The REAL meaning of You Belong With Me. Why Swift plays both the good AND bad girl in the viral music video

March 19 · 37 min

0:00-37:32

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You Belong With Me is Taylor’s classic song about frustration in the friend zone, which hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. But the music video, with its fantasy happy ending, has 1.8 billion views. Joe and Toni do a deep dive to show that this song is not as simple as it seems. And they explore the deeper meaning of Swift playing both the friend-zoned girl next door and the mean girlfriend.

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