Stay ConnectedStudying the impact of Taylor Swift through 1-hour-ish seminars with Hannah (@sippingaugust) and Exquisite (@exquisitewill). The two discuss track-by-track analysis of each track on Taylor Swift’s albums. They are currently discussing “The Life of a Showgirl” and have already completed episodes on TTPD and Midnights.
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Exquisite and Hannah wrap up Track 13 of Midnights (the end of the standard album) with "Mastermind." This song mixes romanticism and manipulation to concoct the perfect closer (or is the closer?!?) that show how Taylor is clearly in control (or is she?!).
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Come crash out with Exquisite and Hannah as they talk about "Sweet Nothing," Track 12 from Taylor Swift's Midnights album. They analyze it as what it was when it was first released--a beautiful love song about being safe with someone--and then analyze it in hindsight, when we realize that this is a love that's been forgotten deep inside a pocket. And then see the full culmination of their despair and agony when they include the "Sweet Nothing x Hoax" mashup performed in Dublin (an hour train ride from Wicklow, btw) and fully give into the "what you did what just as dark." Strap in. Like literally. Also, we're so sorry.
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Join Hannah and Exquisite as they discuss the personification of "Karma" on this week's episode of The Taylor Seminars. Track 11 of Midnights, "Karma" has Taylor feeling carefree and reaping the benefits of her hard-earned work--while admonishing those who are addicted to betrayal. And we'd love for you to share: what is your karma?
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Join Hannah & Exquisite as they discuss the threads that connect the song "Labyrinth" from Taylor Swift's album Midnights with the story of the Minotaur. The bull-headed man, also known as Asterion, was trapped inside a maze--isolated and forever trapped and bred to be a monster who could never find love but only devour his victims. Does that sound similar to another self-professed "monster on a hill"?
Explore these connections and more on this episode!
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Join us for one of Taylor's prettiest and sparkliest pop songs -- and best believe it's also a threat. Hannah and Exquisite discuss "Bejeweld," track 9 of Midnights in both its historical context and with 20/20 hindsight.
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Join us this episode and come dressed for revenge as we're discussing "Vigilante Shit" from Taylor Swift's Midnights. We discuss the connections between this song and "No Body, No Crime," as well as other songs where Taylor has been provoked into action.
And so join Exquisite and Hannah on this fun episode where we get to see how Taylor's self-written song is filled with zingers and amazing storytelling.
From Taylor's Midnights prologue: "Why are you still up at this hour? Because you're cosplaying vengeance fantasies, where the bad bad man is hauled away in handcuffs and you get to watch it happen. You laugh into the mirror with a red wine snarl. You look positively deranged."
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Join Hannah and Exquisite as they connect "Question...?" from the album Midnights to other songs in the 1989-verse. Of course there is "Out of the Woods," but also "Is It Over Now?," "Now That We Don't Talk," "Slut!" and more!
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What happens when Taylor Swift looks into the windows of the people in her past? She falls deep into a portal that exposes the cracks in her current life, where she has reached fame and yet realizes there are unfulfilled "what ifs."
Follow Exquisite & Hannah as they unravel Track 6 of "Midnights", finding references to other songs like "Dorothea" and "Tis the Damn Season."
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On this episode, Hannah and Exquisite visit one of Taylor Swift's signature Track Fives: "You're On Your Own, Kid." Listen in as they trace how the song follows Taylor's growth from a young (precocious) child to her life in NYC to finally realizing that she's got something that no one can take away.
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There's something so magical about Track 4 of Midnights, "Snow on the Beach." It harkens back to so many of Taylor Swift's beautiful love songs such as "Call It What You Want" and "You are in Love." With beautiful detail and ethereal vocals, she truly captures a moment in which the speaker is not in control--rather they are caught completely unaware and now they are falling like snow on the beach.
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