Taylor Swift: My database of her 123,553 lyrics reveals hidden patterns
"It seems like all I ever do is change," Taylor Swift writes in the prolog to the bestselling album 1989 (Taylor's Version), released in 2023. In fact, change is a core part of the Swift marketing machine, which revolves around the evolution of her "eras."
Taylor Swift’s latest album cycle, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, featuring four new bonus tracks, reveals continued patterns in her lyrical language. By creating a digital database of her lyrics, called the Taylor Lyric Corpus (TaLyCo), the author identified themes of color contrasts, speculation, others' perceptions, body parts, and clothing across her extensive discography.
These patterns persist in the Encore tracks, showcasing Swift's continued fascination with these lyrical elements, despite polarized responses from fans.
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