Song
Ronan (TV)
Red (Taylor's Version) · 2021 · Track 21
Sole author
Written byTaylor Swift, Maya Thompson
Produced byTaylor Swift, Christopher Rowe
Themes
Grief
Emotional States
Grief borne witness rather than experienced first-hand — written from Maya Thompson's blog posts about her son Ronan, who died of cancer aged four. One of Taylor's most devastating grief songs: she inhabits someone else's loss and gives it form. The speaker is the grief-keeper, not the primary griever.
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