!!! a small warning before you read: this post touches on grief, loss, relationship trauma, and infidelity. We’ve already talked about Midnights, and then—to the surprise of exhausted Swifties everywhere–Taylor decided that sleep was optional and dropped an expansion at 3am on release night.. literally three hours after the album came out! Hence, Midnights (3am Edition)! Suddenly, we had seven more tracks to process, and I’m so excited! We are so spoiled! Midnights (3am Editi

!!! a small warning before you read: this post touches on body image and emotional themes. My Mother & I is a part of Lucy Dacus’ holiday singles series–an ambitious project she announced on January 31, 2019, where each song would be tied to a different holiday–this particular track was written in honor of Mother’s Day. And somehow, in just a few minutes, it captures one of the strangest parts of growing up: realizing you're becoming more like your mother while simultaneously

For a song about a boy and his pet rat, for the 1972 film of the same name, it sure did make an impact on 5-year-old me. There’s something strangely devastating about “Ben” because, on paper, it’s a song about a rat! But emotionally, it feels like one of the loneliest songs ever written. Ben Album Art I Copyright: Motown Ben Artist: Michael Jackson Album: Ben Year: 1972 Beneath the softness of Michael Jackson’s voice is this deep longing to be understood and chosen despi