Swiftly Spoken

To celebrate folklore's recent two year anniversary, as well as the explosive popularity of august, we deep dive into Taylor Swift's first ever surprise album drop. We take a look back at the months that lead to the release in the summer of 2020, including how the folklorian collaborative team was made, Taylor's experience working remotely and the choices she made that lead to the eventual unusual...

This episode is part 2 to our discussion about Taylor Swift's most interesting album variants, limited editions and interesting releases. Last time we spoke about her country releases, this time we go through 1989, reputation, Lover, folklore, evermore, Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version). Although there is no longer such a large quantity of limited editions with slight track ch...

This week we discuss some interesting album editions and alternate versions Taylor has released over the years. Focusing on her first four country albums we deep dive into some of the most amazing collectable items and vinyl that exist out there. We also dispel some rumours that surround them and clarify why we think they were released and what additions or special content they each include. Wheth...

As we near one of the most celebrated days in the Taylor Swift fandom, July 9th, we break down all of the heart-wrenching details of the song that originated the fandom "holiday", Last Kiss. Considered as one of Taylor's most vulnerable and personal songs, we analyse the entire six minute track, including the real life references to her then relationship with Joe Jonas, the conscious production ch...

With each album Taylor released a pattern soon emerged that we now know as the famous emotionally devastating, personal and deeply vulnerable Track 5. As Red's iconic track 5, All Too Well, has recently been back in the spotlight, we decided to delve into the stories behind these highly esteemed tracks and debate whether Taylor (consciously or not) made the correct choice in each case. We explore...

This week we chat about which Taylor Swift songs we think could fit just as well on another one of her albums. We each made up a list for every one of her nine studio albums and discuss our choices to see if we coincide on any or have completely different opinions. These include examples such as Gorgeous from reputation which many fans believe fits the sound of Lover and could just as easily be pl...

With the recent release of This Love (Taylor's Version) fans are once again speculating that 1989 will be Taylor's next re-recorded album to be announced. With this in mind, we discuss all things 1989 (Taylor's Version) including how it may be promoted, what we can expect from the album and what the 1989 Vault may contain. Though the From the Vault Tracks seem to be a bit of a mystery, we deep div...

In this emergency episode we discuss This Love (Taylor's Version) after Taylor both announced and released the song a few days ago. We give all the interesting facts behind the creation of this self written 1989 track and then chat about the changes it has suffered throughout time. We of course give our opinions on Taylor's Version and excitedly try to take a guess at what may be coming next for u...

On its third anniversary we're looking back at ME! and trying to uncover the answer to the question; did it flop as a lead single? To do so we speak about the incredible hype created by the thirteen day countdown that may have led to disappointment, the polarising reception from critics and fans alike, and the charts, awards and records the song received. With all that information we discuss if ME...

To celebrate the recent anniversary of Taylor's first re-recording, Fearless (Taylor's Version) we deep dive into the six vault tracks included on the album. We go through each song one by one looking back at their history, the demos we previously knew of prior to last year and the changes that they went through before finding a home on the full version of Fearless. While nobody had previously hea...

After this week's exciting announcement of a new song named "Carolina" to be featured in the upcoming Where the Crawdads Sing film we go over all of Taylor's songs used in movie soundtracks giving all the details surrounding their production and release and if we can expect to hear a Taylor's Version of them. We go back to 2009 to discuss some songs that Taylor had already written and thought were...

In this episode we discuss all of the theories surrounding what may be released next in Taylor Swift's rerecording process to take control of her masters. With a lot of different ideas swirling around we explore the options for what order Debut, Speak Now, 1989 and reputation (Taylor's Version) may all be released in and the troubles that may be holding some of them up, including the notorious Sha...

With the recent success of Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran's The Joker and The Queen Remix, we decided to compile a list of Taylor's official remixes throughout the years and rank them all on a tier list. We discuss each remix ranging from amazing collaborative tracks like Bad Blood Remix featuring Kendrick Lamar, recently released tracks such as Message in a Bottle remixed by Fat Max G, to the old cl...

To celebrate Valentine's Day, this week we explore a part of the Lover era that sadly never came to be, the cancelled Lover Fests. Back in 2019 along with Taylor Swift's highly anticipated seventh studio album, a string of festival date appearances throughout Europe and South America were announced that would culminate in the USA Lover Fest East and West shows. These were all planed to reflect how...

In this bonus episode, to celebrate one of our favourite artist, Harry Styles' birthday, we are taking a look back at songs that may have been inspired by 'Haylor' or the relationship between Taylor Swift and Harry Styles from a strictly lyrical and thematic point of view. We run through songs written by Taylor that may have been based around their time together, breaking down possible Easter Eggs...

This week we take a look at one of Taylor's officially released songs with the most history, and perhaps even the most versions, behind it. Sparks  Fly was originally written way back in October 2006, after a Halloween performance at Duke's Bar and Grill that served as its inspiration. It then gained traction as an unreleased song when a video of Taylor performing it circled around in 2007. H...

It is now 2022 and that means that, later on this year, Taylor will finally be able to rerecord her sixth studio album, reputation. To celebrate this, we decided to discuss our theories regarding reputation (Taylor’s Version), including how it may be promoted, when it may be released, what it could look like, and, most importantly, what we can possibly expect from the reputation vault. We take a l...

This year's finally episode recaps all of Taylor Swift's releases, awards and performances throughout 2021 to make sure you didn't miss out on any of the details from the last twelve months. Moreover, we also reveal the winners of the first ever Swiftly Spoken Awards, all voted by you over on our Instagram. Some of these awards include Album of the Year, Best From the Vault Tracks, Best Collaborat...

In this special festive bonus episode we discuss Taylor Swift's most recent Christmas song, Christmas Tree Farm, originally released in 2019. With its recent Old Timey rerelease this year, Taylor seems to be guaranteeing the song's longevity as well as giving it a completely new feel. We have a chat about its composition and release (all undertaken in under a week!), the lifespan of a holiday song...

To celebrate its recent anniversary and exciting Album of the Year Grammy nomination, this week we discuss evermore, the somewhat forgotten sister. For this first ever album retrospective we delve into evermore in a LOT of detail, discussing its creation, chronology, themes, reception, stand-out lyrics and much more. Join us as we celebrate (and not just tolerate) one of Taylor's most lyrically ri...

For this bonus episode, we recorded our initial thoughts and reactions to hearing Red (Taylor's Version) just five days after it was released! Join us as we go track by track on a nostalgia filled breakdown of our old time favourites, newly appreciated songs and rediscovered gems. Then, we dive into The Vault, discussing what we know about these songs and giving our initial thoughts on them. 

In this episode we celebrate the long-awaited release of All Too Well Ten Minute Version. We detail the serendipitous origin of this beloved song, breakdown ALL of the lyrics, discuss the controversies and theories that have appeared over the last week, and conclude by recapping the live performances Taylor has gifted us with recently.   

With Red (Taylor’s Version) releasing this week, we dedicate this episode to exploring the fourth album curse and laying out how it affected or was avoided by Taylor’s fourth album, Red, back in 2012. Moreover, we also take some time to discuss everything you need to know before Red (TV) drops in just three days time! Finally, we were lucky enough to give our live reactions and theories about the...

To celebrate Halloween, in this episode we rank all of the old Taylor looks that appear in the Look What You Made Me Do music video into a tier list. We go through all of the outfits, detailing some of our own obscure background finds and discussing how they may serve as inspiration for possible Halloween costumes!

Join us as we travel back to the 2012 Red era to discuss all things Everything Has Changed, Taylor and Ed's very first released collaboration. With Taylor's Version of this song, as well as the exciting second Ed feature from the vault, creeping ever closer, we go over the timeline behind the Sweeran friendship, when these songs were initially written and recorded, the changed lyrics, background s...