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Like a Rainbow with All of the Colors: Ranking Every Single "Red" Taylor Swift Lyric

Updated: Oct 27, 2023

One of Taylor Swift's favorite colors? Red. I went through every Taylor Swift song and feature and found all of her "red" lyrics!


Trigger warning: opinion may differ from your own, and that's okay!


After combing through Taylor Swift's entire discography, I found all of her lyrics that mentioned the color red (I think... don't tell me if I forgot one because I will spiral) and ranked them from my most to least favorite by song!


Disclaimer: I don't dislike any of these lyrics, but some just rise above the rest for me.


#15: "Fifteen" (Fearless)


You sit in class to a redhead named Abigail.

Taylor's best friend is Abigail. My full name is Abigail. Taylor's Abigail has red hair. My hair is currently red.


...Am I Taylor Swift's best friend?!


No. But a girl can dream!


#14: "Only The Young"


Their hands are stained with red.

#13: "End Game" (Reputation)


Here's the truth from my red lips.


#12: "Style" (1989)


I got that red lip, classic thing that you like.


#11: "Wildest Dreams" (1989)


Red lips and rosy cheeks, say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams.


#10: "Look What You Made Me Do" (Reputation)


I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined.

#9: "All Too Well" (Red)


You almost ran the red 'cause you were looking over at me.
Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red.

#8: "The Moment I Knew" (Red)


It was like slow motion, standing there in my party dress in red lipstick with no one to impress.

#7: "I Did Something Bad" (Reputation)


I can feel the flames on my skin, crimson red paint on my lips.

#6: "Picture To Burn" (Taylor Swift)


You're a redneck heartbreak who's really bad at lying.


#5: "Red" (Red)


Loving him was red.
Burning, it was red.
Comes back to me burning red.

#4: "Nothing New" (Red)


My cheeks are growing tired from turning red and faking smiles.


#3: "Daylight" (Lover)


I once believed love would be burning red but it's golden.

#2: "gold rush" (evermore)


I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush.

#1: "the lakes" (folklore)


A red rose grew up out of ice-frozen ground with no one around to Tweet it.

All lyrics quoted in this article are from songs by Taylor Swift and her various co-songwriters and co-producers across her discography.


All photos featured inside this article were taken by me. See my full TS Eras photo series on Instagram: @theabbyhazlett. Cover photo is by Rook Barber.

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