I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
Summary
Fresh out the (slammer)… TTPD Eras Tour addition in Paris… Sara and Laura are beside themselves with excitement in today’s episode! The ladies react to Taylor’s first performance of The Tortured Poets Department songs, share a super cool listener email, and give some personal updates on life, upcoming events (Sara’s wedding!), and their shared nostalgia for Bon Appetit circa 2020. After all the chit-chat, these two ladies analyze one of Taylor’s most meta “depressed bops”… “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.” Did you catch all the Eras Tour references in this song? How about the beats per minute aligning with another very suspicious song or two? This episode is such a goodie, so be sure to subscribe and tune in!
Chapters
(00:00)Welcome!
(00:29) Our Reactions To TTPD on The Eras Tour
(04:38) Personal Updates: Wedding Planning, Ice Cream Dreams, Bon Appetit Test Kitchen & More
(13:00) Listener Email: Wine & Taylor Swift
(14:36) Lowercase Inside A Vault / Karma The Lost Album
(18:33) Analyzing 'I Can Do It With a Broken Heart'
(21:40) Taylor's "Depressed Bops"
(23:14) The Meta-ness of This Song
(25:36) The Context of This Song
(28:50) The "Showbiz" References In This Song
(32:23) He Said He'd Love Me For All Time - Show Must Go On
(35:57) Sparkling Summer
(37:06) Strategic Placement in the Album Track Listing
(39:28) Acknowledgement Of Her Success
(40:59) Other Eras Tour References In The Lyrics
(44:14) Music Theory & Barbie Influence
(47:41) Similarities to "Mastermind"
(49:34) "CPR" Beats Per Minute
(53:43) The Brutal Honesty of Taylor Swift's Lyrics
(01:05:36) This Song As A Food
(01:08:07) Signing Off!
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