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Its girl math but for romance.
But now that the albums out, maybe the armor shouldve been sent to a different address in London.
A lot of the songs onTortured Poetsallude to Swifts relationship with The 1975 frontman and controversy magnet Matty Healy.
InDecember 2022, Healy captioned a photo of himself kissing Phoebe Bridgers with Bo Burnham as Gay Poets Society.
Is this new album just a mash-up of the two relationships?
Or was one muse more productive in the studio than the other?
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What do the lyrics say?
Whos it about?Inconclusive.
Especially since he talked about not understanding her fame, ouch.
Put a bag of chips on their heads!
These two love birds are willing to Romeo and Juliet themselves.
Jack is most likely Swifts favorite producer and best friend forever, Jack Antonoff.
Youre not Dylan Thomas.
Im not Patti Smith.
Whos it about?Congrats, Mr. Healy.
The title track is about you.
Here, have a cigarette.
Some people speculate it wasan emailfrom Swift that ended their six-year relationship.
However, theres been no evidence of that in the lyrics.
Plus, Alwyns feature debut was playing a U.S. army solider inBilly Lynns Long Halftime Walk.
Thats what situationships do to you.
Indecent exposures is probably the nicest way to put it.
Whos it about?Its a tie, now kiss :-).
Heath is also shrubland usually found in Great Britain.
So how much sad did you think I had,
Did you think I had in me?
Joe and I really love sad songs, SwifttoldZane Lowe in 2020.
Joe, for sure.
This one is about you.
You know who you are.
Whos it about?We are batting for Matty.
Plus, the couple was seen a bunch leaving Electric Lady Studios.
Plus, the 1975 has a song called Shes American, released a few years after they first met.
Their frontal lobes were barely fully developed so they were basically children.
Whos it about?Another for the Heal-ster.
But this time, she sounds at peace with it sort of like here breakup with Alwyn.
Is one hell of a drug
Can I use you up?
Burying the nonexistent rope in Florida is a hell of a drug.
And what better place for a brokenhearted person to escape?
But who was she brokenhearted about?
Alwyn, Alwyn, Alwyn.
This cage was once just fine
Am I allowed to cry?
Swift was content with her privacy with Alwyn for a good long while.
I mean, she confided herself to house arrest for almost a year after the KimYe drama.
But maybe once she healed, she wanted a more public life again.
What if hes written mine on my upper thigh only in my mind?
Emotional cheating, lets goooo!
Is this where the seeds were replanted?
Whos Afraid of Little Old Me?
Is this about her fans?
Or at least the ones who signed that open letter?
Put narcotics into all of my songs
And thats why youre still singing along …
Even if theyre hating on her relationship, theyre still streaming and shes still a billionaire.
Whos it about?Her haters, technically.
It hints at her Healy romance, but well give it to her critics.
Good boy, thats right
Come close, Ill show you heaven
Hes a golden retriever, remember?
Whos it about?She wants to fix Healys relationship with the public, so he gets this one.
As for Healy, the rekindled flames could be similar to Fresh Out the Slammer.
You cinephile in black and white
All those plot twists and dynamite
Mr. Whos it about?Sounds like Healy was, at one point, the love of her life.
Whos it about?Grab a donut, its a cup of Joe.
Plus, attempting torizzsomeone up by telling them theyre so much better than everyone else is extremely Healy behavior.
Hes probably broken a stage light or two.
Whos it about?Oh, God.
How many of these songs are about Matty?
Im just as surprised as you are.
He toldNew Heightslisteners that he made a bracelet with his phone number on it to give to her.
Hey you, what if I told you were cool?
But Swift forgives is forgiving his past behavior because #love.
He just comes running over to me
So happy her Travvy made it to the big game.
The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl, but Swift knows shes the real prize.
Whos it about?Kelce, baby!
Whos it about?Herself.
The Starting Line shared a record label with Steel Train, one of Jack Antonoffs bands.
Swift credited several photos in thereputationtour book and theMiss Americanadocumentary with Frosty Club Photography.
She was probably an honorary member.
We are so back with an Alwyn track.
Healy scores once again.
And Kelce wouldve bullied Healy.
Its as if her exes wouldnt like each other or something.
She also possibly referencesHealys drug addictionin the following two lines.
What do shoes with wheels and this song have in common?
More importantly,whois Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus?
How Did It End?
Well tell no one except all of our friends
We must know
How did it end?
An adult game of telephone.
We may never know.
This has Alwyn written all over it.
Remember all of hisresurfaced tweets?
AndAmerican Pieis probably Kelces favorite movie.
Release his Criterion Closet video!
Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me?
You know how to ball
I know Aristotle
Travis = ball boy, Taylor = reader.
He is a lover of the library after all.
Whos it about?Kelce scored a Super Bowl win and the cutest song on the album.
Im addicted to the if only
Honestly, this song could be about anyone.
Whenever youre in an exs town, its hard not to wonder,What if I saw them?
Inconclusive; not detailed enough to hit the Matty or Joe bin.
she seems to accept the breakup.
Whos it about?Matty Healy takes one more.
Swifttriedwarning people about Kim Kardashian.
Whos it about?Herself but also Kim Kardashian.
A man promises to find her once theyre older, and he does but quickly leaves.
Whos it about?Matty Healy.
Whos it about?Matthew.
Swift is a young muse to continue being imaginative.
Robin could allude toWinnie-the-Poohs Christopher Robin.
Jake Gyllenhaal or at least the making of theAll Too Wellshort film.
So, who isThe Tortured Poets Department: The Anthologymostly about?
Travis Kelce gets two whole songs all to himself.
3 goes to … inconclusive.
No, really its for songs that are probably not about anyone in particular.
Second place goes to Swifts longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
And who says she isnt relatable?
