A particular track on Folklore has got our gaydars on high alert
BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM
Happy Taylor Swift day everyone! After having absolutely no time to prepare ourselves emotionally, Tay only went and dropped her latest album, Folklore, this morning. Thereās no denying Taylor may have single-handedly saved 2020.
Folklore has received rave reviews from fans and critics alike, but the queer community has sniffed out a song that has had the internet exploding all day long. *Gasps in gay*
Betty is track number 14 on the album and itās a queer anthem for the ages. Itās a song from the perspective of a teenager who is in love with a classmate and wants to kiss her lady lover on the porch.
The song opens: āBetty, I wonāt make assumptions / About why you switched your homeroom but / I think itās ācause of me.ā
Later she sings: āYeah, I showed up at your party / Will you have me? /Will you love me? / Will you kiss me on the porch/ In front of all your stupid friends?ā
Thereās even a line about skate-boarding past her lovers house. Thereās absolutely no denying thatās a bit queer.
To say Swifties are loving it would be an understatement. Hereās some of our favourite Twitter reactions:
every single one of us listening to betty for the first time #Folklore pic.twitter.com/6q96z2irQ8
ā Łkenz | folklore (@etherealsdaya) July 24, 2020
betty threw the first brick at stonewall
ā T. Kyle š³ļøāš (@tkylemac) July 24, 2020
Taylor Swift when she recorded Betty for #folklore pic.twitter.com/I6RUuKwbzs
ā What pero in spanish āØ (@estupidadelsur) July 24, 2020
Listen to Betty below and revel in its sapphic brilliance.
