Taylor Swift's 'You Need to Calm Down' might have a biblical reference.
I tried to rack my brain, for any connection between shrimp and queer history. The best I could come up with was seminal drag performance artist Vaginal Davis, who is somewhat famous for her "shrimping" routine . While I first learned of Davis in a pop song , this might be a little bit too deep of a reference for Swift.Apparently back in 2015 she was caught on camera having a particularly hard time peeling a jumbo shrimp.
Though, others, more simply, point to the fact that the passage is part of a Old Testament holiness code that most modern Christians don't otherwise adhere to. Leviticus also classifies eating anything form the sea that doesn't have scales and fins an "abomination," which means according to Leviticus eating shrimp is also a sin on par with homosexuality. For what it's worth, the shellfish bit is also referenced again in Deuteronomy.
Swift's own Christian faith was referenced somewhat frequently in her earlier lyrics, and it only makes sense that at some point between singing about prayers and making a music video featuring a gay wedding officiated by Ciara she'd investigate what the Bible has to say about homosexuality.
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