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Decoding Taylor Swift’s 'TTPD' Album: Lyric Parallels and Easter Eggs

Taylor Swift’s 'The Tortured Poets Department' is filled with Easter eggs and references to her past songs

Don Arnold/TAS24/Getty ImagesThe title track is full of references to famous musicians and poets, including an unhinged mention of Charlie Puth that fuels theories that the song is one of the many about Swift’s ex Matty Healy. “Cross your thoughtless heart / Only liquor anoints you / She’s the albatross / She is here to destroy you,” she sings, before making a reference to the devil, which she’s previously done on several songs, including “Cruel Summer” off of Lover and “Peace” and “Invisible String” off Folklore. All signs point to no, but Swift’s fictional love triangle across three Folklore songs did end up serving as a way to learn the name of one of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds with the reveal of Betty back in 2020.

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