Something Something About Harry Possibly Realizing The Gravity Of Their Love And How It Still Affects

Columbus, 8/18

I just keep thinking like, how much Joe helped Taylor become herself and grow as a person - not in the way that like, a man deserves all the credit, but it is so clear that he and their relationship helped her get to a place where she could discuss the topics on folklore / evermore / Midnights, where she could make her political post, hell even the amount of seductive choreo skyrocketed from 1989 to rep and then to Eras because she feels so comfortable with herself, and I don’t doubt that he was a part of that journey. Even if all he did was stand by her, he gave her the confidence to do it all and having that rock really deeply helped her. And like, whatever happened, but it’s clear to me that relationship made her into the best version of herself she could be, and that’s what any wonderful relationship is supposed to do and that is both beautiful and so fucking heartbreaking. And no matter what happened I am so grateful to him to have given those gifts to her.

what’s with m4ylors wanting m4ylor to be like haylor so bad 😭 first trying to steal our songs and now twin flame

A few comments (with some likes) on that reading you posted about TF are saying it's ratty. what's with all the maylor shippers 🤢

He’s not an air sign lol

i keep watching videos of people going to the eras tour, girls dressing up with their friends, trading friendship bracelets with strangers, crying to surprise songs, holding each other during their favorite set. singing, and dancing, and screaming, and crying and all of it just feels like pure happiness. there's something so special about the unapologetic way girls get to just purely be themselves at the eras tour and it makes my heart so warm inside.

and it's not a gender thing, but the way teenage girls have constantly seen their interests diminished and overlooked makes this sense of community so much more special.

for so long i felt like there was something wrong with being stereotypically girly. god forbid pink is your favorite color, or you listen to pop music, or you have a stan account and posters of a boyband on your bedroom wall. god forbid you're still strong, and smart, and interesting.

and maybe it's because i'm in my twenties now, and i'm finally figuring out who i am, because fuck, being a teenager sucks, but i can look at the girls crying from their nosebleeds seats at the eras tour, or the girls dancing in line for a harry styles concert, or the group of friends that yelled "hi barbie" to me from their pink dresses on the other side of the street, and feel like there is a part of current pop culture, of mainstream media, that is finally, finally, allowing girls to experience girlhood without shame.

we love taylor. we love each other. look at us and the cute bracelets we trade with strangers. look at our pink outfits to go watch barbie at the theatre and our feathery boas at harry concerts and our kindles full of romance books. look. it's all so pretty.

i spent all my money on concert tickets, i'm going to the eras tour next year. i already warned everyone i'll cry during long live.

i'm making bracelets. i have a pinterest board for my outfit. i'm sharing ideas, because everyone else is doing the same. i made a playlist of my favorite songs and named it after taylor swift. i found an old one direction poster and put it back up on my wall. i learned how to crochet, and the first thing i made was a flower. the yard is pink. it's my favorite color.

i did my makeup. i read my favorite sally rooney novel on the train, with my headphones in. i'm twenty and i'm thirteen, and i'm nine, when pink was still my favorite color. i'm all of those girls, and all of them are me.

it really is the girlhood no one can't take away. it was ours first. we're taking it back.

Me and my friends were talking yesterday about Taylor and Joe’s break up and how we all think Joe’s ‘normal grounded life’ that Taylor loved and needed so much at the time, is something she actually grew out of and didn’t need anymore because Joe didn’t grow with her when she got better enough to not really want or need to hide. He was still stuck in the same spot and didn’t really want to change or compromise and only really liked Taylor’s fame and money when it benefited him in the end. I do think they became very mismatched by the end too and didn’t want the same things from their relationship anymore and Taylor literally tried so hard to make it work and accommodate all his needs but it was never really requited. Yes he was there for her when she needed him in the first couple of years but even that now seems like he enjoyed being the saviour.

Yes, what you guys landed on hits all the conversation points we've been having. It's exactly what happened and then you sprinkle the details in as shown in Taylor's songs the last couple of years and its crystal clear how the dynamic changed.

i don’t think it takes place in the present day at all! i’m even so far convinced that taylor dove into the body and mind of her 2014 self and wrote the song, how she felt during that time and the things she wanted to say/ask in that period of her life. like i’m pretty sure “you’re still with her” is the same girl that was in style “you’ve been out and about with some other girl”

I'm not fully convinced that Question...? takes place during pressnt day. It's been quite a while and the idea that Harry is still pining over Taylor, or that Taylor believes him to be, seems far-fetched. I feel like it maybe takes place around 2016 before she got committed with Joe (hence the "second-best" line) or maybe up to 2018 or so.

Of course, it definitely can still be present day. It's human to still feel petty about an ex not fighting for you, and bask in the fact that they regret not having you. And the "still with her" line fits the duration of Holivia more than anything else. But I dunno. That's the thing for me. He's been with Olivia for 2 years or so now. What reason would Taylor have to think that Harry still pines? I'm not totally convinced, but it's possible that the song represents her current thoughts. (I do think Harry probably carries *something* for her, though.) You can get a certain vibe off your ex even if you haven't spoken with them, and assume their relationship is shallow or inadequate, but I digress.

I don't necessarily even think it's more likely that the song takes place in the plast, but I don't see many people discussing the possibility.

the thing about haylor is i dont want them together i dont think they were the pinnacle of a perfect relationship i just find their dynamic and the way they write about each other SO ENDLESSLY INTERESTING. like i am a fan of the art of haylorism not shipping these two humans together as actual end game. does this make sense?

1989 is not a purely or even mostly happy album and maybe you’ll see that now. there’s a lot of yearning and a lot of truth-telling and a lot of hiding feelings and reckoning with huge life changes and growing up and moving on and crawling back and clinging onto hopes of true love when you have had your heart ripped into pieces but you cut your hair and moved to new york and maybe that’s enough.

This is Jackknife Lee talking about making songs with Harry & Taylor. He worked with Taylor on Red & Harry on “Something Great”. Do you think we will get these songs on 1989 Taylor’s version? 🤞

Do we think it’s somewhat rude Harry wasn’t there for the release in LA? Or no? Not rude.. but maybe just solidifies they aren’t in communication. I thought he would at least show up for her as a friend

I cannot stress enough: I think his absence and commitment elsewhere was a STRATEGIC DECISION.

Blondie has 3 exes who are not awful and with whom we have proof she interacts. All of whom have one (or more) songs on particular albums/behaviour in particular eras for which they are know: Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner, and Harry Styles.

NONE were involved in release announcements. But when they albums came out?!?

In the depth of the pandemic, Sophie and Joe got in on the action supporting Blondie’s Fearless TV release:

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Twitter, naturally, is liiiiiving for it.

And we just saw Taylor Lautner’s triumphant moments in July for SN:

And her interactions with Harry? Stratospheric interest. No one talks about anything else.

This?

And this?

Controlled the news cycle for 2 days only 6 months ago, more than his AOTY won and RedTV finally getting a Grammy. Tree had to put out a press release about their long-standing, peaceful friendship (maybe bc a certain YB threw a tantrum?)

And not supportive or not in contact? Disagree. Here is what he wore in Frankfurt in his concert hours before SN dropped:

The entire lighting scheme, the band accessories - all purple. He wore purple tones the concerts before and after too.

Last night was a TRIUMPH for Blondie. Final night of an unprecedentedly successful US tour celebrating her entire career, featuring stolen music she is reclaiming. Continued dominance on the charts and in international and domestic concert ticket sales.

And now - she gets to reclaim her first iconic album, the one that changed everything for her. The one that contains almost exclusively and still routinely charts…songs we all know are about Harry Styles. Style is *currently* her 4th or 5th highest charting single NINE YEARS after the album came out.

After the year she’s had, do you think she wanted to risk last night being overshadowed by a man?

And Harry Styles has ALWAYS stood back to let her shine, praising her and supporting her in big and small ways. He has NEVER said anything even remotely bad about her publicly, while she has *never publicly said his name aloud*.

The is exactly ZERO chance that Harry does not get pulled into this dialogue in the coming months.

Let’s sit back and watch it play out. Being a Haylor involved a lot of patience; let’s flex that muscle now.