These 8 Taylor Swift Songs Are Identical To These Movies
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But as much as I can listen to the same Taylor Swift song over and over (sorry to those who share an apartment wall with me), sometimes it is good to branch out.
So, if you want to diversify your media consumption but want to stay in the same lane as Tay...
These Taylor Swift songs are identical to these movies.
So if you like one, you'll like the other.
1. You Belong With Me / The DUFF
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Really, I can't stress enough. The plot of the film is almost identical to Taylor's lyrics....
Just wait...
"She wears short skirts."
"I wear sneakers."
"Don't you know that what you're looking for has been here the whole time?"
2. Look What You Made Me Do / The Prestige
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlet Johanson, Michael Cane
Genre: Thriller, drama
Premise: In 1890s London, two magician friends become rivals after an on-stage accident killed the wife of one of the magicians.
The similarities:
-Rivalries
-Bad blood (another wink to Tay)
-Trust breaking
-Tarnished reputations
-Friends to enemies
-Games and (literal) stages and roles to play
-Rising from the dead - doing it all the time (LIKE COME ON)
-Not moving on, hoping for karma
Like, look at the parallels...
"I don't trust nobody, and nobody trusts me."
"I don't like your kingdom keys, they once belonged to me."
It's almost eerie how similar they are.
3. All Too Well / One Day
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Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess
Genre: Romance, Drama
Premise: Two university friends meet up once a year and watch their lives and relationships evolve over decades
The similarities:
-Lost connections
-Young love
-Inability to let go
-Forever hoping that the man will get his s**t together
-Meeting the other's parents, and it feeling like home
-Seeming lost without them
-Knowing how effing rare it was
Like... come on... spot on.
"Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze were singin' in the car, getting lost upstate."
"Maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much, but this thing was a masterpiece til you tore it all up, running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well."
"Then you call me up again, just to break me like a promise, so casually cruel in the name of being honest."
4. Anti-Hero / A Star is Born
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Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
Genre: Drama, Musical?? kind of
Premise: An alcoholic musician falls in love with a young rising star, and watches his life crumble as hers sky-rockets
The similarities:
-The theme of never growing up
-Old habits never dying
-Self-sabotage
-External praise, but inner turmoil
-Negative side-effects of fame
-Knowing the problem is themselves
-Unsatisfaction
-Being 'too big' for normalcy
But the lyrics speak for themselves.
"I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser."
"I'm a monster on the hill, too big to hang out."
"It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero."
Uncanny.
5. Cruel Summer / The Notebook
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Starring: Ryan Gosling (one of the best actors of our generation) and Rachel McAdams (also one of the best actors of our generation... with the most stunning, symmetrical face), James Garland, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden
Genre: Romance, Drama, Historical fiction?
Premise: After a passionate summer love, a city girl and a country boy separate over societal pressures and spend years wondering if their paths will cross once again
The Similarities:
-A love worth a price (and you know that they bought it)
-A heartbreaking end to a summer
-Marking an intense love affair by a season
-Uncertainty and secrecy
-Crying for an entire car ride
-Sneaking out to seal their fate (if you know what I mean...)
But let's look at the lyrics...
"Fever dream, high in the quiet of the night, you know that I caught it."
"Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes, what doesn't kill me makes me want you more."
"I love you, ain't that the worst thing you've ever heard?"
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Look how similar they are...
"All of this to say, I hope you're okay but you're the reason. And no one's here to blame. But what about your quiet treason?"
"All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February. I took the miracle move-on drug. The effects were temporary."
"I love you. It's ruining my life."
I'm crying.
7. I Knew You Were Trouble / 500 Days of Summer
Starring: Zoey Deschanel, Joseph-Gordon Levitt
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Premise: A young man falls madly in love with a girl that says she isn't looking for anything serious
The similarities:
-Being well aware of someone's intentions but thinking you can change them
-When it ends, wondering if they ever cared about you at all
-Never hearing them apologize
-Feeling like it was somehow your fault
-Realizing you were just another person to them
-Zoey (Summer) and 'Red Era' Taylor's clothing aesthetic
-In the end... it's all about Autumn (if you know, you know)
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Let's examine it.
"You got me alone. You found me. I guess you didn't care. And I guess I liked that. But when I fell hard, you took a step back without me."
"No apologies, they'll never see you cry, pretends they didn't know, that they're the reason why, you're drowning."
"I knew you were trouble when you walked in, so shame on me."
Now, finally...
8. mad woman / Carrie
Starring: Sissy Spacek, John Travolta
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Premise: A young girl who has been bullied discovers she has the power of telekinesis and wreaks havoc on her school.
The similarities:
-A woman striking back after being stricken
-Revenge
-The power of anger
-The idea of women needing to silence their emotions
-Exploding after taking abuse for too long
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But I'll just let the lyrics speak for themselves.
"Does a scorpion sting while fighting back? They strike to kill, and you know I will."
"Now I breathe flames each time I talk."
"I'm taking my time cause you took everything from me. Watching you climb over people like me."
Those are just the beginning of my rabbit hole dive, but I am sure there are more. Let me know in the comments which other movies mirror Taylor Swift songs.
And neighbours, just knock twice if I am playing Taylor too loud (again).
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