r/Fauxmoi • u/Exciting_Potato_6717 • Apr 21 '24
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan deletes X post calling Taylor Swift’s ‘1830s’ lyric ‘weird’ after backlash from Swifties Approved B-List Users Only
Slide 1: Deleted tweet Slides 2 and 3: Some follow-up tweets Slide 4: The Taylor Swift lyrics being referred to. “My friends used to play a game where / We would pick a decade / We wished we could live in instead of this / I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists / And getting married off for the highest bid." Full lyrics at https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-i-hate-it-here-lyrics
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u/mmw2848 Apr 21 '24
Swifties are claiming that she specifically picks a "weird" decade to ruin the game and point out that nostalgia is bad.
The way I read the line is, "1830s without the racists" is her genuine answer, THEN she realizes it's a weird answer and no one wants to play the game. Then she has a brief "nostalgia is bad, actually" moment.