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30 Rock

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Anti-Hero
Midnights · 2022

Sometimes, I feel like everybody is a sexy baby And I'm a monster on the hill

Angela & Uncle Jerry identify the 'sexy baby' line as a reference to the TV show 30 Rock, specifically a plotline where a woman adopts a high-pitched, cutesy 'sexy baby' persona as a facade to hide her real self and a relationship. Uncle Jerry explains the connection: 'the whole persona of the sexy baby is a facade, it's a mask that she puts on. And so Taylor Swift says, I feel like everybody is a sexy baby and I'm the monster.' Angela confirms she believes it's a deliberate reference.

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