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Rhetorical Analysis Of Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift Taylor Swift really knows how to have hidden messages and secrets throughout her lyrics and music videos. Taylor Swift also likes to trash talk other celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Which gives a viewer a good chance to critic her lyrics and videos. In Taylor Swift’s music video, the very first 20 seconds, she was “reborn” this relates to how she hadn’t made any music for a couple years. Again, in the beginning of this music video she starts by climbing out of a grave in a graveyard which is her being reborn or climbing bakc out from the dead. This could also be saying that she was “reborn” as a person, just like on New Years when people say ‘new year, new me.’ Additionally, Taylor references a lot to her …show more content…

Additionally, Taylor references to her reputation a bunch in the music video. Ironically, her new album, including ‘“Look What You Made Me Do” and “Ready For It” will be called reputation. On the other hand, she also mentions her reputation throughout the music video whether on her shirt on or a cut up airplane. Showing how badly she is trying to change her reputation, whether for better or for worse, no one is quite sure yet. Along with Taylor Swift saying this will be a new her, she is also referencing multiple other celebrities throughout the music video. Some say that when she is lying in a bathtub full of diamond jewelry she is making fun of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West when they had been robbed. Kim and Kanye were robbed in Paris while being at gunpoint. She also referenced Katy Perry multiple times. Including, when she crashed her car into a light post and had the exact same hair and an outfit style as Katy Perry would have. Which is Taylor is making fun of Katy saying that she is a drama queen and needs the attention of the paparazzi. She also references Katy by showing her walking a cheetah on a leash and Katy Perry is known for cheetah print and exotic things. Another person Taylor shows reference to be Tom Hiddleston with the black crop top t-shirts saying “I Love Taylor Swift” which is significant because Tom and Taylor dated for about three months, but Taylor broke it off because Tom wanted to go public and Taylor knew what

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