Taylor Swift’s album Speak Now has long been thought of by fans as a whimsical fairytale. From the cover, showing her spinning in a sparkly ball gown, to the track “Enchanted,” a song that sounds straight out of Cinderella, the initial perception makes sense. But, when really listening to Speak Now, it makes little to no sense to view it as an album rejoicing in fairytales and princesses rather than an album mourning the loss of them. The album is less about fantasies and more about the violent loss of girlhood, and the last few moments a woman spends clinging to innocence.
