#Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

[r3mu5kinnu1989]

The amount of wine references there are in all of Taylor’s songs is uncanny

[ch1maeras]

dani : *tries to be mean one time* 😭 @m0bhit

[taylorswiftandx]

Taylor Swift and Alcoholic Beverages

‘Taylor Swift’

(no alcoholic beverages)

'Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’

(no alcoholic beverages))

'Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’

(no alcoholic beverages)

'Red (Taylor’s Version)’

(no alcoholic beverages)

'1989 (Taylor’s Version)’

Clean: You’re still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can’t wear anymore

'reputation’

End Game: It’s like your eyes are liquor, it’s like your body is gold

Delicate: We can’t make any promises, now can we, babe, but you can make me a drink

Gorgeous: Whiskey on ice, Sunset and Vine, you’ve ruined my life by not being mine

Getaway Car: I knew it from the first old fashioned, we were cursed

King Of My Heart: Up on the roof with a schoolgirl crush, drinking beer out of plastic cups

Dress: I’m spilling wine in the bathtub, you kiss my face and we’re both drunk

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Everyone swimming in a champagne sea

'Lover’

Paper Rings: The wine is cold like the shoulder that I gave you in the street

Cornelia Street: We were in the backseat, drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar

Death By A Thousand Cuts: My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust, trying to find a part of my you didn’t take up

London Boy: And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey

False God: Make confessions and we’re begging for forgiveness, got the wine for you

You Need To Calm Down: You are somebody that I don’t know, but you’re taking shots at me like it’s Patrón

'folklore’

the 1: Rosé flowing with your chosen family

the last great american dynasty: Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

august: August sipped away like a bottle of wine 'cause you were never mine

this is me trying: Pouring out my heart to a stranger but I didn’t pour the whiskey

'evermore’

willow: Lost in your current like a priceless wine

champagne problems: Left you out there standing crestfallen on the landing, champagne problems

champagne problems: Your heart was glass, I dropped it, champagne problems

champagne problems: Dom Pérignon, you brought it, no crowd of friends applauded

champagne problems: Your hometown skeptics called it, champagne problems

champagne problems: And I couldn’t give a reason, champagne problems

champagne problems: Never leave you standing crestfallen on the landing with champagne problems

champagne problems: You won’t remember all my champagne problems

no body, no crime: We meet up every Tuesday night for dinner and a glass of wine

no body, no crime: She says, “That ain’t my merlot on his mouth”

ivy: Or dare to sit and watch what we’ll become, and drink my husband’s wine

closure: I’m fine with my spite and my tears and my beers and my candles

'Midnights’

Maroon: You say, “Your roommate’s cheap-ass screw-top rosé, that’s how”

Maroon: The burgundy on my t-shirt when you splashed your wine into me

Question…?: It was one drink after another

Mastermind: I’m the wind in our free-flowing sails and the liquor in our cocktails

Paris: Stumble down pretend alleyways, cheap wine, make believe it’s champagne

Paris: ‘Cause we were somewhere else, in an alleyway, drinking champagne

Dear Reader: I prefer hiding in plain sight, my fourth drink in my hand

'The Tortured Poets Department’

But Daddy I Love Him: All the wine moms are still holding out, but fuck them, it's over

Florida!!!: Barricaded in the bathroom with a bottle of wine

The Alchemy: These chemicals hit me like white wine

The Alchemy: Beer sticking to the floor, cheers chanted 'cause they said there was no chance trying to be the greatest in the league

imgonnagetyouback: Standing at the bar like something's funny, bubbly

I Look in People's Windows: They have their friends over to drink nice wine

Other Songs written by Taylor

(no alcoholic beverages)

Official Alternate Releases

Maroon (Clean Version): You say, “Your roommate’s cheapest screw-top rosé, that’s how”

But Daddy I Love Him (Clean Version): All the wine moms are still holding out, but it's over

[notebookmusical]

it was so nice throwing big parties jump into the pool from the balcony // filled the pool with the champagne and swam with the big names // i don't swim and you're not in love and you only kissed me after midnight in an outdoor pool // aquamarine moonlit swimming pool what if all i need is you // in the winter in the icy outdoor pool when you jumped in first i went in too i'm with you even if it makes me blue // so can we kiss in your swimming pool, in this bathing suit, i would die for you // i'll be swimming in the pools of your fragrance, when you're in proximity i'm totally weightless // while i bathe in cliffside pools with my calamitous love and insurmountable grief

[taylor-being-a-mastermind]

Jump into the pool from the balcony, everyone swimming in a champagne sea // Filled the pool with champagne, and swam with the big names

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (reputation) // the last great american dynasty (folklore)

[tsdrinks]

Breaking Down Every Alcohol Lyric in Taylor Swift’s Musical Catalogue

It’s known that Swift enjoys a drink from time to time, as she’s referenced various types of alcohol in her songs throughout her career that’s spanned almost two decades. In this article, we’ve tracked down every reference to a specific alcoholic beverage Swift has ever sung, broken down by album.

Editor’s note: In order to curate the list, I listened and read the lyrics to all 231 of Swift’s released songs and features (much to the enjoyment of my lovely wife). Yes, even the 2007 Christmas album. No, it didn’t have any alcohol references. All in all, the listening took a little over 15 hours. 

I entered this project fairly neutral on Swift and came out, well, not quite a Swiftie, but certainly a fan of her more recent eras. Now, let’s get into the list. Are you …Ready For it?

Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now and Red

Swift’s first four albums contained no references to specific alcoholic drinks. This is unsurprising considering the records came out when Swift was between the ages of 16 and 22. Swift wouldn’t make her first alcohol reference until 2014, with the release of…

1989

On “1989,” Swift, who was 24 at the time of the album’s release, references alcohol in only one song.

“Clean”: “You’re still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can’t wear anymore.”

Reputation

“…Ready For It?”: “Island breeze and lights down low. No one has to know.” Island breeze is a fruity vodka cocktail.

“Gorgeous”: “Whiskey on ice; Sunset and Vine. You’ve ruined my life by not being mine.” The first whiskey reference of Swift’s career! A big moment (to us, anyway). 

“Getaway Car”: “I knew it from the first Old Fashioned we were cursed.” Ah, the Old Fashioned: A true classic and probably the most well-known whiskey cocktail. A well-made Old Fashioned truly Hits Different. This is back to back songs on the record referencing whiskey. In her bourbon era? 

“King Of My Heart”: “Up on the roof with a schoolgirl crush, drinking beer out of plastic cups.”

“Dress”: “I’m spilling wine in the bathtub. You kiss my face, and we’re both drunk.” We’re seeing a stark tonal shift on “Reputation” compared to the pop star’s first five albums. More booze, more romance, less wide-eyed country gal. 

“This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”: “Jump into the pool from the balcony. Everyone swimming in a Champagne sea.”

Lover

“Paper Rings”: “The wine is cold like the shoulder that I gave you in the street.”

“Death By A Thousand Cuts”: “My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust. Tryna find a part of me you didn’t take up.”

“London Boy”: “And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey.” “London Boy” seems to be about Alwyn and is chock-full of cheesy British references. This line comes toward the beginning of the song, sort of an “I love America, but this British guy…” thing. Springsteen, faded blue jeans and Tennessee whiskey are three things Swift equates with America, or at least Nashville, where she moved at age 14 with her family to focus on her music career. Here, we have it on record: Taylor Swift loves Tennessee whiskey.

“False God”: “Hell is when I fight with you, but we can patch it up good. Make confessions and we’re begging for forgiveness. Got the wine for you.”

“You Need To Calm Down”: “You are somebody that I don’t know. But you’re takin’ shots at me like it’s Patrón, and I’m just like, damn. It’s 7 a.m.” Another line that doesn’t refer to alcohol in a literal sense. In this case, it’s a simile. Patrón is a popular brand of tequila commonly consumed in shot form. 

Folklore

“The 1”: “Rosé flowing with your chosen family. And it would’ve been sweet if it could’ve been me.”

“The Last Great American Dynasty”: “Filled the pool with Champagne and swam with the big names and blew through the money on the boys and the ballet.” This line harkens back to “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” with more swimming in Champagne imagery.

“August”: “August sipped away like a bottle of wine, ’cause you were never mine.”

“This Is Me Trying”: “Pouring out my heart to a stranger, but I didn’t pour the whiskey.”

Evermore

“Willow”: “Lost in your current like a priceless wine.” This refers back to the first line of this verse: “I’m like the water when your ship rolled in that night.” It’s another case of Swift using alcohol as a simile; she’s caught up in the current of this person’s presence — trapped in the riptide. And it appears she feels like she’s drowning, as priceless wine being lost in a current evokes shipwrecks like the Titanic. 

“Champagne Problems”: “Champagne problems.”

“Champagne Problems”: “Dom Pérignon you brought it” Dom Pérignon is a brand of Champagne, and Swift sings about Champagne a lot in this song, as you can guess from the title.

“No Body, No Crime”: “Este’s a friend of mine. We meet up every Tuesday night for dinner and a glass of wine.” Este Haim of HAIM, that is. Her and her sisters’ band is featured on this track.

“No Body, No Crime”: “Her husband’s actin’ different, and it smells like infidelity. She says, ‘That ain’t my Merlot on his mouth.'” In this fictional song, Este believes the red on her husband’s lips is not from her merlot — a dark red wine — but presumably from another woman’s lipstick. 

“Ivy”: “So tell me to run or dare to sit and watch what we’ll become. And drink my husband’s wine.” On “Ivy,” Swift tells the story of a married woman who falls in love with someone else and has an affair.

“Closure”: “I’m fine with my spite and my tears and my beers and my candles.” This is the first beer reference we’ve gotten since “Reputation.” Swift may not be much of a beer woman. 

Midnights

“Maroon”: “‘How’d we end up on the floor, anyway?’ You say. Your roommate’s cheap-ass screw-top Rosé, that’s how.” Screw-top wine: Not typically the best. Should’ve Said No to that one, perhaps.

“Maroon”: “The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed your wine into me.” Oof, wine spills are the worst. Shake it off, Taylor.

“Mastermind”: “I’m the wind in our free-flowing sails and the liquor in our cocktails.” You can’t sail without wind, and you can’t have a cocktail without liquor (mocktails don’t count).

“Paris”: “Cheap wine, make believe it’s Champagne.”

“Paris”: “‘Cause we were somewhere else in an alleyway, drinking Champagne.” From make-believe Champagne to real Champagne in the same song. That’s a success story. 

Conclusions

All in all, Swift has made 28 specific alcohol references in her work. This isn’t counting references to being or getting drunk or vague, unspecified drink mentions, such as the line “my fourth drink in hand” in “Dear Reader” or “Clink clink” in “Slut!”

Nineteen of the 28 were wine references, so it’s a safe bet that Swift is more of a wine drinker than anything else. However, she’s also sung about whiskey or whiskey cocktails four times, which indicates that perhaps she enjoys a little bourbon or an Old Fashioned from time to time.

Seven of the alcohol lines came on “Evermore,” which is officially Swift’s booziest album. In her drinking era during COVID-19? If there’s one thing we can always count on from this megastar, it’s relatability.

“Evermore” is followed by “Reputation” with six alcohol references, then “Midnights” and “Lover” each with five. “Folklore” is next with four, and finally “1989” with only The 1.

We’ll be sure to update this list with any new alcohol references that appear on “The Tortured Poets Department” or vault tracks on the remaining two “Taylor’s Version” albums.

Until then, Dear Reader. 

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[womanexile]

Speaking of spirits- I read SB (around 2015) opened BM Distillery & BM Racing company. (BTW- Their hand sanitizer got recalled.) Probably needed to liquidate assets for other biz interest. So she probably sensed his priority - sell BMLG & publishing (he had renegotiated distributing rights). He sold it but was able to remain as CEO for BMLG & receive HYBE shares. Racing was his passion- plus he races & he got the spotlight there.

It made me think of some drink references (not all listed)

Closure: "Don't treat me like some situation that needs to be handled I'm fine with my spite [The Archer: And I cut off my nose just to spite my face][Soon You’ll Get Better: I know delusion when I see it in the mirror][Anti-Hero: I’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror] And my tears And my beers and my candles I can feel you smoothing me over"

London Boy: "And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey"

This Is Me Trying: "Pouring out my heart to a stranger but I didn’t pour the whiskey"

King Of My Heart: "Up on the roof with a school girl crush, drinking beer out of plastic cups"

Dress: "I’m spilling wine in the bathtub, you kiss my face and we’re both drunk"

Ivy: "Or dare to sit and watch what we’ll become and drink my husband’s wine"

Question…?: "It was one drink after another"

Dear Reader: "I prefer hiding in plain sight, my fourth drink in my hand"

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: "Jump into the pool from the balcony, everyone swimming in a champagne sea"

The Last Great American Dynasty: "Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names"

Off track: I noticed a lot of celebrities have mentioned abstaining from alcohol like J Mayer, K Perry, T Holland, M Johnson. (A couple had alcohol issues though.

Yea it’s real easy for celebrities to fall into alcoholism. They have to go to all these events & parties and there is always booze.

[likeadevils]

the tlgad anon wasn't me but to me it seems like it could be: her reputation is the last great american dynasty, and it's in tatters. and there goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen! and she did something bad, but why'd it feel so good? why did she have a marvelous time ruining everything? there goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen. she felt like gatsby for that whole year, filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names and blew through the money on the boys and losing on card game bets. and in a feud with her neighbor all the liars are calling her one. and in the death of her reputation she felt truly alive.

hmmm. okay i see the vision now but im still not sure if i agree

[folkloreinart]

[dreaminginsteadofsleeping42]

Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names and blew through the money on the boys and the ballet = instant serotonin

[ch1maeras]

it's important to me that you guys know that these are their very first wire messages . @prscttss

[oh-my-damn]

She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green//

I never understood this lyrics lol like why key lime green? Does it have a special meaning behind it? Why the dog

Lmaoooo so many questions

Are you asking me to break down the lyrics to that song?

You know what? I don't care if you don't. Because here it fucking goes. This song is phenomenal and SO IMPORTANT when it comes to the modern day woman.

Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train It was sunny Her saltbox house on the coast Took her mind off St. Louis (Leaving her past life behind) Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?" (Other people already questioning her, we all know what they're thinking)

The wedding was charming, if a little gauche There's only so far new money goes (recently rich) They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House" Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud (because they're not old money. They're new rich) The doctor had told him to settle down (bloodpressure issues, he was older) It must have been her fault his heart gave out (blaming the young wife, as it goes)

And they said "There goes the last great American dynasty" "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been" "There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen" "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

(all words on how she was at fault for him dying, and it is all her fault. THE WOMAN.)

Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city (bitch pack also means boss bitch friends, it all depends on who is providing the narrative. AKA it was successful women) Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet And losin' on card game bets with Dalí (just wanna point out that if a man had done this it would have been translated into him "living his life" or "finding purpose after losing his wife")

And they said "There goes the last great American dynasty" "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been" "There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen" "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything" (She is what remains of the "legacy" and the is not living up to expectations, despite, had she been a male, the tune would be vastly different)

They say she was seen on occasion (in hiding, just like TS once had to do) Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea And in a feud with her neighbor She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green (this is all pointing towards her "irrational behavior" despite it being most likely in response to what her neighbors/"friends" put her through. She was being judged irrationally and she reacted irrationally, like a man would.) 50 years is a long time Holiday House sat quietly on that beach Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits (Once again, the focus being on "women being mad for living how rebekah lived" and not on the fact that a lot of it would be normal had she been a man. Even more pointed out by addressing male behavior as "bad habits") And then it was bought by me (the new lineage of Rebekah's aka Taylor aka boss bitches)

Who knows if I never showed up what could've been (the men probably wish she didn't but here she is) There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen (male narrative) I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything (female narrative)

I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything A marvelous time ruinin' everything A marvelous time I had a marvelous time

She ends it off by punctuating the female narrative. So empowering. LOVE IT.

The entire song is an ode to how the "last great american dynasty" is ruined by a woman. AKA the dynasty is not meant to include a woman. It only exist with a man.

But should it?

[littleblackqrow]

🎶

the last great american dynasty -- Taylor Swift

Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet And losin' on card game bets with Dalí

And they said "There goes the last great American dynasty" "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been" "There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen" "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

The soft melancholia of just letting go of those family expectations because there's nothing left of the name.

[taylor-being-a-mastermind]

With a made-up name, in the angel's city, chasing fortune and fame // Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names // I was making my own name, chasing that fame

The Lucky One (Red) // the last great american dynasty (folkore) // Midnight Rain (Midnights)

[sips-tea-cutely]

Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train

It was sunny

Her saltbox house on the coast

Took her mind off St. Louis

Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money

And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"

The wedding was charming, if a little gauche

There's only so far new money goes

They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"

Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud

The doctor had told him to settle down

It must have been her fault his heart gave out

And they said

"There goes the last great American dynasty"

"Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

"There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen"

"She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever

Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city

Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet

And losin' on card game bets with Dalí

And they said

"There goes the last great American dynasty"

"Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

"There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen"

"She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

They say she was seen on occasion

Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea

And in a feud with her neighbor

She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

50 years is a long time

Holiday House sat quietly on that beach

Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits

And then it was bought by me

Who knows if I never showed up what could've been

There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

A marvelous time ruinin' everything

A marvelous time

I had a marvelous time

TLGAD JUFUUDHEH

[deprivedofbraincellsandsleep]

FILLED THE POOL WITH CHAMPAGNE AND SWAM WITH THE BIG NAMES

REBECKAH RODE UP ON THE AFTERNOON TRAIN, IT WAS SUNNY

HER SALTBOX HOUSE ON THE COAST TOOK HEE MIND OFF ST.LOUIS