Shelby, you & Ashley taught me everything I know about Taylor Swift, I am a student of your podcast… I entered the fandom at the start of the lover era. Tried Rep, hated it. Slowly got lured in by 1989 then as a student of media studies years ago got fascinated by why everyone loved her. I started diving into the backstories & then Rep hit me like Bam. I was Invested & loving every minute of every album I delved into over time. I started listening to your podcast, it was the only swift podcast that wasn’t dribble.
Somewhere there you mentioned your theory on So it Goes and you had me. against my better judgment (I’m a mum of three with zero free time) I couldn’t not go back and listen to you from the start.
All that is to say, I’m a fan, I love the way you look at all this. (I also think Taylor listens btw listening after the fact there are SO many things you’ve said on the podcast that turn up in her work including the albatross)
Based on your so it goes theory I have my own - everything from Rep onwards is chronological. The recent 5 stages playlists really confirmed this for me. And now TTPD works with this as well but I have a Very different take from others I’ve seen. I’m so interested to hear your take & happy to share mine if you are interested
Shelby, you & Ashley taught me everything I know about Taylor Swift, I am a student of your podcast… I entered the fandom at the start of the lover era. Tried Rep, hated it. Slowly got lured in by 1989 then as a student of media studies years ago got fascinated by why everyone loved her. I started diving into the backstories & then Rep hit me like Bam. I was Invested & loving every minute of every album I delved into over time. I started listening to your podcast, it was the only swift podcast that wasn’t dribble.
Somewhere there you mentioned your theory on So it Goes and you had me. against my better judgment (I’m a mum of three with zero free time) I couldn’t not go back and listen to you from the start.
All that is to say, I’m a fan, I love the way you look at all this. (I also think Taylor listens btw listening after the fact there are SO many things you’ve said on the podcast that turn up in her work including the albatross)
Based on your so it goes theory I have my own - everything from Rep onwards is chronological. The recent 5 stages playlists really confirmed this for me. And now TTPD works with this as well but I have a Very different take from others I’ve seen. I’m so interested to hear your take & happy to share mine if you are interested
Okay you're going to have to point me to when we talked about the albatross. I'll get my lawyer to send Miss Swift a cease and desist lmao
Haha I’ll have to go back and try and find it but it must have been in a midnights episode and you said that Joe was like an albatross around her neck
Also I’m painfully aware of how ridiculous it is how much real estate this woman takes in my overly cluttered mind . Drives me to distraction.
I have a different take I haven’t seen elsewhere- I think alchemy is about the fans with footy references thrown in for fun.
And I think when it’s on the nose it’s tongue in cheek and on purpose
STOP I love the alchemy 😭 but agree that I Hate It Here badly needed an editor.
haha I know she's always on the nose but it's too on the nose I can't look at it I'm sorry