Taylor Swift

Jamie Lynne Burgess

Oct 23, 20229 min read

Her Own Soulmate: Midnights by Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift became known early in her career for writing a song that was a happy-ending version of Romeo and Juliet, where the final...

Jamie Lynne Burgess

Aug 29, 20209 min read

Jo March & Taylor Swift: Copyrights and Artistic Control

At the New York City premiere of Greta Gerwig's Little Women in 2019, Emma Watson gave a short interview with Variety about the...

Jamie Lynne Burgess

Aug 18, 20207 min read

Modern Romantic Missive: A Close Reading of "the lakes"

Taylor takes the concept of the modern romantics to new heights in this song, asking if songwriters are the poets of our modern times.

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Jamie Lynne Burgess

Jul 25, 202013 min read

On Authorship & the Creative Process: What 'folklore' is really about

The women of Taylor Swift’s latest album, folklore, are a handful. They “never leave well enough alone;” they “talk sh*t" ...