
29. Taylor changed her lyrics in "Picture to Burn" from "that's fine, I'll tell mine you're gay" to "That's fine, you won't mind if I say" amid some backlash for the controversial message.
30. The subject of "Tim McGraw," Drew Dunlap, has said he thought it was "cool" to be written about by Swift and the two remained friends after their breakup.
31. Taylor lists her heartbeat as an instrument on 1989's "Wildest Dreams."
32. "Change" was her first song to crack the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
33. The first thing that came to her when writing "Should've Said No" was the title, and she wrote the chorus in five minutes.
34. "Breathe" is actually about the end of a friendship, not a relationship. Taylor told co-writer Colbie Caillat this about the inspiration behind the song: "One of my best friends, I'm gonna have to not see anymore and it's not gonna be part of what I do. It's the hardest thing to go through."
35. "Love Story," "Picture to Burn," and "You Belong With Me" are all playable songs on Band Hero.
36. "Our Song" was placed at the end of Taylor Swift intentionally, because the last line of the song is "play it again." Taylor thought that would be a little nudge for fans to play the album all over again.
37. While Taylor didn't name any names in the scathing "Should've Said No," she did reveal later it was about an ex-boyfriend named Sam, and a lot of the lyrics were actual words she said to him while confronting him.
38. Taylor is the first Saturday Night Live host to write their own monologue song. It was called—what else, "The Monologue Song" and it mentioned both Joe Jonas and Taylor Lautner.
39. If you need damning proof that "Out of the Woods" is about Harry Styles, look no further than the photo of Taylor wearing a paper airplane necklace that is allegedly Harry's. That aspect of their relationship is referenced in the lines: "your necklace hanging from my neck" and "two paper airplanes flying, flying, flying."
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