In our BIG finale of All Songs Anne Boleyn week, there could be no other song to send this Queen of England into her afterlife. Our featured song this week is “My Tears Ricochet” from Taylor Swift’s 2020 Folklore album. Alicia breaks down this haunting, ghostly classic from Taylor’s point of view in the first half, and then switches the focus to Anne Boleyn for the second half. Truly Shakespearean in its themes and imagery, My Tears Ricochet could describe no other than this murdered queen.

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Sources

⁠Rolling Stone: Taylor Swift⁠ (Amazon.com)

⁠Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs⁠, by Annie Zaleski (Amazon.com)

Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets⁠, by Rachel Feder and Tiffany Tatreau (Amazon)

Lyric Version: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWbDJFtHl3w⁠

Long Pond Studio Session: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idjs-hw7Spg⁠

My Tears Ricochet Long Pond Session Interview: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xIm5mALut8⁠

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