This song is about self-love, knowing your worth and feeling unique! Celebrate that with us and let's give credits to this surely underrated song.Support us on ⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠!You can find us here:⁠Instagram⁠: @secretsessionpodcast_⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠: @

#93 You Need To Calm Down

11 days ago 20m 59s

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!! 🏳️‍🌈 To start off June the right way, we decided to talk about the second single off of Lover, released as an act of support by Taylor for the LGBTQ+ community, especially with the petition she created for the Equality Ac

#92 Peter

25 days ago 41m 36s

Taylor gave us the song that we think wraps up the story narrated by the songs that form the Teenage Love Triangle (Cruel Summer Trilogy according to us). We love this one and we loved the literary mentions!Support us on ⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠!You can fi

#91 Special Session: In Summation

May 15th, 2024 24m 58s

Don't know about you, but we simply cannot stop talking about The Tortured Poets Department, so we thought we could talk about the poem/epilogue Taylor wrote to wrap up the album.P.S. We analyzed the last stanza in the episode "Emergency Sessi

#90 Florida!!!

May 8th, 2024 33m 34s

This song is one hell of a drug! Taylor and Florence's voices together? Yes, thank you. This song is all about wanting to escape and start a new life, join us in this journey.Support us on ⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠!You can find us here:⁠Instagram⁠: @secret

#89 Fortnight

May 1st, 2024 34m 11s

We cannot stop thinking, talking and listening to The Tortured Poets Department, so let's start with talking about the opening track, Fortnight! She was supposed to be sent away, but they forgot to some and get her, and so she started writing t

#88 Fortnight Music Video

Apr 24th, 2024 25m 23s

This music video! Oh, we love it and we broke down every single scene in it! Listen to this in preparation to next week when we'll talk about the song.Support us on ⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠!You can find us here:⁠Instagram⁠: @secretsessionpodcast_⁠⁠TikTok

#87 The Tortured Poets Department - The Anthology: First Impressions

Apr 21st, 2024 44m 5s

Taylor gave us the whole anthology and so we had to share what we thought about these 15 extra stories, that are now ours. We fear we'll never recover from this!!Support us on ⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠!You can find us here:⁠Instagram⁠: @secretsessionpodcas

#86 The Tortured Poets Department: First Impressions

Apr 19th, 2024 46m 55s

We finally entered the Tortured Poets Department and we were not disappointed with the evidence we were presented with. Were we allowed to cry? 'Cause we certainly did.P.S. We recorded this episode right after Taylor dropped The Anthology, so

#85 Dear Reader

Apr 10th, 2024 46m 20s

It's the last episode before TTPD (AAAH!) and so we needed to talk about the last song off of Midnights, that also really sounds like poetry. Play the game "good or bad advice?" with us and let us know your thoughts!Support us on ⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠!Y

#84 the lakes

Apr 3rd, 2024 43m 52s

Take us to the lakes where all the TORTURED POETS went to die... After I Know Places, in this episode we analyze another song where Taylor felt like she needed to escape in order to save her relationship, as well as her mental health. This is T

#83 I Know Places

Mar 27th, 2024 26m 43s

When Taylor's private life became not so private anymore, she got the idea to get into hiding in order to protect her relationship. We talked about that and more!Support us on ⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠!You can find us here:⁠Instagram⁠: @secretsessionpodcas

#82 Our Predictions For The Tortured Poets Department

Mar 20th, 2024 1h 13m

We’re officially less than one month away from the album release and we wanted to celebrate this by sharing our predictions! We talked about every single track and went down a few crazy rabbit holes. Chances are we’re wrong about everything, bu

#81 How You Get The Girl

Mar 13th, 2024 37m 38s

Part 3 of our series on the door theme. In this episode, we analyze all the steps up to Taylor's door (aka her heart): step 1, "stand there like a ghost, shaking from the rain...". Bonus slander on toxic masculinity, if that's your thing.Supp

#80 The Last Time

Mar 6th, 2024 33m 10s

Part 2 of our series about the door theme. Once again, we have a door and two people who are trying to communicate. We talked about (false) promises and hope in something that is not really there anymore.Support us on ⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠!You can find

#79 The Other Side Of The Door

Feb 28th, 2024 33m 2s

First of three parts on songs with the recurring theme of the door. After a heated fight with her partner, Taylor walks away from their relationship, but that isn't really what she wanted. Teenage angst, passionate slamming of doors, and confus

#78 Special Session: TIME Person Of The Year

Feb 21st, 2024 38m 26s

Taylor was named Person Of The Year 2023 by TIME Magazine and we talked about it! We read some parts of the article written by Sam Lansky and we urge you to spend some minutes reading it if you haven't already.Disclaimer: we recorded this epis

#77 The Door Theme

Feb 14th, 2024 20m 54s

Doors came up so often during our analyses that we decided to dedicate an entire episode to the theme of the door! We split the references into three categories and discussed them. Are we reading too much into this? Probably, maybe they’re just

Emergency Session: The Tortured Poets Department

Feb 5th, 2024 38m 34s

Taylor announced a brand new album at the Grammys and we can't wait to listen to it! We shared our predictions and thoughts about this. We also talked about the fact that Taylor won AOTY for the 4th time... iconic!Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠

#76 Labyrinth

Jan 31st, 2024 52m 26s

Uh oh, we talked way too much about labyrinths this time. Basically this is an appreciation episode on a great example of Taylor’s masterful songwriting. And also an appreciation episode on the Etruscan civilization, our actual roman empire. An

#75 Hits Different

Jan 24th, 2024 48m 42s

Back for another Midnights bonus track! Written and produced by the Holy Trinity, Hits Different really does hit different. From drunkenly thinking about your ex moving on with other girls, to thinking you’re being taken away to a mental instit

#74 You're Losing Me

Jan 17th, 2024 1h 10m

What happens when you’re in a long term relationship but you don’t feel like you’re on the same page anymore? And your feelings are fading away, while you’re trying to keep them alive, begging for your partner to try to work on the relationship

#73 If This Was A Movie

Jan 10th, 2024 25m 39s

Staying in theme with films and what we talked about in our episode about the 1, we decided to talk about If This Was A Movie. If life was a movie – a romantic one – things would be different and easier… but it isn’t. If this was a movie, he wo

#72 the 1

Jan 3rd, 2024 46m 41s

Happy New Year! We tried to resist the temptation to start the new year with the 1, but it was an iconic thing to do and so here we are. This song is about that person that exited your life, but sometimes you can’t help it but wonder what would

#71 New Year's Day

Dec 28th, 2023 35m 39s

The year is almost over and what better occasion to talk about New Year's Day? We talked about this song and the meaning that Taylor attached to that day, but we also looked back on this year (starting from 00:17:47).We want to thank everyone