1.Betty: Writing a song about yearning for a woman is such a hetrosexual thing to do.
2. Marron: Yes because most straight men have scarlet lips.
3.Wonderland: It’s a complete coincidence that Diana had her wonderland tattoo removed right after this song was released.
4.The Man: Because most straight women wish they could brag about getting bitches and models.
5.Don’t Blame Me: I don’t know what you're talking about being in a straight relationship is totally falling from grace.
6.Hits Different: Because wanting to melt another girl's world is extremely straight.
7.Dress: Wanting to date your best friend is such hetrosexual behavior right? Right?
8.Gorgeous: Because it makes total sense why it would be worse for a man to not have a girlfriend than to be single.
9.Now That We Don’t Talk: Because it’s completely logical for “Truth is I can’t pretend it’s platonic it’s just ended” to be written by a straight woman about a straight man.
10.Daylight: “I used to think love would be black and white but it’s golden.” is such a straight lyric to write.
11.I Know Places: Because every straight person has to worry about people finding out about their relationship with their partner.
12.End Game: Because her being in a relationship with a man no ones ever heard of would be a big conversation.
13.Illicit Affairs: Again having to hide a relationship is such hetrosexual behavior.
14.Question: Because a hetrosexual relationship is totally going against gender norms and is not at all considered suitable and right
15.Ours: Because most hetrosexual couples have to deal with people disapproving of their relationship.
16.How You Get The Girl: Because most straight women are extremely familiar with how to get the girl.
17.Out Of The Woods: “The rest of the world was black and white but we were in screaming color” is such a straight lyric you guys.
18.All Of The Girls You Loved Before: Because “all of the girls you’ve loved before made you the one I’ve fallen for” makes total grammatical sense for it to be about a man.
19.Glitch: Because it’s so common for a straight relationship to start off as them supposed to be just friends.
20.The Very First Night: Because there is no reason as to why “they don’t know how much I miss you” breaks the whole flow of the song.
Okay bare with me here because my thoughts are literally chaos right now! Going to try and take you through the ninja katana that just happened to my brain!
1. Everyone has been focusing on this album being white. Taylor wore a white dress, Taylor used the 🤍, etc etc
This has been bothering my photographer mind since I very first saw the cover. That cover is not black and white. That cover is Sepia.
Rep is Black and white…..Folklore as well (though more muted and grey than stark black and white like Rep)
Poets is Sepia!
Now obviously there is no Sepia heart emoji so it could be that simple BUT Taylor is a mastermind and she doesn’t do accidents. The Sepia toned album cover is not white and that immediately drew attention to it when everyone is focused on the white aspects (which also lended itself nicely to the Rep TV/Poets bait and switch)
2. So I decided to go learn about the history of Sepia and quickly came across this very interesting article. I started reading. Immediately aspects of this colours history started setting off lightbulbs 💡
Sepia comes from the Cuttlefish’s defence mechanism. When under attack the cuttlefish releases a cloud of ink to distract the predator and make a swift (SWIFT!!) escape!?!?
Already we have the ink tie in specifically mentioning jet black (like the octopus and squid) but the cuttlefish’s defender cloud is sepia……this album is a defence mechanism so she can distract the predators (hetlors/the press) to make her escape to safety. It’s the bait and switch. The distraction. The decoy.
This was already enough to have my jaw on the floor…but wait! There’s more!
3. Sepia’s use in photography…
This love story began in black and white…in Reputation.
🎶I once believed love would be black and white….but it’s golden (Daylight)
This cover photo is very clearly Daylight after the long and tortured Midnight….now she only sees Daylight!
Sepia has come to represent a by-gone age….
Everyone thinks that Kaylor is over and done. Just an ended friendship, a burned bridge, no longer relevant…but the act of making that relationship look old was actually used to preserve that love and allow it to be long lasting!
There’s also the very obvious photography connection with the Polaroids significance to Kaylor.
Also note the nod to 1920s….along with the Clara Bow track pointed at that era here’s another possible link to the roaring 20s
Another link to Daylight coming after Midnight…the opening of the Karma music video shows the Midnights album which turns into a golden sunlight over the golden Taylor statue. Midnight to Daylight.
So as if all of this wasn’t already enough I kept reading and the next paragraph made me scream…..
The Wizard of FUCKING OZ you guys!!!!
(Side note that we have the Blake/Taylor Dorothy and Ariel combo call back here as well! Worth noting maybe Daddy I Love Him will shed some light on this Halloween Party…we know our 🎃 anon wanted us focusing on Halloween! Maybe this evening was significant in the story!)
So everyone thinks of it as black and white but it’s actually Sepia…..yes yes go on…..
So you’re telling me to create the illusion (🎶All eyes on me your illusionist) of sepia to colour they were using a body double. A double! A bait and switch! A stand in! Like every single beard relationship and every single Karlie stand in we have been seeing lately! Blake at Beyonces premiere….Keleigh at the Golden Globes, Keleigh as the bride, etc etc etc.
Slight of hand, more illusions and bait and switch imagery to make the art work and the magic happen.
"taylor would be devastated if she knew karlie was there :(" you all are very sweet and very much underestimating taylor's obsession with Winning Emotional Situations and triumphing via spite