Who Gets the Power?
At the 2009 VMAs, this rapper interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech. This moment is often cited as an example of female voices being publicly silenced.
Kanye West
This 2022 hit centers on self-doubt and the feeling of being one’s own enemy, expressed by the lyric “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.”
A) Cardigan
B) You Need To Calm Down
C) Anti-Hero
C) Anti-Hero
This song reflects longing for what might have been from a passing romance. Finish the line:
“______ slipped away into a moment in time,”
A) July
B) August
C) November
B) August (August)
This 2017 single directly confronts media backlash and rumors, containing the line “The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead”
Look What You Made Me Do
This heartbreak anthem expresses fixation and emotional looping rather than healthy emotional closure.
A) Style
B) We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
C) Wildest Dreams
B) We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
This music executive purchased Taylor Swift’s masters in 2019, kicking off her fight for artistic control.
A) Scooter Braun
B) Scotty Brown
C) Steven Brawn
A) Scooter Braun
This world-tour concept showcases multiple stylized “eras” that allow Swift to present dramatically different versions of herself to the public.
The Eras Tour
This song reflects on first love and teenage nostalgia, looking back at formative memories that still shape adult identity.
A) Fifteen
B) Sixteen
C) Seventeen
A) Fifteen
An infamous phone-call controversy that fueled media outrage toward Swift involved this rapper and reality star couple.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
This fairy-tale anthem frames romantic longing as emotional escape, idealizing love before acknowledging any risks.
Hint: This song references William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Love Story
This playful satire single critiques how outspoken women are labeled “crazy” or “boy-obsessed” by the media. Finish the line:
"But I've got a _____ _____, baby, And I'll write your name."
Blank Space
This lyric captures the feeling of avoiding honest self-reflection. Finish the line:
“I stare directly at the sun but never in the ______.”
Mirror (Anti-Hero)
This nation-wide hit reflects on memories of a high-school romance that still emotionally lingers years later.
Hint: In the song, Swift states that “she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts”.
You Belong With Me
This song critiques the enthusiasm of spectators who celebrate celebrity rise and fall cycles, essentially indicting the culture that feeds on public shaming.
A) I Did Something Good
B) I Did Something Bad
C) I Didn't do it
B) I Did Something Bad
This song reflects on the emotional damage left by an age-gap relationship and the feeling that innocence was lost too early.
A) Should’ve, Would’ve, Could’ve
B) Could’ve, Should’ve, Would’ve
C) Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
C) Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
This 2019 Taylor Swift song imagines how her career and public image would be treated differently if she were male, highlighting gender double standards.
Hint: The music video depicts Swift cosplaying as a man.
The Man
In this Reputation-era music video, Swift portrays multiple exaggerated versions of herself fighting and mocking each other, visually representing a split identity.
Look What You Made Me Do
This 2021 rerecording of Swift’s 10 minute breakup song became famous for its vivid memory-based storytelling about a lost relationship.
All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
This 2017 album era was built almost entirely around reclaiming narrative control after intense media scrutiny.
Reputation
Songs like “Peace,” “Illicit Affairs,” and “Cardigan” all explore emotional vulnerability and complicated desire from different narrative perspectives.
Which Taylor Swift album are these songs from?
Folklore
Swift responded to the loss of her masters by beginning this major career project to regain ownership of her work.
The rerecordings / Taylor's Version
This documentary gives behind-the-scenes access to Swift’s private anxieties, contrasting sharply with her polished celebrity persona.
Miss Americana
Across songs like All Too Well, August, and Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve, Swift repeatedly retells emotional histories rather than moving past them, reflecting a psychoanalytic idea about reliving unresolved experiences.
What concept does this pattern best represent?
Repetition Compulsion
This single features collaborations with Ed Sheeran and Future, enhancing its theme of celebrity spectacle and reputation management.
End Game
This song dramatizes the excitement and danger of chasing romantic escape, using the metaphor of running from consequences.
Getaway Car