What Married Life Means for Taylor Swift’s Music & Recent ‘Debut TV’ Clues

What will married life mean for Taylor Swift’s music? Olivia Levin, author of “The Story of Us: How the Taylor Swift Fandom Changed Our Lives” discusses with content creator Britton Rae and Gia Mariano, co-host of Barstool’s “Taylor Watch” podcast. 

Olivia asked, “Now that she's happy, in a great relationship, and entering a marriage, how do you think her music and her songwriting and her lyricism is going to change?”

Mariano shared, “Taylor Swift can write about anything, even if she hasn't experienced it herself. And we saw that with ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore.’ People always try to focus on her being sad, and that's where her lyricism is really her best.”

Olivia weighed in, “I think we'll always have some sort of sad songs. Life is never perfect. You lose people and friendships and all of that.”

Rae added, “Limiting somebody who is so incredibly talented to only being able to access the emotions they're currently feeling is just undercutting how successful they are. So, I really don't think that it's going to limit her in any way.”

Olivia pointed out that Taylor has had two country performances this year and asked, “Do you guys think that she's just teeing up ‘Debut (Taylor’s Version)’?”

Gia said, “I do feel like it has to be ‘Debut (Taylor’s Version)’ just because of the 20th anniversary coming up in October.”

Taylor performed with Lainey Wilson at a Tight End University concert in Nashville earlier this month. 

Mariano pointed out, “I did think that Lainey Wilson was giving us a little bit of an Easter egg… because Lainey Wilson is a country artist. So, is she gonna be on ‘Debut’ on one of the vault tracks?”

Olivia asked Britton, “Do you think that her vibe lately in her outfit choices is leading us to a future new album?”

Britton explained, “Everybody remembers 2022 when she came out at the BMAs and then said to meet her at midnight and then it’s actually an album called ‘Midnight’… One thing that I go to as like a really obvious sign is the ‘Toy Story 5’ red carpet look that I believe the brand was Erdem and it's part of the 20th anniversary and the collection is the fall 2026. So, it's like fall 2026 will be the 20th anniversary of ‘Debut.’”

Olivia went on, “Taylor has actively been building a multi-generational legacy. Do you feel like she's transitioning from a contemporary pop star into a historic timeless industry icon or do you think she's already reached that status?”

Gia said, “I feel like she has already reached that status. I mean, we just saw recently that 1989 was put into the Smithsonian Institute. She was just honored at the Songwriters Hall of Fame.”