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Who Is Lucy on Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Song? The Puzzling Reference Explained


Taylor Swift references someone named Lucy on the title track of her album The Tortured Poets Department and fans want to know who the mystery woman is.

He wrote on X, “I told Lucy Dacus that Boygenius inspired me and George [Daniel] to start a new band called ‘Girlretard.’ I don’t really hear from her that often.” In a highly-praised response, Lucy clapped back, “You don’t hear from me at all.” Matty followed up the exchange by writing, “Yeah this never goes well does it,” and then deactivated his account. In the second verse, Taylor appears to reveal Matty as the subject of the song when she sings, “You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate.

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