A song that I think is wild is “Wildest Dreams” by Taylor Swift. This is a pop song written and released by Taylor Swift in 2014. The song was featured in “1989” which was Taylor Swift’s fifth studio album. The song “Wildest Dreams” is about a perfect relationship that is doomed to end. During the whole song, the singer sings about her perfect and passionate relationship but is torn because she knows it will end soon. The relationship features a perfect man in terms of appearance and character and is filled with passion and excitement. This is why she tells her partner to remember her in their “wildest dreams”. She asks that her partner remembers their amazing memories and how beautiful she was. The music video takes place in Africa and features many wild animals. The song is wild mostly because it focuses on something so perfect it is almost unrealistic. The singer tells her partner to remember her in his “wildest dreams” because of how crazy, passionate and exciting the relationship was. The bridge of this song also features the wild and passionate love, “You see me in hindsight, tangled up in you all night, burning it down”. Lyrics such as these emphasize the passion in the relationship and how the relationship should be remembered by making it almost “wild” and “animalistic”. The music video features wild animals and takes place in a setting that is associated with the wild to help reinforce the central theme of this song around the wild.
I love your interpretation of this song. When this song came out, I was in middle school and I did not really understand what she was talking about in this song. However, as I think about it now, I would definitely agree that this song has deeper meanings about a crazy relationship that is destined to end. It is definitely very wild in that the only way this said relationship would work is in a fantasy. I also love that you mentioned the “wild” elements in the music video as well!
I like that you chose this song because people almost never consider the kind of pop music Taylor Swift makes to be “wild” or capable of expressing any sort of intense, wild emotion. I didn’t know that the music video was set in such an outdoorsy environment but that definitely supports your argument even more. Tying the music video into the song itself being “wild” was a good choice. Good work!
When I was looking for a song, this popped up. At first I disregarded it because it didn’t necessarily seemed “wild” to me. However, your interpretation changed my mind and I can see how wild is shown. I like how you explain the meaning and why she has “wild dreams.” Good job!
-Jaileen Gutierrez