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Katie and Madyson pick apart New Romantics from 1989 with a queer fine-toothed comb, as this is the first Taylor Swift song to directly reference Stonewall (yes, there's more than one). Madyson shares where the term "new romantics" originated from and Katie theorizes about Taylor's ongoing train metaphor. They disprove Genius' lyrics interpretation of the song as "satire", explaining how Taylor is actually celebrating the danger of being young and discovering who you love. While decoding the metaphor of Taylor's "castle", they connect the song to other songs like Holy Ground, Call It What You Want, Willow, and Champagne Problems. Somewhere in the episode, they also outline what a Gaylor nation would look like: a land of lawless heartbreak (basically NYC).