Taylor Swift is sharing the origin story behind that popular song about Travis Kelce‘s “redwood!”
Since The Life of a Showgirl dropped on Friday, we’ve all listened to the pop star sing about the athlete’s package on the track Wood — even her momma, Andrea Swift! His size, skill, all of it! She didn’t hold back! But believe it or not, Tay Tay didn’t originally plan to expose so much about her man’s manhood! She explained on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday that the song started from an “innocent place”:
“I brought this into the studio and I was like, I wanna do sort of like, I wanna like do a throwback kind of timeless sounding song and I have this idea about, ‘I ain’t gotta knock on wood’ and we would knock on wood and it would be all these superstitions. It really started out in a very innocent place.”
However, it spiraled as they got into the process of making the song! And all of a sudden, we got all these sexual innuendos about Travis’ wood! She told Jimmy:
“It started out like — I don’t know what happened, man. I got in there, we started vibing and, I don’t know, I don’t know how we got here — but I love the song so much!”
“Happier than ever” are the exact words we use when we think about Billie Eilish. In just a few short years, she’s managed to steal our hearts with songs like ‘i love you,’ ‘my future,’ and now ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER.’ When we reflect back on her discography, we stop to remember the impact of Happier Than Ever.
For all the Billie-stan accounts out there, we’ve compiled a list of the best lyrics from Happier Than Ever for your Instagram bios. Get to typing, honeybees!
“I didn’t change my number, I only changed who I reply to.”
Well, duh! ‘I Didn’t Change My Number’ is probably our favorite track from HTE. We try to channel that Billie baddie energy every time another person dumps us…are we the problem? Thanks to Billie, we’ve officially blocked and deleted all the negative energy from our contact list and asked, “Who is this?”
“I’ll see you in a couple years”
This one hits hard. All of us honeybees in the hive are in love with our futures – they’re looking bright and successful from here! That’s why we have to quote ‘my future’ in our IG bios. Just so everyone knows, we’ve got our eyes on the prize (pit tickets for the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT tour).
“I know you think you’re such an outlaw, but you’ve got no job.”
Yet again, we’re channeling that baddie energy! It’s time to focus on us and only us. It’s time to get that bag and start making our dreams come true! Luckily, we are no ‘Lost Cause,’ but we are still obsessed with that song. This track and music video carried Billie fans through the trenches that was 2021. If it doesn’t make it to the setlist for the next tour, we are going to cry and complain right to headquarters.
“I don’t relate to you.”
Since we are remaking our IG bios, we should probably make sure everyone who is stalking us knows we’ve got confidence. Fake it till you make it! Only Billie fans are welcome to our page, so if you don’t fall into that category – we don’t relate to you! If you didn’t have the opportunity to scream the lyrics to ‘Happier Than Ever’ on the 2022 tour, we pray for you, it was truly such a healing experience and we can’t wait to do it again this coming fall.
“I haven’t slept since Sunday; midnightfor me is 3 a.m.”
Given the fact that we are up until 3 a.m. every night aimlessly scrolling on Instagram, we thought this lyric from ‘Halley’s Comet’ was the perfect choice. When Billie posts pictures to her feed (a rare occurrence), we find ourselves up all night scrolling and scrolling and then falling into internet holes we didn’t even know existed.
“I’m happier than ever. Atleast, that’s my endeavor.”
At the end of the day, we’re all trying to live each day to the fullest and find the small pockets of joy. Staying happy all the time is quite impossible, but when we have good music to listen to, that always helps us along. Hopefully, by putting this lyric in our IG bios, we can encourage all our followers to stay motivated day by day.
What is your favorite lyric from Happier Than Ever? Which song are you most excited to hear live during the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT tour this year? Let us know in the comments below or hit us up on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram 🐝
Joe Alwyn was “depressed and emotionally drained” after facing so many questions about his romance with Taylor Swift.
As Perezcious readers know, the actor finally broke his silence on the couple’s shocking 2023 split in an interview with The Times over the weekend, in which he expressed how the breakup was “a hard thing to navigate” while asking everyone to move on and stop speculating about what happened. Now, we’re getting more insight into why the Conversations with Friends alum spoke out in the first place — and how all the talk about his ex-girlfriend has left him deeply emotional!
On Monday, a source told DailyMail.comthat the London Boy chose to address the elephant in the room because he knows it’s all anyone has been wanting to talk to him about since the split occurred. While heading out on a press tour for his upcoming film Kinds of Kindness, he was hoping to shut down the line of questioning for good, the source explained:
“Joe wanted to get this over with once and for all so he can move forward with his life and his career.”
Seemingly blaming the songwriter and her new album for giving fans more reason to speculate about their romance due to cryptic lyrics, the insider added:
“He never wanted to say anything and was hoping it would all blow over, but it hasn’t. Taylor has made a fortune off their breakup by forming an entire album around it. Meanwhile he has been cast as ‘Taylor’s ex.’”
That’s literally what he is, though! How can he be made about that? LOLz! Besides, what did he expect after dating the superstar? Writing songs about her exes is what she does best! People were bound to want to know his side of the story because of it! While the 33-year-old supposedly never wanted to say anything, he ultimately felt he had no choice — mostly because it was starting to affect his mental health. The source continued:
“He cannot go anywhere without being asked about Taylor. He had his people tell everyone in advance that he was not going to answer questions about Taylor, but he knew that is all people wanted to ask him about. It became depressing and emotionally draining. Their romance was private — quite the opposite of her relationship with Travis [Kelce]. It was partly due to covid restrictions, but they also preferred it that way. Joe has moved on and is doing promotional work for his films and upcoming projects, so he decided he needed to get this out to move forward. He wants to be asked about his films, not about Taylor.”
Despite the frustration, Joe has no “ill will” for the Grammy winner — but he does want her to understand how hurtful her lyrics can be:
“He wishes her no ill will, but he also needed her to know that appearing to address their relationship without confirming who she is singing about can have a lasting and hurtful effect on the people / men involved.”
Again, shaming her for her profession — one that she was doing LONG before he stepped into the picture. Perhaps he should’ve thought of this all before they first linked up!? We get this must be difficult, but it should not have been a surprise to him. Just saying!
Looking to the future, the Harriet alum hopes to be done with this conversation for good, the confidant declared:
“He does not want to discuss this anymore, but he knew that if he didn’t say anything, it would go on indefinitely. Swifties never let anything die.”
Oof! The shade!
He’s clearly still annoyed by all this! And while we’d never wish any of the mental health side effects of this split on anyone, do you think he has a right to be so upset about the breakup speculation and Taylor’s songwriting?? Tell us YOUR hot takes (below)!
