As mostTaylor Swiftfans probably already know, her songwriting tends to be fairly confessional and intimate.
The singer often writes about her own life particularly when it comes to her past relationships.
In 2023,Swift announced that her next re-recordingwould be her 2010 album,“Speak Now.
As it turns out, the “Speak Now” era featured a couple of significant exes for Swift.
The song is about what it would be like if I actually let my guard down.”
“In the end, you realize, was it a flash forward?
Is it something she daydreamed happened?”
“You don’t know, none of us know.
I don’t even know.”
The hidden clue in theliner notesfor the album suggests that the song is about a boy named Toby.
However, Toby Hemingway is also the actor who played her love interest in the music video.
Once again, we don’t know exactly who this song was written about.
However, some fans have guessed that the song was inspired by Jake Owen, a country singer.
At the time, she wrote a gushing blog post about him.
“I’ve had his album on repeat for the past couple of months.. “I’ve got every line memorized.”
And, of course, Owen has the same green eyes that Swift mentions in the song.
Her liner notes include the hint “Tay” which, it seems, is a reference to Lautner.
“Don’t say yes, run away now,” Swift sings.
“I’ll meet you when you’re out/Of the church, at the back door.”
As far as we know, Swift has never crashed a wedding!
However, it turns out this song was inspired by real events.
Then, she one day comes in and tells me he’s getting married.”
Swift apparently asked her friend if she would go to the church to “speak now.”
We now know that the track was written about her relationship with singerJohn Mayer.
The two artists dated briefly before “Speak Now” was released.
There’s constructive criticism, there’s professional criticism and then there’s just being mean."
The clue in her liner notes reads, “CMT Awards.”
Instead, it’s a personal reflection on getting older.
“It’s tricky.
Growing up happens without you knowing it.”
“Never Grow Up” was largely inspired by Swift’s experience moving away from home.
Her liner notes for the track read, “I moved out in July.”
Swift did move in July 2009, relocating to a condo in Nashville.
Enchanted - Adam Young
In “Enchanted,” Taylor Swift sings about a magical first-time meeting.
“I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew/I was enchanted to meet you.”
Music (viaThe Hollywood Reporter).
For one thing, the liner notes spell out the word, “Adam.”
Young himself actually responded to the song.
He then released his owncoverof the song on Valentine’s Day.
Swift then calls her an “actress.”
Swift later backtracked on the song, tellingThe Guardian, “I was 18 when I wrote that.
That’s the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend.
Years later, Belle supported Katy Perry when she tweeted about Swift during theiriconic feud.
In “Innocent,” Swift calls West an “innocent,” taking the higher road.
As she later toldNew York Magazine, “Innocent” was inspired by the incident at the VMAs.
“I think a lot of people expected me to write a song about him.
Another fan even guessed that the song was inspired by the “Twilight” series.
However, according to others, the song is actually about several of her exes.
“Going through a break-up you feel all of these different things.
You feel anger, and you feel confusion, and frustration…
When I was in one of those moments I wrote this song.”
“I write songs about things that I find to be romantic and magical,” she said.
Clearly, Swift’s relationship with her fans and her collaborators is just as magical as her romantic relationships.
Many fans believe that this song was written about John Mayer in the early days of their relationship.
The song is about wishing an ex-boyfriend would “come back” after a terrible fight.
However, the song could be about a number of different people from her past.
The track was re-released on Swift’s album, “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)”.
“Tall, dark and superman/He puts papers in his briefcase and drives away,” the song begins.
Many again believe the song to be about John Mayer.
“Thinking about how Taylor wrote ‘Superman’ about John Mayer LMAO,” wrote one fan onTwitter.
Anotherwrote, “I am so distraught after knowing that Taylor Swift wrote ‘Superman’ about John Mayer.”
Swift has never confirmed whether the song really is about Mayer or not.
This was a guy that I was sort of enamored with.
This song got its title by something that I just said randomly in conversation.
