Taylor Swift has a reputation for writing songs about dating and love, but she also has many hits about family, friends, and other topics. In songs like “The Man” from her album Lover, she addresses sexism in the music industry and how her career would be different if she were a man. Swift also has songs about her family, including “The Best Day,” “Never Grow Up,” “Soon You’ll Get Better,” and “Marjorie,” which reflect her relationships with her mom and late grandmother.
Throughout her albums, Swift has included songs that are not about dating. In her debut album, she wrote “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” about her childhood friend Abigail Anderson, and “A Place in This World” about her journey to Nashville. In Fearless, she wrote “The Best Day” as a love song to her mom and “Change” about overcoming hardships. Speak Now features songs like “Mean,” “Never Grow Up,” “Long Live,” “Innocent,” and “Castles Crumbling,” which cover various topics unrelated to love.
In the album Red, Swift explores themes like navigating life in her early 20s in “22” and understanding fame in “The Lucky One.” Her first fully pop album, 1989, includes songs like “Welcome to New York” and “Bad Blood” about her move to New York and her feud with Katy Perry, respectively. Reputation delves into her feuds with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian with songs like “Look What You Made Me Do” and “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.”
In her album Lover, Swift includes songs like “The Man,” “I Forgot That You Existed,” “Soon You’ll Get Better,” and “It’s Nice to Have a Friend” that are not about dating. Folklore and Evermore feature tracks with fictional storylines and personal touches, such as “The Last Great American Dynasty,” “Mirrorball,” “Seven,” “Mad Woman,” “This Is Me Trying,” “Marjorie,” and “Dorothea.” Swift explores her emotions and connections to her family in these songs.
In her 2022 album Midnights, Swift continues to experiment with songs that are not about dating. Tracks like “You’re on Your Own, Kid,” “Karma,” “Dear Reader,” “Bigger Than the Whole Sky,” and “Vigilante S—t” touch on topics like growing up, her feud with Scooter Braun, and more. “Anti-Hero” explores her insecurities, while “Bejeweled” delves into her self-worth. Throughout her career, Taylor Swift has shown her versatility as a songwriter by writing about a variety of topics beyond just dating and love.
