After the album The Tortured Poets Department was released, Taylor Swift fans were especially interested in the lyrics of the song of the same name The Tortured Poets Department when directly mentioning the name Charlie Puth. Specifically, the original lyrics of the song are mentioned as follows: “You smoked and ate seven bars of chocolate/ we declare Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist / I scratch your head, you fall asleep / Like a tattooed Golden Retriever ,”

The lyrics are notable because before that, Charlie Puth had “collided” with Taylor Swift. Specifically, a few years ago, Taylor Swift fans “went up in arms” when the song ME! by Taylor Swift was “insinuated” by Charlie Puth that it was copied from another product. Charlie Puth posted on Twitter: New Taylor Swift song reminds me of this (Taylor Swift’s new song makes me immediately think of this) with a screenshot of a song called Next To Me by singer Emeli Sande. Charlie Puth’s implication was that Taylor Swift “borrowed” and of course from then on the male singer could never be “at peace” with Taylor Swift fans. Now, Charlie Puth himself makes a special appearance in Taylor Swift’s lyrics!

Going back to the song, according to many hypotheses and careful “investigations” from die-hard Taylor Swift fans, this lyric does not seem to mention the love story with Joe Alwyn. It was also written for another ex-lover of Taylor Swift – Matty Healy of the band The 1975. Matty Healy can be considered one of Taylor Swift’s most hated ex-lovers, a love that came to her immediately. after breaking up with Joe Alwyn and before Travis Kelce of the present. He has an impulsive personality, often causing trouble on stage with a series of thoughtless actions and statements, and even shows signs of discrimination against LGBT and women. The two are said to have secretly dated in 2014 and then in 2022.

Taylor Swift and Matty Healy.

“You smoke and eat seven bars of chocolate” (literally: You smoke and eat seven bars of chocolate). According to the inference of Taylor Swift fans, they pointed out that the band The 1975 in 2013 released a song called Chocolate with the word “chocolate” implying an addictive substance. Taylor Swift’s album has many adult words, deep meanings, and complex word usage, so this can also be an interpretation.

“We declare Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist” (We declare Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist). This sentence can be understood that: the story of Charlie Puth is one of the topics that Taylor Swift and Matty Healy often talked about when they were still together. During those conversations, Taylor Swift admitted that Charlie Puth should have been a bigger name, more known and more successful.

“I scratch your head, you fall asleep / Like a tattooed Golden Retriever” (I scratch your head, you fall asleep. Like a tattooed Golden Retriever!). “Golden Retriever” is a slang term for boys who are stupid, clumsy, and gullible but always bring positive energy and make others laugh (similar to the personality of the Golden Retriever dog breed).

Thus, the original lyrics above can be understood as the way Taylor Swift remembers the moments with her ex: often smoking (and also drugs), discussing Charlie Puth, having a personality like a Golden dog. Retriever.