Evolution of a Snake: The Taylor Swift Fan Podcast

Taylor Swift got married at Madison Square Garden and, somehow, the AMC CEO became our main correspondent for the “wedding of the century.” In this episode, we piece together the night from leaks, fan videos, and unhinged eyewitnesses: the peach-draped entryway and TT logo, the fake “garden” inside an arena, Taylor walking a bridge to a Love Story string arrangement, Adam Sandler officiating and a...

Welcome back to another episode of fashion commentary from two unfashionistas. We're breaking down every major Taylor Swift look of the year so far: the gold pelated gown, the sultry silk moment with Travis in London, her Toy Story extravaganza, the Songwriters Hall of Fame Slay, and the theme of this year is giving one thing very clearly....I'M GETTING MARRIED! Join us on Patreon for weekly bonus...

You seem pretty insane for an audience so well fed. Welcome back to Phone a Snake, our monthly call-in segment where you get to torture us. Today's takes include: Taylor Swift being Olivia's Kanye, Dan Nigro getting fired, and Sour being more complex than you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love. We agreed on some. We fought most. You know the drill...enjoy! The only way you can call in is to JOI...

Taylor Swift just gave the most revealing speech of her career. Naturally, we had to spend an hour talking about it. On June 11, 2026, Taylor became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at just 36 years old. Not only is it a massive career milestone, but the speech itself felt unusually personal, reflective, and intentional. This week, we're going through it line by l...

Is “I Knew It, I Knew You” Taylor Swift’s best movie song yet… or are we all just Pixar‑brained right now? In this week’s Taylor Talk, we’re ranking Taylor’s soundtrack canon from “Safe & Sound” to “Carolina” to Toy Story 5, figuring out what actually makes a Swift song cinematic, and deciding where “I Knew It, I Knew You” lands on the Unhinged to EGOT clearing spectrum. Enjoy! Use our code fo...

Every month, our patrons send in their most controversial pop culture takes, and we are legally obligated to react. This month’s voicemails broke us. Topics include: whether JoJo Siwa’s “Karma” is actually better than anything KATSEYE has released (and what that says about the music industry machine behind KATSEYE and Manon), Ice Spice’s entire catalogue being for children, the “pity artist” tier...

FREE TOYS AND GIFT CARDS! Everyone who signs up to our giveaway with @bellesaco wins something! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/swiftologist-podcast    In 2020, Taylor Swift was supposed to headline her first-ever stadium tour. Then COVID happened. Lover Fest was cancelled — and Taylor Swift as we knew her never came back. We built the version of Lover Fest that never was. Full concept setlist, era...

In this episode, we're back — and it gets worse. We're brutally ranking every Taylor Swift music video from the "new testament" era: Lover through The Life of a Showgirl. After spending last episode celebrating the visuals that defined her career, it's time to confront the ones that didn't. From the cosy-but-forgettable to the genuinely embarrassing, we rank them all — worst to best — and we don't...

GET TICKETS TO SEE US ON TOUR NOW: https://www.evolutionofasnake.com   We watched every Taylor Swift cringe moment so you don't have to…and we have notes. Divas, this week we're counting down the Top 5 cringiest Taylor Swift moments that had us genuinely squirming: the Grammy meltdown that critics called "wretched," the safest political anthem ever written, and yes — THAT! Cats performance. Buckle...

WE’RE ON TOUR NOW, COME SEE US: https://www.evolutionofasnake.com Taylor Swift just gave the New York Times her most candid interview yet — and we watched every second so you didn't have to. This week on Evolution of a Snake, we're breaking down the real story behind how All Too Well (Ten Minute Version) actually got made, how Taylor defines her own greatest songwriting, why Speak Now, Evermore, a...

GET TICKETS TO SEE US ON TOUR NEXT WEEK:  https://www.evolutionofasnake.com   Welcome to 2019: Part 3, the latest installment of our in depth analysis of every year of Taylor Swift’s career. This is the one where the woman they thought they had cornered gets a white shirt, embroiders every album she's about to take back onto it, and walks onto the AMA stage in front of the entire industry. There w...

The Tortured Poets Department is officially two years old...which means the recency bias excuse has LOGGED OFF. Today, we’re putting Taylor Swift’s most divisive era on trial. From the overstuffed track list allegations to the Matty Healy of it all, we are prosecuting and defending the most insane, unpopular, and frankly unhinged opinions you sent in. Was TTPD a bloated career mistake or a misunde...

GET TICKETS TO SEE US ON TOUR THIS SUMMER:  https://www.evolutionofasnake.com In today’s episode, we delve into our findings from one of music’s biggest nights…or should we say…one of the influencer’s biggest nights: Coachella 2026. It was Sabrinachella and Addisonchella as far as we’re concerned, but we take a critical look at Justin Bieber and KATSEYE’s performances for a little extra sauce.  Le...

GET TICKETS TO SEE US ON TOUR THIS SUMMER:  https://www.evolutionofasnake.com   We’re rewinding to Taylor Swift's NYU Commencement Speech 2022 and reading it like a prophecy. At the time, it felt like a charming, self-aware victory lap. But in hindsight? It’s loaded with real easter eggs about everything that followed: the emotional architecture of Midnights, the meta-theatre of The Eras Tour, the...

GET TICKETS TO SEE US LIVE THIS SUMMER:  https://www.evolutionofasnake.com In this episode of Evolution of a Snake, we’re brutally ranking Taylor Swift’s concert tours — from the baby curls and band sets of the early years to the maximalist pop spectacle of her stadium domination. We’re revisiting the fairytale gowns, the surprise song moments, the costume changes, the iconic staging, the crowd wo...

Before Bleachella, before 1989 won Album of the Year, before Snakegate, before the getaway car, before Reputation…there was merely the biggest pop star in the world fighting for her life trying to maintain control of a plane that was flying in a downward spiral. Her life was bigger than ever, and harder to manage than ever. She was on top of the world, and terrified of falling over the edge. In th...

GET TICKETS TO OUR NEW USA TOUR ON SALE NOW: ⁠https://www.evolutionofasnake.com⁠   We snakes have entered our showgirl era. In this week’s Phone a Snake, Snake Nation Citizens call in to report from the frontlines of the life of a showgirl: personal growth, diva breakthroughs, emotional turmoil, questionable decisions, and, of course, pressing concerns requiring expert analysis. We hear how everyo...

In this week’s episode, we finally do what perhaps should have been done long ago: explain the bizarre, unholy, deeply unnecessary internal language of Evolution of a Snake. From heirloom turkey to bone collector, from “you’re an adult, you should know that” to “good luck with booking that stage you speak of,” we’re unpacking the phrases, references, recurring bits, and completely deranged lore th...

JOIN US ON PATREON:  https://www.patreon.com/swiftologist   In this episode of Evolution of a Snake, we’re brutally ranking Taylor Swift’s old music videos — from Debut all the way through Reputation — and revisiting the fairytales, the cheer captain era, the dramatic eyeliner, the chaotic pop pivot, and everything in between. We’re not just ranking based on nostalgia. We’re talking storytelling,...

GET TICKETS TO SEE US LIVE IN AUSTRALIA THIS WEEKEND:  https://www.evolutionofasnake.com Taylor Swift's songs about Scott Borchetta reveal something far deeper than a business dispute. They trace grief, betrayal, power, and eventual reclamation. In this episode of Sister Songs, we compare My Tears Ricochet, It’s Time To Go, and Father Figure to examine the emotional arc behind one of the most pivo...

GET TICKETS TO THE SNERAS TOUR AUSTRALIA: https://www.evolutionofasnake.com   Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department might be her most narratively complete album… and yet it never received its final chapter. In this video, we imagine the era that never happened — the missing act of Tortured Poets. If  Midnights  had a spectacle and  Folklore/Evermore  had a world, then TTPD should have had a sta...

GET TICKETS TO THE SNERAS TOUR IN AUSTRALIA:  https://www.evolutionofasnake.com   Welcome back to Taylor Talk. As the whole world knows...Taylor Swift is engaged to Travis Kelce. Therefore, in today's episode, we're speculating wildly (in good fun) about her hypothetical bachelorette party. What will the girl boss do? We imagine two scenarios: what should happen vs what probably will happen. Every...

GET TIX TO SNERAS AUSTRALIA:  https://www.evolutionofasnake.com Here we are again, reviewing music's biggest night. This was a year of middling fashions, great performances, and at least one shocking robbery. We're talking everything Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Bad Bunny, Addison Rae, Katseye and so much more as we review the material from the red carpet, the stage, and beyond. Le...

In the latest and greatest episode of Phone a Snake, we open the lines to YOUR unpopular End of an Era opinions and promptly descend into chaos. We talk meth math, meta-performance delusions, Matty Healy signaling conspiracies, Showgirl truthers, and the increasing inability of fandom to distinguish subtext from canon. We unpack the docuseries as both emotional reset and expectation correction, de...

GET TICKETS TO THE SNERAS TOUR IN AUSTRALIA:  https://www.evolutionofasnake.com In our final recap of  The End of an Era  docuseries, we’re with  Taylor Swift  on the very last days of the Eras Tour—when the adrenaline fades, the muscle memory takes over, and the question shifts from  how did we get here?  to  what happens after?  We talk family, legacy, loss, Andrea as the quiet architect of ever...