“FORTNITE” EXTENDED EDITION
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In a quick follow-up, I've heard some speculate that the Matty Healy theory holds true if she's referring to Joe as her husband. See Guilty as Sin? in which she questions whether it's cheating if only in her mind. As for the wife, some have speculated that it could be a reference to Matty's drug use. Again, no one really knows, but it's an interesting theory.
Katherine
2024-05-07 23:27:38 +0000 UTCOkay, I had to stop at 11 min & 28 seconds into the video to comment on a couple of things before my brain entirely loses what it was I was initially going to say. Damn ADHD! 😉 I’m a H.S. English Lit. teacher, as well as a published poet & songwriter. I’m also mapping out a book as we speak. I say all that, so you know I'm coming from a place where I can deep-dive into these lyrics, and understand what the artist is trying to convey to their audience, well, as best as I can without being that person. Basically, I'm letting you know I'm a reputable source. 😁 I approach a song by listening to it; sometimes several times in a row to really “get” the message, lyrically; and then I view the video right afterward (if there is a video, that is); I’m also an AVID reader. The “Classics,” poetry from the Romantic era, biographies, and autobiographies are by far my favorite books to read. Due to all the time I put into reading and researching what it is I’m reading, be it for a class I'm teaching or just something I'm reading in my leisure time, the more I read those types of books, the easier I find it to interpret prose, poetry, song lyrics…basically, any genre or style of writing. And that reading paid off here because I've read some on Clara Bow, so I'm already privy to any “easter egg” drops! 😃 All that being said, the scrutiny Clara Bow found herself in is the same kind Taylor has found herself in, many times on both of their accounts. Mainly, the double standard in society, and how vulnerable women truly were back then. All your husband had to do was tell her Dr. that his wife was having psychotic spells and needed to be put away to get help. And just like that, they end up in an institution for absolutely nothing. I can see references to Clara Bow that T.S. feels akin to in the lyrics and the video. Yes, I know she doesn’t explicitly call Clara out by name, not on this track anyway 😂, but like I was saying, the parallels to Bow’s life and Taylor’s life aren't something that should be overlooked, at all. You don't have to agree with me before or after this comment, or after you read the short link I post, or if you read anything else I might have to say when I watch the video all the way. through, but you're doing yourself a great disservice if you don't read up on Clara Bow’s life. I'll put a link that gives an extremely watered-down and very succinct reflection of her life. 😊 I also love to tell my 9th & 10th graders that, “Wikipedia doesn’t count as a reputable source.” 😆 Because honestly, it isn’t a well-respected source of info. It's comprised of individuals who send certain “facts” or “details” to Wikipedia HQ, and they throw up whatever comes in that suits a certain narrative, while many times not checking their source(s). They've gotten better over the years, but, yeah, NO Wikipedia in my classes. As far as the theme goes, the video and the lyrics speak of a forbidden love…so, essentially, she’s speaking about adultery. He has a wife, and she has a husband; yet now, they’ve crossed that line, a line they can't just erase, forget about, and move on from. So, they’re in love and are entirely unsure of what to do about it. Oh, and Audrey, the lyrics that say, “Your wife waters flowers/I wanna kill her, and “My husband is cheating/I wanna kill him..” There’s a lyric right around there in the song…possibly a little later, maybe a bit before…🤷🏻♀️, that states they're actually neighbors, so T.S.’s character has no choice but to see his wife out and about in their yard, watering flowers and such…knowing that she's in love with that woman’s husband, and his feelings for her are equivalent to the feelings she has for him. They just can't seem to pull it off because they’re married. 🤷🏻♀️ And, we have to also take into account the time period the video takes place in, which is the 1920s. A woman couldn’t go out and just ever so effortlessly get a divorce. His wife seems blissfully unaware of what’s going on, but I get the vibe that her husband knows; although he's not saying a damn word about it. That would make him a hypocrite and, if anyone were to find out he was having an affair, he’d be highly looked down on by society as a whole. We know he's cheating too because of a statement T.S. declares to her lover about her husband and his infidelity. The lyric is, “My husband’s cheating/I wanna kill him.” That sounds pretty damn straightforward to me! 😁 On the other hand, I also sense a lot of deception on HIS part by having an affair and not giving a sh!t if she knows about it at all! The reason this is feasible is because he knows he can get away with it. Whereas, the woman in the relationship would have a giant “A” sewn into her shirt, like Hester Prynne, the female protagonist in The Scarlet Letter. One more thing on divorce back then. For a woman to petition the court for divorce there were honestly only two reasons she had a chance at divorce. That is adultery on his part and/or beating and abusing her. Even then, it would be hard for her because she’d have to PROVE the charges against him in court WITH evidence of adultery and mistreatment. Not an easy feat when you are a woman in the 1920s. How would she even get evidence? There weren't cameras, there were usually neighbors who knew what was going on, and I'm sure she'd tell her closet friend, but none of them would step up and help her 90% of the time. Most people, in GENERAL, seem to agree this song is about her very short-lived relationship with Matty Healy, lead singer and all-around prick of the band, 1975. He was out kissing girls and dudes and making out with them onstage while with T.S., just f***in’ parting it up while she was on tour, and it's hard to think about, yet mention all those horrendous, degrading, disrespectful, and utterly disgusting comments he made on that podcast. I legit had to throw up 🤢 when I heard some of what he was saying. But, they were together right at 2 months, and the song is called “Fortnight.” A “fortnight” in literature is a time span of two weeks. I realize there's a difference between two months and two weeks, but, it does have a ring to it that, “And for two months, there, we were…” doesn't quite have. Fortnight just sounds better. Plus, A+++ poi Ts on marketing skills because the game fortnight is huge with gamers, so chances are they'll look it up on YT or their streaming platform, and BAM! The money is flying in 💸💸💸! Now, the Healy rumor may or may not be true. We aren’t Taylor, so we’ll never know. That goes me me and anyone else. I could point to different lyrics that support this theory, and only one that doesn’t. And that has to do with them having spouses that they’re cheating on. Neither one of them had a spouse. So far that’s my take on who and what the song is about. Now, I’m going to start the video where I left off at 11 minutes & 28 seconds. 😊 I’ll probably come back with more comments, esp since I don't think we're even 1/2 way through it. 🤣 Sorry so long, but I had a lot to say! 😆😂🤣 One more thing! I've mentioned this on here and on a YT channel I'm a member of, and everyone lost their gd minds! I said way back then that I believed T.S. had issues with alcohol. I think it goes all the way back to the Reputation era, AT LEAST. Omagh, when I wrote that, you would’ve thought I was talking about baby Jesus, seriously, the way some folks came at me. I don't mind though, because I can back up what I say. But within the first 3 lyrics, she says, “I was a functioning alcoholic…” I rest my case. She said it herself. If you'd like more examples, hit me up and I'll be glad to point you to more references in her songs that point to alcoholism; that is, if her just coming right out and saying it with her own mouth, isn't enough proof. Lol… Also sorry for any typos or errors. I didn't proofread this comment, but you get the best of what I'm saying even if a word or two is misspelled or missing. 😉
Megan Monroe
2024-04-28 12:24:54 +0000 UTCAs a Matt as well, I could not agree more. She is always true to herself first, and consistently requiring herself to approach her albums from an overarching thematic space that offers room to be wholistic and true to the art represented. Thanks for sharing / encouraging that listening perspective.
MeideBison
2024-04-26 14:30:52 +0000 UTCThis felt admittedly hard to watch because I'm about to watch your Part I and I'm afraid of your expectations of "knowing when to stop" and trim lyrics in poetry. I think where that doesn't happen on this album might be frustrating, but the way I like to think about it that she specifically called out Romantic poet Wordsworth in Folklore, the 1830's in this (during Romanticism or 'The Romantic Period - I studied English so spent a year in that class in London) and I think there are very intentionally effusive songs on this album that be annoying, where it sounds like run-on lines and too many words for such a long album. But the length of the album sort of supports what I'm going for here, which is to say that I think unpolished lengthy lyrics are intentional more often than they are not so maybe they deserve some grace for fitting the theme.
Matt
2024-04-26 09:56:19 +0000 UTC
