Armlyricology: Decoding the Speak Now Tour's Hidden Messages

Evolution of a Snake: The Taylor Swift Podcast

The Snakes & Studio71

Society & Culture, Music, Music Commentary

4.8 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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GET TICKETS TO EOAS LIVE: https://www.evolutionofasnake.com This week, we’re peeling back the Sharpie-stained layers of Speak Now Taylor, decoding the hidden messages of her emotional state, and tracking the timeline of her writing Red. The Speak Now Tour wasn’t just a showcase of ringlet curls and sparkly gowns—it was a live journal entry written in Sharpie on her arm, night after night. And girls, she was going through it. From post-Gyllenhaal devastation to delusional fairytale princess syndrome, the Arm Lyrics tell the real story of this era: Jagged Little Pill psychosis in Omaha, hopeless romantic breakdowns in Pittsburgh, Joni Mitchell existentialism in Perth. This insanity was brewing for years. We love to see it! JOIN US ON PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES: https://www.patreon.com/swiftologist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This Sunday, the race for Premier League glory continues as Manchester City take on Liverpool
0:21.0	at the Etihad.
0:22.2	As good as it gets!
0:23.6	And you can stream every moment
0:25.3	live on Sky Sports.
0:27.2	Well, it's just wonderful.
0:28.5	Available without a contract
0:30.1	with Now.
0:31.5	Absolutely brilliant.
0:33.5	Stream Manchester City versus Liverpool
0:35.3	this Sunday from 4pm.
0:44.7	Head to NowTV.com 18 plus Sky Sports content stream via internet. Full terms apply.
0:56.5	Welcome back to Evolution of a Snake. I'm Zach. And I'm Madeline. And this is the Taylor Swift podcast. And we are doing something that only the Taylor Swift podcast could do today.
0:57.8	Have you guys noticed anything?
1:00.8	Seen anything like this before?
1:02.0	Mine's terrible.
1:04.2	Oh, mine is awful as well. It looks like a kid did it in second grade, and it's not finished.
1:09.2	It's not the whole lyric because I ran out of space me too so
1:12.4	if you can't see if you don't have the video accompaniment to this which you can get for free on
1:16.7	YouTube we have arm lyrics all up our arms and we have 13s on our hands and we have friendship
1:22.2	bracelets ready to go which means that we can only be doing one thing today, and that is arm lyricology.
1:30.4	I was going to say speaking now, so it's a good thing we didn't say at the same time.
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