Taylor Swift.
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesA Swiftie has apparently solved a clue Taylor Swift‘s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, and received a “thumbs up” from the singer herself.
Patty Eminger, a popular internet personality, took to Instagram with a theory while listening to the album’s first track, “Fortnight,” after its April 19 release.
“The first lyrics of the first song on the album ‘Fortnight’ mirror the last song midnight,” he explained. Eminger pointed to the final lyric in “Hits Different,” which closes a bonus version of Swift’s 2022 album, in which she sings, “Is that your key in the door / Is it OK?” / Is it you ? / Or have they come to take me away?”
Meanwhile, the first lyric of “Fortnight” reads: “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me.” Swift liked the post and apparently supported speculation about a connection between the two songs.
“The album is pure madness and I heard someone describe it on Meth as ‘Tolerate It’ and I thought, ‘Perfect, exactly what I wanted,'” Eminger concluded with a laugh.
Fans rushed to Eminger’s comments section to celebrate Swift’s interaction with his post. “Taylor Swift liked this 😂👏🙌!! You did it 😂,” one person wrote. Another added: “If Taylor Swift liking this doesn’t validate you, I don’t know what will 😂 You got the trophy for pointing this out!”
The singer appeared to nod to her previous work in other parts of her new album, including the song “So Long, London.” Rumor has it it’s her ex Joe Alwynthe title contains the text: “I finally stopped cardiopulmonary resuscitation, it’s no use.” These words seem to refer directly to similar texts from the midnight Bonus track “You’re Losing Me,” which says, “I can’t find a pulse, my heart won’t start anymore / For you because you’re losing me.”
Many fans speculated that much of Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, would be inspired by her breakup with Joe Alwyn — and they weren’t entirely wrong. While less of the album appears to be devoted to her nearly six-year relationship with the actor than some expected, Swift leaves some of the most heartbreaking aside […]
Although there is no confirmation from Swift, a connection can also be made between “But Daddy I Love Him” and “Love Story,” which appeared on the singer’s 2008 album. Fearless. Both refer to star-crossed lovers, with Swift singing, “That you were Romeo, you threw pebbles / And my father said, ‘Stay away from Juliet’ / And I cried on the stairs / Begged you, ‘Please do.’ don’t “go'” in “Love Story”.
In “But Daddy, I Love Him” - which many fans speculate is a reference to Ariel The little mermaid – Swift offers a similar refrain, singing, “‘Stay away from her,’ the saboteurs / protested too much / God knows the words we never heard / Just screaming tires of true love.”