“Honey” - aka Call it What You Want the Sequel | Taylor Swift Lyric Analysis (TLOAS e11)

You can call me anything you want, sweetheart, because in this lyric breakdown we’re tackling the sticky sweet sentiment of Honey! 

In the 11th track from The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift redefines the language of love, one term of endearment at a time. But is there more going on in this track than meets the eye? 

That was a trick question: of course there is! Taylor’s using double entendres and double meanings to trace how words like “sweetheart” and “honey” were used as weapons, and are now used as real terms of affection. 

We’ll pour through this track line by line, relate it to its “sister track” Call it What You Want, and see what we can learn about this new love of a Showgirl.

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