Tag: Taylor Swift Folklore
There Should Be Two Movie Theater Options For the Eras Tour Film: One For People Who Just Want To Sit There Without Clapping, Dancing and Singing and One For People Who Want to Do the Exact Opposite
Maybe it was unfathomable to movie distributors that anyone other than a “bona fide Swiftie” would bother showing up to the Eras Tour film. After [Read More…]
“Exile” Is The Perfect Song to Murder Your Ex To (And Other Reasons You, Season 3 Remains A Standout Compared to Season 4: Part One)
With the first portion of You’s fourth season out, it bears noting that there have been few scenes as indelible as one that took place [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s “Carolina” is a Continuation of the Folklore/Evermore Tradition–But Also the Iconic Soundtrack Song Tradition
Here and there, one notices a re-commitment to the film soundtrack that was once a constant. But with the decline of cinema as an “event” [Read More…]
Singing Teen Girl Lyrics Thirteen Years On & Ironically Getting More Agency Out of It: Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
One wonders at times if there were several moments when Taylor Swift might have cringed throughout the re-recording of her 2008 sophomore album, Fearless. The [Read More…]
Chemtrails Over Taylor Swift’s Folkloric Country Club
Wasting no time in establishing that Chemtrails Over the Country Club is her “country-folk” album, and that she’s going to out-folk Taylor Swift’s folklore (also [Read More…]
The Line in the Sand Kanye Tried to Draw Between Beyoncé and Taylor in 2009 Has Officially Vanished
In 2009, as most know by now, an incident that set off a Capulet versus Montague-level “bad blood” feud occurred (in truth, maybe that was [Read More…]
Mrs. Maisel Enters the 70s: I’m Your Woman
Rachel Brosnahan has, of course, come a long way from playing “Girl” on a 2010 episode of Gossip Girl (fittingly, for her Mrs. Maisel-oriented Daddy [Read More…]
Ever Thine, Ever Mine… Evermore, Or: Taylor Swift Swears Multiple Times on A Record! (While Evoking Less Sinister Twin Peaks Imagery)
Just when her devoted public was vaguely getting over digesting the surprise release (as pioneered by Beyoncé) of her eighth record, folklore, Taylor Swift goes [Read More…]
The “Invisible Thread” Narrative (Along With Peter Pan) Ties Into Taylor Swift’s Mennonite Chic “Willow” Video
Picking up where she left off with the “cardigan” video back in July, Taylor Swift brings us a companion single (to go with a folklore’s [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s Inez/Betty/James = David Lynch’s Laura/Donna/James
While the “cognoscenti” of the few remaining New York-based pop culture “publications” would like to believe “Betty” is now an undeniable part of the “queer [Read More…]
