Swift has opened up about the meaning behind the first track ofTitled “Lavender Haze,” the song is about protecting a relationship from outsiders, even as they attempt to sabotage it. Sound familiar?
The meaning of the song stems from the common 1950s phrase “lavender haze,” which Swift says she first came upon during an episode ofand subsequently looked up because she thought it sounded cool. “If you were in a lavender haze it meant that you were in that all encompassing love glow,” Swift said in the video. “Theoretically if you’re in the lavender haze, you would want to stay there, not let people bring you down from that love cloud.
Swift connects the phrase to her own love life as she explains that the phrase felt applicable to her own relationship with current maybe-maybe-not fiancé, Joe Alwyn. “I think a lot of people have to deal with this now, not just quote unquote public figures, because we live in the era of social media and if the world finds you you’re in love with somebody, they’re gonna weigh in on it. Like my relationship for 6 years, we’ve had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it,” she said. “This song is about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff.
“This song is a real guided tour throughout all the things I tend to hate about myself. We all hate things about ourselves, and it’s all of those aspects of the things we dislike and like about ourselves that we have to come to terms with if we’re gonna be this person,” she continued. “I like ‘Anti-hero a lot because I think it’s really honest.”On September 21st Swift announced her new video series, ‘Midnight Mayhem With Me,’ on TikTok.