(But only the ones who are, you know, mean.) With lines like “drunk and rambling on about how I can’t sing,” it’s safe to assume “Mean” stems directly from the post–Stevie Nicks backlash. Swift has said explicitly that this is about her critics. Mayer, who is probably already working on his cover version of ‘Dear John,’ or maybe even an answer song.” Yes, please. Yep, it’s still about John Mayer! The Times thinks that “something loud can be expected of the logorrheic Mr.
Seeing as neither Joe Jonas, John Mayer, Taylor Lautner, Cory Monteith, nor Lucas Till have gotten married, we’ll assume this one’s also about some anonymous, non-famous guy Swift dated. Here, Swift imagines barging in on the wedding of an ex-boyfriend to break things up before it’s too late.
EW has the actual chronology breakdown, plus the secret message is TAY. Safe to say that this apology-jam is for Taylor Lautner. The booklet’s message for this one is PORTLAND OREGON, so maybe it’s just some dude Swift met on tour. So is that maybe a hint the subject of “Mine” is fellow music-video-star Till? And is starring in a Taylor Swift music video the easiest way to date her?Ī narrative of a dramatic bit of falling in love (“drop everything now / meet me in the pouring rain,” etc.), but there are no signifiers to suggest it’s about any of her famous paramours. Swift’s current boyfriend is Toby Hemingway, star of the “Mine” video.
Now here comes the Da Vinci Code part: In her CD booklets, Swift will capitalize letters in each songs’ lyrics to spell out a “hidden” message, and for “Mine” that message is TOBY. MTV reports the lead single was inspired by “a boy Swift wasn’t willing to take the next step with in their relationship,” and theorizes that that’s either Glee’s Cory Monteith or Lucas Till, who was in the “You Belong With Me” video. Print it out, laminate it, keep it in your wallet. With a lot of help from the rest of the Internet, here’s Vulture’s guide to who each song on the Taylor Swift album is most likely about. Go figure.) But the album is officially out today, so we’re giving this deciphering thing another shot. We were way off! (For example: “The Story of Us” is not even a little bit about late-nineties Bruce Willis–Michelle Pfeiffer rom-com The Story of Us. Back in September, Vulture - armed only with a track list and the knowledge that Taylor Swift never, ever makes up anything up for her tales of young love and heartbreak - tried to guess what each song on Swift’s new album, Speak Now, was about.