You have heard of the Sad Keanu meme, however have you ever heard of Unhappy Taylor?
Longtime Swifties will recall a photograph that made the rounds on-line in 2013 (under), that includes Taylor Swift sitting glumly by herself on a ship within the Virgin Islands sporting a blue gown and black sun shades. According to reports at the time, Swift and Harry Styles had been vacationing collectively, bought right into a disagreement, and broke up, with mentioned picture capturing her leaving the journey alone. (All of it labored out for Swift, although, who would go on to create 1989, her second document to win the coveted Grammy for Album of the Yr.)
Jake Hurley Taylor Swift on a ship within the Virgin Islands on Jan. 4, 2013
Whereas the music video for the 1989 tune “Out of the Woods” featured Swift in a blue gown, main some to invest if it was the gown or maybe an allusion to it, she’s by no means overtly addressed the “unhappy boat picture” second in her music… till now.
On the just-released re-recording of the album, 1989 (Taylor’s Model), the all-new vault observe “Is It Over Now?” incorporates a reasonably apparent nod to the alleged incident with the lyrics, “Blue gown / On a ship / Your new woman / Is my clone.” (Followers have additionally identified that the latter half of the lyric looks as if a companion or response to Kinds’ tune “From the Eating Desk,” which incorporates the lyrics, “Awakened the woman who regarded identical to you / I virtually mentioned your identify.”)
“Is It Over Now?” is a breakup tune from the attitude of a narrator questioning precisely when a doomed relationship ended (whereas additionally getting in a couple of good jabs on the ex, naturally). It appears to incorporate a number of different references to Kinds, including that infamous alleged snowmobile accident in 2012, lending credence to the idea that it may very well be in regards to the former couple and their ill-fated journey to the Caribbean — and by extension, sure, that sadly hilarious picture.
If “Is It Over Now?” is a vault observe new to most listeners’ ears, it was technically written again across the time the remainder of 1989 was. Swift and Kinds have since moved on. They appeared to haven’t any bad blood after they have been seen chatting it up and applauding one another on the 2021 Grammys, after which fist-bumping on the 2023 ceremony, a lot to followers’ delight. The 2 globe-conquering pop stars would in all probability snicker about all of it as we speak.
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