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• Marjorie

  This week we give a lot of love to grandmothers. Taylor Swift wrote a beautiful song for her grandmother Marjorie Finlay, released as Track 13 on Evermore. In this episode we explore a little bit about Marjorie’s life and legacy as well take a look at the lyrics of the song, full of literary devices, remembrance and love too. As always, we want your Midnights! Share your Swiftory stories at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at 404-594-3658. We may use your Swiftories on a future episode! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Sources Taylor Swift on writing "Marjorie" (YouTube) Taylor Swift - marjorie (Official Lyric Video) (YouTube) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• How You Get the Girl

  On the heels of the last episode in which we explored the Folklore Love Triangle, this week seemed like the perfect time for a little surprise episode about 1989’s Track 10 banger, “How You Get the Girl”. This is Taylor Swift coaching every dumb boy on how to get the girl back after he broke her heart in the first place. ⁠⁠Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs⁠⁠, by Annie Zaleski (Amazon.com) ⁠All 274 of Taylor Swift’s Songs, Ranked⁠, by Rob Sheffield. Rolling Stone, April 2024. HYGTG Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnwD7veCoFQ HYGTG, Grammy Museum – September 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMLz8VRU1w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• August, Betty, Cardigan | The Folklore Love Triangle

  In today’s episode, we harken back to the Folklore album to get into all the messy teenage drama of Augustine, Betty and James. Taylor writes three songs that unfold this teenage love triangle, August, Betty and Cardigan. Alicia takes you through the details of each track and then details the lyrics for all of the angst and bad decision making. Also, many thoughts about James, who could have done better. As always, we want your Midnights! Share your Swiftory stories at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at 404-594-3658. We may use your Swiftories on a future episode! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. ⁠⁠Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs⁠⁠, by Annie Zaleski (Amazon.com) ⁠All 274 of Taylor Swift’s Songs, Ranked⁠, by Rob Sheffield. Rolling Stone, April 2024. Taylor Swift talking about august (YouTube) Taylor Swift - august (Official Lyric Video) (YouTube) Taylor Swift - betty (Official Lyric Video) (YouTube) Taylor Swift - cardigan (Official Lyric Video) (YouTube) Taylor Swift - august (folklore: the long pond studio sessions) HQ video (YouTube) Taylor Swift - betty (folklore: the long pond studio sessions) (Live/2020) (YouTube) Taylor Swift - cardigan (folklore: long pond studio sessions) (Live/2020) (YouTube) Taylor Swift - betty (Live from the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards) (YouTube) Sources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Everything We Know About TS12: The Life of a Showgirl

  In this super-fast emergency episode, Alicia is dropping everything we know about Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, so far! We all moved Monday night with the countdown, and from that moment it seems collective orange and green fever has swept the world. Clever Taylor was dropping hints for years about this album that now make so much more sense. Join Alicia for this ride of what we know right now, and send your thoughts and theories to [email protected] to be included in the follow-up episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The Glory of Giving Everything: The Taylor Swift Business Model | Author Crystal Haryanto Joins Us!

  Crystal Haryanto joins Alicia and Melissa this week for a discussion about her book, The Glory of Giving Everything: The Taylor Swift Business Model. Crystal shares so much about the book as well as her work as the founder of UC Berkeley’s globally recognized course “Artistry, Policy, & Entrepreneurship: Taylor’s Version”. THE GLORY OF GIVING EVERYTHING: The Taylor Swift Business Model ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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