When Taylor Swift was inspired by ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and Rosalia in medieval literature | Music
He April 23 It has something special. In Book Daywe celebrate the stories that can be born from a book and, from Los40, we also want to highlight the inspiration that these stories can generate in music. There are many songs that have been inspired by great literary workssome surprising and others better.
There are surprising cases such as Rosalía, who was inspired by a novel more than three centuries ago or Taylor Swift herself, who found her in the famous Lewis Carroll novel. They are neither the first nor the last artists to seek inspiration in the pages, and that is why we have prepared a playlist, already available in the 40 appso you can enjoy these songs based on literature.
In addition, we tell you the story behind the surprising inspirations of two great female artists.
Taylor Swift and his fantasy romances
More than 10 years ago, Taylor Swift launched 1989the album that consolidated his transition to popand few realized that the song Wonderland I was directly inspired by the famous novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
The song, like many others from the artist, addresses a love relationship. However, this time, the American decided to give it a fantastic touchusing the metaphor of a trip to the world of fantasy, as in Alice in Wonderlandto describe the nature of your relationship.
Besides not only makes a general reference if not verses like We Found Wonderland, You and I Got Lost In It (We found the Wonderland, you and I lost ourselves in it) or Fell Down A Rabbit Hole (We fall for a rabbit burrow) directly refers to the literary work.
Inspiration in a novel Medieval?
It is not the first nor will it be the last time That an artist is inspired by a book to create his music. A surprising example is Rosalia, who found inspiration in a medieval novel for her famous hit Badly And consequently, for your album The bad want. The work in question is Flemisha brief novel of 8,100 verses of Occitan origin that tells a real medieval love story.
Considered a feminist classic of the thirteenth century, Flemish He addresses issues such as abuse, jealousy and consent, all of them treated with a critical look for his time. According to various sources, it was the artist Pedro G. Romero who recommended the book, and Rosalía was so captivated that his album The bad want It is nourished by several of their themes, such as omen, jealousy, lament, closing and ecstasy, all inspired by the novel chapters.
In the reproduction list we also find classics such as Peter Pan of El Canto del Loco and The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen. ROSAS from Van Gogh’s ear, No Gurb news from Miki Núñez and Adam’s Apple Aerosmith are other of the songs we find. Do not miss it and enjoy the day of the book with the best music inspired by them.
