{"id":2671,"date":"2024-08-04T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T14:31:15","slug":"taylor-swift-shares-heart-wrenching-first-draft-of-track-my-boy-only-breaks-his-favorite-toys-that-she-wrote-while-sad-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2671","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift shares heart-wrenching first draft of track My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys that she wrote while &#8216;sad in general&#8217;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-1cbc0a50-51e9-11ef-89dc-dfa8e1519f31\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/taylor_swift\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/span>\u00a0has given fans a glimpse of her creative process with the release of a first draft version of her song\u00a0My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 34-year-old critically-acclaimed music artist \u2014 who is dating\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13704335\/Taylor-Swift-Travis-Kelce-getting-engaged-soon-rumors-couples-future-heat-ahead-anniversary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Kelce<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 used her Instagram Story to announce the sale of First Draft Phone Memo, featuring an early version of the song, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her diehard fans quickly deciphered nuances from the nascent iteration of the track, which originally came out on April 19 on\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13633899\/Taylor-Swift-Tortured-Poets-Department-Billboard-200-12-weeks-Whitney-Houston-record.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tortured Poets Department<\/a><\/span>\u00a0album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Among the changes was a heart-wrenching lyric swap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Just say when, I\u2019d play again \/ He was my best friend down at the sandlot,\u2019 are the official last lines of the songs, but initially, in a slower paced version, Swift sang, \u2018He was my best friend and that was the worst part.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2672\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-294x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6.png 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Taylor Swift has given fans a glimpse of her creative process with the release of a first draft version of her song My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2673\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06-171x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06-171x300.png 171w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06.png 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 34-year-old critically-acclaimed music artist used her Instagram Story to announce the sale of First Draft Phone Memo, the early version of some songs, on Saturday<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Swift explained the meaning behind the song on iHeartRadio in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The music artist revealed the number was written from the perspective of a child\u2019s toy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She has a solo writing credit on the tune, which she described as feeling like \u2018being somebody\u2019s favorite toy until they break you and then don\u2019t want to play with you anymore.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Taylor likened it to \u2018how a lot of us are in relationships where we are so valued by a person in the beginning, and then all of the sudden, they break us or they devalue us in their mind.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The star emphasized, \u2018We\u2019re still clinging on to, \u201cNo no, no. You should\u2019ve seen them the first time they saw me. They\u2019ll come back to that. They\u2019ll get back to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018So it\u2019s kind of like a song about denial, really. So that you can live in this world where there\u2019s still hope for a toxic, broken relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Other songs appearing on the First Draft Phone Memo project include\u00a0Cassandra, The Black Dog, and Who\u2019s Afraid of Little Old Me?.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The digital album is only being offered for 24 hours, until Sunday, August 4 at 12pm \u2014 and it\u2019s for the United States only.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2674\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/006-281x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/006-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/006.png 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Taylor took the stage in Munich on Saturday, July 27 as she continued her Eras Tour<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2675\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0006-300x229.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0006-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0006-290x220.png 290w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0006.png 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The singer pulled out all the stops with her numerous glittering costume changes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Taylor took the stage in Munich on Saturday, July 27 as she continued her Eras Tour<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After back-to-back performances in the city, she took to Instagram to express her gratitude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018What a magical experience it was playing in Munich\u2026 The crowds of 74,000 people a night in the stadium were so passionate, and so generous to us. And I had no idea before I got to Munich that there\u2019s a huge park behind the stadium, but around 50,000 people came out and listened to the show from the hillside both nights,\u2019 she wrote to her 283 million followers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She added: \u2018I\u2019ve been watching so many videos of the crowds out there fully participating in the show from afar, all that joy\u2026 I\u2019m feeling really grateful for the unexpected memories this tour has created. We have 11 shows left on the European leg of the tour, kicking off *August* with 3 shows in Warsaw!\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u00a0has given fans a glimpse of her creative process with the release of a first draft version of her song\u00a0My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys. 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