Step aside Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, because here comes Taylor Swift's new collaborator. With the release of her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department , Swift sings the song "Florida!" ! ! "I got help from another friend. Emma Stone's real name is Emily Jean Stone.
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Stone's exact role has not yet been revealed. In Swift's YouTube upload of the song, she is listed as "Unknown, Other" in the credits. Screenshots from fans on X (formerly Twitter) showed she was credited with contributing "weird things" and "performers."
Naturally, this is an interesting development. “kudos to Emma Stone from Florida everyone gets TF UPPPPPPPP,” one fan said on the day of the album’s release. Some Swifties are already dreaming about the possibilities of music videos.
Despite the credit, Swift remained mum on Stone's involvement when talking to iHeartradio about the song's origins ahead of its release. "'Florida!!!' is a song I wrote with Florence and the Machine, and I think I came up with this idea of when your life doesn't fit, or the choices you make catch up with you, What happens," Swift said, per People .
Regardless of their songwriting connection, Stone and Swift have been friends for years, having known each other since they were teenagers. One of Swift's songs from Speak Now (Taylor's version), "When Emma Falls in Love," is widely believed to be about Stone.
The inspiration behind “Florida!!!”
Swift once said "Florida!!!" is about heartbreak and how the experience makes you want a new beginning.
"There's a part of you that thinks, I want a new name, I want a new life, I don't want anyone to know where I've been or know me at all," she said on iHeartradio (via People ). She also mentioned watching Dateline and discovering that people who committed crimes "went to Florida" when they "fled town."
Swifties have learned about another possible meaning. When reports of her split from Joe Alwyn were first reported on April 8, the singer had already begun her Eras tour. Her next show will be April 13-15 in Tampa, Florida.
"Florida! What a beautiful metaphor for the breakup news that weekend," one fan wrote on X. "Especially the reference to running away from Texas. This was on the show before the news broke. It's totally the way Taylor likes to talk without being so obvious."
The Tormented Poet section is now available.
