Why are Taylor Swift and Lizzo afraid of marriage?

Published October 24, 2022 3:46pm ET



Taylor Swift is tired of people talking about marriage. In the first song off her latest album, Midnights, she sings, “All they keep asking me / Is if I’m gonna be your bride / The only kinda girl they see / Is a one night or a wife.” The song, “Lavender Haze,” finds her complaining about “the 1950s sh*t they want from me.” That doesn’t seem to mean aprons and brooms and pot roasts — she’s just talking about marriage itself.

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