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<aside> 👸 Relevance to Taylor’s Life:

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<aside> ➕ See also: School/class/lessons/yard/halls/prom Pageant

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Unreleased (2004?)

• Who I’ve Always Been -

  Let's talk about your childhood days

  You were the prom queen, I was on this stage

  So, where's that crown gotten you these days?

  When it's me and you and the same damn games?

Debut (October 24, 2006)

• Tied Together With A Smile - Taylor describing that the song was about a friend of hers who was a pageant queen & looked incredible at prom but Taylor found out she also had an eating disorder
  • “[The song] is about a girl I knew my freshman year. She was absolutely Miss Popular, a pageant girl, and she looked perfect every day! Always had the cutest outfits, always looked the best at prom. But sometimes when you get a little closer to people who look that perfect, you realize that they don’t feel perfect. They feel like they’re ugly.”

https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-tied-together-with-a-smile-lyrics

Fearless (November 11, 2008)

• You Belong With Me MV - prom scene at the end

Speak Now (October 25, 2010)

Red (October 22, 2012)

1989 (October 27, 2014)

Reputation (November 10, 2017)

Lover (August 23, 2019)

• Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince - American glory faded before me Now I'm feeling hopeless, ripped up my prom dress Running through rose thorns, I saw the scoreboard and ran for my life

folklore (July 24, 2020)