ARTV I thought it was a mixed bag. I loved some songs and couldn’t stand others. Most songs were really catchy but it overstayed it’s welcome. I give it a 6/10
This album actually really impressed me. Possibly even made me a bit of a fan. I enjoyed the variety of genre's she explored and while she may not have perfected each song, you can still feel what she was going for. In a way I love the fact that the album isn't perfect because it kinda displays what is going on in her head. She is in a new place, feeling new emotions and doesn't know exactly how to feel about it and it reflects in the music/genre's throughout the album. Very impressive.
I wrote this somewhere else too- It's Nice To Have a Friend wrenches my heart in a good way. It's a dreamlike fantasy of a 'normal' relationship she so craved for. It's so simple--everything is simple from the lyrics to the plot of the lyrics to the production. It's the simplicity of childhood friends turned lovers for life. She calls out how it's nice to have a friend that has your back your entire life. This song kills me for some reason, idk what reason. It's a whimsical, stream of consciousness-writing a distant dream. For some reason, THIS track really cements the fact that she's gonna end up with Joe for the rest of her life. The background of the track makes me think of what pure love would sound like. It's childlike, it's a ringing sound. It's simple, it's love. I am a sucker for anything lovey dovey 😩
Exactly! This album is already really inconsistent (which I kinda like genre/style wise, not quality wise tho) why couldn’t she make a pop rock/rock song?
Mmmmm. I saw '1989' in '1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die'. That tilted me to the point I believe I can do a better job of making such a book by myself as opposed to the vast number of people who worked on it. If that's her best album which, let's be frank, it is, then that speaks volumes to me about her musical worth: she has none. To this day, I'm still haunted by her monotone announcement of "Welcome to New York." Monotone isn't exactly in the spirit of music...
TooTsaka welcome to New York is the worst song on 1989 and kinda destroys the experience from the get-go. In hindsight It should’ve been somewhere in the forgettable middle of the track list. New Romantics should be on the regular album and would’ve been the exciting opener that wtny failed to be
I disagree slightly, this is a strong 4/5 for me. I hate when albums sound the same throughout so this was very diverse sonically and had deep cuts and bops! The only songs i dont really care for is london boy and me. Everything else has something unique to offer in comparison to her own music and the mainstream. Really love it
I completely agree, it was a mixed bag. The good stuff is really good, a couple of tracks are arguably some of her best work. But if it had been a shorter album it would have been more cohesive. A few things could have just been cut out.
Right like maybe she'll need to stick to 15 tracks... For me if there will be cut out in this album that's It's Nice To Have A Friend, Me!, False God just my opinion those are the weakest ones in this album but still love it
I Hope Y'all Remember Me false god is actually quite good lyrically and so is ally- it’s a grower for sure. I would have cut Me INTHAF and possibly i forgot you existed (only if I had to)
Just kind of a random anecdote: I totally understand your position on the track “I forgot you existed,” with the whole pretending that you really don’t care but you’re like keeping a secret eye on your ex. All I can say is, I got out of a toxic relationship recently and ever since I cut that person off, my life has drastically changed for the better, so much so that yes, at times I literally forgot that they existed. And when I do look back, I have that sort of humorous outlook/attitude like Taylor, in a kind of “wow, I once thought I couldn’t live without this person, and look at me now- I don’t love them, I don’t hate them it’s totally indifference to the point that I don’t even think about them anymore.” Idk if that made sense, but when I heard “I forgot that you existed,” I instantly related with the song.
I loved this album so much. It became my favorite from her way to fast, at least from a lyrical perspective. Even though I think it has some downsides as it goes slow at times like Afterglow or False God I really like the musicality, it's quite experimental and expressive which made it feel so new and different. With each listen (there have been at least 10) I feel like the production makes this album amazing. Also it feels too long but I really like it. Being a hardcore Swiftie for the last 12 years makes this album so much appealing and exciting overall. If I had to rate it over 10 it would probably be an 8.5, truly loved it ♡
@@kingpiplup2926 it might not be your fave but saying lover is the worst when we have rep or debut is a reach lol. Tbh, the word bad or worse dont belong to taylor swift world.
anisa nurraudah sorry I think rep is the best by far. Just opinions. More than Half of lover is really good the rest is filler. Sorry to me lover is the worst. The first 2 singles sound like Disney songs.
Wow, we're more opposite in some regards than I expected. Paper Rings is my favorite track. I absolutely love what Jack Antonoff did with it as it almost sounds like something that would be on the Scott Pilgrim vs The World soundtrack and I was blown away the first time I heard it. And then I only have 3 tracks I'd consider least favorites, one of them being Miss Americana which happens to be one of your favorites hahaha (the other 2 are The Man and False God. I either liked or really loved most everything else) I actually thought it was decently cohesive if not more so than her past albums (I've never really thought cohesiveness was her thing), but I can definitely understand where you're coming from. This is definitely her most diverse record yet. I personally love that aspect about it, but I really can't blame anyone if they think otherwise. :) I know this will seem high to some people, but I'm thinking it's a definite 4/5 for me. As far as pop Taylor goes, it's not quite as good as 1989, but still a big step up from reputation (coming from someone who actually liked that album lol)
I like rep but to me the production value is so generic, just like some other top 40 songs on billboard. At least, lover has red lyrical style and more daring and interesting production.
The Man isn’t so much about her success, more how people treat her. Always bashing on her for her love life & writing songs about her exes yet guys never get criticized for writing about the same things, etc.
The man is so good and it's so true. It's so sad that people question a woman's success... whether she deserves all of that or not or if she had slept her way to success.
@@rishikachaudhary512 Idk why ppl are upset about her like come on now there is a celebrities who done much worse than lying about something like ppl acts like she's a liar she should to be abandoned like come on now
I'm surprised you never discussed Cornelia Street, I thought it was a real standout moment. It's one of my favourites along with Lover, The Archer, Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince, Afterglow, Daylight, Soon You'll Get Better, Paper Rings (I think it was the right amount of pep, would've been a better choice for a single than Me!), and The Man. The worst for me were I Think He Knows and London Boy.
I personally loved the album overall. Don't know if I'd call it my 2nd or 3rd fave album of hers. Or maybe even 4th, idk, time will tell. I think it would be better without some of the tracks that are just kinda meh. I agree that the track-listing could've been better, so I kinda listen it in my own order at this point after listening it from start to finish a couple times. But as for the 90% of the songs, I really enjoy them. My faves would be: 1. I Forgot That You Existed (I love an unbothered bitch, I am one, sue me) 2. Miss Americana (just really like the sound of it and also BOYS WILL BE BOYS THEN WHERE ARE THE WISE MEN like damn!) 3. The Man (she would really be perceived differently as a guy during all the drama, you can't deny that + it's a banger) 4. Cornelia Street (like the sound and the emotion) 5. London Boy (idk why I like it so much, it's just really fun) Least favourites: 1. It's Nice To Have a Friend (makes me uncomfortable) 2. ME! (too... sweet) 3. False God (don't dislike it, it just doesn't GET me, ya know) 7 or 7.5/10 for me but what do I know, reputation is my favourite TS album
Lover already surpassed Reputation, it's the biggest debut in the US since Rep came out. And worldwide it has sold 3 million on it's first week. I guess it's already a huge success.
The only issue i have with taylor is that she prefers quantity over quality. I know that Tay is such a phenomenal and productive songwriter of our generation, no doubt about it, but the way she selected which songs could made it into each album is weird sometimes. Lover could beat 1989 or red in my opinion unless she filter it down and removed the unnecesary filters like me, yntcd, i forgot u existed, its nice to have a friend (they are fun and catchy af dont get me wrong) and release em to b sides or being bonus tracks. Even 1989 has some flaw just because she chose to include basic songs like welcome to new york, bad blood and how you get a girl instead of the holy trinity bonus tracks: wonderland, you are in love and new romantics. Guess geniuses are weird sometimes.
Let me start this by saying that Taylor Swift is not like most artists I listen to. In fact, I would say shes one of if not the only pop artist I listen to on a regular basis. (My normal music intake being Alt-rock pop-punk etc) I absolutely adored this album. Since its release, I have listened to it 5 times and will most likely listen for a 6th time later today. This is probably my favorite Taylor Swift album and I am happy that it is seeing as I feel that her last record in Reputation is her worst by far. The only songs that I have mixed feelings on are London Boy, Soon you'll get better, and ME!. Outside of those three tracks, I love every other song on this album. This album was a much-needed change of pace for Taylor and I am beyond excited to see what she has in the works for years to come. Lover is a 4.5/5 for me.
The first time I listened, I loved it, I think because of the overall sound and tone. Like the music is amazing. Lyrically, this is a huge step up from reputation and I think overall it’s a good record. There are some really good lyrical moments; while some of it gets dangerously close to “stereotypical pop song” land, you do get a lot of that personal detail that I think is what made her so good in the first place. 4/5 for me.
This album is real cringe and I adore it! It’s kind of a more raw and honest version of Red. Red does a much better job of blending genres together, but Lover is way more organic, and it feels like Taylor really loves the cheesyness of it. My favorite is Soon you’ll get better. It’s so beautyful and it makes me cry.
True... maybe not 10, 13 or 15 would be better. The thing i hate the most about Taylor is that she prefer quantity over quality. And sometimes her choices kinda weird lol. Everything are catchy af but the production and lyrics wise from me!, its nice to have a friend, paper rings and i forgot you existed are meh.
@@anisanurraudah8383 but I liked the weirdness of some of the songs and wasn't there like a trumpet in one of them?. And everyone in pop music copies everybody anyway. And it was really cool to be caught off guard by the sounds you don't hear all the time in pop music. And for the first time it really felt like Taylor finally put all of her personality into the music kind of like Alanis Morissette did. and it doesn't feel like a bunch of corporate BS with the same song structures. if she wants to put a trumpet Solo in one of her songs then screw it do it.
Honestly, I strongly disagree. To the generic listener, maybe 18 songs are too much at once. As someone who has been a fan for a long time, I love laying in bed and listening to it all at once, no interruptions. And it’s a lot of songs, but it’s only an hour long, which is pretty normal for an album. The way I see it, she put out 18 quality songs that she is very, very proud of. I don’t personally see the problem.
This is my favorite Taylor Swift album. I don't know what it is with it. I've never loved Taylor before, but this a solid 8/10 for me. The only misses for me are ME! and You Need to Calm Down. Other than that, I love this.
I agree. I liked some if the songs, but overall I don't really like it. I liked her old music where she talked about being an outcast. Where she talked about lost love. I relates to that. You would think that I would relate to "Lover" because I am married, but I somehow don't. I relate more to "Ours" and "Mine". "Lover" and the other love songs on this album don't bring emotion out in me like her previous work.
We are the Willmons I’m single so being married I would assume someone would relate to Lover. But just curious as to why you don’t? If you don’t mind me asking 😊
This guy really doesn't get pop music. First he says he didn't like CRJ's "Julien", and now he says he paper rings and false god are bad songs. Dude go back to reviewing my chemical romance
Paper Rings was no doubt my favorite song of the album. I love the cheesy pop-iness of it. Considering what little actual pop we've had recently its a breath of fresh air
This album is amazing My top 6 is 1. Cruel Summer 2. Cornelia Street 3. The Archer 4. I think he knows 5. Death by a thousand cuts 6. The Man In my top 3 albums of hers
This album is about embracing all aspects of her personality. After Reputation, she decided to bring all her different sides onto the album. It's very confident and vulnerable at the same time.
In general, yeah, I agree. The worst transition here that you didn't mention is from London Boy to Soon You'll Get Better. I Forgot That You Exicted sounds to me like a classic Taylor song. With different instrumentation it could go with the Fearless album just fine, it's that classic. It's Taylor in her very old mentality of "if guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, then they shouldn't do bad things". It's a song that comes from the same place as Picture to Burn, Should've Said No, WANEGBT, IKYWT and much more. If it was on Fearless the secret messege would have been "twitter". I don't have a problem with the religious imagery in False God because I don't think it's random, and I don't think this song is about sexy vibe. That was Dress. I actually think False God is one of her more mature and relateable songs. It speaks about long distance relationship and why would you ever do that? Because you have deep faith in this relationship that is similar to religious experience. You may say it's cliche but I don't think it's silly. The Archer is a song with solid lyrics and composition that bore me to death, and I cannot get around the fact that it sounds EXACTLY like Melodrama.
Everything that you said about I Forgot That You Existed I totally agree with! Even though I liked the song, it did come off as her trying to not care but you know deep down she does lol. I felt that about her a lot in Reputation too tbh. Also, she keeps bringing that up, the whole not caring thing but the fact that it keeps reappearing in her albums makes me think the exact opposite LOL. Anyways, about Lover the album, I quite enjoyed it actually. Didn’t care too much for the last part of the album but the first part was good. I still think 1989 and Speak Now are my faves but Lover was better than Reputation IMO
I never get why critics have such an issue with a particular paced song being followed up by a song with a different pace. If she placed all similar like songs in order to one another y’all would say all the songs sound similar. Also don’t like how it seems you’ll easily congratulate and praise the things the men had a hand in but then want to so easily be critical of Taylor and her writing, singing and decisions she made. I’ve watched another review of another artist on your page and you seemed far less nit picky.
I'm just happy that ME! and YNTCD are the outcast of this record. I Forgot That You Existed sounded very Hayley Kiyoko. I agree, the tracklisting is confusing. It's like she only arranged them that way just based on the titles not the mood. In conclusoon, Lover has more standout songs than Reputation but the magnitude of those strong songs isn't that big enough like Delicate and Getaway Car. Still a tad better experience listening to it full.
I think that having 18 songs it's a great place to mix styles, cause if she didn't I'm pretty sure people would be like "omg why 18 songs it sounds the same", and it works perfectly for her because she has so many backgrounds in music. So I love that she brought us everything that she has been in the past with new sounds too, and this is a new begining for her, it's the first album that she owns so she might as well just bring everything she is from now on. Reputation was chapter to talk about the Taylor that the media built, it was never meant to be her actually, she just wanted to close that chapter and move on. Thats why the first song is "I forgot that you existed", she said on spotify that is meant to leave behind everything that happened on Reputation.
Honestly I love this album. It’s definitely too long, I’d cut maybe 4 tracks (ME! is the worst by far). I agree the track list would benefit greatly from a reshuffle. Overall, I feel like as far as ‘popular’ pop artists go, Taylor is still one of the best. My current ranking of her official pop albums would be 1989>Lover>reputation. Red will always reign supreme in her discography for me though
For me personally, this album is her best since Red. I feel like after the huge commercial success of 1989, reputation felt kinda rushed and didn't really live up to the hype for me, but in Lover I personally found what made me like her music in the first place.
I went into the album expecting a pop album. In other words, I didn't expect it to have a certain mood and/or style all the way throughout. The 2 singles definitely showed that, and I still enjoy those songs to date. I personally had a lot of fun with this album, and I enjoyed just about every single track, for different reasons. I don't listen to too many pop albums, but when I do, I get bored easily and lose interest. Lover did not do that, and that's why I love it. My favorite songs are definitely, Soon You'll Get Better, Lover, Miss-Americana and the Heartbreak Prince and Daylight. Way better than Reputation though. That album disgusts me, minus like 3 songs
I really get why she wrote the man, yes she’s had a lot of success but it’s come with a lot of criticism. Pretty much everything she does is wrong on some level for some people and she gets called shrewd and manipulative. When she’s just a canny business woman and so what if she writes songs about her personal life most artists do. Compared to say Ed Sheehan who’s had probably about the same amount of success in a shorter time and written songs about famous and non famous exes love songs/break up songs. No one questions him or gives him constant criticism about everything he says and releases or slut shamed him about the Ellie Goulding song which was pretty obviously about her. Sad to say in 2019 it’s still a double standard, if Taylor were a man half of what she’s done wouldn’t be a big deal
I almost completely agree with your overall rating (I'd probably give it a 3.5/5). Before I explain more I just want to say that The Man isn't about her success but more about how women and their achievements/actions are talked about REGARDLESS of their success. Every woman I know, even those who are major players in their field, are talked about differently than men who do the same things or have similar achievements. I am coming from a science background and I can't tell you the number of times I've heard the same person call a strict female lab head "uptight" and "hard to work with" while an equally strict male lab head just has "high quality standards" and is "invested in his students' projects". It's that kind of disparity in vocabulary that she was talking about, but I digress. Overall I think my biggest issue with the album is the tracklist order. A lot of the pacing and sonic cohesion issues could be fixed if the tracklist was in a different order. I think having "I forgot you existed" as the first song was a good choice (hear me out). I feel that since reputation was all about how people view/talk about her, having IFYE at the start of the album is sort of her tying up reputation by going "yeah this stuff is always going to happen so I can't keep focusing on it, anyways on to what actually matters:..." Personally I think a better order would have been (not saying this is the only way, just a suggestion) 1. IFYE 2.The Man 3. Cruel Summer 4. London Boy 5. I think he knows 6. Afterglow 7. the Archer 8. Miss Americana 9. You Need to Calm Down 10. Death by a thousand cuts 11. Lover 12. Paper Rings 13. It's nice to have a friend 14. False God 15. Me! 16. Cornelia Street 17. Soon you'll get better 18. Daylight
You know, I heard “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince”, and I thought it sounded pretty good. From the verses to the chorus. I can see where you’re coming from when comparing it to a Charli XCX track. The production sounds like it would suit her. This song could’ve gone well off of her Sucker album.
Oh wow, I'm glad we agree on this! The Archer is also my favourite song off of the album! My top 5 Lover songs: 1.The Archer 2.Death By A Thousand Cuts 3.Daylight 4.False God 5. Cruel Summer
The album had a lot of songs that would've been better off as bonus tracks. It's a good album, but riddled with a lot of filler. Top 3: 1. Lover 2. Soon You'll Get Better 3. Paper Rings
Miss Americana may be my favorite song from her, and that's saying something, considering I hated her for about a decade, then listened to her whole discography.
I personally loved it ! I get what you're saying & the fact that one might get overwhelmed from the continuous "genre & mood swings".. It didn't bother me from enjoying it, maybe cause I'm biased as a fan! It's well crafted with genius lyrics, that are classic Taylor ! All in all there's hardly a song I didn't at least like 😉
My alternate tracklist: 1. You Need To Calm Down 2. I Forgot You Existed 3. I Think He Knows 4. The Archer 5. Cornelia Street 6. Me! (feat Brendon Urie) 7. Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince 8. London Boy 9. Cruel Summer 10. Lover 11. Death by a Thousand Cuts 12. It's Nice To Have a Friend 13. Paper Rings 14. False God 15. The Man 16. Afterglow 17. Soon You'll Get Better (feat Dixie Chicks) 18. Daylight
I honestly love(r) this album, but maybe that’s bc I prefer albums to be less cohesive than normal lol idk why. I love every song except False God, but I do respect your opinion. It’s her best pop album to date in my opinion.
overall i enjoyed the album and i LOVED some songs (lover, miss americana, false god, soon you'll get better are my favorites) but still it's kinda disappointing knowing that she can do better, i really wanna know why she felt like she needed to do such a long album when it's clear that some tracks are just filler songs, she could have pulled 12/13 songs and put out a solid, amazing album
See I had that same thought about her mentioning drinking in Reputation. I hadnt noticed how many times she mentioned it here. In Reputation, I believe each song mentioned alcohol in some way. Not a bad thing but I thought it was weird that you noticed that here but not there.
@@artvjon Oh. I honestly didnt remember. I watched that video when it came out which was like two years ago. But as I said, I noticed that trend more in Reputation and not Lover. Maybe I'm just used to it and expect it from her now.
This album is one of my favorites of last year. Swift is at her best when she's vulnerable and forthright and I feel like she delivers on the majority of the album. Cornelia Street and London Boy are total throwaways, but I admit that Soon You'll Get Better made me tear up too. Cruel Summer and Death By a Thousand Cuts are probably my favorites.
The best album by Taylor is speak now. Everyone considers either red or 1989,but no. Red has amazing lyrics but the melodies are bad, it gets boring by the time you get to the last songs. 1989 has good melodies, but sometimes the synth production starts to feel monotonous. On speak now, she has good lyrics and great melodies. Listen to mine or mean or better than revenge, great melodies and great versatility.
This album was a flop imo. The quality just isn't there. Speak Now, Red and 1989 had no skips, they were solid in their entirety. It feels as though Taylor has lost her creative spark. Reputation felt similar, though it had new topics which carried it through. Lover was promoted as a cheery love album, yet does almost nothing to bring any new perspectives to the table. The lyrics are boring, repetitive and forgettable even on the good tracks. I'm a long time Taylor fan and to see her putting out mediocre music when she is capable of much more is sad in a way. Lover feels as though it was made to make money and achieve nothing else. Which it has. Her social commentary is too late for it to even be worth saying. Again nothing new and it feels like she's just trying to gain brownie points. I adore Taylor, I don't adore this album.
This (Lover) feels way cleaner than the mess that Rep was, is obvious to this point she already got her highest with 1989 in every aspect. I just need to hear Lover a few more, but I already like more than Rep. Well done.
Been reading/watching reviews about the album and all of it are good or getting a high rate. Probably like 90%. I understand, we all have our own standard. At first I thought this album was a mixed bag too. Scattered and should be rearranged or whatever. But I still think it’s really good and I don’t mind that coz it’s a pop album. You’ll have everything. And you don’t have to listen to it as a whole. Also, she said that it’s all about like being in love or a lover so mixed emotions are expected. Taylor is a good storyteller and she nailed it here again so I think it was well written.
I haven’t listened to the album yet, but I was ready to listen to it for the past few months. May get it on CD soon so I can have it for my collection.
actually the variaty of genres she used is something poets used to do back in begginings of xx century. I dont find it messy but interesting to analize ALSO even though there are a few questionable songs like false god or the man overall the songs are pretty strong. my favs are death by a thousend cuts, lover and i forgot that you existed
First TS album I heard to in full, only because I really loved The Archer. It had some good tracks I guess. I really liked “Death by a Thousand Cuts” and “Cornelia Street”. The opener and “It’s Nice To Have a Friend” or something are pretty bad though.
U should try to listen to the 1989...if u like the archer that album was way more that feel then lover ...its a phenomenal album and u may like it since it has that more synth pop and deep lyrics than archer has ,it's a way sadder ,deeper album
I loved it John. Repeated listens make it sound better. I do agree 18 tracks were unnecessary. She could leave out stuff like forgot you existed, me! etc. But other than like, 4 or 5 songs it is pretty solid. I think it sounds least like anything she did before. Reputation was a train wreck, yes, but it held the 'in a swift song you focus more on the words' vibe. Lover on the other hand, makes you appreciate the production more than the words; (or maybe I feel this way because English is not my first language? :-p) which I do not think is necessarily a bad thing in her case, because the lyrics in most of the songs here seem well thought out. It just means that Antonoff, Bell, Little and the others deserve just as much appreciation.
I love your reviews but sorry I'll have to say this, I dont agree with the criticsm for "appealing" to the LGBTQ crowd, I don't know if you have a problem with LGBTQ+ people but well... saying that since she never did something before she shouldn't do now is kinda crazy, OF COURSE she should and I'd love to see more artists do it. And Taylor is friends with Todrick who had the cast idea for YNTCD, it was a great set up and moment to do it. And I say all of this being part of the LGBTQ+ community, man come on its pride month and you're NOT gonna do anything?? Now THAT is a bad thing, pride month it's meant to be talked about and celebrated!!!!. Are you gonna tell people to not release Christmas songs during christmas? That doesn't make sense I really think your overthought this, don't know why tho.
I can’t disagree more because it’s her best album yet. She hits it out of the park and brings in many more listeners compared to other albums she has done ( not saying there bad love them all) this is the best writing she has done and cruel summer is beautiful so is the man and paper rings
With being over an hr it leaves me content where some artists bore me in 30minutes. Im not song checking or when itll be over. Its my 2nd fav next to 1989.
as an admittedly very big taylor swift fan, i feel like this album really is for the fans. her lyrical references to previous albums “i used to think true love was burning red, but it’s golden”. there are so many little nods like that through the album for the fans to appreciate. i do agree that i kind of hate the way she placed the songs, it’s very confusing, and why me! is even on this album, let alone the leading single? maybe she thinks it’s funny to put out the worst songs as her singles and knows we all think that? i also feel like the man was less about success, and more about being bitter about all the flack for her love life, and dating choices. anyway, always enjoy your reviews! 👍🏻
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ARTV I thought it was a mixed bag. I loved some songs and couldn’t stand others. Most songs were really catchy but it overstayed it’s welcome. I give it a 6/10
It seems like it has a lot going for it, even though it's by no means a perfect album. I might give it a try.
I thought it was good I found a few of the songs fun, I love cruel summer and paper rings though.
This album actually really impressed me. Possibly even made me a bit of a fan. I enjoyed the variety of genre's she explored and while she may not have perfected each song, you can still feel what she was going for. In a way I love the fact that the album isn't perfect because it kinda displays what is going on in her head. She is in a new place, feeling new emotions and doesn't know exactly how to feel about it and it reflects in the music/genre's throughout the album.
Very impressive.
Don't forget to buy the album
I wrote this somewhere else too-
It's Nice To Have a Friend wrenches my heart in a good way. It's a dreamlike fantasy of a 'normal' relationship she so craved for. It's so simple--everything is simple from the lyrics to the plot of the lyrics to the production. It's the simplicity of childhood friends turned lovers for life. She calls out how it's nice to have a friend that has your back your entire life. This song kills me for some reason, idk what reason. It's a whimsical, stream of consciousness-writing a distant dream. For some reason, THIS track really cements the fact that she's gonna end up with Joe for the rest of her life. The background of the track makes me think of what pure love would sound like. It's childlike, it's a ringing sound. It's simple, it's love. I am a sucker for anything lovey dovey 😩
Yess!!
The collaboration with Urie is wasted with a song like "ME!": ok, it's funny but with their voices they could do more than that!
@@marvelandmusicfan2395 yes but the songs lacks in consistency. Personal opionion, it's good but not something memorable.
@@davidemarconi9146 for me i can never forget it that song got me into so many fandoms its hella special to me
they should've done like better than revenge-haunted vibes by Taylor and also the signature Panic's music. I'm so fucking disappointed
Exactly! This album is already really inconsistent (which I kinda like genre/style wise, not quality wise tho) why couldn’t she make a pop rock/rock song?
@@captainayaaya28 cough cough better than revenge
1989 was her magnum opus. Most of the singles from that album were excellent, especially the deluxe single, New Romantics.
I would say Speak Now is, but 1989 is up there.
NEW ROMANTICS IS HER BEST SONG 😤👊
Mmmmm. I saw '1989' in '1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die'. That tilted me to the point I believe I can do a better job of making such a book by myself as opposed to the vast number of people who worked on it. If that's her best album which, let's be frank, it is, then that speaks volumes to me about her musical worth: she has none.
To this day, I'm still haunted by her monotone announcement of "Welcome to New York." Monotone isn't exactly in the spirit of music...
I agree with other commenters on this thread: Red was her best album imo.
TooTsaka welcome to New York is the worst song on 1989 and kinda destroys the experience from the get-go. In hindsight It should’ve been somewhere in the forgettable middle of the track list. New Romantics should be on the regular album and would’ve been the exciting opener that wtny failed to be
I disagree slightly, this is a strong 4/5 for me. I hate when albums sound the same throughout so this was very diverse sonically and had deep cuts and bops! The only songs i dont really care for is london boy and me. Everything else has something unique to offer in comparison to her own music and the mainstream. Really love it
ME!* not me
Same here, for me its one if not the best album ever made. Every song is amazing, maybe dont fits the narrative but its so freaking amazing.
SAME
I completely agree, it was a mixed bag. The good stuff is really good, a couple of tracks are arguably some of her best work. But if it had been a shorter album it would have been more cohesive. A few things could have just been cut out.
The longer album was probably a bit of a business move since longer albums + shorter songs = better streaming numbers
Right like maybe she'll need to stick to 15 tracks... For me if there will be cut out in this album that's It's Nice To Have A Friend, Me!, False God just my opinion those are the weakest ones in this album but still love it
I Hope Y'all Remember Me false god is actually quite good lyrically and so is ally- it’s a grower for sure. I would have cut Me INTHAF and possibly i forgot you existed (only if I had to)
i love this album. my top 3 is cornelia street, cruel summer and miss americana
mine are daylight, cornelia street and false god
Totally agree! Those are my top 3 as well 🥰
They are soooo goood
Same Top 3!!💗💗
Nice taste,.same
Just kind of a random anecdote: I totally understand your position on the track “I forgot you existed,” with the whole pretending that you really don’t care but you’re like keeping a secret eye on your ex.
All I can say is, I got out of a toxic relationship recently and ever since I cut that person off, my life has drastically changed for the better, so much so that yes, at times I literally forgot that they existed. And when I do look back, I have that sort of humorous outlook/attitude like Taylor, in a kind of “wow, I once thought I couldn’t live without this person, and look at me now- I don’t love them, I don’t hate them it’s totally indifference to the point that I don’t even think about them anymore.” Idk if that made sense, but when I heard “I forgot that you existed,” I instantly related with the song.
I'm surprised you didn't like False God, it's definitely one of my favorites off the album
The lyrics are just so...ew
I didn’t like that one either. Least favorite on the album.
It was so boring
The only one on the album that I didn’t like, personally 🤷🏻♀️
London Boy was the worst in my opinion
‘Soon you’ll get better’ was beautiful. That and ‘Lover’ were my favourites
I loved this album so much. It became my favorite from her way to fast, at least from a lyrical perspective. Even though I think it has some downsides as it goes slow at times like Afterglow or False God I really like the musicality, it's quite experimental and expressive which made it feel so new and different. With each listen (there have been at least 10) I feel like the production makes this album amazing. Also it feels too long but I really like it. Being a hardcore Swiftie for the last 12 years makes this album so much appealing and exciting overall. If I had to rate it over 10 it would probably be an 8.5, truly loved it ♡
I think it’s her worst album. Half of it is good but the rest are very childish sounding
@@lolaab0702 how can you love the album but does not love tay as a songwriter? Dumbass.
@@kingpiplup2926 it might not be your fave but saying lover is the worst when we have rep or debut is a reach lol. Tbh, the word bad or worse dont belong to taylor swift world.
anisa nurraudah sorry I think rep is the best by far. Just opinions. More than Half of lover is really good the rest is filler. Sorry to me lover is the worst. The first 2 singles sound like Disney songs.
@@kingpiplup2926 for me 1989 is. Lover is my 2nd fav and then rep (for tay pop albums only). But i respect your opinion.
Wow, we're more opposite in some regards than I expected. Paper Rings is my favorite track. I absolutely love what Jack Antonoff did with it as it almost sounds like something that would be on the Scott Pilgrim vs The World soundtrack and I was blown away the first time I heard it. And then I only have 3 tracks I'd consider least favorites, one of them being Miss Americana which happens to be one of your favorites hahaha (the other 2 are The Man and False God. I either liked or really loved most everything else)
I actually thought it was decently cohesive if not more so than her past albums (I've never really thought cohesiveness was her thing), but I can definitely understand where you're coming from. This is definitely her most diverse record yet. I personally love that aspect about it, but I really can't blame anyone if they think otherwise. :)
I know this will seem high to some people, but I'm thinking it's a definite 4/5 for me. As far as pop Taylor goes, it's not quite as good as 1989, but still a big step up from reputation (coming from someone who actually liked that album lol)
I like Reputation over Lover. Don’t get me wrong, Lover is a good album but I prefer the style and production choices made on Reputation more
I like rep but to me the production value is so generic, just like some other top 40 songs on billboard. At least, lover has red lyrical style and more daring and interesting production.
@Lightning XIII I actually think this has zero fillers. Unless by "filler" you mean "more bops than thriller" in which case I agree
Jeremy Sommer production was shit on reputation. it was such low effort crap most of the time with few exceptions
same. Reputation is her best album. The tour was amazing
The Man isn’t so much about her success, more how people treat her. Always bashing on her for her love life & writing songs about her exes yet guys never get criticized for writing about the same things, etc.
I enjoyed the album, my favorites are The Archer, The Man, and Death by a Thousand Cuts.
The man is so good and it's so true. It's so sad that people question a woman's success... whether she deserves all of that or not or if she had slept her way to success.
My favorites are :
Miss America and the heart broken prince
Daylight
Cornelia street
Lover
London boy
@@rishikachaudhary512 Idk why ppl are upset about her like come on now there is a celebrities who done much worse than lying about something like ppl acts like she's a liar she should to be abandoned like come on now
Yes, All I can say is...
*Lover better be a top 20 hit or I riot*
DBATC is really good
Miss Americana is also one of my favourite songs on this album too. There was a lot of effort put into making that track. I think it deserved better.
I'm surprised you never discussed Cornelia Street, I thought it was a real standout moment. It's one of my favourites along with Lover, The Archer, Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince, Afterglow, Daylight, Soon You'll Get Better, Paper Rings (I think it was the right amount of pep, would've been a better choice for a single than Me!), and The Man.
The worst for me were I Think He Knows and London Boy.
I personally loved the album overall. Don't know if I'd call it my 2nd or 3rd fave album of hers. Or maybe even 4th, idk, time will tell. I think it would be better without some of the tracks that are just kinda meh.
I agree that the track-listing could've been better, so I kinda listen it in my own order at this point after listening it from start to finish a couple times. But as for the 90% of the songs, I really enjoy them.
My faves would be:
1. I Forgot That You Existed (I love an unbothered bitch, I am one, sue me)
2. Miss Americana (just really like the sound of it and also BOYS WILL BE BOYS THEN WHERE ARE THE WISE MEN like damn!)
3. The Man (she would really be perceived differently as a guy during all the drama, you can't deny that + it's a banger)
4. Cornelia Street (like the sound and the emotion)
5. London Boy (idk why I like it so much, it's just really fun)
Least favourites:
1. It's Nice To Have a Friend (makes me uncomfortable)
2. ME! (too... sweet)
3. False God (don't dislike it, it just doesn't GET me, ya know)
7 or 7.5/10 for me
but what do I know, reputation is my favourite TS album
False god is so weird. It is like when she talks about drinking. She talking about sex makes me cringe too haha
@@princessreal6134 idk, it doesn't me cringe personally, she's an adult after all. It's not my favourite sonically
Lover already surpassed Reputation, it's the biggest debut in the US since Rep came out. And worldwide it has sold 3 million on it's first week. I guess it's already a huge success.
The only issue i have with taylor is that she prefers quantity over quality. I know that Tay is such a phenomenal and productive songwriter of our generation, no doubt about it, but the way she selected which songs could made it into each album is weird sometimes. Lover could beat 1989 or red in my opinion unless she filter it down and removed the unnecesary filters like me, yntcd, i forgot u existed, its nice to have a friend (they are fun and catchy af dont get me wrong) and release em to b sides or being bonus tracks. Even 1989 has some flaw just because she chose to include basic songs like welcome to new york, bad blood and how you get a girl instead of the holy trinity bonus tracks: wonderland, you are in love and new romantics. Guess geniuses are weird sometimes.
Let me start this by saying that Taylor Swift is not like most artists I listen to. In fact, I would say shes one of if not the only pop artist I listen to on a regular basis. (My normal music intake being Alt-rock pop-punk etc) I absolutely adored this album. Since its release, I have listened to it 5 times and will most likely listen for a 6th time later today. This is probably my favorite Taylor Swift album and I am happy that it is seeing as I feel that her last record in Reputation is her worst by far. The only songs that I have mixed feelings on are London Boy, Soon you'll get better, and ME!. Outside of those three tracks, I love every other song on this album. This album was a much-needed change of pace for Taylor and I am beyond excited to see what she has in the works for years to come. Lover is a 4.5/5 for me.
if you like pop punk i say you listen to her album speak now, especially better than revenge. its as if misery business was a country song
The first time I listened, I loved it, I think because of the overall sound and tone. Like the music is amazing. Lyrically, this is a huge step up from reputation and I think overall it’s a good record. There are some really good lyrical moments; while some of it gets dangerously close to “stereotypical pop song” land, you do get a lot of that personal detail that I think is what made her so good in the first place. 4/5 for me.
This album is real cringe and I adore it! It’s kind of a more raw and honest version of Red. Red does a much better job of blending genres together, but Lover is way more organic, and it feels like Taylor really loves the cheesyness of it. My favorite is Soon you’ll get better. It’s so beautyful and it makes me cry.
if she compressed it into ten songs and released the rest as a b-side, this album would have been so much better.
Dylan Fallon can’t agree more!
10 songs are you joking? Especially with how short some of them are. This isn't rock or metal this is pop music.
True... maybe not 10, 13 or 15 would be better. The thing i hate the most about Taylor is that she prefer quantity over quality. And sometimes her choices kinda weird lol. Everything are catchy af but the production and lyrics wise from me!, its nice to have a friend, paper rings and i forgot you existed are meh.
@@anisanurraudah8383 but I liked the weirdness of some of the songs and wasn't there like a trumpet in one of them?. And everyone in pop music copies everybody anyway. And it was really cool to be caught off guard by the sounds you don't hear all the time in pop music. And for the first time it really felt like Taylor finally put all of her personality into the music kind of like Alanis Morissette did. and it doesn't feel like a bunch of corporate BS with the same song structures. if she wants to put a trumpet Solo in one of her songs then screw it do it.
Honestly, I strongly disagree. To the generic listener, maybe 18 songs are too much at once. As someone who has been a fan for a long time, I love laying in bed and listening to it all at once, no interruptions. And it’s a lot of songs, but it’s only an hour long, which is pretty normal for an album. The way I see it, she put out 18 quality songs that she is very, very proud of. I don’t personally see the problem.
This is my favorite Taylor Swift album. I don't know what it is with it. I've never loved Taylor before, but this a solid 8/10 for me. The only misses for me are ME! and You Need to Calm Down. Other than that, I love this.
I agree. I liked some if the songs, but overall I don't really like it. I liked her old music where she talked about being an outcast. Where she talked about lost love. I relates to that. You would think that I would relate to "Lover" because I am married, but I somehow don't. I relate more to "Ours" and "Mine". "Lover" and the other love songs on this album don't bring emotion out in me like her previous work.
We are the Willmons I’m single so being married I would assume someone would relate to Lover. But just curious as to why you don’t? If you don’t mind me asking 😊
This guy really doesn't get pop music. First he says he didn't like CRJ's "Julien", and now he says he paper rings and false god are bad songs. Dude go back to reviewing my chemical romance
k but he can have an opinion...
@@tutdunsthemouse yeah but when u have an opinion on a subject u know nothing about it means nothing lmao
I think that The Man shoulve follewed Cruel Summer than Lover and the Archer
The last few days I’ve just been formulating my thoughts on the album and wondering when Jon was going to drop his review
Paper Rings was no doubt my favorite song of the album. I love the cheesy pop-iness of it. Considering what little actual pop we've had recently its a breath of fresh air
MY FAV TOO! HIGH FIVEEE
This album is amazing My top 6 is 1. Cruel Summer
2. Cornelia Street
3. The Archer
4. I think he knows
5. Death by a thousand cuts
6. The Man
In my top 3 albums of hers
This album is about embracing all aspects of her personality. After Reputation, she decided to bring all her different sides onto the album. It's very confident and vulnerable at the same time.
In general, yeah, I agree. The worst transition here that you didn't mention is from London Boy to Soon You'll Get Better.
I Forgot That You Exicted sounds to me like a classic Taylor song. With different instrumentation it could go with the Fearless album just fine, it's that classic. It's Taylor in her very old mentality of "if guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, then they shouldn't do bad things". It's a song that comes from the same place as Picture to Burn, Should've Said No, WANEGBT, IKYWT and much more. If it was on Fearless the secret messege would have been "twitter".
I don't have a problem with the religious imagery in False God because I don't think it's random, and I don't think this song is about sexy vibe. That was Dress. I actually think False God is one of her more mature and relateable songs. It speaks about long distance relationship and why would you ever do that? Because you have deep faith in this relationship that is similar to religious experience. You may say it's cliche but I don't think it's silly.
The Archer is a song with solid lyrics and composition that bore me to death, and I cannot get around the fact that it sounds EXACTLY like Melodrama.
For me, cruel summer feels like a getaway car, and miss americana feels like so it goes.
It's an ok album, but I liked better Reputation
Everything that you said about I Forgot That You Existed I totally agree with! Even though I liked the song, it did come off as her trying to not care but you know deep down she does lol. I felt that about her a lot in Reputation too tbh. Also, she keeps bringing that up, the whole not caring thing but the fact that it keeps reappearing in her albums makes me think the exact opposite LOL.
Anyways, about Lover the album, I quite enjoyed it actually. Didn’t care too much for the last part of the album but the first part was good. I still think 1989 and Speak Now are my faves but Lover was better than Reputation IMO
is it possible to do a 7 on sunday to rank all of her albums?
I’ve already ranked her albums. I’ll update the video description once I’ve decided where Lover lands.
o im so sorry 😂
I never get why critics have such an issue with a particular paced song being followed up by a song with a different pace. If she placed all similar like songs in order to one another y’all would say all the songs sound similar. Also don’t like how it seems you’ll easily congratulate and praise the things the men had a hand in but then want to so easily be critical of Taylor and her writing, singing and decisions she made. I’ve watched another review of another artist on your page and you seemed far less nit picky.
Completely agreed. I liked some songs here but maybe was expecting too much from it. My wig stayed in place.
I'm just happy that ME! and YNTCD are the outcast of this record.
I Forgot That You Existed sounded very Hayley Kiyoko.
I agree, the tracklisting is confusing. It's like she only arranged them that way just based on the titles not the mood.
In conclusoon, Lover has more standout songs than Reputation but the magnitude of those strong songs isn't that big enough like Delicate and Getaway Car. Still a tad better experience listening to it full.
I think that having 18 songs it's a great place to mix styles, cause if she didn't I'm pretty sure people would be like "omg why 18 songs it sounds the same", and it works perfectly for her because she has so many backgrounds in music. So I love that she brought us everything that she has been in the past with new sounds too, and this is a new begining for her, it's the first album that she owns so she might as well just bring everything she is from now on.
Reputation was chapter to talk about the Taylor that the media built, it was never meant to be her actually, she just wanted to close that chapter and move on. Thats why the first song is "I forgot that you existed", she said on spotify that is meant to leave behind everything that happened on Reputation.
I loved the turbulence and the spinning globe that was what made me go through all 18 songs in one sitting because it was unpredictable
Honestly I love this album. It’s definitely too long, I’d cut maybe 4 tracks (ME! is the worst by far). I agree the track list would benefit greatly from a reshuffle.
Overall, I feel like as far as ‘popular’ pop artists go, Taylor is still one of the best. My current ranking of her official pop albums would be 1989>Lover>reputation. Red will always reign supreme in her discography for me though
For me personally, this album is her best since Red. I feel like after the huge commercial success of 1989, reputation felt kinda rushed and didn't really live up to the hype for me, but in Lover I personally found what made me like her music in the first place.
This album could have been shorter. I love the dream/synth pop production in this album, but she could have nailed it down a wee bit more.
I went into the album expecting a pop album. In other words, I didn't expect it to have a certain mood and/or style all the way throughout. The 2 singles definitely showed that, and I still enjoy those songs to date. I personally had a lot of fun with this album, and I enjoyed just about every single track, for different reasons. I don't listen to too many pop albums, but when I do, I get bored easily and lose interest. Lover did not do that, and that's why I love it. My favorite songs are definitely, Soon You'll Get Better, Lover, Miss-Americana and the Heartbreak Prince and Daylight.
Way better than Reputation though. That album disgusts me, minus like 3 songs
I really get why she wrote the man, yes she’s had a lot of success but it’s come with a lot of criticism. Pretty much everything she does is wrong on some level for some people and she gets called shrewd and manipulative. When she’s just a canny business woman and so what if she writes songs about her personal life most artists do.
Compared to say Ed Sheehan who’s had probably about the same amount of success in a shorter time and written songs about famous and non famous exes love songs/break up songs. No one questions him or gives him constant criticism about everything he says and releases or slut shamed him about the Ellie Goulding song which was pretty obviously about her.
Sad to say in 2019 it’s still a double standard, if Taylor were a man half of what she’s done wouldn’t be a big deal
This album would've been better if she removed 5 or 6 songs from it
I almost completely agree with your overall rating (I'd probably give it a 3.5/5). Before I explain more I just want to say that The Man isn't about her success but more about how women and their achievements/actions are talked about REGARDLESS of their success. Every woman I know, even those who are major players in their field, are talked about differently than men who do the same things or have similar achievements. I am coming from a science background and I can't tell you the number of times I've heard the same person call a strict female lab head "uptight" and "hard to work with" while an equally strict male lab head just has "high quality standards" and is "invested in his students' projects". It's that kind of disparity in vocabulary that she was talking about, but I digress.
Overall I think my biggest issue with the album is the tracklist order. A lot of the pacing and sonic cohesion issues could be fixed if the tracklist was in a different order. I think having "I forgot you existed" as the first song was a good choice (hear me out). I feel that since reputation was all about how people view/talk about her, having IFYE at the start of the album is sort of her tying up reputation by going "yeah this stuff is always going to happen so I can't keep focusing on it, anyways on to what actually matters:..." Personally I think a better order would have been (not saying this is the only way, just a suggestion) 1. IFYE 2.The Man 3. Cruel Summer 4. London Boy 5. I think he knows 6. Afterglow 7. the Archer 8. Miss Americana 9. You Need to Calm Down 10. Death by a thousand cuts 11. Lover 12. Paper Rings 13. It's nice to have a friend 14. False God 15. Me! 16. Cornelia Street 17. Soon you'll get better 18. Daylight
You know, I heard “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince”, and I thought it sounded pretty good. From the verses to the chorus. I can see where you’re coming from when comparing it to a Charli XCX track. The production sounds like it would suit her. This song could’ve gone well off of her Sucker album.
Oh wow, I'm glad we agree on this! The Archer is also my favourite song off of the album!
My top 5 Lover songs:
1.The Archer
2.Death By A Thousand Cuts
3.Daylight
4.False God
5. Cruel Summer
I agree that the order of the tracklist is super weird...it’s so jumpy in terms of energy, it doesn’t flow.
“It’s nice to have a friend” is about her friend Abigail not joe alwyn
I loved how u projected your review
The album had a lot of songs that would've been better off as bonus tracks. It's a good album, but riddled with a lot of filler.
Top 3:
1. Lover
2. Soon You'll Get Better
3. Paper Rings
Miss Americana may be my favorite song from her, and that's saying something, considering I hated her for about a decade, then listened to her whole discography.
I personally loved it ! I get what you're saying & the fact that one might get overwhelmed from the continuous "genre & mood swings".. It didn't bother me from enjoying it, maybe cause I'm biased as a fan! It's well crafted with genius lyrics, that are classic Taylor ! All in all there's hardly a song I didn't at least like 😉
My alternate tracklist:
1. You Need To Calm Down
2. I Forgot You Existed
3. I Think He Knows
4. The Archer
5. Cornelia Street
6. Me! (feat Brendon Urie)
7. Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
8. London Boy
9. Cruel Summer
10. Lover
11. Death by a Thousand Cuts
12. It's Nice To Have a Friend
13. Paper Rings
14. False God
15. The Man
16. Afterglow
17. Soon You'll Get Better (feat Dixie Chicks)
18. Daylight
expected this kind of opinion
You couldn't possibly know my opinion. You commented the second a 17 minute video went up, like you know what I said 😂
ARTV it’s pretty obvious in your thumbnail
Not really.
@@artvjon you think?
I honestly love(r) this album, but maybe that’s bc I prefer albums to be less cohesive than normal lol idk why. I love every song except False God, but I do respect your opinion. It’s her best pop album to date in my opinion.
You suck
Littledrummerboy_8 I did not ask for this harassment in the comments section
If it's possible, could you review GINGER by BROCKHAMPTON please?
Planning to do that
ARTV omg wasn’t expecting a reply and like from you, and Thanks
Highest selling album of the year so much for her not being as successful as she used to be.
Taylor's mom loves the Dixie Chicks, I think that's why she called them to feat. on the song.
Oh my god finally another Swiftie that sees The Man for the lack of self-awareness that it is.
Totally get what you mean. Feels like a collection of singles instead of an album. But regarding the songs themselves I loved it.
overall i enjoyed the album and i LOVED some songs (lover, miss americana, false god, soon you'll get better are my favorites) but still it's kinda disappointing knowing that she can do better, i really wanna know why she felt like she needed to do such a long album when it's clear that some tracks are just filler songs, she could have pulled 12/13 songs and put out a solid, amazing album
See I had that same thought about her mentioning drinking in Reputation. I hadnt noticed how many times she mentioned it here. In Reputation, I believe each song mentioned alcohol in some way.
Not a bad thing but I thought it was weird that you noticed that here but not there.
Oh I noticed it there, and made comments about it in my review of Reputation I believe
@@artvjon Oh. I honestly didnt remember. I watched that video when it came out which was like two years ago. But as I said, I noticed that trend more in Reputation and not Lover. Maybe I'm just used to it and expect it from her now.
Please review III by Banks!!! It is so great and different!
This album is one of my favorites of last year. Swift is at her best when she's vulnerable and forthright and I feel like she delivers on the majority of the album. Cornelia Street and London Boy are total throwaways, but I admit that Soon You'll Get Better made me tear up too. Cruel Summer and Death By a Thousand Cuts are probably my favorites.
The best album by Taylor is speak now. Everyone considers either red or 1989,but no. Red has amazing lyrics but the melodies are bad, it gets boring by the time you get to the last songs. 1989 has good melodies, but sometimes the synth production starts to feel monotonous. On speak now, she has good lyrics and great melodies. Listen to mine or mean or better than revenge, great melodies and great versatility.
Yeah agree speak now is superior to those two but folklore is her new best for me
This album was a flop imo. The quality just isn't there. Speak Now, Red and 1989 had no skips, they were solid in their entirety. It feels as though Taylor has lost her creative spark. Reputation felt similar, though it had new topics which carried it through. Lover was promoted as a cheery love album, yet does almost nothing to bring any new perspectives to the table. The lyrics are boring, repetitive and forgettable even on the good tracks. I'm a long time Taylor fan and to see her putting out mediocre music when she is capable of much more is sad in a way. Lover feels as though it was made to make money and achieve nothing else. Which it has. Her social commentary is too late for it to even be worth saying. Again nothing new and it feels like she's just trying to gain brownie points. I adore Taylor, I don't adore this album.
Also u can sing Lover (the song) in SO many different ways and i love that. AND THE ARCHER IS MY SECOND FAVOURITE
This (Lover) feels way cleaner than the mess that Rep was, is obvious to this point she already got her highest with 1989 in every aspect. I just need to hear Lover a few more, but I already like more than Rep. Well done.
i really liked it to my surprise, my favorite was it's nice to have a friend
Everybody knows the Big Baller B cover of Me! was better than the original.
Been reading/watching reviews about the album and all of it are good or getting a high rate. Probably like 90%. I understand, we all have our own standard. At first I thought this album was a mixed bag too. Scattered and should be rearranged or whatever. But I still think it’s really good and I don’t mind that coz it’s a pop album. You’ll have everything. And you don’t have to listen to it as a whole. Also, she said that it’s all about like being in love or a lover so mixed emotions are expected. Taylor is a good storyteller and she nailed it here again so I think it was well written.
She will never top ‘Red’ it seems. 😓
Yes that is her best album by far!
Uh 1989 or Fearless
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!
*been waiting for your review. finally! ❤️*
Miss Americana, Daylight and Cruel Summer my top tracks!!!!!
I haven’t listened to the album yet, but I was ready to listen to it for the past few months. May get it on CD soon so I can have it for my collection.
actually the variaty of genres she used is something poets used to do back in begginings of xx century. I dont find it messy but interesting to analize ALSO even though there are a few questionable songs like false god or the man overall the songs are pretty strong. my favs are death by a thousend cuts, lover and i forgot that you existed
Sorry if you already answered this somewhere else, but what are your thoughts on Taylor Swift's intention to re-record her old albums?
First TS album I heard to in full, only because I really loved The Archer.
It had some good tracks I guess. I really liked “Death by a Thousand Cuts” and “Cornelia Street”.
The opener and “It’s Nice To Have a Friend” or something are pretty bad though.
U should try to listen to the 1989...if u like the archer that album was way more that feel then lover ...its a phenomenal album and u may like it since it has that more synth pop and deep lyrics than archer has ,it's a way sadder ,deeper album
I loved it John. Repeated listens make it sound better. I do agree 18 tracks were unnecessary. She could leave out stuff like forgot you existed, me! etc. But other than like, 4 or 5 songs it is pretty solid. I think it sounds least like anything she did before. Reputation was a train wreck, yes, but it held the 'in a swift song you focus more on the words' vibe. Lover on the other hand, makes you appreciate the production more than the words; (or maybe I feel this way because English is not my first language? :-p) which I do not think is necessarily a bad thing in her case, because the lyrics in most of the songs here seem well thought out. It just means that Antonoff, Bell, Little and the others deserve just as much appreciation.
I love your reviews but sorry I'll have to say this, I dont agree with the criticsm for "appealing" to the LGBTQ crowd, I don't know if you have a problem with LGBTQ+ people but well... saying that since she never did something before she shouldn't do now is kinda crazy, OF COURSE she should and I'd love to see more artists do it.
And Taylor is friends with Todrick who had the cast idea for YNTCD, it was a great set up and moment to do it.
And I say all of this being part of the LGBTQ+ community, man come on its pride month and you're NOT gonna do anything?? Now THAT is a bad thing, pride month it's meant to be talked about and celebrated!!!!. Are you gonna tell people to not release Christmas songs during christmas? That doesn't make sense I really think your overthought this, don't know why tho.
I adore this album 💘
I can’t disagree more because it’s her best album yet. She hits it out of the park and brings in many more listeners compared to other albums she has done ( not saying there bad love them all) this is the best writing she has done and cruel summer is beautiful so is the man and paper rings
It was ok
With being over an hr it leaves me content where some artists bore me in 30minutes. Im not song checking or when itll be over. Its my 2nd fav next to 1989.
I totally agree with you when it comes to I forgot that you existed. It’s literally the only song that hasn’t grown on me. me also sucks.
Thank you for putting my feelings into words! I'm really hit and miss on this album.
I honestly have to disagree about the sax, I think it is the best part of that song! Good points though with a lot of the things. 😀
Taylor is perfect 💕💕
Paper Rings is a BOP
I think she should’ve reduced the number of songs and it could’ve easily be best record of the year
as an admittedly very big taylor swift fan, i feel like this album really is for the fans. her lyrical references to previous albums “i used to think true love was burning red, but it’s golden”. there are so many little nods like that through the album for the fans to appreciate.
i do agree that i kind of hate the way she placed the songs, it’s very confusing, and why me! is even on this album, let alone the leading single? maybe she thinks it’s funny to put out the worst songs as her singles and knows we all think that?
i also feel like the man was less about success, and more about being bitter about all the flack for her love life, and dating choices.
anyway, always enjoy your reviews! 👍🏻
I LOVE THIS REVIEW, THANKS DUDE
MAATHP is also one of my favourites, it just is TOO good
I don’t agree with you