Welcome back to Evolution of a Snake. I'm Zach.

And I am Madeline.

And today we're doing something revolutionary,

iconic, returning to a series format that we haven't done in a while. We are scientifically

ranking Taylor Swift's lead singles from her 12 studio albums. How do you feel about it, Madeline?

I feel great. I feel like we're getting back to things that make me feel like a Swifty.

Whenever we're doing episodes and we're like preparing for episodes, there are some episodes

that kind of feel like homework. And then there's episodes that feel like this is me being a Swifty.

And this was something that made me feel like I'm a Swifty. This isn't, this isn't a job.

This is a lifestyle. This is a religion. I had a lot of fun doing it. It came out exactly as I thought it would. Me too, actually. I had one surprise. I had one surprise, but, you know, that didn't really change the way overall that I think we both know this is going to go.

I'll be interested to see if we're aligned. I'm always like, what could we possibly differ on? And then we end up pretty much having the exact same ranking. But you know what? I think that shows that we are the two-headed thing. And that's what makes it work. And that's what people don't understand about the creative process. Many people don't understand the creative process, by the way.

But if you're not on the Patreon, patreon.com slash whiffologist.

It is fun over there.

I am starting a new series where I listen to old pop albums that I haven't listened to before.

I'm going to start with One Direction, Lull.

So that's going to be coming out weekly.

You can go check that out.

Madeline lizard reviews, sneak peeks.

Of course, Evolution of a Snake in your inbox like one, two, three, four, five times a week.

And we'll be reacting to the Arestore documentary series there only on Patreon.

So if you want to come find us, you better go get us there.

So I think it might be good to like off the top of the lead single discuss what it is and how it's evolved over the years.

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