In this second installment of the Taylor Swift Playlist of Anne Boleyn, it's time to pull out the anti-Anne song Paper Rings from the Lover album. Alicia feels that Anne gets handed a terrible reputation through history as a scheming homewrecker, but the real story is quite a bit different. This episode takes us from Shrovetide 1522 all the way through the reluctant and rocky courtship of the Henry VIII and this lady of the court, right up to their marriage in 1532.

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Sources

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

Lyric Video: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL3NKbMScco⁠

Live from The Eras Tour: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTYVM-Y1pyM

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