There is something that always seemed interesting to me about Lavender Haze, and I didn't mention it at the beginning because I thought it was an opinion very biased to everything that was happening in Taylor's life, (the breakup and all of that), But the more I have listened to it, the more the opinion becomes stronger yk. So here's My take
Starting with I love love love this song LMAO
And it is the: "you're not even listening" and the "You don't really read into My melancholy" Everyone takes both like they have So much trust in each other that they no longer even pay attention to what others do or say, But I think it's interesting that it can also be taken as "you're not even listening" as in, you're not even paying attention in the first place, And "you don't really read into my melancholy" attached to the music video demonstrates a darker tone to the line, because it makes it seem like again, you're not paying attention to me, I'm literally waking up in the middle of the night having a whole introspective life crisis and you're not reading into it, or Realizing that I feel affected
And I love that whatever the tone is, whether good or bad, it fits so well in the song, but I think it is very consistent with both ideas. And that both are valid
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ever since I first heard Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince four years ago, I’ve had the extremely vivid idea for a music video. I never posted about it or wrote it down but here we go!! 💕💕💕
Picture aesthetically like a warm 80s coming of age film lighting. the first verse is at the prom. a fight has broken out and a disheveled Taylor in a light blue prom dress staggers down the school hallway. The hallway is covered from wall to floor in blue and red posters and campaigns and slogans and targeted pictures (think very much mean girls, papers everywhere and people brawling and yelling). At the pre-chorus, she opens the door to gym where the dance was, it’s dark with moving white dance lights. She slinks in the shadows and amid the decorations (streamers and such) to see what’s going on.
As the chorus starts, she sees a circle of people and dancers form around two guys fighting, she watches an apparent prom king (ken doll type) and a more rebel looking guy (I’m picturing Jess from Gilmore Girls ok) get into a verbal altercation and then they’re throwing punches. Jess-boy is knocked to the floor.
Second Verse— taylor pushes her way to front of the circle, shocked at what’s happened. Suddenly the lights all turn on in the gym. After a moment, someone points at her and she is chased into a bathroom. (Pre-chorus) She hides in the stall and takes a deep breath, but she realizes on the pink stalls are all posters from the red side, vandalized and mocking pictures of her.
(Chorus) She hurries outside and sprints onto the football field. She collapses right in the middle on the fifty yard line. Close up as she closes her eyes.
Transition as eyes open to the bridge— like a dream-like sequence in the daytime (lover sky) with cheerleaders (including Taylor) in fully white cheer uniforms doing their routine. On the soft chorus part, the background fades and she drops her pom poms. close ups on her face (concerned) as she sees in the distance the Jess-boy is the only one in the bleachers.
On the “you should know” belt, the camera zooms way out to a bird’s eye shot— taylor in her white cheer outfit but with the messy prom hair, still laying in the middle of the football field, as two screaming groups of people (the red group and the blue group) charge at each other from either side. The rest of the song is a sort of montage from the fights in the hall, the gym, the cheer routine (lifts and tumbling and stuff), prom dancing, her and Jess-boy kissing, etc. final shots— close up on the front lines of either side just inches from trampling Taylor. Final shot, Taylor squeezing her eyes shut.
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