Expectations [TS: Perspectives Albums 10/11/12]

  

 I'm Testing out this theory that there is a song in each of the 'Multiple Taylor's Series' that talks about the same situation from each different perspective. We're remembering the physical portrayals from the Anti-Hero music video that gave us the map to Taylor's plan of introducing each persona. See my other posts about it:

https://kit10phish.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/meet-the-3-taylors-in-the-anti-hero-music-video/

https://kit10phish.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/how-do-the-three-taylor-personas-influence-her-work/

https://kit10phish.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/the-last-three-taylor-swift-albums-are-three-strands-of-a-braid/

Obviously not every song has a 1:1:1 match, because the tracklists are different lengths. But I thought it would be a fun exercise none-the-less, and might be enlightening. 

This one is adjacent to Bouncing on Trampolines of Fame, but more focused on other people, than the internal struggle. Taylor has learned to be independent and self-sufficient because the industry has been challenging to navigate. People are always judging her and her handlers have often had ulterior motives. People are cold, and Taylor has had to navigate her own fame and emotional landscape by herself.

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BDILH continued...

Midnights' Giant Taylor was extremely driven to make it in the music business, and break through to listeners. She starved, traveled, and sold-out in order to meet her goals. But it took a toll and she feels unsupported and lonely.

TTPD's Poet Taylor is angry. She rails against the fans that pray for her, and tells everyone who doubts, judges, or disapproves they can't be a part of her success--they will not be invited to the wedding. This Taylor, in regards to dissenters, disavows them. She doesn't need them as management, fans, or family.

TLOAS' Showgirl Taylor gets unusually vulnerable and reminiscent. Though she dresses as a wolf, acts tough, she internalizes the criticism. She has been shaping herself for public consumption most of her life and remembers her brief innocence as a serene snippet.