Swiftlore: The Lyrics and Lore of Taylor Swift

This week, we dive into two songs about a woman seducing and/or destroying men: imgonnagetyouback + Blank Space! Taylor clearly had a lot of fun writing these, and we have just as much fun breaking them down. The characters may be toxic, but ... a bop's a bop! Follow us on Instagram or TikTok @swiftlorepod for clips, polls, and other fun things. To join our ⁠Patreon⁠, subscribe at https://www....

This week, we report from a lakeside cottage for a writer's retreat, so naturally we chose songs with themes of nature and escapism: the lakes + I Hate It Here! And, for the first time, Shakespeare joins us on the couch. Tune in to hear us talk about our unplugged weekend away as well as our thoughts on maladaptive daydreaming and Romanticism in literature. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram or Tik...

Wow, we've reached the end of the year! This week, we talk about two songs that sum up our 2024s: Dear Reader (Cat) + long story short (Abby). It has been a JOURNEY, folks, and some of you have been with us the whole way! Thank you for being here 🫶 Feel free to share in the comments what song summed up YOUR year. Follow us on Instagram or TikTok @swiftlorepod for clips, polls, and other fun t...

We're back and continuing our title track series with Red + Lover! In this episode we talk all about love, in every shade. Follow us on Instagram or TikTok @swiftlorepod for clips, polls, and other fun things. To join our ⁠Patreon⁠, subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/SwiftlorePodcast. This week, there is A LOT of extra content cut from the public episode, and even a bonus mini-ep of us makin...

We're back on the deep-dive grind this week with the track fives from Debut and Reputation: Cold As You and Delicate! We talk about how much we love our animals, mourn TikTok being shut down RIGHT when Abby got back online, and discuss how this is the last episode before The Eras Tour is officially over. There's a lot of meandering, but what else is new? Follow us on Instagram or TikTok @s...

We're back!!!! Wow. Can you believe it's been a month? We can't! In this episode, Cat and Abby discuss their time off. This includes their thoughts on Wicked, their trip to New York City to see Orla Gartland (featuring a special surprise guest), and how we feel about the Eras Tour coming to a close. We also open some fan mail, give a fundraiser update, and tell some random stories. But...

This week, we cover two songs that have spooky vibes: Down Bad + Haunted! In this episode, we discuss how there is nothing scarier than a breakup. Also, Speare makes an appearance, and Abby breaks her PG-13 rule. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram or TikTok @swiftlorepod for clips, polls, and other fun things. To join our ⁠Patreon⁠, subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/SwiftlorePodcast - and remember,...

CONGRATULATIONS TO CAT FOR THE RELEASE OF "DAISY, PLUCKED!" This week, we cover two songs reminiscent of her book: Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus (which we lovingly dub "Chloe et al.") + Right Where You Left Me! These two songs are devastating heavy hitters, but we manage to throw in a few bits to cope with the pain. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram or TikTok @swiftlorepod for clips, polls, and oth...

Remember when you were in high school having cute little romantic adventures with the quarterback and doing questionable things while your friends played Grand Theft Auto? Yeah, us neither. But this week, we live vicariously through Taylor as we cover two songs presumably about Travis off of The Tortured Poets Department: So High School + The Alchemy! In the meantime, we discuss the importance of...

Can you believe it's been one year since our debut??? In this episode, we reflect on where this last year has taken us and share some of our favorite things about this journey so far. We also phone Brianne to hear what she thinks LWYMMD is actually about, answer some questions from our Instagram, and thank our listeners over and over again for being here. Stay tuned at the end for a compilation of...

We're back and with more tangents than ever! Join us this week where we talk about two songs that mention being a fool: Foolish One + Look What You Made Me Do! For clips and other fun things, you can follow us on TikTok and Instagram @swiftlorepod or you can subscribe at patreon.com/swiftlorepodcast for Swiftlore After Dark, bonus episodes, fundraisers, and monthly livestreams! For those who w...

We're back with more chaos! In this episode, we cover two songs that sound happy, but are they really? Together we clown around some more and randomly give life advice. And to any ninth graders out there - listen to this ep for the Swiftlore Spark Notes for The Scarlet Letter and Romeo & Juliet. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @swiftlorepod! For more clownery and deleted clips from the e...

Swiftlore takes on Taylor's title tracks in a new series! To kick it off, we've covered Fearless + Speak Now, in which Taylor dreams of her perfect first date and how she would ruin a wedding. In the process, she offends all bald people and keeps the bride-to-be from life-saving surgery - or, at least that's OUR headcanon. Enjoy! For more free content, check us out on TikTok and Instag...

Taylor has finished her leg of the tour in London, and we have a lot to say about it! This week, we cover two songs that mention London: London Boy + Come Back...Be Here. It starts off chaotic and doesn't get any less so. Cheers! For clips and other fun things, follow us @swiftlorepod on TikTok and Instagram. And for more bonus content like our Hot Ones livestream, to participate in fundraiser...

We were SO STOKED to speak with none other than Hannah Connolly, a writer and content creator who promotes positivity in an often scary world. Listen in on our conversation, where we discuss literature, her VIP experience seeing a surprise Ed Sheeran at the Eras tour, TTPD, Rep TV, what it means to be a Swiftie, and more! We had the best time chatting, and hope you like it! Please check out Hannah...

So it continues! This week, we finished up talking about the folklore love triangle by covering the songs betty + cardigan. Chaos ensues. We hope you like it! For more content, please follow us on TikTok and Instagram @swiftlorepod or subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/swiftlorepodcast to see fun extras such as Cat's betty monologue or even be a part of our bonus hot ones episode!

Are you ready to unpack teenage hot-messery? We are! In our first ever two-part episode, we dive into the folklore love triangle between James, Betty, and Augustine. This week, for part one, Cat goes over the lore and timeline of the story, while Abby talks about the song "august." Follow us @swiftlorepod on TikTok and Instagram for clips and other fun things! And if you're searching...

This week, we cover two songs that refer to the same poem - Hoax + The Black Dog! Cat recovers from Karmic Covid, Abby learns some of what she's missed on the internet, and somehow we end up talking about a conspiracy for ten minutes. It's that kind of day. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @swiftlorepod for clips and other fun things! And if you're craving for more, you can subscribe...

Has anyone ever called you crazy for having feelings? That's what we're here to talk about today at Swiftlore. This week, we cover Mad Woman + Cassandra, two songs that really put us in our feminine rage era. Fun fact! Abby fully has a tattoo about this exact topic and somehow forgot to talk about it??? We're gonna blame it on Apollo. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and TikTok @swi...

This week, we cover two songs from The Tortured Poets Department Anthology that we can't get enough of despite being sad: The Prophecy + The Albatross! In this episode, Cat is having a certified Bad Day while Abby does a deep dive on albatrosses. It's truly chaotic and a marvelous time. Follow us on Instagram or TikTok @swiftlorepod, or join our Patreon for even more content (such as poems...

Happy July 9th! This week we covered 2 songs about feeling like an outsider: I Look in People's Windows + Last Kiss! Hope you like it 🫶🫶 Make sure to check out our Instagram or TikTok for clips and more @Swiftlorepod! And get ready for the launch of our PATREON (!!!!!!) 7/9/2024, in honor of Last Kiss. See you there! Update: Patreon is here! Subscribe at https://patreon.com/SwiftlorePodcast

We decided to balance the scales this week between misogyny and feminism by covering two more songs we love: Better Than Revenge & The Man. We address the gender dynamics in both songs, how Taylor has grown throughout her career, and reveal our own former revenge plots. No men were harmed in the making of this episode (but in 2010, some egos may have been bruised. Who's to say?). Our Patre...

Can you believe it's been 10 years since this album dropped and changed our lives? In this episode, we celebrate Abby's 27th birthday while celebrating X's, too. Abby learns that Wikipedia can't be trusted, Cat reflects on her first live performance, and both of us share how no one commits to the bit like our high school. It's a fun one, folks - even if you don't know the a...

Happy pride! To celebrate, we decided to cover two songs that sapphics (aka WLW) have claimed: Dress + Ivy! We loved covering these songs, so we hope you enjoy the chaos as much as we did. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and TikTok @swiftlorepod for more content!

Because we hadn't seen each other in a few weeks, this episode of Swiftlore is especially unhinged - surprising no one. We reminisce on childhood, our friendship, and do everything in our power not to cry (even though we are allowed to ♥️ ). Be sure to follow us on Instagram and TikTok @swiftlorepod for clips and other content! Patreon coming soon!