Stars/Constellation/Starry Eyes

<aside> 💡 Analysis - In the Red prologue, Taylor says that if she finds real love someday it will shine “golden like starlight.” This is interesting given that, in two album’s time, Taylor starts utilising a “Gold” theme as well as a “star” theme to describe a lover.

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<aside> 👸 Relevance to Taylor’s Life:

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<aside> 🌈 Queer History:

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<aside> 💡 Taylor’s “invisible string” has been likened to the myth of Ariadne & Theseus, where Ariadne provides Theseus with a ball of string so that he can find his way out of the maze after defeating the Minotaur. Theseus later abandons Ariadne on an island, and she marries Dionysus instead. At their wedding she throws her wedding crown up into the sky, forming a constellation known as “Corona Borealis.” Ru Paul throws the crown with green jewels up into the air in the You Need To Calm Down music video, which could be a nod to this myth.

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Debut

Mary’s Song - She said, I was seven and you were nine I looked at you like the stars that shined In the sky, the pretty lights
Tim McGraw - He said the way my blue eyes shined Put those Georgia stars to shame that night I said, "That's a lie"

Fearless

Untouchable - It’s like a million little stars spelling out your name

Speak Now

Red

Prologue -
- They are the moments you saw sparks that weren’t really there, felt stars aligning without having any proof, saw your future before it happened, and then saw it slip away without any warning.
- And there’s something to be proud of about moving on and realizing that real love shines golden like starlight, and doesn’t fade or spontaneously combust. Maybe I’ll write a whole album about that kind of love if I ever find it. But this album is about the other kids of love that I’ve recently fallen in and out of. Love that was treacherous, sad, beautiful, and tragic. But most of all, this record is about love that was red.
Starlight:
- And we were dancing, dancing, like we’re made of starlight, starlight
- He was trying to skip rocks on the ocean saying to me, “Don’t you see the starlight, starlight?”
- Don’t you see the starlight, starlight, don’t you dream impossible things?
The Moment I Knew: And it would’ve felt like a million little shining stars had just aligned

Victoria Secret Fashion Show - 2013

Taylor’s first performance with Karlie was in the opening of the show, when she sang “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark” with Fall Out Boy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pX1RpvZ8Pc), here are some of the lyrics:
- I've got the scars from tomorrow and I wish you could see That you're the antidote to everything, except for me A constellation of tears on your lashes

1989

Reputation

Call It What You Want- starry eyes sparking up my darkest night