The Flying Swiftie

Back when we were still changin' for the better Wanting was enough For me, it was enough

Taylor Swift out in New York City celebrating her 34th birthday on December 13th, 2023.

Taylor: Yes, I definitely feel more free to create now. And I’m making more albums at a more rapid pace than I ever did before because I think the more art you create hopefully the less pressure you put on yourself. If you stay ready you don’t have to get ready. If you keep making stuff, just keep making stuff, and hopefully you get better at it. If doesn’t have to be so… you don’t have to belabor it and polish the doorknob so long that you forget to open the door. Recently, I found that the more things I make, the more things I make, and the happier I am. (x)

all these people think love’s for show

In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning. I loved the escapism I found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales. I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found. So I just kept writing them… 

I’ll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

VIGILANTE SHIT TAYLOR SWIFT

in your wildest dreams.

favorite lyrics from evermore

Happy 31st birthday, Taylor!

To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs. To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge of the folklorian woods and had a choice: to turn and go back or to travel further into the forest of this music. We chose to wander deeper in. I’ve never done this before. 

illicit affairs;

Ever since I was 13, I’ve been excited about turning 31 because it’s my lucky number backwards. HAPPY 31st BIRTHDAY, TAYLOR SWIFT!

The “sunday matinee” collection

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

(Based on illustrations from 1919.)