taylor facts <3
what year was Taylor born in?
1989
what Midnights song became Taylor's biggest overall song of all time, spending 8 weeks as the number one song on the charts?
Anti-Hero
what animal has Taylor frequently used as symbolism for herself / the feud she had with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian in 2016 that resulted in her getting canceled and forced into hiding? (specifically on her album reputation)
a snake
"cause she wears high heels, I wear sneakers, she's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers"
You Belong With Me
Love Story was inspired by which famous Shakespearean play?
Romeo & Juliet
what is Taylor's lucky number?
13
what country singer did she name a song after on her first album?
Tim McGraw
"your Midas touch on the Chevy door, November flush and your flannel cure" from champagne problems is Taylor's way of saying...
she was cold and the muse gave her their jacket
"you got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
and I got that red lip classic thing that you like
and when we go crashing down, we come back every time"
what literary device is used in the line, "leaving like a father, running like water" from cardigan?
cardigan
who is Taylor named after?
american singer-songwriter James Taylor
what was her first number 1 hit on the charts?
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
"how's one to know, I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones in a faith forgotten land" from the song ivy is Taylor's way of saying she's meeting her lover in what type of place? (hint: italicized lyrics)
a graveyard/cemetery, continuing the motif of death on her album evermore
"your Midas touch on the Chevy door; November flush and your flannel cure.'"
champagne problems
"you know how to ball, and I know __" which Greek philosopher? (from So High School)
Aristotle
what kind of farm did she grow up on?
a Christmas tree farm
what does ATWTMVTVFTV mean?
All Too Well (Ten Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)
what does the word "mercurial" from the line "take the words for what they are, a dwindling mercurial high, a drug that only worked the first few hundred times" from illicit affairs?
"(of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind." synonyms: volatile, chaotic, fickle, tempermental
"I made you my temple, my mural, my sky, now i'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life. drawing hearts in the byline, always taking up too much space or time"
tolerate it
the line "I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze tell me what are my words worth" from the lakes is a sneaky reference to what English poet?
William Wordsworth, who lived in the Lake district in England which is the place that inspired the song (where Taylor wishes she could escape to)
what renowned poet was it recently revealed that she is actually distant cousins with? (hint: she has referenced her as a major inspiration especially on her album evermore)
Emily Dickinson
what was the name of the first song she ever wrote, when she was eleven?
Lucky You
what does the phrase "champagne problems" mean?
definition 1: to be forced to choose between two desirable possibilities
definition 2: having personal problems that seem privileged and unimportant compared to more pressing issues in the world
"now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon, with your boots beneath my bed; forever is the sweetest con"
cowboy like me
"I've never heard silence quite this loud" from The Story Of Us is what kind of literary device?
oxymoron