![]() "My heart, my hips, my body, my love/ Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch," Swift lists the way this person impacted her-and two of those ways are specifically physical. ![]() "Death By a Thousand Cuts" was inspired by Swift watching the Netflix movie Someone Great, which features a familiar-to-Swift narrative. And she can't help but detail her physical attraction to the person in question, and her desire to act on those impulses: "His hands around a cold glass/ Make me wanna know that/ Body like it's mine." "Death By a Thousand Cuts" On "I Think He Knows," Swift sings of romance like she's 17 and falling in love for the first time again. "They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to/ And that would be okay for me to do/ Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you." "I Think He Knows" In this fantasy, her dating life would be celebrated, not criticized. On "The Man," Swift imagines what life would be like for her if she were a man and if misogyny and sexism were a non-issue. That's especially true for women in the public eye-something Swift has encountered firsthand. Women are often slut-shamed for dating or hooking up with anyone who isn't their significant other. ![]() Marked by euphoric allusions to keeping her romance (likely with Joe Alwyn) under wraps, there's still an air of desire that runs through the song, as Swift notes the physical attraction she has to him, as well as the emotional connection she's experiencing: "It's new, the shape of your body/ It's blue, the feeling I've got." "The Man" In case you missed any hidden meanings, below is a primer for all of Lover's references to S-E-X. Now, on Lover, Swift's newest album (and first since Reputation), the singer once again writes lyrics that allude to her intimate experiences. But Swift's move into more mature territory definitely felt a little shocking, an unexpected but not unwelcome revelation. ![]() It shouldn't have come as a surprise: At the time of its release, Swift was 27 years old. While the internet debated over which song was about which one of Swift's exes, everyone was able to agree on one thing: Swift was, in fact, an adult, who was singing about adult things. On "Dancing With Our Hands Tied," Swift sang, "You had turned my bed into a sacred oasis," while on "Delicate," she asked, "Do the girls back home touch you like I do?" On ".Ready For It?" she belted, "In the middle of the night, in my dreams/ You should see the things we do, baby." Then, there was "Dress," which is entirely about sex if you read the lyrics: "Carve your name into my bedpost/ 'Cause I don't want you like a best friend/ Only bought this dress so you could take it off." Of course, since it's Swift, the words were much more poetic, romantic. Yes, for the first time embedded in the musician's lyrics were references to getting it on. While love, relationships, and heartbreak had long been a through-line in Swift's work, Reputation added another element to the mix: sex. For longtime Swifties, the release of Taylor Swift's 2017 album Reputation signaled a shift in the pop singer's music.
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