Heartstopper Season 2 Subtle Connection to Taylor Swift You Missed

Netflix's Heartstopper, based on Alice Oseman's graphic novel of the same name, is an incredibly touching romantic comedy-drama about love, self-acceptance, and finding one's identity and sexuality. As in real life, the teen characters often have to deal with bullying and phobias from relatives and classmates, and they also experience incredibly happy moments of high school life.

What makes the show especially touching is the selection of songs in both seasons. From Baby Queen and Rina Sawayama to Wolf Alice, the featured songs make the Heartstopper episodes even more exciting to watch. And now, Season 2, which premiered on August 3, proved to be a major surprise in terms of the soundtrack, as the season finale came with a song by the one and only Taylor Swift.

First, it is worth mentioning that there was an indirect connection to, or even foreshadowing of Tay Tay in the penultimate episode of Season 2, when a poster with the cover of her 2020 Folklore album was shown hanging in Tara's room.

And then, Taylor's song from the same album was featured in the finale, making the last scenes of the season all the more powerful. Perhaps we should just quote the lines from the song to make everything clear right away: 'Me and we can be pirates / Then you won't have to cry / Or hide in the closet / And just like a folk song / Our love will be passed on.'

Yes, Heartstopper used the song 'Seven,' which tells the story of Swift's teenage years and her childhood friend who experienced abusive relationships in her family. In the show, the song is performed almost in its entirety, and it's an insanely heartbreaking moment when Tara and Darcy realize they have each other no matter what.

Darcy, who always seemed to be a super energetic and generally upbeat person, in fact, as is often the case, hid the traumatic details of her life from her friends: she was regularly abused by her homophobic mother, who also yelled at her for not wearing a costume to prom. As a result, Darcy ran away from home and had to spend the night in the park.

The choice of this song was extremely fitting, and apparently it was Alice Oseman who insisted on using it. According to Netflix, executive producer Patrick Walters contacted Swift's representatives and they happily agreed to provide both the poster and the rights to use the song.