"When Susan Lang first listened to "Ruin the Friendship," a track off Taylor Swift's new album, she says she immediately recognized the song was about her late son, Jeffrey Lang. Swift and Jeffrey attended high school together in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where they became close. Jeffrey died in 2010 at the age of 21. "They were really good friends," Lang told the Tennessean in a recent interview. "They hung out at her house a lot. They were always joking around with each other.""
"In "Ruin the Friendship," Swift sings about regretting a missed connection with a high school classmate who later passed away. While Swift hasn't said who inspired the song, Lang believes the lyrics, including a reference to attending a prom with a different date and wishing she'd gone with Jeffrey instead, pointed to him. "Goodbye/ And we'll never know why," Swift wrote. "But I whispered at the grave 'Should've kissed you anyway.'""
Taylor Swift's song "Ruin the Friendship" prompted Susan Lang to recognize the song as referencing her late son, Jeffrey Lang, a close high school friend of Swift who died in 2010 at 21. Lang recalled that Swift and Jeffrey spent time together in high school, often at Swift's house, and joked around frequently. Lyrics about a missed connection and a prom date led Lang to believe Jeffrey inspired the song. Lang expressed a wish to thank Swift for keeping Jeffrey's memory alive. Swift previously acknowledged Jeff Lang after singing at his funeral. The album debuted at No. 1, selling 4.002 million units in its first week.
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