Images of champagne in Taylor Swift lyrics

The first mention of champagne in Taylor Swift's songs is in a description of "big parties" in "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" ("reputation", 2017): "Everyone swimming in a champagne sea". This image of swimming in champagne returns in "the last great american dynasty" ("folkore", 2020): "Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names". These are images of excess and luxury. Then, "champagne problems" ("evermore", 2020) takes the luxury of "Dom Pérignon" and makes it a problem of luxury. Finally, "Paris" ("Midnights", 2022) turns champagne into a fantasy of luxury in a new setting: "Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne [...] In an alleyway, drinking champagne." (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 28 October 2024)