It was 4am and I couldn’t sleep. A spring snowstorm was wreaking its havoc but I was bundled up in my oversized jammies with a predawn cup of coffee in hand. I was struck with the wim to watch a disney movie, a little nostalgia was just the thing for this aging millennial and when I’m sleepy eyed and craving comfort that always seems like the cure. With my noise canceling headphones secured on my messy head I tapped the app and 1,000,000 entertainment options sat before me and yet I was immediately sidetracked. In her rhinestone onesie and signature red lipstick, Taylor Swift was chosen to be my insomniac companion for the next three and half hours. I was ready to experience the wonder, whimsy and fanatical splendor of what the Eras tour was all about. So I grabbed my pillow, a cozy blanket and burrowed into the deepest corner of my couch ready to surrender to her lord and savior Taylor Swift.
The Eras Tour kicked off on March 17, 2023 and by the 18th my entire FYP on TikTok and my explore page on Instagram had become inundated with photos and videos from every possible angle in the stadium. At this point I was a casual listener of Miss Swift, she had almost wooed me into micro swiftiehood with her albums folklore and Evermore but I never plunged any further. It began with me just scrolling past, assuming that this isn’t for me. I knew the standard run of the mill fun facts about Taylor Swift, how can one possibly avoid all that lore? Being on the outskirts of Swiftie town had always been a fun place to be, knowing enough to relate to a diehard and understanding a few of the million easter eggs she sprinkles into the zeitgeist. But something funny started to happen, which I am sure the evil overlords that dispense those little dopamine hits had intended; I started to watch and became invested. I was being inducted into the fandom without even realizing it.
Maybe this entire idea is a stretch. Maybe the world is oversaturated with Taylor Swift and you’re sick of hearing about her. Maybe this idea is me grabbing at pop culture in an attempt to resurrect any ounce of relevancy I may have had. Or maybe, just maybe I am ready to surrender to the pure and unabashed joy that can only be found deep within the layer cake that is Taylor Swift and finagle a way into making it cabin related. I think the answer is a little bit of all of the above but nevertheless this is all in good fun and I love fun so let's have some shall we?
Before we dive in, this is not going to be a comprehensive breakdown of the albums, it is simply for fun.
Make this a more immersive experience and put on her music to really dive into this madness with me.
It was 4am and I couldn’t sleep. A spring snowstorm was wreaking its havoc but I was bundled up in my oversized jammies with a predawn cup of coffee in hand. I was struck with the wim to watch a disney movie, a little nostalgia was just the thing for this aging millennial and when I’m sleepy eyed and craving comfort that always seems like the cure. With my noise canceling headphones secured on my messy head I tapped the app and 1,000,000 entertainment options sat before me and yet I was immediately sidetracked. In her rhinestone onesie and signature red lipstick, Taylor Swift was chosen to be my insomniac companion for the next three and half hours. I was ready to experience the wonder, whimsy and fanatical splendor of what the Eras tour was all about. So I grabbed my pillow, a cozy blanket and burrowed into the deepest corner of my couch ready to surrender to her lord and savior Taylor Swift.
The Eras Tour kicked off on March 17, 2023 and by the 18th my entire FYP on TikTok and my explore page on Instagram had become inundated with photos and videos from every possible angle in the stadium. At this point I was a casual listener of Miss Swift, she had almost wooed me into micro swiftiehood with her albums folklore and Evermore but I never plunged any further. It began with me just scrolling past, assuming that this isn’t for me. I knew the standard run of the mill fun facts about Taylor Swift, how can one possibly avoid all that lore? Being on the outskirts of Swiftie town had always been a fun place to be, knowing enough to relate to a diehard and understanding a few of the million easter eggs she sprinkles into the zeitgeist. But something funny started to happen, which I am sure the evil overlords that dispense those little dopamine hits had intended; I started to watch and became invested. I was being inducted into the fandom without even realizing it.
Maybe this entire idea is a stretch. Maybe the world is oversaturated with Taylor Swift and you’re sick of hearing about her. Maybe this idea is me grabbing at pop culture in an attempt to resurrect any ounce of relevancy I may have had. Or maybe, just maybe I am ready to surrender to the pure and unabashed joy that can only be found deep within the layer cake that is Taylor Swift and finagle a way into making it cabin related. I think the answer is a little bit of all of the above but nevertheless this is all in good fun and I love fun so let's have some shall we?
Before we dive in, this is not going to be a comprehensive breakdown of the albums, it is simply for fun.
Make this a more immersive experience and put on her music to really dive into this madness with me.
This album is absolutely precious. I never listened to much of Taylor’s music B.F. (before folklore) and let me tell you, what a silly little treat this was. It was like listening to a teen girl's diary being read out loud. The whimsy, the drama and the girlhood are like a tonic for my mid thirties brain. The twang was heavy but so were the vibes. I was getting total “coming of age” summer blockbuster from this album. I could easily picture this as the soundtrack to teenage girls summer when she's going from girl to young woman, maybe she’s 15 but in her mind she is basically an adult and wishes everyone would treat her like one. She falls for the boy across the lake, he's a local with a reputation and she just spends summers there with her family. The perfect setting for this baby Nicholas Sparks novel to come to life?
With its slamming screen doors, vinyl records embedded into the countertops, and a fire pit where you can burn all the pictures of your ex that double crossed you; it was made for a teen rom com come to life. Or a real life vaca for you and the family. As long as you don’t let the kids have the boathouse you shouldn’t have to worry too much about anyone sneaking out in the middle of the night.
Young, angsty and hopelessly romantic. This album feels like your first serious relationship when all the emotions are so intense it inches towards too much. Considering Taylor was 19 when this album was first released, that checks out. When I was 19 and hopelessly in love with a total dud, you couldn’t tell me anything so I relate in a tiny way. This theme doesn’t exactly lend itself to cabins but between “Love Story” and “Today was a Fairytale” I think the fairytale aesthetic is going to be our bff for this. The whimsy of her lyrics and the imagery she lays out for us with the music has me transporting to…
The setting is romance, magic, and inspiring. Similarly to our first cabin/album connection I have always thought of Clapper Hollow as the perfect setting for a novel. Enjoy a clear sky to see the stars that spell out his name, there is a vinyl player to listen to the kind of music she doesn’t like, listen, I can give you 50 reasons this should be the cabin you choose to live out your Fearless fantasy.
So, this is my swallowing my pride and admitting at this point I was struggling. These first three albums were untouched territory and knowing that Red was next I felt the urge to rush through but I sat with this album and gave it the time it deserved. I did a bit of research for this album to nail down the vibe/aesthetic and I came back with this, a young woman coming fully into her adulthood, gaining confidence and finding her voice. I went back and listened again with this new perspective and like magic I immediately found the cabin I could relate this to.
Let’s get a little personal here. When we shot Full Moon Farm in January of 2022 I was going through it. I was struggling with my sobriety, in a constant battle with family, questioning my identity as a creative and fully just having a bad time. During our shoot here I had a pretty brutal panic attack and while glancing through our galleries I can hardly tell I was struggling. I think Speak Now captures some of that feeling even if the path to lead her there was different. This was a very good place to be while having these icky feelings, I was able to spread out and really play with my creativity and ultimately left feeling a bit better. I can see Full Moon Farm being an amazing place for any creative person to retreat to, it was enchanting and inspiring.
I fell hard and fast for this album as soon as those first drums of “State of Grace” entered my ears. This was the first time Taylor started genre hopping away from the country good girl to the pop icon she is today. With mentions of Upstate New York I felt a responsibility to find a place that could have been a good setting for some of the story telling we hear throughout this album. Being that this album is so fun, flirty and bold this choice was a no brainer.
It would have felt weird not choosing a place Upstate considering how it is the setting for one of Taylors biggest hits to date, All Too Well. Midcentury Maverick is the perfect base camp for those plaid shirt days when you’re getting lost upstate. Or don’t get lost and just go walk the town of Woodstock, where art galleries and romantic cafes will hopefully be your perfect setting for a love story that hopefully doesn’t inspire a 10 min version of one of your biggest heartbreaks.
A ridiculously fun album that had me singing, dancing, laughing, screaming, crying, asking myself , “oh my god, who is she?” , about myself. There was a before me and an after me once 1989 has passed through my cochlea. I was this many years old when I learned that the lyric was, “I’ve got a long list of ex-lovers” and not “I’ve got a long list of starbucks orders”. For lack of a better word this album had style. The cabin that we match up with this album has to be as cool, fun and fresh.
It was too obvious to pick a place in New York, I wanted to find a place that really grasps that youthful and chic vibe. Twin Pines Chalet is every bit youthful and chic, surrounded by trees that are so tall and handsome as hell. An excellent spot to make the bad guys good for a weekend.
For years I had known the impact that this album had on swifties and their adoration for their queen. I don’t think you could be online in 2017 without knowing the narrative that led to this albums creation. It was a bold departure from the classic good girl image and into this badass bold and daring new Taylor. As the lyrics go, “the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause she’s dead.” There was no mincing words or ideas, she wanted us to know she was out for blood. Reputation requires a residence of equal ferociousness that stands apart as its own thing entirely, enter stage left…
I knew it would be Killer Cat first time that I listened to Reputation. The imagery throughout the whole album as well as the way that this album was promoted, music videos, etc, made this one of the easiest cabin to album comparisons. Black and white, wild cats, and I would money on there being at least one snake printed item somewhere in this house. It is bold, just like Taylor Swift was in releasing this album at a time when her reputation had never been worse. The centerpiece of the home being the darkest little paradise with its gilded wallpaper and huge flop couch with mountain views. It is in the perfect location to off exploring the surrounding mountains then stumble on home to this cat.
Lover is sweeter than cotton candy. It is what glitter, pastels, flowers, and one little devil cartoon guy would sound like if they were to collab on an album. With the music videos for “You Need to Calm Down”, a beautiful and delicate middle finger to all the homophobic weirdos of the world, and “Lover”, I had a pretty good idea of where to send this album. An album so sweet and precious deserves a place that oozes romance and a proper amount of whimsy. The perfect home for this album exists and it was a no brainer that it should be,
As if plucked directly from the Lover music video, Serenity on the Hill has the color scheme to match. Even though you’re in the Catskills you get the essence of an Italian countryside, this has nothing to do with Tay Tay but I just wanted you to know, this place is spectacular. Luckily your friends won’t have to crash in the living room because there is enough room for everyone here in this technicolor dream home. There would be nothing cruel about spending a summer weekend here, the pool, the hot tub, the views, perfection. It may not be the Rhode Island coast but I could see a party of similar vibe to Taylors infamous 4th of July extravaganza bring thrown at this house on the hill. BYO swan floaties and girl squad.
“I was imagining that, instead of being a lonely millennial woman covered in cat hair drinking my weight in white wine, I was a ghostly Victorian lady wandering through the woods with a candle in a candlestick holder, and I wrote only on parchment with a feathered quill.”
When Taylor dropped this surprise album in the depths of the Covid-19 Pandemic (which is still a thing, tis not history yet) a large swath of the planet felt a collective relief, even if just briefly. We needed something to scoop us up out of our dismal realities and folklore did it. I’m a folky bitch to my core so it’s no surprise that this album did it for me. I’d be a fool not to mention the folklore cabin that she has preformed with for the last few years for award shows and on the Eras Tour and is the setting for the “cardigan” video. This cabin is ultimately what gave me this idea when I watching the movie, my wheels immediately spinning for the creation of this blog. Heavily fictional, poetic and truly like cracking into a book of old tales, this album gave me butterflies when I first listened. “my tears ricochet” sent me into the stratosphere of appreciation for Taylor, the theme of that song may have come from vastly different circumstances for her but I could fit all those feelings into a situation of my own. As much as I would love to have a coastal Rhode Island mansion with an incredible history to present to you I instead have a place that cracks into the fairytale, victorian novel energy of this album.
As if plucked from the pages of a fairytale from yesteryear, Alla Stalla in the pre-alps of northern Italy is ready for you to wander through the woods with a candlestick. Just outside of a picture perfect mountain town, surrounded only by towering peaks and lush forests where you can drink water directly from the mountain; I can not think of a better setting for the whimsical storytelling of folklore. It was tempting to find a charming Upstate New York cabin, seeing as though she recorded the album there, but I wanted to dig in to the land of make believe. It’s rare to have an album transport me in such a way and equally when we stayed at this incredible ancient chalet it felt like stepping into a history I had never known. In my fantasy, I go back and live in this charming town and chalet, haunting the hills with my storytelling and poetry; I should probably get better at both of those things first.
Witchy, feminine, heavily nature coded, positively beautiful. In the video for “Willow” we start in a cabin, the true to form log cabin that has remained the setting for both folklore and Evermore. Seeing as though they are sister albums the similarities are strong with only the essence of seasons being the differentiator. Evermore is the Autumn/Winter to folklores Spring/Summer. A fire flickering, the witchy vibes, a strong female bond as heard through the gut wrenching story laid out in “no body, no crime”; I could only put this album in one cabin and perhaps the only real cabin on this list…
Experiencing the magic of nature and reconnecting to your true self, maybe not the theme even a little bit of the album but with a tone of grief, loss and sadness heard throughout, this cabin could be the escape you need. The Conscious Cabin hosts retreats where primarily women can gather at any walk of life and find sisterhood and reacquainting with ones self. Not necessarily witchy but when women gather in such a way the vibes are ripe for magic beyond our comprehension. I hadn’t met the new me yet until after my weekend surrounded by women at this incredible cabin. At the very least, this album would make for an incredible soundtrack for a slow morning, making breakfast and watching the leaves or snow fall out the window.
Even though it doves deeply into the ups and downs of her personal life this album is an absolute bop. Such a departure from the whimsy of the last two albums but unsurprisingly, she nailed it. Covering topics like body image, depression and ambivalence thats comes with romance, marriage and getting older as a woman. This album is easy to relate to as a woman in her 30’s, I have no mixed feelings about my romantic life but other themes that surround being a woman and growing older. We have only just begun to know ourselves as a whole person when society barges in with impolite questions and assumptions about you. I think that is one thing that has really locked down her fanbase as the years have gone by, even in her superstardom she is thrown the same expectations from the world and is able to convey her frustrations through music. Music that we can relate to and dance to, which makes digesting societal pressure a little easier, at least for three and half minutes. I wanted to pair Midnights up with a place that had a retro style while toeing the line of modern, where you can get swept up for a little while and forget the pressures of the world.
With the 70’s feel of her look and the settings for her videos “Lavender Haze” and "Anti-hero”, I didn’t think twice that this was the place for it. The midcentury energy of the chalet paired with the immaculate vibes throughout as well as our only stay with a grand piano, perhaps Miss Swift would find some inspiration for a new album.
Did I nail it? Did I totally miss the mark? Scope out all of our favorite stays on TheCabinpedia.com and see if there are any that would be better fits!
It was 4am and I couldn’t sleep. A spring snowstorm was wreaking its havoc but I was bundled up in my oversized jammies with a predawn cup of coffee in hand. I was struck with the wim to watch a disney movie, a little nostalgia was just the thing for this aging millennial and when I’m sleepy eyed and craving comfort that always seems like the cure. With my noise canceling headphones secured on my messy head I tapped the app and 1,000,000 entertainment options sat before me and yet I was immediately sidetracked. In her rhinestone onesie and signature red lipstick, Taylor Swift was chosen to be my insomniac companion for the next three and half hours. I was ready to experience the wonder, whimsy and fanatical splendor of what the Eras tour was all about. So I grabbed my pillow, a cozy blanket and burrowed into the deepest corner of my couch ready to surrender to her lord and savior Taylor Swift.
The Eras Tour kicked off on March 17, 2023 and by the 18th my entire FYP on TikTok and my explore page on Instagram had become inundated with photos and videos from every possible angle in the stadium. At this point I was a casual listener of Miss Swift, she had almost wooed me into micro swiftiehood with her albums folklore and Evermore but I never plunged any further. It began with me just scrolling past, assuming that this isn’t for me. I knew the standard run of the mill fun facts about Taylor Swift, how can one possibly avoid all that lore? Being on the outskirts of Swiftie town had always been a fun place to be, knowing enough to relate to a diehard and understanding a few of the million easter eggs she sprinkles into the zeitgeist. But something funny started to happen, which I am sure the evil overlords that dispense those little dopamine hits had intended; I started to watch and became invested. I was being inducted into the fandom without even realizing it.
Maybe this entire idea is a stretch. Maybe the world is oversaturated with Taylor Swift and you’re sick of hearing about her. Maybe this idea is me grabbing at pop culture in an attempt to resurrect any ounce of relevancy I may have had. Or maybe, just maybe I am ready to surrender to the pure and unabashed joy that can only be found deep within the layer cake that is Taylor Swift and finagle a way into making it cabin related. I think the answer is a little bit of all of the above but nevertheless this is all in good fun and I love fun so let's have some shall we?
Before we dive in, this is not going to be a comprehensive breakdown of the albums, it is simply for fun.
Make this a more immersive experience and put on her music to really dive into this madness with me.
This album is absolutely precious. I never listened to much of Taylor’s music B.F. (before folklore) and let me tell you, what a silly little treat this was. It was like listening to a teen girl's diary being read out loud. The whimsy, the drama and the girlhood are like a tonic for my mid thirties brain. The twang was heavy but so were the vibes. I was getting total “coming of age” summer blockbuster from this album. I could easily picture this as the soundtrack to teenage girls summer when she's going from girl to young woman, maybe she’s 15 but in her mind she is basically an adult and wishes everyone would treat her like one. She falls for the boy across the lake, he's a local with a reputation and she just spends summers there with her family. The perfect setting for this baby Nicholas Sparks novel to come to life?
With its slamming screen doors, vinyl records embedded into the countertops, and a fire pit where you can burn all the pictures of your ex that double crossed you; it was made for a teen rom com come to life. Or a real life vaca for you and the family. As long as you don’t let the kids have the boathouse you shouldn’t have to worry too much about anyone sneaking out in the middle of the night.
Young, angsty and hopelessly romantic. This album feels like your first serious relationship when all the emotions are so intense it inches towards too much. Considering Taylor was 19 when this album was first released, that checks out. When I was 19 and hopelessly in love with a total dud, you couldn’t tell me anything so I relate in a tiny way. This theme doesn’t exactly lend itself to cabins but between “Love Story” and “Today was a Fairytale” I think the fairytale aesthetic is going to be our bff for this. The whimsy of her lyrics and the imagery she lays out for us with the music has me transporting to…
The setting is romance, magic, and inspiring. Similarly to our first cabin/album connection I have always thought of Clapper Hollow as the perfect setting for a novel. Enjoy a clear sky to see the stars that spell out his name, there is a vinyl player to listen to the kind of music she doesn’t like, listen, I can give you 50 reasons this should be the cabin you choose to live out your Fearless fantasy.
So, this is my swallowing my pride and admitting at this point I was struggling. These first three albums were untouched territory and knowing that Red was next I felt the urge to rush through but I sat with this album and gave it the time it deserved. I did a bit of research for this album to nail down the vibe/aesthetic and I came back with this, a young woman coming fully into her adulthood, gaining confidence and finding her voice. I went back and listened again with this new perspective and like magic I immediately found the cabin I could relate this to.
Let’s get a little personal here. When we shot Full Moon Farm in January of 2022 I was going through it. I was struggling with my sobriety, in a constant battle with family, questioning my identity as a creative and fully just having a bad time. During our shoot here I had a pretty brutal panic attack and while glancing through our galleries I can hardly tell I was struggling. I think Speak Now captures some of that feeling even if the path to lead her there was different. This was a very good place to be while having these icky feelings, I was able to spread out and really play with my creativity and ultimately left feeling a bit better. I can see Full Moon Farm being an amazing place for any creative person to retreat to, it was enchanting and inspiring.
I fell hard and fast for this album as soon as those first drums of “State of Grace” entered my ears. This was the first time Taylor started genre hopping away from the country good girl to the pop icon she is today. With mentions of Upstate New York I felt a responsibility to find a place that could have been a good setting for some of the story telling we hear throughout this album. Being that this album is so fun, flirty and bold this choice was a no brainer.
It would have felt weird not choosing a place Upstate considering how it is the setting for one of Taylors biggest hits to date, All Too Well. Midcentury Maverick is the perfect base camp for those plaid shirt days when you’re getting lost upstate. Or don’t get lost and just go walk the town of Woodstock, where art galleries and romantic cafes will hopefully be your perfect setting for a love story that hopefully doesn’t inspire a 10 min version of one of your biggest heartbreaks.
A ridiculously fun album that had me singing, dancing, laughing, screaming, crying, asking myself , “oh my god, who is she?” , about myself. There was a before me and an after me once 1989 has passed through my cochlea. I was this many years old when I learned that the lyric was, “I’ve got a long list of ex-lovers” and not “I’ve got a long list of starbucks orders”. For lack of a better word this album had style. The cabin that we match up with this album has to be as cool, fun and fresh.
It was too obvious to pick a place in New York, I wanted to find a place that really grasps that youthful and chic vibe. Twin Pines Chalet is every bit youthful and chic, surrounded by trees that are so tall and handsome as hell. An excellent spot to make the bad guys good for a weekend.
For years I had known the impact that this album had on swifties and their adoration for their queen. I don’t think you could be online in 2017 without knowing the narrative that led to this albums creation. It was a bold departure from the classic good girl image and into this badass bold and daring new Taylor. As the lyrics go, “the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause she’s dead.” There was no mincing words or ideas, she wanted us to know she was out for blood. Reputation requires a residence of equal ferociousness that stands apart as its own thing entirely, enter stage left…
I knew it would be Killer Cat first time that I listened to Reputation. The imagery throughout the whole album as well as the way that this album was promoted, music videos, etc, made this one of the easiest cabin to album comparisons. Black and white, wild cats, and I would money on there being at least one snake printed item somewhere in this house. It is bold, just like Taylor Swift was in releasing this album at a time when her reputation had never been worse. The centerpiece of the home being the darkest little paradise with its gilded wallpaper and huge flop couch with mountain views. It is in the perfect location to off exploring the surrounding mountains then stumble on home to this cat.
Lover is sweeter than cotton candy. It is what glitter, pastels, flowers, and one little devil cartoon guy would sound like if they were to collab on an album. With the music videos for “You Need to Calm Down”, a beautiful and delicate middle finger to all the homophobic weirdos of the world, and “Lover”, I had a pretty good idea of where to send this album. An album so sweet and precious deserves a place that oozes romance and a proper amount of whimsy. The perfect home for this album exists and it was a no brainer that it should be,
As if plucked directly from the Lover music video, Serenity on the Hill has the color scheme to match. Even though you’re in the Catskills you get the essence of an Italian countryside, this has nothing to do with Tay Tay but I just wanted you to know, this place is spectacular. Luckily your friends won’t have to crash in the living room because there is enough room for everyone here in this technicolor dream home. There would be nothing cruel about spending a summer weekend here, the pool, the hot tub, the views, perfection. It may not be the Rhode Island coast but I could see a party of similar vibe to Taylors infamous 4th of July extravaganza bring thrown at this house on the hill. BYO swan floaties and girl squad.
“I was imagining that, instead of being a lonely millennial woman covered in cat hair drinking my weight in white wine, I was a ghostly Victorian lady wandering through the woods with a candle in a candlestick holder, and I wrote only on parchment with a feathered quill.”
When Taylor dropped this surprise album in the depths of the Covid-19 Pandemic (which is still a thing, tis not history yet) a large swath of the planet felt a collective relief, even if just briefly. We needed something to scoop us up out of our dismal realities and folklore did it. I’m a folky bitch to my core so it’s no surprise that this album did it for me. I’d be a fool not to mention the folklore cabin that she has preformed with for the last few years for award shows and on the Eras Tour and is the setting for the “cardigan” video. This cabin is ultimately what gave me this idea when I watching the movie, my wheels immediately spinning for the creation of this blog. Heavily fictional, poetic and truly like cracking into a book of old tales, this album gave me butterflies when I first listened. “my tears ricochet” sent me into the stratosphere of appreciation for Taylor, the theme of that song may have come from vastly different circumstances for her but I could fit all those feelings into a situation of my own. As much as I would love to have a coastal Rhode Island mansion with an incredible history to present to you I instead have a place that cracks into the fairytale, victorian novel energy of this album.
As if plucked from the pages of a fairytale from yesteryear, Alla Stalla in the pre-alps of northern Italy is ready for you to wander through the woods with a candlestick. Just outside of a picture perfect mountain town, surrounded only by towering peaks and lush forests where you can drink water directly from the mountain; I can not think of a better setting for the whimsical storytelling of folklore. It was tempting to find a charming Upstate New York cabin, seeing as though she recorded the album there, but I wanted to dig in to the land of make believe. It’s rare to have an album transport me in such a way and equally when we stayed at this incredible ancient chalet it felt like stepping into a history I had never known. In my fantasy, I go back and live in this charming town and chalet, haunting the hills with my storytelling and poetry; I should probably get better at both of those things first.
Witchy, feminine, heavily nature coded, positively beautiful. In the video for “Willow” we start in a cabin, the true to form log cabin that has remained the setting for both folklore and Evermore. Seeing as though they are sister albums the similarities are strong with only the essence of seasons being the differentiator. Evermore is the Autumn/Winter to folklores Spring/Summer. A fire flickering, the witchy vibes, a strong female bond as heard through the gut wrenching story laid out in “no body, no crime”; I could only put this album in one cabin and perhaps the only real cabin on this list…
Experiencing the magic of nature and reconnecting to your true self, maybe not the theme even a little bit of the album but with a tone of grief, loss and sadness heard throughout, this cabin could be the escape you need. The Conscious Cabin hosts retreats where primarily women can gather at any walk of life and find sisterhood and reacquainting with ones self. Not necessarily witchy but when women gather in such a way the vibes are ripe for magic beyond our comprehension. I hadn’t met the new me yet until after my weekend surrounded by women at this incredible cabin. At the very least, this album would make for an incredible soundtrack for a slow morning, making breakfast and watching the leaves or snow fall out the window.
Even though it doves deeply into the ups and downs of her personal life this album is an absolute bop. Such a departure from the whimsy of the last two albums but unsurprisingly, she nailed it. Covering topics like body image, depression and ambivalence thats comes with romance, marriage and getting older as a woman. This album is easy to relate to as a woman in her 30’s, I have no mixed feelings about my romantic life but other themes that surround being a woman and growing older. We have only just begun to know ourselves as a whole person when society barges in with impolite questions and assumptions about you. I think that is one thing that has really locked down her fanbase as the years have gone by, even in her superstardom she is thrown the same expectations from the world and is able to convey her frustrations through music. Music that we can relate to and dance to, which makes digesting societal pressure a little easier, at least for three and half minutes. I wanted to pair Midnights up with a place that had a retro style while toeing the line of modern, where you can get swept up for a little while and forget the pressures of the world.
With the 70’s feel of her look and the settings for her videos “Lavender Haze” and "Anti-hero”, I didn’t think twice that this was the place for it. The midcentury energy of the chalet paired with the immaculate vibes throughout as well as our only stay with a grand piano, perhaps Miss Swift would find some inspiration for a new album.
Did I nail it? Did I totally miss the mark? Scope out all of our favorite stays on TheCabinpedia.com and see if there are any that would be better fits!
