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I felt like the first two songs (all i got to at this point) were like if Taylor did a Readers Digest version of her songs. Dont get me wrong, good comments on what you played for us but so many aspects of Tay’s writings were skimmed over. You’ll have a big audience with the people in a hurry. 😁
I've listened to Death by a Thousand Cuts at least a few dozen times at this point, and I never once thought about how the "my my my" at the beginning ties into the bridge.
So soon you'll get better is about her mother. Andrea was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and again in 2019, and her mum's favourite band was the dixie chiks so thats why they are featured in that song
I was that swiftie…..i mean i liked some songs off this album but could never listen to the full album but today i just watched their reaction and appreciate or u could say love this album so much more now ❤❤❤
you didn't include it in the daylight reaction but when she says "i once believed love would be burning red" she referneces the title track on 'red' where she says love is burning red. but its not it shouldn't be complicated love is just golden UGH i love
in her documentary she said she viewed this album as her last chance to really be a pop star and have the public appreciate her, and i think this was just the beginning of her success as a legend. she really tried to do something different as a last hurrah and it’s so amazing to see where she carried on from here.
Lover was an excellent album and I think didn't get its fair shake because the pandemic hit right afterwards and sort of shut everything down. This one is so much fun though, I go to it if I need a pick me up! Love to hear your thoughts on all of her things. Thank you for sharing.
Timestamps: 4:35 I Forgot That You Existed 7:13 Cruel Summer 10:31 Lover 13:44 The Man 16:20 The Archer 19:44 I Think He Knows 22:45 Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince 25:12 Paper Rings 27:54 Cornelia Street 32:40 Death By a Thousand Cuts 36:40 London Boy 38:45 Soon You'll Get Better 41:45 False God 44:25 You Need To Calm Down 48:06 Afterglow 51:25 ME! 53:55 It's Nice To Have A Friend 56:20 Daylight
Lover is a great example on why Taylor Swift is such a great storyteller not only inside a single song but also within a single album AND multiple albums. She creates stories that explore many aspects and moments in time within the same experience. Sure, the audience can listen to a single song and take it for what it is, but as a listener you can also take many songs that weave a story that feels coherent and somehow manages to be consistent (almost as if all the songs were written by the same person!) Let me explain what I mean. We have the song Lover, where she sings "my my my, Lover". Obviously, that is a love song about finding the love of your life. Later we have Paper rings, again, a song about being madly in love. After, comes Death by a thousand cuts, where there are also "my my my"s repeated and where she sings "paper cut stings from my paper thin plans". Now, the picture painted is the loss of that love you once thought was the love of your life. As everybody has noticed, she also references red in daylight and even midnights. These parallels create the sense of a universe in which all the listener's experiences can be held and intertwined. Now, I would like to add that while some of these lyrical parallels can occur because she is talking about the same person, this doesn't undermine the talent that comes with knowing how to put the right words in a song. Also, in the example I gave this was not the case, as Taylor wrote death by a thousand cuts inspired by a movie (she said so herself). Here's a ridiculous list I've gathered of some of these little or big connections: [ ] Foolish one: "maybe this is something we'll laugh about over coffee every morning while you're watching the news" & The manuscript: "in the age of him she wished she was thirty and drank coffee every morning in a French press" [ ] I know places: "lose lips sink ships all the damn time, not this time" & this love "in losing grip of sinking ships" [ ] Dress: "you made a mark on me, a golden tattoo" & Dancing with our hands tied: "deep blue but you painted me golden" & daylight "I once believed love would be burning red, but it's golden" [ ] Invisible string: "something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire" & tolerate it: "where's that man who'd threw blankets over my barbed wire?" [ ] Long story short: "my waves meet your shore ever and evermore" & The manuscript: "one last souvenir from my trip to your shores" [ ] Lavender haze & The great war: "somewhere in the haze got a sense I'd been betrayed" [ ] You're on your own, kid (the whole song) & a place in this world (from her debut album) "I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know" [ ] Would've could've should've & Dear John [ ] You're losing me: "my face was grey but you wouldn't admit that we were sick", "fighting in only your army" & My boy only breaks his favorite toys: "the sickest army doll" [ ] Hits different: "have they come to take me away?" & Fortnight: "I was supposed to be sent away" [ ] Fortnight: "move to Florida" & Florida!!! [ ] TTPD: "tattoed golden retriever" & I can fix him: "good boy, that's right, come close" & The black dog: "tail between your legs you're leaving" [ ] So high school: "brand new, full throttle" & The prophecy "hand on the throttle, thought I caught lightning in a bottle"
PLEASE do yourselves a favour. Taylor does acoustic live, stripped versions of Death By A Thousand Cuts, Cornelia Street and Daylight at the Paris City of Lover mini tour just before the pandemic hit. I barely even listen to the studio versions of those songs now because I love the acoustic tracks so much. She also did an acoustic set of The Archer on BBC Live Lounge that gives me the chills every time.
@@sapnasura honestly, I think nearly the entire Reputation album is EXPONENTIALLY better live or acoustic! I really hope she either gets a decent Hip Hop producer for the TV rerecord, or produces them to sound like the live versions. I actually almost hate the studio recording of I Did Something Bad. The witches bridge gets totally lost. Also, the State of Grace acoustic is one of my favourite songs of hers full stop 🥰
I am totally shocked, when I saw you were going to react to Lover, I was willing to bet, that you guys would hate it. So glad y'all love it, this album is so underrated. London Boy is one of my favorites, she performed it at the BBC Lounge, and it was so good. Taylor was with Joe Alwyn during this time, Reputation through Midnights Taylor was with Joe. Joe was her London Boy, but on the TTPD, the 5th track is So Long London.
"Miss Americana & the heartbreak prince" is a song about the political climate in the US, she is using highschool references as a metaphore. I am so surprised so many miss that when they listen. She also wrote another political song called " Only the young '" around the same time.
The archer also has to do with her zodiac, Sagittarius, the archer. She has said before that she relates to the archer in terms of how she responds to things in her life: she steps back, assesses, then shoots, instead of shooting from the hip, so to speak.
To me “ME” is a self love anthem! A love letter to all the younger Swiftie’s. Its bubble gum pop but with a really important message if you really look into the lyrics
and not to get too crazy but as someone who voted for the class to watch a taylor swift special educational video in middle school english, "hey kids! spelling is fun!" is actually a vital lyric and super important for the world, unironically!
During afterglow when you said “that’s ari range” is sooo ironic cuz it’s rumored(with clues) that an ari ft. was supposed to happen but the same guy who stole her music was managing ari so he prob didn’t let her😪
It’s interesting because there’s a lot of Swifty that did not like lover. They only liked to handful songs, but as the years go on lover is starting to become one of the best selling albums. Newer Swifty’s are discovering it and they’re really liking it.
It’s interesting that a lot of men seem to be a lot more pulled into Lover than I tend to see with women. I’m not sure what that means but it’s nice to see that this album has its fans!
That’s not true! My sister and I are both women and we love this album to us it’s so overly hated for no reason. My least favorite album of Taylor’s Is Debut and Fearless. Not lover.
I love debut and fearless AND lover hahahaha At this point there are enough Swifties in the world that a bunch of us will claim each one of the 11 albums as their favorite, there are definitely enough of us that none of the eras is ever truly left out. (Except Debut on the eras tour lol)
It's Taylor's most streamed album on Spotify and it's still getting 7M daily streams, it's hardly an underdog album. Just because some Swifties are very vocal about how much they don't like this album doesn't mean it's not getting a lot of love. Same with Reputation, it's divisive online but very successful in the "real world".
my favourite thing about the archer is the fact that it portrauts anxiety so well, that’s why the build up doesnt lead up to anything, thats excactly what anxiety feel like, a build up without any release
My thoughts on Lover before watching this was that it was one of the weaker albums in her discography. But being able to revisit it with you guys has made me realized it's a much better album than I remembered it being. I wouldn't say it's in my personal top 3, but it's definitely a strong album for sure
@@sanjnahh the best part of music is it is subjective---you can dislike Lover while others can think it is the best album. I personally don't like anything pre 1989, because that is my personal taste--while others complain about how every new album is not returning to her fearless days.
“soon you’ll get better” is a song about her mom who suffers from cancer and the chicks (new name of the dixie chicks) is her mom’s favorite artist so they did the harmonies on the chorus, such a sad song
@@andreadilorenzo4955 I'm not surprised even though it's not my favorite albums of hers i can see why would they love it based on their previous reactions
@@andreadilorenzo4955 I haven’t watched it yet, but I’m so happy to hear that! Lover is one of my favorites from her and my Favoirte Pop album from her. It’s very underrated by her fans.
I NEVER figured out why she said my in the intro I’ve always thought it was just similar to by. THANK YOU! Love hearing others reactions and how quickly you picked that up
it's actually pretty amazing seeing other people listen to Lover and love it so much! nowadays people shit on it so much saying that is her worst album. personally it's not my favourite but listening back with you guys makes me appreciate the album way more than I did before
I also came here to say this. Lover in Paris is EXCELLENT and the live versions of Cornelia Street & DBATC should be mandatory viewing for all reactors.
OMG I NEEDED THIS REACTION, all the other reaction channel out there didn't give lover justice calling it her worst album, this was breath of fresh air I love you guys😭😭
lover is probably one of her least widely loved and low-rated albums both within and outside her fandom and it makes me really sad because this was the first album of hers i heard and it's what made me a fan in the first place - i think it's just so wonderful. it makes me really happy that you loved it and understood it in the same way i do because a lot of reactions to this album are more negative so this was really like a breath of fresh air. thank you so much !! i've loved your taylor journey and this has only made it better! also you guys missing some eras tour connections (miss americana and cruel summer specifically lol) and then completely making up some other songs being there that just weren't at all really made me laugh hahaha
Death by a thousand cuts was an old form of torture and execution. It’s often used now as a turn of phrase meaning something slow and tortuous. So in the song it’s kind of referring to how the end of the relationship is a slow series of painful moments and reminders. Basically, not a clean break. She keeps remembering things and feeling like it’s not really “over”. It’s a sad bop for sure. She has a really great live performance of False God on SNL you guys should check out if you’re interested.
I’m so happy you liked this album lmao 😭 this is on my top 3 of Taylor’s discography, it’s so beautiful in every aspect and it’s sadly the most hated in the fandom lol
In a sense, you could say this album as her re-debut, since it's when she got out of her Big Machine Records contract and has full autonomy/free rein of her record (though I never think she's restricted to a sound). There's a genre-blending, see-what-sticks approach to pop (akin to Red) that turns some people off due to what they perceive as cringe, which is ultimately also its strength. It truly reflects how she was feeling at that point in her life.
It’s incredible that she has released 11 albums, and if I were to ask someone to recommend her best album, I wouldn’t be disappointed with any response.
Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album Lover (2019). She wrote the song a few months after the 2018 U.S. midterm elections to capture her disillusionment with the American political climate. Written and produced by Swift and Joel Little, "Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" is a synth-pop tune with marching band-styled percussion and background cheerleading shouts. It is a protest song that makes use of high-school imagery lyrically to depict the struggles navigating through a flawed system, with allusions to a troubled love story.
Wow loved this reaction! Lover is in my top 3 forsure of all TS albums and I often feel like it isn’t one of the more popular ones when people talk about their favorite TS albums.. so this was so lovely to hear!
SO glad yall loved the album!!! Lover is in my top 3 (1989, Midnights, Lover in that order). people call this her 'flop' era but it was still incredibly successful during its time. The outro to daylight always makes me tear up, the idea that you are what love is just so beautiful to me. Fun fact: the album was going to be called daylight but she switched it to lover!!!
It’s funny you say that ‘It’s nice to have a friend’ sounds like a nice song to walk down the aisle to when the song follows two people from childhood to when they get married 🫶🏼 so you were kinda spot on without even knowing!
Lover was the album that turned me into a Swiftie and it is still one of my favourite works by her (alongside Evermore and Midnights). Funnily, London Boy is in my top 3 of off this album. My friend also disliked the studio version and then, she had a change of heart when I showed her Taylor's performance of it at the BBC live. Tay's little choreo, facial expressions, and the live band can truly shift your perspective. It's such a feel good song with a fun rhyme scheme and great rhythm. I also usually lean towards more lyrically deep stuff. But this track still has good songwriting, it's just more melody rather than lyric-focused. I love how you immediately noticed 'arrowhead' in Cornelia Street and immediately commented on it. I think the whole fandom had a bit of a laugh at this unintentional "easter egg" that even Taylor didn't know she had planted. Also how did you notice that sound of the door at the end of Cornelia street?! such a good catch! I heard it a million times and never realised it was a door... i feel like an idiot now. Maybe i never processed it because I rushed to re-start the song 😂 Another great catch of yours was the repeated 'my my my' harmonies in the bridge of 1000 cuts. Some fans have also noticed that this repeated 'my' might be a reference to the 'my, my my... lover' from the song Lover, but the phrase is unfinished because the couple in 1000 cuts broke up. Anyways, thanks for such a great reaction, as always, I enjoyed watching you a whole lot and it warms my heart to see such a loving family bond. I could never talk to my parents about music in this way. it's lovely how open the both of you can be about your experiences and emotions.
Daylight is such a satisfying end to this album, with her saying she’s seeing daylight with this person she loves. In the prologue of Red (original version), she said that she dreams of a love that shines like starlight (a reference also to one song from that album). Hearing Daylight for the first time made me feel happy for her cause she found the love she was looking for, and it’s even brighter and better than what she wanted to.
my new favorite taylor reaction from you guys, so often listeners or even diehard fans are so reluctant to let taylor lead them through a journey of love and joy and peace that is this album and I truly don't know why, so having you guys really embrace everything and caring about the meaning of the songs is really fresh and sweet
@@Jess-y7c oh I don't hate either but it's definitely not one of my favs singles she's released, it's not even one of my favs on this album but I agree it's overhated
Love your reactions to a lot of these albums and also love the Steinway St. reference. I grew up on 49th St. and you brought back all my childhood memories of walking Steinway. LFGM!!
so we're never getting the anthology 😭 it's okay. I'll make my peace with it. really excited for lover it has sone of her best and most vulnerable storytelling. and lover is very underrated inside the fandom when it comes to lover swifties are somehow too stupid to enjoy. maybe it's their habit of being used to gutwrenching sad songs, a happy fun album scare them 😅😂 in my opinion it's one her best
I can't believe you guys are Lover fans! That makes me so incredibly happy because so many people rank this album as one of her worsts and yet it's one of my favorites. I loved your reaction because you guys completely got the album, although I am one of the few people who really enjoy the song London Boy lol. Great reaction guys!
19:00 I'm so glad your dad felt that and was able to describe it so well because that's the entire premise of the song, but it so often gets missed by first time listeners. The driving of the constant palpitating, quickened heartbeat, mostly experience during anxiety attacks or phases. And the lyrics captures the same feeling that the sound evokes, stuck in the smoke, calling out for help, feeling like an open wound that everyone can see through but wondering who would accept you despite it all. Edit: Also! I think the choice of Archer over Predator or Hunter also changes the connotation of the role. For me, predator/hunter brings the association of aggression, intention to harm/destroy. Whereas choosing archer and juxta positioning it with prey, sort of alludes to her being the one that broke or destroy or shot something, intentionally or not, very self-sabotaging versus intentionally harming.
yes to all of this but also I like that she chose the word Archer because it immediately brings to mind a bow and arrow and that makes me think of Cupid! 💘 the terms hunter/predator wouldn't apply to a cupid-like figure necessarily, since they're not hunting the people they shoot, they're striking them with love arrows! I think there were some cool angels in the Me music video 😇🪽 and she had those angel statues in her Lover photoshoots
This is my favorite album I always hear that it’s not people favorite but when I first listen to it, I like it from beginning to finish, that doesn’t usually happen with Taylor albums you always need a couple listens to catch on the lyrics but this ✨
Most fans rank this album as one of her lowest/least liked work... but i have always disagreed with that. So glad to see that you enjoyed it. "Lover" is a great album. I love it all... including London Boy!! LOL
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Will you guys be reacting to Taylor’s debut album? If you are, you should know that it was released in 2006 & written between the ages of 12-15.
'I didn't know it's from this album' excuse me mister its a song called Lover on the album called Lover
Maybe he didn't realize the song was called Lover when he heard it during the concert
i tought it was funny too but i think he just connected lol
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I felt like the first two songs (all i got to at this point) were like if Taylor did a Readers Digest version of her songs.
Dont get me wrong, good comments on what you played for us but so many aspects of Tay’s writings were skimmed over.
You’ll have a big audience with the people in a hurry. 😁
@@CarolinaBermondthe song only says the word lover a million times 😂
I've listened to Death by a Thousand Cuts at least a few dozen times at this point, and I never once thought about how the "my my my" at the beginning ties into the bridge.
What’s even cooler is that is a callback to the “my my my my lover” line in Lover! DBATC has multiple cool callbacks to catch!
I know😂😂😂 😅😢
So soon you'll get better is about her mother. Andrea was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and again in 2019, and her mum's favourite band was the dixie chiks so thats why they are featured in that song
the story about your dad and your mum going to that shopping street hoping to see one another made me emotional... love cornelia street :'))
Some swifties NEED to see this reaction and appreciate lover!!
I am a OG Swiftie and I love this album
Is that an Easter egg?
🥚 😅🕵🏻♀️
(why oh why is Need still unreleased?)
it is underrated😩
I was that swiftie…..i mean i liked some songs off this album but could never listen to the full album but today i just watched their reaction and appreciate or u could say love this album so much more now ❤❤❤
Definitely my favorite album
so happy u guys liked it, i think this album is so underrated
Exactly I love this album and it deserves better!!!
@@Jess-y7cit just get boring after a while because it is too pop for me folklore and evermore never gets old especially evermore and ttpd
Daylight and Cornelia Street are some of her best songs ever. Amazing in every way.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont know why I was just thinking of exactly these two songs while watching this and now I see your comment 🤯
you didn't include it in the daylight reaction but when she says "i once believed love would be burning red" she referneces the title track on 'red' where she says love is burning red. but its not it shouldn't be complicated love is just golden UGH i love
I love when she’s self-referential
in her documentary she said she viewed this album as her last chance to really be a pop star and have the public appreciate her, and i think this was just the beginning of her success as a legend. she really tried to do something different as a last hurrah and it’s so amazing to see where she carried on from here.
Lover was an excellent album and I think didn't get its fair shake because the pandemic hit right afterwards and sort of shut everything down. This one is so much fun though, I go to it if I need a pick me up! Love to hear your thoughts on all of her things. Thank you for sharing.
the sync head bouncing in The Archer hahahah so cute
Afterglow is so underrated! Glad you two liked it.
Timestamps:
4:35 I Forgot That You Existed
7:13 Cruel Summer
10:31 Lover
13:44 The Man
16:20 The Archer
19:44 I Think He Knows
22:45 Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince
25:12 Paper Rings
27:54 Cornelia Street
32:40 Death By a Thousand Cuts
36:40 London Boy
38:45 Soon You'll Get Better
41:45 False God
44:25 You Need To Calm Down
48:06 Afterglow
51:25 ME!
53:55 It's Nice To Have A Friend
56:20 Daylight
Wow. This is probably the first time some reactors said that Lover is their fav album of her. Nice.
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@aqibbashir3434 when you enter the time, it automatically becomes blue when the comment is posted
@@aqibbashir3434 see 54:35
It very much is The Dixie chicks on "Soon you´ll get better" they changed their name to just "The Chicks"
Makes sense
False God is a truly masterpiece
Absolutely
My surprise songs where Slut!×False God it was insane! 😭
@@blib4328I’m obsessed with the youtube mashup, on repeat!!!
@@blib4328I’m so jealous rn
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Lover is maligned in the fandom but it’s truly one of her best albums. The song Lover is my favorite of all her discography
Lover is one of my favs! Never understood the hate
Lover is a great example on why Taylor Swift is such a great storyteller not only inside a single song but also within a single album AND multiple albums.
She creates stories that explore many aspects and moments in time within the same experience. Sure, the audience can listen to a single song and take it for what it is, but as a listener you can also take many songs that weave a story that feels coherent and somehow manages to be consistent (almost as if all the songs were written by the same person!)
Let me explain what I mean.
We have the song Lover, where she sings "my my my, Lover". Obviously, that is a love song about finding the love of your life. Later we have Paper rings, again, a song about being madly in love. After, comes Death by a thousand cuts, where there are also "my my my"s repeated and where she sings "paper cut stings from my paper thin plans". Now, the picture painted is the loss of that love you once thought was the love of your life.
As everybody has noticed, she also references red in daylight and even midnights.
These parallels create the sense of a universe in which all the listener's experiences can be held and intertwined.
Now, I would like to add that while some of these lyrical parallels can occur because she is talking about the same person, this doesn't undermine the talent that comes with knowing how to put the right words in a song. Also, in the example I gave this was not the case, as Taylor wrote death by a thousand cuts inspired by a movie (she said so herself).
Here's a ridiculous list I've gathered of some of these little or big connections:
[ ] Foolish one: "maybe this is something we'll laugh about over coffee every morning while you're watching the news" & The manuscript: "in the age of him she wished she was thirty and drank coffee every morning in a French press"
[ ] I know places: "lose lips sink ships all the damn time, not this time" & this love "in losing grip of sinking ships"
[ ] Dress: "you made a mark on me, a golden tattoo" & Dancing with our hands tied: "deep blue but you painted me golden" & daylight "I once believed love would be burning red, but it's golden"
[ ] Invisible string: "something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire" & tolerate it: "where's that man who'd threw blankets over my barbed wire?"
[ ] Long story short: "my waves meet your shore ever and evermore" & The manuscript: "one last souvenir from my trip to your shores"
[ ] Lavender haze & The great war: "somewhere in the haze got a sense I'd been betrayed"
[ ] You're on your own, kid (the whole song) & a place in this world (from her debut album) "I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know"
[ ] Would've could've should've & Dear John
[ ] You're losing me: "my face was grey but you wouldn't admit that we were sick", "fighting in only your army" & My boy only breaks his favorite toys: "the sickest army doll"
[ ] Hits different: "have they come to take me away?" & Fortnight: "I was supposed to be sent away"
[ ] Fortnight: "move to Florida" & Florida!!!
[ ] TTPD: "tattoed golden retriever" & I can fix him: "good boy, that's right, come close" & The black dog: "tail between your legs you're leaving"
[ ] So high school: "brand new, full throttle" & The prophecy "hand on the throttle, thought I caught lightning in a bottle"
PLEASE do yourselves a favour. Taylor does acoustic live, stripped versions of Death By A Thousand Cuts, Cornelia Street and Daylight at the Paris City of Lover mini tour just before the pandemic hit. I barely even listen to the studio versions of those songs now because I love the acoustic tracks so much.
She also did an acoustic set of The Archer on BBC Live Lounge that gives me the chills every time.
seconded! the acoustic versions of these songs are outstanding
Same!! Acoustics hit different ❤
@@sapnasura honestly, I think nearly the entire Reputation album is EXPONENTIALLY better live or acoustic!
I really hope she either gets a decent Hip Hop producer for the TV rerecord, or produces them to sound like the live versions. I actually almost hate the studio recording of I Did Something Bad. The witches bridge gets totally lost.
Also, the State of Grace acoustic is one of my favourite songs of hers full stop 🥰
Yesss!!!
The BBC live lounge is one of my favorite things ever. Her cover of Can't Stop Loving You is something else.
I am totally shocked, when I saw you were going to react to Lover, I was willing to bet, that you guys would hate it. So glad y'all love it, this album is so underrated. London Boy is one of my favorites, she performed it at the BBC Lounge, and it was so good. Taylor was with Joe Alwyn during this time, Reputation through Midnights Taylor was with Joe. Joe was her London Boy, but on the TTPD, the 5th track is So Long London.
PLEASE WE STILL WAITING FOR THE ANTHOLOGY TO PUT IT ON RUclips 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥺🥺🥺🥺
I think that’s only on Patreon.
"Miss Americana & the heartbreak prince" is a song about the political climate in the US, she is using highschool references as a metaphore. I am so surprised so many miss that when they listen. She also wrote another political song called " Only the young '" around the same time.
I've listened to it a ton but I didn't know it was about politics until someone told me last week! It makes so much sense now 😅
Ahhhhh your dad's storytelling bout him and your mom expecting to see each other AAAAAAA ❤❤❤❤
You forgot "All of the girls you loved before"
Thisss
yes! one of my favs from lover
Love this bonus track
I wish Need was released. I LOVE that song even more than all the girls. 💔
it’s not officially on the album
The archer also has to do with her zodiac, Sagittarius, the archer. She has said before that she relates to the archer in terms of how she responds to things in her life: she steps back, assesses, then shoots, instead of shooting from the hip, so to speak.
To me “ME” is a self love anthem! A love letter to all the younger Swiftie’s.
Its bubble gum pop but with a really important message if you really look into the lyrics
Exactly but Me is still a good song for any age really and I think it’s so overly hated for no reason.
@@Jess-y7c yes!
and not to get too crazy but as someone who voted for the class to watch a taylor swift special educational video in middle school english, "hey kids! spelling is fun!" is actually a vital lyric and super important for the world, unironically!
During afterglow when you said “that’s ari range” is sooo ironic cuz it’s rumored(with clues) that an ari ft. was supposed to happen but the same guy who stole her music was managing ari so he prob didn’t let her😪
👀 That's 🫖.
It’s interesting because there’s a lot of Swifty that did not like lover. They only liked to handful songs, but as the years go on lover is starting to become one of the best selling albums. Newer Swifty’s are discovering it and they’re really liking it.
Lover is truly underrated .. love that you’ll love the album. Damn. It’s good to see afterglow, false god, daylight get their recognition !
Fun fact!! The places mentioned in London Boy form a heart on the map iirc!
seriously?
It’s interesting that a lot of men seem to be a lot more pulled into Lover than I tend to see with women. I’m not sure what that means but it’s nice to see that this album has its fans!
That’s not true! My sister and I are both women and we love this album to us it’s so overly hated for no reason. My least favorite album of Taylor’s Is Debut and Fearless. Not lover.
I love debut and fearless AND lover hahahaha
At this point there are enough Swifties in the world that a bunch of us will claim each one of the 11 albums as their favorite, there are definitely enough of us that none of the eras is ever truly left out.
(Except Debut on the eras tour lol)
i observed this also
It's Taylor's most streamed album on Spotify and it's still getting 7M daily streams, it's hardly an underdog album. Just because some Swifties are very vocal about how much they don't like this album doesn't mean it's not getting a lot of love. Same with Reputation, it's divisive online but very successful in the "real world".
my favourite thing about the archer is the fact that it portrauts anxiety so well, that’s why the build up doesnt lead up to anything, thats excactly what anxiety feel like, a build up without any release
My thoughts on Lover before watching this was that it was one of the weaker albums in her discography. But being able to revisit it with you guys has made me realized it's a much better album than I remembered it being. I wouldn't say it's in my personal top 3, but it's definitely a strong album for sure
have you ever heard the unreleased song Need? I love that song, I wish she'd release it
Being honest, I still think it’s her weakest album… but as an album itself it’s pretty strong… she’s just so good all her albums are strong
@@sebastianledesma8405Lover charts extremely well and it’s wild how people discount it
LOVER IS ARGUABLY TAYLORS BEST POP ALBUM BUT SWIFTIES ARENT READY FOR THAT CONVERSATION
Agreed
Nah it has some pretty low lows too
@@sanjnahh the best part of music is it is subjective---you can dislike Lover while others can think it is the best album. I personally don't like anything pre 1989, because that is my personal taste--while others complain about how every new album is not returning to her fearless days.
“soon you’ll get better” is a song about her mom who suffers from cancer and the chicks (new name of the dixie chicks) is her mom’s favorite artist so they did the harmonies on the chorus, such a sad song
I don't know why but I have a weird feeling that they're gonna like it
they LOVED it. Their favorite album of her
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I'm not surprised even though it's not my favorite albums of hers i can see why would they love it based on their previous reactions
@@andreadilorenzo4955 I haven’t watched it yet, but I’m so happy to hear that! Lover is one of my favorites from her and my Favoirte Pop album from her. It’s very underrated by her fans.
i mean... its my top 3 too 😭 i wish it wasnt so hated
my top 3 would have to be midnights, Evermore, and reputation I think 🤔
midnights is my fav era, fashion, music videos, etc. @@threerrific2.0
I NEVER figured out why she said my in the intro I’ve always thought it was just similar to by. THANK YOU! Love hearing others reactions and how quickly you picked that up
No way that’s awesome haha glad to assist 🫡
Im so happy you liked its nice to have a friend, no one actually appreciates that song AND I LOVE IT
36:50 "Who's that?" "Charles?" Yep, Charles Minor from The Office aka Idris Alba!
False God is that song, I don't trust people that don't love that song
I love False God and Same!!
False god is my ovulation song
False god made me a swiftie, as soon as I heard that song I was in ! 😂
I believe in False God supremacy and nothing could convince me otherwise. It’s so good
Ive been a massive swiftie since speak now era, but I don’t like false god :( it’s literally my unpopular opinion
it's actually pretty amazing seeing other people listen to Lover and love it so much! nowadays people shit on it so much saying that is her worst album. personally it's not my favourite but listening back with you guys makes me appreciate the album way more than I did before
you should check the live version of the album in paris is fantastic !
Yes please !!
Omg Yes
I also came here to say this. Lover in Paris is EXCELLENT and the live versions of Cornelia Street & DBATC should be mandatory viewing for all reactors.
Fun fact: I Forgot That He Existed is kind of a sign off to the Reputation era and all that drama lol
OMG I NEEDED THIS REACTION, all the other reaction channel out there didn't give lover justice calling it her worst album, this was breath of fresh air I love you guys😭😭
It is the Dixie chicks, her mother loves them
lover is probably one of her least widely loved and low-rated albums both within and outside her fandom and it makes me really sad because this was the first album of hers i heard and it's what made me a fan in the first place - i think it's just so wonderful. it makes me really happy that you loved it and understood it in the same way i do because a lot of reactions to this album are more negative so this was really like a breath of fresh air. thank you so much !! i've loved your taylor journey and this has only made it better!
also you guys missing some eras tour connections (miss americana and cruel summer specifically lol) and then completely making up some other songs being there that just weren't at all really made me laugh hahaha
47:00 am i the only one yelling "let me see your hands!!!"
No! That's just the norm for me now too, trust that if she doesn't say it...I will. 😆
It will never leave my head.
Death by a thousand cuts was an old form of torture and execution. It’s often used now as a turn of phrase meaning something slow and tortuous. So in the song it’s kind of referring to how the end of the relationship is a slow series of painful moments and reminders. Basically, not a clean break. She keeps remembering things and feeling like it’s not really “over”. It’s a sad bop for sure.
She has a really great live performance of False God on SNL you guys should check out if you’re interested.
I love seeing people loving Lover ❤Thank you for that!!!!
It’s one of my favorite albums as well and my sister loves it to it’s so underrated!!!
I’m so happy you liked this album lmao 😭 this is on my top 3 of Taylor’s discography, it’s so beautiful in every aspect and it’s sadly the most hated in the fandom lol
2019 was a great year for music. Lana's NFR, Taylor's Lover, even Ari's Thank U Next!
If you connect all the locations mentioned in London Boy they make a heart 🥲
OMG REALLY?!?!?!
Arrowhead! 😂 I am so glad y’all loved this one! It has a reputation as her “worst” album but it’s my favorite!
In a sense, you could say this album as her re-debut, since it's when she got out of her Big Machine Records contract and has full autonomy/free rein of her record (though I never think she's restricted to a sound). There's a genre-blending, see-what-sticks approach to pop (akin to Red) that turns some people off due to what they perceive as cringe, which is ultimately also its strength. It truly reflects how she was feeling at that point in her life.
I always say how versatile Lover is for Taylor. It just got everything, from pop to ballad but still able to fit with the album theme.
I LOVE that you love lover, it's so underrated!! One of my alltime favorites, especially Daytime!
It’s incredible that she has released 11 albums, and if I were to ask someone to recommend her best album, I wouldn’t be disappointed with any response.
Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album Lover (2019). She wrote the song a few months after the 2018 U.S. midterm elections to capture her disillusionment with the American political climate. Written and produced by Swift and Joel Little, "Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" is a synth-pop tune with marching band-styled percussion and background cheerleading shouts. It is a protest song that makes use of high-school imagery lyrically to depict the struggles navigating through a flawed system, with allusions to a troubled love story.
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thanks for that! 🩷
@@Ana-pj1gf oh, you got it wrong.. my name is Josefina…
Love your reactions!!! Lover is always ungodly underrated within the swifties. Glaad (lol) you guys had fun!❤
I hope I can listen to daylight for the first time again.
YESSSSSS😢
Miss Americana is actually a political song that uses high school as a metaphor!
Wow loved this reaction! Lover is in my top 3 forsure of all TS albums and I often feel like it isn’t one of the more popular ones when people talk about their favorite TS albums.. so this was so lovely to hear!
SO glad yall loved the album!!! Lover is in my top 3 (1989, Midnights, Lover in that order). people call this her 'flop' era but it was still incredibly successful during its time.
The outro to daylight always makes me tear up, the idea that you are what love is just so beautiful to me.
Fun fact: the album was going to be called daylight but she switched it to lover!!!
Thank you for showing love to this album! I feel like a lot of fans don’t appreciate it the way it deserves, loved the react 💗
I held my breath at the beginning of Paper Rings, you either love it or hate it 😅 I’m so glad you loved it!
Afterglow and it's nice to have a friend appreciation in this😭💓👏 it is always my songs!!!
I feel the same way about this album, it's one of my favorites.
Really great review of this album. And honestly it got me appreciating this album more than I have. Well done
You guys are so wholesome❤ and have great musical perspectives. New subscriber!
Thanks so much! 👊🏼
It’s funny you say that ‘It’s nice to have a friend’ sounds like a nice song to walk down the aisle to when the song follows two people from childhood to when they get married 🫶🏼 so you were kinda spot on without even knowing!
Lover was the album that turned me into a Swiftie and it is still one of my favourite works by her (alongside Evermore and Midnights). Funnily, London Boy is in my top 3 of off this album. My friend also disliked the studio version and then, she had a change of heart when I showed her Taylor's performance of it at the BBC live. Tay's little choreo, facial expressions, and the live band can truly shift your perspective. It's such a feel good song with a fun rhyme scheme and great rhythm. I also usually lean towards more lyrically deep stuff. But this track still has good songwriting, it's just more melody rather than lyric-focused.
I love how you immediately noticed 'arrowhead' in Cornelia Street and immediately commented on it. I think the whole fandom had a bit of a laugh at this unintentional "easter egg" that even Taylor didn't know she had planted.
Also how did you notice that sound of the door at the end of Cornelia street?! such a good catch! I heard it a million times and never realised it was a door... i feel like an idiot now. Maybe i never processed it because I rushed to re-start the song 😂
Another great catch of yours was the repeated 'my my my' harmonies in the bridge of 1000 cuts. Some fans have also noticed that this repeated 'my' might be a reference to the 'my, my my... lover' from the song Lover, but the phrase is unfinished because the couple in 1000 cuts broke up.
Anyways, thanks for such a great reaction, as always, I enjoyed watching you a whole lot and it warms my heart to see such a loving family bond. I could never talk to my parents about music in this way. it's lovely how open the both of you can be about your experiences and emotions.
i’m shocked you guys loved this so much but so glad
Daylight is such a satisfying end to this album, with her saying she’s seeing daylight with this person she loves.
In the prologue of Red (original version), she said that she dreams of a love that shines like starlight (a reference also to one song from that album). Hearing Daylight for the first time made me feel happy for her cause she found the love she was looking for, and it’s even brighter and better than what she wanted to.
You talked through the bridge of DBATC and I died a little inside. 😆
Wow I’m so happy that you both liked it so much. This was so fun to watch!
my new favorite taylor reaction from you guys, so often listeners or even diehard fans are so reluctant to let taylor lead them through a journey of love and joy and peace that is this album and I truly don't know why, so having you guys really embrace everything and caring about the meaning of the songs is really fresh and sweet
One more song that is a bonus on this album is called “All of the Girls You’ve Loved Before.” You two should give that one a listen too.
Aaa thank you for reacting to this album and loving it!
51:28 actually me! Is not on the eras tour cause most swifties hate that song as a single so instead she chose cruel summer
Me Is So Underrated!! And I definitely don’t hate that song.
@@Jess-y7c oh I don't hate either but it's definitely not one of my favs singles she's released, it's not even one of my favs on this album but I agree it's overhated
THANK YOU! People say this is her worst album, but if one of my favs.
Thank you for appreciating Lover! I agree with you on everything you said.
YESSS the praise on my favorite taylor album! Love it
Love your reactions to a lot of these albums and also love the Steinway St. reference. I grew up on 49th St. and you brought back all my childhood memories of walking Steinway. LFGM!!
17:27 I know I’m not the only one living for this moment of Michael and Mike accidentally synchronizing their head bobs 😂
so we're never getting the anthology 😭 it's okay. I'll make my peace with it. really excited for lover it has sone of her best and most vulnerable storytelling. and lover is very underrated inside the fandom when it comes to lover swifties are somehow too stupid to enjoy. maybe it's their habit of being used to gutwrenching sad songs, a happy fun album scare them 😅😂
in my opinion it's one her best
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@@eduarda4064Did they like it more then the og of ttpd ??
@Lallallallala yes, especially The Prophecy
@@cassandraschultz8305what About how did it end? , the black dog and COSOSOM?
@@colosheepclassysongs3484 I don't remember specifics. I just know they liked it more as it went on.
0:44 Kendrick no, future. Kendrick is on bad blood on the 1989 album❤
everything y’all said is the reason why this is my fav taylor album😭 i love it sm
My fav album. Thank you for appreciating this album. It’s so good.
this is her best album fr!
Taylor added a vault track All the Girls You've Loved Before.
i can’t believe people call this her worst album. it’s for sure in my top 5.
You guys are the best!!! Love it❤
Appreciate you
loved this reaction, it was such a refreshing take on the album
I love this album so much 😭
It divides the fandom lmao some really love it, others really hate it
i LOVE how much you guys loved this album 🥰🙌
I can't believe you guys are Lover fans! That makes me so incredibly happy because so many people rank this album as one of her worsts and yet it's one of my favorites. I loved your reaction because you guys completely got the album, although I am one of the few people who really enjoy the song London Boy lol. Great reaction guys!
19:00 I'm so glad your dad felt that and was able to describe it so well because that's the entire premise of the song, but it so often gets missed by first time listeners. The driving of the constant palpitating, quickened heartbeat, mostly experience during anxiety attacks or phases. And the lyrics captures the same feeling that the sound evokes, stuck in the smoke, calling out for help, feeling like an open wound that everyone can see through but wondering who would accept you despite it all.
Edit: Also! I think the choice of Archer over Predator or Hunter also changes the connotation of the role. For me, predator/hunter brings the association of aggression, intention to harm/destroy. Whereas choosing archer and juxta positioning it with prey, sort of alludes to her being the one that broke or destroy or shot something, intentionally or not, very self-sabotaging versus intentionally harming.
yes to all of this but also I like that she chose the word Archer because it immediately brings to mind a bow and arrow and that makes me think of Cupid! 💘
the terms hunter/predator wouldn't apply to a cupid-like figure necessarily, since they're not hunting the people they shoot, they're striking them with love arrows!
I think there were some cool angels in the Me music video 😇🪽 and she had those angel statues in her Lover photoshoots
@@marigolden_mariposa The past-midnight brain is showing for me, because I have no idea how I completely forgot about that! Yes, exactly that!!
The clapping with dad ❤ i love himmm
This is my favorite album I always hear that it’s not people favorite but when I first listen to it, I like it from beginning to finish, that doesn’t usually happen with Taylor albums you always need a couple listens to catch on the lyrics but this ✨
Most fans rank this album as one of her lowest/least liked work... but i have always disagreed with that. So glad to see that you enjoyed it. "Lover" is a great album. I love it all... including London Boy!! LOL