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Back to SearchTaylor Swift's Debut Album | Track-by-Track Lyrical Analysis, Part 2 | After School Paid Preview
Episode 128
This week, we are continuing our full album deep dive series for our paid subscribers, and finishing up our analysis of Taylor Swift's self-titled de…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Taylor Swift's "Opalite" Meaning & Lyrics Explained | The Life of a Showgirl (2025)
Episode 127
"You had to make your own sunshine, but now the sky is opalite." This week we’re deep diving the second single from “The Life of a Showgirl,” Opalit…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Transcendentalism in Taylor Swift's Music |"The Lakes," "Opalite" & More | Literary Analysis
Episode 125
"Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die." What's an AP class without a not-so-brief discussion about touching grass? In honor of Earth …
4 months ago
Taylor Swift's "Fifteen" Meaning & Lyrical Analysis | Fearless (2008)
Episode 126
"Take a deep breath and you walk through the doors. It's the morning of your very first day." This week, we're going line by line through "Fifteen.” …
4 months, 1 week ago
How Taylor Swift Uses Time |"Fifteen," "Timeless" & "All Too Well" | Literary Analysis
Episode 124
“Time won’t fly, it’s like I’m paralyzed by it.” What happens when you try to pin down something as slippery as time itself? This week’s episode gets…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Taylor Swift's "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" | Meaning & Lyrical Analysis | TTPD (2024)
Episode 123
“I cry a lot but I am so productive, it’s an art.” This week, we’re doing a deep dive on “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart” (The Tortured Poets Depart…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
E122: Strong Women in Taylor Swift's Music | “marjorie,” “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” and “Eldest Daughter”
Episode 122
"Never be so kind, you forget to be clever; Never be so clever, you forget to be kind." We're celebrating Women's History Month the only way we know …
5 months ago
E121: "Down Bad Crying at the Gym" - A Line-By-Line Analysis of Taylor Swift's Down Bad
Episode 122
This week, we're going line by line through "Down Bad" from Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Jenn, Maansi, and Jodi unpack one of…
5 months, 1 week ago
After School Paid Preview: She Knew Exactly What She Was Doing - Taylor Swift's Debut Album Deep Dive (Part 1)
Episode 120
This week, we're giving you a taste of something brand new: our full album deep dive series, starting at the very beginning with Taylor Swift's self-…
5 months, 1 week ago
E120: "I'm Immortal Now, Baby Dolls": How Taylor Swift Tells the Hero's Journey Across Every Era in the last great american dynasty, Down Bad, and The Life of a Showgirl
Episode 121
"She had a marvelous time ruining everything" This week, we're doing a Show and Tell episode on one of literature's most enduring narrative structure…
5 months, 2 weeks ago