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Post by Admin on Dec 13, 2020 19:48:59 GMT
Taylor Swift dropped an entire album last night and the time has come to obsessively analyze the lyrics. To be clear, evermore has only been out for a few hours, but Tay fans are already convinced that the song "Dorothea" is about Selena Gomez (whom she's been close friends with forever)—and honestly the evidence kinda adds up.
Kay, so first of all please turn your attention to this entire thread which connects various "Dorothea" lyrics to Sel:
Check out the full lyrics courtesy of Genius if you want to launch your own personal analysis:
Hey, Dorothea, do you ever stop and think about me? When we were younger down in the park Honey, making a lark of the misery You got shiny friends since you left town A tiny screen's the only place I see you now And I got nothing but well-wishes for ya
[Pre-Chorus] Ooh, this place is the same as it ever was Ooh, but you don't like it that way
[Chorus] It's never too late to come back to my side The stars in your eyes shined brighter in Tupelo And if you're ever tired of bеing known for who you know You know, you'll always know me, Dorothea (Uh-uh) Dorothea (Ah-ah)
[Post-Chorus] Ooh, you'rе a queen sellin' dreams, sellin' makeup and magazines Ooh, from you I'd buy anything
[Verse 2] Hey, Dorothea, do you ever stop and think about me? When it was calmer, skipping the prom just to piss off your mom and her pageant schemes And damn, Dorothea, they all wanna be ya But are you still the same soul I met under the bleachers? Well...
[Pre-Chorus] Ooh, I guess I'll never know Ooh, and you'll go on with the show
[Chorus] But it's never too late to come back to my side The stars in your eyes shined brighter in Tupelo And if you're ever tired of being known for who you know You know, you'll always know me, Dorothea (Uh-uh) Dorothea (Ah-ah)
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Post by Admin on Dec 14, 2020 5:00:44 GMT
After releasing surprise albums ‘folklore’ and ‘evermore,’ Taylor Swift expresses a feeling of closure and calmness. She sits down with Zane Lowe this Tuesday, December 15th at 5PM PT for an exclusive artist special in honor of being named Apple Music’s Songwriter of the Year. Watch more from the 2020 Apple Music Awards: apple.co/-Awards20 The Apple Music Awards honor achievements in music across five distinct categories, and winners are chosen through a process that reflects both Apple Music’s editorial perspective and what listeners around the world are loving most. The winners for global Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Breakthrough Artist of the Year were hand-selected by Apple Music’s global editorial team of world-class experts and tastemakers, and the awards for Top Song of the Year and Top Album of the Year are based on streaming data that is reflective of what Apple Music subscribers have been listening to this year.
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2020 6:16:41 GMT
Taylor Swift has got a blank space, baby, and she'll write your name—even if it's not your actual name.
The music superstar guested on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, Dec. 14, where host Jimmy Kimmel wanted to know the backstory behind her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, getting credited as "William Bowery" for the songwriting work he did on Taylor's two surprise 2020 albums, folklore and evermore.
"Your boyfriend wrote some of the lyrics to some of the songs under a pseudonym, William Bowery," Kimmel said during the interview clip, seen below in the video. "Who chose that name? Did you choose that, or did he?"
Taylor took a beat before answering, as it appeared that she was hesitant to divulge anything about the mysterious pen name. Ultimately, she replied, "He did."
Jimmy then did his due diligence by asking if there is a meaning to that specific name choice.
"You gotta ask him because it's really more his story than mine," she demurred. The 31-year-old Grammy winner was then about to add to this by starting to say, "But yeah, he does a lot of ..." but she couldn't finish the sentence before the host cut her off with a joke. C'mon, Jimmy, know your place.
Taylor had previously confirmed speculation about the mysterious songwriter during her concert film folklore: the long pond studio sessions, which debuted on Disney+ on Nov. 25. William Bowery is credited with co-writing "exile" and "betty" on folklore, along with "champagne problems," "coney island," and the titular track on the recently released evermore.
"There's been a lot of discussion about William Bowery and his identity because...it's not a real person," she revealed in the film. "So, William Bowery is Joe...as we know."
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2020 19:36:08 GMT
Taylor Swift's fans are convinced that she watched season four of "The Crown" before writing "Tolerate It," the fifth track on "Evermore."
The song takes the perspective of a person desperate for validation from an unaffectionate partner, leading many people to think of Princess Diana (Emma Corrin) and Prince Charles' (Josh O'Connor) rocky marriage on season four of Netflix's hit show, which shows a fictionalized version of real events.
Season four premiered on November 15, when Swift was still creating the album, meaning she could've been watching Charles and Diana's story as she wrote. (Swift confirmed the final song written for the album, "Happiness," was finished a week before the release of "Evermore.")
And since Swift confirmed that "Evermore" consists of "imaginary/not imaginary tales," and she's been influenced by Netflix content before ("Death by a Thousand Cuts was inspired by the movie "Someone Great"), it's entirely possible that "The Crown" influenced her work, though the artist hasn't confirmed that she watched the series.
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Post by Admin on Dec 17, 2020 4:07:22 GMT
Paul McCartney returned to SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show” on Tuesday, marking his second appearance on the show since the beginning of the pandemic.
This time, Sir Paul — who spoke via phone — was there to promote his upcoming album McCartney III. As fans know, Stern is a uber-fan of The Beatles, and he had plenty of questions that led McCartney into an array of fascinating conversational directions.
One of these had to do with coordinating the release date of his album with that of Taylor Swift’s evermore, preventing the two coming out at the same time and stealing thunder from each other.
While evermore was a secret to everyone else in the world, McCartney revealed he got a heads-up from none other than Swift herself.
“I did the Rolling Stone cover with Taylor Swift and she just emailed me recently. And she said, ‘I wasn’t telling anyone, but I’ve got another album.’ And she said, ‘So I was going to put it out on my birthday,’ which I think was the 10th,” McCartney explained.
“And then she said, ‘But I found out you were going to put it out on the 10th. So I moved it to the 18th’ and then she found out we were coming out on the 18th so she moved back to the 10th,” he added. “So I mean, you know, people do keep out of each other’s way. It’s a nice thing to do.”
In fact, McCartney recalled how The Beatles and The Rolling Stones had a similar agreement. Admitting “there is a rivalry,” McCartney said, “We would ring up the Stones and say, ‘When’s your single coming out?’ ‘June 30th.’ ‘Okay, we’ll put ours out July 30th.’
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