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Illicit Affairs is mainly about infidelity, and

mirrorball is Swift self-reflecting on the toxic traits
that stem from her career as an entertainer.
Epiphany is about front-line health care workers
during a pandemic similar to our own as well as
soldiers trying to find peace in their dreams. Hoax

details a toxic relationship and the singer is on the
edge of ending the doomed partnership yet just
can’t seem to let go. My tears ricochet is Taylor

Swift at a funeral for herself with her enemy,
presumably Scooter Braun.
This is me trying includes the themes of
accepting blame for issues in a relationship and
cries for help with mental health. The healing

process of these events is complicated by a sense
of failure, alcohol, fear, and suicidal thoughts.

The narrator is apologizing for the fact that their best at the moment is
seemingly not enough despite the fact that they are fighting a daily struggle for
survival.

Peace is another autobiographical song written to Swift’s boyfriend Joe in
which she wishes that she could give him the peace that life as a celebrity cannot
reconcile with. They have kept their relationship relatively private over the past 4
years, but Taylor fears that she is not good enough for the constant intrusion that

has become Joe’s life. Some fans speculated that this song reveals that Taylor is
pregnant although this turned out to be false.
Finally, the mystery of surprise songwriter, William Bowery, was revealed as Joe
Alwyn, the aforementioned boyfriend. This is especially surprising because Joe has

no musical background and is actually an actor. Swift claims that she walked in on
Alwyn singing the full chorus of Betty as well as playing the Exile piano part.
All in all, Folklore is a well-rounded album with lots of variety yet cohesiveness
in sound and themes. The first listen-through of the album, neither of us liked it, as it

took on a completely unexpected sound and direction. But with every listen, it
became better and we noticed new things to enjoy, causing it to slowly creep to the
number one spot. We predict that it will go down as one of the most iconic pop
culture moments of our time, although only time will tell. We see mature vocals,
top-tier songwriting, and a completely original and fresh tracklist. Folklore is truly

the Album of the Year, if not the decade.

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