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Dorothea

Dorothea is about a fading relationship between the narrator and an old friend. It references a lot of nostalgia, and makes it clear the narrator would welcome the friend back with open arms. It seems to clearly be about Taylor & Karlie Kloss.

[Verse 1]

Hey, Dorothea, do you ever stop and think about me?

When we were younger down in the park

This is a reference to the Big Sur trip tay & k took, where they stopped in many state parks along the way. This was shortly after they met, and seemed to cement their interest in each other.

Honey, making a lark of the misery

You got shiny friends since you left town

Karlie has been seen with many rich and famous friends, some with lesser morals than others (see icky image below). Many of these “friends” are business connections that are included in the circle due to their money or connections.

A tiny screen’s the only place I see you now

There are a couple of meanings to this line - 1) in pandemic times a lot of loved ones are reduced to an image on tiny screens, as we can only FaceTime with them and not spend real time with them. 2) It could also be a reference to not seeing of talking to someone much, and only seeing them on social media, and keeping up with their life that way.

And I got nothing but well-wishes for ya

However, Taylor doesn’t seem bitter in this song. She’s willing to work things out.

[Pre-Chorus]

Ooh, this place is the same as it ever was

Ooh, but you don’t like it that way

As hinted at earlier in the song, here Taylor indicates that Karlie is the one who has changed and Taylor herself has stayed the same. 

[Chorus]

It’s never too late to come back to my side

The stars in your eyes shined brighter in Tupelo

Tupelo is a town in Mississippi.  Karlie is from St. Louis, which is also a town in middle America, however Taylor already talked about St. Louis in LGAD and she probably figured it would be too obvious to do it twice in six months.

And if you’re ever tired of bеing known for who you know

Karlie’s alleged sister-in-law is Iv@nk@ T*$%# and to the GP she’s married to a Ku$hn3r - so she is closely associated with two high-profile criminal families. Press frequently mentions this relation when reporting on Karlie.

You know, you’ll always know me, Dorothea (Uh-uh)

Dorothea (Ah-ah)

This is interesting because a lot of discussion on tumblr talks about karlie cleaning up the ku$hn3r image, but this twists that idea, focusing on karlie instead and pointing out that because shes always cleaning up someone else’s image, now her own image must be cleaned up, and associating with Taylor would do that.

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, you'rе a queen sellin’ dreams, sellin’ makeup and magazines

This is the most obvious Karlie line, given that she has been on hundreds of magazine covers and ad campaigns, including work for many makeup brands.

Oooh I’d buy anything from you

This line shows Taylor’s love for her, and also has several meanings (like may of these lines). 1) literally she’s saying that Karlie makes the products that she sells look great but 2) she’s also saying that people will “buy it” as in - buy the narrative that Karlie is feeding the GP.

[Verse 2]

Hey, Dorothea, do you ever stop and think about me?

When it was calmer, skipping the prom just to piss off your mom and her pageant schemes

And damn, Dorothea, they all wanna be ya

Karlie has many accomplishments and an incredible career, that makes her life seem enviable…

But are you still the same soul I met under the bleachers? Well…

…but sometimes success changes people, something that Taylor muses on here. Also (this is a bit of a reach) but Taylor frequently uses sun imagery to represent Karlie, making “soul” a fun little word play - “sol” means sun in mythology and in many different languages, so she’s asking if the current life Karlie is living gives her the same energy and joy as she had when she first met Taylor.

[Pre-Chorus]

Ooh, I guess I’ll never know

Ooh, and you’ll go on with the show

This line has two meanings, first being that Karlie is in many fashion shows every single year. The second being that the complicated bearding love triangle is a “show” in and of itself - it’s make believe and it’s for other people to see and be entertained by.

[Chorus]

[Outro]

I'm bored and have nothing to do so

Let's go in bullet points like they did

Lavender Marriages, in which one or both partners are homosexual and are married to hide sexuality. Not a new thing at all and is confirmed to still be happening.

Scooter- Karlie signed a contract with Scooter in 2015, a whole year before Scooter bought Taylor's masters and their fued began. Knowing the type of person Scooter is, he would want to hurt Taylor. What would hurt her more than having to watch as her own fans ripped the woman she loves apart for "betraying" her? So why wouldn't he force Karlie to be seen with him or post with him when he fully could?

Joe- Joe Alwyn is an aspiring actor. Playing boyfriend to the biggest popstar in the world skyrockets his career and he doesn't even have to do much. He doesn't want Taylor's love, he wants her fans and in return she gets to be with Karlie without anyone else's input.

Miss Americana- The "Joe" montage lasts approximately 5 minutes, she doesn't say his name or even use male pronouns. It's not very hard to run into someone's arms. We also have no proof he filmed any of that besides maybe? The hand bit. But again, very easy to fake shit like that. Karlie also attended a Reputation show and she actually knew the words.

Joe Leaving His Life Behind- You're right, I don't believe Joe left his ordinary life behind to hide Kaylor. Because he didn't, he left that life behind to be famous. He was an aspiring actor not really getting the roles he wanted, and suddenly here comes a golden opportunity, a chance to be skyrocketed to fame.

Joe's Family- I cannot stress this enough, yes. Bearding is tricky and to sell the relationship, you unfortunately sometimes have to drag families into it.

Taylor's Fake Stories- Again very simple answer, yes. Just like all her other stories about old boyfriends, fake. You think Taylor can make a whole album of fictional stories but not this?

Taylor's Usage of "He" in Her Songs- Wow how could I possibly ever figure this one out, it's just so complicated. It's not like you can switch pronouns easily. Oh wait yes you can, and in some of her songs, it actually works better.

Taylor's Songwriting- No one is saying her songs through Debut to Lover are all fictitious. Some are definitely are satirical but other than those and the male pronouns, Taylor is probably the most honest through her music. But Taylor is amazing regardless of all this. No matter her sexuality we will support her.

Alrighty well, I had fun.

this coney island analysis though, i’ve never heard this perspective before 😭

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRuwJRFG/

This is very interesting and explains a lot. Thanks for sharing!

the sad post

okay friends - I’ve been putting off making this post since evermore came out, but i think the time has come. I think, that in the same way we’ve gotten kaylor clues for years, we’ve now also gotten clues about their break up. I don’t think this means that they’re over forever, necessarily, but it does seem like things aren’t good right now and their dynamic has changed significantly.

1 - unlike lover and folklore we did not get a teaser from karlie for evermore. For the Lover announcement we got a Karlie count down that you can see here. Then, Karlie’s last post before the Lover release looked suspiciously like the album cover:

it was even MORE obvious with folklore - where she posts a video of her dancing in the woods in a cardigan 13 days before the folklore release (remember - literally no one knows this album is going to drop!!!)

AND karlie posted this other tribute to the album the day that it was released.

However, when evermore was released we didn’t get any indication or tribute from Karlie. She was in the midst of her Adidas drop and all of her posts were promo for that.

2 - Taytaysbeard (the ultimate kaylor blog) was deleted. This comes as a HUGE red flag to me. Yes, there were haters, who likely were reporting ttb and being ridiculous - but the haters were always there. it was a big red flag to me that ttb got shutdown two days before evermore came out because a) there had never been a problem before that - why bother shutting it down now? what changed?and b) I think that the album evermore was so obviously queer that their teams knew if people could go on the internet and find such a large, informative resource that it would out both of them, so they needed to erase it.

3 - Almost all of the songs on evermore are about divorce or not being with the person you love. We’ve always said the the truth is in the music - and this is a very very sad break-up album. It’s been so easy to do analysis because I feel like what shes trying to say is so clear. The only song that is not explicitly about a divorce/break-up is long story short, but even that is about a whole bunch of break-ups until the post-chorus and bridge.

4 - this one kills me. I will be doing full analysis on both these songs later - but the album name in and of itself is letting us know that it is the end of the road with karlie. taylor has used the word evermore once before in a song - in New Years day. this song is a clear kaylor song - reference to the polaroids, talking about the pages of a love story like in Cornelia street, and the general concept of being there even when they’re being normal people, not celebs. 

In NYD she says “Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor/You and me forevermore” - yet this could be re-read as “you and me for evermore”. This is so devastating, because in the first reading (the original intention), Taylor is saying that her and karlie will be together forever. however, in the second reading, Taylor is saying that her and karlie were together until the album evermore came out. this is so sad and beautiful and genius!

Im.. Soft 🥺🥺🥺

cr. 

Kimby Kloss (or Karlie tbh) liking a folklore meme?! What more do people need?

I just saw this... very fucking loud if you ask me. Besides all the BIG SUR pictures she posted yesterday!

but why would taylor write 'he's so tall' about a man because she's already tall so most guys are her height anyway (unless the guy is like really really tall) but it's wayyyy more likely that she would write that about a 6'2 woman who is way taller than anyone she's dated before, so therefore the height of this woman is enough to comment on. right? it's sort of similar to the argument of 'it's new, the shape of your body' not being about a guy

In conclusion:

Remember how Karlie would always wear flats around Taylor in high heels so they would be around the same height? 😭

Juuuust wondering...

Did the similar exposed brick-front backdrops less than a day apart make anyone else chuckle?

Lol no just me. Okay cool lol

folklore as an old storybook

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