Things I Want Erased From My Memory:

Have you see the video of Karlie almost saying “ex?”

Yessss

"wb is joe" - this claim is disputed.

this is gonna be really long. don’t say i didn’t say i didn’t warn ya.

ok, before talking about wb, let’s talk about nils sjöberg because i’ve seen some people claiming that he was registered as swedish and other people asking if this is real. i just think it’s funny how some people keep saying that nils sjöberg was registered as a swede, but no one shows any evidence to prove it. 

so let’s take a look of all these things, shall we?

taylor used a swedish name but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was registered with swedish citizenship. btw, the fact that she used a swedish name was really clever if you ask me because it diverted the attention from the songwriter’s identity and if it weren’t for calvin and all that drama, i bet the pseudonym would still be preserved today. 

and why it was clever? well, sweden is the third largest music exporter in the world, behind only the usa and the united kingdom. some of the biggest bands we know are from there: abba, roxette, the cardigans. and there are several more current artists in pop and alternative taking their place in the sun, such as robyn, tove lo, lykke li, zara larsson, icona pop, etc. some of the biggest names as producers and composers in pop music are swedish, like max martin, which is the producer with the most #1 hits on billboard for the past 50 years. sweden is also well known for having a lot of edm artists. two of the main streaming platforms are also swedish: spotify and soundcloud. sweden literally shape the pop music. it’s a fact. but that’s beside the point….

so first things first: let’s go back to 2016 and look at the prints about nils sjöberg that have survived time

this is the ASCAP page showing the credits for the composition. however, it doesn’t show the citizenship. because ASCAP, as well as BMI for example (but there are others too), are a Performing Rights Organization (PRO). they collect public performance royalties as stipulated by the U.S. Copyright Act and distributes them. they also ensure that all locations playing music have a license to do so. so, basically they make sure you’re getting paid.

this is what the BMI page looked like right after taylor ditched the pseudonym (7/18/16):

observation: calvin was associated with ascap. taylor was associated with BMI. that’s why we can see it in both sites.

now, let’s see how it looks in 2020 on both sites:

if you look for it in ASCAP, you’ll get this:

and this is the current BMI page:

still no details about citizenship or any other details on either site as these sites are not the copyright database. THIS is the copyright office online database:

as we can see, the catalog only shows the updated version of the record, when she ditched the pseudonym. so, we don’t know how what it was like before, under nils sjöberg.

BUT what we do know is that when you register the copyright of a song, you don’t necessarily need to put along your real name, you can register it as anonymous, a pseudonym or a pen name, but you still need to give your citizenship or your domicile.

for example this is how shellback is registered in black space and in dancing with our hands tied.

registered as a pseudonym (he even gave his real name although he was not obligated to), but his citizenship is from sweden. max martin and oscar holter are also under swedish citizenship, even though they’re not under a pseudonym.

so let’s check on our one and only, william bowery:

as we can see, in public records william bowery is listed as an american citizen. and yes, joe could have dual citizenship etc, but for that he’d have to live in the united states for certain period (at least five years, and not have been absent in this period for more than six months) and it’s widely known and publicized out there that he still lives in london with his parents. and even if they were married (they’re not), it’s necessary that the marriage is already at least three years old and the applicant has not been out of the country for more than six months, in addition to being in the country for at least 18 months.

so if he’s not an american citizen and he’s supposed to be william, the public record should show him registered as a british citizen. that american citizenship doesn’t fit the story at all.

since the release of evermore, i’ve kept an eye on the copyright site to be able to check the new entries on wb there, however the site is apparently outdated and only the betty and exile records appear under “william bowery”. and before you all ask me, there is nothing registered under joe’s name either. there is also no new entry for evermore in taylor’s name, not even jack, justin or aaron. is really outdated. the reason? idk, probably with the pandemic it’s taking longer to update the database -which is totally understandable-, for example, i can’t find some other new realeses too, like wonder by shawn mendes or plastic hearts by miley.

anyway, so i checked BMI and william bowery appears as a songwriter there, but remember that BMI is just an organization that takes care of the royalties, licensing etc, so it doesn’t show details of the authorship. but the credits appear along with betty and exile, which means that it’s the same william from folklore and not another with the same name. and if it’s the same from folklore, it means that his citizenship is the same too: american — as we already saw in the copyright register print up there.

here’s some prints: 1) all songs listed under “william bowery” 2) champagne problems, as an example from evermore 2) exile, as an example from folklore

the only site that mentions joe’s name as a songwriter, is genius. however, just like wikipedia, anyone can edit information on genius. so this claim is literally disputed by official sources.

in conclusion:

nils sjöberg being registered as swedish doesn’t make sense. the pseudonym was just ditched. and last time i checked, taylor was not swedish. then, according to copyright rules, nils would have been registered as an american. it’s mathematics luv.

as far as i know, lying and giving false information on a copyright record (or any other official document) is illegal. therefore, unless you believe that taylor would really commit some kind of felony, the only explanation that exists here is: william is not joe alwyn.

whoever “william bowery” is, is an american.

and why would it be necessary to keep the pseudonym “william bowery” in evermore when supposedly his true identity had already been revealed before evermore was even released? what is so controversial about joe alwyn, a white boy, that he’d need to hide? make it make sense.

@theprologues @iwanthermidnightz i’m tagging you guys because i know you get a lot of asks about this, so i hope this helps in some way :)

i’m sure someone can provide a better quality screenshot, but i’m pretty sure she’s holding a spade card at 6:51 👀

Ohhh KK grabbing lunch with Ryan Reynolds makes total sense now. Their wives were busy directing and filming a music video together, parts of it in their NYC home. so they probably figured why not hang out with each other till their wives have time for them 😂🤪🤡

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I swear this song is like an onion, as you peel off the layers and deeper you go, there are more connections and meanings, profound implications, and complex emotions, especially if you play around with the point of view..

For instance, as per Taylor (writer), the narrator (presumably her partner) of the song unambiguously endured pain and suffering as a result of being with her through the darkest nights. The lyrics “And if I would've known how many pieces you had crumbled into / I might have let them lay” and then “How sharp the pieces were you'd crumbled into / I might’ve let them lay”, repeated twice, suggests the writer’s anxiety and guilt about damaging the narrator, and if the narrator also wonders whether the damage by association was worth it? One the flip side, the line could imply the narrator’s doubt about their value to Taylor in those darkest nights, if their support helped or worsened the situation (might have let them lay, so left things as they were) because it appears Taylor’s anxiety continues to be an impediment in their relationship. And with the word choice of sharp, the narrator is admitting to being cut by those pieces, otherwise how else would they know how sharp they were..the more I listen to this song,m the more I’m-🥺😭🤯

Excuse me but a big swiftie IG user(evermoreontour), who seems to have inside info a lot of the time (I’ve been following them for several months) posted the f-ing pic KK posted for her birthday I 2016, the ft call pic, and wrote “I can see the end as it begins, my one condition is, say you’ll remember me”

Why are you convinced it’s about Abigail? There are so many references that leads back to Taylor and a certain 6’2 sunshine/ giraffe.

“Honey when I’m above the trees, I see this for what it is. But now I’m right down in it, all the years I’ve given” and “Please picture me in the trees, I hit my peak at seven feet. In the the seing over the creek, I was too scared to jump in”. First few lines of Happiness and Seven, seems like the end and start of the forest and trees that tie them together going full circle.

“Showed you all of my hiding spots, I was dancing when the music stopped” - seems like a reference to I Know Places and Dancing with our Hands Tied during Peak Kaylor

“From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind” - seems like a reference to Dress and New Years Day (her midnights) which we think is for a certain 6’2 sunshine

“I can't make it go away by making you a villain. I guess it's the price I pay for seven years in heaven.” — seems to be a reference for her public ex-BFF hated by swifties who’s also a VS ANGEL

I’m sure there are many more references to the two but above are the glaring ones. I wish it was for Abigail too, given her timely breakup as well but there are TOO MANY KAYLOR references in Happiness. Us Kaylors, used to say her real story is in her songs regardless of what she strategically says to market her albums.

How are you objectively convinced it’s about Abigail despite all of these references? I am genuinely asking.

Because my recollection is that Taylor said it is about a breakup that one of her friends went through. And days after that we learned that Abigail was getting a divorce. It fits their relationship of seven years.

And, Taylor is still with Karlie so it doesn’t fit for her to write that about them.

hey swifties can we talk about the lover house

specifically about the room leading up to the reputation attic, boxed in by ts5, 6, and 7

with soft and folksy clothes

dare i say, cardigans?