I mean, it’s fairly obvious what she’s talking about. It’s about how much she hates the [expletive deleted] music industry, which essentially made her have to re-record her first six albums in order to be able to get royalties on them*. Twitchy’s daughter gets it: all three of those references involve heroes fighting against implacable foes whose villainy is matched by their competence. Every album rerecorded is thus another middle finger extended in the faces of the forces of Evil. Pretty straightforward, really.
Mind you, the fact that I got it right away, but other people didn’t, means that the real story here is that Taylor Swift is a bit of a nerd**. She should throw in a reference to Faerûn next. Maybe that way we’ll get a sequel to D&D: Honor Among Thieves more quickly.
*Don’t let this happen to you!
**We already knew it also means that I’m weird, and probably immature for grokking the reference. I am under no illusions about myself. I am comfortable with it, too.
#commissionearned
See, she isn’t showing a nerd flag, she is showing that she has actually experienced American movie culture during her lifetime. A nerd flag would be a faerun reference or a black cauldron reference or “I’m turning into a 50 foot worm to save my soul”.
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Honestly, I could see her including that lyric in a future song.
I know very little about her beyond that she’s a famous musician. This ups my opinion of her.
It’s not so much missing the references as it’s not understanding the context.
I had no idea she was in a protracted fight with her label and remastering and rereleasing albums.
She’s thus far managed to remain a top pop star without degrading into a shambling human train wreck or an insufferable bore. That’s worth something.
If you listen to her lyrics, her romantic life has at least a *bit* of trainwreck to it.
On the other hand… well, anyone who decides to go for it at that point really ought to know what they’re signing up for, so I gotta give her props for that.
“Don’t say I didn’t, say I didn’t warn ya”