We Need to Calm Down: a Taylor Swift Podcast

After a week off, we're back with a song breakdown. This week we break down track 9: this is me trying. Devon defends the songs honor and tries to bring Joe around on the track he rated 3rd to last. W...

10 Nov 202029min

We just can't stay off of folkore for long, this week we break down the 8th track off the record: august. We dive into the lyrics, context and production behind the track to really find out why it's c...

29 Okt 202028min

Joe is here and he's ready to rant. With facts & figures. On this week's episode Joe sits Devon down for a presentation on why Lover's 'The Archer' is a Track 5 imposter. Joe breaks down what it means...

27 Okt 202053min

We're back on our Song Breakdowns. This week we do track 7: seven (she nailed it). We discuss the context around this song, our opinions on the song (controversial), the lyrics that stood out to us, a...

21 Okt 202043min

It's all connected? Always was. In the second part of the Love Triangle breakdown, we dive deep into all of the theories surrounding the story of James, Betty, and the no name mistress. Including the ...

15 Okt 202052min

That's right! You read that right, we have our first two part episode! There was so much to unpack in the Betty/James/UnnamedMistress love triangle we couldn't fit it all into one episode. So in this ...

13 Okt 202053min

It has been 6 weeks since the last time we ranked the songs on folklore. After stepping back, listening to other albums, and finally circling back. We've decided to update our rankings once again and ...

6 Okt 202040min

We're back with more folklore! That's right, this week we're back on our song breakdown grind going through track 6: mirrorball. We break down the context around the song, theories about its meaning, ...

1 Okt 202039min