Show Notes
- Reputation Era
- Color: black
- Years: 2017-2018
- “Villain Era”
- Revenge Album
- Owing her stuff
- “We think we know someone, but the truth is that we only know the version of them they have chosen to show us. There will be no further explanation. There will only be reputation. (Liner notes)
- 2 sides to the album
- City/Revenge
- Love
- Inspired by the fantasy series Game of Thrones, she split the album into two sides; one contains songs about vengeance and drama, and the other about finding love, friendship, and “something sacred throughout all the battle cries”. (From Wiki) https://ew.com/music/2019/05/09/taylor-swift-game-of-thrones-reputation/
- “My entire outlook on storytelling has been shaped by [Thrones]—the ability to foreshadow stories, to meticulously craft cryptic story lines,” she says. “So, I found ways to get more cryptic with information and still be able to share messages with the fans. I aspire to be one one-millionth of the kind of hint dropper the makers of Game of Thrones have been.”
- Disappeared before this album came out
- Social media wiped before album came out
- Said a prayer of gratitude for each chink in the armor/she never knew she needed
- Our Eras:
- When did we first listen to this album
- How we each defined “Reputation”
- The Stories
- Flipping tables- Matthew 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-18, Luke 19:45-47, John 2:13-16
- Get behind me satan Matthew 16:23
- Peter’s story- questioning, saying who Jesus is, telling Jesus he can’t die, I will not betray you, the betrayal, forgiveness (feed/care/lead sheep)- This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, Call It What You Want
- @Paige
- Overturning tables- Matthew 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-18, Luke 19:45-47, John 2:13-16 “I did something bad”
- Who do you say I am?- Luke 9:20, Matthew 27:11-14, Mark 25:1-5 -call it what you want
- The Sanhedrin – So it Goes/Gorgeous (you should think about the consequence of your magnetic field being a little too strong)
- Pilate, (Matt 27:24) Luke 23:24 – Look at What you Made Me do
- Reputation Verses-
- @Megan
- First Listen:
- New Year’s Day 15:15-16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8QV5fa7xa4
- Squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi cab
- Delicate 5:60-63
- Sometimes when I look into your eyes/I pretend you’re mine/All the damn time/‘Cause I like you
- Re-listen
- New Years Day 15:29-30
- Hold onto the memories they will hold onto you, they will hold to you and I will hold onto you
- Dress 12:57-58, 60
- Even in my worst times/You could see the best of me/Flashback to my mistakes/Even in my worst lies/You saw the truth in me
- Getaway Car 9:68-73
- @Paige
- First Listen
- New Year’s Day 15:12-13
- I want your midnights
- But I’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day
- Re-listen
- Dancing with our hands tied – 11:37-38
- I’m a mess, but I’m the mess you wanted.
- Look What You Made Me Do 6:13-14
- Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
- Where is God?
- What would Jesus’s track 5 story be?
- Taylor’s track five meaning: On every Taylor Swift album, track five has a very specific meaning. The fifth track is always the most emotional, tear-jerking and vulnerable song on the album. It always follows a sad, heart-wrenching story about Taylor’s past, usually about one of her relationships or her emotions and anxieties in life. (https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/11/26/track-5-meaning/)
- What’s Next?
- Sunday Question
- Reputation Jesus Story
- Track Five Jesus Story
- Reputation Verse(s)
- Thank you!
- PS
- Prayer @Megan
- Benediction @Paige
