Throwback To This:

“Okay so, really, any time I’m even going to talk about, or reference another artist, I feel inclined to tell you that they’re not here. No one else is here, it’s just me, you’re stuck with me. But I am going to talk about another artist, because I feel like stadiums are huge, and it’s important to really communicate, so that’s what I’m doing. I’m going to talk about another artist, who has an album that just came out, and it’s so cool. The National just had an album come out! This band has influenced me beyond my ability to verbalize how much they’ve influenced me, just lyrically, their ability to set a scene, their ability to tell stories. And obviously Aaron Dessner is in The National, and he has completely changed my life. Yeah, so I was lucky enough to be able to write a song with them for their new album, which is called The First Two Pages Of Frankenstein. Check it out, stream it, buy it on vinyl! And I love them so much. They’ve been so kind to me, and so I’m not going to sing the song that we have on this new album. It’s called The Alcott—check that out, though. But I am going to sing Coney Island.”

— Taylor before playing Coney Island (piano) in Atlanta, GA on April 28th

Lmao Karlie at a drag brunch and a baby shower with her day ones I love it lol 💛

Daisies for days 🤍💛 this is absolutely adorable

Ah, so this whole cabin thing is a THING with them. ;)

*thinks about the cabin in the Never Grow Up lyric video*

(And that’s just the most recent one.)

I love that Karlie’s walk perfectly matching the Gold Rush beat is making the rounds on Twitter. The proof is undeniable.

(and so cute! Taylor is such a romantic.)

Karlie has a photo from 6/30/2020 on her insta wearing a blouse exactly like the one Taylor is wearing in the photo where she is in the car with benji on her lap

oop 🤭 I remember us talking about this beige sweater back then bc taylor wore it then too I think (can’t find the pic atm)

Taylor's Tumblr likes from "Kissgate" night (December 4/5, 2014) - Part 1

Tell me more about New Year’s Day

Ok, it is a long read, written half drunk (excellent  Monbazillac straight outta Dorgogne)  not gonna edit the train of thoughts, so here you go:

When Taylor talked about this song, she said she found the “inspiration” in new years eve parties and how the day after you stay with the one you share your life with to clean the mess and spend the day in peace, in private which is a huge contrast with the partying.Here is how I read it. This song wraps up the album. But imo, in taylor private life it describes her transition from NYE its glitter and polaroid aka the 1989 era with the social media and media overexposure, the girls squad, the friends, the parties, the outings. “you and me from the night before”: everything they lived during this phase in life that she is about to put behind her.She is scared because she doesn’t know what the reaction of the person she’s singing for would be if they get to the last page of the book she is about to close, will that person stay for the next one?This is almost the only song in which she talks about doubts coming from the other person because they are both scared. She says she wants the celebrations but she’d also stick to do life’s mundane tasks when the lights are out, and by that I think it means the beginning of her blackout phase.Verse 2 is where they start putting this plan en route, their taxi ride. It is a very interesting non verbal exchange, the other person squeezing her hand is a sign of reassurance, one that is done by someone who doesn’t need words to say what you need to hear, your long term SO, your BFF or a close family member. She replies that even if this trip is long, she is not going anywhere and will be there for the worst and for better times alike.In the post chorus and the bridge, I think she is preparing her love interest for a difficult part. A part where they will probably be physically separated from each other for longer periods than they are used to before. Thus asking the person to hold on to the memories they shared together (3 times. you can stretch and reach and say it corresponds to 3 years relationship before the blackout if you feel like it, I don’t make the rules). And then she tells her love interest that if they hold on to these memories she will hold on to them as a pair. She is not leaving, she is just retreating.She is asking them not to forget her and this relationship she is trying to keep during this new phase of life, where their separate lives would probably be less in sync than before. She knows her lover like the back of her hand and could not stand the idea of them becoming strangers.Overall, at first I did not pay attention to the depth of it I really just thought she was describing the aftermath of a party. But she is not. Wouldn’t you expect a mention of alcohol here (in Taylor’s most alcohol-drenched album)? well surprise, there is none. Because it is not describing an actual party, but her transition from the 1989 to the Rep era and wanting her partner to cross that bridge with her. Some sort of “through thick-and-thin promise” in a form of a soft ballad. It also strikes me as a narrative of a long term relationship where two people are settled in a certain lifestyle and they are about to make a drastic change due to what life throws at them and they are maybe hesitantly walking to their destination but holding hands firmly.So that’s my meta-analysis and very liberally done interpretation of this song. It was a head-scratcher for me, she wrote it and recorded it quite fast and felt that THIS is the song that should wrap up an album she called reputation with and that she is releasing after she completely turned her public life around. And this is how it made sense to me.