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• A Movie? A Movie! And a Book Giveaway Too!

  What a day, friends! In this episode, Alicia began with all the rumors surrounding a potential Taylor Swift movie coming to theaters, which happened by the time recording was done! Tune in to find out the rumored details, followed by the facts we know as of this moment. The Swift news is happening fast these days! Tickets are on sale now for the limited showings of The Official Release Party for Life of A Showgirl! Also included in this episode is a listener giveaway! Send your name to [email protected] to enter to win! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Dear Reader: An Immersive Literary Journey Through Taylor Swift’s Lyrics With Author Viktoria Capek

  In this episode, Alicia is joined by Viktoria Capek, author of Dear Reader: An Immersive Literary Journey Through Taylor Swift’s Lyrics - now available at your local bookseller! This book is a delightful gem of an interactive journal blending literature and lyrics, uniting Taylor Swift’s worlds of storytelling and songwriting in a new and unique way. In this episode, Viktoria gives us tour through her songs, eras, and inspiration into making this magical release. Buy the Book! ⁠Dear Reader: An Immersive Literary Journey Through Taylor Swift's Lyrics⁠, by Viktoria Capek ⁠Sign up for the Class!⁠ 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]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Monologue Song

  In today’s episode, we harken back to November 2009 when Taylor Swift hosted Saturday Night Live with perhaps the very best musical monologue in SNL’s history, appropriately enough titled “Monologue Song (La la la).” Stacie joins Alicia in this one for the song’s history and lyrics, in anticipation of a special Trashy Divorces episode coming this weekend about the teenage breakup of Taylor and Joe Jonas, one of the guys that Swift sings about in this very polite diss track. 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 Monologue Song - SNL (YouTube) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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