Taylor Swift’s Quill Pen Songs

Quill Pen Lyrics are those that Taylor Swift has written with an imaginary quill in her hand, marked by period-piece detail and what she’s described as “antiquated” words and phrasing, like language plucked from a Charlotte Brontë novel. “If my lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson’s great grandmother while sewing a lace curtain, that’s me writing in the Quill genre,” she said in an acceptance speech at the Nashville Songwriter Awards in September 2022, citing the stone homes and grieving widow of evermore’s “ivy” as a prime example. “If I was inspired to write it after reading Charlotte Brontë or after watching a movie where everyone is wearing poet shirts and corsets.” On this exclusive playlist, made by Taylor herself, explore more songs that she’s picked out for their Quill Pen Lyrics.