(See also: Paramore’s Misery Business.)
I was 18 when I wrote that, she toldThe Guardianback in 2014.
Thats the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend.
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Then you grow up and realize no one take someone from you if they dont want to leave.
In 2015,Hayley Williams of Paramorewould echo Swift’s 2014 words about her own antifeminist song.
Those words were written when I was 17…admittedly, from a very narrow-minded perspective,Williams wrote.
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It wasnt really meant to be this big philosophical statement about anything.
People still have my diary.
The past and the present.
All the goodandbad and embarrassing of it!
It turns out growing up, for Swift, can mean rewriting the past.
In the words of Whitney Houston, It’s not right, but it’s okay.
This article first appeared onTeen Vogue.
