Hi Mal!
What Taylor Swift songs tell the story of Ethan and Cassie’s relationship and why?
Same for Maxenna!
Thanks ☺️
I listen to a lot of Taylor when I’m writing, so sometimes the song depends on the story. For example, If Today Was a Fairytale was inspired by the song of the same name.
For my Ethan and Cassie, the main TS songs are:
Fearless (the simplicity of a relationship that makes you feel like your true self)
Labyrinth (captures the highs and lows, that wanting; the moments when he almost walks away but doesn’t)
Snow on the Beach (falling in love with someone as they’re falling for you too)
Sparks Fly (their relationship is literally electric)
Blank Space (more the chorus than anything else)
For Maxenna, my main song is actually Jake Bugg’s Me and You.
From Taylor’s discography, the most apt ones are:
Begin Again (starting a new wonderful relationship after a toxic one)
New Year’s Day (not wanting to be with anyone else when one year ends and a new year begins)
You Are in Love (being in love with your best friend; in fact there’s a fic I want to write with this song)
But there are other artists as well whose lyrics have inspired story ideas. If you mention a fic, I could tell you what inspired the idea or what I listened to get me in the zone of writing it.

















