The Self-Deprecation of Anti-Hero

We’re back and we’re kicking 2026 off with the three remaining tracks from Taylor’s submission to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Spoiler alert: she was inducted! We’ll talk more about that in the final of these three episodes, but today we are focused on Anti-Hero. Uncle Jerry wonders about Taylor’s psychological status when writing this song and Angela has an A-ha! moment about how the music cues us to maybe feel differently than the lyrics alone would make us feel.

Works Cited:
First Person Deixis (glossary.sil.org/term/first-person-deixis)
Charles Barkley Nike Commercial (youtube.com/watch?v=4gqk4WPnrpM)
Beauty and the Beast (1991) (imdb.com/title/tt0101414)
Brigid Kaelin on Instagram (instagram.com/brigidkaelin)
Taylor talking about Anti-Hero (youtube.com/watch?v=t2t1cvSdgDA)
Anti-Hero Music Video (youtube.com/watch?v=b1kbLwvqugk&list=RDb1k…)

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