13 times Taylor Swift

referenced her own lyrics

Annie Black – 12/26/2023

The above photo is Taylor Swift during her Fearless era, after the release of her second studio “Fearless.”
Creative Commons “Taylor Swift” by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity Photographer is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Taylor Swift, 11-time Grammy winner, is one of the greatest singer-song writers of all time.
She has a wide range of songs that fall under many different genres. Despite whatever era
her music is in, her fans continue to support her for her well-thought-out and clever lyrics.

It is well known that Swift is a huge fan of using Easter eggs and uses them in a number of
ways. They can be found in her music videos, social media posts, interviews, clothing, you
name it, she’ll make it an Easter egg.
Swift’s most loyal fans love to hunt for her Easter eggs and references to her other songs
within her own lyrics. Here are 13 moments that Swift has referenced or placed an Easter
egg for another one of her songs:

1. Bad Blood + Invisible String

“Now we’ve got bad blood”
Song: “Bad Blood”

Album: "Reputation"
“Bad was the Blood of the song in the cab / On your first trip to LA”
Song: “Invisible String”
Album: "Folklore"
2. Champagne Problems + New Romantics

“Because I dropped your hand while dancing / Left you out there stranded /
Crestfallen on the landing”
Song: “Champagne Problems”
Album: "Evermore"

“Please take my hand and / Please take me dancing, and / Please leave me
stranded / It’s so romantic”
Song: “New Romantics”
Album: "1989"

3. All Too Well (10 min.) (TV) + Mr. Perfectly Fine

“And you called me up again just to break me like a promise / So casually cruel
in the name of being honest”
Song: “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

“Hello Mr. ‘Casually Cruel’”
Song: “Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
Album: "Fearless (Taylor’s Version)"

4. All Too Well + I Bet You Think About Me

“But you know what they say, you can’t help who you fall for / And you and I
fell like an early spring snow”
Song: “I Bet You Think About me (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"
 “I still remember the first fall of snow / And how it glistened as it fell”

Song: “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”

Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

5. Dear John + Could’ve, Should’ve, Would’ve

“And I’ll look back and regret / how I ignored when they said, ‘Run as fast as
you can’”
Song: “Dear John”
Album: "Speak Now"

“I regret you all the time”
Song: “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve”
Album: "Midnights"

6. All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) + Lover

“They say all’s well that ends well, but I’m in a new hell / Every time you
double-cross my mind”
Song: “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

“All’s well that ends well to end up with you”
Song: “Lover”
Album: "Lover"

7. I Almost Do (Taylor’s Version) + I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version)
(From the Vault)

“I bet / This time of night you’re still up / I bet / You’re tired from a long hard
week / I bet / You’re sittin’ in your chair by the window / Looking out at the
city / And I bet / Sometimes you wonder ‘bout me”
Song: “I Almost Do (Taylor’s Version)”
Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

 “3 AM and I’m still awake, I’ll bet you’re just fine / Fast asleep in your city that’s
better than mine // When you realize I’m harder to forget than I was to leave /
And I bet you think about me”
Song: “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

8. Red (Taylor’s Version) + Daylight + Invisible String

“But loving him was red”
Song: “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

“I once believed love would be burnin’ red / But it’s golden”

Song: “Daylight”

Album: "Lover"

“A single thread of gold tied me to you”

Song: “Invisible String”
Album: "Folklore"

9. Call It What You Want + Love Story (Taylor’s Version)

“Romeo, save me / I’ll be waiting, all there’s left to do is run / It’s a love story,
baby just say YES”
Song: “Call It What You Want”
Album: "Reputation"

“You don’t need to save me, but would you run away with me? YES”
Song: “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”
Album: "Fearless (Taylor’s Version)"

10. Anti-Hero + The Archer + Nothing New (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)

“I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser”
Song: “Anti-Hero”
Album: "Midnights"

“I never grow up, it’s getting so old”
 Song: “The Archer”
Album: "Lover"

“How can a person know everything at 18 and nothing at 22?”

Song: “Nothing New (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”

Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

11. The Moment I Knew (Taylor’s Version) + All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
(Taylor’s Version)

“And they’re all standing around me singing / ‘Happy birthday to you’ / But
there was one thing missing / And that was the moment I knew”
Song: “The Moment I Knew (Taylor’s Version)”
Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

“But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come /
And he said, ‘it’s supposed to be fun turning twenty-one’”
Song: “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
Album: "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

12. Cardigan + Betty

“Drunk under a streetlight // And when I felt like I was an old cardigan // To
kiss in cars and downtown bars”
Song: “Cardigan”
Album: "Folklore"

“Standing in your cardigan / Kissin’ in my car again / Stopped at a streetlight /
You know I miss you”
Song: “Betty”
Album: "Folklore"

13. The 1 + ME!

“In my defense, I have none for never leaving well enough alone”
Song: “The 1”

Album: "Folklore"
 “I never leave well enough alone!”

Song: “ME!”

Album: "Lover"
It is evident that Swift loves to circle back to old lyrics and concepts years later. Through
the 16 years that she has been releasing albums, Swift has shown her growth and wisdom
gained through her lyrics time and time again.

The use of her writing skills makes being a fan of Swift’s work far more enjoyable. She
creates an experience for her dedicated listeners that give of their time to supporting her
work.