Analyzing "Cleveland!" by Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift took us to Cleveland and we like what we like! Today we’re covering what must be one of Taylor’s most divisive songs to date, but what we can say … we think it’s a bop! We have a good dash of sass for the haters in this episode because even though “Cleveland!” is not necessarily our favorite song in her discography, we still have a lot of love for it. The comparisons to “Me!” are important, Travis taking her to Cleveland is more significant than it initially sounds, and overall she’s just being fun and silly with this one. In personal updates, Laura is experiencing a crazy chapter of life at the moment so we get into that, and Sara shares about being interviewed for the Swiftie Over 50 podcast. CHAPTERS: (0:00) intro (2:36) what’s on our plates (13:26) Taylor updates (19:05) introducing the song (21:26) personal associations (24:24) folk’lore’ of the song (36:01) verse 1: classic criticisms of Taylor (44:32) pre-chorus 1: not the best dancer (45:49) chorus 1: he took her to Cleveland (51:04) verse 2: so it’s gonna be forever … (55:13) pre-chorus 2: “but your lovers stay my age” (58:20) post-chorus 2: Me! vs. Cleveland! (1:00:30) bridge: she’s being silly (1:04:53) chorus 3: she’s wearing white (1:05:52) music theory analysis (1:11:28) favorite lyrics and ratings (1:13:37) this song as a recipe (1:15:59) signing off Links Referenced: • Sara’s episode on Swiftie Over 50 (YouTube) -    • Sara from Blank Plate × Swiftie Over 50 | ...   • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Hold Hands Following Dinner Date Night in N.Y.C. - https://people.com/taylor-swift-travi... • TikTok acoustic cover #1 - https://www.tiktok.com/@chaislynmusic... • TikTok acoustic cover #2 - https://www.tiktok.com/@meghanmariemo... PLEASE SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Show us some love and get monthly bonus episodes and first dibs on upcoming episode ideas. We’d be enchanted to have you join our Swiftie community!   / blankplatepodcast   Please make sure to subscribe and leave a review. If you’d like to reach out to send in a question or comment, please do so via any of these platforms: • email blankplatepod@gmail.com • leave a voicemail or text us at (717) 382-8313 • Instagram -   / blankplatepod   • TikTok -   / blankplatepod   SUBSCRIBE: • Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... • Spotify Podcasts - https://open.spotify.com/show/0QttA7Y...