at the beginning of the video, taylor crawled out from a grave that was engraved with “here lies taylor swift’s reputation,” whilst wearing the out of the woods dress. it’s the one she was running in through several treacherous, chaotic hurdles and situations, feeling like she couldn’t outrun the media/public’s nonsensical opinions, and their exploitation of her personal life.
there’s something profound, important and empowering about the way she mercilessly filled the grave of her “old self” in, alluded to the #taylorswiftisoverparty and buried all of the media’s “little games" they’ve played with all of her past selves. she’s continuously persevered through pain, and she’s channelling it into rising above and reclaiming every joke, caricature and incessant remark that’s been made about her over the course of a decade. she’s wholly taking back control of her life, her narrative and her reputation and she’s stronger than ever. we’re all so incredibly proud of you, taylor.
