We Need to Calm Down: a Taylor Swift Podcast

It has been 6 weeks since the last time we ranked the songs on folklore. After stepping back, listening to other albums, and finally circling back. We've decided to update our rankings once again and dive even deeper into how our rankings have fluctuated over the weeks. We also take a look at some data we surveyed from our friends and analyze their top 5 songs from the album.

Check our rankings and graphs from the episode here: https://www.3philosophers.com/post/wntcd-25

We're back with more folklore! That's right, this week we're back on our song breakdown grind going through track 6: mirrorball. We break down the context around the song, theories about its meaning, and go through the lyrics that really impacted us. Devon also goes through and teaches Joe about the production behind the song.

Again, per the queen herself, please take the time to ensure that you are registered to vote and check out the list of resources Taylor made here: https://taylor.lnk.to/vote.

What? A whole episode not about folklore? The treachery of it all. This week we decide to take a short break from talking about folklore to do an episode we’ve had requests for, breaking down and ranking Taylor’s Bonus Tracks. The girl has been busy making sure we have plenty of extra songs to devour on each of her albums (save for two… you know who you are) and it’s about time we gave them some love.

Also, per the queen herself, please take the time to ensure that you are registered to vote and check out the list of resources Taylor made here: https://taylor.lnk.to/vote.

Of course track 5 gets two episodes! This week, Devon and Joe go “between the lines” to analyze all the lyrics from ‘my tears ricochet’. Devon unpacks the unsurprising “hidden” meaning of the song, relating to the Big Machine/Scooter Braun discography.

On this Thursday song breakdown, Devon and Joe have finally made it to our latest "Track 5" of the new era. Our first Jack Antonoff song! There was so much about this song we split this one in half. This episode we focus on the context of the song, our thoughts on the song, and Devon gives Joe a breakdown of the production and the music behind the lyrics.

In lieu of a marketing campaign, Taylor decided to drop folklore and let the album speak for itself in terms of easter eggs. Well… easter eggs were dropped indeed. In this episode, Devon and Joe analyze all lyrical connections to fellow folklore songs in an entire album lyrical breakdown.

Devon and Joe are back to go over the last(?) chapter of the folklore era. The saltbox house chapter came completely out of left field and we break down a bunch of potential theories (some much better than others) and break down the chapter with most of our favorite songs.

Devon and Joe are back for another Thursday night breakdown. This week we dive into the only collaboration on folklore, exile (feat. bon iver). We jump into some underlying themes in both the lyrics and music, and give some of our theories about the sultry vocals of Justin Vernon, the heartbreaking lyrics, and the cacophonous overlapping singing.

Taylor continues to put out more content than our release schedule can even keep up with! Last week we were given the second chapter to the folklore saga: sleepless nights. Taylor gives us a new way to look at six of the tracks from folklore along with a new track order we have to breakdown. Devon and Joe go through our reactions and thoughts into this new way of viewing some of our favorite songs.

Taylor Swift, queen of the post-release marketing strategy, announced that folklore can be divided into chapters. Devon and Joe dive into the first, the escapism chapter, to discuss how the six songs match this theme, the importance of the order, and speculate what the other chapters could be.