Let's go through each of the 5 Stages of Grief playlists and run some numbers. I added my guesses...
TTPD-The 5 Stages of Grief (includes every album)
Let's go through each of the 5 Stages of Grief playlists and run some numbers. I added my guesses but tried to keep the stats separate for accuracy.
I Love You, It’s Ruining My Life
“This is a list of songs about getting so caught up in the idea of something that you have a hard time seeing the red flags possibly resulting in moments of denial and maybe a little bit of delusion… results may vary.”
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- delusional = 18 to 28
- Lover and my guesses for Reputation have the most denial
Debut = 4
- Teardrops on my Guitar, Ours, Mary's Song (oh my my), A Perfectly Good Heart
Fearless = 2
- Untouchable, That’s When
Speak Now = 2
- Ours, Superman
Red = 1
- Treacherous
1989 = 2
- Style, Wildest Dreams
%If I'm right, most denial% Reputation = 6
- ...Ready for it?, End Game, Delicate, Dress, So it Goes, Gorgeous
*most denial per TS* Lover = 4
- Cruel Summer, Lover, Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince, False God
folklore = 1
- Betty
evermore = 1
- Willow
Midnights = 3
- Lavender Haze, Snow On The Beach (More Lana Version), Bejeweled
3AM = 2
- Sweet Nothing, Glitch
You Don’t Get To Tell Me About Sad
“These songs all have one thing in common… I wrote them while feeling anger. *laughs* Over the years, I’ve learned that anger can manifest itself in a lot of different ways but the healthiest way that it manifests itself in my life is when I can write a song about and then often times that helps me get past it.”
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- anger = 21 to 27
- Lover has zero anger songs
- Red has the most anger
Debut = 3
- Picture to Burn, Should've Said No, Cold as You
Fearless = 4
- Tell Me Why, You’re Not Sorry, Forever & Always, Mr. Perfectly Fine
Speak Now = 2
- Dear John, Better Than Revenge
*most anger, per TS* Red = 6
- I Knew You Were Trouble, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, The Last Time, The Moment I Knew, Babe, I Bet You Think About Me
1989 = 2
- Bad Blood, Is It Over Now?
Reputation = 3
- Look What You Made Me Do, I Did Something Bad, This is Why we Can't Have Nice Things
Lover = 0
folklore = 3
- Exile, Illicit Affairs, Mad Woman
Evermore = 1
- Tolerate It
Midnights = 1
- Vigilante Shit
3AM = 2
- High Infidelity, Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
Old Habits Die Screaming
“We’re going to be exploring the feelings of depression that often lace their way through my songs. In times like these, I’ll write a song because I feel lonely or hopeless and writing a song feels like the only way to process that intensity of an emotion and while these things are really, really hard to go through – I often feel like when I’m either listen to songs or writing songs that deal with this intensity of loss and hopelessness usually that’s in the phase where I’m close to getting past that feeling.”
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- sadness = 18 to 23
- pretty even distribution between albums
- zero on 1989 or Lover
- Tim McGraw, The Outside, Tied Together with a Smile
Fearless = 2
- We Were Happy, White Horse
Speak Now = 2
- Last Kiss, Castles Crumbling
Red = 3
- Nothing New, All Too Well (Non-10 Minute), Forever Winter
1989 = 0
Reputation = 2
- Dancing with our Hands Tied
Lover = 0
folklore = 3
- My Tears Ricochet, Epiphany, Hoax
evermore = 3
- Champagne Problems, Coney Island, Right Where You Left Me
Soundtrack (pre-Midnights, 2022)
- Carolina
Midnights = 1
- Maroon
3AM = 2
- Bigger Than The Whole Sky, Dear Reader
Midnights... Vault? (released 11/29/2023; written 12/5/21 according to Jack Antonoff)
- You're Losing Me
Am I Allowed To Cry?
“This playlist takes you through the songs that I’ve written when I was in the bargaining stage… times when, you know, you’re trying to make deals with yourself or someone that you care about. You’re trying to make things better, you’re often times feeling really desperate because often times we have a sort of gut intuition that tells us things are not going to go the way we hope which makes us desperate which makes us bargain more.”
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- bargaining = 18 to 24
- evermore and Midnights has zero bargaining songs
- Lover and my guesses for Reputation had the most bargaining songs. Tied for 5
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Invisible
Fearless = 3
- Come In With The Rain, The Other Side Of The Door, If This Was A Movie
Speak Now = 2
- The Story Of Us, Haunted
Red = 2
- Come Back… Be Here, Better Man
1989 = 2
- I Wish You Would, Say Don’t Go
%tied for most bargaining if I'm right% Reputation = I guessed 5
- Don't Blame Me, Call it What you Want, King of my Heart, Getaway Car, New Years Day
*most bargaining songs, per TS* Lover = 5
- The Archer, Cornelia Street, Death By A Thousand Cuts, Soon You’ll Get Better, Afterglow
folklore = 2
- This Is Me Trying, Peace
evermore = 0
Big Red Machine feat (2021)
- Renegade
Midnights = 0
3AM = 1
- The Great War
I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
(When we finally find acceptance)
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- 18 to 21 songs
- 3AM, and my guesses of Reputation have zero acceptance songs
- evermore has the most acceptance at 5
Debut = I guessed 3
- A Place in this World, I'm Only Me When I'm with You, Stay Beautiful
Fearless = 1
- Breathe
Speak Now = 1
- Innocent
Red =1
- Begin Again
1989 = 2
- This Love, Clean, Now That We Don’t Talk
Reputation = 0
Lover = 2
- I Forgot That You Existed, Daylight
folklore = 3
- The 1, August, Invisible String
*most acceptance, per TS* evermore = 5
- Happiness, Long Story Short, Closure, Evermore, It’s Time To Go
Midnights = 3
- You’re On Your Own, Kid, Midnight Rain, Labyrinth
3AM = 0
Take-Aways for 5 Stages of Grief?
Anger is represented the most in any playlist with 20-27
Other 4 stages are pretty evenly dispersed throughout the albums.
Denial was seen most Reputation through Lover
True to their titles Red had the most anger and Lover had zero songs with anger
- (on Taylor's list, I'd add The Man to anger at the very least)
Sadness was spread evenly throughout Taylor's catalog, except in 1989 and Lover which had none
Reputation through Lover showed the most bargaining
Our album showing the most acceptance is evermore
Were you surprised, or did it all make sense? We'll discuss the emotion of each album and key things going on in each era next time.
