Content warning: This episode touches on pregnancy, postpartum, infertility and pregnancy loss, mainly during the personal updates section between timestamps (0:55) and (38:15). If that is not something you’re in a place to hear about right now, please take care of yourself and skip this episode. We’ll see you in the next one (and send you virtual hugs).
WELCOME BACK, LAURA!! Laura’s back from maternity leave!! We have a lot of catching up to do so this episode is heavy on the personal updates, and the personal updates are also heavy. We also chat a little bit about recent new music and our go-to summer meals. Once all that is out of the way we get to dive into this joyful little number that Taylor wrote for Toy Story 5. We had a lot of fun dissecting this song and remarking on how well Taylor writes about the innocence of childhood. As usual, expect plenty of tears mixed with some laughter and an overall great time. It feels good to be back. Enjoy!
Chapters
(0:00) intro
(0:55) personal updates
(38:15) thoughts on new music lately
(47:14) our go-to summer meals
(48:52) quick Taylor updates
(50:55) introducing the song
(53:16) personal associations
(1:00:31) folk’lore’ of the song
(1:06:36) verse 1: the innocence of childhood
(1:15:07) chorus 1: a cozy kind of coming home
(1:18:44) verse 2: familiarity and bringing things back to life
(1:21:43) bridge: rivulets!
(1:23:29) chorus 3 and outro
(1:24:22) musical theory notes
(1:28:24) favorite lyrics and ratings
(1:30:10) this song as a recipe
(1:32:09) signing off
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Links Referenced
Instagram post with Taylor’s video about writing the song
‘Toy Story 5’ VFX Supervisor Has Been Keeping Taylor Swift Song a Secret Since February: ‘We Had to Create a Decoy Version of the Film’ Without It
TikTok video by Brigid Kaelin about the chord progression
Meadow Tea recipe
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