episode three: the case of william/willam bowery (paul mccartney, 'sweet nothing' & 'who cares')

is it cool that i said all that? (a gaylor podcast)

Intro music by @lenahotz and @the_manlor <3

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Taylor Swift “Revealing” William Bowery’s (Willam?) Identity in Long Pond Studio Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjXf5QN6zm0

Sweet Nothing x Paul McCartney parallels: https://periwinkle-musings.tumblr.com/

Musicians on Musicians: Taylor Swift & Paul McCartney: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-taylor-swift-musicians-on-musicians-1089058/

“Who Cares” music video by Paul Mccartney feat. Emma Stone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WOb6ePqjIE

To celebrate almost three years since Folklore: Long Pond Studio Sessions, when Taylor Swift made a bit out of William Bowery’s identity with Jack Antonoff, Madyson reviews the evidence of the pseudonym’s true identity. They talk about the strange and borderline scammy timeline of Joe Alwyn’s Album of the Year Grammy win for folklore, and possibilities of other gaylor muses being WB: Karlie Kloss, Dianna Agron, Zoë Kravitz… Thanks to the public copyright catalogue, they also explain how there seems to be at least two individuals behind the pseudonym(s) of William and Willam Bowery; Both names are listed as credits for folklore and evermore songs. Finally, they explore WB’s most recent work on Sweet Nothing, and the theory that the song is written for Paul McCartney and his wife Linda. The connections between Swift and McCartney go deep; Including Paul’s music video and song inspired by Taylor called “Who Cares”, which features a likely gaylor muse, Emma Stone. We’re truly mad here this week.