• Taylor Swift's 'Fresh Out the Slammer' Lyrics Explained

    [caption id="attachment_3583031" align="alignnone" width="900"] Taylor Swift and Matty Healy[/caption] While Taylor Swift often gets cryptic in her lyrics, she sometimes is more direct than listeners may think. Swift, 34, put her love life under a microscope on her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department, making references to exes Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy (and even giving subtle nods to current boyfriend Travis Kelce). On "Fresh Out the Slammer," Swift seemingly details how she...

  • Who Is Taylor Swift's 'TTPD' Song 'Cassandra' About? Lyrics Explained

    [caption id="attachment_3582880" align="alignnone" width="900"] Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Scooter Braun.[/caption] Taylor Swift is known to hide a secret message in her songs — and “Cassandra” from The Tortured Poets Department seems to be no different. When Swift, 34, dropped an extended version of her 11th album on Friday, April 19, listeners came away with a big question: Who is Cassandra? Many fans have deduced that the title could be a reference to Greek mythology. Cassandra, the...

  • Taylor Swift's Song 'Florida!!!' Is About Heartbreak: Lyric Breakdown

    Taylor Swift’s “Florida!!!” duet with Florence Welch already has Us spinning. Swift, 34, collaborated with the Florence + The Machine singer, 37, for a song on The Tortured Poets Department, which dropped on Friday, April 19. “You can beat the heat if you beat the charges too / They said I was a cheat, I guess it must be true,” Swift begins in the song. “And my friends all smell like weed or little babies / And this city reeks of driving myself crazy / Little did you know your home's really...

  • ‘The Alchemy' lyrics meaning: Is the Taylor Swift song about Travis Kelce?

    The song has football references galore.

  • Taylor Swift Charlie Puth Lyric From Tortured Poets Department Mocked

    Taylor Swift's Charlie Puth lyrics from The Tortured Poets Department was

  • Yes, 'You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me' is a Taylor Swift lyric

    "You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me," a lyric from Taylor Swift's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me," is now a meme. Here's what you need to know.

  • The 5 tracks you need to hear from Taylor Swift's surprise 'Tortured Poets' companion

    Taylor Swift just can’t stop. Two hours after she dropped her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” late Thursday night, the pop superstar revealed that the LP’s 16 tracks represent just half of what she described as “a secret DOUBLE album.” The other half, she added, comprises 15 more songs and completes a massive collection called “The Anthology” that’s all but certain to take up nearly one-third of Billboard’s Hot 100 when its tracks hit the charts. On first listen, the bonus...

  • Taylor Swift lyrics appear to take aim at Kim Kardashian on new album

    Since Friday's release of Taylor Swift's latest album "The Tortured Poet's Department" and her surprise double album "The Tortured Poet's Department: The Anthology," Swifties have been quick to point out subtle nods to past relationships and traumas - including an ongoing feud with Kim Kardashian.  In Swift's track titled "thanK you aIMee," Swift sings about a "bronze, spray-tanned" mean girl at school that her mom wishes were "dead." "All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’...

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    Is Taylor Swift's 'The Alchemy' About Travis Kelce? See the Lyrical Football References

    In the love song "The Alchemy" on The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift uses multiple football references as she sings about a romantic prospect.

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    Taylor Swift's 'So Long, London' Lyrics Are Her Heartbreaking Goodbye to Joe Alwyn

    If there is any song on The Tortured Poets Department’s track list that seems to literally have Taylor Swift’s ex Joe Alwyn’s name on it, it’s “So Long, London.” Lyrically, the song matches up, explaining why Swift stopped fighting for their relationship. Alwyn grew up in London, and he and Swift spent a lot of time in the city together while they were dating. She even reportedly bought a house there after their breakup. Additionally, Swift used “London” to refer to Alwyn before in her music,...

  • Ticketmaster's Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco might have just led to a lawsuit from the DOJ

    The Department of Justice is preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit could reportedly come as early as next month and will target the company’s alleged monopoly in the live ticketing industry. Live Nation drew antitrust scrutiny when it merged with Ticketmaster in 2010. But those concerns boiled over in November 2022 when a Ticketmaster crash blocked thousands of Taylor Swift fans...

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    New Taylor Swift Lyrics Say She Wished She Lived in the 1830s, 'But Without All the Racists'?

    "This can’t actually be real ?" One X user commented.