From 2020-2022, Taylor released “chapter” compilations on streaming for all her albums from folklore through Red TV (I’ll link to the Masterlist post below!) These chapters were playlists of sorts, collections of 6 songs that when grouped together told a unique story that exists within the album. The chapters were also cleverly named with lyrical references in the titles—clues to the artistic meaning behind the collection.

I had been posting “build your own” chapter prompts as we worked our way through analyzing the official chapters and recognizing the albums that did not get official chapter releases. I thought it would be fun to try building chapters from album mashups! 

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Easily two of Taylor’s most fantasy-driven albums, Speak Now and folklore are crown jewels of her storytelling mastery. I think the emotional confessions on Speak Now complement the worlds of romantic entanglement laid out on folklore. Do you see any other connections?

If you chose 6 songs from Speak Now and folklore to make into a chapter, what would they be?

My tracks would be:

• Timeless • the lakes • august - the long pond studio sessions • Foolish One • If This Was A Movie • exile •

I would call it The Kind You Don’t Put Down Chapter

What’s yours?🫶🏻

She took him faster than you could say “meet me behind the mall”👀 Which 6 songs from Speak Now and folklore would you make into a chapter?