ENCHANTED

Honestly. Please invite me. 

Lmao this is so pathetic to say but I want to be vulnerable and honest because I feel like … so involved in the fandom. But also so separated from the fandom. Like I see people who are on first name basis’ with each other and are so genuinely excited and in group chats and recognize when their friends get Secret Sessions. 

And … I just feel. So separated. Lol. 

For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums. 

Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years. 

Like when Kim Kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it. (See photo) Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.

This is my worst case scenario. This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it. 

When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever. 

Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create. Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.

I will always be proud of my past work. But for a healthier option, Lover will be out August 23. 

Sad and grossed out,

💔

So today I made this #WeStandWithTaylor fan art for Taylor. Hope she's feeling better...

Love you @taylorswift and will support you as always 💗

This too shall pass... dear

So, in a recent interview, Taylor Swift revealed that the entire song and music video is an easter egg that will slowly unravel itself as time goes on. I believe that the music video actually alludes to songs on the new album. The video is split into distinctive “cuts” which I believe foreshadows her upcoming album. I’m going to go through the video and share my beliefs on what the songs are going to be about based on the music video for Me! @taylorswift @taylornation @brendonurie

Album Title: Kaleidoscope / Daisy / 13 / Lover

Songs: 14

Track Themes:

1 - Track 1 (Metamorphosis) will be about Taylor moving on from her reputation and becoming herself again. In scene 1, we see Taylor’s snake “poof” into butterflies, signifying a transformation. It may be called “Metamorphosis”. 

2 - Track 2 (The Language of Love / Love Language / Home) will deal with the realities of a relationship - the Honeymoon phase is over and it’s time to focus on what it actually takes to make a relationship work. This is evidenced by Scene 2’s fight between Taylor and Brendon. The fact that it’s in French, the “language of Love”, means that love will win in the end. 

Also, this could be the rumored track, “Home”, due to the Christmas tree in the background calling back to Taylor’s childhood living on a Christmas Tree farm. Despite it being a seemingly Spring day, the Christmas tree stands out. In fact, Taylor herself says that “I really love Christmas, I wish it was all year round, just like for the feeling that everybody has.”

3 - Track 3 will be Me! Why? Because, Scene 3 starts in the hallway and the first thing that happens is Taylor starts singing “Me!”

4 - Track 4 will be a bit more heavy. I believe this song will involve Taylor taking responsibility for her actions. We see Taylor walking through storm clouds while acknowledging that she has made mistakes.

5 - Track 5, as always, will be vulnerable. This scene starts when Taylor “steps into the daylight” and “lets it (the drama) go”. This track will be about releasing drama and finding out who you really are.

6 - Track 6 (Glitter) will be a magical track like Wonderland. Like something from Mary Poppins, this scene starts when Brendon jumps out of the window and floats down with an umbrella. It’s going to be track that gives you whimsical vibes.

7 - Track 7 (Lover) will be a return to the realities of relationships, but in a way that’s more about someone who refuses to leave when things get hard. It’s this scene where she sings “And then we had that fight out in the rain, you ran after me and called my name.”

This line references back to the lead single from Speak Now, Mine, where she sang, “I remember that fight, 2:30 AM, everything was slipping right out of our hands. I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street. Braced myself for the goodbye, ‘cause it’s all I’ve ever known, but you took me by surprise, and said I’ll never leave you alone.”

This track may be called “Lover” based on the Neon sign in the background.

8 - Track 8 will be a song about truly knowing someone. Brendon repeatedly attempts to give her gifts - flowers, a ring, then finally, a cat. It’s not until she is offered the cat that she knows the person she’s with truly knows who she is and what she likes.

9 - Track 9 will be a pure love song. This scene starts when Brendon opens his shirt and opens his heart, literally. We travel down a “Kaleidoscope” of love.

10 - Track 10 will be a groovy, 60’s-style love song, It may play on the theme of being so in love with someone that it’s as if Cupid has shot you with an arrow.

11 - Track 11 will be a song for us, the fans. After the initial dancing in front of the Cupid band, there is an extremely heavy focus on the audience. They show scenes of them screaming and jumping, just like Taylor’s own fans.

12 - Track 12 (Awesome) will be a pure fun song about just enjoying life for what it is - similar to songs like 22. This scene starts with Taylor shouting “Hey kids! Spelling is fun!” which Taylor claims was meant to show that Me! was meant to be a fun love song. Also, this is where they sing “You can’t spell Awesome without Me!”

13 - COWBOY DISCO! White cowboy boots? Check! Disco lights and 60’s dancing? Check!

14 - Finally, track 14 will be about Taylor having found a way to love life even in the midst of problems and exploding paint. She’s finally found that life will always have chaos and that you just have to dance anyway.