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Date of upload: Oct 27, 2022 ^^
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Thanks for putting this together! :) âĽ
Also, Laura says at the beginning: "Speak not, tired tacky wench, clean!" and later "He tired of her quite [...] swiftly", later Danielle says "Bye, snake".
I feel like this could maybe hint at the order of the rerecordings:
"Speak not" - Speak Now
"Clean" - 1989
"Swiftly" - Taylor Swift Debut
"Snake" - Reputation
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A few more things to mention:
"Evaluator buttons" is a lyric from Speak Now.
And we have the album colored buttons up until album 9, Evermore, but then we have yellow and red for the re-recordings of Fearless and Red. Midnights is obviously midnight blue, and after comes a repeat of purple for Speak Now.
Also, the "1989" floor has a few more nods to that era, just in case the fact that it's floor number 5 wasn't enough. She has the Wildest dreams coat, and her hair/makeup reminded me of the Blank Space music video. Also, when the 'fairy goddess' pulls of her stockings it looks very Ballet-like, and Taylor struggles to be graceful. I saw this as a parallel to the Shake It Off music video because she also tries to do ballet next to all these perfectly graceful ballerinas. And when she's in the glass, you could call it a "marble bathtub," and there was a point where she was mimicking her 1989 era haters who painted a picture of her "crying in her marble bathtub surrounded by pearls." All those aspects are present in that scene, but she's having fun, again mocking the haters.
At the end of the video Long Live instrumental is playing, "fighting dragons with you," which is what everyone was pointing out, but she also has multiple references in her songs to, literally, "being guarded." In Mine, she says "you learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded." And in Long Story Short she says "and we live in peace, but if someone comes at us, this time I'm ready."
Oh, and the intro to the video also makes a joke about her name "quite Swiftly," and there was that same play on words in the dialogue section of the Anti-hero music video. I don't know quite what she's getting at, but that seemed interesting.
(Edit: Thank you to everyone for the likes and comments. It feels so special to have people see and appreciate my ideas. Wishing everyone who reads this a â¨magicalâ¨day!)
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I thought it was cool that she chose Dita Von Teese as the fairy godmother who is this burlesque dancer but also a feminine icon who Taylor has said that she looks up to. And then thereâs the fact that instead of dancing with the prince when she got to the ball she danced with this sorts of feminine goddess, so itâs almost like a reflection like she chose herself in the end.
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Also concerning 1989 TV maybe being released just after Speak Now TV, at the begining of the video, after saying "Speak not" Laura Dern says "Clean", which is a song from 1989
And at the end when Taylor is in the castle and it's zooming out, there are two columns with the birds from the 1989 album cover on them
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So many easter eggs! Also, I know it's a long shot, but I really hope she releases Speak Now (TV) before her 33rd birthday. I know 'Innocent' wasn't intended as a song about self-reflection, but I think with the line '32 and still growing up now' would give a whole new meaning to the song and also fit in with the self-reflection vibes of a lot of Midnights songs. And I am praying we get an Enchanted MV! <3
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I thought the "Exile ends" was counting down until she can rerecord reputation, because she can't start rerecording that one until Nov 2022, so her "exile" of her old albums is over soon. The key represents key to the vault tracks. The castle has a bell like from Haunted, the torches have some "Sparks Fly"ing.
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I feel like there are so many references in this video, and even in listening to the lyrics to, that reference her leaving big machine records. Also everyone told Taylor she didnât write her own songs or she wasnât capable and thatâs what speak now is, she wrote it all on her own. I think if each floor is a different era then itâs important to look at whatâs going on on those specific floors too. Like when she enters the speak now room sheâs by herself⌠reference to it being completely self written. And I got the vibe while watching the video and pairing it with the lyrics⌠that she is saying her exile with BMR has ended and now she can go off on her own and still be bejeweled and glamorous all by herself⌠which really fits into the speak now narrative.
Why is no one else talking about this it seems so obvious!!
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@DemonSmack
1 year ago
I personally feel like the scene where she's in all black and gets covered in gems is a reference to reclaiming her work and each gem represents one if her songs, because they coordinate with the album colors.
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