I mean, it was pretty clear how much more comfortable Taylor is speaking with Caitlin Clark than the likes of BM and the other WAGs.
Goes to show what kind of people she actually gets along with vs playing friends.
You know what I think? Taylor and Karlie would have been out together a LONG time ago if it wasn’t for her father/team/label. Especially with kissgate. She was so, so happy that night. Drunk, yes. But free. And if her team wasn’t such assholes, they would have just let them be. Let them continue on, showing the world the truth.
She regrets not fighting harder. She regrets that THEY took Karlie away from her publicly. And maybe the girls did think it was worth going into a love blackout for a while, especially after the election. Maybe that was their new normal so that they could grow their family in peace. But it came at a cost. Taylor hates what she has to do to hide it, to entertain the fans that refuse to see what she’s been SCREAMING.
So, now, they made this decision to keep giving hint after hint, Easter egg after Easter egg. They’re not that secretive. It probably makes them so happy to be able to do that for themselves and the tiny corner of this fandom that sees them. So, to protect that against the masses, there has to be a showmanship distraction, even if it kills her soul. Because her fans have shown time and time and time again, they only look at the very very surface level of what she’s showing. Not listening to what she’s actually saying.
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Oh . My . God .
Karlie posted a beach view in California as well as herself in a field of Coreopsis Gigantea which are Cali native flowers that are in the daisy family and notably very similar in appearance.
She did this on the anniversary of her and Taylor meeting for the first time ever at the Young Hollywood Awards.....
This is the definition of Kayloring too close to the sun. Happy 4/27 !!! Also know as You Are In Love day aka the Kaylor anthem. (The duration of YAIL is intentionally 4:27 and it is directly connected to Big Sur hence Karlie being in Cali for this)
Hmmm what if…..
You left your typewriter at my apartment
Straight from the tortured poets department
I think some things I never say
Like, who uses typewriters anyway?
But you're in self-sabotage mode
Throwin' spikes down on the road
But I've seen this episode and still loved the show
Who else decodes you?
And who's gonna hold you like me?
And who's gonna know you if not me?
I laughed in your face and said
You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith
This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we're modern idiots
And who's gonna hold you like me?
Nobody, no-fucking-body, nobody
You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate
We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist
I scratch your head, you fall asleep
Like a tattooed Golden Retriever
But you awaken with dread, pounding nails in your head
But I've read this one where you come undone
I chose this cyclone with you
And who's gonna hold you like me? (Who's gonna hold you, who's gonna hold you?)
And who's gonna know you like me? (Who's gonna know you?)
I laughed in your face and said
You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith
This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we're modern idiots
And who's gonna hold you like me?
No-fucking-body, nobody (who's gonna hold you, who's gonna hold you?)
(Who's gonna hold you, gonna know you, won't control you?) Nobody
Sometimes I wonder if you're gonna screw this up with me
But you told Lucy you'd kill yourself if I ever leave
And I had said that to Jack about you so I felt seen
Everyone we know understands why it's meant to be
'Cause we're crazy
So tell me, who else is gonna know me?
At dinner, you take my ring off my middle finger
And put it on the one people put wedding rings on
And that's the closest I've come to my heart exploding
Who's gonna hold you? (Who?) Me
Who's gonna know you? (Who?) Me
And you're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith
This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we're two idiots
Who's gonna hold you?
You left your typewriter at my apartment
Straight from the tortured poets department
Who else decodes you? (Who? Who?)
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Songwriters: Jack Antonoff / Taylor Swift
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Opinions have been varied on who Style is about, obviously many claim it's about Harry Styles because of their relationship, as well as Dianna because of her James Dean photoshoot.
Even though I knew of Karlie's James Dean photoshoot on Dec 2012, I was still on the fence since the lyrics is talking about the cycle of intense love, crashing down, and coming back to the same person. So if they just met, how can this be about her, right?
However, since Taylor's clues have pointed to the timeline being a public narrative, such as:
First introduced by Bevan with Emma Stone in April 27 2008
Karlie on magazine mentions meeting and talking at the Met 2011 and baking dates
Mentioned Karlie unprompted on her 1st US Vogue Cover (does she do that a lot on print?)
released songs from the rep album such as timeless (confirmed single) and ICSY (sonically/lyrically according to critics) under Speak Now vault (screenshot below)
Karlie wearing an Enchanted gem on her bracelet (come on, how many songs do you have and you picked Enchanted?)
I am inclined to believe they have met longer than the public knows.
Clue # 1 - Style was written and recorded by Feb 19, 2014 while Dianna's InStyle magazine was Feb 2014 and Karlie's was Dec 2012. Not definitive but it's a start.
Clue #2 - might be the most obvious one yet and it's in the lyrics
"You got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirt"
Both had the slicked back hair, only Karlie has worn a white t-shirt.
Clue #3 - "And I got that red lip classic thing that you like"
from Vogue 73 questions - she rarely wears red but sure it's favorite
Clue #4 - Walking to Style during VSFS 2014 as the King and Queen of chess and Taylor recreating this moment every eras tour?
Clue #5
I mean, can't be a coincidence, right?
A few times in between Karlie was allegedly with Leigh or Toni while Taylor we know has had a few flings as well.
Lyric parallels
"So it goes" is such an iconic line for them and I believe that Taylor has purposely made it a title in one of the rep songs for a reason
There are 13 "so it goes" in the song including the title
"'round and 'round" - While the YAIL reference sounds a perfect callback to the 1st VSFS it could also refer to them circling each other, chasing each other like cat and mouse (Paper Rings), being on different sides of Atlantic (Come back, be Here)
and how many times have we heard Karlie with the phrase "never go(es) out of style"? - this year alone she said it twice while being interviewed.
let me know what you think
God, I love Karlie Kloss so much.
Eat my shorts, haaaters.
It’s happening again. The last time we were here was April 2019 when ME! Was released on Lesbian Visibility Day. Back in 2019, she had Dear Lover billboards up and now she has the billboards up saying “it’s happening again” in the same place, because she wasn’t clear before, but now she’s on her way to making it loud and clear for those who ignored her time and time again. 🥲
https://twitter.com/TheSwiftSociety/status/1781083651976905067
Thank you for this tie-back Anon!!
“It would be career su*cide if her fans found out that she lied about everything so why would she do that? She’s obviously straight and y’all are delusional freaks”
Oh you mean like: “what if I roll the stone away, they’re gonna crucify me anyway…”
You mean like “Combat, I’m ready for combat”
You mean like “I can show you lies”
You mean like “I’d rather burn my whole life down than listen to one more second of all this bitchin’ and moaning / I’ll tell you bout my good name, it’s mine alone to disgrace / I don’t cater to all these vipers dressed in empath’s clothing”
You think those are just songs about being in your 30s and not being allowed to date a man / a man not loving you back? That’s wild.
TTPD is such a great song in that I do agree it’s from Karlie’s perspective and it’s all about her bringing Taylor back down to earth. Taylor, as a creative person, feels her emotions strongly, doesn’t forget anything, and seems to fall into fantasy to escape her reality—a defense mechanism many of us who have had difficult childhoods recognize as life saving in many ways
Taylor is now an adult though, and this song seems to give us the perspective that Karlie has to lovingly be like GIRL get it together—“you’re not Dylan Thomas I’m not Patty Smith, this ain’t The Chelsea Hotel we’re modern idiots” is such a gorgeous line that I believe speaks to Karlie trying to get Taylor to stop romanticizing the past / her own trauma and to just work through it
As an artist myself, I absolutely was worried at one point that working through my own traumas would make me less creative, less able to make expressive art—this song made me realize maybe Taylor has some of those fears as well *hence* we are still here in the Land of Bearding in 2024 and Karlie’s like Bitch Please I’m here and I’ll always be here to help