Okay I gotta ask because I keep seeing this phrase here and on Twitter too. What is yellow brick road in connection to Taylor? I’m new to this side of the fandom and would be grateful if you explain it. Thanks!
I would love to! So as we know the yellow brick road has direct connections to Dorothy. And in queer history we coined the term Friend of Dorothy as a way to say you are queer because the Wizard of Oz as a whole is extremely queer coded.
When evermore released, we got the song Dorothea and all of us knew Taylor's intention behind that was a nod to "friend of Dorothea". This became the overarching term besides gaylors that we began using for the community! Then a well known gaylor that Taylor has interacted with before, Tess, made a whole podcast called friends of dorothea.
This only encouraged Taylor to incorporate friend of dorothy more into her art! That's when we got things like the Karma MV where she is dressed as dorothy and she is walking the yellow brick road on the screaming color side rather than the dark gloomy "all you want is grey for me" side.
We also then got the mashup of it's nice to have a friend x dorothea when Taylor chose to sing "It's nice to have dorothea" as in it's nice to have a friend of dorothy! Dorothea being Karlie.
So flash forward, if you go to Taylor's instagram she has developed a consistent pattern where for the entire left side of her posts she is dressed in yellow. Not only that, but she is getting closer and closer in distance as the posts continue. All of this currently leading up to her pinned where she is holding the screaming color book, and the TTPD all you want is grey for me vinyl.
This is seemingly a direct reference to the Karma friend of dorothy visual. (Which btw in the MV is depicted as a book with 2 sides)
The purpose? Because at the end of the yellow brick road is the Wizard, where dreams come true. But as we know in the movie, the Wizard is a facade. And the curtain gets pulled revealing the truth....
So it is believed that Taylor is pointing to the fact that she is nearing the end of her Brand facade. And she is going to pull the curtain, revealing everything, and step into the daylight emerging as Taylor the person only!
In short, the yellow brick road is the road to her true freedom. And she is letting us know that she is almost done walking it!!!!
it gets even more interesting since someone pointed out that players are not allowed to leave hotel on away game☺️ so why lying ? 😃
The “red flags” that will be found/said in hindsight when Tayvis break up:
“Everything was always about him, he didn’t let her bejeweled”
“You know, he never followed her on instagram”
“He paraded her around when she’s always said she liked to keep her romance private” (this one will be my personal favorite after the flip on Joe)
“I bet he yelled at Taylor like he yelled at his coach during that one game”
“Oh my god do you remember the ICDIWABH skit? What if Taylor was trying to tell us he was controlling her in the relationship?🥺”
“She went to all of his games with custom merch and he couldn’t even wear an eras t shirt?”
“She really can do things greater than dating a boy on the football team 🥹”
Bonus: “Do you remember all those sad mashups in June? She was telling us all along!”
@thegayloragenda and @roamertv inspired this list 🥰
september 19, 2014 | ten years ago
taylor swift performed ‘i knew you were trouble’ at the iheartradio music festival
“and the saddest fear comes creeping in that she never loved me, or her, or anyone, or anything”
The more I see of Karlie Kloss the more I understand why there are seven albums about her
in case no one remembers taylor included herself as part of the LGBTQ community (2016 GLAAD awards) 😃
the next chiefs games being at SOFI stadium🤭 take me back to august 9,2023🤭💌
She gives so many signs…..
In this interview Taylor (in a bi coloured flannel no less!) mentions that the most deeply coded Easter eggs were saved for tour….
Just gonna leave these here for the record….
I'm not trying to say anything, but did you guys know this was released AFTER Karlie showed up at The Eras Tour?
im not saying anything 🤷♀️i just think it’s interesting
how do you listen to this and not think karlie kloss at the eras tour 3 weeks postpartum ??
i saw this on tiktok and decided to post it here...so you are telling me that #83000 is MAROON ? this woman never stops 8/3
I don’t think this was discussed enough.
“Kaptain”Kimby ( Karlie’s sister) made this post to her story on IG during NYC Fashion Week.
The post which she deleted after about 30 minutes makes reference to 2 things. NYC and a boomerang.
Most people probably just thought she was telling us she was going to Fashion Week with her sister but Kimby was not in NY that week. So what could she have been hinting at?
The location she was as referencing was obviously NYC and what do boomerangs do? They come back around. They return to their thrower. They return home.
Karlie has been in NYC since the beginning of September and has been seen out this week as well.
And who else was in NYC during Fashion week ?
Taylor
and she’s also been in NYC this week from what I’m hearing. Taylor was spotted getting into a car in NYC on Thursday 9/19 and not hanging out in KC.
What are you trying to tell us Kimby ?
The la la la of it all?
it’s just 🥹
i miss it when they were so painfully obvious :(
all info compiled from:
http://www.agcwebpages.com/BLINDITEMS/MAINPAGE.html
The earliest blind item I can find that regarding Gaylor.
Self-explanatory.
Karlie uses Taylor’s credit card to make a purchase.
Karlie was crushed over something.
Taylor had seats for the Michael Kors show that Karlie walked in – she did not show.
A little tidbit from Cara Delevingne.
Karlie and Lorde rumored to be hooking up – mentions of Karlie’s last relationship.
Ruby Rose and Taylor celebrated NYE together at the Calvin Harris concert.
Massive PR planned to oust the rumors of Gaylor.
Karlie involved with someone else.
Another shot for Kaylor? Karlie turns down Miley in hopes.
Taylor finds out Karlie and Kendall have hooked up – and then comes this Instagram post.
Taylor briefly hooks up with Cara.
Why Karlie never spoke.
Taylor wanted to come out but was discouraged by her team.
Here Comes Toe!
Suspicious activity by Joe.
Joe does not attend Abagail’s wedding.
Taylor releases Gorgeous – and PR pushes the Toe narrative.
Joe has plans of his own.
Kaylor reunites. Karlie is overjoyed and knows Gorgeous is about her.
Some PR stunting to push the Toe narrative.
Joe living his best life.
Toe is a safe stunt. This could last.
Indeed, the August 3rddates were not originally in the plan. Taylor announced tour in November 2017.
Threats of revealing Toe is fake.
As we remember, Taylor was eerily silent when Karlie got engaged.
Karlie was never in it.
Karlie and Josh’s relationship is staged.
Taylor allegedly wants distance from Karlie at this point – can’t blame her.
Karlie and Taylor reunite and it is all smiles. That’s when we got this photo.
Some Toe tea.
Taylor sings Speak Now the night after her St. Louis show, where Karlie grew up.
Orchestrating Toe.
Karlie unfollows Joe.
Taylor is heartbroken.
Emma Stone is asked about Joe Alwyn.
Joe can’t answer a damn question about their relationship.
Karlie spends Valentine’s Day with Taylor instead of her new hubby.
PR orchestrates a Toe PDA plot.
Taylor reveals the giant butterfly mural and…
Friendship is officially back on.
The appearance Taylor made at Stonewall? Was supposed to be with Karlie.
Taylor was prepared to come out but didn’t want to do it alone.
Taylor is informed that if she does come out, she cannot be open about her past relationship. This puts Taylor in a position for criticism.
Scooter Braun could not purchase BMR on his own. He received financial backing from Ithaca Holdings LLC, which is backed by the Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group is involved with the shady Kushner family - they helped bail out the Kushner 666 building by purchasing $525 million of retail space (this is no small amount of money). So think... why would Scooter Braun (manager of pop icons Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande) and the Carlyle Group be interested in acquiring a Country music label? The timing of the deal is very important. See evidence:
Rumors had been abound within the Kaylor fandom that Taylor was attending the NYC Pride event on June 30th, and possibly even coming out of the closet then. We expected to see the CSiriano dress make its appearance there, as the designer has suggested in his NYCPride tags- and we were almost positive that Taylor was going to be the one adorned in the rainbow tulle dress. Plus there was the Spade message telling us that she was going to bloom in June. So then, why was Billy Porter wearing the dress, which curiously has a mesh fabric that would be considered a nude tone for light-skinned individuals. Wouldn’t a designer like CSiriano have been carefully picking out these kinds of details? A sheer panel is meant to give the appearance of a lack of textile. Putting a light flesh tone mesh on a proud black man seems counter-intuitive. Unless the dress had originally been designed for Taylor Swift (like CSiriano had essentially confirmed through his instagram likes) and Taylor had to back out of the Sunday plans last minute and decided to give the dress to Billy so that CSiriano’s efforts would not go to waste. See evidence:
Scooter Braun (most likely influenced by the Kushners, and possibly Joshua Kushner himself) was trying to prevent the PR disaster that “Sunshine on the street at the parade” would have caused Joshua Kushner, and so the Kushners were able to get the Carlyle Group to help fund the disgusting BMR acquisition that shook up Taylor’s plans for Sunday.
Despite Scooter being Karlie Kloss’s manager, his actions have been proven over the years to be in favor of Joshua Kushner’s public image rather than Karlie’s. He is an asshole who bragged on his Instagram story about “buying Taylor Swift”. See evidence:
Where does Scott fall into all of this? You can imagine that if people found out that he had recommended (or more likely, forced) the closeting of Taylor Swift, they would be coming for him and BMR. Keeping Taylor Swift in the closet this Sunday was in his favor as well.
Welcome to the House of Cards.
On what planet is it normal for his manager to accompany them on their “double date” ??
Also, exactly this:
Swifties.
I beg of you.
Think about all of this.
It’s. not. normal.
Ok, this is gonna be a long post. But hopefully, this will help you understand this very important piece of Kaylor evidence and explain LSK a bit better too.
PS: I'm new to Tumblr, while doing my research I'll tag those post/blogs but I don't know if there's anything else I should do, let me know!
So all this Love Blackout discourse comes from those Glitch lyrics:
"But it's been 2190 days of out love blackout, the system's breaking down"
First, let's start by looking at what Love Blackout is supposed to mean:
"A suppression of information, especially one imposed on the media by the government"
Interesting... a suppression of information imposed on the medias 🤔
Like not being seen/papped together by the medias??? Maybe.
Knowing Taylor, she wouldn't use 2190, a very specific number, for it to mean nothing would she??
So what does 2190 days means in years? It's 6 years:
Didn't she recently talked about a relationship, 6 years AND the medias recently?:
Yes! In her Lavender Haze Instagram Reel! The same where she talked about that scene in Mad Men 🤔
"If the world finds out that you are in love with somebody, they are gonna weight in on it"
"Like my relationship FOR 6 years"
Funny how she didn't say her relationship OF 6 years.
She wanted to protect the real stuff from media, in the last 6 years.
So if you count the days backward since Midnights release on October 21st 2022 it gives you Octobre 22nd 2016.
The last time Karlie and Taylor were papped together was at Drake's birthday on Octobre 23rd.
But The Love Blackout was not over on Midnights release day.
Taylor and Karlie were still not papped together at an event (they weren't papped at reputation stadium tour, they just posted a picture together). So Midnights release day should count in our calculation. And if you include that day. It ends exactly on Octobre 23rd 2016.
Before taking a deep dive into this Love Blackout, let's take a moment to talk about Octobre 2016.
Because A LOT of important stuff happened that month.
Octobre 11th 2016:
Taylor goes to diner at the Waverly Inn restaurant with Suki Waterhouse, Cara Delevigne and Dakota Johnson.
Later that evening, Suki posts a table cloth with : "It's all part of the f*cking story" written on it and a "K". She deletes it not long after. But us Gaylors have all jumped on it already.
Plus, one of Taylor body guard is papped leaving the restaurant with that Table cloth:
But what story?? What does it all mean??
Let's look at what happened in the days after this event.
I'm sure Taylor had a plan 😉
Octobre 12 2016:
Taylor goes to the Kings of Leon concert with the same friends and some more.
It's funny because, it's at this very concert, that Taylor is rumored to have started her relationship with Joe.
Are you starting to see the "f*cking story" they were talking about??
Soure iwanthermidnightz : https://iwanthermidnightz.tumblr.com/post/615953412601823232/in-conclusion
Octobre 13th 2016:
The next day. On a 13th.
Taylor, Karlie and Serena Williams go out at the Bowery Ballroom.
Yes. Yes, this combination of names is suspicious 🤔
So we have established that counting backward from Midnights release and including Midnigths release day. We have Octobre 23 2016.
This was Drake's birthday party and Taylor attended with Karlie:
The article was published the next morning
In fact, it's the last time ever that they both were papped at an event together: (Love Blackout)
Two important Kaylor Lore came from that Party:
Golden tattoos "made your mark on me, a golden tattoo"
The Third Polaroid
If we follow the Love Blackout definition : "A supression of information imposed on the media"
We can stop there, everything makes sense, the song ties back to Karlie, that moment and everyone is happy.
But what if there's more to this?
corneliastvendor did an incredible find: https://kwyw.tumblr.com/post/711447685996167168?is_related_post=1
(I also use picture of their post here)
Stay with me on that one and I swear this will all make sense!
Plus there's a lot to unpack after this.
In Glitch, there's the lyrics: "Nights are so stary, blood moonlit"
Blood moon is a lunar eclipse.
There is even a bloodmoon the Glitch Official Lyrics Video:
And when was the last lunar eclipse following Midnights release?
source: corneliastvendor
On Novembre 8th 2022.
If we count the days backward where does it lead us?
source: corneliastvendor
It leads to Novembre 9th 2016.
Karlie and Taylor last event that they attended together (except reputation) is Lorde's birthday on Novembre 7th 2016.
On Novembre 7th Taylor posted this picture:
And Karlie posted the same picture the day after on Novembre 8th:
It's the last post about them attending an event together (beside reputation).
The presidentatial election also happenened on Novembre 8th 2016, and Trump was elected... (I believe this is important).
So the last post of them at an event together is on Novembre 8th 2016. Wich means that the Love Blackout would have started the day after right?
Exactly 2190 days since the blood moonlit night followingg Midnights release.
And something tells me that this specific date is really important in their story, because here's a screenshot of The Man MV:
The. Exact. Same. Ring. and pose...
Lorde's birthday, is also the first time ever that Taylor wore the Victora Secret Angel Ring.
source: tilynation
I think she wore this ring there, knowing that they won't be seen together after as a way of being able to flag Karlie in the future.
The VS angel ring is really important and Taylor wore it at many significant events:
All the making of videos of reputation
The Call It What You Want scene of Miss Americana
On Decembre 4th 2019 (Kissgate anniversary)
So last post together before they disappear on Novembre 8th 2016, same day as the US elections.
This ties back to those lyrics: "I recall late Novembre, slowly I said, holding my breath. You don't need to save me, but would you run away with me? Yes"
Remember that in Miss Americana, it's Karlie who says "Yes".
During that time, after Novembre 8th 2016, Taylor is mostly in London...and so is karlie.
Decembre 2016:
Taylor spends the holiday at her in-laws in St-Louis.
Taylor is in London.
There's a very interesting entry in her Lover Journal that talks EXACTLY about the Love Blackout:
"I'm essentially based in London, hiding out trying to protect us from the nasty world that just wants to ruin things. We have been together and no one has found out for 3 monts now"
And it is almost words for words her Lavender Haze Instagram Reel....
(Las time they were papped together, in Octobre 2016, Drake's birthday party, 3 months before)
And who was in England during the exact time frame? Karlie!
I believe the picture was posted a couple of days after.
But regardless, this is important because look at the Swans.
And now look at the Lover Merch:
Plus, Karlie did a very cute post that month with Swarovski Swans jewelery:
Refering the Eye Theory while she was at it!!!
Also, Taylor said in the Long Pond Studio Session that she went to The Lake District a couple of years ago.
And in Invisible String we have: "Bold was the waitress on our three year trip Getting lunch down by the lakes. She said I looked like an American singer"
Kaylor anniversary is March 6th 2014. So Jan 2017 is close enough to that anniversary.
Plus, 3 years for Toe would have been in 2019, wich doesn't match the "couple of years" of LPSS...
Jannuary 11th 2017:
Taylor is paped going out of a gym in LA.
It's the first time that she is paped in a couple of months.
And she wears the VS Angel Ring
source: tilynation
In the reputation secret session she explained how she was overwhelmed by this.
"her thought process was less about herself and more about how she could possibly have a normal relationship when this was her life"
Source: https://www.tumblr.com/screamedsooloud/174932790840/i-have-heard-mixed-interpretations-of-dancing-with
She then went directly to the studio and recorded Dancing With Our Hands Tied
She cried for an hour before recording the song.
Thankfully, like the song says after the Love Blackout part is that the system is breaking down.
And we had some glimpse of this with the Twitter "glitch" that made Karlie repost some of her old Kaylor post. Or her facebook being hacked...
I truly hope they are able to be free soon, they deserve it.
“So when I touch down 🛩️ call the amateurs and cut ‘em from the team” // “I came straight from Rome for this”
Taylor Swift in September 2020 talking about how she wanted to tell a sports story.
Taylor Swift in 2024: Publicly dating a man who plays professional football.
oh my gosh I actually might cry looking at the ttpd “in summation” because
The handwriting is cute, right? But wait…
Lovers spend years denying.
In swooping, sloping, cursive letters.
🥹
coughs louder than everyone else* HEY
smiles we haven’t seen in ages 🥹🥹🥹
Taylor did NOT write
"I dream of cracking locks throwing myself to the wolves, or the ocean rocks; crashing into him tonight"
implying that she has two choices: to come out with a secret and be thrown to the wolves, or keep it hidden and it feeling like death to her- and then saying that being with a man is the equivalent of said death-
for you to think Guilty As Sin? is about a straight relationship
but when i walked up to the podium i think that i forgot to say your name
september 13, 2021 | three years ago
karlie kloss attended the 2021 met gala wearing a dress many fans feel inspired taylor’s dress in the ‘i bet you think about me’ music video
Living for the day we hear Taylor sing "her" in a song instead of "you"
I need a gay person to tell Taylor she can’t be straight and also be a friend of Dorothea