“and that’s how you’ve changed the song all too well for me”
“love is so short, forgetting is so long”
All Too Well: The Short Film
This is the text Taylor sent to me on Monday, November 19th at 8:57am:
Scott,
I hope this finds you well. Since communication ran dry on our negotiations, I’ve done what I told you I would do and gone out exploring other options. Owning my masters was very important to me, but I’ve since realized that there are things that mean even more to me in the bigger picture. I had a choice whether to bet on my past or to bet on the future and I think knowing me, you can guess which one I chose. I also saw a rare opportunity to effect positive change for a lot of other artists with the leverage I have right now. I know you believe in the same things I do and I’d like to think you would be proud of what I’ve negotiated for in my deal. I wanted to tell you first that I’ll be signing with Lucian. I honestly truly cherish everything you and I have built together and I plan on saying so in my announcement of the new deal. What we accomplished together will be a lasting legacy and a case study on excellent partnerships, and may it continue. I still view you as a partner and friend and I hope you feel the same. Sending you a hug and my most sincere gratitude.
And SO much love,
Taylor
Gosh, Grey November for sure. My gosh. November 19th is haunted for real.
https://www.bigmachinelabelgroup.com/news/so-its-time-some-truth
Fitting for her to release Red TV on that date.
Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating.
Submission: Whether this is true or not, I find it highly suspicious that he says that “her fans are not going to be a problem”, why he is so sure about it? Is he planting the seeds of a rupture? Anyway, very interesting…
I know right now we are in an era where talking about ♠️ brings distress and frustration but I noticed something and I wanted to write it down because I write down my thoughts here.
I want to talk about this sequence which we have all mulled over and discussed at length which has brought much frustration. It’s just stuff I noticed.
The amount of clues sent on each day - if they are accurate - add up to 13. Meaning ♠️ sent a specific number of clues each day during this rollout.
1 on 5/31, 3 on 6/1, 3 on 6/2, 2 on 6/3, 1 on 6/6, 1 on 6/10, 1 on 6/11 and 1 on 6/13
1+3+3+2+1+1+1+1 =13
Then 8 days later ♠️ returns to write it out in sentence form. And in doing so moves the ellipses (...) to before the black heart (...🖤.). The 🖤 was on 5/31 and the ellipses was on 6/10. 11 days apart.
Then we get the last two clues on 6/11 and 6/13
I thought that was something worth mentioning without getting into the meaning of the message.
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When it comes to the “when” of all of this which has brought A LOT of frustration. I still think that the 5 days between the revolution and exonerates represents albums 1-5. Then the two days between exonerates and everyone is two albums which I think would be ts10 then reputation. And the 3 days between Fervent and Revolution represents the three albums Taylor owns: Lover, Folklore and Evermore.
So the order is Lover folklore evermore, 1-5, ts10 and then reputation.
Additionally, ♠️ clues are consecutive days until we get to “free” which makes me think the timing between those clues should be counted as well 3 + 5 + 2 = 10 which could mean 10 albums.
And as an extra tidbit the fact that “exonerate” means “free” (the word it spells in the riddle) makes me think that ts10 is going to be named something like “vindication” or “absolution” that means or represents freedom. This is literally just a thought based on the words.
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Okay now one finally thing - if you will indulge me - I just wanted to point out a lyrical connection to the actual “They Are Free” message that I thought of while listening to Taylor’s from the vault song You All Over Me
“Swore that I'd get out of here/ But no amount of freedom gets you clean”
Even though this is a vault track I think Taylor is really good at finding meaning for her current self in old songs and thus we still get the emotion in her voice when she sings these oldies. So I feel like this idea of freedom is relevant. The idea that you wear your experiences like stains on your skin. You can get out of the dirty situation but some of those stains won’t go away.
They are free doesn’t necessarily mean they are getting out clean.
Again I just like thinking about stuff like this and wanted to share.
@spade-riddles
Don’t worry Bro , Black Tumblr got you and your Sister.✊🏿
Can we find her a donor please ✊🏿🙏🏿
when i felt like i was an old cardigan under someone’s bed you put me on and said i was your favorite 🌼