On Wednesday, we were finally blessed with the full video of Taylor Swift's Tiny Desk concert — part of an NPR series in which musicians play a few acoustic versions of their songs in the public radio network's office.
In between songs, Taylor had little chats with the (extremely lucky — like, I can't get over how lucky) audience about her songwriting process and her love for writing breakup songs, amongst other things.
So, yes, it's safe to say Taylor has earned a reputation over the last 13 years for writing songs about love and breakups — although that's by no means all she writes about.
And during her Tiny Desk concert, she said that she felt some interview questions about this could be detrimental to her mental health.
Introducing "Death by a Thousand Cuts", Taylor said that throughout her career she has often been asked what would happen if she ever "got happy".
And while she'd always respond with the same answer — that she would get inspiration from things like movies and books — the question would follow her.
"I'd go home and be like, what would happen if I was ever happy? Would I not be able to do the thing that I love most in the world?" Taylor explained.
Thankfully, Taylor realised while writing Lover that she is still able to write songs about heartbreak and breakups by taking inspiration from other people's experiences.
"I woke up one day with all these heartbreak lyrics in my head, and I was like, 'It's still here! Yes!'" she joked. "This song is my proof that I don't have to stop writing songs about heartache and misery. Which, for me, is incredible news."
In conclusion:
@taylorswift13 yo Death By A Thousand Cuts omg. 💥