and?😅 their point is that she won album of the year when she switched her genre but not when she repeated genres, even if it was nominated, like in the case of Evermore or Red. Fearless is far different from 1989 and Folklore is far different from 1989, then Evermore didn't win, then midnights, which is different from all of those past albums, also won. They're just pointing out a pattern in her 4 AOTY Grammy wins, they all were when she shifted genre. @@terrellskrine6426
I’m very impressed with both this analysis and your first one. I’ve loved 1989 for a long time but this video made me appreciate reputation and Lover more. There is this interesting parallel between the two albums where reputation is about finding light in a dark time and Lover is about the darkness that can creep in during a good time.
1989 was crafted so well with the dramatic story structure. And the best thing... Is that Taylor made the story very clear with her secret messages in her Lyrics during the era. Wish you would have included that too. But it was a great analysis 🤍 Welcome to New York”: We begin our story in New York. “Blank Space”: There once was a girl known by everyone and no one. “Style”: Her heart belonged to someone who couldn’t stay. “Out of the Woods”: They loved each other recklessly. “All You Had to Do Was Stay”: They paid the price. “Shake It Off”: She danced to forget him. “I Wish You Would”: He drove past her street each night. “Bad Blood”: She made friends and enemies. “Wildest Dreams”: He only saw her in his dreams. “How You Get the Girl”: Then one day he came back. “This Love”: Timing is a funny thing. “I Know Places”: And everyone was watching. “Clean”: She lost him but she found herself and somehow that was everything.
You absolutely nailed Lover’s theme being anxiety and because Taylor did such a good job in her rep era keeping her romantic relationship private, us stans actually believed she was happy & in love (especially with such an obvious title). Lover the song is near devastating to me because it’s like she’s begging him to marry her without saying it - were they not allowed to talk about it in their house??? Honestly it’s so tragic when you really break it apart! And the album’s biggest song being about how anxious she’d be to lose him, we’re all gleefully screaming along but like… it’s so sad! Loved your Lover analysis ❤❤❤
idk if anyone’s said this yet but i think getaway car plays into rep’s theme pretty well. “don’t pretend it’s such a mystery, think about the place where you first left me” tells me that the man she’s singing about was someone who got with her in a getaway car but also got left by her in a getaway car, making the man in question tom hiddleston. she left calvin for tom and then left tom for joe. so in that sense, the song does focus on the joe of it all as well as taylor being considered a “heartbreaker”
I just noticed this.... Taylor Swift is really into Trilogies... Like Country Trilogy: Fearless, Speak Now, Red Pop Trilogy: 1989, reputation, Lover Folk-Pop Trilogy: Folklore, Evermore, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (Debut and Midnights don't really fit in any Trilogy to me) Edit: I also get that TTPD isn't really a part of any Trilogy; Evermore and Folklore are sister albums, but I put them 3 together to make a Trilogy concept
Thank you for your generosity and intelligence in taking the time and effort to try and put the very varied output of ths artist into some kind of shape. Your analysis of Lover is particularly illuminating. Two things: I feel you could maybe relax the narrative theory framework you're applying and maybe not feel that you have to fit every collection of songs into the same general storyline. It's certainly impressive and ambitious, but it sometimes feels like you're letting the need to always discern this framework drive your analyses. Second, it might be nice to at least mention more features of the musical language. I understand that that isn't the gist of the project here, but it would enrich your presentations to at least make some reference to how characteristics of the musical styles create linkages across songs and/or albums. Thank you so much for this thoughtful work!
I started listening to Taylor during her Speak Now era, but I became a committed Swiftie with Rep. That commitment was put to the test almost immediately with Lover, which is equal parts profound and cringe. (And I’m in my 70s so it takes a lot to make me cringe.) To me Lover is her most uneven album and the one with the most skips. But it’s also a part of her growth process and her lore. That in and of itself gives every song value to me.
I hope next part is just Folkloremore, i've seen so many people put Mid with those two and it just doesn't make sense to me, neither sonically nor thematically, if anything the third part would be The Anthology, but they're not subsequent
Honestly not sure yet, might be all of them, might just be folkmore. It also probably won't be my immediate next video just cuz these take a long time to make and I had some other stuff I wanted to do but I'll get to it soon!
Has anyone else ever wondered why in the voice note thing where she explains the album it just sounds like it glitched and repeated the same thing twice and she just left it in? That’s what keeps me up at night 😅
When I say I enjoy Taylor Swift THISSS is what I mean. I really enjoy her pop era more than anything else. Her early music is alright but wasn't my favorite. And I really don't like her music and albums in the 2020's. It's just so boring to me and I wish she did what she did best back in the 2010's.
Okay I think her playing Long Live & New Year's Day together for the final eras tour show confirms NYD is at least partially about the fans lol
Wake up my gurl just posted another bop
so interesting that whenever Taylor jumps to a new genre or back to a genre, she wins AOTY. country to pop, pop to alt(folk), atl(folk) to synth-pop
Yes! I actually talk about this in one of my other videos, it's a really interesting phenomenon
You just named pop and pop sub genres. Taylor has never been fully country and fully folk
and?😅 their point is that she won album of the year when she switched her genre but not when she repeated genres, even if it was nominated, like in the case of Evermore or Red. Fearless is far different from 1989 and Folklore is far different from 1989, then Evermore didn't win, then midnights, which is different from all of those past albums, also won. They're just pointing out a pattern in her 4 AOTY Grammy wins, they all were when she shifted genre. @@terrellskrine6426
I’m very impressed with both this analysis and your first one. I’ve loved 1989 for a long time but this video made me appreciate reputation and Lover more. There is this interesting parallel between the two albums where reputation is about finding light in a dark time and Lover is about the darkness that can creep in during a good time.
1989 was crafted so well with the dramatic story structure. And the best thing... Is that Taylor made the story very clear with her secret messages in her Lyrics during the era. Wish you would have included that too. But it was a great analysis 🤍
Welcome to New York”: We begin our story in New York.
“Blank Space”: There once was a girl known by everyone and no one.
“Style”: Her heart belonged to someone who couldn’t stay.
“Out of the Woods”: They loved each other recklessly.
“All You Had to Do Was Stay”: They paid the price.
“Shake It Off”: She danced to forget him.
“I Wish You Would”: He drove past her street each night.
“Bad Blood”: She made friends and enemies.
“Wildest Dreams”: He only saw her in his dreams.
“How You Get the Girl”: Then one day he came back.
“This Love”: Timing is a funny thing.
“I Know Places”: And everyone was watching.
“Clean”: She lost him but she found herself and somehow that was everything.
😩🤌
Finally someone did justice to Lover 💙
mama, bluhaven just drop a new video
You absolutely nailed Lover’s theme being anxiety and because Taylor did such a good job in her rep era keeping her romantic relationship private, us stans actually believed she was happy & in love (especially with such an obvious title). Lover the song is near devastating to me because it’s like she’s begging him to marry her without saying it - were they not allowed to talk about it in their house??? Honestly it’s so tragic when you really break it apart! And the album’s biggest song being about how anxious she’d be to lose him, we’re all gleefully screaming along but like… it’s so sad! Loved your Lover analysis ❤❤❤
Wooo part2!
idk if anyone’s said this yet but i think getaway car plays into rep’s theme pretty well. “don’t pretend it’s such a mystery, think about the place where you first left me” tells me that the man she’s singing about was someone who got with her in a getaway car but also got left by her in a getaway car, making the man in question tom hiddleston. she left calvin for tom and then left tom for joe. so in that sense, the song does focus on the joe of it all as well as taylor being considered a “heartbreaker”
These are my favourite eras in Taylor’s entire discography. Great video.
I just noticed this....
Taylor Swift is really into Trilogies...
Like
Country Trilogy: Fearless, Speak Now, Red
Pop Trilogy: 1989, reputation, Lover
Folk-Pop Trilogy: Folklore, Evermore, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
(Debut and Midnights don't really fit in any Trilogy to me)
Edit: I also get that TTPD isn't really a part of any Trilogy; Evermore and Folklore are sister albums, but I put them 3 together to make a Trilogy concept
I talk about this exact thing in my video about Taylor’s eras! The trilogies are so cool imo
Thank you for your generosity and intelligence in taking the time and effort to try and put the very varied output of ths artist into some kind of shape. Your analysis of Lover is particularly illuminating.
Two things: I feel you could maybe relax the narrative theory framework you're applying and maybe not feel that you have to fit every collection of songs into the same general storyline. It's certainly impressive and ambitious, but it sometimes feels like you're letting the need to always discern this framework drive your analyses. Second, it might be nice to at least mention more features of the musical language. I understand that that isn't the gist of the project here, but it would enrich your presentations to at least make some reference to how characteristics of the musical styles create linkages across songs and/or albums.
Thank you so much for this thoughtful work!
I started listening to Taylor during her Speak Now era, but I became a committed Swiftie with Rep. That commitment was put to the test almost immediately with Lover, which is equal parts profound and cringe. (And I’m in my 70s so it takes a lot to make me cringe.) To me Lover is her most uneven album and the one with the most skips. But it’s also a part of her growth process and her lore. That in and of itself gives every song value to me.
the non-singles from 1989 , rep & lover are the most underrated songs ever !!!!
I feel like getaway car is part of the exposition 😅
I hope next part is just Folkloremore, i've seen so many people put Mid with those two and it just doesn't make sense to me, neither sonically nor thematically, if anything the third part would be The Anthology, but they're not subsequent
ngl reputation is kind of overrated, but it is an AMAZING comeback album
Not too much on the overrated part LOL
The fans definitely overrate it. It’s a great pop record but fans make it out to be something FAR more deep and magnificent than it really is.
Will part 3 be the remaining 4 albums ?
Or will it incloud the taylors versions
Honestly not sure yet, might be all of them, might just be folkmore. It also probably won't be my immediate next video just cuz these take a long time to make and I had some other stuff I wanted to do but I'll get to it soon!
Another great analysis, can’t wait for part 3 🫶
Has anyone else ever wondered why in the voice note thing where she explains the album it just sounds like it glitched and repeated the same thing twice and she just left it in? That’s what keeps me up at night 😅
When I say I enjoy Taylor Swift THISSS is what I mean. I really enjoy her pop era more than anything else. Her early music is alright but wasn't my favorite. And I really don't like her music and albums in the 2020's. It's just so boring to me and I wish she did what she did best back in the 2010's.
Lover was always my favorite but now I finally understand the order🩷