🌦️ May: And in this perfect weather...

Your Belated May Swiftie Newsletter!

May 25, 2025

Dear Reader,

“…it's like we don't remember,

the rain we thought would last forever and ever”

I want to start off by saying thank you for your patience with me this month! We had a family medical emergency and my dad was in the hospital earlier in May. Thankfully he’s doing okay now, but it's been up and down, and I’ve been pretty MIA from social media and Swiftie news since. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things though - just in time for all the clowning surrounding tomorrow’s AMAs. So we’ll touch on that and more in this month’s newsletter!

This month we’re following April’s rainy vibes with a theme that explores what life can look like after the rain. So in this issue, you’ll find a reflective playlist, a breakfast tribute to The Hunger Games, and of course our usual Swiftie calendar dates and mashups too. I know the month is soon coming to a close, but I hope you can still enjoy some belated May inspo - so let’s dive in!

In this newsletter you’ll find:

🗓️ Swiftie May Dates - Swiftie-themed dates
🎶 May Swiftie Playlist - a playlist exploring what life looks like after the rain
🎧 May Mashups - May-themed mashups
🌱 Featured Recipe - A Hunger Games Breakfast Tribute

Swiftie May Dates

Our Swiftie May Dates showed a relatively quiet month - and it has been…so far! Because of that I added some fun holidays that felt a little Taylor-coded. Did you know there’s a day celebrating paper airplanes? It felt like something every Swiftie should know about (“two paper airplanes flying, flying”).

I also got some super helpful comments on this IG post that pointed out two pretty big milestones I had initially forgotten to add. This month we celebrate the anniversary of Taylor announcing Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). Nashville was the lucky recipient of this milestone on May 5, 2023!

May also marks the kick-off of The Eras Tour 2.0. Taylor kicked off the European leg of The Eras Tour in Paris on May 9, 2024, with a completely reimagined show. Not only did she add the TTPD era, but the rest of the show was slightly re-ordered, the folklore and evermore eras were combined to create a “folkmore” era, and some beloved numbers were lost (I’m still mourning “Long Live”, “tolerate it”, etc. 😭). But of course we understood that sacrifices had to be made and the TTPD era quickly became a standout of the new Eras Tour.

The main big event to look forward to this month is actually going down tomorrow evening - the AMAs (American Music Awards). Will you be watching? Do you think Taylor will attend?? Or that there could even be an announcement?! 🤡 I’ve seen so many theories and Easter eggs lately. I’ll be sending out a newsletter tomorrow for paid subscribers with a roundup of all the AMAs speculations, just in time for the show.

May 2025 Swiftie Playlist

Every month I curate a themed Swiftie playlist—and after April’s stormy mood, May’s Swiftie Playlist is about what comes after the rain. I’ve personally been going through a bit of a rainy season in life, so this playlist has been my soundtrack all month long. I hope it speaks to you too.

I had been creating 1-minute walkthroughs of my playlists the last couple months, and was planning on making a similar video for May - but with everything going on I didn’t the chance to edit and post it. So I thought I’d share my breakdown of this month’s playlist with you right here in this newsletter!

We start off with perhaps the perfect anthem to help you take on the world after a rainy season - “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart”. Next up is one of my absolute favorite tracks - “renegade” - describing how hard it can be to support someone else through challenges, but staying anyways. Given all The Hunger Games buzz lately, I thought “Eyes Open” was a perfect nod to the movie franchise. Plus it offers an always helpful warning. “illicit affairs” softens things down, only to bring on lots of zingers in “Mr. Perfectly Fine”.

I pulled in “This Love” as a sweet preview to The Summer I Turned Pretty. Then we’re left wondering, “Can I ask you a Question…?”, and whether “you miss me” at “The Black Dog”. I added “Mine” as a nod to Taylor’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) announcement in May 2023. “Sweeter Than Fiction” has probably the most fitting lyrics for this month’s theme - “and in this perfect weather, it's like we don't remember, the rain we thought would last forever and ever.” My favorite transition of the whole playlist is from “Sweeter Than Fiction” into “Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)”. And we finish off going down a rabbit hole into “Wonderland” and coming out on the other side, “long story short”, having survived.

And that’s this month’s Swiftie playlist. I know the month is coming to a close, but I hope you enjoy! You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon (please note this playlist doesn’t include “Sweeter Than Fiction” because I couldn’t find it in Amazon’s song catalogue 😭) and YouTube, with clean versions on Spotify and Apple Music.

May Mashups

Here are a few throwback mashups that fit the theme of May. I haven’t been able to make as many mashups lately, but I’ve really missed creating them. Let me know what future ones you’d like to hear!

Featured Recipe: Hunger Games Breakfast Tribute

We’re leaning into The Hunger Games vibes this month with a breakfast inspired by the latest addition to the series, Sunrise on the Reaping. Because let’s be honest - those casting announcements have taken over my feed lately. Have you read the book?!

I was reading it over a spread of Cranberry Walnut Bread (recipe inspired by Ken Forkish’s Walnut Bread recipe in his book Flour Water Salt Yeast) and an iced matcha latte (here’s a link to my favorite latte recipes - to make it an iced matcha instead of a matcha latte just replace the boiled water with ice cubes, and I just pour the milk straight in without frothing it).

That’s all for this month’s newsletter! Whether your May has been sunny or stormy, I hope there’s been a moment that made you feel like witnessing a rainbow after rain. Until next time…

Long story short I survived,

Bekah

🎶 Can I Ask You a Question? 🎶

🎶 What’s been the soundtrack to your May?
🤡 Are you clowning for anything AMAs-related?
💌 What kind of summer Swiftie content would you love to see next?

Dear Reader