While The Tortured Poets Department explored the very beginnings of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship, The Life of a Showgirl finds the musician and her muse deep into life together — and few tracks capture their loved-up energy quite like “Honey.”

A Sweet Perspective

Swift’s “Honey” lyrics explain that she used to have bad associations with pet names such as “honey” and “sweetheart.” Like many women, she was accustomed to hearing them in passive-aggressive contexts — such as a woman in a bar telling her to “back off” or someone criticizing her outfit in a public bathroom.

“But you touch my face, redefine all of those blues when you say ‘Honey,’” Swift sings.

Of course, the song uses the simple idea of a pet name to convey more profound realizations about her relatio

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