{"id":87960,"date":"2024-04-06T03:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T03:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/taylor-swift-fans-are-trying-to-figure-out-what-happened-in-the-hallway\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T03:12:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T03:12:02","slug":"taylor-swift-fans-are-trying-to-figure-out-what-happened-in-the-hallway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/taylor-swift-fans-are-trying-to-figure-out-what-happened-in-the-hallway\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Fans Are Trying to Figure Out What Happened in the Hallway"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>
Ashok Kumar\/TAS24\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fans are noticing a pattern in one of Taylor Swift\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> new playlists \u2014 and they\u2019re wondering if there\u2019s a connection to her split from Joe Alwyn<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department<\/em><\/a>, Swift, 34, released five separate playlists<\/a> on Friday, April 5, representing the various stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Each collection features existing songs from her discography.<\/p>\n

The fourth playlist, titled \u201cOld Habits Die Screaming\u201d \u2014 the title of a track<\/a> off TTPD<\/em> \u2014 focuses on the concept of depression.<\/p>\n

\u201c[This playlist] the feelings of depression that often lace their way through my songs,\u201d Swift says in a voice message. \u201cIn times like these, I\u2019ll write a song<\/a> because I feel lonely or hopeless. And writing a song feels like the only way to process that intensity of an emotion. And while these things are really, really hard to go through<\/a>, I often feel like when I\u2019m either listening to songs or writing songs that deal with this intensity of loss and hopelessness, usually that\u2019s in the phase where I\u2019m close to getting past that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\n

\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>A Guide to Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Bonus Versions<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift is treating her fans to more than one version of her upcoming 11th studio album. Three editions of The Tortured Poets Department, the original and two bonus versions, will be released on Friday, April 19. In addition to the 16 songs from the standard edition, each album variation will feature one of three [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Upon listening, eagle-eyed fans quickly realized that many of the playlist\u2019s songs feature references to an elusive hallway. In \u201cConey Island,\u201d off Swift\u2019s 2020 album Evermore<\/em>, she sings, \u201cWere you standing in the hallway with a big cake? \/\u00a0Happy birthday<\/span>\u00a0\/ Did I paint your bluest skies the darkest grey? \/ A universe away.\u201d<\/p>\n

An incident in the hallway is also mentioned in Midnights\u2019<\/em> \u201cMaroon,\u201d another track speculated to be about Swift\u2019s ex. \u201cYou were standing hollow-eyed in the hallway \/ Carnations you had thought were roses, that\u2019s us,\u201d she sings in the second verse. (Continuing with the motif in \u201cConey Island,\u201d carnations are typically given to celebrate a person\u2019s birthday.)<\/p>\n

Lastly, lyrics for \u201cYou\u2019re Losing Me,\u201d the most gut-wrenching track<\/a> off Midnights<\/em>, reads: \u201cNow you\u2019re running down the hallway \/ And I guess that\u2019s what they all say \/ That you don\u2019t know what you\u2019ve got until it\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cConey Island,\u201d \u201cMaroon\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re Losing Me\u201d are all breakup-inspired songs, but ones that take place in a time right before an actual heartbreak occurs. All three songs contemplate whether to stay or leave a relationship that was once filled with love and deep affection. Other songs on the \u201cOld Habits Die Screaming\u201d playlist include \u201cMy Tears Ricochet\u201d from Folklore<\/em>, \u201cChampagne Problems\u201d from Evermore<\/em> and \u201cDear Reader\u201d from the 3 a.m. edition of Midnights<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n
\"Taylor<\/div>
Don Arnold\/TAS24\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s with that hallway but they\u2019re all in the same playlist,\u201d one Swift wrote via X on Friday, while another said, \u201cThe hallway is an interesting visual because it\u2019s a purgatory of sorts. The space between staying and leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n

A third fan pointed out the similarities between Swift\u2019s writing style and that of the classic poets. \u201cA lot of poets (ie TS Eliot<\/strong>) use hallways as a liminal space, a place where you become untethered and isolated between defined areas in life that provide resolution and clarity,\u201d they explained. \u201cI think she uses hallways as a metaphor for describing the turmoil and instability in the relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

But why do fans think all the hallways could be about Alwyn? A color just might hold the answer. The Grammy winner has famously referenced various shades of blue while singing about Alwyn, 32, and \u201cConey Island\u201d is one of those songs. The track also mentions gray, a color referenced in \u201cYou\u2019re Losing Me.\u201d Seeing the pattern?<\/p>\n

Although Swift and Alwyn called it quits for good last spring, rumors swirled that the pair had a bumpy relationship for years. In November 2023, producer Jack Antonoff<\/strong> revealed that \u201cYou\u2019re Losing Me\u201d was written back in 2021<\/a>, more than one year before Swift and Alwyn\u2019s official breakup.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n
\"Every<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Every Theory Swifties Have About ‘The Tortured Poets Department’<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\t\t\tSwifties have plenty to think about between now and April 19. Taylor Swift announced her forthcoming 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, while accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2024 Grammys on February 4. \u201cThis is my 13th Grammy, which is my lucky number. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve ever [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At the time, a source exclusivity told Us Weekly<\/em> that Swift\u2019s fame factored into the split. \u201cJoe is very shy and never liked all the attention that came with dating one of the most popular singers in the world,\u201d the insider explained, adding that Alwyn didn\u2019t \u201cblame\u201d Swift for her A-list status but \u201cdidn\u2019t like having to be on all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\n