And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Telling words if I have ever heard them. The question I wish to pose to you(world) today is this: Is Taylor Swift Steve Bannon? Let's explore.
First and foremost they were one of the firsts to call the media "fake" at a time when no one else at their level of profile was. We continue on with "Shake It Off":
But I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop movin'
It's Like I got this music in my mind
Sayin', it's gonna be alright
Sounds ppprrrreeeetttyyyy honey badger if I've ever seen it.
I'll never miss a beat
I'm lightning on my feet
And that's what they don't see, mm-mm
That's what they don't see, mm-mm
I'm dancing on my own (Dancin' on my own)
I'll make the moves up as I go (Moves up as I go)
And that's what they don't know, mm-mm
That's what they don't know, mm-mm
Now Steve seems like a pretty smart independent thinker that is well versed in improvisational tactics. As to whether Steve, I mean, Taylor is telling us something we just don't know. It could be purposed, however, that Taylor alludes to this alternate identity in the following:
To the fella over there with the hella good hair
Won't you come on over baby we could shake, shake, shake (Yeah, oh)
A clear reference to Steve's outrageous good flow. The juxtaposition being her alternate identity could obviously never "come on over", but regardless she suggests they simultaneously "shake, shake, shake" off the haters.
Moving on to "Look What You Made Me Do..."
I don't like your little games
Don't like your tilted stage
The role you made me play
Of the fool, no, I don't like you
I don't like your perfect crime
How you laugh when you lie
You said the gun was mine
Isn't cool, no, I don't like you (Oh!)
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!
I don't like your kingdom keys
They once belonged to me
You asked me for a place to sleep
Locked me out and threw a feast (What?)
The world moves on, another day, another drama, drama
But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma
And then the world moves on, but one thing's for sure
Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours
A clear reference to Steve's mistrust of China and resentment of their asymmetrical trading policies and fooling the majority of his fellow Americans into thinking China could be trusted. Awakening to the sobering reality and "rising up" from the dead Steve takes on the task of overcoming the foe (the color red also being telling). Finally we find out what ultimately drew the nail in the coffin for Steve, sorry Taylor. After letting China into the world order America created, on the backs of its population, China ultimately betrayed America for which Taylor thinks of revenge.
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
We see Steve feels isolated from this quest and subsequently has lost trust with many around himself. We also hear remorse, owing to high moral standards, of the choices he must make in order to right the wrongs of the past and ensuring "karma" is upheld. "I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams" likely referring to the SNL "grim reaper" depiction. Finally we see in "I Did Something Bad" what Steve sees to be his fate:
I can feel the flames on my skin
...
They're burning all the witches, even if you aren't one
They got their pitchforks and proof, their receipts and reasons
They're burning all the witches, even if you aren't one
So light me up (light me up), light me up (light me up)
Light me up, go ahead and light me up (light me up)
Light me up (light me up), light me up (light me up)
Light me up (light me up), light me up
Steve fears that the media ultimately will turn the masses and he will become the "witch" for being the messenger of the sign of things to come and exposing the media for the angry mob that it is.
I will leave it up to the reader to decide if in fact these are the same person. Obviously this raises a lot of questions such as: how can one be a senior white house adviser AND write an album of this caliber. To this I do not know, however, to date there remains no evidence that anyone has ever seen them in the same place at the same time. Coincidence? That is up to you to decide my dear reader.