The surprising conflict and chaos in Taylor Swift’s songs about commitment

On the verge of some big mysterious event at MSG , BD McClay goes deep on her songs about relationships and marriage: In Love Story, Swift sang: “This love is difficult / But it is real.” That real and difficult love remained her ideal across most of her 12 albums. Love you chase, love you let go; love that heals you and breaks you; love the false god, love the king of your heart; love as freedom,…