My favorite song on the '1989' album is 'I Know Places'. This song has deeply resonated with me and has been a favorite of mine forever. This song talks about the struggles with people hunting you down due to you being famous and wanting to know every little detail about your relationship. This is something most celebrities go through with the paparazzi and the fans wanting to know every little detail about the relationship and everything in between. This song has a sense of urgency and the narrator is telling her love that she knows places they can hide and be safe, and not have to worry about the people trying to weigh in their fifty cents on the relationship.
This imagery in the song describes two lovers trying to take cover from the "hunters" and find somewhere safe that no one will find. I very much like the use of symbolism and saying that the paparazzi and fans are the hunters hunting down their prey or the "foxes" in the song's case. It is a known thing that most celebrities find the paparazzi annoying and feel as if people should respect their distance and space. The song highlights the chase of people trying to know more about you and whoever you are with, but also about how there are ways to keep the relationship hidden from the public eye and that it is a safe space to be in.
'I Know Places ' has some lines or verses that stand out to me when I listen to the song. "Let them say what they want, we won't hear it" is a line that represents how the lovers won't pay any mind to the gossip and not let the rumors get to them. "Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out" also shows how that love is fleeting and one small thing can burn the love out. In this case, the people wanting to know more about the relationship can cause unnecessary and unwanted stress on the couple, due to people always wanting to discuss the manner or nature of the relationship.
Overall, 'I Know Places' highlights the dangers of public relations and how the media will do anything to get word or information about a new relationship out to the public. This song directly talks about Swift's feelings at the time and how she never liked the incessant attention on her love life and how she has always liked to keep that private. The album '1989' reflects on her relationship with the media and her fans, highlighting some of the things people have been saying about her for years. 'I Know Places' directly talks more about the love-hate relationship with the media and gives more insight into Swift's feelings regarding media scrutiny about her love life being so public. The song dives more into wanting to keep the love safe and away from prying eyes and gives a message of wanting to keep the relationship private and away from gossip or talks by others.