Decoding Taylor Swift
Decoding Taylor Swift
Joe Romm and Toni Romm
Decoding Tolerate It, Taylor’s Gothic gem, and an ironic, but tragic “portrait of a trad wife”
39 minutes Posted May 8, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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Taylor said Tolerate It is one of “the 'unhappily ever after' anthology of marriages gone bad” on Evermore. Joe and Toni explain how Taylor uses some of her favorite writing tricks to paint a poignant portrait of this lifeless marriage that may be the most Gothic song on her most Gothic album.
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