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

Charles Barkley Nike Commercial

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Brigid Kaelin on Instagram

Taylor talking about Anti-Hero

Anti-Hero Music Video

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