Lirik Lagu Dress - Taylor Swift beserta Maknanya, Viral di TikTok!

Taylor Swift sedang disibukkan dengan album terbarunya, The Life of a Showgirl (2025). Album ke-12 Swift tersebut dirilis pada Jumat (3/10/2025) dengan lagu "The Fate of Ophelia" sebagai single utamanya.
Kamu boleh semringah dengan album baru Swift tersebut. Namun, jangan lupakan lagu "Dress" dari album reputation (2017) yang kini sedang viral di TikTok. Lagu tersebut ramai digunakan sebagai backsound konten.
Ada alasan kenapa lagu "Dress" viral di TikTok. Untuk tahu lebih lengkapnya, kamu bisa mengetahui dulu lirik lagu "Dress" milik Taylor Swift beserta maknanya berikut ini.
1. Lirik lagu "Dress" - Taylor Swift
Our secret moments in your crowded room
They got no idea about me and you
There is an indentation in the shape of you
Made your mark on me, a golden tattoo
All of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation
My hands are shaking from holding back from you (ah, ah, ah)
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
My hands are shaking from all this (ah, ha, ha, ha)
Say my name and everything just stops
I don't want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Take it off
Carve your name into my bedpost
'Cause I don't want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Take it off
Inescapable, I'm not even gonna try
And if I get burned, at least we were electrified
I'm spilling wine in the bathtub
You kiss my face and we're both drunk
Everyone thinks that they know us
But they know nothing about
All of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation
My hands are shaking from holding back from you (ah, ah, ah)
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
My hands are shaking from all this (ah, ha, ha, ha)
Say my name and everything just stops
I don't want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Take it off
Carve your name into my bedpost
'Cause I don't want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Take it off
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Flashback when you met me
Your buzzcut and my hair bleached
Even in my worst times
You could see the best of me
Flashback to my mistakes
My rebounds, my earthquakes
Even in my worst lies
You saw the truth in me
And I woke up just in time
Now I wake up by your side
My one and only, my lifeline
I woke up just in time
Now I wake up by your side
My hands shake, I can't explain this ah, ha, ha, ha
Say my name and everything just stops
I don't want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Take it off
Carve your name into my bedpost
'Cause I don't want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Take it off
There is an indentation in the shape of you
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
You made your mark on me, golden tattoo
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
2. Makna lagu "Dress" - Taylor Swift

Dirilis pada 2017 sebagai salah satu lagu dalam album reputation, "Dress" adalah lagu yang sensual dan rentan secara emosional. Tema utama lagu ini adalah cinta terlarang yang terjalin secara rahasia.
"Dress" berkisah tentang perasaan jatuh cinta pada seseorang yang seharusnya gak terjadi. Ketegangan emosional dan fisik pun muncul karena harus menyembunyikan perasaan tersebut. Gaun dalam judul "Dress" sebenarnya bersifat simbolis.
Gaun di lagu ini bukan sekadar pakaian secara harfiah, tetapi metafora untuk keintiman, kerentanan, dan rasa siap untuk bersama seseorang yang spesial. Lirik “Only bought this dress so you could take it off” terdengar sensual.
Lirik tersebut menyiratkan hasrat untuk tampil sempurna di depan orang yang spesial. Bukan untuk publik, melainkan demi momen pribadi dan intim bersama seseorang. Wah, dalam banget maknanya, nih!
3. "Dress" viral karena jadi soundtrack serial The Summer I Turned Pretty

Lantas, apa yang membuat lagu "Dress" kembal viral di TikTok? Jawabannya, karena serial The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 (2025) menggunakan lagu ini sebagai salah satu soundtrack-nya.
Di episode terakhir The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3, lagu "Dress" diputar dalam adegan intim antara Belly dan Conrad. Mereka melakukan adegan seks pertama mereka sejak saling suka dari SMA. Lagu ini jadi soundtrack membara di tengah keintiman mereka.
Dilansir PEOPLE, Jenny Han, penulis novel The Summer I Turned Pretty, mengatakan jika lagu "Dress" sangat cocok untuk adegan panas tersebut. Baginya, lagu tersebut sangat seksi dan penuh gairah, sehingga akan berhasil meningkatkan dampak emosional pada penonton. Pilihan yang gak salah, nih!
Lirik lagu "Dress" milik Taylor Swift dan maknanya di atas bisa kamu resapi terlebih dahulu sebelum menggunakannya sebagai audio di TikTok. Apakah "Dress" jadi salah satu lagu Taylor Swift favoritmu?