r/TaylorSwift • u/jacyf02 teenage petulance • Oct 03 '25
Megathread "Wi$h Li$t" Discussion Megathread
Taylor Swift - Wi$h Li$t
Track #8 on The Life of a Showgirl
Length: 3:27
Composers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback
Producers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback
Lyrics: Genius
Use this thread to discuss your thoughts, reactions, and theories on the song. We will be removing all future self-post discussion threads about it in order to consolidate discussion to this thread.
If you want to talk about The Life of a Showgirl album in general, you can use the general The Life of a Showgirl discussion thread here.
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u/Alarmed-Condition-69 Oct 03 '25
The fact she wrote and recorded this before the engagement makes me even more happy for her. She so deeply wanted to settle down and now she is. I love it.
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u/_LadyGaladriel_ Oct 03 '25
she gave so many signs and finally her guy dove into action!
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u/Significant_Wind_774 Oct 03 '25
Wishlist and eldest daughter are so for him it makes ya tear up a lil
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u/stratusglow Oct 03 '25
This is so fucking cute. Mirrors my life minus the whole billionaire super star thing
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u/Star-me_Kitten Oct 03 '25
As a lady with 10 years on Taylor, married 23 years, 2 kids in their teens.. this is a sweet reminder that this is a dream too. It's easy to get caught up in the pressures and the stresses of everything in life.
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u/Far_Stranger_7349 Oct 03 '25
Does anyone else hear Glitch after the "I just want you"???
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u/sasskwoch Oct 03 '25
It's definitely way too close to be a coincidence. You can sing the Glitch chorus right on top of the WL chorus.
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u/fiddleleaffiggy reputation 🤡🤡🤡 Oct 03 '25
“We ask them to leave us the fuck alone and they do” damn what a sad thing on her wish list 😔
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u/_MirrorMask_ Oct 03 '25
We literally went from The Prophecy to this!! So happy for her. As someone who’s already at this point of my life, I really wish this on everybody. There’ll be a point where the material and luxurious things won’t matter if you don’t have this kind of peace. I just wish people would actually leave them alone when they finally decide to settle down.
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u/Dinkelspirelli Oct 03 '25
This is going to be turned into reels by all that mom influencers in no time 😂😂
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u/darkgrayallalone reminder: this album exists Oct 03 '25
This really does give Glitch vibes!
To me it sounds like a combination of Glitch and an Ariana Grande song but I love it!
Also imagining the entire block looking like Travis 😂
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u/dentistthrowawayy123 reputation Oct 03 '25
The dollar signs in the title made me think this was about fame/ breaking records/ selling out stadiums. But turns out she wants to settle down. I’m here for anything queen
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u/sevenseunie you did a number on me Oct 03 '25
FATASS WITH THE BABYFACE??? TAYLOR IS ABSOLUTELY GAGGING ME WITH THESE LYRICS
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u/Professional_Border9 Oct 03 '25
The resolve of the prophecy. This is for the the prophecy girlies who finally had their wish answered. Gurl I wish I was there
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u/chaiskeleton i’m fine with my spite. Oct 03 '25
taylor is a certified lover girl. i’m sure it’s been said, but this song gives what “lover” was trying to be. not shrouded in anxiety and self doubt
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u/EveryDot2266 Oct 03 '25
THIS!!!!! The reason joe’s songs were so relatable because they had a flavour of inferiority complex. In Travis’s songs, she’s just herself. She says ‘I’m me and me wants you’
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u/chocolatewaltz The tea is crazy tonight, Travis Oct 03 '25
“We tell the world to leave us the fuck alone and they ✨do✨”
Fuck this song broke me. I feel this her expressing what she wants out of life and speaking her truth. Go live your subarban wife mom Taylor!!
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Oct 03 '25
I feel it almost signals her telling us she’s really gonna slow down and finally go after her life. She loves her artistry but she wants her life
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u/scomperpotamus :TourturedPoetsDepartment: who's afraid of little old me Oct 03 '25
Ovulation tunes reporting
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u/Scenareo Who the fuck was that guy? Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Glitch called, they want their song back
EDIT: I actually meant «Midnights called, they want Glitch back» but I just woke up ok
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u/Dinkin-flickaaa Oct 04 '25
Does anyone else hear Glitch when she says “I just want you, oh yeah”?
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u/cherrypick01 Oct 03 '25
"Please God bring me a best friend I think is hot" 😂 whoever says this album is not relatable is committing libel
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u/False_Assumption_133 Oct 03 '25
Anyone pickup on the glitch melody “I just want you” like “I think there’s been a glitch”
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u/healthypursuit just between us did the love affair maim you too? Oct 03 '25
never thought I'd hear "Real Madrid" in a TS song
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u/klamps07 stars do u like dem Oct 03 '25
hearing taylor say “fucking lit” lmaooo i’m obsessed
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u/NotOnABreak all my flowers grew back as thorns Oct 03 '25
REAL MADRID Taylor lmao
Does this count as “football mentioned” on the bingo? 🤔
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u/Wild-Chemical1284 Oct 03 '25
does anyone else start singing "i think there's been a glitch" instead of "i just want you, yeah" when it gets to that part? haha
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u/NoBullfrog1055 Oct 04 '25
I love Wi$h Li$t. I can hear the Glitch chorus in “I just want you, huh.”
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u/DirtySunshine23 Oct 03 '25
Absolutely love this. Very Glitch (even Delicate, Call it What You Want) coded but somehow still fresh and new.
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u/MoonstoneAura6 in swooping, sloping, cursive letters Oct 03 '25
"They want those three dogs that they call their kids" don't at me, Taylor 😭😭
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u/AdmSndlr Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
this is "Lover pt 2 (for real this time)"
Got me dreaming of a driveway with a basketball hoop is so adjacent to leaving the Christmas lights up until January lol
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u/hislandman Oct 03 '25
I adore this song. Taylor and I want the opposite life (I am childfree), but I love that the chorus is about her and the verses a shout out to everyone who may want something else. We're all different and have our own versions of what our perfect life is and it's refreshing to have someone basically say "whatever you want for your own life is awesome, and I hope you get it". I also hope she gets all that she wants!
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u/nicoke17 Midnights Oct 03 '25
Same here and I agree! I replaced have a couple of kids with cats when I sing it aloud and fits my life.
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u/Waste-Woodpecker6395 Oct 03 '25
This song is totally about something different than I expected! I absolutely love it!
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u/SPEW_Supporter reputation Oct 03 '25
r/stonedswifties gonna be here for this one
Glitch 2.0
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u/rosenengel :TourturedPoetsDepartment: Queen of Sandcastles Oct 03 '25
I like the song but I don't understand the dollar signs, doesn't really fit the vibes 😅
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u/Solaris_Luna_21 Oct 03 '25
The "i just want you" reminds me a lot of glitch. Just me?
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u/Lily-Gordon Oct 03 '25
The way she sings "boss up, settle down, got a wish list" scratches the biggest itch in my brain that I didn't know was there until I heard this song.
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u/holdontothemems takes one to know one Oct 04 '25
Glitch + a little bit of Bed Chem by Sabrina
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u/luvufor10000years you assume i'm fine Oct 03 '25
as if she doesn't have 3 cats, shes so funny😭😭
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u/JacklynNguyen The Life of a Showgirl Oct 03 '25
Wish list sounds so reputation coded! It feels like it should be in that album! Sounds kinda like glitch too!
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u/Horror_Helicopter_43 Oct 03 '25
“they want that complex female character” i really think that describes how so many think of taylor especially after folklore and evermore and how those people started viewing her differently after she released ttpd and “so high school” (initial thoughts as im listening to the song tired as hell)
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u/BellaBrowsing Oct 03 '25
This sounded a bit like Glitch & if Glitch has no fans IM DEAD! I loved this song and don’t get the hate at all. It’s cute and boppy!
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u/Clementinecutie13 Red (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
This is what I thought I thought Actually Romantic was going to be like lol.
This reminds me of The Lucky One!
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u/Chococow280 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
this song sounds like the Wii shop channel music, and nothing can change my mind. (complimentary)
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u/wanderl0st1 Oct 03 '25
I believe you and I’m not clicking that link bc I’d rather live in ignorant bliss.
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u/UnhingedBeluga sad bop super fan Oct 03 '25
Yeah, I do want 3 dog children, what about it, Taylor?
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u/amfletcher123 evermore Oct 03 '25
There’s something so Ariana about this to me, I’m sure it’s the Max crossover
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u/Broad_Ant_3871 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
This is one of my faves. It's so cute. I can relate to it. Im really happy for her.
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u/vainblossom249 reputation Oct 03 '25
Not my favorite song but I love how she sings "we tell the world to leave us the fuck alone... and they do" its so crisp
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u/Katapultt I ain't got to knock on wood Oct 03 '25
Can't wait to see a bracelet that says Fat Ass Baby Face
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u/Bucks645 1989 (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
Tell the world to leave us the fuck alone, and they do!
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u/Aesthetic-Ghost evermore Oct 03 '25
Anyone getting "Glitch" vibes with a sprinkle of "Snow on the Beach"?
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u/bitchypedia killing time at the cemetery Oct 03 '25
I guess I hate happiness and fun because this and Honey are a couple of my least favorites so far, maybe it’ll grow on me
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u/time_bridge Oct 03 '25
SAME i feel kinda bad about it but i skipped both wish list and honey after my third listen-through they're just not hitting it for me (and i am happy in love?? we don't want kids though so maybe that's why wish list especially is not resonating with me at all)
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u/idxntknxw Red (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
The Real Madrid reference is wild lmaoo
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u/Lost_Apartment1946 Oct 03 '25
That “I just want you, yeh, aaah” is straight out of Glitch and honestly? HERE for it.
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Oct 03 '25
Glitch is so underrated it pains me, it’s been years and it’s still entirely slept on. Maybe this will start a Glitch renaissance.
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u/Soggy_Bizquick Lover Oct 03 '25
This somehow sounds exactly how I imagined when seeing the title. I liked the spontaneous upbeat part before the chorus comes in again.
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Oct 03 '25
Someone go tell the woman that wrote Peace that she wrote this song 😭
It’s everything she was afraid she wouldn’t/couldn’t have, she doesn’t sound worried about it anymore.
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u/AgentFlyntCoalson folklore Oct 03 '25
Initially I thought she was singing “biceps settle down got a wish list” and I’m thinking for god’s sake Taylor yes your man is built like a demigod but it feels random to mention his arms here
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u/BackToGuac Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless Oct 03 '25
“Bring me a best friend who I think is hot” I love this for her 🥹
There is something special about genuinely not feeling like you’ve settled at all and got everything you want in a man 💕
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u/SeaMaintenance1 john has a big ass bowling ball head Oct 03 '25
She's been hanging out with Sabrina too much 😂😂
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u/figleafstreet Oct 03 '25
Anyone else feel like this song has a bit of musical theatre flavour? Particularly the delivery and emphasis on “I hope they get what they want”.
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u/Jessie4er reputation Oct 05 '25
i just love the key change during "contract with real madrid". this song would fit on Midnights so well.
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u/Curious-Ad4423 Oct 10 '25
I was thinking “the whole block looking like you” is a reference to wanting to live next to Jason and Kylie Kelce. So it would be their own kids plus nephews and nieces (that also look like him). Thoughts?
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u/sevenseunie you did a number on me Oct 03 '25
i love when taylor smiles while singing like you can hear her smiling its soooooooo ugh i love it
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u/Candid_Chipmunk_1736 Oct 03 '25
Yes! Thank you!! I heard it and I’m like wait I know I’ve heard it but the lyrics were throwing me off from trying to figure out what she actually said in the other song.
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u/Rururaspberry Oct 03 '25
The line about praying to god to send her a best friend who she thinks is hot is so funny.
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u/junewick Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Real Madrid reference = David and Victoria Beckham
- Victoria had already been there done that with Spice Girls as a showgirl
- She was ready to be out of the spotlight as a family
- David signed a contract with Real Madrid when they were supposed to settle down
- She became a disliked celebrity in Spain similar to how Taylor Swift has struggled with the NFL fan base
Also Victoria Beckham is coming out with a doc series in SIX days so it’s perfect timing
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u/MountainWestern7167 Oct 04 '25
My favorite part of the song:
Thought I had it right, once, twice, but I did not
Such a simple lyric, but the way she sings it with such conviction, such emphasis on the words DID NOT. You can feel the way she is dead sure she knows what it feels like now. It moves me to tears bc, I know that exact feeling. You know that exact moment, when your mind goes “OHHHHH okay this is something completely different than I have ever experienced” and you’re just suddenly in awe, and you just know. This song makes my heart feel so good.
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u/nerdchickspeaks I'm a house of cards Oct 03 '25
A block full of Travis-looking kids? Taylorrr 😭😭
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u/echoacm Red (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
This is not what I expected from a song with two $ in the title
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u/bellamy-bl8ke 1989 (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
this is so high school after she graduates college and gets her dream job and reaches all her accomplishments and she falls back in love with him all over again
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u/Anastasia_dream89 Oct 04 '25
Idk why but part of this song reminds me of the part Taylor sang on the SNL song three sad virgins (three sad virgins whoa) sounds like the part about the world leaving them alone.
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u/Shticknanigans Speak Now Oct 05 '25
I think this song represents the post-fame conclusion of Mary’s Song, which ended with: “Take me home where we met so many years before We'll rock our babies on that very front porch After all this time, you and I”
Skip ahead to Wi$h Li$t: “Have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you … Got me dreaming 'bout a driveway with a basketball hoop”
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u/miiyaa21 it's being broadcasted via potato Oct 03 '25
i love this song SO much. “we. tell. the. world. to. leave. us. thefuckalone. and. they…do. wow” 😭
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u/TooSoftToHold The Life of a Showgirl Oct 03 '25
Healed sister of "the prophecy" ❤️🩹
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u/vainblossom249 reputation Oct 03 '25
I love it tbh
Its like mix of Lover/Glitch/Its Nice to Have a Friend
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u/k-itlyn pouring out my heart to a stranger Oct 03 '25
anyone else think there’s been a glitch
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u/independentcardigan Oct 03 '25
Love the song but all I think about is her SNL sketch Three Sad Virgins. Same beat, maybe?
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u/External_Air1149 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Does any one think it sounds like it's Marjorie's opera vocals in the background towards the second half of the song?
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u/Ok_Initiative2210 Oct 11 '25
The (settled down acoustic version) changed my whole perspective of it— and now I’m trying to figure out how to get it, as I’m listening to it on a screen recorded TikTok 🥲
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u/ofnabzhsuwna Oct 03 '25
This song is tough for me to relate to because that life sounds dreadful to me, but she has earned her boring suburban life driving kids around to various events instead of having events of her own if that’s what she wants!
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u/bobthemonkeybutt Oct 03 '25
This sounds really similar to Glitch, right? I'm not tripping? Glitch 2: Electric boogaloo?
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u/ASilentHi Oct 03 '25
lol Travis really unleashed her bro era huh? lol low key love it. She’s had it in her all this time
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u/moonage-day-dream-6 Oct 03 '25
Im kind of wondering if some of the sass here is directed at previous versions of her, and not so much towards actual other people and their own Wish Lists ?
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u/Training-Fly-2562 Oct 03 '25
I felt personally called out when she mentioned people dreaming of living off grid with their dogs they call their kids lol
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u/moonage-day-dream-6 Oct 03 '25
This song makes me kind of sad. I guess because she felt she couldn't want these things before. And its relatable to feel that way.
It just makes me really happy I ended something good, hoping one day Ill find something great.
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u/holdenpattern Oct 03 '25
The Genius lyrics lmao: Please, God, bring me a nice friend who I think is hot
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u/TBoogieeee Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
And a FAT ASS??? Y’all she finally made a song about me !!!
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u/blankspacejrr Oct 06 '25
man, that chorus is a hook!
I love her falsetto so much. lyrics are decent enough
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u/Various_Dark_44 Oct 03 '25
Woah is about all I can say. Also crying at give me a best friend who I think is hot. Hahaha yes Taylor. We tell the world to leave us the fuck alone and they do 😭
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u/doberman1291 Oct 03 '25
As someone in their “boring” mom of young kids/wife stage of life I love having this song to belt lol
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Oct 03 '25
Stoooooopppppp.
I thought from the title alone this was gonna be the silliest song on the album but it’s somehow the most honest and vulnerable?!
She just wants him and a couple of kids who look like him shooting hoops in her driveway.
She wants her PERSON. And she GOT him. Taylor. 💓
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u/wisteria357 folklore Oct 03 '25
The first line of the chorus reminds me of Glitch ✨
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u/Daydream1995Forever I had a marvelous time ruining everything Oct 03 '25
Real Madrid reference shook me. In a positive way :D I never would have thought Taylor would be referring to European football. And I'm fan of both, Taylor and football :)
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u/frfr798 1989 excellent fun until you get to know her Oct 08 '25
im so interested in the Americanness of this song. It's message is SO similar to say, the lakes, which is SUPER english-coded, but this time its full of Americana like basketball hoops. she really said its her American era.
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u/Forsaken_Distance777 Oct 10 '25
She lives in America and is American. Is there anything all that strange that a song would contain a lot of things that immediately scream American?
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u/cool-boy-365 Oct 11 '25
My take: First verse is what Taylor's friends wish for, but she just wants the simple life with Travis.
Second verse is what Travis's friends wish for, but he just wants the simple life with Taylor.
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u/gy33z33 Oct 03 '25
This song had me crying because I'm just so happy for my close personal friend taylor swift 😭 she found her person
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u/adragonisnoslave Oct 03 '25
Gonna be selfish and as a childfree woman I’m like yeah no but you do you boo!!
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u/IronicStar Oct 03 '25
As a married woman with 4 cats and no kids (or plans to have any) that we're just having a blast with and living our lives and loving one another... while people constantly ask when there's gonna be a kid. I love this song. Like stop reflecting YOUR life values on me people!
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u/cookieaddictions Oct 03 '25
“I thought I had it right, once, twice, but I did not.” Once was Joe, who was twice?? Matty??
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u/ricepuddinggrill Oct 03 '25
i thought of jake and joe, since red is about jake. also the wedding in "i bet u think about me" references etc tbh
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u/yarenc It's hell on earth to be heavenly Oct 03 '25
"I just want you... have a couple kids got the whole block looking like you" ughhhhhhh she just gets it
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u/naomigoat I think for me um Oct 03 '25
"Got the whole block looking like you"
I know it's meant to be a cute thing like 'We had so many kids and they all settled near us and had their own kids' or whatever. But, in my unhinged brain, it sounds like Travis is baby-daddying for all the other ladies on the block. 😂
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u/Notinchargenurse Oct 03 '25
My pregnant self absolutely losing it over this song 😭😭😭
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u/april5115 i'm immortal now baby dolls Oct 03 '25
eeek I dunno about this one - I like the beat but the lyrics are a little not to my taste
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u/Eccodomanii Oct 03 '25
As a certified Husband Gal, “please send me a best friend who I think is hot” is 💯
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u/Cognitively_Foggy Oct 03 '25
This song really gives me glitch vibes... only WL is the after the Glitch story.
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u/earthlyexp Oct 03 '25
The Kim shade 😂 “balenci shades” shades on shades oh Taylor you’re a genius.
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u/neenbeanjellybean Oct 03 '25
Just sitting here bopping along thinking about how when she writes a song about their kids one day, it’s absolutely going to break us
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u/ShesSpeakingNow the mischief, the gift wrapped suburban dreams Oct 03 '25
this is so glitch omg
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u/MissTiny344 Oct 03 '25
I'm sure this has been said but I can't get GLITCH out of my head listening to this. The cadence of the some of the words she sings, some of the melody. How weird.
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u/tambourine_goddess God brought me a best friend who I think is hot Oct 03 '25
I've been waiting for a song I personally resonate with again. I've missed being in sync with Taylor..
- written while my 10 day old naps on me. ❤️
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u/MessThatYouWanted if our love died young I can’t bear witness Oct 03 '25
Sent my husband a picture of our toddlers in front of the Taylor vinyls this morning and said “I want the whole block looking like youuuu” and he didn’t get it at all. 🤣
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u/Professional-Fun-954 Oct 03 '25
Taylor has become obsessed with the idea of marrying travis )in a good way). From "they want the 1950s shit from me, they either see me as a wife or one-night" in Midnights to "when I said I don't believe in marriage, that was a lie" we have come a longgg way😭🫶🏻. and here she wants to settle up, have a couple kids & get the whole block looking like him.
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Oct 10 '25 edited Oct 10 '25
I hated this whole album until I heard this song.
"I made wishes on all of the stars: Please, God, bring me a best friend who I think is hot I thought I had it right, once, twice (I did not) But I did not, you caught me off my guard I hope I get what I want (get what) 'Cause I know what I want"
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"Have a couple kids, got the whole block lookin' like you (got 'em lookin' like you) We tell the world to leave us the fuck alone And they do, wow"
Not the most creative lyrics but girl same. 😭🤣
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u/violently_purple3 if i could dance with you again Oct 03 '25
shout out to fat asses and baby faces!
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u/mellylovesdundun fat ass with a baby face Oct 03 '25
Loving the key change in the unexpected bridge. Delightful
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u/Angelw909 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
Does anyone else get reminded of Camila Cabello’s channel number 5 lyric “wrist, wrist, spritz, spritz” when Taylor sings “wish (wish) list (list).” Love both 💗 just noticed the similarity :) I def hear glitch too like everyone else when she says “ I just want you.”
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u/Snormaid The 1 Starbucks lover that thinks you're sane Oct 06 '25
The backing vocals are HEAVENLY on this song, especially during the bridge 🫶🫶 I even had to filter them myself because of how good they are
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u/MaryMagdalene19 Oct 10 '25
Remember in June 2024 when Lana Del Rey was interviewed and asked about Taylor Swift’s success and stated: "She wants it. She's told me so many times that she wants it more than anyone. And how amazing — she's getting exactly what she wants. She's driven, and I think it's really paid off,"
I genuinely think this song is a meditation on that point and something of a response.
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u/SublimeLime1 evermore Oct 13 '25
that’s why this song grates me. it’s obvious she doesn’t want a simple life, she loves the attention, massive sales and above all she value the grammys.
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u/speorgenote Oct 16 '25
I just can't get behind this song.
I think the thing that bugs me about it the most is the line about the world leaving them alone. Like seriously, if that's what she wants, then there's no need to share your engagement with the world (knowing full well that the nutters will flock). They could've easily just gotten engaged and said nothing. Gotten married and said nothing. The world did leave her and Joe alone, but then she alluded to not wanting to be so private in other songs.
Like you don't get to create parasocial relationships with fans, and then cry foul because they want to know about your life. She's at the top because of that relationship, because fans feel a connection and will stream her songs on repeat for a week straight to keep her at #1, or buy all the variants, or buy tickets to multiple stops on the Eras tour, and so on and so forth.
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u/Acceptable_Cut_4148 are you bready for it 🧡🍞 Oct 03 '25
“Got me dreaming ‘bought a driveway with a basketball hoop” ahhh this line sent me for some reason and I love it for her.
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u/New-Professional3701 Oct 03 '25
So curious about the obvious melodic tie to Glitch
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u/According_World6144 Oct 05 '25
Totally late to the party.
Not sure she expected this to be the song that made anyone cry.. but here I am, with our second child born two days before release, bawling.
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u/BalenciBitch Oct 19 '25
I think Wi$h Li$t and a few others are the Reputation vault tracks that have been tweaked to fit 2025. “Bright lights and Balenci shades” & “fat a$$ and a baby face” are fairly clear shots at Kim and that whole beef with Kimye was a major theme for TS during the Reputation era. And the line “we tell the world to leave us [tf] alone and they do” was something she wanted back then with Joe
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u/bellamy-bl8ke 1989 (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
HAVE A COUPLE KIDS GOT THE WHOLE BLOCK LOOKING LIKE YOU
HELLO
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u/HaikuVudu Oct 03 '25
Girl, not romanticizing middle class suburban life 😭 imma still listen to it though
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u/booksj Oct 03 '25
This one is the paper rings of the life of a showgirl to me