“You can beat the heat, if you beat the charges too.” Is Florida!!! the wildest track on The Tortured Poets Department? In this chaotic, heartfelt, and unfiltered episode, we break down Taylor Swift’s "Florida!!!" line by line—from the millennial whiplash of “my friends all smell like weed or little babies” to hurricane metaphors, fugitive fantasies, and haunted mansions.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Florida by Lauren Groff

The Haunted Mansion (Disney)

The Good Place (NBC) Sweet Home Alabama Mean Girls

Pocahontas

Rippling corporate espionage case

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Episode Highlights:

[03:00] Let’s start with the title

[06:45] “My friends all smell like weed or little babies”

[10:03] “Your home’s only a town you’re just a guest in”

[16:33] “Hurricane with my name when it came”

[21:15] “Yes I’m haunted but I’m feeling just fine”

[29:58] The bridge - remember, there are two speakers!

[39:26] The purpose

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“He was sunshine, I was midnight rain.” Dive into how Taylor Swift masterfully uses weather imagery - from romantic rain in 'Fearless' to metaphorical storms in 'Midnight Rain' and destructive hurricanes in 'Florida!!!' (feat. Florence + The Machine). Join us for an exploration of meteorological metaphors in Swift's songwriting across different eras.

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Mentioned in this episode:

King Lear

The Great Gatsby

Wuthering Heights

E13: Metaphors (“Clean”)

E10: Deep Dive - Red

Florida

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Episode Highlights:

[01:09] Intro to rain songs and weather

[06:48] “Fearless,” Fearless

[17:33] “Midnight Rain,” Midnights

[29:49] “Florida!!!” The Tortured Poets Department

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“I said I love you, you say nothing back.” This week, we're deep diving into "Say Don't Go," from 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault). Picking up from last week's circus-themed episode, we unravel how Taylor crafts a lyrical nightmare of helplessness, packed tight with metaphors and rhetorical questions that leave listeners suspended in emotional free fall.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Six The Musical The Break-Up (2006 film)

Mad Men

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

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Episode Highlights:

[03:09] “Oh no, oh no, I’m unarmed”

[07:36] “I’m standing on a tightrope, alone”

[14:56] “Why’d you have to lead me on?”

[21:44] “And I’m yours but you’re not mine”

[32:10] “Why’d you have to make me want you”

[42:42] “But you won’t…”

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