Taylor Swift’s TTPD: Which Songs Are About Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy & & Travis Kelce!
London bridge was dropping, and Taylor Swiftfelt every minute.
The Tortured Poets Departmentis here and, similar to fans prepared for, part of the brand-new album is devoted to Taylor’s split from Joe Alwynin spring 2023The 34-year-old has actually penned a heartbreaking homage to completion of their 6 years together in “So Long, London,” a poignant sequel to Taylor’s 2019Fantrack “London Boy.”
In addition to the tunes’ titles, Taylor has actually drawn a clear parallel in between the 2 tracks by putting each as the 5th tune on their particular albums. Whereas “London Boy” informs the uplifting story of a growing love– and whereMidnights“You’re Losing Me” covers the start of completion–” So Long, London” brings the journey home by narrating the relationship’s agonizing death.
In the moving track, not just does Taylor bid farewell to England’s capital– Joe’s home town and where the 2 invested much time throughout their 6 years together– however she likewise explains attempting to keep the relationship together even as she might see it splitting up.
“I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist/ I kept one’s cool and brought the weight of the rift,” she sings in the very first chorus, mentioning still seeing hope in their relationship regardless of the growing range. “Pulled him in tighter each time he was wandering away/ My spinal column split from bring us up the hill.”
As her “tired bones captured the chill,” she started to offer up her efforts: “I stopped attempting to make him laugh, stopped attempting to drill the safe.”
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And whereas “London Boy” explains a jubilant jaunt through London, a sort of getting-to-know the city, “So Long, London” rather reveals Taylor’s sensations of growing seclusion– particularly in a city that is not her own.
“I didn’t decide in to be your odd male out,” she sings. “I established the club she’s heard excellent aspects of/ I left all I understood, you left me at your home by the Heath.”
The Grammy winner goes on to chronicle the relationship’s “death,” of a sort, in an echo of “You’re Losing Me.”
Where Taylor sings “I can’t discover a pulse/ My heart will not begin any longer” onMidnightsnow she sings, “I stoppеd CPR, after all, it’s no usage/ The spirit was gonе, we would never ever pertain to.”
Taylor likewise appears to mention the time she invested with Joe– 6 years from when she was 27 to 33– throughout the tune.
“And I’m pissed off you let me provide you all that youth free of charge,” she sings in verse 2, later on including the bridge, “You swore that you liked me however where were the hints?/ I passed away on the altar awaiting the evidence.”
And while Taylor sang in “You’re Losing Me” that her face had actually gone gray, she once again mentions color onTTPDwith, “You compromised us to the gods of your bluest days/ And I’m simply getting color back into my face.”
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In spite of her efforts to ” go down with the ship”– or as she puts it, “My white-knuckle passing away grip holding tight to your peaceful animosity”–” So Long, London” comes to a close with the recognition that the set weren’t ideal for each other.
“So long, London/ Had an excellent run,” she sings, “A minute of warm sun/ But I’m not the one.”
And though she explains completion of the relationship with a remarkable, “Two tombs, one weapon,” Taylor– who has actually because carried on with partnerTravis Kelce— likewise assures, “You’ll discover somebody.”
For more on the lots of easter eggs and allusions inThe Tortured Poets Departmentkeep checking out for a complete breakdown of the brand-new album.
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