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Unpacking Taylor Swift's Creative Process (Patreon)

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2024-05-20 10:00:10
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2026-06
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Welcome back to Phone a Snake! In this episode, where we take your urgent calls, we explore the significance of track five songs on Taylor's albums and how they evoke strong emotions. Also on the menu: the criticism Taylor receives and her thoughtful responses, touching on the bloat in her recent albums and the need for more concise editing. We also examine the vulnerability in Taylor's songs and the delicate balance between being open and oversharing. Enjoy! Your bonus episode is coming soon.

Comments

ryan

the best thing to wake up to on Monday mornings <3

Raphaëlle

My thinking is that criticism will be a good drive for her to push herself & improve. But this « backlash » is also coming right on time to get her into her rep mindset for the tv release, so all in all, I think it can be constructive for her.

maryna

"i'd fuck justin bieber. it's not ideal, but it's not hard". oh, lord, taken out of context this would sound very strange 😅

maryna

i think taylor creates art because it helps her deal with life and because she wants to. i feel like she no longer thinks she has anything to prove which is why she doesn't even try to create an album that is concise and makes sense as a work of art. also, i genuinely think she has become a "song artist" rather than an "album's artist". i think the eras tour proves this point - it's about the hits. obviously that's also a business move that makes sense, but she does seem to go for a couple of true hits (well-written and sonically appealing) without thinking too much of the overall album. at least for midnights and ttpd.

thalia

i think so long london is a PERFECTTT track 5 and i feel so alone LMAO i think its maybe the only heartbreak song on the album that is ONLY about the turkey. for that it’s kind of separate from the “miracle move on drug” effects / temporary insanity she claims in the “in conclusion”. i really think that is why she put it there, to be like: ok swifties real talk…this london boy flops. at the end of the day the track 5 is the confessional. i think taylor would say she no longer feels the way she describes in a lot of these songs (the delusions / ignoring red flags / being petulant) but i think she still feels what she expresses in so long london. also i do think its genuinely scathing!!!! the build is also great, her backing vocals screaming in the background on the bridge give me chillsssssss. she has been marinatingggg the turkey and grilled him to perfection

Melanie Lyon

Madeline is looking snatched and it must be said!

Erin S

I was also in love with Lungs & Ceremonials, but haven’t relistened in a while. I wasn’t aware of her latest album until Florida!!! prompted me to search for her latest release, and I agree that it hasn’t gripped me like those earlier albums. Found it interesting the latest album also has a song titled Cassandra also referencing the mythological character. Taylor has definitely been into the witchy-woman vibes between Stevie and Florence.

Kylee

Fun fact, I have no idea why but right as I was about to listen to the album for the first time on Apple Music, instead of Fortnight, that very first few second of So Long, London played. I am not even going to explain how fucked that has made my relationship with fortnight thus far but I couldn’t go back. I actually said out loud to no one, ‘wait what was that?’ I was looking for it in the opening track, it was fucked. I was down bad and didn’t even know it yet. I now am unpacking the trauma because I literally blacked out listening to Fortnight (aka horseshit) after I had just heard the angels at fucking Heaven’s Gate excuse my fucking language, but seriously, Apple Music? I guess that’s all to say if it fucked me up that bad it’s a track five. I actually had to take a break from it because it was seriously messing with me so hard in the best way possible. That being said, I have said this time and time again in discord. Our saddest of sad sweet little Angel princess who crawled up in a little ball with Joe Jonas’ skinny jeans on the floor aka Last Kiss, can finally cry in peace, and retire her reign as saddest song that ever swifted. LOML will double entendre your ass with multiple options of sadness slapping you across your face from the right, and when that stings finally starts to fade in those final moments, she slaps you from the left even harder than the first time. All of this but it’s Taylor in that slay look from Blank Space music video with the black sleep mask but make it headband singing it because that’s just my right and you can’t take it away from me. I love them both and they are equally as devastating so let’s just say they’re both track 5 for me.

Susannah Wallace

Thanks for answering my question! 😂 I also agree that she would be a love on tour groupie. Also, interesting to think about if Taylor would be a feminist had she not experienced the intense sexism that came with her fame.

Leslie M

That FMK was violence. I. Cannot.

Laura

How do we access the extended episodes? Is it only for a higher tier? Thanks

Laura

I'm glad I'm not the only one who is lost! lol

Ally ❤️

Taylor has a VAULT FULL of diss tracks that will never be released. Too damaging to her bottom line, but I believe they are written.

Forty2times

The Chester meow cameos made my cats freak out looking for an intruder

Hugh Gatchell

I submitted the FATM question and that wasn't Taylor but it was Maggie Rogers. I was spinning Don't Forget Me while folding laundry lmfao. Still cant believe you Zack noticed I was listening to music lol. Hyperacusisologist.

Hugh Gatchell

Also Zack thank you for giving How Big How Blue How beautiful her moment. It is the best of the FATM albums.

Hugh Gatchell

After I finished listening to the anthology I texted my best friend and we both agreed that all songs titled Cassandra must be flops.

LILA

"but what if i mean it!" and say that

LILA

i'd lie MADE ME A SWIFTIE! i would hex whoever got that as a surprise song if they did...

Courtney A

I need I'd Lie, so bad. I'd love to know if she knows that we all want that song.