It hits so hard. They called of the circus burned the disco.. It's about that she had to cancel all her shows due to Corona. And I think a lot of people can relate in there own way.
@@Soul-ui3vf no ✋🏽. Folklore es el mejor álbum del año y no tan solo porque lo seleccionaron los Grammys sino porque su lírica y las vocals de Taylor son lo mejor. Y te lo dice una persona que ha escuchado TODA clase de música y los álbumes del 2020. Así que ... lo siento pero con Taylor no.
@@gabrielacuello4522 Siii, aunque 1989 siempre me dara nostalgia, pero con Red la conoci y me volvi fan, asi que ese siempre sera mi favorito, pero Folklore es superior en todos los sentidos
Taylor can adapt herself into every genre because she‘s THE lyricist. Lyrics are her strongest element that‘s why she‘s able to do different music styles.
I think this song is about people who get their personalities by 'mirroring' others. The people pleasing kind, the ones who never got to hear their parents say they're proud of them. The ones who are not talented enough to be exceptional, the ones who study overnight and loses focus because they don't have that mental capacity. The friend who walks behind on the sidewalk, the ones who cry themselves to sleep knowing how much of a stranger they are to everyone including themselves.
I do this every single time Taylor puts out an album. I sit in my room and turn everything off and put my headphones on and listen to each lyric with my eyes closed. I listen in order from beginning to end because she always tells the best story.
I love ‘mirrorball’ the most. There’s something about the part when she says "hush" - it felt so beautiful and comforting. The song is ethereal, it just touches your heart. It’s sad, hopeful, and loving all at the same time.
This song just hits so different when you're the "funny friend". The one laughing too loudly and smiling too brightly for anyone to ever ask "hey, are you ok?". The one who's everyone's best friend, but has no one to talk to when things are going south. They're a mirrorball, and they need people to keep looking at them, laughing with them. They need to prove themselves worthy of loving, worthy of staying for, and they know just being who they are will not be enough.
As someone who literally is that person, I honestly never realised how this song actually matched that, but now that you have said it, it made it realise why this song gives me the urge to simultaneously cry a river and laugh like its my last day on earth. It resonates with me so much that I did not even understand why I felt such strong emotions when listening to this, but thank you for this. And I hope you find someone soon, who will be there for you when things take a turn for the worse. :)
when you’re sensitive, a people pleaser, someone who always tries so hard to join in conversations, makes friends by mirroring their personalities AND always putting others first no matter what this hits *so* hard.
@@Hellothere23344 if u mean taylor I guess she meant that she still belive people still love her music and still love her after all these years ans after many new singers come and that she still belive people will accept her as she is also I think there is another meaning of that even of she alway come with a new concept every new album so people will not get bored of her this probably had effect her ( if she still known her self even of she change it for her carrer) she still belive that she know herself very well (My opinon)
Yesterday I was out walking along the river, listening to folklore as the sun was setting, and I saw this couple on the pier. There was no one else on the pier, it was just them, and they were dancing. At that moment this song came on in my earphones and it was just the most magical moment. It was like a scene out of a movie. Them dancing all alone on the pier as the sun was setting with mirrorball playing in the background. It's a moment I'll always cherish.
Awwww and that moment is uniquely yours since you're the only one who heard mirrorball. It's different from the moment the couple experienced, which is of course very beautiful too.
I love how she's giving off such Indie Folk vibes- she's not just labelled to one music genre! And that's the thing about music... you can't always fit your message and feeling into only one specific genre or style, it's kind of like a Harry Potter wand, it's got a mind of its own. And Taylor, I belive, perfectly captures this truth about music. That's why I love her.
@@ksawerykaminski2606 yes, people keep saying that the old Taylor is back and then others saw she is not the old Taylor because she has grown and changed but it's more like she returned to her roots. But yeah I love how indie her new album is.
I think, mirrorball is one of the most saddest song Taylor's ever made. The bridge's so deep, and imagine she's singing this song on the stage acoustically the way that she wrote this masterpiece.
I really felt her interview where she says (and I paraphrase) that a mirrorball is very beautiful because it has been broken many times and put back together and when the light shines on it just right it is an amazing sight. Then the people leave and the mirrorball is still existing, still broken. I felt this.
The mirror ball is enjoyed because it is broken, people like to laugh or only see the broken, wrong, bad parts of it, not looking to see who they really are
"I've never been a natural all i do is try try try" A revolutionary line. 20 years into the 21st century and this type of honesty is still unimaginable from big artists. No one does this. Not in such a matter-of-fact way. So unglamorised. Not exaggerated to the point of it being someone else's story. This is her. Admitting to the world what most are unable to admit to themselves. A huge song.
how dare you say that and invalidate and discredit all the many other artists who are so extremely vulnerable in their music and share so much of themselves in their music. artists like Ariana Grande, Olivia Rodrigo, MGK, Zoe Wees and Billie Eilish just to name a few. especially Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo.
This album is going to get every music award on the planet. Taylor Swift has saved lives with this music release. She's brought to the world something amazing in the worst year ever.
girl same. I'm at this hostel that I just moved in and I just feel so depressed with the environment as Im introverted and I try hard to fit in but Taylor Swift just decided to release a whole new album 😭
This song is probably for the ppl who’s trying to do everything they can and always giving their best, so people will look at them and be proud. It’s like they are pressuring theirselves to shine and to be the one who always looked at. Inshort people who seek validation and changing theirself just so they can fit in. But it also goes for the ppl who are struggling to shine or to be looked up and always trying their best just so others can see that they are really trying to get out of the loop and they are giving their best. Both are trying to hide the pain, pretends to be happy, wanted to shine and afraid to be “disappointment” (or are already a disappointment but trying to prove that they are not.)
I feel like this song is for her fans. "I know they said the end is near," referring to the saying that female artists lose their relevance after they hit 30 and how they always have to reinvent themselves in order to have a hold on their fame. "You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes, spinning on my highest heels love, shining just for you," meaning she's still going to keep writing songs to her fans no matter what happens, even when she grows old and loses her fame.
This better be the slow dance song that every DJ plays during a slow dance in every High School Prom in 2021. Taylor Swift created the perfect slow dance Prom song literally this song makes you want to slow dance with your lover.
It’s crazy that she’s one of the richest and most famous women yet she’s remained so relatable through her music. Like when she says something or writes a song like THIS… i’m moved to tears because I feel like it puts the person I am into words. I’m emotional, empathic, an over thinker and a people pleaser. This song makes me bawl. Not just out of sadness, but to describe a “chameleon” sort of person as a “mirror ball” is very beautiful. I hear this song and I feel seen and heard.
@@HayDayEveryday well in recent years but she is very successful at the grammys lol she won has 2 album of the year wins which is just so iconic but i will throw HANDS if this doesn't win something
Its like she's telling her fans that even some says her career is ending near, she is still in the top right now and shining for us. She's a mirror ball because she's showing every version of her fans, every song. "I'll show you every version of yourself tonight". She'll make us dance beautifully. Ang ganda neto sa concert.
"I can change everything about me to fit in" I think this song is way deeper than just wanting to get the attention of one guy; it's about trying to stay relevant to the public. At the end of the day, Taylor Swift is an artist, but she knows she has to compromise somehow to do what she wants to do, but still manage to please the general public. I remember that scene in Miss Americana where she found out Reputation did not get any of the main category nominations at the Grammys. After finding out the results, she said, "I just need to make a better record." And even though the person she's talking to on the phone said that Reputation is a great album (even though it is!), she kept insisting that she will do something better. Just like any human being, she wants that validation of having a lot of people appreciate her art. This song talks about that in such a subtle way. The real point of a disco ball or mirror ball is to be at the top and the center of attention.
This song is about how she feels like she has to make songs for her fans because she wants to keep them happy. It's also about how she has to be different versions of herself when shes near different people. She started writing this after she found out her shows were cancelled and the line about the circus was inspired by that.
"I've never been a natural, all I do is try try try", the most relatable thing I've heard from Taylor Swift song. I feel sad and proud with this line at the same time.
I think “Mirrorball” is about people trying to be the best version of themselves, when really they’re beautiful the way they are and don’t need to change for people to like them. This song makes me cry cause I had an awful day and I can just relate.
This lowkey hit home waaaay too close. I guess this song is for the people who seek so much validation from other people, which is a habit they're still really struggling to break, how they used to make themselves uncomfortable just to make their friend(s) or significant other to feel comfortable, walking behind the group because there isn't enough space for you with rest, feeling left out almost all the time because you feel like the odd one out and pretending to like and know all of these things just to fit in or join the conversation, trying to have their attention on you just once, even for a second because you feel like you're invisible most of the time, knowing that they wouldn't really notice if you were gone.
You're the guy who'll be telling his friends that you won't be able to play fortnight because you're busyyy. Right? So I just wanted to tell you that this alone makes me wanna be your friend.
isnt it odd every jack antonoff produced album gets scam....like melodrama and NFR and oh I heard jack also produced some of the songs in reputation but its just really wieerd how those albums didnt win
People who always put others first make others laugh and smile, but when the spotlight is off and they're alone, they feel like no one really knows them.
This entire folklore album is the most breathtaking music I have ever heard. It's a mixture of sorrow, nostalgia, happiness, and other feelings I can't explain. All beautifully conveyed in song. A masterpiece!
Notice how the "mirrorball" hints at different versions of herself through the colors: Green - Taylor Swift Yellow - Fearless Purple - Speak Now Red - Red Blue - 1989 Black - reputation Pink - Lover Grey - folklore
The songs on this album have helped me get through so much pain. It's so soothing to my soul. I love the simple melodies and simple words on this album. She is naturally talented. Thank you, Taylor Swift.
Same! I've been a fan since i was little, i can't wait to get back home from school and boot up the computer to play Taylor's Songs, also when i got a phone i requested my dad to put Taylor Swift Songs in it and he gave me a pair of earphones and that's when i always listen to her while watching the scenery pass by at the window of our service van😁😊
This sounds like one of the more personal songs on the album. The whole circus imagery tells how Taylor feels as a performer in the music industry having to reinvent herself so the audience stay entertained. Then the tight rope imagery... Of course her whole journey must feel like walking on tightrope, the way she is scrutinized and judged for everything she does. Best thing? the chorus sounds like she's talking directly to her fans who can relate so much to her songs, and assuring them that she's still spinning in her highest heels, shining just for us💖 I could be wrong of course but this is how I interpret the song
Woahhhh everything that you mentioned makes so much sense!!!!! Plus you described it in such a beautiful way:)) This is such an intriguing comment to read! It's such an amazing song
Yes! The way she went from singing country songs about youth and love, then about heartbreak and anger, and now it's like shes looking back at how "Everything Has Changed" It's so beautiful to have been with her throughout this journey. I'm sure all of you feel the same-
i think of this as the more subdued and mature step-up from I Know Places. the "hush, when no one is around my dear" and being on her "highest tip toes" could allude to her and her SO having to avoid media attention as to what they do together. She's a mirrorball for the world, as well as for her SO, but for different reasons. I'm aware that this is my interpretation, though. So it's probably wrong. However, this theme is expanded on "peace."
Out of all the songs from the folklore album, this was the one I related to the most. The way that even if the circus was called off, she was still there, even though the mirrorball has been broken for a couple of times, it still shines. And the 'I've never been a natural, all I do is try try try' part, hits me straight to the heart
2:30 this part makes me cry cause it's so relatable. i realize being in a similar situation, all the craze of teenage and early 20s has gone, and so has my ability to make my parents proud. but even when i think i'm not doing anything to make them proud, everything aroud me says another story. like a moth to a flame, i keep running in circles and i keep walking on that tightrope, doing unwanted things, living an unfulfilled life , stepping into experiences i don't wanna have; just for them to look at me n say you're enough. i wish i could just exist, without having to worry about pleasing everyone around me. i know i can change it but it's easier said than done when it's the only thing you've done your whole life. i feel everyday that the rope i'm walking on is rather tightening around my neck...
i might not be your parents but im very proud of you, stranger on the internet. i think what you've done so far is amazing and you can do so much more. there's still time :)
*to me, this song will always resonate with me “i’ve never been a natural all i do is try try try”* *it’s never easy to keep getting back up on your feet and carrying on with our lives staying busy and constantly feel like you always have to bring something new to the table to “satisfy” a certain situation. applause to her for the existence of this song!* 🙏🏻
She changes herself, she reinvents herself and she puts on a mask to be exactly what you want her to be. You see what you want but you aren’t looking at her; similarly when you hate on her it’s a reflection of your own pain.
Yeah. "The I'll show you every version of yourself tonight" seems to me shes saying how she recognizes how people can relate to her songs and apply them to their own lives and situations while also saying she knows the affect her songs have on purpose and writes what she knows people will like and want to hear and relate to.
@@1940semochild I think it's coming from a more personal place than this. I feel like she's a true empath and many times these people reflect and reflect and reflect while in relationships or conversations with others, to the point where the other person might realize some deep truth about themselves or else fall in love. Or else a person who is insecure about their identity or having some kind of crisis of identity, who is essentially a social chameleon and can easily fit in any and every situation almost as if they are personality shape-shifting. It is a matter of survival and not of manipulation.
In Miss Americana, she talks about people liking the shiny new toy for like two years and how artists, particularly women, have to keep reinventing themselves or else they're out of a job. As she points out, women have to reinvent much more than men, so that they can remain "shiny" to fans. She said that she thinks this is probably one of her last opportunities as an artist to grasp onto that kind of success so she has to work really hard while society is still tolerating her being successful. “Hush, I know they said the end is near but I'm still on my tallest tiptoes spinning in my highest heels love shining just for you...I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try, I'm still on that trapeze, I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me.” I think this song is for her fans....
i love how the disco ball on the corner shows off all the colours of albums written by taylor! Also 'I've never been a natural, all I do is try try try' hits hard...
"I'm still trying everything, to get you laughing at me" "I'm still trying everything, to keep you looking at me" literally my favorite lyrics can we talk about thoseee
I have the theory that she wrote this for the swifties, when she says “I’m still trying everything to keep you looking at me” she is always reinventing herself working on new different kinds of music for us, i mean she is trying a lot🥺
yes mirrorball is her song dedicated for her fans, career and her incessant need to reinvent so people will "keep on looking at her" and appreciate her body of work. its one of her best songs imo. ❤️
Aww such a sweet thought. I always felt it was an intimate song to her lover. The "hush...when no one is around my dear..." but you're right. She loves making her fans happy.
Mirrorball in my opinion is about changing yourself for others. Having a different personality for your friends and relatives or someone else. You might be more mature with your family and more loose with your friends. Trying to make everyone love you is hard, and sometimes you just give them a different version of yourself to fit in. I relate with this a lot and im sure more people do to.
this hit so hard when you’re that person who is always trying to stay positive, the one who is always trying to keep the energy up and the one who has different versions of yourself with different people and is also the one who is struggling mentally and is just struggling in life in general..this song hit differently when you go out and look and act certain way just to “fit it” and you go home and feel empty and lonely and sometime cry about where you’re at in life..this song hit different when you’re constantly pleasing people around you bcs you don’t have other option it’s like you’re stuck, you want chase other career but you don’t have the opportunity to do it.. this is definitely one of Taylor Swift’s best song that she has ever written and released.
For like a drametic prom scene of a guy dancing with a girl and the girl who is the main character shows up very beautiful and everyone wants them together from the start and then they start dancing together
I "discovered" Taylor a few weeks back just randomly watching YT videos, having never previously paid any attention. And I keep discovering a new favorite song. This one is beautifully written and arranged.
The fact that she had the lowest register in the pre-chorus coming in to the highest note (hush) means there’s HUGE improvement on her vocal stylings. I also love how she made her vibrato shine on the beautiful, mirrorball, and revelers part
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Nobody is talking about that bridge. Its something else
It hits so hard. They called of the circus burned the disco.. It's about that she had to cancel all her shows due to Corona. And I think a lot of people can relate in there own way.
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Her bridges are always great
Taylor Swift is perfect
All I do is try try try. The best line in the song
That "hush" is probably the most beautiful thing I have ever heard in my life.
Necesitas escuchar más música, al menos ese año salieron 14 mejores discos.
@@Soul-ui3vf no ✋🏽. Folklore es el mejor álbum del año y no tan solo porque lo seleccionaron los Grammys sino porque su lírica y las vocals de Taylor son lo mejor. Y te lo dice una persona que ha escuchado TODA clase de música y los álbumes del 2020. Así que ... lo siento pero con Taylor no.
@@Soul-ui3vfmay i ask, what did u say?
@@gabrielacuello4522 Siii, aunque 1989 siempre me dara nostalgia, pero con Red la conoci y me volvi fan, asi que ese siempre sera mi favorito, pero Folklore es superior en todos los sentidos
@@gabrielacuello4522 No creo que hayas escuchado Rise de SAULT o el de Fiona Apple (que recibió mucho más reconocimientos a disco del año)
Taylor can adapt herself into every genre because she‘s THE lyricist. Lyrics are her strongest element that‘s why she‘s able to do different music styles.
she can literally do any genre
oh wait that's because she IS the GENRE
because she's taylor
🎶🎵🎵🎵😊
Well, that would be true if Taylor actually wrote all of her songs. The true master of lyrics is John Mayer.
I think this song is about people who get their personalities by 'mirroring' others. The people pleasing kind, the ones who never got to hear their parents say they're proud of them. The ones who are not talented enough to be exceptional, the ones who study overnight and loses focus because they don't have that mental capacity. The friend who walks behind on the sidewalk, the ones who cry themselves to sleep knowing how much of a stranger they are to everyone including themselves.
ok this was too personal
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that hurt
Damn why did u have to call me out? 😭
Girl you literally described myself
Listening to this album feels like watching a movie. I can see every song play out in front of my eyes. Anyone else feel the same?
i totally feel those are my thoughts exactly
I do this every single time Taylor puts out an album. I sit in my room and turn everything off and put my headphones on and listen to each lyric with my eyes closed. I listen in order from beginning to end because she always tells the best story.
Synesthesia intensifies
I was just thinking this... exactly
Same!!! I can see an image
I love ‘mirrorball’ the most. There’s something about the part when she says "hush" - it felt so beautiful and comforting. The song is ethereal, it just touches your heart. It’s sad, hopeful, and loving all at the same time.
omg yes i love the hush part
Me too. This song makes me so happyyyyy 🥺🥺
Same! this is my favorite track in her new album. It makes me feel happy and sad at the same time
I know right! It's one of my favourite tracks!
Me too! From the melody to her lyrics, even if I don’t have the same experiences, I feel her!
This is one of her best songs ever. The metaphors she’s using here are insane. She’s ridiculously talented.
totally!! but folklore and evermore are full of metaphors tbh
She’s amazing😭❤️
That's why she's called the music industry
Definitely “ ridiculously talented”…oh my gosh…the metaphors….
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My fav lyrics "I have never been a natural all I do was try try try" it relates to me so much
This is what Taylor does :/
@@koil9073 Yeah
I can relate to that
Me too💕
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Taylor is a mirrorball because she shines wherever she goes.
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@John Balnis Dad I feel so bad why did I laugh?
She really does
Exactly hehe
Excellent comment 🇨🇴❤️
This song just hits so different when you're the "funny friend". The one laughing too loudly and smiling too brightly for anyone to ever ask "hey, are you ok?". The one who's everyone's best friend, but has no one to talk to when things are going south. They're a mirrorball, and they need people to keep looking at them, laughing with them. They need to prove themselves worthy of loving, worthy of staying for, and they know just being who they are will not be enough.
No need to call me out 🥺🥺 but yeah same
As someone who literally is that person, I honestly never realised how this song actually matched that, but now that you have said it, it made it realise why this song gives me the urge to simultaneously cry a river and laugh like its my last day on earth. It resonates with me so much that I did not even understand why I felt such strong emotions when listening to this, but thank you for this. And I hope you find someone soon, who will be there for you when things take a turn for the worse. :)
I feel this
this hurts cause it's me
It's exactly my same thought lmao. I feel you 😭❤️
We just wanted a selfie or something like that and she gave us a whole damn album we-
Can’t complain
we asked for a meal she gave us a whole diner we-
Stolen comment i
And i don't know which one to eat first
Can't complain about that trade! 🤣❤️
when you’re sensitive, a people pleaser, someone who always tries so hard to join in conversations, makes friends by mirroring their personalities AND always putting others first no matter what this hits *so* hard.
You don't have to call me out like that
Got called out ah
The line “I’m still a believer, but I don’t know why” gets me every time
ME TOO
IKR !!!
A believer in what? is the question I have
@@Hellothere23344 if u mean taylor I guess she meant that she still belive people still love her music and still love her after all these years ans after many new singers come and that she still belive people will accept her as she is also I think there is another meaning of that even of she alway come with a new concept every new album so people will not get bored of her this probably had effect her ( if she still known her self even of she change it for her carrer) she still belive that she know herself very well
(My opinon)
❤
Yesterday I was out walking along the river, listening to folklore as the sun was setting, and I saw this couple on the pier. There was no one else on the pier, it was just them, and they were dancing. At that moment this song came on in my earphones and it was just the most magical moment. It was like a scene out of a movie. Them dancing all alone on the pier as the sun was setting with mirrorball playing in the background. It's a moment I'll always cherish.
That’s the cutest thing ever omg I wish I witnessed that
HUSH
Wow :) thanks for sharing such a wonderful memory
@alma How so adorable...gives me hope:)
Awwww and that moment is uniquely yours since you're the only one who heard mirrorball. It's different from the moment the couple experienced, which is of course very beautiful too.
This is Taylor Swift the songwriter in her element. An absolute gem of a song.
This song feels like sitting in the corner and watching everyone dance in the prom while waiting for someone to ask you to dance too.
beautiful comment and it would make a breathtaking scene if that was filmed while this song is playing on the background. 😍
this happened to me last night at homecoming
@@lolabaum8109did someone dance with you? 🪩
It happened to me in my prom
@@lolabaum8109 i'm sorry it happened to you. No one deserved to be ignored in any proms like this.
A song for anyone who ever feared being forgotten.
this comment right here
I relate
bruh this is the comment that i can relate ever
When u think the comment section would be more comforting
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I love how she's giving off such Indie Folk vibes- she's not just labelled to one music genre! And that's the thing about music... you can't always fit your message and feeling into only one specific genre or style, it's kind of like a Harry Potter wand, it's got a mind of its own. And Taylor, I belive, perfectly captures this truth about music. That's why I love her.
Two things I absolutely love, written in one comment: Tay and Harry Potter
@@victoriamastrocola5242 same. Now all it needs is cats and greys anatomy 😂😂
I was just thinking this! I love how different it is and soft and beautiful and not pop.
@@delaneybrittin5588 yes me too many pop songs from other singers are just not... you know
@@ksawerykaminski2606 yes, people keep saying that the old Taylor is back and then others saw she is not the old Taylor because she has grown and changed but it's more like she returned to her roots. But yeah I love how indie her new album is.
absolute fav song.
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Uyyy ylona! Hahaha
OMG YLONAA?? IS THAT U FOR REAL??
Me too♥♥♥♥
CO-SWIFTIE!!!
Listening to Taylor Swift feels like a whole therapy session
I think, mirrorball is one of the most saddest song Taylor's ever made. The bridge's so deep, and imagine she's singing this song on the stage acoustically the way that she wrote this masterpiece.
Yeah, even though she said that 'my tears ricochet' is her saddest song in this album, but mirrorball is somehow touching too
illicit afairs is sad too =(
All of Taylor's song on Folklore make me sad and nostalgic.
OMG YESSSSSSSSS
YES. but also loved and comforted at the same time. they're really amazing
true.
Yes! Taylor and I are the same age and her songs really hit personally with what comes with growing up and what life throws at you.
but also so happy for some reason?
THE MIRRORED LYRICS SHE’S SUCH A GENIUS
Ikr!!!
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Little but big
I don't get it, why is it genius?, can someone tell me
Secret2 Man MIRRORball and MIRRORed lyrics
I hope she never loses that part of her that feels so deeply and writes so deeply about the life around her. I hope she never loses herself
I really felt her interview where she says (and I paraphrase) that a mirrorball is very beautiful because it has been broken many times and put back together and when the light shines on it just right it is an amazing sight. Then the people leave and the mirrorball is still existing, still broken. I felt this.
me atm in my life :( i relate to this song like no other
omg this song is too relatable make it stop 😭😭😭😭😭😭
The mirror ball is enjoyed because it is broken, people like to laugh or only see the broken, wrong, bad parts of it, not looking to see who they really are
That was Miley Cyrus
I love how this whole album is nothing we have ever heard from Taylor before
That’s what she said she was going to do. Every album would be something different
Yep!!!
Right
easily her best. i think it tops fearless, my favorite album from her
All the songs kinda feel sad.
“I’ve never been a natural. All I do is try, try, try.”
DAMN TAY YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO GO THAT HARD
Its March 2024, let's see how many legends are listening to this incredible song💖
Here!! ❤
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MEEE MY FAVORITE SONG
Meeeee
Right here :)
This song is gonna be a staple in every dance and homecoming.
It better be.
truueeeee
I don’t think so
@@andreapearson8565 329 people agreed. Youre alone here man
Agree
"I've never been a natural all i do is try try try"
A revolutionary line. 20 years into the 21st century and this type of honesty is still unimaginable from big artists. No one does this. Not in such a matter-of-fact way. So unglamorised. Not exaggerated to the point of it being someone else's story. This is her. Admitting to the world what most are unable to admit to themselves. A huge song.
exactly. so unglamorized yet so eloquent. so true to who she is. no one is on her level
exactly! when i heard it, this is what i first thought because i've never been able to admit it even to myself.
how dare you say that and invalidate and discredit all the many other artists who are so extremely vulnerable in their music and share so much of themselves in their music. artists like Ariana Grande, Olivia Rodrigo, MGK, Zoe Wees and Billie Eilish just to name a few. especially Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo.
@@delena4evertvd267 tbh more than the ones you mentioned
I think artists like hozier and sasha sloan are honest.
But i agree
@@delena4evertvd267 gurrrl…people discredit Taylor all the time. Don’t act any different.
This sounds like a soundtrack to 80's 90's inspired film.
Thats why the album called folklore means. Old. Back in 80's
Kaypee22 wafa oo I didn’t know that, thanks now I understand!
I keep thinking that...would fit right into a film like About Time or Life as a House
It's not like it is
@@georgiachristakis9651 now I feel like re-watching About Time ! 😆
idk about y’all but “ I’ve never been a natural all i do is try try try ” coming from Taylor is just the most powerful thing
Hits hard 😭😭😭
it hits so hard i fall to the floor every time 😭
She’s changing lives! 😭❤️
This album is going to get every music award on the planet. Taylor Swift has saved lives with this music release. She's brought to the world something amazing in the worst year ever.
I couldn't agree more ❤
Yes
i used to watch ur videos when u had a ton of spiders in a big tank👁👄👁
Omg YES
Wait to chemtrails over the country club
If someone helps me survive depression, it is Taylor Swift
Same
Zahra Moshiri she has a song for every situation
girl same. I'm at this hostel that I just moved in and I just feel so depressed with the environment as Im introverted and I try hard to fit in but Taylor Swift just decided to release a whole new album 😭
Feel this ahha - sending love to anyone reading this - TS will be releasing more music in the future if that helps, made me happy this morning
StormyWeather ya there r many slow songs makes sense
This sounds like a song perfect for slow dances on prom from a 2000’s movie.
omg YESSSS
Yeah definitely, it sounds almost vintage
I thought its only me who thought of this
Yes ryt !! This song is perfect
The old Taylor is back again 😍
This song is probably for the ppl who’s trying to do everything they can and always giving their best, so people will look at them and be proud. It’s like they are pressuring theirselves to shine and to be the one who always looked at. Inshort people who seek validation and changing theirself just so they can fit in. But it also goes for the ppl who are struggling to shine or to be looked up and always trying their best just so others can see that they are really trying to get out of the loop and they are giving their best. Both are trying to hide the pain, pretends to be happy, wanted to shine and afraid to be “disappointment” (or are already a disappointment but trying to prove that they are not.)
This got a little too real
✨ 🪩
☄️
I feel like this song is for her fans.
"I know they said the end is near," referring to the saying that female artists lose their relevance after they hit 30 and how they always have to reinvent themselves in order to have a hold on their fame.
"You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes, spinning on my highest heels love, shining just for you," meaning she's still going to keep writing songs to her fans no matter what happens, even when she grows old and loses her fame.
damn bro did you have to make me cry like this shit
This is making me cry I love her so much 💔
✨💋❤️❤️
On point! That makes me soft.
I can’t type bc. my eye faucets were activated
Why is nobody talking about the way she says hush!!??? I personally feel it's so cuteee
It is cute 🤗💖
Just ADORABLE!
And "my dear", "love" right after!
This better be the slow dance song that every DJ plays during a slow dance in every High School Prom in 2021. Taylor Swift created the perfect slow dance Prom song literally this song makes you want to slow dance with your lover.
Josh Loves Movies agree
Just like 13 reason why's one
my high school dances are like rave parties. there has never been a slow dance moment and i feel like i missed out on so muccchhhh
Agree
SANA ALL MAY PROM
It’s crazy that she’s one of the richest and most famous women yet she’s remained so relatable through her music. Like when she says something or writes a song like THIS… i’m moved to tears because I feel like it puts the person I am into words. I’m emotional, empathic, an over thinker and a people pleaser. This song makes me bawl. Not just out of sadness, but to describe a “chameleon” sort of person as a “mirror ball” is very beautiful. I hear this song and I feel seen and heard.
if folklore doesn’t win a grammy i’m sueing IT’S SO LYRICALLY AND MUSICALLY BEAUTIFUL
I was just gonna say that!!
The lyrics are soo beautiful
Margaret Wood agreedddd
She never wins 😭
@@HayDayEveryday well in recent years but she is very successful at the grammys lol she won has 2 album of the year wins which is just so iconic but i will throw HANDS if this doesn't win something
2020 graduations are cancelled so queen Taylor gave us the entire prom
Omggg, YESSSSSS
YUPP
aww
YES!!!!!
😭😍
Its like she's telling her fans that even some says her career is ending near, she is still in the top right now and shining for us.
She's a mirror ball because she's showing every version of her fans, every song.
"I'll show you every version of yourself tonight".
She'll make us dance beautifully.
Ang ganda neto sa concert.
Kung sana lang.
@@itsmf19 wahhh Ayoko iimagine na di na itutuloy ni kulot yung kanyang mga kanta
Her career isn't ending near.... she'll be writing 13 albums......😁😍
I though the same!! I think it's about her career and she's talking to us
nagulat ako sa dulo HAHAHA
The archer & mirror ball after hearing “pathological people pleaser” just hits differently
she's like a mom who comforts her child, it's like a lullaby to me
_“I’ve never been a natural, all I do is try try try”_
But at least I’m trying...
this is me trying
This line gets me everytime
Emilio Hernandez if your pure at a core of your heart as she is you don’t need to try you just do
wow
@@MeowMeow-rm2xm ohhh Shelly 🥺
"I can change everything about me to fit in"
I think this song is way deeper than just wanting to get the attention of one guy; it's about trying to stay relevant to the public. At the end of the day, Taylor Swift is an artist, but she knows she has to compromise somehow to do what she wants to do, but still manage to please the general public. I remember that scene in Miss Americana where she found out Reputation did not get any of the main category nominations at the Grammys. After finding out the results, she said, "I just need to make a better record." And even though the person she's talking to on the phone said that Reputation is a great album (even though it is!), she kept insisting that she will do something better. Just like any human being, she wants that validation of having a lot of people appreciate her art. This song talks about that in such a subtle way. The real point of a disco ball or mirror ball is to be at the top and the center of attention.
yup
omg yesssssssssssssssssss
Wow..
This song is about how she feels like she has to make songs for her fans because she wants to keep them happy. It's also about how she has to be different versions of herself when shes near different people. She started writing this after she found out her shows were cancelled and the line about the circus was inspired by that.
That last gave me chills wow you’re so right
"I've never been a natural, all I do is try try try", the most relatable thing I've heard from Taylor Swift song. I feel sad and proud with this line at the same time.
I can imagine Taylor at the Folklore tour, singing this song with a dress with mirrors
Like the Fearless dress!!
better yet, bringing back that look altogether!!
You called it
I thought of camp rock with all the mirrors...
what if Lover and folklore tour are combined??
This year maybe the worst year for everyone but Taylor's voice is like the peace that everyone needs this quarantine
This song is literally BEGGING to be a soundtrack for a coming of age film set in the 80s or something
😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤
It's true
I think “Mirrorball” is about people trying to be the best version of themselves, when really they’re beautiful the way they are and don’t need to change for people to like them. This song makes me cry cause I had an awful day and I can just relate.
This song is criminally underappreciated right now.
its fine as long as people like us appreciate this
her vocabulary, the wide variety of metaphors she uses in her song-stories are just proofs of her extraordinary lyrical genius
She's a treasure for people who learn English
Her lyrics aren't that great if so many of us would notice them.
@@IWantToMature85Really? Which ones? Provide examples.
This lowkey hit home waaaay too close. I guess this song is for the people who seek so much validation from other people, which is a habit they're still really struggling to break, how they used to make themselves uncomfortable just to make their friend(s) or significant other to feel comfortable, walking behind the group because there isn't enough space for you with rest, feeling left out almost all the time because you feel like the odd one out and pretending to like and know all of these things just to fit in or join the conversation, trying to have their attention on you just once, even for a second because you feel like you're invisible most of the time, knowing that they wouldn't really notice if you were gone.
OMG THIS. THIS IS IT.
so me
Literally. Couldn’t have said it better myself
YES!!!
you don't know how much I needed this comment.
If this album doesn’t earn a Grammy you know the world is rigged
that is why were on pandemic cause lana didnt win the grammy....im afraid what happen to the world if taylor doesnt get the grammys
grammy more like scammy
red and reputatiom deserved too
but i know taylor will be more happy if we enjoy the album
which i am truly
You're the guy who'll be telling his friends that you won't be able to play fortnight because you're busyyy. Right? So I just wanted to tell you that this alone makes me wanna be your friend.
isnt it odd every jack antonoff produced album gets scam....like melodrama and NFR and oh I heard jack also produced some of the songs in reputation but its just really wieerd how those albums didnt win
Why does Grammy has to validate anything. Just enjoy the forking music y'all
This song is that song you’ll hear in a prom scene from some Netflix movie
watch this get used in something
it already feels like it was used somewhere
13 reasons why!!💯
My thoughts exactly!! 🖤🖤
I agree!!
TAYLOR SWIFT REALLY SAW 2020 FALLING APART AND SAID “LETS FIX THIS”
AMEN
People who always put others first make others laugh and smile, but when the spotlight is off and they're alone, they feel like no one really knows them.
Fr
Why are you so loud?😭
😢
who else is listening to the whole album in order?
After playing it once - now putting all the songs in order I like to least
Everyone is doing the same😆😆😆
Does it count if i listened to cardigan three times in a row?
yes a folklore marathon
Me, but I'm avoiding the explicits for now
This entire folklore album is the most breathtaking music I have ever heard. It's a mixture of sorrow, nostalgia, happiness, and other feelings I can't explain. All beautifully conveyed in song. A masterpiece!
Facts. I love this album!!!
literally Taylor is insanely talented . shes seriously evolved so much with her music its insane .
“I've never been a natural. All I do is try, try, try.” Damn, I felt that.
Begin Again: He didn't like it when I wore high heels
Mirrorball: Spinning in my highest heels, love (0:56)
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Now That is some serious glow up
Ah! I love the connection!!
IT REALLY IS A RED FOLLOW UP I'M CRYINGGGGG
THIS HURTS ME AND I LOVE IT
Stephen Santos Joe is so tall tho
He never liked it when I wore high heels, but I do
Unpopular opinion: this is the best song on folklore and it's *sooooooooo* underrated
Agree!
Same!
Agreed.
IFKR
agreed
Notice how the "mirrorball" hints at different versions of herself through the colors:
Green - Taylor Swift
Yellow - Fearless
Purple - Speak Now
Red - Red
Blue - 1989
Black - reputation
Pink - Lover
Grey - folklore
Wow that’s amazing!
bruhhhhhhhh
STOPPPP im already crying
How About evermore? Maybe Brown?
@@kurukwaterchief2129 copper maybe?
The songs on this album have helped me get through so much pain. It's so soothing to my soul. I love the simple melodies and simple words on this album. She is naturally talented. Thank you, Taylor Swift.
This track totally has a Fleetwood Mac feel to it
I screamed this alone in my room when it started!!!!
Christine Mcvie
The begginig reminded me of Linger, from The Cranberries
OMG IT DOES
THE SONG EVERYWHERE
Taylor is the ultimate chameleon. She literally can do anything. I honestly believe she's gonna go down as one of the best ever
Honestly. She deserves it too. Never is she the one to push out something half-assed
I can't imagine a world without Taylor Swift
Same! I've been a fan since i was little, i can't wait to get back home from school and boot up the computer to play Taylor's Songs, also when i got a phone i requested my dad to put Taylor Swift Songs in it and he gave me a pair of earphones and that's when i always listen to her while watching the scenery pass by at the window of our service van😁😊
I can't
You’re not crying until you’re touched by feeling the warmth from the lyrics. Thank you Taylor ☺️
Taylor really has that dreamy voice that just transports your spirit to another plane.
This is actually one of her saddest songs of her career. It tells about her career, her journey, her fans and the world 😢
ive been looking for this comment.
Yeah this is the 3rd saddest in my opinion
1 - the best day
2 - call it what you want
Midoriya OFA and ronan!
Midoriya OFA Call It What You Want is a happy song!
Silver Lining huh! Gurl-look at the lyrics :(
This sounds like one of the more personal songs on the album. The whole circus imagery tells how Taylor feels as a performer in the music industry having to reinvent herself so the audience stay entertained. Then the tight rope imagery... Of course her whole journey must feel like walking on tightrope, the way she is scrutinized and judged for everything she does. Best thing? the chorus sounds like she's talking directly to her fans who can relate so much to her songs, and assuring them that she's still spinning in her highest heels, shining just for us💖 I could be wrong of course but this is how I interpret the song
Woahhhh everything that you mentioned makes so much sense!!!!! Plus you described it in such a beautiful way:)) This is such an intriguing comment to read! It's such an amazing song
Yes! The way she went from singing country songs about youth and love, then about heartbreak and anger, and now it's like shes looking back at how "Everything Has Changed"
It's so beautiful to have been with her throughout this journey. I'm sure all of you feel the same-
i think of this as the more subdued and mature step-up from I Know Places. the "hush, when no one is around my dear" and being on her "highest tip toes" could allude to her and her SO having to avoid media attention as to what they do together. She's a mirrorball for the world, as well as for her SO, but for different reasons. I'm aware that this is my interpretation, though. So it's probably wrong.
However, this theme is expanded on "peace."
“They called of the TOUR, burned the CITYS down, sent home the FANS and DANCERS, but I’m still WRITING SONGS”
"I could be wrong, but this is how I interpret the song" you listened to a lot of Taylor's songs didn't you?
Out of all the songs from the folklore album, this was the one I related to the most. The way that even if the circus was called off, she was still there, even though the mirrorball has been broken for a couple of times, it still shines. And the 'I've never been a natural, all I do is try try try' part, hits me straight to the heart
This reminds me of her “safe and sound” song but a whole album
Yes totally!
yesss!!
that’s the first thing i thought of when i saw the album cover!
Miranda02 yessss same
I thought that too!!
"I've never been a natural
all I do is try, try, try."
genius.
So relatable
I agree... I'm tryin so hard too. 😢
Relatable
I still can't believe there is TOTALLY different album out just after 11 months of Lover! I AM HAPPY!!!
🙆🏼♀️❤️
I was like... wait what! That is so close to Lover!
@@taylorswiftlover1382 yeah! She said that she'll change, but always remain the same. Remember?
@@Marcipan8 😭♥️🌈
2:30
this part makes me cry cause it's so relatable. i realize being in a similar situation, all the craze of teenage and early 20s has gone, and so has my ability to make my parents proud. but even when i think i'm not doing anything to make them proud, everything aroud me says another story. like a moth to a flame, i keep running in circles and i keep walking on that tightrope, doing unwanted things, living an unfulfilled life , stepping into experiences i don't wanna have; just for them to look at me n say you're enough. i wish i could just exist, without having to worry about pleasing everyone around me.
i know i can change it but it's easier said than done when it's the only thing you've done your whole life. i feel everyday that the rope i'm walking on is rather tightening around my neck...
i might not be your parents but im very proud of you, stranger on the internet. i think what you've done so far is amazing and you can do so much more. there's still time :)
Me to my future kids:
Just like that Taylor broke the curse and saved 2020 along with all of humanity
❤️❤️❤️
true!!
Her voice is so ethereal. And the MIRRORED LYRICS. She is a GENIUS. PERIODT.
@John Balnis Dad but...u did this for what??
@John Balnis Dad why did you have to say that. Go take your trash opinions somewhere else. 😂
@John Balnis Dad then why are you here listening the song?
this is my favourite song in the album.....😭
me too!!
Same!
saaaammeeee 😍
THE TASTE! Same 🥺
Samee
*to me, this song will always resonate with me “i’ve never been a natural all i do is try try try”*
*it’s never easy to keep getting back up on your feet and carrying on with our lives staying busy and constantly feel like you always have to bring something new to the table to “satisfy” a certain situation. applause to her for the existence of this song!* 🙏🏻
She changes herself, she reinvents herself and she puts on a mask to be exactly what you want her to be. You see what you want but you aren’t looking at her; similarly when you hate on her it’s a reflection of your own pain.
Yeah. "The I'll show you every version of yourself tonight" seems to me shes saying how she recognizes how people can relate to her songs and apply them to their own lives and situations while also saying she knows the affect her songs have on purpose and writes what she knows people will like and want to hear and relate to.
@@1940semochild I think it's coming from a more personal place than this. I feel like she's a true empath and many times these people reflect and reflect and reflect while in relationships or conversations with others, to the point where the other person might realize some deep truth about themselves or else fall in love. Or else a person who is insecure about their identity or having some kind of crisis of identity, who is essentially a social chameleon and can easily fit in any and every situation almost as if they are personality shape-shifting. It is a matter of survival and not of manipulation.
In Miss Americana, she talks about people liking the shiny new toy for like two years and how artists, particularly women, have to keep reinventing themselves or else they're out of a job. As she points out, women have to reinvent much more than men, so that they can remain "shiny" to fans. She said that she thinks this is probably one of her last opportunities as an artist to grasp onto that kind of success so she has to work really hard while society is still tolerating her being successful. “Hush, I know they said the end is near but I'm still on my tallest tiptoes spinning in my highest heels love shining just for you...I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try, I'm still on that trapeze, I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me.” I think this song is for her fans....
This is an uncommon opinion-this is the best sounding and calmest song on folklore.
Agreed! ♥
This is my top one
Grace Eclavea samee
Grace Eclavea second place is agust .-.
@@corpsehighlights8685 omg we're almost the same, my second place goes to seven but August is a very very close third it can dethrone seven too haha
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TAYLOR AND HER PARENTS FOR HER EXISTENCE
i love how the disco ball on the corner shows off all the colours of albums written by taylor! Also 'I've never been a natural, all I do is try try try' hits hard...
"I've never been a natural all I do is try, try, ty" These lyrics are a suckerpunch to the heart 😭
:((
YESS, she works hard to get her place today..she always try try try
"I'm still trying everything, to get you laughing at me"
"I'm still trying everything, to keep you looking at me"
literally my favorite lyrics can we talk about thoseee
Samee
yes the depth, her delivery, the way she looked into my soul 😭
Always uncertain that you’ll ever be worthy of the love and adoration from someone who means the world to you. I agree, incredibly moving lyrics.
❤️❤️
How we build personas to survive the world. So precious few of us are not “masquerade revelers.”
I have the theory that she wrote this for the swifties, when she says “I’m still trying everything to keep you looking at me” she is always reinventing herself working on new different kinds of music for us, i mean she is trying a lot🥺
yes mirrorball is her song dedicated for her fans, career and her incessant need to reinvent so people will "keep on looking at her" and appreciate her body of work. its one of her best songs imo. ❤️
Aww such a sweet thought. I always felt it was an intimate song to her lover. The "hush...when no one is around my dear..." but you're right. She loves making her fans happy.
'I've never been a natural all I do is try, try, try' too relatable
what did tomatoes do to u
@@astorialover someone threw the tomatoes at her 🍅🍅🍅
Does anyone else get like 80s High School prom slow dance scene? Just me? Ok.
ME!!!!!
I was starting to think I was the only one too😃
Me too!
@@ariadnagutierrez5690 SAME!!!
You're right!
YES!!! Damnnn
This is the best song Taylor Swift has ever recorded and she is the gold standard for pop music. She is now becoming just music.
"I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try."
-Taylor Swift, July 24th, 2020
If that isn't inspiring, I don't know what is
Shruti Shaju facts.
All sound like references to Imagine Dragons songs.
Mirrorball in my opinion is about changing yourself for others. Having a different personality for your friends and relatives or someone else. You might be more mature with your family and more loose with your friends. Trying to make everyone love you is hard, and sometimes you just give them a different version of yourself to fit in. I relate with this a lot and im sure more people do to.
i absolutely love this era.... already see myself knowing all the lyrics in a week
ananya nambala in a day*😂❤️💕💕
@@idategeler8955 😂🤗
Yeah you're not alone 😂🤗
@@idategeler8955 You're not alone
this hit so hard when you’re that person who is always trying to stay positive, the one who is always trying to keep the energy up and the one who has different versions of yourself with different people and is also the one who is struggling mentally and is just struggling in life in general..this song hit differently when you go out and look and act certain way just to “fit it” and you go home and feel empty and lonely and sometime cry about where you’re at in life..this song hit different when you’re constantly pleasing people around you bcs you don’t have other option it’s like you’re stuck, you want chase other career but you don’t have the opportunity to do it.. this is definitely one of Taylor Swift’s best song that she has ever written and released.
This sounds like it should be in a movie.
For like a drametic prom scene of a guy dancing with a girl and the girl who is the main character shows up very beautiful and everyone wants them together from the start and then they start dancing together
I "discovered" Taylor a few weeks back just randomly watching YT videos, having never previously paid any attention. And I keep discovering a new favorite song. This one is beautifully written and arranged.
This album will never be forgotten
Yesss
True but evermore will forever be overshadowed by folklore :')
@@ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS ToT
@@midnights292 ????
u were right
The fact that she had the lowest register in the pre-chorus coming in to the highest note (hush) means there’s HUGE improvement on her vocal stylings. I also love how she made her vibrato shine on the beautiful, mirrorball, and revelers part
that's some remarkable detail analysis right there i feel enriched preach 🙌
im a guy and I can't even hit it lol