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the last great american dynasty Song Details :
| Song | the last great american dynasty |
| Singer | Taylor Swift |
| Music | Aaron Dessner |
| Lyrics | Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift |
| Release Date | Jul. 24, 2020 |
| Label | |
| Album | folklore (2020) |
the last great american dynasty Lyrics » Taylor Swift
[Verse 1]
Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny
Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money
And the town said, “How did a middle-class divorcée do it?”
The wedding was charming, if a little gauche
There’s only so far new money goes
They picked out a home and called it “Holiday House”
Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud
The doctor had told him to settle down
It must have been her fault his heart gave out
[Chorus]
And they said
“There goes the last great American dynasty
Who knows, if she never showed up, what could’ve been
There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
She had a marvelous time ruining everything”
[Verse 2]
Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever
Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city
Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names
And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet
And losing on card game bets with Dalí
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About Taylor Swift’s the last great american dynasty from folklore (2020)
“the last great american dynasty” follows the story of
Rebekah Harkness
, a patron of the arts, and founder of the
Rebekah Harkness Foundation
.
In 2013, Swift
bought a Rhode Island mansion
once owned by Rebekah Harkness. The mansion is known as “Holiday House.”
Taylor draws subtle comparisons between herself and Rebekah Harkness in the song. She likens her
star-studded parties
to the bevy of famous composers and and dancers that once frequented Holiday house in Harkness’ days. Also similar to Taylor Swift, Rebekah Harkness was often a target of harsh criticism from the tabloids, and people alike.
This song is reminiscent of
“The Lucky One”
from her album
Red
where Taylor Swift sang of an unnamed Hollywood star who moved away from the limelight and from under the microscope of the media, into a life of solitude.
The style of the song follows Taylor Swift’s familiar contemporary pop sound. She spends most of the song singing in a low octave, transitioning to a higher octave only towards the end of the song. The song has elements of folk music in it too, matching the overall theme of the album.
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FAQs About the last great american dynasty
What did Taylor Swift say about “the last great american dynasty”?
Swift told
People
in March 2021:
I’m really proud of [the lyric] ‘She had a marvelous time ruining everything’ from ‘the last great american dynasty’ because it’s about what happens when women step out of their cages and run. It can be a real pearl-clutching moment for society when a woman owns her desires and wildness. And I love the idea that the woman in question would be too joyful in her freedom to even care that she’s ruffling feathers, raising eyebrows or becoming the talk of the town. The idea that she decided there were marvelous times to be had, and that was more important.
What else have the artists said about the song?
On a conversation with
Aaron Desner
and
Jack Antonoff
for
folklore: the long pond studio sessions
, they said this:
Taylor:
I had been wanting to write a song about
Rebekah Harkness
since 2013, probably, and I’d never figure out the right way to do it because there was never a track that felt like it could hold an entire story of someone’s life and move between generations. Then when I heard the track for “the last great american dynasty”, I was like “oh, my God. I think this is my opening. I think this is my moment. I think I can write the
Rebekah Harkness
story.”
Jack:
That song is such a
folklore
moment to me, because it’s not about you but it is all about you.
Taylor:
Well, it’s that Country Music’s narrative device, where in Country Music it’s like “this guy did this, then this woman did this, then they met and their kid was me”, which is the best. You listen to Country songs and you’re just, like, shivers everywhere, my whole body.
Jack:
Even though it’s not til the very end when you spin it around, even though the story is about someone else, I think it’s the most revealing thing. I think it’s so deeply personal. It really hits you in the gut when you hear that at the end.
When did Swift learn about Rebekah Harkness?
Swift told
Entertainment Weekly
:
I learned about her as soon as I was being walked through [her former Rhode Island] home. I got the house when I was in my early twenties as a place for my family to congregate and be together. I was told about her, I think, by the real estate agent who was walking us through the property. And as soon as I found out about her, I wanted to know everything I could. So I started reading. I found her so interesting. And then as more parallels began to develop between our two lives — being the lady that lives in that house on the hill that everybody gets to gossip about — I was always looking for an opportunity to write about her. And I finally found it.
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