Taylor Swift:I Knew It, I Knew You - The Proust Easter Egg

A smile. A window. A moment of recognition. And suddenly, an entire decade disappears.You think this song is about nostalgia. That’s the easy version. What if that’s not the point?“I Knew It, I Knew You” isn’t really about memory. It’s about the unsettling feeling that some people survive time.Proust believed a taste could bring back a lost world. Taylor Swift suggests that a smile might bring back someone else.Proust saw it. He admired the cake... Taylor eats it.This isn’t a theory. It’s a structure.Once you see it, you don’t go back.Full breakdown: PhiloSwift.com