As Vulture's Kyle Buchanan points out, "Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal Share Thanksgiving Maple Lattes" is the third result when you Google "maple lattes." (The song is also just brutally specific, with references to hanging out at Maggie's house and plaid days and the trip upstate when they went apple-picking. read more
Most importantly, she writes from the heart, and a lot of her songs are about certain people. She doesn't reserve her songwriting for romance gone bad, either: she's also called out a couple of ladies and exes. Here is a brief history of Swift's songs about other famous people. read more