Enough time has passed and I think I'm finally processing Would've Could've Should've surprise song in the rain. (Patreon)
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Like it's been a long journey....but the processing has finally fucking begun and I can finally react to this.
First of all, she's bonkers. Like. We need a welfare check. Because as you all know, I, and not only ME, but many many OG swifties said uh, yeah, she refused to sing Dear John as a surprise song for years after the Speak Now tour because it's too painful to her anymore, so no fucking way is she going to bust out WCS as a fucking surprise song. And like, I would've bet money on her never playing that song. I would've BET SO MUCH MONEY...and I would've lost it all!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second of all, we know that it's Aaron's fav Taylor song they've worked on together because he's said that multiple times. But it's hard for me to imagine HE would be like hey Taylor let's play WCS, because he likely knows how difficult it would be for her to sing. So I don't think he personally brought it up, I definitely think SHE was the one who was like, let's play Would've Could've Should've. I could also tell they practiced, just from how good the performance was.
Third of all....we have to look at the implications of her choosing to play this song a mere 48 hours after telling us that Speak Now TV is incoming. Like we have to gaze upon those implications. I don't think that Taylor sits down and thinks to herself, "ha ha, these re-records are really going to kill Jake, John, Joe, etc." Like I genuinely think that's not one of her priorities when creating the re-records, even though we meme it to death lmfao. But now that's too big of a coincidence to overlook. I think that years have gone by and she's processed it, analyzed it, gotten angry over it, and I do think that she is a human being, and does have little petty/vindictive streak in her. If there is one person who she wants to have their head on a pike, I would imagine it would be him. Back then, when she put out Speak Now and Dear John, she had to know that she was going up against a mammoth in the industry, and a MAN no less. And it was like nobody cared. Looking back on it, that's how it feels. Nobody fucking cared that he dated her when she was so young, and messed with her, too.
Now, I think she knows that people care. And she wants his ass cooked. And I am LIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!