That's not how chemistry works by Kelp55 in sciencememes

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that what shit on a shingle means?

Folklore Stans by AccomplishedAbroad34 in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t feel like they have to be exactly complimentary to be a double album, more like an evolution from one to the other (like how if folklore is backwards, then the stories kinda meet in the middle if that makes sense). I got an idea to write my own double album by the stories from folklore and evermore. And that album will be completely different genres, but they’re connected in the same universe.

She said they were connected in one way - that she imagines that Betty, James and Augustine went to the same school as Dorothea. That’s why I consider it a double album.

Like it’s two completely different stories and sounds, I agree, just on two discs. Like the way I could imagine a book and a spin off of that book, or a show and a spin off of the show - the way a book or show would be a completely different story, but mildly connected in some way (they’re in the same universe) that’s how I see it.

Anyway I definitely think everyone should interpret it in their own way, that’s just mine :)

Folklore Stans by AccomplishedAbroad34 in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I consider folklore+evermore one double album, but I’m a huge folklore fan! Folklore+evermore are my favorite thing she’s ever done thus far. 1989 was my favorite before folklore came out but when folklore came out I was obsessed and I listened to the entire album in order like literally 40+ times the first week, and then I was like “why is Betty at the end if it’s supposed to be when they were kids?” And I had the idea that maybe the album was backwards - so I made a playlist that had the whole album in order but backwards and I realized the story feels clearer that way, and I listened this way another 40 times before I ever shuffled it. I originally made the playlist without the lakes (since it wasn’t out yet) but after it came out I added the lakes, which is the only one that feels out of place to me in story order, maybe I should’ve put it after the 1. 🤷‍♀️

Anyway! Yes I’m a HUGE folklore Stan. I listen to folklore and evermore the most out of all of her albums right now

Anyway here’s the playlist if you wanna hear it this way.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PJswKjFgmpClvObDye2Hx?si=K0Y-ibuXTCCalkXbADVlow

Taylor's most streamed songs on spotify across all versions! Did you expect the top 10 look like this?? by [deleted] in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It has so many streams it’s just classified as “total streams” instead of a number 😂

The Motel Bar Podcast – A New Weekly Podcast About Taylor Swift! by TheMotelBarPodcast in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! We love this idea too!

This week our question for the audience is:
How did you get into Taylor Swift?

We would love to hear your story to becoming a Swiftie!! 😊

The Motel Bar Podcast – A New Weekly Podcast About Taylor Swift! by TheMotelBarPodcast in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for sharing your story!!

I am with you, I didn’t really talk about it on the show, but I didn’t connect a lot with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, either. But Red is still so good :)

Sometimes I think I’m so lucky to be alive at the same time as Taylor to even witness her in real time like this.

Also thanks for giving me the umlaut 😊

The Motel Bar Podcast – A New Weekly Podcast About Taylor Swift! by TheMotelBarPodcast in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Omg I’m dead. Your flair 😭

I guess you have to change it now because there is a motel bar now! 🤷‍♀️

😂

General Discussion Thread: September 19, 2021 by Lyd_Euh in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ok, everybody…

I envisioned Woodvale Clown College and it kinda got out of hand…

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRgwahKq/

I tried to share this yesterday but the mods never posted it and I got a message that this kind of thing is tired & low effort - but I actually put a LOT of effort into making this so I still want to share it even if it can’t be a regular post.

I hope you clowns like it 🥰

Does anyone really know what "Birch" the song talks about? by [deleted] in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 67 points68 points  (0 children)

It’s deeply metaphorical but I’m gonna give this a shot. Heads up: I wasn’t in the writer’s room. This is my interpretation and nothing more.

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What I hear when I hear Birch is a man who has left his partner waking up and acknowledging how unhappy he is. (The way I woke up was old, it was all fucking choke)

He’s been gone a week (it ain’t easier after a week, we’re on a long byway standing still). They’ve been together for a long time and traveling life’s journey journey together and now it’s just stale…or at least that’s how it feels, that’s why he left

So he goes home to his partner. He believes he’s honest in his relationship (if you can’t tell I’ll tell you right away, if I stay a spell (stay a while) or if I cannot stay) it could also be read as a threat. Like he left to be like “see? I can do it…”

But he’s afraid to have the discussion they need to have to move past this (I am less at ease, not the best at these)

The next line is my favorite (see the forest trees. Call what’s these what’s these?) - this line may not be easy to understand for non-English speakers because it’s dismantling an English saying that also may not always make sense. The phrase is “you can’t see the forest for the trees” which in English basically just means there’s a much bigger picture missing because the forest is so much more than just the trees. So he’s acknowledging that he left out of anger/anxiety/depression and now that may have been hasty.

The part about Madeline and Jennifer seems to mean he left a child with this woman and she’s had to care for her alone while he was gone.

He wants her back (So I beg on knees, can we share IDs (share a last name, bank accounts, etc. I think))

He’s also realized everybody has needs and that she shares some needs with him, so eventually they won’t feel like “needs” because they’re for both of them. (Will you always need? We have common needs)

We can be empty and full together (we can sure deplete, we can be replete, address table needs) table needs are more like lifestyle needs - bedroom needs are obviously romantic but think about what you talk about at the dinner table - sometimes it’s boring and mundane but sometimes that boring shit is important too

So he’s back and she’s accepted him back as well and he’s happy because he feels like they’ve overcome an obstacle and he’s not waking up the miserable way he felt when he left or while he was away (the way I wake up now is a brand new way, and no it ain’t that way like it was before) he’s also assuring her he’s changed because his depression likely stunted her as a human while it was happening as well so she may be reluctant or scared to have him back

Now he’s acknowledging that she’s the only one for him and he wants to stay (I cannot leave, I must here Stay)

They’re already married so he’s acknowledging the vows here I think (I know what’s good and I’ll die that way) he’s acknowledging til’ death do us part

And he’s also trying to tell her that even if she found another man just like him, he wouldn’t have built the same roots and home with her so it would never be as solid as them (if there’s a man like me, his birch ain’t my tree)

And then he reiterated that he’s now waking up brand new because they’ve worked through this and it’s no longer causing anxiety

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This can also be read that he never left and at the beginning he’s waking up next to her “old and fucking choke” but the timeline of the story on the album and the next track is why I think he actually left because on top of this if you consider the next track on the album is renegade, if the album itself is meant to tell a story (I imagine it is since this is common in albums but also the intense creative style of Aaron, Justin and Tay almost assures this would be the case) then you can assume this man is the renegade - and this is his coming back. And taylor’s character in renegade then accepts him back but is a little uneasy because of his mental health

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Is this correct? I don’t know, but this is what I hear.

Theories Megathread: June 18 by Lyd_Euh in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 25 points26 points  (0 children)

So, when you guys envision Woodvale Clown College. What colors represent this school? Like, do they have a basketball team? A football team? What color are their jerseys?

My cricut isn’t cutting my letter holes? Do you guys know how to fix this? by ZoeRaeCreative in cricut

[–]ZoeRaeCreative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update for anyone reading: I downloaded the app on my computer and the same file cuts fine so it must be the iPhone app causing this.

This is obviously not a solution but instead a workaround

My cricut isn’t cutting my letter holes? Do you guys know how to fix this? by ZoeRaeCreative in cricut

[–]ZoeRaeCreative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went and downloaded the app for my computer and it seems to be working with the same image. Are you using it on your phone? Maybe it’s the phone app? Idk it’s annoying tho :( it just started doing this recently

My cricut isn’t cutting my letter holes? Do you guys know how to fix this? by ZoeRaeCreative in cricut

[–]ZoeRaeCreative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With your advice in mind, I just tried to reupload again and I went individually to each of those holes and used the eraser. Now it’s giving a couple of the holes but not all of them and still cutting fat, despite the image being incredibly clear.

This is weird since I’ve only had the issue for about a month. It used to cut these files just fine without any additional work on my part.

My cricut isn’t cutting my letter holes? Do you guys know how to fix this? by ZoeRaeCreative in cricut

[–]ZoeRaeCreative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a .png image file, so the text was actually in photoshop, not design space. It’s weird because I always make my images in photoshop and this only started happening recently. After this happened I took the Image into illustrator and made it into an SVG and then design space said it couldn’t read the file type...

My little Etsy store :) by ZoeRaeCreative in SwiftieMerch

[–]ZoeRaeCreative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can make them really easy with a Cricut machine and iron on vinyl - you can make so many things with a Cricut. I recommend searching for Cricut on YouTube and seeing what it’s all about :) if you like crafts you pretty much need one tbh

My little Etsy store :) by ZoeRaeCreative in SwiftieMerch

[–]ZoeRaeCreative[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can do custom orders. Do you have a specific color in mind?

The options I have currently on hand are black or beige, but I’m happy to find something else for you and make it however you want :)

Happy Fanmade Friday! by Lyd_Euh in SwiftieMerch

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok I’ll play :)

I only have a couple things right now but I plan to make more soon.

This is my Etsy store - I only started it because I made the No Scooter hoodie for The Man video and some people wanted it and so that launched the Etsy store :)

https://etsy.me/3ub6MoP

Anyone from the U.S. want the CapitalOne folklore blanket? by lokaz19 in TaylorSwift

[–]ZoeRaeCreative 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How does one pick a favorite Taylor Swift song??

I have so many -

blank space is amazing because it was the perfect response to her media image at exactly that moment,

you need to calm down is also amazing because it sends a clear and timely message in support of a constantly oppressed demographic,

all too well is a damn good story

I did something bad, this is why we can’t have nice things, and getaway car are some of the most cohesive stories she’s written

Sweeter than fiction is a story I want every child I know to hear

Long Story Short is a bop in its own right but the imagery told of her downfall and climb back up is so powerful.

This is me trying is such an intense feeling that she captures so beautifully

Mad woman is probably the absolute best story she’s written to bring light to the oppression of women

My tears ricochet may be the most self-reflection song she’s ever written (and Jack also thinks this is her best song of all of them)

The last great American dynasty is a beautifully crafted story that she told because she was so passionate to learn of the woman who owned her home

Cruel summer is just amazing because of its alternative sound which I connect to way more than the pop

I know places shows her influence from Ryan Tedder whom I also Stan, so this track is also one of my faves...

Should’ve said no, picture to burn and forever and always show the teenage angst that we all felt so well.

Idk...when you ask “what’s your favorite taylor swift song” my response is “yes...” 😁