In full disclosure, Shenel wanted to call this episode Joe Alwyn's Witness Protection Program Era. Shaz thought that he’s had enough airtime already. This is just the first of many hot takes in a slightly deranged, very unserious Taylor Swift-themed reading before her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, drops on April 19th.
Pop Culture Corner
Looking for less chit-chat, more tarot? You’re probably in the wrong place for that, to be honest. But you can skip to 7:10 if you want to get straight into the main event.
Shenel’s trying on trend forecasting this week, albeit sticking firmly in her wheelhouse of music for unwell white Millennial women. With new introspective, country-tinged albums coming from Kacey Musgraves, Maggie Rogers, and queen Bey…it’s gonna be a Sad Yeehaw Spring. Giddyup!
Shaz cannot stop thinking about the Mr. & Mrs. Smith reboot. We theorize that every good action story is a love story in disguise. Growing to love someone is like solving a mystery. What is more obscure than another person’s inner self? What is more of a task than building trust, even when you’re not secret spies? Plus…everyone and everything involved is most pleasing to the eye. A perfect weekend watch.
The Reading
We’re diving into uncharted terrain this week with a pop culture reading! And what better figure to start with than the woman, the myth, the legend with an absolute chokehold on the collective consciousness? We’re both longtime listeners of Ms. Taylor Allison Swift’s oeuvre…which we consider to be very different than the idol worship that tends to dominate the discourse. Let’s just say that we hold her to a very high standard, and she doesn’t always clear it. Nevertheless, we’re here to do Blondie’s bidding: wildly speculate about what this next era has in store for us based on the clues (or are they red herrings?) she deigns to toss our way.
We truly went off in this reading — so much so that we had to split it into two parts. Tune in next week for the rest of our predictions!
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