#question...? taylor swift

[yantao-enthusiast]

my deepest most sincere apologies to the girl who said maroon and question...? were about harry styles and i didn't believe her.... so sorry queen you were ahead of your time

[thisisustrying]

I hate it here so I will go to lunar valleys in my mind

t.s. + the motif of space

[stillgotscars]

the archer x question…? mashup - taylor swift

[taylorswiftarthistories]

Northern Lights by Sydney Laurence, 1921 / "Question...?" by Taylor Swift

[titsthedamnseason]

let’s take a moment to remember that this is the album taylor was writing while claiming she was “the happiest i’ve ever been in my entire life”…….ijbol

[hope-ur-ok]

I guess she really did miss playing the archer

[savvage-arts]

Catboy Taylor cannon

[piecesintoplaces]

we had one thing going on, i swear that it was something 'cause...

[andichoseyou]

The Eras Tour surprise songs parallels

July 4, 2024—Amsterdam, Netherlands: The Archer / Question...? (mashup)

[yantao-enthusiast]

I totally get what you’re saying re Maroon, but I just think that Taylor has made such a point about connecting it to Red— both with the overwhelming red imagery that connects to how she initially described loving him in the song Red and the fact that she wore the Red album ring in the mmwm video revealing Maroon— that it has to be her looking back now on what initially inspired that album. The “real fucking legacy” line imo is very directed at Jake, who has talked extensively in interviews about how he’s very concerned with the legacy he’ll leave behind (I would imagine that’s also something he brought up while they were dating, since it seems very important to him).

He also very infamously had a roommate while they were dating (there was a lot of speculation about him and his roommate potentially being more than friends at the time), so the “your roommate’s cheap ass screw top rosé” line definitely fits. I also believe he was living in New York at the time but I may be mistaken on that— I do know that the first time they were spotted together was at the filming of an SNL episode in New York and the infamous photos of him and Taylor out together with Taylor’s arm around his shoulder were taken in New York, where they also spent Thanksgiving together. They clearly spent a lot of time in New York while they were dating, so the “dancing in New York” line fits with him as well.

And according to songs on Red, they went off and on again for a while after the initial end of the relationship— it’s what’s described in WANEGBT, in ATW10 she talks about how he “never called it what it was / til we were dead and gone and buried / check the pulse and come back swearing it’s the same / after three months in the grave” aka that they broke up then got back together three months later with a much less cohesive/healthy dynamic, The Last Time describes a relationship that keeps ending then starting over again because they keep coming back to it despite promising that this would be the last time, etc. I think Maroon is describing one of those times where they came back to it even though in retrospect they both should have known better. Overall I just think it fits Jake a lot better than it fits Harry— that’s just my opinion though.

But I totally agree on Question being about Harry — she literally samples OOTW at the beginning of it as an indicator (which imo is also what she was doing with the red imagery in Maroon and dropping “at nineteen” in WCS— she made a point of including these very clear obvious references to her previous work to indicate what she was looking back on/re-examining in these songs)

i don't know if you're the same anon that also gave me a long ask also kinda related to taylor but either way damn guess i'm just the kind of wrong that evokes the need to write scholarly argumentative essays (lighthearted LOL) i gotta say i do appreciate being told these things especially with all this evidence despite my jest!!

also yeah i was thinking "if it is about harry, what is the point about all the dark red imagery...." like ten minutes after making that post lmao.... sometimes i do just be talking out my own ass and someone needs to set me straight! and with all the things you mentioned with her being in new york with jake and all the back and forth in their relationship also mentioned in red... some could say i'm impressionable (or maybe i just have the ability to listen and have an open mind) but yeah after reading that i would say you're right that it's much more likely it is about jake lol also... the braincells were not clicking At All, they were having wine and harry was literally like 18 when they were dating.... (i know underage drinking is a thing but still much less likely)

and yes!!! i do love how midnights looks back on all these things in her life, not just in her recent life, sharing more perspective on these relationships. and another thing about question (in my opinion) is how a lot of the 1989 vault tracks give off midnights vibes!! like especially question easily could've been a 1989 vault track, which tracks even more with the fact that it's about harry. but that's just like a vibe thing, nothing really solid !! (watch this be another horrible take askjdkdsfh)

anyways thanks again!!! tbh i always love receiving asks even if they're just a couple hundred words (rightfully) telling me why i'm wrong AHAHA

[evermoredeluxe]

Taylor performing The Archer/Question…? as the surprise song on piano

- The Eras Tour in Amsterdam, Netherland (N1) on July 4, 2024 (x)

[stillgotscars]

billboard said “we included a clip that falsely depicted [taylor]” in their apology… that’s an interesting euphemism for “sexual harassment that traumatised, dehumanised, and violated her.” that revenge porn music video existing on youtube to this day is horrific enough as it is, but the fact that someone at billboard brought it back up now — eight years after it was released — in a video celebrating her various achievements is just vile and abhorrent. i’m glad they apologised at all, but either wilfully or ignorantly using a clip of revenge porn isn’t just a minor “error” — it’s wildly unethical and disrespectful.

[reputayswift]

I am FLABBERGASTED that most people aren’t imagining a car door in the first verse of August…cars rust….James, get in let’s drive….they’re roadtripping together…to ME!

[cosmiclove-heavenstruck]

AND THEY NICKNAMED HER "THE BOLTER"

sources under the cut

mirrorball / you have always been a performer never just a person by fatima aamer bilal / who's afraid of little old me? / you have always been a performer never just a person by fatima aamer bilal / you're on your own, kid / mirrorball / i'll give you the sun by jandy nelson / chloe or sam or sophie or marcus / taylor in miss americana / you have always been a performer never just a person by fatima aamer bilal / midnight rain / bianca sparacino via the love journals / who's afraid of little old me? / dazzled, precise by anna de noailles / default states by nicole / mirrorball / you have always been a performer never just a person by fatima aamer bilal / dear reader / collection of taylor lyrics by me / you have always been a performer never just a person by fatima aamer bilal / my boy only breaks his favorite toys / castles crumbling / dear reader / midnights foreword / anti-hero / you have always been a performer never just a person by fatima aamer bilal / peace / you have always been a performer never just a person by fatima aamer bilal / the bolter / white horse / the lucky one / long story short / you have always been a performer never just a person by fatima aamer bilal / clara bow

[swiftieinbrazil]

Taylor Swift's songs with a question in the title