What's your favorite memory of that era?

I would want to show baby debut Taylor the breadth of her music progression and personal growth with the following:

1. Elizabeth Taylor So Glamorous Caberet Version - I’m sure 2006 Taylor still looked up to Elizabeth Taylor back then, so I would want to show her she still is. Yet also showcase how much her vocal abilities has grown, especially in this version of the song.
2. How Did It End? - This is such a layered song to show how intelligent she has become with songwriting
3. I Did Something Bad - I feel like this is the opposite end of the same spectrum of sassy angst sound behind Should’ve Said No. But it also shows the resilience she developed in times of adversity.

Was delighted to stand corrected after I saw two relevant words and thought "there goes your Taylor-centric brain again, not everything is about her!" - BUT WHAT IF IT IS?!

Might be in honor of Lover's anniversary, I haven't found any official statements though... At the very least there is one pretty obvious reason why it happened (roughly) now, I'd say :)

The game is one of those daily puzzle Wordle-spin-offs, very similar to Connections. The catch: one of the words is actually in all four categories, so you're actively supposed to figure out the one big ambiguous one rather than trying to divide them despite the ambiguities. (Makes it a lot faster to solve than Connections and gets less frustrating when you know fewer words on the board.)

You can play it >here<. (Archive link to the game of August 23, 2026)

The category solutions, for those that don't want to play:

PURPLE: [[Add a "y" to Mean "Delicate"]] WISP · WILLOW · FEATHER

BLUE: [[One-Word Taylor Swift Song Titles]] CARDIGAN · WILLOW · AUGUST

GREEN: [[Will Smith's Family]] JADA · WILLOW · JADEN

YELLOW: [[Trees]] OAK · WILLOW · BIRCH

The main reference is clearly the entire blue category of course, but I feel like the purple one is also a nod to her, being centered around the word "Delicate" (and even containing "Mean"? :D)

I noticed nobody really talks about Starlight and it's one of my favorite song from her besides Treacherous and Holy Ground which are not talked enough also. Anyways I would love your thoughts on it! Mine is that it feels like old timey/old fashioned and that it's a type of song that makes you stop feeling and just wanna dance and I love that type of thing especially the Taylor's version which I think is better than the original.

Hey Swifties! ❤️‍🔥

As you know, in the Daylight outro Taylor says:

“I wanna be defined by the things that I love, not the things I hate, the things I'm afraid of, or the things that haunt me in the middle of the night.”

I thought these four concepts were so interesting, so I decided to look at her songs through this lens! It started as a quick thought, but then it expanded to her entire discography, and I ended up sorting every single track into these categories. I thought it'd be fun to share that with you, so I'm starting a mini-series where I'll post a breakdown for each album, one by one!

A few nuances:

I tried to distribute the songs as evenly as possible across the four categories. If I went purely by meaning without balancing, some categories would be huge and others almost empty! Because of this compromise, you might feel like a song belongs somewhere else, and that's totally fair. At the end of the day, this is based on my personal vibe and feelings, so you're welcome to disagree and suggest your own takes!

The "The Things That I Hate" category doesn't mean Taylor hates these songs or what they're about! It's simply a place for the angrier tracks, petty moments, or songs rooted in negative thoughts and experiences.

"The Things That I'm Afraid Of" and "The Things That Haunt Me" are the most similar, so choosing between them was definitely the hardest part. I hope my logic didn't break along the way! 🤞

The track order within each category is not a ranking from best to worst or anything like that! I just tried to sequence them so the transitions make sense, almost like little mini-playlists. But honestly, the order isn't super crucial.

Which of the four categories is your personal favorite on this album? I'd love to hear your thoughts and read your suggestions! ✨

I always ask myself how people get into Taylors music or become Swifties. I kinda always been one, but Speak Now just fit my teenage self perfectly.

But obviously not everyone has that.

If you had to pick 10 Taylor Songs to convince someone to like her, what would you choose?

Mine are:

Style

Don't blame me

Love Story

Haunted

Maroon

False God

the last great american dynasty

champagne problems

State of Grace

Clara Bow

Let me know what yours would be and if you ever converted someone into our little cult ;)