Breaking Down Bachelorette Jenn Tran’s Taylor Swift Songs of the Week

Jenn Tran has been discovering consolation in Taylor Swift amid her season of The Bachelorette.

Forward of the season 21 premiere in July, Jenn, 26, shared that she could be pairing every episode of the ABC sequence to a music from Swift’s discography.

“So I’ve determined that each week I’m going to dedicate a Taylor Swift music to the episode, and to the week, primarily based on kinda what occurs within the episode and the way I used to be kinda feeling,” Jenn defined through Instagram on the time.

Jenn stayed true to her promise, kicking off the soundtrack to her Bachelorette journey with “Sparks Fly (Taylor’s Model)” from Swift’s 2023 rerelease of Communicate Now.

Bachelor Nation met Jenn when she vied for the affections of Joey Graziadei throughout The Bachelor season 28, which aired earlier this yr. Whereas she didn’t discover The One in Joey, she was named the lead of The Bachelorette throughout the After the Closing Rose episode in March.

Jenn’s dramatic season got here to an finish in September, with the lead reversing the script and proposing to contestant Devin Strader. Whereas the pair left the present fortunately engaged, she revealed throughout After the Closing Rose that they went their separate methods off-camera. Following their dwell confrontation, Jenn uploaded an image of Devin through her Instagram Story and added Swift’s “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.”

Scroll right down to see which of Swift’s songs Jenn pertains to every week:

Week 1: ‘Sparks Fly (Taylor’s Model)’

The music alternative spoke for itself as Jenn met 25 suitors throughout the first evening within the Bachelor mansion. Jenn made a number of connections all through the episode however solely kissed contestant Sam McKinney, which she completely advised Us Weekly was “feral.”

Week 2: ‘Karma’

The episode revolved across the drama between contestants Aaron Erb and Devin, which started after the ladder pulled Jenn apart for one-on-one time — and ice cream — throughout their group date in Australia.

The monitor from Swift’s Midnights album might have alluded to Aaron and Devin’s continued feud, with the twosome crashing one another’s respective alone time with Jenn all through the episode. Regardless of the strain, Jenn handed a rose to each males. (After the episode aired, Us really useful Swift’s “Exile” for Jenn’s music of the week as a result of we’ve seen this movie earlier than.)

Week 3: ‘State of Grace (Taylor’s Model)’

Jenn revealed in an Instagram add that the music from Swift’s Purple (Taylor’s Model) was “the most effective” Easter eggs that she’s laid. It appears becoming that Jenn would select a monitor that describes being hopeful at discovering love as she started to kind deeper connections along with her suitors. Whereas Jenn had a profitable one-on-one date with contestant Spencer Conley, it was Sam Nejad a.ok.a. the “love virgin” who introduced he was “already falling in love” along with her.

Week 4: ‘Leap Then Fall (Taylor’s Model)’

The music alternative from 2021’s Fearless (Taylor’s Model) had an overt that means as Jenn’s first one-on-one of the week with Sam M. consisted of bungee leaping off a constructing. After struggling to work up the braveness to leap, Jenn in the end took the leap of religion due to some encouragement from Sam M., which secured him a rose.

Week 5: ‘The Archer’

The tune from 2019’s Lover explores Swift’s deepest fears of somebody not sticking round for her. “Who might ever depart me, darling? / However who might keep?” Swift sings.

Within the episode, Jenn turned rattled when Austin Ott sends himself house. “Is the following one going to stroll out the door too? Perhaps I’m not sufficient for Marcus [Shoberg]. Perhaps I’m not sufficient for Sam M. Perhaps I’m not sufficient for Devin,” Jenn puzzled in a confessional.

Jenn additionally famous that an honorable point out for Swift’s music of the week was Purple’s “We Are By no means Getting Again Collectively (Taylor’s Model).” Jenn’s monitor alternative seemingly references her determination to ship ex Matt Rossi house after he tried (and failed) to win her again.

Week 6: ‘Clear’

The monitor from Swift’s 2014 album 1989 discusses themes of shifting on from a troublesome relationship. “Gone was any hint of you / I believe I’m lastly clear,” Swift sings.

Forward of hometowns, Jenn despatched frontrunner Sam M. packing after she left the group date feeling unsettled with their connection. “I perceive my price and what I deserve and perceive what I need,” Jenn stated in a confessional. “What I need isn’t Sam. I’ve been there, accomplished that, and I’m not doing it once more. I’m accomplished.”

Week 7: ‘Crazier’

After Jenn met her last 4’s relations, she shared that “hometowns was loopy in one of the best ways attainable.” The music alternative from 2009’s Hannah Montana: The Film particulars beginning to fall in love in a relationship. “Appears like I’m falling and I / I’m misplaced in your eyes / You make me crazier, crazier, crazier,” Swift sings.

Forward of the rose ceremony, Jenn advised host Jesse Palmer that she’s “undoubtedly falling for all 4 of those males and that’s why tonight is so arduous for me.” Jenn in the end despatched house Jeremy Simon.

Week 8: ‘All the Ladies You Liked Earlier than’ and ‘Unhealthy Blood (Taylor’s Model)’

For the fantasy suite episode, Jenn selected a bonus monitor from Swift’s Lover, through which she thanks her companion’s earlier lovers for who they’re right this moment. “Each dead-end avenue / Led you straight to me / Now you’re all I want / I’m so grateful for / All the women you really liked earlier than / However I really like you extra,” Swift sings. Within the episode, Jenn drops the L-word to each Marcus and Devin. “Fantasy suites have been candy,” she wrote through Instagram Story.

Jenn sang a unique tune for The Bachelorette: Males Inform All episode, relating it to Swift’s “Unhealthy Blood (Taylor’s Model).” Jenn wrote through Instagram Story, “Inform all was baaad.” Jenn’s music alternative may very well be in reference to her candid dialog with Sam M., which she later advised Us “felt so good” to get off her chest.

Week 9: ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’

Jenn’s whirlwind finale started along with her sending Marcus packing earlier than popping the query to Devin. Whereas it appeared that Jenn had discovered The One in Devin, she introduced throughout After the Closing Rose that he broke off their engagement over the telephone. “He principally stated he didn’t love me anymore and didn’t really feel the identical means,” Jenn recalled, including that Devin stated he “regretted” the engagement. “He was checked out. It wasn’t what he needed anymore.”

Sooner or later after the finale, Jenn reshared an image of Devin through her Instagram and paired the add with Swift’s “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.” Within the TTPD monitor, Swift sings about ending a relationship with somebody who ghosted her. “I’ll overlook you, however I’ll by no means forgive,” Swift sings.

Week 10 and Past: ‘I Can Do It With a Damaged Coronary heart’

Whereas navigating her breakup, Jenn stated she’s in an “undefined period” of Swift. After relating “I Can Do It With a Damaged Coronary heart” to the finale, she defined that the TTPD monitor nonetheless resonates along with her right this moment.

“In truth, I’m nonetheless therapeutic, I’m nonetheless mending,” Jenn stated on the “Bachelor Comfortable Hour” podcast in September. “I’m comfortable that I get to have these moments in these interviews and on these reveals the place I could be comfortable. I’m deeply nonetheless harm from the state of affairs however I’m pushing via and I’m nonetheless simply going to be the very best individual of myself as a result of I’ve to try this for myself.”

She concluded, “I’m hurting typically and that’s OK. If I simply hold believing that I’m going to be comfortable, then I’m going to be comfortable. It’s all going to work out, I do know that.”