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30 songs Taylor Swift wrote before turning 30 that aren’t about breakups.

A Place In This World: about Taylor’s struggle to find acceptance/fit in.

The Outside: a song Taylor wrote at 12 years old, about being an outcast and not fitting in at school.

Tied Together With A Smile: written about and for Taylor’s friend who struggled with bulimia.

I’m Only Me When I’m With You: a song about friendship.

Fifteen: inspired by Taylor’s high school experience and her best friend Abigail.

The Best Day: about Taylor’s family, particularly her relationship with her mother.

Change: a hopeful song about the future and Taylor’s hope for her generation.

Back To December: an apology song Taylor wrote for Taylor Lautner.

Mean: a song Taylor wrote in response to a critic.

Never Grow Up: about Taylor’s fears of adulthood and moving out on her own.

Innocent: about forgiving Kanye West for interrupting her acceptance speech at the 2009 VMAs

Long Live: about the relationship Taylor has with her band and fans.

Safe & Sound: inspired by and written for The Hunger Games franchise.

22: a song about Taylor having fun with her friends and being carefree.

The Lucky One: based off of Taylor’s and other country stars experiences with fame/stardom.

Starlight: inspired by a photo of Connor Kennedy’s grandparents dancing when they were teenagers.

Ronan: about Ronan Thompson, a four year old little boy who died from cancer in 2011; written using quotes via his mum, Maya’s blog.

Welcome To New York: about Taylor’s move to New York and how beneficial it was for her.

Blank Space: a satirical take on the image the media created of Taylor.

Shake It Off: about ignoring all the negative people in your life and doing your own thing.

New Romantics: about navigating through her 20’s with her friends/life lessons in love/getting older etc.

Clean: about Taylor’s experience getting through a dark time in her life.

I Did Something Bad: about the infamous ‘Taylor Swiftisoverparty’ on Twitter after the Kimye incident/also pulled inspiration from Game of Thrones after Arya and Sansa conspire to kill Littlefinger.

Look What You Made Me Do: about Taylor’s “I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative” open letter/also inspired by Game of Thrones. Specifically, Arya’s kill list and Cersei and Daenerys badass bitch vibe.

King of My Heart: about her relationship with joe/also inspired by Khal Drogo and Daenerys relationship in Game of Thrones (i.e: she wanted the drums to sound like Dothraki drums)

The Man: a feminist anthem, basically about how she would be treated in the industry and the public eye if she were a man.

You Need To Calm Down: an anthem for the LGBTQIA+ community; basically dragging all the homophobes and social media trolls who try to tear us down.

Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince: written in the perspective of a metaphorical high school telling a story about political disillusionment and equality. (Credit to LessGorgeousJoe on Twitter for the description)

Death By A Thousand Cuts: inspired by the film Someone Great by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.

Soon You’ll Get Better: about her mother’s battle and relapse with cancer.

Thank you for visiting the Taylor Swift Education Centre. 💘💘

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Afterglow for lovers

I can totally relate to afterglow. In a relationship for almost 7 years with my lover, I recall being mad at him for things he don't know why (put you in jail for something you didn't do), and most of the time it's because of what I think and feel (it's all in my head). How I got mad at him? By not saying anything to him (punish you in silence) then at the end of the day, crying my heart out to him and telling him why I got mad, what was I thinking (went off like siren, just crying).

During all this chaos, I want him to console me, not leaving me, I want him to (tell me that we'll be just fine, even when I lose my mind). And still here after all this shit, meet me in the afterglow.

And I really hope afterglow doesnt end up like so it goes in tours. It doesnt deserve that treatment. It's such an emotional song for me and I want to hear the story in the tours later.

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Taylor when you re record your songs please (!!!) make them tour versions

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♡ Lover photoshoot ♡

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Last Kiss: Just like our last kiss

Paper Rings: Kiss me once.....Kiss me twice... Three times cause I waited my whole life

- The same name, different kiss

#TaylorSwift #lastkiss #PaperRings #lover

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Last Kiss: I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe

Paper Rings: Now I wake up in the night and watch you breathe

THE GLOW UP

#TaylorSwift #lastkiss #PaperRings #lover

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This is bigger than Taylor Swift

I get that this is just going out to stan tumblr, that their feeds are going to be fueled by outrage on Taylor’s behalf. But I want to reinforce that this shit show is far bigger than one celebrity. It’s indicative of an entire misogynistic environment.

Taylor Swift is a very rich woman. If this were merely about corporate greed, Scott would’ve sold to Taylor because she can no doubt meet and exceed the bids of any of her competitors. This wasn’t about money, it was a sexist power play.

She said repeatedly that she wanted to buy back her masters. He offered a deal which would’ve required her to perpetually make new content to get old content back, thereby ensuring a bulk of the profits from her newest (highest-grossing) works go to someone else. That’s a garbage deal and she is high enough in the pop hierarchy to pursue a deal that better suited her interests. He didn’t like that she called his bluff so he sold the very thing she wants to a man who notoriously disrespected her and treats many of his clients horribly. Why? Because there is nothing more threatening and enfuriating to a man than a woman who chooses independence over codependence. Because men feel emasculated when women don’t adhere to the rules they set out. Because he knows that he can with no repercussions. Because his entitlement dictated that he could deal out a woman’s art on his terms and his terms alone.

This is not just about Taylor Swift.

This is about Kesha, a woman who soared to the top of the charts several times over, cultivated an immense following, and was still forced by her label to yield to the contract that kept her chained to her abuser (who still profits from her music I might add).

This is about JoJo, the youngest girl to ever chart the Billboard Pop chart at 13 years old, whose label stuck her in musical limbo by refusing to let her leave and not allowing her to release her music.

This is about all the young girls out there who want to sing their hearts out to a loving crowd. The girls who are willing to do anything to get there, without fully comprehending what “anything” entails (forced diets, harassment, unreasonable scheduling, unwanted distribution of their music, image and creative control, etc.) The girls who are going to have to find a way to navigate this inherently patriarchal industry filled with execs who dismiss their role in their own success. If these are the stories that we hear from the most successful in music, imagine how thoroughly dismal the circumstances must be in the stories we DON’T hear about. Every artist should reserve their right to musical autonomy. To not own your voice, to not own your profits, to not own the future of your career is a blatant theft at the hands of these labels. This is 2019. LET WOMEN IN MUSIC SHARE THEIR STORIES AND MAKE THEIR MONEY ON THEIR TERMS!

To any young female musicians reading this post, there are 3 lessons to learn:

1. Lawyer Up

2. Stand By Your Convictions

3. Don’t EVER Let Any Man Tell You How You Should Feel

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We're happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time #20s #lovers https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9ZqmogDSmsk7j8uY2fAeN8RarEea3VnOipoY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p0wl9qp4miac

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Taylor Swift’s makeup  -   2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards

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putting Taylor on shuffle literally makes my heart flutter like you can go from getaway car to treacherous and every time you win

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Extraordinary songwriter

Taylor is such an amazing songwriter. She writes songs that many of us can relate in a way that we didn’t even realize the feeling until we heard/read/sing the lyrics. She writes what we really felt and more. I’m glad to be able to grow up with her songs - from a teen, a ‘not a girl, not yet a woman’, to an adult she is now, realizing that the real world (with human snakes) exists and it will always be like that but you just need people that appreciates and loves you for who you are and that’s all. That’s all.

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Cant agree more. Taylor is kweeennn.

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Me singing Back to December by @taylorswift with the king of my heart ❤

I love covering Tay Tay’s songs. I’m an amateur in playing musical instruments and I learn them using her songs most of the time. Pardon my lackings and flat voice, this cover was unplanned. Lots of love ❤❤❤

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Crazier is one of my bf’s favourite songs from Taylor. He always requested me to sing this song for him, which is suitable cause he makes me crazier as well.. :D

Enjoy this cover..

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A short cover of Getaway Car by @taylorswift. 

I love the story in this song, how she can relate her relationship to a getaway car and actually embracing that truth by writing it down. But I can’t help wonder what made her want to getaway from her previous relationship?

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Boys only want love if it's torture. 🗡 He's been tortured enough by me bahahaha 😘 #blankspace https://www.instagram.com/p/BnLNXGFl-fIDVTd3EA7opSQDOOTmUeTHW1FKBg0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15qwnbnj7t42j