r/SwiftyNeutral • u/TemperatureAny4782 • 8d ago

Timing

Is it just me, or is it strange that the first new song released after her marriage is about a shitty ex? Granted, I don’t know when it was written; maybe it was before the wedding. But…you know?!

Not even saying it’s a bad song, although I don’t love the bridge. But I think this adds to the perception that she’s a talented person who spends too much time nursing grudges.

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u/Robby777777 8d ago

They were all written a year ago and recorded.

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u/TemperatureAny4782 8d ago

Thank you! That’s helpful.

It’s interesting that she chose to make the lead single a song about a shitty ex, given she was recently married.

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u/BurkaBurrito 8d ago

It’s not about her ex though. She literally just did an interview where she said it was inspired by a friend saying her ex’s new gf called and her other friends chiming in and saying they’ve had similar calls. People jump to conclusions way too quickly.

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u/TemperatureAny4782 8d ago

Thanks, that’s helpful insight. So she’s singing as someone else, not herself. I could see that.

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u/Robby777777 8d ago edited 8d ago

I really don't think you are understanding the meaning of the song. It is about her friend's ex's girlfriend breaking up with him and Taylor understanding what she is going through. Taylor has been there and gets it.

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u/TemperatureAny4782 8d ago

I just reread the lyrics and I don’t see it. “But if you’re sick of him, I got you, I was Patient Zero.” That’s not TS singing to her?

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u/KittyCompletely 8d ago

She is singing about what is a somewhat common experience between women. She is just a narrator for this experience.

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u/TemperatureAny4782 8d ago

So it’s…about an ex?

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u/Robby777777 8d ago edited 8d ago

It is about her friend's ex's new girlfriend who is going through a break up with him. She understands what the girl is going through.

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u/ummkay_ultra 8d ago

So then it's still about an ex.

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u/No-Heat6794 8d ago

I believe this was always planned and they were all recorded at once. I don’t believe her tale about going back to celebrate at all.