On the heels of the last episode in which we explored the Folklore Love Triangle, this week seemed like the perfect time for a little surprise episode about 1989’s Track 10 banger, “How You Get the Girl”. This is Taylor Swift coaching every dumb boy on how to get the girl back after he broke her heart in the first place. 


⁠⁠Taylor Swift: The Stories
Behind the Songs⁠⁠, by Annie Zaleski
(Amazon.com)

⁠All
274 of Taylor Swift’s Songs, Ranked⁠, by Rob Sheffield. Rolling
Stone, April 2024.

HYGTG
Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnwD7veCoFQ

HYGTG, Grammy
Museum – September 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMLz8VRU1w















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Marjorie

Taylor Swift's music has given a voice to millions of people who've found the narrative arcs of their own lives in Swift's endlessly engaging songs. With Swiftory, two Gen X besties - Alicia, from Trashy Divorces, and Melissa, from Love Letters To... - have a whole new take on Taylor's work, exploring the music as it is, but also as the duo sees it best: as a lens into history.
If Taylor's greatest gift is the universality of her experiences, join Alicia and Melissa as they follow those experiences to all the places, personalities, and eras where they lead - and share your takes along the way.
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