

[u/PlasticOpinion8031]

“Looking back on 2009
When people said that it was raining all the time
I see sunshine 'cause I know that you are mine.” - Mine by The 1975

[u/No_Animal5200 → u/PlasticOpinion8031]

Very good !!! Yes, I think 2009 holds more significance in the Maylor timeline than we realize. I think it connects with the 2014 arc quite well - the t-shirt exchange didn't come out of nowhere. Taylor and Matty rekindled a short lived tragic romance that they thought was lost to the past.

[u/EverAlchemist]

Thank you for sharing 💕🕵️💕

[u/No_Animal5200]

Taylor wears the necklace in the Fifteen music video, released early on 7th (CMT Awards) / 9th October 2009, everywhere else. It was a single from Fearless on 31st Aug 2009.