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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2020
  • Official lyric video by Taylor Swift performing “illicit affairs” - off her album ‘folklore.’
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @haydenrose3237
    @haydenrose3237 4 года назад +8367

    “You taught me secret language I can’t speak with anyone else” I felt this deep

  • @jonaxxenthusiast5365
    @jonaxxenthusiast5365 3 года назад +11872

    somebody said 'taylor swift constructing bridges better than engineers' damn she ain't lying

    • @Raiderordeath
      @Raiderordeath 3 года назад +68

      Hahahaha.....couldn't have said it better!

    • @namename9372
      @namename9372 3 года назад +13

      Frrrr

    • @JF-ct5sg
      @JF-ct5sg 3 года назад +64

      Any fellow engineers who are Taylor Swift fans?? 🙋🏻‍♀️

    • @griefweaver8432
      @griefweaver8432 3 года назад

      You need to seriously reconsider your understanding of engineering, the only aspect TS has down is studio

    • @JF-ct5sg
      @JF-ct5sg 3 года назад +117

      @@griefweaver8432 It was a joke about the bridge of the song

  • @suchanerd8644
    @suchanerd8644 4 месяца назад +327

    I love the way she says "meetings in parking lots" with such subtle disgust, her tone in this song is amazing

  • @theaditisharma
    @theaditisharma 2 года назад +1062

    Illicit Affairs seems like an extended version of the line, "you kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath" to me.

    • @svikasinigmss9662
      @svikasinigmss9662 8 месяцев назад +14

      underrated comment fr

    • @011StObsessedSwiftieandLivie
      @011StObsessedSwiftieandLivie 8 месяцев назад +4

      YESSSSSS

    • @malekmahmoud4636
      @malekmahmoud4636 8 месяцев назад +4

      Exactlyyyyyyy

    • @itskashkashi
      @itskashkashi 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yesssss

    • @Latoya-oy1hv
      @Latoya-oy1hv 3 месяца назад +2

      Hmhmph, yup. Definitely that. I'm telling you this relationship with her ex Jake Gyllenhaal sure made her write the best find of her career like total master pieces. He was her perfect muse and partner... so sad

  • @tree...
    @tree... 3 года назад +4131

    This song gets better everytime I come back. Her lyricism is stunning

    • @teddyeatspudding
      @teddyeatspudding 3 года назад +51

      this song is so underrated by the fandom, it's one of the best

    • @pteddie6965
      @pteddie6965 3 года назад +14

      She must be America's premiere poet.

    • @ShoSho-cq7ct
      @ShoSho-cq7ct 3 года назад

      how is lyricism different from lyrics?

    • @eunoia6184
      @eunoia6184 3 года назад +21

      @@ShoSho-cq7ct Lyricism is the quality of tunefulness or melody that a piece of music has. And lyrics the words. I guess, I looked it up in the dictionary

    • @mikefitzpatrick2349
      @mikefitzpatrick2349 3 года назад +2

      Her lyrical master skills r beyond genius. I'd love to see what song she would write for Celine and her duet. Between the lyrical genius and her the best female singer.....that would be insane. Calling it now.

  • @isipbejarl5118
    @isipbejarl5118 3 года назад +6716

    "You know damn well, for you I would ruin myself a million little times."
    The cycle of every toxic relationship summarized into one beautiful sentence.

    • @nobinpunyo7332
      @nobinpunyo7332 3 года назад +35

      I’m literally crying !!

    • @ericodavidtabo3086
      @ericodavidtabo3086 3 года назад +4

      😩

    • @overthinkerbelleeee
      @overthinkerbelleeee 3 года назад +2

    • @TheAquamarine4
      @TheAquamarine4 3 года назад +49

      It also gives this song a real ancient feel or at least a tie to all women who have been told loving someone passionately without marriage will lead to their ruin but not the man’s ruin.

    • @nilakshiherath1152
      @nilakshiherath1152 3 года назад +7

      @@TheAquamarine4 Exactly. It reminds me of the novel Anna Karenina too.

  • @applefan2151
    @applefan2151 7 месяцев назад +108

    Folklore is the pinnacle of her songwriting.

    • @johnanhmmiii
      @johnanhmmiii 4 месяца назад +3

      You're absolutely right on that, the album is so poetic and well-written

  • @sheluvswriting
    @sheluvswriting 2 года назад +1185

    illicit affairs and tolerate it have the same melancholy story of being a martyr. illicit affairs is a person trapped inside a forbidden relationship, while tolerate it represents what it feels like to be staying in a one sided relationship. both songs are evidently different in story, but it has this presentation of what it feels like to be in a loop of repetitive pain.

    • @mschie5311
      @mschie5311 8 месяцев назад +4

      🥺🥺

    • @SunflowerSunset
      @SunflowerSunset 2 месяца назад +1

      Loop of repetitive pain- Right where you left me!

  • @anissofia3745
    @anissofia3745 4 года назад +4417

    Illicit affairs has the best bridge in the album. Makes me feel a million feelings

    • @codiecook4125
      @codiecook4125 4 года назад +30

      ME TOO

    • @folkwhore8322
      @folkwhore8322 4 года назад +193

      Same but August's bridge got chills too

    • @trashyaqua6239
      @trashyaqua6239 4 года назад +50

      It’s one of the best. I like the bridge in august a little more tho.

    • @Cedrix315
      @Cedrix315 4 года назад +65

      best chorus for me. August, Exile, Cardigan, My Tears Ricochet have the best bridge for me.

    • @c.harlotte
      @c.harlotte 4 года назад +3

      I know it’s intense

  • @imverydisappointed7584
    @imverydisappointed7584 3 года назад +9470

    ivy, august, and illicit affairs are the Trinity of blissful infidelity

    • @nawarb.4226
      @nawarb.4226 3 года назад +199

      blissful? there's really nothing blissful about this song and hardly anything blissful about august

    • @atsuyak768
      @atsuyak768 3 года назад +41

      @I Jones I hope so.... that literally is disgusting if they meant it as intended

    • @nialucky8773
      @nialucky8773 3 года назад +460

      @@atsuyak768 it's just songs & fiction, chill please

    • @federicapiottoli6922
      @federicapiottoli6922 3 года назад +48

      It's funny that you mention that as my top two suggested for this video are ivy and august rn

    • @ZoeAlleyne
      @ZoeAlleyne 3 года назад +115

      It's OK for a fictional narrative to say that an affair is bliss... It's fiction.

  • @sj3530
    @sj3530 Год назад +814

    I love reading all the comments and theories, but one thing that people seem not to notice is that an illicit affair doesn't necesarily have to be between a married couple or related to infidelity. It can be between two unmarried lovers between rival sides, families, religions, between a teacher and a student, a priest and a woman and many more. It's just beautiful how she completely ignored mentioning a third party, leaving us to apply this to any such context. Gosh, this makes me so sad.

    • @lallawmkimisailo2622
      @lallawmkimisailo2622 Год назад +4

      😭😭😭😭😭

    • @raniazakia5867
      @raniazakia5867 Год назад +1

      🥺🥺

    • @gabbymina4720
      @gabbymina4720 Год назад +4

      This is how I interpreted it too. I actually based one of my fics on Illicit Affairs.

    • @sapphomei
      @sapphomei 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@gabbymina4720name?

    • @user-il5xo7vi9v
      @user-il5xo7vi9v 10 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly i imagine it with place i learned so many things that i have never been taught anywhere else

  • @brooklyncastellano4336
    @brooklyncastellano4336 3 месяца назад +41

    “And you know damn well for you I would ruin myself a million little times” hits deep in the heart😭

  • @rosariocosta9496
    @rosariocosta9496 4 года назад +7290

    the line “you taught me a secret language I can’t speak with anyone else” reminded me of what céline sciamma once said in a interview: “a relationship is about creating your own language. you’ve got the jokes, you’ve got the songs, you have this anecdote that’s going to make you laugh three years later. it’s this language that you build. that’s what you mourn for when you’re losing someone you love. this language you’re not going to speak with anybody else” and i think that’s beautiful 🥺

    • @Rach-db9vx
      @Rach-db9vx 4 года назад +58

      I feel this

    • @wheresmybonejuice5524
      @wheresmybonejuice5524 4 года назад +111

      This is beautiful. I’m mourning the loss of my first true relationship and this is a perfect description.

    • @nhalinhdau73
      @nhalinhdau73 4 года назад +56

      omg girl what you've just said is so beautiful

    • @stephpiano2908
      @stephpiano2908 4 года назад +4

      YES

    • @camscams2747
      @camscams2747 4 года назад +4

      My two worlds collided bcoz of u

  • @ranaehab404
    @ranaehab404 3 года назад +3648

    1:04
    the way she says "a million little times" is similar to how she says "cause you weren't mine to lose" in august

    • @neilynguyen481
      @neilynguyen481 3 года назад +218

      in mad woman she sings '' woman'' as the way she made ''lover'' in ''lover''

    • @annasophia9566
      @annasophia9566 3 года назад +29

      interesting!

    • @alexasanchez468
      @alexasanchez468 3 года назад +66

      And both songs are from the perspectives of the girl a guy is cheating with

    • @Andrea-dm4gd
      @Andrea-dm4gd 3 года назад +31

      Idk if because the songs are connected or because taylor loves those types of melodies

    • @moriahisabelvillavicencio4496
      @moriahisabelvillavicencio4496 3 года назад +3

      oh yea... I didn't notice...

  • @zacuzzi
    @zacuzzi 11 месяцев назад +86

    *the key change to the bridge version she did on the Eras Tour will forever live rent free in my head! she sang with utmost passion!*

  • @aeOSHRA
    @aeOSHRA Год назад +106

    Illicit affairs: a beautiful song that shows the circumstances of having a secret relationship with someone and how it feels to be in one, where you can't be open. And sometimes how that relationship makes your tired and toxic

  • @adamlgiroux
    @adamlgiroux 3 года назад +4398

    'You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else"
    is one of the best metaphors I've heard

    • @igotyournose251
      @igotyournose251 3 года назад +10

      Explain please

    • @gaia.cavalcante7942
      @gaia.cavalcante7942 3 года назад +103

      @@igotyournose251 I just think that a certain person showed you so many beautiful thing and you were so comfortable around them, and you know you will never feel that felling again with someone else.

    • @aubriewest1135
      @aubriewest1135 2 года назад +19

      Dude you need to read more poetries.

    • @joshualariosa2023
      @joshualariosa2023 2 года назад +37

      @@igotyournose251 it's basically saying that this certain person made you so happy, and you know if you leave you wouldn't feel this certain happiness with anyone else but them.

    • @EliB567a
      @EliB567a 2 года назад +4

      Well it’s all about secrecy - and love should be celebrated in public - not hidden

  • @lostgirl_1394
    @lostgirl_1394 4 года назад +26365

    folklore is teaching me more vocabulary than school

    • @Doryplory
      @Doryplory 4 года назад +1247

      Same. English isn't my first language and this album actually thaught me a few new words.

    • @lostgirl_1394
      @lostgirl_1394 4 года назад +643

      @@Doryplory taylor the educator 😂

    • @DeniseSantos-qe5ee
      @DeniseSantos-qe5ee 3 года назад +71

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 Is funny

    • @yeganeazizova8944
      @yeganeazizova8944 3 года назад +115

      Me too. İ love her and her albums , sound , songs ....

    • @Miley-vk1sw
      @Miley-vk1sw 3 года назад +276

      She's the best singer and songwriter AND english teacher 😌

  • @conniessplaylist
    @conniessplaylist 10 месяцев назад +80

    this song is so forbidden love that was bound to end horribly, but the feeling at the time was undeniable, even though it inevitably had to come to end.

    • @JUPlTERO
      @JUPlTERO 5 месяцев назад +1

      Happened to me :(((

  • @ashleyduarte1850
    @ashleyduarte1850 3 месяца назад +76

    anyone else listening to this and loml back to back? The line "you told me I'm the love of your life about a million times" parallels some in this one and I can't cope

    • @JoyRob1313
      @JoyRob1313 2 месяца назад +5

      And he lied a million little times 😭

  • @jayannedajao9969
    @jayannedajao9969 4 года назад +4292

    GOT DISTRACTED BY THE CARDIGAN, ALMOST FORGOT THAT TAYLOR IS RELEASING FULL ALBUMMM!!!!

  • @MariaOliveira-uk9rv
    @MariaOliveira-uk9rv 4 года назад +3744

    I just wish Taylor would write and direct a movie. She has this way of telling stories.

    • @angelinebena9675
      @angelinebena9675 4 года назад +32

      Absolutely!!!!!!

    • @janiswatson8423
      @janiswatson8423 4 года назад +33

      She is in short stories. She is catching the attention of all people. Remember we have people who’s attention span in short. Said in complete love as I am one with a short attention span. Just saying.

    • @nicoaguirre2187
      @nicoaguirre2187 4 года назад +54

      I can create images while listening to her songs.

    • @MariaOliveira-uk9rv
      @MariaOliveira-uk9rv 4 года назад +55

      @@nicoaguirre2187 Netflix could do a whole serie with this album.

    • @sarahlima5108
      @sarahlima5108 4 года назад +27

      I would really love a book wrote by her as well hahahaha

  • @dr.sunflower6336
    @dr.sunflower6336 День назад +1

    Reading comments while listening it makes this song even more emotional and heartbreaking. I get to read so many pov of different people.

  • @cherrybxmb921
    @cherrybxmb921 2 года назад +361

    This song deserves a Grammy

  • @ahilaj3388
    @ahilaj3388 4 года назад +3762

    This is what is best about taylor swift , her raw, delicate ,emotions writing and voice filling her songs and her

    • @AR-yc1iq
      @AR-yc1iq 4 года назад +17

      Oh so true

    • @whitemoonstudio
      @whitemoonstudio 4 года назад +3

      True Ahila

    • @slimshady-bv6wp
      @slimshady-bv6wp 4 года назад +5

      Actually i fall in love with this album but i think her best album reputation cause i love dark taylor more much

    • @Nana-eo4up
      @Nana-eo4up 4 года назад +4

      I loved the album so much, but i still think that reputation is the best album

    • @greenergrass4060
      @greenergrass4060 4 года назад +15

      Yeah ! no Overglamourized productions, Sets or Costumes.
      Just The beauty of Nature and Taylor's singing-songwriting skills

  • @bankscloverbaywatch2578
    @bankscloverbaywatch2578 4 года назад +5276

    Am I the only one who still gets shocked every time she throws any kind of curse in?

  • @sunnyhuang5098
    @sunnyhuang5098 Год назад +24

    "For you, I would ruin myself, a million little times"
    The last sentense broke all of my heart

  • @footgoblin
    @footgoblin 4 года назад +635

    This song is like a poetic way of saying you're secretly hooking up with someone

    • @fatemetaheri5075
      @fatemetaheri5075 4 года назад +46

      It's Also a poetic way of saying they never work and you know you're gonna get F***ed up afterwards

  • @JelloYaj
    @JelloYaj 4 года назад +1019

    “And you know damn well for you I will ruin myself a million little times.”

  • @lostgal1591
    @lostgal1591 2 года назад +44

    As a straight woman who somehow fall in love with a closeted gay man, this song resonates the night when I realized I was falling deep for him. I still don't know if he lied to me when he said he wanted future with me. He acted like he all passed his last gay relationship and left everything in the past. Made a point that he wanted to fall in love and have a girlfriend. He went planning everything for our future together. I never agree or disagree. He left eventually. And here I am trying to heal from situationship that I never wanted to involve in. If I can choose, I don't want to want him, to fall for him.

  • @LinkinParkJavi
    @LinkinParkJavi 2 года назад +41

    one of her best bridges in terms of the emotions it convey. The choir in the background...

  • @julietagarcia3683
    @julietagarcia3683 4 года назад +2171

    This will also be my fall playlist... Who am i kidding her music is my playlist year round

    • @hannah4481
      @hannah4481 4 года назад +7

      Moood!!

    • @cm-mb8hi
      @cm-mb8hi 4 года назад +6

      S A M E

    • @som8928
      @som8928 4 года назад +4

      My words exactly...

    • @hamadryad
      @hamadryad 4 года назад +14

      This album is totally a fall aesthetic! I never saw it that way till I saw your comment! I'm totally gonna do the same ❤️❤️❤️

    • @kaelynswift7250
      @kaelynswift7250 4 года назад +2

      YUUUUP

  • @purplewolf1392
    @purplewolf1392 4 года назад +7172

    I love how every song has a comment that says "Unpopular opinion: This is the best one on Folklore"

  • @arcturus4939
    @arcturus4939 Год назад +47

    First thing, I did not expect this already great song to be included in the set list.
    Second thing, the glowup that this song had,the rock elements of the production, the visuals, and Taylor's performance (she FELT it) is MAGNIFICENT

  • @erinearley629
    @erinearley629 Год назад +62

    Petition to make this a 10 minute version

  • @didemsarikaya792
    @didemsarikaya792 4 года назад +1630

    “You showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else.” Masterpiece

    • @patomiauu
      @patomiauu 4 года назад +11

      Was listening the song while reading comments and read this when taylor was singing it

    • @beijospravoce
      @beijospravoce 4 года назад +1

      @TaylorSwift do you have synesthesia? 💛✨

    • @beautifulstrangerfinally
      @beautifulstrangerfinally 4 года назад +1

      Deren çok haklısın🤭

    • @aubreylol7054
      @aubreylol7054 4 года назад +3

      i relate to this statement so much

    • @rugma1696
      @rugma1696 4 года назад +1

      i remembered that tiktok trend lol

  • @shrutisinha4071
    @shrutisinha4071 4 года назад +2092

    I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT....YOU AREN'T A SINGER SONGWRITER....YOU ARE A MAGICIAN

    • @westonding8953
      @westonding8953 4 года назад +31

      She is an illusionist! She transforms the world!

    • @mirakoeva8158
      @mirakoeva8158 4 года назад +13

      SHE IS A QUEEN👑👑👑

    • @mansiondionne
      @mansiondionne 4 года назад +5

      Awww! 💛🦋 that’s cute! 👍 love it. She is

    • @mjdanay7131
      @mjdanay7131 4 года назад +3

      Yes, she always cast a spell🧞‍♀️

    • @damiaodexiaobangshou
      @damiaodexiaobangshou 4 года назад +5

      Taylor is definitely magic~ ❤

  • @azrapraveen8359
    @azrapraveen8359 День назад +1

    This always reminds me of August like it feels like another song from Augustine's perspective

  • @user-yb8cd2sq8h
    @user-yb8cd2sq8h Год назад +41

    After Taylor's eras tour performance, i can't help but to scream this song like she did😭😭 It's so beautiful😍🤩

  • @nenerazor2476
    @nenerazor2476 4 года назад +3499

    I feel like her song "safe and sound" belongs in this album

    • @karinag4982
      @karinag4982 4 года назад +39

      That’s what I thought too!

    • @kevinllanto
      @kevinllanto 4 года назад +7

      Me too

    • @sophieladanyi568
      @sophieladanyi568 4 года назад +5

      Totally!

    • @yagmurv1164
      @yagmurv1164 4 года назад +21

      thats what ive been thinking since the album came out...

    • @isntitlovely360
      @isntitlovely360 4 года назад +13

      Sameee!! I thought I was the only one thinking that

  • @clementespanol6295
    @clementespanol6295 3 года назад +2567

    The goosebumps you feel with that bridge. We hear a woman screaming at her maddest.

    • @ashtyncarothers5167
      @ashtyncarothers5167 3 года назад +113

      I love to focus on the background vocals during the bridge. It’s as if she wanted to bring musicality to a haunting scream. To show the frustration of breaking oneself emotionally over and over again for one who will never truly be theirs.

    • @anushkakhond3780
      @anushkakhond3780 3 года назад +22

      I think it's the man's pov. (That you picked out just for him) . And ivy id the woman's pov(and drink my husband's wine)

    • @arya.07
      @arya.07 Год назад +5

      @@anushkakhond3780 Imo ivy seems to be more set in older times. House of stone, clover bloom, plus the grand language is a lot like the poets of 19th century. It seems more to be about affair between two women, when it was deeply frowned upon, and one is engaged to a guy, whereas this is modern, perfume, parking lots, etc, and most probably between a man and woman. There're no cross references between these two songs. But ofc, we can't be sure and heyy same name!

    • @timingisafunnything
      @timingisafunnything Год назад

      @@anushkakhond3780 i think the whole song is the speaker (woman) talking to herself or looking at the mirror reminding every little detail to do in this affair she's having, i mean when you read the verses- theyre literally reminders or pointers to hide herself and their relationship.

    • @sam-sf3vx
      @sam-sf3vx Год назад

      the whole song gives those exact vibes but she’s calm. it’s so amazing.

  • @tinepiscope
    @tinepiscope 2 года назад +16

    "And you know damn well for you I would ruin myself" this genius woman

  • @Hagoromo6
    @Hagoromo6 Год назад +26

    I still can't believe this iconic song is on the eras tour setlist

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 4 года назад +11330

    Taylor Swift has challenged the RUclips algorithm and blown it apart. She's trending on so many levels. This complete album release has everyone talking.

    • @honestlair2340
      @honestlair2340 4 года назад +40

      I know right hahaha

    • @pootis5364
      @pootis5364 4 года назад +54

      leokimvideo, my son has watched so many of your videos (which means I have too), I love that you are listening to Taylor Swift.

    • @katenz100
      @katenz100 4 года назад +32

      It's pretty hard not to when you literally have millions of fans. She doesn't deserve praise for "breaking", the algorithm. She's a popular singer. Of course she's trending

    • @aeshiryzenaeschirett5415
      @aeshiryzenaeschirett5415 4 года назад +196

      @@katenz100 Lover didn't get this level of clout when it was released though. Not everything can be achieved by fandom alone. Folklore did have a better reception from the general public.

    • @augh4659
      @augh4659 4 года назад +45

      kate her previous album lover hasn’t got a lot of praise and clout as much as folklore has despite being arguably the biggest star of this decade.

  • @arya.07
    @arya.07 3 года назад +16745

    Did anyone notice that Taylor didn't repeat the chorus after the bridge in this song like she usually does? That's one of the reason this song is shorter than most other songs of her. Maybe suggesting that an illicit affair doesn't last long, no matter how beautiful it was once? It ends, suddenly. You saw it coming, you knew, but you still waited for the last chorus, until you realise the last chorus was never there. The closure was never there. It ends, abruptly. And you are left longing for more.
    Edit - Y'ALL THE TOUR LIVE OF ILLICIT AFFAIRS OHMYGOD-

    • @diqiyasha7766
      @diqiyasha7766 3 года назад +446

      that makes sense

    • @augustinedeservesbetter2801
      @augustinedeservesbetter2801 3 года назад +476

      Thank you, Now listening to this will be more emotional.

    • @aoirey5831
      @aoirey5831 3 года назад +65

      wow

    • @delena4evertvd267
      @delena4evertvd267 3 года назад +134

      so that makes it not a bridge but an outro i-

    • @shawnclifford
      @shawnclifford 3 года назад +152

      @@delena4evertvd267 It still counts as bridge in my opinion. I have heard a song which structure is like this. Bridge does not necessarily have to be after a second chorus and sometimes Bridge can be an intro.

  • @user-ms3cu1jk2q
    @user-ms3cu1jk2q 2 года назад +27

    I have never gotten a chance to actually appreciate and acknowledge this song. So here I am. Amazed at Taylor's poetry. She's a rare gem. Words are totally her thing.

  • @koil9073
    @koil9073 Год назад +11

    “You showed me colours i can’t see with anyone else” the reason that the alum folklore is in black ad white :/“You taught me secret language i can’t speak to anyone else” that’s y she is singing :/. This shows how connective the album is with each songs somehow relating to others

  • @lorelaiyoung5742
    @lorelaiyoung5742 4 года назад +701

    let’s be honest: we all needed this

  • @Sophia-rh2yr
    @Sophia-rh2yr 4 года назад +582

    “For you I would ruin myself a million little times” hits hard

  • @stephany_joaquin
    @stephany_joaquin 11 месяцев назад +24

    I like how this song explores the feelings of a person involved in illicit affairs without justifying their actions. It’s definitely a lot more nuanced than songs like ‘Better Than Revenge’, for example. We can acknowledge that both cheating and getting involved with someone you know has a partner is wrong without demonizing anyone. Just because something is nuanced, it doesn’t mean that it isn’t wrong, and we can still enjoy art that explores those nuances without excusing the person’s behavior.
    I’m speaking from the interpretation of this song being about cheating, of course. I know it can be interpreted in other ways.

  • @mahjosdag
    @mahjosdag 3 года назад +129

    “You taught me a secret language I can’t speak with anyone else” really hits me hard. I dated someone with whom I was learning and speaking Spanish and I know damn well I’ll never speak that language with anyone else

    • @baltazarsantossantiago1440
      @baltazarsantossantiago1440 2 года назад +13

      I don't think that's what Taylor Swift means

    • @mahjosdag
      @mahjosdag 2 года назад +19

      @@baltazarsantossantiago1440 I knew she wasn’t referring to it linguistically but still applies to my situation.

    • @monsev.arellano9125
      @monsev.arellano9125 Год назад

      @@mahjosdag ohhhh I thought it was a joke...which is pretty funny haha

  • @yutassmilehealsme6572
    @yutassmilehealsme6572 3 года назад +3371

    why does taylor always have the capacity to make me sad over a relationship ive never had???

    • @Cam-px8sc
      @Cam-px8sc 2 года назад +33

      Trust me I am Still Trying to Find this Answer.

    • @midnights292
      @midnights292 Год назад +5

      @@Cam-px8sc I still am too o-o

    • @dontworryaboutit5384
      @dontworryaboutit5384 Год назад +13

      FELT THIS IN MY SOUL

    • @koil9073
      @koil9073 Год назад +17

      I’m literally using friendship to relate to these songs from folklore

    • @fannyfiumara1461
      @fannyfiumara1461 Год назад +1

      she is powerful

  • @deltacat27
    @deltacat27 3 года назад +6851

    Illicit affairs is so underrated, it probably is one of the most relaxing tracks on folklore. The strings and Taylor's voice are both just so soothing, and the bridge is amazing as well.

    • @hrishisingh5863
      @hrishisingh5863 3 года назад +12

      So true!!!

    • @rafco90
      @rafco90 2 года назад +23

      My favorite for sure.

    • @emogoesboom
      @emogoesboom 2 года назад +26

      Illicit affairs and the lakes are my favs. Such beautiful and relaxing songs❤️

    • @meghabohra0111
      @meghabohra0111 2 года назад +4

      Fact!

    • @userA600
      @userA600 2 года назад +4

      Absolutely agree! I came here cause I needed to relax.. This is the best feeling ever.. 😌

  • @architaagrawal1656
    @architaagrawal1656 Год назад +15

    "For you I would ruin myself a million little times" best line

  • @relaxationchannel23
    @relaxationchannel23 2 года назад +7

    "A dwindling mercurial high!" This is the most beautiful lyric ive ever heard

  • @loveelleee
    @loveelleee 4 года назад +1578

    If you'll just understand the lyrics,
    whether you have an affair or none,
    *it hurts.*

    • @machigiceb7788
      @machigiceb7788 3 года назад +8

      Very true indeed

    • @nissy92913
      @nissy92913 3 года назад +5

      Truth

    • @rizzmama
      @rizzmama 3 года назад +5

      yes

    • @andreaf8404
      @andreaf8404 3 года назад +26

      i went through a very hard breakup and the lyric "for you i would ruin myself, a million little times" hit me like a truck

    • @niuipyenagar7813
      @niuipyenagar7813 3 года назад

      YES 😭

  • @mu4v1z
    @mu4v1z 4 года назад +642

    How my life during quarantine is:
    -Wake up
    -Listen to Folklore
    -Remember someone special
    -Cry
    -Regret
    -Sleep
    *Repeat

  • @oldschoolninamain9138
    @oldschoolninamain9138 4 месяца назад +4

    Super underrated. Her lyrics here are transcendent

  • @jahnavi.sh24
    @jahnavi.sh24 2 года назад +45

    That line "you know damn well for you i would ruin myself a million little times"

  • @fuschiavenom3455
    @fuschiavenom3455 4 года назад +618

    this is giving me major red album vibes🥺😭😭

  • @jana-hn1eh
    @jana-hn1eh 3 года назад +4043

    Unpopular opinion: Every song on this album is the best, and makes you feel something you've never felt.

    • @user-sv1xn8qq4n
      @user-sv1xn8qq4n 3 года назад +31

      thats not unpopular !

    • @erinkay2254
      @erinkay2254 3 года назад +17

      This is the type of music I loved from her that I felt was missing from lover. I wanted to cry when I heard the new album because I’m glad this deep side of her is still there. ❤️❤️❤️

    • @jana-hn1eh
      @jana-hn1eh 3 года назад +2

      @@erinkay2254 sameee!!

    • @user-kk3kr7mi7b
      @user-kk3kr7mi7b 3 года назад +2

      Exactly!!

    • @neha_ananda
      @neha_ananda 3 года назад +3

      Very true.

  • @hashtagskin7870
    @hashtagskin7870 2 года назад +23

    I remember crying after listening to this for the first time and having illicit affair after a break up. I mean, its almost tragic how this woman makes me cry but helped me get out of toxicity

  • @nayanikabardhan5530
    @nayanikabardhan5530 Год назад +23

    “You taught me a secret language I can’t speak with anyone else “ - when you are having an affair with someone you can’t tell about that person to anyone . For everyone that person is of no importance in your life but you know how much that person have impacted you . But you cannot share your feelings about this person to anyone else

  • @LC-fx2lo
    @LC-fx2lo 4 года назад +1470

    “So you leave no trace behind, like you don’t even exist.”

    • @spenster340
      @spenster340 4 года назад +31

      That's why she forgot that person existed

    • @boubekeurabdelmadjid6132
      @boubekeurabdelmadjid6132 4 года назад

      @@spenster340 is this about calvin ?

    • @LC-fx2lo
      @LC-fx2lo 4 года назад +13

      Spenster I think she meant because it’s an illicit affair and it has to stay hidden all of the time, she leaves no trace of herself behind, as if she never existed to begin with. She physically left no trace behind, but she was hiding her own light and diminishing herself emotionally in the process.

    • @chel6730
      @chel6730 4 года назад +1

      Tim Evans fan behavior 🤣

    • @cmalol
      @cmalol 4 года назад +1

      @Tim Evans clownery luv

  • @carissaulmer4388
    @carissaulmer4388 4 года назад +1259

    Everyone: Hating quarantine
    Taylor: “ I’m gonna make this quarantine better”

  • @eugeniasuarez6509
    @eugeniasuarez6509 Год назад +44

    "...a million little times" has to be one of her best lines so far

  • @dori694
    @dori694 2 года назад +4

    nothing in this world is more alluring than the bridge of this heavenly song.

  • @saysomething7
    @saysomething7 4 года назад +601

    This one hits hard. It's so sad when you ruin yourself for someone else, knowing it's not right for you, but can't help it. Ugh, that feeling...

  • @sly4u247
    @sly4u247 4 года назад +8937

    After a song like "better than revenge", where she blames the girl. Then to "girl at home", where she blames the guy. Now, Taylor has finally begun to see the other side of the story with more empathy in "babe", "august" and "illicit affairs". She now writes from the perspective of the other girl than just writing about her in the third perspective. This perspective shows how she has grown to understand the complications of relationships. This is not black and white anymore. It's gold!!

    • @crystalc8992
      @crystalc8992 4 года назад +248

      ‪Why do ppl hate girl at home idgi? She cant warn a man that he has a gf and should not be flirting with her?‬

    • @AnjaliKumari-nl9zw
      @AnjaliKumari-nl9zw 4 года назад +76

      I like how simply u expressed the purpose of this song

    • @bellah3057
      @bellah3057 4 года назад +42

      And August too

    • @ralfalexanderrivera3339
      @ralfalexanderrivera3339 4 года назад +40

      Wait isn't White horse about the pov of the mistress also? Or it's just the music video where she is the other girl?

    • @f.h.7671
      @f.h.7671 4 года назад +32

      @Maya Papaya there are too many who only know her from 2014 onwards...

  • @nanaandig
    @nanaandig Год назад +28

    Taylor should re-record this as how she sang it in the Eras Tour!

  • @CloudyxSeaside
    @CloudyxSeaside Месяц назад +6

    “A million little times” sounds like how someone can hammer smalls breaks into glass until it shatters from carrying the weight of those past hits and make it seem like you broke “out of nowhere”

  • @jamesreid2893
    @jamesreid2893 4 года назад +1821

    Artist: drops one song at a time to keep being relevant.
    Taylor: Just announce the album yesterday.
    DROPS ALL THE SONGS NOW PLUS A OFFICIAL MV!!

    • @Matthew-ij3zm
      @Matthew-ij3zm 4 года назад +9

      Taylor fans: act like aholes for no reason whatsoever

    • @zach3394
      @zach3394 4 года назад +6

      @@Matthew-ij3zm ?

    • @shubhamrc4379
      @shubhamrc4379 4 года назад +7

      But she's the GOAT of this century ! She doesnt need the marketing tricks.. She's no relevant. She's omnipresent 😭😍

    • @msblackjack26
      @msblackjack26 4 года назад +2

      hOoOoy JAMES REID hahahahahaha

    • @tahiahasan1505
      @tahiahasan1505 4 года назад +2

      Ed Sheeran started this thing with Divide and I'm so glad Taylor has been doing the same since then too :')

  • @Eduardoo2001
    @Eduardoo2001 3 года назад +602

    Imagine the power of this bridge sung by thousands of ppl in a full arena

  • @krettikaroyratri5308
    @krettikaroyratri5308 Год назад +43

    I am here to make a petition to release the tour version of this song!!! The improvisation was out of the world.!!!!

    • @priyankamehta8864
      @priyankamehta8864 Год назад +3

      taylor already owns this?

    • @krettikaroyratri5308
      @krettikaroyratri5308 Год назад +6

      @@priyankamehta8864 Yeah, I am talking about the eras tour version. She can drop it as an extension on folklore next anniversary? :)

    • @priyankamehta8864
      @priyankamehta8864 Год назад +3

      @@krettikaroyratri5308 OHH haha I read it as Taylor’s version not tour Version

  • @dori694
    @dori694 Год назад +9

    the song hits different when it rains

  • @sophiestark2612
    @sophiestark2612 4 года назад +1031

    Illicit Affairs is about a forbidden love. A wrong love at a wrong time. You know it’s a bad idea. You know you’re gonna end up hurt. But you’d still gladly break your heart for that person.

    • @clarelim847
      @clarelim847 4 года назад +12

      This hit me hard...

    • @justinekelly7677
      @justinekelly7677 4 года назад

      Ouch

    • @ericodavidtabo3086
      @ericodavidtabo3086 4 года назад

      😭

    • @ChuliSmart
      @ChuliSmart 4 года назад +2

      Like Treacherous?

    • @someoneelse4579
      @someoneelse4579 4 года назад +26

      @@ChuliSmart Treacherous is about a relationship with someone who is completely different from you. This is about someone who you can never be with.

  • @enchantedmrc02
    @enchantedmrc02 4 года назад +245

    A producer (Blake Mclain) reacted to this album and he commented that the guitar on this song sounds like raindrops and I completely agree. The fact that Taylor used this visual for the lyric video shows that that is indeed what she wanted to convey. She and the people she works with are so creative and effective in making you visualize her songs!

  • @strongtravel8056
    @strongtravel8056 Год назад +14

    This song was my anthem two years ago. This song still melts my heart because it makes me think of him and all of our time together.

  • @harshshandilya8382
    @harshshandilya8382 Год назад +10

    This song makes me feel hallow but in a beautiful way. Like walking through a forest in the winter?

  • @starcheesey6478
    @starcheesey6478 4 года назад +2158

    all too well: maybe we got lost in translation
    illicit affairs: you taught me a secret language i can't speak with anyone else

    • @inthegleamofnight
      @inthegleamofnight 4 года назад +5

      😍

    • @slideshowgurl
      @slideshowgurl 4 года назад +32

      There’s a couple songs I questioned were references to way back Red and about Jake.

    • @user-ub6sx9zc3m
      @user-ub6sx9zc3m 4 года назад +39

      I feel like most of these songs are references to her old relationships: romantic, professional, and platonic

    • @kimnavarro1995
      @kimnavarro1995 4 года назад +7

      @@user-ub6sx9zc3m except epiphany, the last American dynasty and betty

    • @user-ub6sx9zc3m
      @user-ub6sx9zc3m 4 года назад +7

      @@kimnavarro1995 her house, her grandfather, and idk who Betty is about 😂. But there's a connection to her. An invisible thread, if you will

  • @ivavucetic9709
    @ivavucetic9709 4 года назад +7403

    fun fact : there are no bad songs on this album

    • @ellieanneauthor
      @ellieanneauthor 4 года назад +295

      that is...
      13,000 % true

    • @rihabrafiq4875
      @rihabrafiq4875 3 года назад +41

      Yesss

    • @TalkAsSoftAsChalk
      @TalkAsSoftAsChalk 3 года назад +49

      F A C T S

    • @d0jacatsgf
      @d0jacatsgf 3 года назад +68

      @@ellieanneauthor I see what u did there lmao

    • @syedakbarriaz1648
      @syedakbarriaz1648 3 года назад +87

      @@ellieanneauthor I would have liked your comment but it has 13 likes and I just can't ruin that

  • @HappySunshineStar
    @HappySunshineStar Год назад +25

    It's by far my favourite TS song but I rarely listen to it. When I first listened to this song I couldn't stop crying really hard because that was about half a year after my boyfriend left me. And our relationship began just like it's being told in the song. It all had to be secret and damn, I even had a perfume only for him. Each time after seeing him, I had to lie to other people where I had been. I also had to always check that no one would see us together. "What started in beautiful rooms ends with meetings in parking lots" - at first we used to go to clubs to be able to dance together and eventually we would secretly meet in corners of super markets just to be able to look in each others eyes and talk for a while. "Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me" hit extremely hard at that moment as I was still crying over him MONTHS after it ended. "You showed me colours I can't see with anyone else" - I wasn't able to fall in love with someone else even years later. "Look at this idiotic fool that you made me" - in the end, I did all of this hard work of hiding and keeping secrets for nothing but heartbreak... "For you I would ruin myself a million little times" I know if he asked me to see him now, I would say yes in an instance. It's ironic how much I love this song but still keep it as my little secret.

  • @justcutiecats2733
    @justcutiecats2733 2 года назад +8

    This sounds so sad yet the melody is beautiful and mesmerizing.

  • @insydneous426
    @insydneous426 4 года назад +715

    Do you ever think that when Taylor writes certain lines she just cries at what she's created? Some lines in her songs instantly put me to tears. I wonder if she feels the same.

    • @Bonbon-lk9gv
      @Bonbon-lk9gv 4 года назад +32

      I’m pretty sure she does sometimes. I write and i cry whenever i come up with an emotional piece when i read it over.

    • @SmashGuy
      @SmashGuy 4 года назад +15

      Idk I would be like damn i'm such a genius lololol, I'll make people cry alsdkadsjlkad

    • @JustJulie-cz8fs
      @JustJulie-cz8fs 4 года назад +16

      She use to cry during 'All Too Well' and, I think 'Dear John' was always hard for her to sing because of how emotionally hard it was. Ronan is also heartbreaking and makes Taylor cry.

    • @LaraA55
      @LaraA55 4 года назад +5

      This has not happened to me but it makes me cry

    • @tld7359
      @tld7359 3 года назад +7

      She cried during writing All too Well, she had an emotional breakdown before writing Dancing with our Hands tied, she said she cried during writing Ronan, so yeah her songwriting makes her cry sometimes

  • @sordodikra5129
    @sordodikra5129 4 года назад +1899

    Who listens to the album everyday since it first came out?

    • @violetparkweir5582
      @violetparkweir5582 4 года назад +8

      me

    • @zzzzzzz8493
      @zzzzzzz8493 4 года назад +16

      Who wouldn't?

    • @ashleygonzalez6922
      @ashleygonzalez6922 4 года назад +10

      Same but with lover as well lol

    • @josejlu12
      @josejlu12 4 года назад +5

      @@ashleygonzalez6922 yes! I'm a new Taylor S fan but I can't help but add this song along, before, during or after this album it total fits some how❤.

    • @nakasindemariam312
      @nakasindemariam312 4 года назад +2

      Me

  • @migueragadio1144
    @migueragadio1144 Год назад +9

    this is one of taylor's songs that will always have me on a chokehold

  • @valentinacasanova-xq7lb
    @valentinacasanova-xq7lb 4 месяца назад +5

    I love it, I can't stop listening to it. This song definitely takes you to another world.

  • @jazzmincascarro6451
    @jazzmincascarro6451 4 года назад +127

    makes you understand the third party's perspective, that even they themselves never wanted to stoop so low, but they love the person, sad.

  • @danserprc
    @danserprc 4 года назад +874

    *taylor swift and jack antonoff write the best bridges ever. do not argue against this fact.*

    • @violetparkweir5582
      @violetparkweir5582 4 года назад +8

      yep

    • @Swiftly_Wi1d
      @Swiftly_Wi1d 3 года назад +6

      FACTS

    • @Aviethebest
      @Aviethebest 3 года назад +5

      no. she wrote them alone. SPEAK NOW ALBUM
      STOP OVERRATING THAT DAMN MAN

    • @Swiftly_Wi1d
      @Swiftly_Wi1d 3 года назад +23

      @@Aviethebest ???? We know she wrote Speak Now alone but what does that have to do with this ?? It literally says at 3:01 written by Taylor Swift and Jack Antanoff 💀
      No one is bashing Taylor's other bridges she's written 🙄

    • @Aviethebest
      @Aviethebest 3 года назад

      @@Swiftly_Wi1d You said that her best bridges are written together with Jack and no..her best are Speak Now ones written alone. Stop overrating that damn man

  • @nozomi8240
    @nozomi8240 2 года назад +20

    Every time I listen to this song I ache in a way I can’t describe with words. But I feel so relieved at the same time. Make me feel like I’m not alone. I share my pain with this song and million little people listening to this one song. Thank you Taylor for uniting people through your masterpieces ❤️

  • @justaperson0848
    @justaperson0848 Год назад +77

    here after she performed this live.... no words

    • @jeff5971
      @jeff5971 Год назад +2

      I need the tour performance version ASAP

    • @arcturus4939
      @arcturus4939 Год назад +1

      It recieved a massive GLOW UP!!!

  • @somebraveapollo8211
    @somebraveapollo8211 4 года назад +5320

    She finally made an "indie record that's much cooler than mine".
    Edit: Ohmigod, thanks so much for the likes!

    • @nilanjanamenon
      @nilanjanamenon 4 года назад +90

      oh yesssss we are never ever getting back together

    • @sandymmc
      @sandymmc 4 года назад +24

      Oh yes.... great catch

    • @jollyjokress3852
      @jollyjokress3852 4 года назад +14

      you have an indie record? ;)

    • @jollyjokress3852
      @jollyjokress3852 4 года назад +6

      @CHUN CHUN I know. It was a joke. ;)

    • @tarledamanley2832
      @tarledamanley2832 4 года назад +6

      Legit what I thought when this dropped 😂😂

  • @Torturepoetsdepartment
    @Torturepoetsdepartment 28 дней назад +4

    Folklore is a masterpice

  • @smrittisridhar5439
    @smrittisridhar5439 4 года назад +226

    "A dwindling, mercurial high"
    Shes got it all

  • @Hannah-dh9mq
    @Hannah-dh9mq 2 года назад +9

    Taylor Swift is literally a genius lyricist.

  • @chrissyh.4403
    @chrissyh.4403 9 месяцев назад +6

    I think this might just be one of her best songs.

  • @aleksmonoxide2910
    @aleksmonoxide2910 4 года назад +84

    Listening to this with rain on the roof right now is perfect

  • @Mar_mal_ade
    @Mar_mal_ade 4 года назад +5423

    Nobody:
    Literally nobody:
    Taylor swift: let's use the smallest font size way possible

    • @LimeFlightUKnow
      @LimeFlightUKnow 4 года назад +87

      Coz it is illicit affairs...she is the queen of subtlety

    • @bernicehccheung
      @bernicehccheung 4 года назад +105

      @@LimeFlightUKnow but small font size on all lyric videos tho

    • @kimfloreta
      @kimfloreta 4 года назад +14

      Hahaha Where is the lie?

    • @sx3todd
      @sx3todd 4 года назад +74

      it’s the aesthetic 😅

    • @kimfloreta
      @kimfloreta 4 года назад +1

      @@sx3todd yah, I know.

  • @user-ky5lj8ec4b
    @user-ky5lj8ec4b 9 месяцев назад +12

    Me: singing this song while crying so hard even though I was never in a relationship with anyone in my life.

  • @blve.january
    @blve.january 3 года назад +23

    folklore on shuffle be like:
    illicit affairs: 😦😭
    betty: 💃🏻💃🏻🕺🕺💃🏻