When You Think Taylor Swift

We're back to discuss the second half of TTPD — a track-by-track, our general takes, an a redone album (listen to Hannah and Madeline's Version here ). Are you an anthology truther??? PLEASE send your thoughts.

31 SONGS??? We are wealthy. Today we're diving into our overall thoughts on the album — where it fits into Taylor's larger body of work, the side effects of her prolific output over the past few years, living inside of an imperial phase, musical and lyrical redundancies, Taylor's partnerships with Jack and Aaron — and doing a track-by-track vibe check of the (first) album. Come for the...

What a week! We’re talking Grammys, TS11 announcement, and the Super Bowl. Complicated feelings about conspiracy theories and Taylor’s public image and capitalism abound. Come for the discourse, stay for our imagined versions of every track on TTPD.   Sidebars this week: Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the self-fulfilling monster on the hill prophecy, Fox News plugging Taylor Swift as a psyop f...

HELLO LISTENERS and welcome back! We’re whetting your appetites with a petite overview of the happenings in Taylorland — the You’re Losing Me drop, the Eras tour film, and, of course, the couple bringing us close to monoculture. Tune in to hear our thoughts on PR and girlhood and the NFL and himbos.  Sidebars this week: raisins, Rachel Antonoff, whether is Taylor a picky eater, the chai cookies, G...

SUMMER OF TAYLOR. Recorded on the eve of Speak Now TV, we have a little recap of our tour experience. And soon we’ll be back with our full album (and music video) review — what a time to be alive! We are rich in content!!!

Breaking breakup news!!! The #toe split — let’s get into it.  Sidebars this week: Emily Henry, Lesley Gore, the Kravitz family, a new music video being filmed in Liverpool (??), the Barbie movie, Taylor as Christ, this TikTok , the locked Gaylor subreddit, Taylor’s selective public allyship and (infuriating, disappointing) silence on anti-trans legislation, Tree and the publicist machine, boygeniu...

Just a little update epi! We eat some Goldfish and talk Spotify stats, tour, Amsterdam (the film, not the city), Taylor’s directorial turn, rerecording predictions, (among other things). Until our Midnights deep dive — thanks for spending your year with us! We love you! To 2023!

The first of many Midnights deep dives! We’re talking this week about our complicated feelings about this album: its public reception, the necessary role of criticism in ingesting culture, what it means to engage with an artist’s internality, how to carry both our expectations and our appreciation, and the many, many, many layers of being a Taylor Swift fan. The vibe is rigorous classroom discussi...

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY MIDNIGHTS DAY TO ONE AND ALL! A mini-ep from immediately before and immediately after listening to the album. WE ARE EXCITED !!!

We’re back, babies. It’s the Midnights era and we’re GETTING INTO IT. Let’s talk theories, Easter eggs, inspirations, expectations, explanations, reputations. 39 days left… which is 13 times 3… INTERESTING TIMING. Sidebars this week: talking about Taylor Swift in class, therapy, and first dates, Las Culturistas, Peloton instructors, Joni Mitchell references, Tik Tok lesbians, journalism politics,...

Things have been uneventful on the Taylor front recently, so we’re recapping the bits and pieces of news for you today — Harry Styles’ leaked song (as promised, the song backed by an exceptional photo compilation ), Karlie’s TikTok presence, Joe Alwyn’s press tour, Where the Crawdads Sing , Taylor’s return to acting, and Drake’s Instagram — all punctuated by the sound of the freeway and occasional...

Today we are transitioning from Taylor-as-poet to Taylor’s literal poetry, circa 1999 and 2017. We’re reading Taylor’s three published poems — A Monster In My Closet!, Why She Disappeared, and If You’re Anything Like Me — and talking about why they feel like a new kind of peek into her psyche and her Enneagram type, Taylor’s deep need for being understood (even when There Will Be No Further Explan...

With the turning of the calendar, it’s time for us to reflect — and look ahead to consider what the absolute hell is going to fall in our laps from the one and only Miss Taylor. We’re staking our claims and making our predictions for what is to come this year: tour? Re-records? A fresh album? A NOVEL?? Who knows. Also — we’re on Instagram! Follow us at @whenuthinktaylorswift and send us your wilde...

SPOILERS ABOUND WE LISTENED TO THE LEAKED VERSION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! unedited insanity for you all

BABY LET THE GAMES BEGIN — we’re in the final stretch pre-Red re-release. This week, we’re recapping what’s been happening in the Taylorverse on the eve of us finally having our grubby little paws on the ten-minute version of All Too Well (From the Vault) (Taylor’s Version). Theories swirling on Tik Tok & @deuxmoi, secret projects filmed in Taylor’s New York apartment, Taylor’s introduction fo...

We’re back and in honor of August sipping away like a bottle of wine, it’s time to reflect on Folklore. We’re doing a track-by-track analysis, theorizing on the line between fiction and reality in the Taylorverse, discussing Taylor’s ability to draw a universal feeling from a wildly niche vignette, and generally deep diving left & right. Buckle in, babies. Sidebars this week: Facebook Marketpl...

We’re sticking in the Evelyn Hugo universe for one last episode to talk about the brilliant, tortured, kindhearted Harry Cameron — and also the brilliant, tortured, kindhearted Harry Styles. We cover a lot of ground in this episode: the history of celebrity bearding, Evelyn and Harry’s relationship, Taylor and Harry’s relationship, literary and lyrical analysis, the utility of identity politics, c...

The time has come for us to do a Deep Dive into The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This is part one: a hefty walkthrough of this book, the way it sheds light into the machinations of celebrity (and the correlating ethical implications), a continuation of our discussion on parasocial relationships with celebrities, the through line of Taylor Swift and other pieces of culture,...

Alternate title: Now That’s What I Call GAY Music! We’re continuing our explicitly queer-focused episodes by discussing Taylor’s implicitly queer songs, going from 1989 through Lover (to save you all from eight thousand hours of Folklore and Evermore gay content) (but don’t worry, we’ll get there). We also, obviously, have to get into the Red announcement. 30 songs! Sidebars this week: Taylor Swif...

Did you listen to last week’s episode and think “ok, I’m intrigued — tell me more” because if so, it’s your lucky day! Here is more! Our gay series continues! We are getting into Taylor’s queerest moments, from early MySpace posts to the era of rainbow dresses and Stonewall performances. The energy is powerfully, palpably, publicly fruity. We also wade into the Wild West of Gaylor discourse: is di...

Happy Pride! By which we mean LET’S TALK KAYLOR. We’re kicking off our own version of a month-long rainbow apparel section by getting knee-deep in the love affair that is Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss. This week we’re doing an overview and timeline of their relationship: from the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show to Big Sur to #kissgate, we break down the biggest moments of Kaylor, discuss public per...

It’s time to talk about Sour. We’re diving into the many conversations (lyrical, musical, literal) happening between Taylor and Olivia Rodrigo in the context of the bops-only album Sour — talking through Taylor’s lineage in today’s music industry, giving a quick song-by-song review of Sour in the context of Red, and a draft pick to design our ultimate breakup playlists using both albums. Sidebars...

LIVE FROM THE SAME PLACE, IT’S MADELINE & HANNAH. In honor of us being together for the first time in over a year, today we’re taking a winding trip down memory lane to reminisce on the three Taylor Swift shows we’ve attended together (plus the shared tumblr we started), and imagining what the next era of Taylor’s concerts could look like. Sidebars this week: the Freeform original show Cruel Summe...

We’re building a timeline of Taylor’s past & present love affairs — the songs that they inspired, the way they were received, the paparazzi that documented them, and whether we believe they were really what the PR machine wanted us to think they were. Also, we drop our first references to what will become BIG THINGS on this pod: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and #kissgate. Sidebars this week:...

This week, we’re processing the non-events of April 30 (including the Girl in Red recommendation and all its innuendo) and getting into a true deep cut category — breaking down songs where Taylor is a featured artist. Sidebars this week: Sheryl Crow, the time we got heatstroke during the 1989 tour, Route 66, and Madeline’s abiding neutrality towards Dakota Johnson. Find us on Twitter at @ihopeyout...