Meme:

Taylor Swift meme. The top-half of the meme is a screenshot of Taylor Swift’s music video “ME!”, where Taylor is being lifted above a crowd while she sings. The caption reads "2019 Taylor: ‘Hey, kids! Spelling is fun!’ " The bottom-half of the meme is official art of Taylor featured in her 2024 album “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY”. Taylor Swift faces away from the camera and appears somber and sad. The text imposed on the bottom-half of the image reads “2024 Taylor: ‘D-Y-I-N-G.’”. This is a lyric from her song “How Did it End?”

Meme Context (for those that don’t know much about Taylor at all and can only name one song - “Shake it Off”)

The 2019 picture is from her album “Lover”, where she feels she’s in a great relationship and made several smash hit songs such as “Lover” and “ME!”, a song famously embracing and celebrating inclusivitiy and the LGBTQ+ community. If you or someone you knew was married in 2019/2020, chances are you heard Lover played during the celebrations.

The 2024 picture is from her album “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT” from 2024. The text is her singing a lyric where she spells the word “Dying”, from her honest and poetic song “How Did It End?” In this song, she reflects on her relationship that did not work out, and sings that while she doesn’t fully understand why the relationship ended (as she’s conducting the post-mortem), everyone is only concerned about gossiping and trying to figure out how it ended.

“Say it once again with feeling
How the death rattle breathing
Silenced as the soul was leaving
The deflation of our dreaming
Leaving me bereft and reeling
My beloved ghost and me
Sitting in a tree
D-Y-I-N-G”

Taylor Swift: “How Did It End?” (Official Lyric Video) - https://youtu.be/O3wlMR0y4a4

Duration: 4:02

I’ve been relistening to THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY and think it’s one of the most honest, self-reflecting, and transparent albums I’ve ever listened to. Thought I’d make a meme because I just heard this song again and came up with this joke (that probably someone else already beat me to the punch, but here we are).