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This study examines the stylistic construction of transformation in Taylor Swift’s Change. Guided by a qualitative research design, it employs textual analysis anchored in Fairclough’s (1995) CDA framework, Halliday’s (1961) SFL transitivity system, and Mills’ (1995) feminist stylistic approach. The corpus consists of the authorized lyrics from Change, extracted from Swift’s Fearless Platinum Edition album. The anal…