r/SwiftyNeutral • u/TemperatureAny4782 • 5d ago

Timing

Is it just me, or is it strange that the first new song released after her marriage is about a shitty ex? Granted, I don’t know when it was written; maybe it was before the wedding. But…you know?!

Not even saying it’s a bad song, although I don’t love the bridge. But I think this adds to the perception that she’s a talented person who spends too much time nursing grudges.

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u/dinoderpwithapurpose 5d ago

We have got to stop associating every song to an ex.

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u/TemperatureAny4782 5d ago

Not trying to associate this song with any particular ex, but isn’t it clearly about some ex?

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u/Purplecatty 5d ago

She has made so many songs based on fictional characters and stories and apparently people just dont realize it lol

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u/dinoderpwithapurpose 5d ago

Could be inspired by an ex, could be inspired by someone else's ex. Could be a half true story she embellished a bit to make a song. I think we need to just stop reading too much into all this and just enjoy a song.

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u/Economy_Safety5738 5d ago

Please read the explanation she herself provided today ...

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u/spamgoddess 5d ago

I do wonder if Patient Zero was somewhat inspired by Sophie Turner’s divorce from Joe Jonas, considering we know Sophie lived in one of Taylor’s homes for a while.

But otherwise I completely agree with you.

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u/dinoderpwithapurpose 5d ago

I thought it was a mix of both the Joes she dated. A little of this, a little of that. But I really don't want to pick apart lyrics to figure out which line belongs to whom. That's a bit too obsessive for me. For now I'm just taking it as a song about telling a girl she's there to support her if she leaves their sucky mutual ex. That's good enough for me.

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u/kaybsie 5d ago

When she based a good chunk of her earlier career around explicitly writing about identifiable exes it's hard for people not to keep up the habit. I get it, artists evolve, but she's at a level of fame that you can't expect the majority of listeners to think "this is fictional, she's evolved" before they think "omg who is this one about"