Taylor Swift Explains How Reputation Was Inspired By Game Of Thrones

The theme of Taylor Swift's 2017 album Reputation is jump-out-at-you vicious. Obviously, there really are Taylor's lucid love tales, which have become a staple of her artistry, nevertheless they're balanced out by more vengeful, upset songs, the kind that would be made of fire and smoke if it were a dragon shrieking their vocals. It turns out that Swift was inspired by Game of Thrones, a show known for its trio of dragons, for Reputation's weaponized aesthetic. In a new cover story for Entertainment Weekly, the singer elaborated on which songs were inspired by different characteristic of the show. Like all of us, she's an expert on the land of Westeros.


Nevertheless here's the thing: she wasn't watching it from the starting. She first tuned into it in 2016. "So much of my imagination was spent on Game of Thrones," she mentioned. "At the time, I was making Reputation and I didn't talk about it in interviews, so I didn't reveal that a lot of the songs were influenced by the show." What songs, you ask? She delves right into the details immediately after in the interview. "'Look What You Made Me Do' is literally Arya Stark's kill list. 'King Of My Heart' was influenced by Khal Drogo and Daenerys. It's even got this post-hook of drums – I wanted them to sound like Dothraki drums. 'I Did Something Bad' I wrote right after Arya and Sansa conspire to kill Littlefinger."


Swift also revealed that the show influences her approach to storytelling on her albums and by way of the use of narrative bread crumbs concealed in her music videos. She was also asked about who she thinks will just be taking the Iron Throne once the coming war for the Seven Kingdoms wraps up. "Daenerys, Arya, or Sansa," she mentioned. Although if I'm being realistic, I think Sansa has the skill set and the ability to delegate and put on a brave face however a stoic demeanor."


Swift is gearing up for her own takeover of the pop kingdom with the imminent release of her mysterious new album. She dropped the opening single, "ME!," Last month. With it, an eye catching, Mary-Poppins-In-Easter sort of video that proves the pastel colors of her youngest years are back and front and center.