#tiwwchnt
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
I hope she’ll be a beautiful fool who takes my spot next to you
(”this is why we can’t have nice things”—reputation/“happiness”—evermore)
Throughout the Rep era, I’ve been ~very~ annoyed by the J necklace, even though it’s an obvious stunt, a copy of previous T necklaces that matched Karlie’s K, she didn’t really wear it to Abi’s wedding, etc. It still really got under my skin, especially in the making of Call It What You Want video. I love that song so much, and it just rubbed me the wrong way to see it so cloaked in lies.
But I think the true proof that this necklace is a stunt and nothing more came in the making of This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things video, where we see Tay in a hoodie, working with Jack, casually figuring out the music to the bridge:
She’s wearing the necklace, but it’s underneath the hoodie – you know, the way literally any necklace would be with literally any hoodie in the history of time. But then, later in the video, when they’ve just started filming again because they’re ready to lay down vocals, look what magically appears:
Wow, it’s the necklace! It’s out for this quick one-minute segment while TS gets ready to sing, and then she waves goodbye to the camera before they shut it off to start recording.
Part of the magic of these “making of” videos is how natural they feel, how much they let us into Taylor’s private world to watch her make music. But we can’t forget that these videos – like everything else – are meticulously chosen, edited, and some, like the last minute of this one, are staged. Here we have a carefully filmed minute where Tay has placed the necklace in full view even though it obviously would never normally be visible under a huge hoodie, and then she waves goodbye, letting us know that SHE knows this isn’t an organically filmed segment – the purpose of it is for us to see it.
This video tells us, plain as day, that the necklace is a stunt. It’s not a natural/organic part of Taylor’s life; it’s something she deliberately shows us when she wants to appease the T*es. After I saw this video, I felt much better about the necklace in general. It’s just another costume, just another red herring on the way to her real endgame.
Side note: anyone know who that model is tacked up on the wall next to Tay? I googled around for a bit but couldn’t find the photo.
what’s everyone’s top 3 from reputation after 3 years?
New Year’s Day, Call It What You Want, Gorgeous.
