After School Subscriber Episode: "Taylor Swift" Debut Album Deep Dive (Part 2)

Welcome back to AP Taylor Swift After School! This week, we’re picking up right where we left off in our full album deep dive of Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut. Starting with “Stay Beautiful,” we make our way through the back half of the album — through cheating anthems, lifelong love stories, secret crushes, and a few bonus tracks that Swifties may not even know exist. If Part 1 was about how a teenage girl announced herself to the world, Part 2 is about the full, surprising range of what she had to say once she got there. Grab your cowboy hat and let’s get into it.

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In Part 2, we cover:

Track 8: “Stay Beautiful” (Written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose; produced by Nathan Chapman)

Track 9: “Should've Said No” (Written by Taylor Swift; produced by Nathan Chapman)

Track 10: “Mary's Song (Oh My My My)” (Written by Taylor Swift, Liz Rose, and Brian Maher; produced by Nathan Chapman)

Track 11: “Our Song” (Written by Taylor Swift; produced by Nathan Chapman)

Unreleased Vault Song: “I’d Lie” (Written by Taylor Swift; produced by Nathan Chapman)

Album Purpose: All three of us hosts go around to discuss what we think the overall purpose of Taylor Swift’s debut album was, how she accomplished it, and how this album gives us a peak into the mind of the pop superstar to come.