30 songs Taylor Swift wrote before turning 30 that aren’t about breakups.
A Place In This World: about Taylor’s struggle to find acceptance/fit in.
The Outside: a song Taylor wrote at 12 years old, about being an outcast and not fitting in at school.
Tied Together With A Smile: written about and for Taylor’s friend who struggled with bulimia.
I’m Only Me When I’m With You: a song about friendship.
Fifteen: inspired by Taylor’s high school experience and her best friend Abigail.
The Best Day: about Taylor’s family, particularly her relationship with her mother.
Change: a hopeful song about the future and Taylor’s hope for her generation.
Back To December: an apology song Taylor wrote for Taylor Lautner.
Mean: a song Taylor wrote in response to a critic.
Never Grow Up: about Taylor’s fears of adulthood and moving out on her own.
Innocent: about forgiving Kanye West for interrupting her acceptance speech at the 2009 VMAs
Long Live: about the relationship Taylor has with her band and fans.
Safe & Sound: inspired by and written for The Hunger Games franchise.
22: a song about Taylor having fun with her friends and being carefree.
The Lucky One: based off of Taylor’s and other country stars experiences with fame/stardom.
Starlight: inspired by a photo of Connor Kennedy’s grandparents dancing when they were teenagers.
Ronan: about Ronan Thompson, a four year old little boy who died from cancer in 2011; written using quotes via his mum, Maya’s blog.
Welcome To New York: about Taylor’s move to New York and how beneficial it was for her.
Blank Space: a satirical take on the image the media created of Taylor.
Shake It Off: about ignoring all the negative people in your life and doing your own thing.
New Romantics: about navigating through her 20’s with her friends/life lessons in love/getting older etc.
Clean: about Taylor’s experience getting through a dark time in her life.
I Did Something Bad: about the infamous ‘Taylor Swiftisoverparty’ on Twitter after the Kimye incident/also pulled inspiration from Game of Thrones after Arya and Sansa conspire to kill Littlefinger.
Look What You Made Me Do: about Taylor’s “I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative” open letter/also inspired by Game of Thrones. Specifically, Arya’s kill list and Cersei and Daenerys badass bitch vibe.
King of My Heart: about her relationship with joe/also inspired by Khal Drogo and Daenerys relationship in Game of Thrones (i.e: she wanted the drums to sound like Dothraki drums)
The Man: a feminist anthem, basically about how she would be treated in the industry and the public eye if she were a man.
You Need To Calm Down: an anthem for the LGBTQIA+ community; basically dragging all the homophobes and social media trolls who try to tear us down.
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince: written in the perspective of a metaphorical high school telling a story about political disillusionment and equality. (Credit to LessGorgeousJoe on Twitter for the description)
Death By A Thousand Cuts: inspired by the film Someone Great by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.
Soon You’ll Get Better: about her mother’s battle and relapse with cancer.
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