Internet Jokesters Are Going After Taylor Swift For The Line, ‘We All Dressed Up As Wolves, and We Looked Fire”

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Taylor Swift “Eldest Daughter” Parodies refers to a meme trend in which internet ^[1] users post an image of a red-haired girl crying on the bed next to asinine song lyrics. The meme was inspired by X / Twitter ^[2] user @Aileendruiz, who posted the lyrics, “Every eldest daughter / Was the first lamb to the slaughter / So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire,” from the song “Eldest Daughter” in early October 2025. The lyrics were posted alongside a screengrab showing actress Sadie Sink crying in All Too Well: The Short Film. The meme went viral alongside the release of Taylor Swift’s ^[3] album The Life of a Showgirl^[4], which received mixed reviews from music critics upon its release. The song that inspired the meme trend is related to discussions about Eldest Daughter Syndrome ^[5].

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Pop star Taylor Swift released her album The Life of a Showgirl on October 3rd, 2025, featuring the song “Eldest Daughter,” which gathered over 3 million views on YouTube ^[6] in three days. At roughly the 1:50 timestamp, Swift sings, “Every eldest daughter / Was the first lamb to the slaughter / So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.”

Also on October 3rd, 2025, X user @Aileendruiz tweeted a still from All Too Well: The Short Film, a video released alongside the rerecording of the song originally featured on Taylor Swift’s 2012 album Red. The image featured actress Sadie Sink lying in bed on her side and crying. The tweet was posted alongside the aforementioned lyrics from Swift’s song “Eldest Daughter.”

The earliest known parody of the post template was shared by X user @souljagoyteller, who tweeted lyrics from Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5 ^[7]” on October 3rd to mock X user @Aileendruiz for suggesting that she cried to the lyrics, “Every eldest daughter / Was the first lamb to the slaughter / So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.” The post gathered over 170,000 likes in three days.

X user @souljagoyteller tweeted lyrics from Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" to mock X user @Aileendruiz for suggesting that she cried to the lyrics, "Every eldest daughter / Was the first lamb to the slaughter / So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire."

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On October 4th, 2025, X user @katsacervo posted lyrics from the girl group Katseye’s song “Gnarly” to mock X user @Aileendruiz for suggesting that she cried to the Taylor Swift lyrics, “So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.” The tweet read, “Boba tea (gnarly), Tesla (gnarly) / Fried chicken (gnarly), partyin’ in the Hollywood Hills (uh-huh).” The post gathered over 130,000 likes in two days.

X user @katsacervo posted lyrics from the girl group Katseye's song "Gnarly" to mock X user @Aileendruiz for suggesting that she cried to the Taylor Swift lyrics, "So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire." The tweet read, "Boba tea (gnarly), Tesla (gnarly) / Fried chicken (gnarly), partyin' in the Hollywood Hills (uh-huh)."

Also on October 4th, X user @johnny_tmanV2 tweeted, “Around the world, Around the world,” in reference to lyrics from the Daft Punk ^[8] song of the same name. The post appeared to mock X user @Aileendruiz for suggesting that they cried to the Taylor Swift lyrics, “So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.” The post gathered over 140,000 likes in two days.

X user @johnny_tmanV2 tweeted, "Around the world, Around the world," in reference to lyrics from a Daft Punk song of the same name. The post appeared to mock X user @Aileendruiz for suggesting that they cried to the Taylor Swift lyrics, "So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire."

On October 5th, 2025, X user @theneedledrop tweeted, “WHO LET THE DOGS OUT,” to join in on the trend, referencing the Baha Men song of the same name, gathering over 90,000 likes in a day.