Taylor Swift simply launched her new album, 'Evermore,' and it's got a lot of references that fans are looking to decode. Like, who's 'Closure' about?
Less than 5 months after Taylor Swift released "Folklore" to treatment our pandemic summer time blues, she announced that she was once dropping another logo new album, "Evermore," which music critics and lovers are basically across the board calling genius. There's one track in basic that stands proud and makes us marvel who it's about, and that is the reason "Closure."
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The chorus is going, "Yes I got your letter / yes I'm doing better," with lyrics like "Don't treat me like some situation that needs to be handled / I'm fine with my spite / And my tears / And my beers and my candles / I can feel you smoothing me over." It's one of the most very best post-breakup anthems we now have ever heard in a long time — most definitely as it feels extremely private and intensely relatable. So who is Taylor Swift talking about?
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Who is 'Closure' about in 'Evermore'?
"Closure" may well be about any of Taylor Swift's exes, like Tom Hiddleston or Harry Styles (some Redditors have pointed out "Yes I got your letter / yes I'm doing better" sounds a bit like the singer is adopting an English accessory, which some think could imply it might be any of her English exes).
Or she could be speaking about her very public feud with producer Scooter Braun, who had bought her first six albums for $300 million to an funding fund this past November. Or, "Closure" could completely be about a friend, since friendship breakups reduce deep, too.
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"Does anyone else feel like she is mocking someone with an English accent in the chorus?" one Redditor wrote. "I feel like it’s about Tom. I can picture him writing to her. Seems in line with his personality. And 'I’m doing better' because she was not really doing well during the time that they dated," another wrote.
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Another is convinced it is in truth a chum, writing, "[I'm] gonna say it: k * * rlie kl ** s." Could it really be Karlie Kloss? It's true that in 2019, Karlie had to publicly assure fans that she Taylor are nonetheless pals, which felt somewhat pressured. This happened after Taylor's essay, "30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30" was printed in Elle. In her letter, she paints a not-so-rosy image of her iconic #squad, which integrated Karlie.
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Taylor wrote, "In my twenties I found myself surrounded by girls who wanted to be my friend. So I shouted it from the rooftops, posted pictures, and celebrated my newfound acceptance into a sisterhood, without realizing that other people might still feel the way I did when I felt so alone. It’s important to address our long-standing issues before we turn into the living embodiment of them.”
Taylor herself hasn't revealed what "Closure" is about, which doesn't mean she won't ever talk about that and all the other Easter eggs in "Evermore." Taylor Swift shared, per Vulture, "I’ve all the time loved that in music you'll be able to kinda slip into other identities and you'll be able to sing from different people’s perspectives."
Could it be that "Closure" is not even from Taylor's lived standpoint? Maybe it's best to just enjoy the track as opposed to try to decode it.
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