From the Nest of the Two Bit Birds Podcast – Bargaining (Taylor Swift Grief Series)

What’s up, Flockers? Welcome back to the third installment of our deep (possibly too deep?) dive into Taylor Swift’s five stages of grief and heartbreak playlists. Today, we hit Bargaining—aka the stage where we try to make cosmic trades for closure and maybe spiral just a little.

Me and Simone already recapped Denial and Anger (Joe Alwyn erasure, anyone?) and then fully lose it over Bargaining bangers like The Great War and The Archer. We theorize about affairs, dissect lyrics like we’re in a Swiftian seminar, and probably say too much about our personal lives.

Is Taylor a romantic? Did Joe cheat? Did Taylor cheat? Is “Mr. Perfectly Fine” the sneaky transitional track between rage and regret? Should we all get “Renegade” tattoos? We don’t know—but we feel it.

This episode has:

• Literal grief counseling via Taylor Swift lyrics
• Wild theories and even wilder emotional flashbacks
• 10 pages of notes, Diet Coke, and delusion
• An impassioned plea for someone to sponsor our trip to The Grove
• And a strong case for calling yourself a Renegade Flocker™

Are we in our Bargaining Era? Absolutely. Are we okay? TBD.

New here? Go back and listen to Parts 1 & 2—unless you like emotional whiplash.
Next up: Depression. (Yay?)

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