Analyzing this as though it is an ancient cave drawing left behind from peoples before us… (Patreon)

So this is from a fan made shirt (https://t.co/hNwyVbcEoi) but I’ve been staring at it ever since I saw it because there’s literally like layers to it. Probably completely unintentional layers, but just like the explorers of old, I’m looking at a cave drawing a 10 year old kid did as a joke and treating it like it’s a fucking masterpiece with hidden meanings. 

I think it’s interesting Speak Now Taylor is in the foreground and biggest, with debut and Fearless Taylor smaller on either side of her almost like Speak Now is sort of a culmination of both of them, or what happens when you add them together, which is so true. Also like, to me Speak Now was the end of an era in that debut, Fearless, and Speak Now are her early career and Red is kind of a breaking off point into more mature themes.

Then we get into Red Taylor and 1989 Taylor mirroring each other. Like the fucking layers. genius. No fucking notes. To me Red and 1989 have a deep link between the two of them, maybe just because Red was her dipping her toes into pop and 1989 was the result of that, but even more to the point - Red was a heartbreak album, 1989 was a record about finding yourself in the wake of heartbreak. I like to think about “I’d like to be my old self again, but I’m still trying to find it” leading into “she lost him but she found herself and somehow that was everything.” To me they’re sister records but everyone always boos when I say that!

Rep and Lover mirroring each other is utter nonsense. I mean I know she pushed for a link between the two especially in the Me! video when the snake turns into butterflies, which we cannot deny was a killer visual, but to me they’re totally unrelated. I’ve tried in the past to give Rep a sister record but she doesn’t have one she’s a lone wolf she hates all you bitches 

Finally there‘s Midnights centered, a thoughtful picture, almost like she’s thinking up Evermore and Folklore. Those two being the smallest is hilarious because they will get the smallest representation at this tour, so lmao, but I do think Midnights being centered like that is interesting. They center her on the official Eras merch too which I don’t think any thought went into whatsoever beyond “this is the current era” or perhaps the one she’s focusing on the most, but the Midnights picture they chose with the horrible hair is so bad… That said, Midnights being pictured as “imagining” or thinking about other eras is really fitting because that’s what she was doing when she was making it.

I really like to think about how the eras compliment each other, lead into one another, relate to one another, etc etc, because she’s such a diverse and thematic artist. Also, she’s deliberate. It’s really fun to think of her career like this now and kinda analyze it, because there’s so much to unpack. This shirt literally makes the Lover house look like nothing lmfao. 

- Madeline