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S1E5: "Cold As You"

S1E5: "Cold As You"

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Welcome to The Tortured Podcasters Department. On the agenda for today…
  • Hosts: Amy, McCormick, and Liz
  • Swift Facts: "Cold As You" started the Track 5 tradition – with Taylor famously putting some of her most emotional and personal songs in the 5th spot on her albums.
  • Department Findings: We dive into the background, production, and lyrics of “Cold As You.”
  • Another Liz Rose co-written track, Taylor once said she believed this song was one of the best the two have ever written.
  • This song is just super depressing four lines in.
  • “Cold As You” shows off Taylor’s vocals in a way that reminds us of her later music.
  • To quote McCormick, if we were to make a pro/con list “there are no pros” for the “Cold As You” guy.
  • Unbalanced power dynamics are a theme throughout a lot of Taylor’s discography.
  • Taylor’s use of shades of gray and painting walls appears in other songs such as “Everything Has Changed,” “Peace,” and loosely in “Honey.”
  • Taylor Terminology: The word to define and use in a sentence is: Condescending.


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Music/Sound Credits:
Intro Music: "A Stylish Beat (Infinite Echoes)" by ONALDIN via Pixabay
Tay-Lore: “Lullaby Sleeping” by Music_for_Videos via Pixabay
Taylor Terminology: “Classical Royal British Music” by DELOSound via Pixabay
Various sound effects: Pixabay
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