Look What You Make Me Do - Foucault meets Taylor Swift
Michel Foucault meets Taylor Swift
Discipline, Punish... and Sell
Era 6 - Album Reputation
You’ve been listening to this song for years.
And still, you don’t see the whole picture.
You think it's about revenge.
That’s convenient...
But what if it isn’t?
What if Taylor hid something else entirely:
the philosopher Michel Foucault.
Look What You Make Me Do is not about revenge.
It’s about breaking the system that defines you.
Michel Foucault knew it.
Taylor Swift encoded it...
and put it into practice
when she was labeled a snake.
We do not explain the song.
We reveal what the song is doing.
Not a theory.
A structure.
A pattern.
Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
Quick 6-minute overview (6:09 minutes)
Full Deep Dive analysis (42:41 minutes)
For more information... you'll find in our book:
• Bridge
• Concept Image
• Biography
• Quick cheat sheet
• Dinner dialogue
• Song Deconstruction
• Letter from Philosopher
• Professor Merrywell’s analysis
• Gaston Blunder’s no-holds-barred summary
• Who wants to win nothing at all ?
• Unlikely taxi ride
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