#i feel like this song is an apology for all the times she threw gaylors under the bus to protect her closet

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Umm so Aaron just said he and Taylor wrote and recorded High Infidelity at the 2021 grammys when folklore won aoty….I was already pretty certain that High Infidelity was abt grammygate and the WB debacle and was sort of an apology to gaylors but now I’m like 1000% certain. Especially w Bejeweled and Anti Hero being on the same album, it makes sooo much sense

The chorus perfectly describes the climate of the fandom when all this was going down. Gaylors weren’t having it, we were extremely upset abt Taylor damaging the integrity of her art by lying abt the credits but at the time she thought it was the right thing to do. This song never felt romantic to me but more like a metaphor for betraying the trust of someone you love

“Put on your records…put on your headphones” seems like sth you’d say to fans who buy and stream your music rather than to a significant other

“Lock broken” -> a broken promise and broken trust

“Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?” -> I don’t want to keep this facade going or bend the truth anymore

“good money” // “I took the money, my friends from home don’t know what to say”