<aside> 💡 See also: Fake/Pretend/Counterfeit/Hoax/Play It Cool

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Debut (October 24, 2006)

Fearless (November 11, 2008)

• Don’t You: And you can say we’re still friends but I don’t want to pretend

Speak Now (October 25, 2010)

• The Story Of Us: Why are we pretending this is nothing?
• Long Live: And bring on all the pretenders

Red (October 22, 2012)

• I Knew You Were Trouble: Pretend he doesn’t know that he’s the reason why your drowning
• Starlight: The night we snuck into a yacht club party pretending to be a duchess and a prince

1989 (October 27, 2014)

• Wildest Dreams: Say you’ll see me again even if it’s just pretend
• Wonderland: You and I got lost in it and we pretended it could last forever

Reputation (November 10, 2017)

• Delicate: Sometimes when I look into your eyes, I pretend you’re mine all the damn time
• Getaway Car: Don’t pretend it’s such a mystery

September - Earth, Wind & Fire Cover (April 13, 2018)

• Do you remember The 28th night of September? Love was changin' the minds of pretenders While chasin' the clouds away
  • Interesting that the 28th of September 2022 was when Taylor announced Midnight Rain during Midnights Mayhem with Me, a song that would later be revealed to have a lyric about “pretenders”