Style (Commentary)

Thanks for listening to Big Machine Radio as we go through 1989
Taylor Swift's fifth studio album, celebrating its fourth anniversary
This year. And the next song, I think a lot of people speculated
Based on some of the very specific lyrics about who this song was
Written for—or about, I guess I should say. And
Taylor says it actually was inspired by some of
Those trends that never really go out of style

"Style" is a song that I wrote about kind of observing fashion trends
And cultural trends and seeing how there are certain things that
Are constants. You know, like, things that—you know, you may not
Wear a little black dress for a while, but you're always gonna go
Back to it. No one's gonna say, "Oh, red lips are so two years ago
" There are certain staples. And I started thinking about that in
Terms of a feeling, you know. There are certain feelings like that
There are certain people that float in and out of your life, sort
Of like a trend that keeps coming back in style and never fully
Fades away. Um, and so that was the inspiration behind this song