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gold rush is about karlie kloss, a thread
the song captures taylor stepping into a fantasy. sheâs imagining what it would be like (what it was like) to be with someone that âeverybody wantsâ.
she describes it as a âgold rushâ, alluding to the california gold rush when men flocked to the state in search of gold. in this case, men are throwing themselves at the object of taylorâs affection, hoping theyâll get lucky and strike gold
the song references a coastal town where taylor and her love are able to âwander âroundâ and be themselves, away from all the attention. this is a reference to taylor and karlieâs infamous road trip to big sur in 2014.
while there, they did a âbest friendsâ photo shoot for vogueâs february 2015 cover.
a year later, during vogueâs 73 questions, an interviewer asks taylor where he should take his wife for a romantic trip and she responds âbig surâ
the song then says the memory âfades into the gray...cause it could never beâ, as though the relationship was doomed from the start. why? because, taylor reminds herself, she had been viewing the whole thing through rose-colored glasses (âdouble vision in rose blushâ)
when she fantasizes about the relationship, she tends to forget the hard parts. sheâs built karlie up in her head (âwhat must it be like to grow up that beautifulâ), as though she were some mythical thing.
the song takes a turn in the second verse. taylor canât dare to dream about karlie anymore. she acknowledges that karlie inspired much of her music up to this point (âmy mind turns your life into folkloreâ), but she decides that she needs to say goodbye to the fantasy.
âcause it will never beâ
what could have inspired taylor to use the gold rush metaphor? https://twitter.com/augusthalo/status/1390410193243156487
