“Betty” was trending on Twitter shortly after Taylor Swift dropped her new album Folklore because everyone is analyzing the lyrics to the new song!
While opening up about the new album, the 30-year-old singer said, “I found myself not only writing my own stories, but also writing about or from the perspective of people I’ve never met, people I’ve known, or those I wish I hadn’t.” The song seems to be told from the perspective a boy named James who is reminiscing about the childish way he treated his high school classmate Betty. Taylor‘s fans are praising the song for its feminist narrative because the narrator is portrayed as someone who can’t own up to mistakes, but Betty is doing fine on her own.
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