After reputation, Taylor Swift pressed the reset button. She had a new record label, a new outlook, and set out to make a new kind of album. But it wouldn’t be all rainbows and purple-pink skies: there were storms brewing on the horizon.

This episode picks up where we left off in part 1 with the release of reputation, and we’ll explore Taylor’s career from her Lover era through The Tortured Poet’s Department.

We’ll cover the pandemic years with her journey into the folklore & evermore woods, her splash back into pop music with Midnights, the re-record process with her Taylor’s Version albums, the roller coaster ride of The Eras Tour, and her introspective look at fame and identity in TTPD.

Through it all, we’ll uncover how and why her songwriting and storytelling has changed, and what it might be able to tell us about the upcoming The Life of a Showgirl.

Please note: in this episode, like in all of my work, I don’t discuss Taylor Swift’s personal or private life. My focus is on the art and how the artist creates it, and while her muses do matter in some contexts, I prefer to study her storytelling craft and professional endeavors.

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