<aside> 💡 Analysis - A “match” could also be a play on the match-making that happens in Hollywood regarding bearding/PR relationships

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<aside> 👸 Relevance to Taylor’s Life:

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<aside> 🌈 Queer History:

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<aside> ➕ See also: Fire/Ash/Burn/Match/Flame Bearding/Beards/PR Relationship Cupid/Arrow in the heart/Archery (as it relates to cupid theme)

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Debut (October 24, 2006)

• Picture To Burn: So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time

• Matches (Unreleased Song) - So when love hands me matches now I'm going to burn it down

• Picture To Burn Taymoji - “Matches were invented after the lighter. Probably.”

  

Fearless (November 11, 2008)

Speak Now (October 25, 2010)

• Dear John: But I took your matches before fire could catch me so don’t look now

Red (October 22, 2012)

1989 (October 27, 2014)

Reputation (November 10, 2017)

• Getaway Car: It was the best of times, the worst of crimes, I struck a match and blew your mind
• Call It What You Want Lyric Video - a drawing of a match starting a fire

Lover (August 23, 2019)