# The Self-Deprecation of Anti-Hero

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Podcast: [The Swiftie and The Scholar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-swiftie-and-the-scholar-7423818)
Published: 2026-01-29T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swiftieandscholarpod/episodes/The-Self-Deprecation-of-Anti-Hero-e3e7p3k
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## Resource

We’re back and we’re kicking 2026 off with the three remaining tracks from Taylor’s submission to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Spoiler alert: she was inducted! We’ll talk more about that in the final of these three episodes, but today we are focused on Anti-Hero. Uncle Jerry wonders about Taylor’s psychological status when writing this song and Angela has an A-ha! moment about how the music cues us to maybe feel differently than the lyrics alone would make us feel. Works Cited: First Person Deixis Charles Barkley Nike Commercial Beauty and the Beast (1991) Brigid Kaelin on Instagram Taylor talking about Anti-Hero Anti-Hero Music Video Follow Us: ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠ Uncle Jerry Instagram

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