#karli speaks

[thefriendofdorthea]

Any gaylors going to The Eras Tour tonight?? I want to meet up and trade my bracelets, they're all Gaylor themed 😭

[deadlesbianwitches]

look what i found🙈🙈

[throwbackgaylor]

may 5, 2023 | one year ago today

after josh kushner posted a purple photo of karlie kloss to instagram with “💜” as the caption, taylor swift announced ‘speak now (taylor’s version)’

[fireplace-ashes13]

Deleting dating apps to meet someone the old fashioned way i ask her to bake cookies with me and become best friends who go everywhere together and then suddenly stop seeing each other leaving the whole wondering what the hell happened

[sunshinelore]

the new twt gaylors better stay away from MY ray of sunshine 🩷🌷🌼🌅

[ts-kk-blog]

Wtf,Need a moment... 🤯

Taylor freaking swift is releasing SPEAK NOW while she’ll be in karlies home state…. (missouri). 🤪

Also Karlie ig

3 as speaknow

[badgalazzie]

hetlors: this new taylor’s music video is not gay at all 🤣🤣

umm… who’s gonna tell them that karlie is not only a model but also specializes in computer coding and runs a coding camp? one of the main characters in the „I Can See You” mv is a coder/hacker and the only person who actually SEES taylor being locked in the vault. she’s the bridge between her and her rescue team.

[thehairpindrop-13]

Taylor Swift photos you’ve never seen because I took them ✨💅🏼

A-tay-L night one: Coney Island, Other side of the Door

@taylorswift @taylornation

[pinkorchidsinspring]

I Can See You

Let's do some lyric analysis, shall we? Just for funsies, because there's absolutely no way this song has any references to queerness at all... coughs in coding girlie in the music video* (Stanzas of lyrics are labeled for reference when repeated.)

1)You brush past me in the hallway And you don't think I, I, I can see ya, do ya? I've been watchin' you for ages

Okay, so Taylor gives away right away that she has been "watchin'"/paying attention to the person this song is about. (Let's call her Cece for right now just so I don't have to keep referring to her as "the person this song is about" and so there's no arguing in the comments about who the muse of this song is.)

1)And I spend my time tryin' not to feel it

Okay maybe hypothetically if Cece is actually a Collin, maybe she doesn't want to accept that she has feelings for him because he's a mean guy, or her friends just don't like him. But if Cece is a Cece, Taylor was probably experiencing some internalized homophobia, or general fear of being interested in a girl because she doesn't want to be gay. She simply doesn't want to make her life as a country music star (at the time) any harder. No matter how much she's interested in Cece.

2)But what would you do if I went to touch you now? What would you do if they never found us out? What would you do if we never made a sound?

In this series of seemingly frantic questions, Taylor is asking Cece or Collin if they would go through with whatever (-possibly fleeting) secret relationship Taylor wants to pursue. She's asking if they would willingly hide with her, if they would willingly kiss her, and never tell.

3)'Cause I can see you waitin' down the hall from me And I could see you up against the wall with me And what would you do? Baby, if you only knew That I can see you

First off, Taylor Alison Swift, this is very Dress, False God, Gorgeous, Lover (feat. Shawn Mendes), so very sapphic what-if-I-worship-you-right-here horny of you. Anyways, in this excerpt, she's again asking if they would turn her away, or if they would follow through with it. However, by saying that she can "see" them, she alludes that she knows what their answer would be in "seeing" them. She portrays Cece or Collin as being interested in return.

4)And we kept everything professional But something's changed, it's somethin' I, I like

Here Taylor alludes that at some point she worked with this person, and something in their relationship is changing, specifically something to do with this person "brushing past her in the hallway", and "waiting down the hallway from her", away from prying eyes. In other words, this relationship is seemingly becoming anything but professional and platonic.

4)They keep watchful eyes on us So it's best that we move fast and keep quiet

By "They", I choose to interpret they as her management/PR team, because who else would want to make sure they know who Taylor is involved with and when? Why would she have to hide it from her friends and family if it was just bad boy Collin? After all her PR team has no problems linking her to problematic men like John Mayonaise, Jake Jingleballs, and Calvin Harasser. It seems like she's hiding this relationship from her management (and possibly her friends and family if they don't know she likes women yet, as she seems to be unsettled by it herself at this point in time.). So Taylor is detailing how if she has a relationship with Cece it has to be only for brief instances, and no one can know.

4)You won't believe half the things I see inside my head Wait 'til you see half the things that haven't happened yet

This is just very um... sapphic what-if-I-worship-you-right-here horny of her once again, so moving on...

5)Stanza 2 is repeated to again ask her partner if they will willingly do this with her. 6)Stanza 3 is then repeated and added to it is: That I could see you throw your jacket on the floor I could see you, make me want you even more What would you do? Baby, if you only knew That I can see you

With the Jacket being thrown on the floor, Cece or Collin obviously show interest back in a very obvious way. This blatant interest makes Taylor want them even more, and again Taylor asks Cece or Collin if they would go through it.

7)I can see you in your suit and your necktie

I like to think she added this line recently... I can't find any photos of Dianna, or Emily in a suit... but Karlie…

7)Passed me a note saying, "Meet me tonight" Then we kissed and you know I won't ever tell, yeah

This excerpt only further proves that Taylor's partner isn't hiding. Taylor is, there's some reason why Taylor's partner can be assured that she won't ever tell anyone. But yeah sure maybe bad boy Collin wants her to keep their relationship a secret.

7)And I could see you being my addiction You can see me as a secret mission Hideaway and I will start behaving myself

Taylor can get addicted to this person, and this person should see Taylor's addiction to them as a secret mission they need to pursue. If this partner starts hiding away with Taylor instead of just watching her from afar, then Taylor seems to allude that she'll stop giving her management/friends/family a reason to look closer at their "professional" relationship.

Analysis over <3

feel free to add anything you think I should add to this post in the comments :)

My other song analysis’ if you’re interested <3

[gaylorsnation]

Karlie Kloss is named after Carly Simon

Taylor Swift is named after James Taylor

James Taylor and Carly Simon were married to each other

In addition, Karlie's middle name is Elizabeth. Betty from Betty by Taylor is Karlie and James is Taylor. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[skinnybrits]

Tell me why I read this as top three GAYLOR songs 😂

Anyway, mine are probably:

Dress (too many on Rep to count tbh)

seven

Maroon

———

But there are sooo many (Cornelia Street, Wonderland, Dancing With Our Hands Tied, betty, When Emma Falls In Love, etc).

What are yours?

[throwbackgaylor]

may 24, 2014 | ten years ago today

taylor interviewed for vogue uk’s november edition while in nyc

she told them “how she had just been away with Karlie Kloss and what a “completely awesome" human being she is”

the interviewer noted the framed photos taylor had hanging in her hallway, including those of karlie kloss in big sur

they had also reached out to karlie kloss for a testimonial about taylor:

“Taylor's an incredible and special friend of mine. She's humble, caring and thoughtful, and she has a huge heart.”

taylor spoke about 1989 and its themes, along with being single for an estimated 18 months

roughly 18 months prior was nov/dec 2012, the likely time she and dianna agron broke up. ‘all you had to do was stay’ was written a month later in january of 2013, signifying this further

taylor described ‘i know places’ as the realization “that any relationship I ever have will have to be hidden - or else it will be destroyed before it even starts”, explicitly confirming that she does hide her relationships from the public

taylor said she sees each album as being set in its own environment

speak now is, “sort of a magical, enchanted forest”

red is, “like running through a field in the suburbs”

1989 is, “very much New York”

the following day, the interviewer received a bouquet of peonies with one of taylor’s favorite quotes:

“‘Look closer and you'll see something extraordinary, mystifying... something real and true. We have never been what we've seemed.’ My favourite quote from Z. Love, Taylor.”

[9w1ft]

it’s been a hot minute 🥴

[sunshinelore]

sometimes i look in her eyes and that’s where i find a

glimpse of us…🌼

and i tried to fall for her touch

but im thinking of

the way it was…🌼

[fulcrvm]

I haven't seen this photo before and I had to share— Tom, what are you doing lmao?!

Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, November 2009

[chickawah23]

Holy guacamole this look is beautiful