Taylor Swift’s world domination isn’t slowing down anytime soon, and with every new album, she keeps fans on their toes. Therefore, Swifties are always in full-blown detective mode, trying to decode every move, Instagram caption, and outfit choice for clues about what’s coming next. But what if the best hints about her future music are actually hidden in her past?
We decided to do what any true Swiftie would—dive deep into her discography and analyze the words she’s written across her entire career. Using data-driven lyrical analysis, we tallied her most-used words, colors, names, and just about everything else we could think of from each album to uncover her go-to vocabulary in every era. And because we couldn’t stop there, we took it a step further: Based on our findings, AI wrote a whole mock Taylor Swift album—”Between the Blue and the Black”—crafted from her most frequent words and patterns.
So, does Taylor really write about “love” the most? Is she more into “red” or “blue”? And which album is the most repetitive? Let’s dig into the data and find out.
Taylor Swift’s Most and Least Repetitive Albums
Before diving into the specifics, let’s take a top-down look at Taylor’s songwriting across the years—specifically, how often she repeats herself. Some albums feature fresh, ever-evolving vocabulary, while others lean into hypnotic, looping lyrics that drive home a point (or a heartbreak).
The most repetitive album? “1989,” with 88.11% of its words appearing more than once. Given its focus on catchy, polished pop anthems, it makes sense that “1989” thrives on repetition (“Are we out of the woods yet?”). Following closely behind is “Red” (84.49%)—an album of emotional highs and lows that Taylor hammers home with recurring themes and lyrics.
On the other end of the spectrum, “The Tortured Poets Department” takes the title for least repetitive album, with 76.08% repeated words. “Folklore” (76.83%) and “Midnights” (77.00%) also stand out as her most lyrically diverse projects, reinforcing her shift toward poetic, introspective storytelling in later years.
From punchy pop hooks to winding poetic narratives, Taylor’s word choices evolve dramatically across eras. Now, let’s break them down even further.
Taylor Swift’s Favorite Lyrics in Each Original Album
Now that we’ve looked at repetition across Taylor’s albums, let’s dig into the actual words she uses most often. From colors to names to her favorite numbers, her lyrics paint a vivid picture of her evolving storytelling style.
Most-Used Words: The Language of Swift
Excluding common words like “the” and “and,” some of Taylor’s favorite words throughout her career include “all” (519 times), “like” (81 times in Red alone), and “know” (used heavily in Fearless and Evermore). Perhaps unsurprisingly, Taylor’s writing is full of emotional depth and reflection, with “time” (258 mentions) appearing more often than “love” (241 mentions).
She’s also constantly juggling the “Good” (99 mentions) with the “Bad” (106 mentions)—a lyrical yin and yang that sums up her balanced discography perfectly.
Names & Places: Who (and Where) Gets the Most Love?
Taylor has sung about a range of people over the years, but some names stand out. “Dorothea” (8 mentions) is her most-referenced name, likely thanks to the fictional character in “Evermore.” “Fearless” references Shakespeare’s famous “Romeo” (6 mentions) in her song, “Love Story,” while “Speak Now” famously calls out “John” (4 mentions)—no last name needed.
Geographically, Taylor’s lyrics put her in a “New York” (36 mentions) state of mind, though “London” (11 mentions) and “Tennessee” (3 mentions) also play key roles.
Colors: Blue is the New Red?
Swift might be known for her signature red lipstick (and the album “Red”), but when it comes to songwriting, “blue” (37 mentions) beats “red” (28 mentions) across her discography. Other standout shades? “Gold,” “white,” “black,” and “maroon,” show up across various albums, adding to her visual storytelling.
Numbers & Time: Taylor’s Lucky Number
Despite 13 being her lucky number, she’s only written it into one song, “The Best Day.” Instead, her most-used numbers are “One” (58 mentions), “Two” (25 mentions), and “Three” (19 mentions). The two ages she’s immortalized in song—”Fifteen” (13 mentions) and “Twenty-Two” (13 mentions)—also fit her signature numerology.
And then there’s time. “December” (13 mentions) is her most-referenced month—which is funny considering that her birthday is December 13th. “August” (6 mentions) and “July” (4 mentions) follow behind, reinforcing her love for “summer” (29 mentions).
Mature Themes: Curse Words & Complexity
Taylor kept her lyrics almost entirely clean until “Folklore,” which introduced 11 curse words (including her first explicitly labeled song, The 1). Since then, profanity has been more common, peaking with “Midnights” (24 curse words).
Interestingly, a text analysis tool rated most of her albums at a “College Graduate” reading level—including her self-titled debut, released when she was just 16. However, her two most poetically driven albums, “Folklore” and “The Tortured Poets Department,” were labeled at the “College Student” and “11th-12th Grade” reading levels. Obviously, songwriting is a different form than traditional literature or academic writing, but it is a fascinating discovery nonetheless.
AI-Generated Taylor Swift? Meet Between the Blue and the Black
Let’s be clear: Taylor Swift did NOT write this album. But what if she did—using only the words, themes, and storytelling patterns she’s leaned on throughout her career?
Using the data we collected from her discography, we fed her most common words, colors, names, lyrical structures, and more into AI, challenging it to write a mock album based on her signature style. The result? “Between the Blue and the Black”—a completely fictional, 100% AI-generated tracklist that imagines what a Taylor Swift album might look like if it were created from pure data.
The (Mock) Tracklist
From “Midnight Confession” to “Tennessee Waltz,” the song titles alone echo Taylor’s past eras—pulling in her midnight musings, literary references, and signature storytelling. A few standout themes:
- Color Theory: “Blue in the Maroon” and “Gold Thread” reflect her most-sung colors.
- Time & Memory: “Two A.M. Reverie,” “Tuesday’s Ghost,” and “Summer’s End” fit her nostalgic, time-obsessed songwriting.
- Character-Driven Stories: “Darling Dorothea” brings back her most-mentioned name, while “The Poet and the Thief” fits seamlessly into her “Folklore”-style narratives.
Of course, this is all just for fun—but if you want to see how AI reimagined Taylor’s songwriting based on real data, check out the full lyrics in the interactive slideshow. Who knows? Maybe some of these themes will show up in a future Taylor album.
Closing Thoughts
From “Teardrops on My Guitar” to “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift’s songwriting has evolved across eras—but her favorite words, themes, and storytelling tricks remain unmistakably her own. Despite these commonalities, Taylor Swift has made it very clear over the course of her illustrious career that she cannot be relegated to a box. She’s a star that will simply keep shining, entertaining, and creating for years to come.
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Methodology
To determine Taylor Swift’s favorite words in each era, we analyzed the lyrics of every song from her original* 11 albums using WordCounter. This allowed us to track various aspects of her songwriting, including her most-used words, colors, names, themes, and more.
After compiling the data, we used ChatGPT to generate a fictional, mock album, “Between the Blue and the Black,” based on Swift’s most common lyrical patterns. Finally, we took a summary of this AI-generated album and used Midjourney to create a mock album cover of a “modern pop album.”
*Only the original track listings for each album were analyzed for simplicity and equitable results, as not all albums have a deluxe edition or a Taylor’s Version at the time of this data collection.
