<aside> 💡 Chely Wright’s song “Like Me” - her first song with overt queer themes - has a lyric that references a tall: “And who's gonna end up holdin' your hand A beautiful woman or a tall, handsome man?” Taylor combines the description of handsome and tall in two of her songs. My full intertextual analysis of Chely’s song can be found here: ‣

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Debut (October 24, 2006)

Fearless (November 11, 2008)

Speak Now (October 25, 2010)

• Superman:
  • Tall, dark, and superman, he puts papers in his briefcase and drives away
  • Tall, dark, and beautiful, he’s complicated, he’s irrational

Red (October 22, 2012)

• Everything Has Changed: And all my walls stood tall, painted blue

1989 (October 27, 2014)

• Wildest Dreams: He’s so tall and handsome as hell
• Vogue Photoshoot- “Tall Orders” caption on this photo

• Taylor on tumblr 16th October 2014:

  

Reputation (November 10, 2017)

• Delicate - handsome you’re a mansion with a view (a mansion would only have a view if it was tall)
• Call It What You Want: My baby’s fly like a jet stream, high above the whole scene

Lover (August 23, 2019)

• Paper Rings: Honey, without all the exes, fights, and flaws, we wouldn’t be standing here so tall