If you’re not a die-hard Swiftie like Us, you might think that all of Taylor Swift’s songs are about dating and love — and you’d be wrong. On the heels of the release of The Tortured Poets Department, let Us enlighten you about her dozens of hits about family, friends and more.
Take “The Man,” for example, from her 2019 album, Lover. In the track, Swift sings about how her life and career would be different if she was a man: “They’d say I hustled / Put in the work / They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve.” Throughout the song, Swift dives into her experience of sexism in the music industry.
Swift also has a number of songs about her family, including “The Best Day,” “Never Grow Up,” “Soon You’ll Get Better” and “Marjorie,” where she sings about her relationship with her mom, her late grandmother and more.
Keep scrolling to see every song Swift has written that’s not about dating sorted by album:
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“I’m Only Me When I’m With You” is about Swift’s childhood friend Abigail Anderson. In the music video, she shared clips of the two bonding and having fun together, as well as shots of her family.
Elsewhere on the 2006 album is “A Place in This World,” a song about Swift’s journey moving to Nashville and wanting to become famous.
Fearless
While Fearless is filled with some of her most popular songs, including “You Belong With Me” and “Love Story,” there are also a number of tunes that have nothing to do with her dating life. Swift wrote a love song to her mom, Andrea Swift, named “The Best Day.”
“Change” is also featured on the album, which is about overcoming hardships.
Reputation
One of Swift’s most talked about songs is “Look What You Made Me Do,” her first drop following a feud with West and Kim Kardashian after the former couple altered a phone call of her approving his offensive lyrics about her in his song “Famous.”
Swift again touches on her relationship with West in “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” and “I Did Something Bad.”
Midnights
Swift’s 2022 album, Midnights, features perhaps the most amount of songs that are not about dating. From “You’re on Your Own, Kid,” and “Karma” to “Dear Reader,” “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” and “Vigilante S—t,” she explores growing up, her feud about Scooter Braun (Braun buying her former record label and getting the rights to her masters is what led to her rereleases) ) and more.
According to Swift, “Anti-Hero” is about the things she “hates” about herself. “I don’t think I’ve delved this far into my insecurities in this detail before,” she said in an October 2022 TikTok while announcing the track title. “I struggle a lot with the idea that my life has become unmanageably sized, and not to sound too dark, I struggle with the idea of not feeling like a person.”
One of her most popular songs on the album is “Bejeweled,” which is about Swift’s self-worth.