Lover is the album that made me a Swiftie and I'm going to love it for the rest of my life. I think that the value of Lover is that Taylor proved to herself that she can be happy with her life and still make songs of any emotion. She realized she doesn't have to feel a certain way to write about it and that revelation matured in the writing of Folklore/Evermore.
Same, I’ve always liked Taylor Swift but I only had singles added to my collection, I’ve never listened to her albums fully until now and I like most of them.
Found your channel from your original Taylor Swift video(s), stayed cause I love your honesty, personality and edits. Can't wait to see the rest of your deep dives and opinions
Death by a Thousand Cuts supremacy!! That song doesn’t get enough attention, so the workshop is definitely much needed, lol. I think your commentary is really fun to watch and relisten. I also think it does give a way for people to provide thoughtful comments because I’m reading other people’s comments to your comments and wow, it’s really interesting and said things I would have said too. Keeping my fingers crossed that you get those tickets!!
For me, Lover is actually the first era I paid any attention to Taylor. I guess before 2018 I could only recognize "I Knew You Were Trouble.", since it was sucha hit in Poland (where I'm from), unlike most of her stuff. I'm pretty sure I also heard "Blank Space" until then, but besides few parodies by Bart Baker, I had no experience with Taylor. But when I got my interest towards music back in late 2018, Taylor came to my radar through music-centric channels on RUclips talking about her. And when "ME!" was released, it was heavily advertised on RUclips, so I checked it out - it wasn't that bad, same with "You Need to Calm Down" later. When "The Archer" was released I wasn't feeling it, but I knew deep down, that Lover will sounds more like this rather than its two first singles. And following that context here's my top 3: 3. "Paper Rings" - I really love the energy of this song, it's so cute and fun! 2. "False God" - I don't know why, but it gets stuck in my head really easily. I love this low-key production. 1. "Lover" - since the first time I heard, I loved it so much. The way this song swings is incredible. Of course I like songs like "Daylight", "Miss Americana", and "Cruel Summer", but with the last one I have this problem that until pretty recently I couldn't recall it in my head how it sounded - I always had to search this song, to remind myself, even thought my head was like "Yeah, I like it". Kinda weird haha. But for the Lover, I guess for me it'll rank pretty high in the ranking of Swift's catalogue, probably in top 3 with reputation and Midnights. However, I didn't listen to entirity of her discography - I yet haven't heard Taylor Swift, Speak Now, and Red in full, however I listened to half of the latter's Taylor's Version, but my mind just couldn't handle 30 songs at once haha.
i respect all those choices man even tho i'm not a big fan of false god i def get the hype! and yea 30 songs can be a lot but tbh...it's so worth it lmao
@@jasonpaulkim I don't know why I love "False God" either...it's just whenever there is this kind of low-key kinda slow athmospheric song, it's always the one that is going to be stuck in my head haha
This is the love and appreciation that DBATC deserves! Thank you! It’s my favorite song and I actually was crying when it was the surprise song at the Eras tour show I went to. Wishing you luck that you get to experience the tour as well!
I don’t understand how you don’t have like a million subscribers because you’re videos are so refreshing. I love that you have gotten so much more recognition after the Taylor Swift Discography video ❤️
lover is pretty low on my ranking too but it definitely has a lot of bangers. my favourite song is the archer because she accurately explains how it feels to be constantly anxious and i personally relate to it a lot. and yes dbatc doesn’t get enough recognition and it is one of my favourites on the album! i also really love the man, cornelia street, daylight, false god and afterglow. also love that you’re making this a series! i really hope you get to go to the tour by the end of it :)
Soon You'll Get Better is one of the most underrated gut-wrenching songs of Taylor's, and it's my favorite song of the album, although I still tear up.
I really respect your videos because you can tell that you are being completely honest but at the same time show big appreciation. It’s super refreshing and honestly a unique combination!!
i got the absolute pleasure of hearing DBATC live as my secret song. cried so hard i forgot the lyrics lmao. love this vid and i hope you end up getting tix!!
Death by a thousand cuts is the best song on the album!! I’m so glad someone acknowledged that. I love that you broke it down, I never thought about the traffic light line in that way. Also, Cornelia street hits different now after the break up news 😭 I love how you talked about the break up though. Acknowledging that the love was there is so important because so many people are either bashing him or bashing her but people don’t think about the fact that just because they broke up doesn’t mean they don’t still care for each other. I think you explained that really well.
haha yea man it's such a good song!!! and yea i feel like everyone does tht w celeb relationships but we rlly don't know what they were actually like so it's best to be respectful
Oooh I’m excited for this new “eras” analysis series!! Overall I agree with your thoughts, definitely not my fav album but I still think this was a fun era to experience. My fav songs are Cruel Summer, Miss Americana, False God, Daylight and Death By a Thousand Cuts!! Also have you listened to All of the Girls You Loved Before? It’s a previously unreleased song from Lover that she recently released. It’s a bop imo!
i always saw the traffic light line as a reference to how at the end of a relationship, you’re so desperate that you’re looking for signs in even the smallest things that really don’t mean anything. you’re taking the green light as a sign that things will be okay, or the broken traffic lights as a sign of uncertainty.
Lover is my top 1, i got fully into this 'universe' around the announcement of the eras tour, but liked some of her most popular music before. I think it's partially my favourite because of the cute, pastel, glittery vibe it has. My favourite songs change literally every week, but i can say daylight and DBATC are solid choices, especially daylight which might be in my top 3 songs overall. I listen to her on shuffle but i think i need to do what you did and sit through every album separately to really get the vibe, because by far i only did that with debut hehe
I have this theory that cruel summer is a continuation of getaway car from reputation. Both songs talks about love that was doomed from the start, getaway car as the starting point and cruel summer as the aftermath. Also, the beat transition of getaway car to cruel summer is kinda same.
Liked and subscribed!!! Hey to eras bb!! I saw her in Tampa. She killed it 🤩 🫶💘🤠🐍💄🎸 I took my mom and my 15 yo baby sister in law. She was dressed up as lover era. I love lover and it’s her favorite era. I went at red 💋 and mom was speak now 💜
Lover and reputation will always have a special place in my heart together because they’re truly sisters, just like folklore and evermore. Also because post reputation pre lover was the time when I really became obsessed with Taylor. I just have to mention how, dark and twisty as reputation appears to be, is actually happier than Lover if you break the songs down. And Lover, while there are a few happy fun songs, there are some gold mines such as DBATC, The Archer, Cornelia Street, and even Cruel Summer the ultimate banger of all time, gets me right in the feels because I can almost feel how devastated she was when she realized she was falling for someone for real and crying in the car. I personally think cutting the album down to ~15 tracks would’ve made the album much more solid, concise and well received. It’s also interesting how the release of Midnights made me love Lover and reputation even more than I did. Maybe I just love pop production but these three are my holy trinity now, while the “ore” sisters just seemed objectively superior before Midnights. And that leads me back to being unfathomably excited for TS11 😅
This was a great video! Also the line in DBATC “paper cut stings from our paper thin plans” is a reference with paper rings! And the love being so all encompassing that you just get cut so hard by something so small. PAPER
ahhh i see. i kinda saw paper thin plans as plans tht didn't have any weight to them, like watching this movie at some point or going to this restaurant sometime but obv now they can't do those things
Tickets for the Houston show are now going down to the 3 to 4 hundred. If you're willing to wait till the last minute, you most likely can get better prices for better seats, by the way.
@@jasonpaulkim another RUclips reactor paid 900 for nosebleeds seats for the Houston show during the week and by Saturday there were way better seats in 3 and 4 hundreds , so I would definitely do that. That's more than half the price !
Shake it off is better when looked at contextually, because me is just a cute little self empowerment song while shake it off speaks on haters and how overcoming these obstacles no matter how insane or crazy it may seem is something worth celebrating because no matter how hard it was, its even better when your out of the woods(pause for laughter coz of the 1989 reference) and basking in daylight( another laughter pause for lover reference)
Your videos make my day when they are released. Lover being one of my favourite Taylor Swift albums, (no judge) i just think the songs are really nice! my fav song is probaby Miss Americana or Cruel Summer. Ima watch this whole series to help contribute to your want to go to the concert because i do too.
oooh i'm here for this series! I feel like among Taylor's discography, and between her fans, Lover is still fairly underrated/overshadowed by the albums that came before and after (rep and folklore/evermore). I have a big soft spot for Lover tho. It's probably in my top 5-3 depending on my mood. Rn it's probably only top 5 cuz i listened to it so much for a while, but for the longest time i had it in my top 3. Fearless/speak now/evermore and Lover all compete for that last top 3 spot in my ranking of her albums. And that was before midnights, who i find very difficult to place cuz it's still too fresh.
@@jasonpaulkim In my experience reputation and Lover are the most controversial albums in which they're often loved or hated but I would never call rep underrated. Lover at the least is on the cusp of it especially since it's dedicated tour was canned.
Love this new series of Taylor Swift albums, keep it coming. Idk how but your videos keep getting better and better, I’m always waiting for new videos!! ❤
“Lover” is the first album she recorded under her new label that she wholly owned and themed it about love and all its incarnations. Like she said at the end of “Daylight”, she wanted to be defined by the things she loves, not by what she hates. I feel all of Taylor’s love on this album.
I love your videos! So fun. I’m a pretty major Swiftie and will admit that Lover is not my favorite album. It’s got about 6 really excellent songs and a few awful ones. But I do think it will live on as the great love letter to Joe, or to happy relationships in general.
basically, it’s like: IFTYE - old love Cruel Summer - new love Lover - classic love The Man - a break for misogyny/gender inequality The Archer - anxiety in love I Think He Knows - fun love MAATHP - school love mixed with political statement Paper Rings - love for poor cheap joe Cornelia Street - fear of losing love DBATC - toxic love London Boy - love for the london boy SYGB - family love False God - physical love (sex) YNTCD - inclusive love Afterglow - resolving issues in love ME! - self love INTHAF - friends to lovers Daylight - finding true love
Lover is definitely in my top 5 Taylor Swift albums, the archer is an absolute BANGER! It’s sad, but it’s AMAZING! Not to mention cruel summer, ITS GREAT. Lover is an amazing album, it is a tad bit underrated tho :( (I also went to her concert last night, and ‘the man’ WAS AN ABSOLUTE BANGER!)
I am so excited for this series! Perfect timing because I’m seeing Taylor tomorrow at her Saturday show in Tampa. I really hope you get to go see her! Welcome to the Swifty world 🫶🏻
@@jasonpaulkim I wish I could show ya the shirt my wife’s sorority girls made me- it says ‘where is the scarf, Jake? With scarf is red and the same stencil font as her 22 shirt. Was excellent for the Tampa show day 1! I hope you are able to get tickets to a show !
THANK YOU!! SAY👏 IT👏LOUDER👏FOR👏THE👏PEOPLE👏IN👏THE👏BACK. Shake it off and Me! give off literally the same vibes and are *equally* childish so idk why people hate on Me! more???!!! The melody in Me! is at least less annoying than SIO 🙄🙄
To answer your question: probably on my bottom three (Lover > Evermore > Debut). The songs that I listen to is I Forgot that You Existed (fave track), Cruel Summer (most of the time), Paper Rings (when I want to be happy), London Boy (because I love her acapella), Death by a Thousand Cuts (duh), Cornelia Street (hits different now), Afterglow (Back to December pt. 2) and MAATHBP (hello Eras Tour - what an iconic start).
Lover is in my top 3! Lover is going to be my first dance song at my wedding this summer, and Daylight, The Archer, Afterglow, Cornelia Street, DBATC, Cruel Summer, this album is sooo good.
my fav song is also death by a thousand cuts, it's so incredibly written and sonically really good as well! i completely agree with everything you said about it. overall, lover ranks 8th place on my album ranking.
Lover is not in my top 5 albums, BUT it does have 2 of my top 10 songs 🤷♀️ Cruel Summer and DBATC! I Think He Knows is pure ear candy 🍬 fun. Thanks for doing this series!
I’m a Swiftie and I’m so jealous of the people in the Eras tour who got death by a thousand cuts and clean, I would’ve been screaming my heart to that dbatc bridge, they were super lucky!
Lover is just such a pure, gratifying celebration of love throughout. Like how can you hate that, at least the intention cmon! Its my favorite because its unserious and fun and up lifting. Like have you ever listened to ME! while in a good relationship? That made me love it
i also see "paper cut stains from our paper thin plans" as like a small reference to paper rings. like maybe death by a thousand cuts is about the same relationship and it's seeing the commitment of that relationship as more fragile. but she also just has a motif throughout her work of comparing love to stories/paper/books so who knows!
idk i feel like it's just paper thin plans as in plans tht werent important like "let's watch this movie or let's try this restaurant" that they can't do anymore. like the small things
Taylor wrote Death by a Thousand Cuts after watching the movie Someone Great. It’s a break up movie that is really heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time. It also says this on Genius.
omg the first time i came across your channel was when i watched your listening to every ts album vid and i’ve watched almost every video since !!! i love the quality of your videos and i am ROOTING for you to get tickets
Fun fact, lover was the album that got me into Taylor and i agree with you, it's not her her best but it's also not her worst, also daylight is my favorite Taylor swift song
@@jasonpaulkim yeah, also i feel daylight is such a great closer to an album with the whole you gotta step into the daylight and let it go, just let it go, i feel that do deep
Oh my, this series is just what I wanted, thank you for providing! I hope you get to go see her. I also did a deepdive into Lover recently, and can finally pinpoint why it's very low on my album ranking. I don't like the production on a lot of it, dream pop and synths are just not for me. Case in point is actually DBATC, I love the melody, the bridge and the lyrics, but the instrumentals are stressig me out. Whenever it comes on I think that I accidentally hit 1,5 speed, the intro especially is so rushed to me. I kind of prefer the live from Paris version tbh, it's top of my list of wanting a recorded aucustic version. Now, all of Taylors albums has filler (except maybe Folklore) that's just how she rolls, but unfortunately Lover has some of the weakest filler of her discography. It also has my least favourite Taylor song ever, but it's not the one everyone hates. Me! is whatever, but I am a Paper Rings hater, and no one is ever with me on that. On the plus side, I love what this album represents. It's Taylor being happy, confident, in love, and feeling strong and safe enough to use her voice politically for the first time. It's also clear that she's read up on a lot of stuff, feminism included, and there is a backbone in this album that I appreciate. The cancelled Lover Tour would have been a celebration like no other, and you bet she would have told everyone to vote at each show. The album also has one of my top Taylor songs ever, the title track Lover. I just think it's the best, most romantic song about being in love that I've ever heard. The line "at every table I'll save you a seat" gets me every time. There are a couple of other gems as well, my list looks very different from yours. Top 5 songs 1. Lover 2. The Archer 3. Soon You'll Get Better 4. The Man 5. Cornelia Street All in all, I love what this album means for her and her career, but I don't necessarily love to listen to it.
I agree with you that the song me is basically the newer version of shake It off I also didn't really much care for shake It off when it was released but her fan base was predominantly younger which is why I think shake It off hit so much harder than me because once me came out her fan base has grown up alongside her we weren't looking for bubblegum pop.
DBATC, Archer and Cornelia Street are some of my favourite Taylor songs!! I would rank Lover as an album in the 5th or 6th place, but most of my top 15 tracks are from Lover. Loving your deepdives! Hopefully you'll get to experience the Eras Tour ❤️
I found you because of your first Taylor Swift video but stayed because of how fun you are to watch and how insightful your breakdowns of albums are. Glad your channel is taking off and hoping you get those Eras tickets! I agree with basically everything you said about this album. I had a rough time getting into it at first because the bubblegum pop aesthetic was really throwing me after Taylor's Reputation era. Like I have similar opinions to you about Rep, it was probably my least listened to album of Taylor's because of how edgy it was (and I didn't know the context either), but I had bought into it, you know? Like yeah, the old Taylor is DEAD, this is who she is now. So when she immediately bounced back to Old Taylor (albeit in a happy and healthy relationship) I was like what gives!! I just threw dirt on your grave!!! It made the whole album feel really disingenuous to me until I saw Miss Americana and got some much needed context. I like Lover a lot more now, but I some part of me still feels some type of way about that Rep to Lover hard cut. Cornelia Street (Live from Paris) still slaps though.
I am one of those lucky people who got in on the fan pre-sale, and I have such a clinical case of survivor's guilt over it. I got floor seats for like 15% as 300s seats are going on the secondary market and as much as I'm excited, I also feel a huge pang of like... Reverse FOMO?
As the time comes closer to the date of the show, ticket prices go down a lot. I was able to snatch some tickets for 300 bucks(without fees) on the day of the show. Any seats are good seats!!GOOD LUCK(I'll binge your videos)😋
Lover is my top 4 album, I am very aware of its weaknesses but I have a special connection with it, and gives me very good memories. My top 5 songs: 1. Cruel summer 2. Lover 3. Daylight 4. Cornelia street 5. False god
dude i genuinely thought you had like 800K subscribers when you asked us to subscribe and like at the beginning, and then before i clicked the subscribe button i saw you dont'??? wtf???? you are so funny please never stop posting, taylor and non taylor related content. PLEASE.
I don’t think it’s true that any swiftie wouldn’t say anything remotely negative about her music. I’ve been a fan since 2008, and some of my and many of my friends favorite things to do is critique her work
My album rankings: Folklore Reputation Speak Now 1989 Evermore Red TV Lover Fearless Debut (I need like two years before I can rank midnights😭) ((Don’t get it twisted I LOVE lover just not as much as the other ones))
@@jasonpaulkim I truly adore Red TV (who am I kidding I LOOVVE all of her albums) but I think a big difference for me is being there for the releases. Folklore, Rep, and Evermore were three major releases that impacted my life at the time. Blondie really is hurting me though with the amount of Red songs she is singing as her surprise songs.😅😅
I must say when Lover came out I didn't listen to it right away because I was in my sad era so having a lovey-dovey album wasn't the best choice at the time haha... but now, after Midnights released, I have learned to appreciate the Lover album much more because it feels like a lighter version of a pop album contrary to Midnights that was like a big punch of production at first listen, at least for me xD
@@jasonpaulkim haha very clever... now that I think about it, this past month I have been actually living my Lover era even though I'm still single af xD but like Taylor once said "I'm in a better mood!" haha
Another great session. Lover my favorite song of album, but for personal reasons. Really like all of Midnights best; just pleasing to listen. Best of luck on tickets.
guys i literally kept reminding myself to mention it but i forgot about all of the girls!! it's a banger but not top 5 material tbh
agreed
nahh its top 1 material
Please review it
It's a " new one " so I don't consider it part of Lover though. But yeah, agreed. It's more like a sweet nothing that is everything in It's own way.
have you listened to Need?
Lover is the album that made me a Swiftie and I'm going to love it for the rest of my life.
I think that the value of Lover is that Taylor proved to herself that she can be happy with her life and still make songs of any emotion. She realized she doesn't have to feel a certain way to write about it and that revelation matured in the writing of Folklore/Evermore.
i guess ur right lol
The amount of ppl that have turned into a swiftie this year (including me) is crazy. Damn Taylor.
yea she's more famous than ever lol
Same, I’ve always liked Taylor Swift but I only had singles added to my collection, I’ve never listened to her albums fully until now and I like most of them.
As Jason becomes more of a swiftie the more he becomes a poet😭
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This is so true! I remember when he was so surprised and somehow irritated with himself when he used a complex word in an old video haha
I’m so excited to see you go on this Taylor Swift journey!! Hoping to see you make it to the eras tour! 🤞
thank u!!
Found your channel from your original Taylor Swift video(s), stayed cause I love your honesty, personality and edits. Can't wait to see the rest of your deep dives and opinions
haha thank u! appreciate it
Death by a Thousand Cuts supremacy!! That song doesn’t get enough attention, so the workshop is definitely much needed, lol.
I think your commentary is really fun to watch and relisten. I also think it does give a way for people to provide thoughtful comments because I’m reading other people’s comments to your comments and wow, it’s really interesting and said things I would have said too.
Keeping my fingers crossed that you get those tickets!!
haha yes it's such a good song!! and thank u so much!! i'm so glad u like my stuff :)
For me, Lover is actually the first era I paid any attention to Taylor. I guess before 2018 I could only recognize "I Knew You Were Trouble.", since it was sucha hit in Poland (where I'm from), unlike most of her stuff. I'm pretty sure I also heard "Blank Space" until then, but besides few parodies by Bart Baker, I had no experience with Taylor. But when I got my interest towards music back in late 2018, Taylor came to my radar through music-centric channels on RUclips talking about her. And when "ME!" was released, it was heavily advertised on RUclips, so I checked it out - it wasn't that bad, same with "You Need to Calm Down" later. When "The Archer" was released I wasn't feeling it, but I knew deep down, that Lover will sounds more like this rather than its two first singles. And following that context here's my top 3:
3. "Paper Rings" - I really love the energy of this song, it's so cute and fun!
2. "False God" - I don't know why, but it gets stuck in my head really easily. I love this low-key production.
1. "Lover" - since the first time I heard, I loved it so much. The way this song swings is incredible.
Of course I like songs like "Daylight", "Miss Americana", and "Cruel Summer", but with the last one I have this problem that until pretty recently I couldn't recall it in my head how it sounded - I always had to search this song, to remind myself, even thought my head was like "Yeah, I like it". Kinda weird haha.
But for the Lover, I guess for me it'll rank pretty high in the ranking of Swift's catalogue, probably in top 3 with reputation and Midnights. However, I didn't listen to entirity of her discography - I yet haven't heard Taylor Swift, Speak Now, and Red in full, however I listened to half of the latter's Taylor's Version, but my mind just couldn't handle 30 songs at once haha.
i respect all those choices man even tho i'm not a big fan of false god i def get the hype! and yea 30 songs can be a lot but tbh...it's so worth it lmao
@@jasonpaulkim I don't know why I love "False God" either...it's just whenever there is this kind of low-key kinda slow athmospheric song, it's always the one that is going to be stuck in my head haha
@@jasonpaulkim Can't wait to your next videos!
Same with Cruel Summer! I can't play it in my head like I can with the other songs! And I love Paper Rings too!
This is the love and appreciation that DBATC deserves! Thank you!
It’s my favorite song and I actually was crying when it was the surprise song at the Eras tour show I went to. Wishing you luck that you get to experience the tour as well!
bro i can only imagine what it was like hearing it live!! thank u :)
I don’t understand how you don’t have like a million subscribers because you’re videos are so refreshing. I love that you have gotten so much more recognition after the Taylor Swift Discography video ❤️
thank u!!! yea lol i def owe taylor a lot 😪
lover is pretty low on my ranking too but it definitely has a lot of bangers. my favourite song is the archer because she accurately explains how it feels to be constantly anxious and i personally relate to it a lot. and yes dbatc doesn’t get enough recognition and it is one of my favourites on the album! i also really love the man, cornelia street, daylight, false god and afterglow. also love that you’re making this a series! i really hope you get to go to the tour by the end of it :)
haha yea it honestly has a lot of great songs but also a lot of meh songs. thank u!!
Hope we all get a chance to see her sing live
me too!
It’s personally my favorite album of hers, pure pop like I love.
i respect tht tbh lol
GUYS WERE TURNING HIM INTO A SWIFTIE 🥹 we have done our job 🤭
Come now, Taylor gets 95% of the credit.
Yesss
i think both u guys and taylor did their parts lol
@@jasonpaulkim no it was all me i am taylor swift since “you are what you love” - taylor swift
@@flmsbykae i'm hot pockets
Soon You'll Get Better is one of the most underrated gut-wrenching songs of Taylor's, and it's my favorite song of the album, although I still tear up.
it's a good song for sure
it's underrated but i hate listening because it reminds me of when my dad passed away..
I'm actually a really big fan of lover, I really appreciate the fun little songs, not always the sad ones (who are bangers)
yea man it's a solid album for sure
I really respect your videos because you can tell that you are being completely honest but at the same time show big appreciation. It’s super refreshing and honestly a unique combination!!
haha thank u sm!! i'm glad u appreciate my perspective :)
i got the absolute pleasure of hearing DBATC live as my secret song. cried so hard i forgot the lyrics lmao. love this vid and i hope you end up getting tix!!
ahhh i cant even imagine lol and thank u!!
also finally someone who appreciates the shawn mendes lover remix, all the swifties hate on that song but i think it's literally magical
i just like it sm more than the original...but idk lol
I always love duet songs. The Shawn Mendes remix is still nice.
im not skipping the ads just so you can go to her concert
a real one 😪
8:37 LITERALLY ALL OF US LISTENING TO CORNELIA STREET AFTER THE BREAKUP 😭
😭😭😭 that song slaps
Death by a thousand cuts is the best song on the album!! I’m so glad someone acknowledged that. I love that you broke it down, I never thought about the traffic light line in that way.
Also, Cornelia street hits different now after the break up news 😭 I love how you talked about the break up though. Acknowledging that the love was there is so important because so many people are either bashing him or bashing her but people don’t think about the fact that just because they broke up doesn’t mean they don’t still care for each other. I think you explained that really well.
haha yea man it's such a good song!!! and yea i feel like everyone does tht w celeb relationships but we rlly don't know what they were actually like so it's best to be respectful
Oooh I’m excited for this new “eras” analysis series!! Overall I agree with your thoughts, definitely not my fav album but I still think this was a fun era to experience. My fav songs are Cruel Summer, Miss Americana, False God, Daylight and Death By a Thousand Cuts!!
Also have you listened to All of the Girls You Loved Before? It’s a previously unreleased song from Lover that she recently released. It’s a bop imo!
ohhhh shoot yeah i did lol i forgot to include it! and great picks all around
you have TASTE with lover top 5 (also 13th like)
i always saw the traffic light line as a reference to how at the end of a relationship, you’re so desperate that you’re looking for signs in even the smallest things that really don’t mean anything. you’re taking the green light as a sign that things will be okay, or the broken traffic lights as a sign of uncertainty.
oh yeah that actually makes more sense lol
Lover is my top 1, i got fully into this 'universe' around the announcement of the eras tour, but liked some of her most popular music before. I think it's partially my favourite because of the cute, pastel, glittery vibe it has. My favourite songs change literally every week, but i can say daylight and DBATC are solid choices, especially daylight which might be in my top 3 songs overall. I listen to her on shuffle but i think i need to do what you did and sit through every album separately to really get the vibe, because by far i only did that with debut hehe
YAY! i just home from school and now i have a great way to start the weekend!
let's goooo happy weekend!!
Im happy to see that you're going deeper in the discography 🥰
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I have this theory that cruel summer is a continuation of getaway car from reputation. Both songs talks about love that was doomed from the start, getaway car as the starting point and cruel summer as the aftermath. Also, the beat transition of getaway car to cruel summer is kinda same.
Liked and subscribed!!! Hey to eras bb!! I saw her in Tampa. She killed it 🤩 🫶💘🤠🐍💄🎸 I took my mom and my 15 yo baby sister in law. She was dressed up as lover era. I love lover and it’s her favorite era. I went at red 💋 and mom was speak now 💜
*get to ERAS
haha that's awesome
Lover and reputation will always have a special place in my heart together because they’re truly sisters, just like folklore and evermore. Also because post reputation pre lover was the time when I really became obsessed with Taylor. I just have to mention how, dark and twisty as reputation appears to be, is actually happier than Lover if you break the songs down. And Lover, while there are a few happy fun songs, there are some gold mines such as DBATC, The Archer, Cornelia Street, and even Cruel Summer the ultimate banger of all time, gets me right in the feels because I can almost feel how devastated she was when she realized she was falling for someone for real and crying in the car. I personally think cutting the album down to ~15 tracks would’ve made the album much more solid, concise and well received. It’s also interesting how the release of Midnights made me love Lover and reputation even more than I did. Maybe I just love pop production but these three are my holy trinity now, while the “ore” sisters just seemed objectively superior before Midnights. And that leads me back to being unfathomably excited for TS11 😅
This was a great video! Also the line in DBATC “paper cut stings from our paper thin plans” is a reference with paper rings! And the love being so all encompassing that you just get cut so hard by something so small. PAPER
ahhh i see. i kinda saw paper thin plans as plans tht didn't have any weight to them, like watching this movie at some point or going to this restaurant sometime but obv now they can't do those things
i was a part of the second stint from the og taylor video and i would love it if you got to go to the eras tour!! i am rooting for you!!
haha thank u sm!!!
Tickets for the Houston show are now going down to the 3 to 4 hundred. If you're willing to wait till the last minute, you most likely can get better prices for better seats, by the way.
yea i think that's the plan for now lol
@@jasonpaulkim another RUclips reactor paid 900 for nosebleeds seats for the Houston show during the week and by Saturday there were way better seats in 3 and 4 hundreds , so I would definitely do that. That's more than half the price !
I’ve been a swiftie since forever. My favorite use to be lover and than it was speak now and now it’s folklore.
lmao
I literally just finished binging your videos and here you are with another one just in time for me wishing for a new one!! bahahahaha 🥳
woooo thanks for the support!!! i'm glad u like my stuff :)
Shake it off is better when looked at contextually, because me is just a cute little self empowerment song while shake it off speaks on haters and how overcoming these obstacles no matter how insane or crazy it may seem is something worth celebrating because no matter how hard it was, its even better when your out of the woods(pause for laughter coz of the 1989 reference) and basking in daylight( another laughter pause for lover reference)
mmmm ig contextually it's more fitting but regarding the songs as they r...it's the same thing lol
Your videos make my day when they are released. Lover being one of my favourite Taylor Swift albums, (no judge) i just think the songs are really nice! my fav song is probaby Miss Americana or Cruel Summer. Ima watch this whole series to help contribute to your want to go to the concert because i do too.
haha thank u! i'm so glad u like them and i totally respect it this album is super fun!
oooh i'm here for this series!
I feel like among Taylor's discography, and between her fans, Lover is still fairly underrated/overshadowed by the albums that came before and after (rep and folklore/evermore). I have a big soft spot for Lover tho. It's probably in my top 5-3 depending on my mood. Rn it's probably only top 5 cuz i listened to it so much for a while, but for the longest time i had it in my top 3. Fearless/speak now/evermore and Lover all compete for that last top 3 spot in my ranking of her albums.
And that was before midnights, who i find very difficult to place cuz it's still too fresh.
lol honestly i feel like lover is solid and everyone kinda agreees tht it's just a good album so idk if it's underrated but idk 🤷🏻♂️
@@jasonpaulkim In my experience reputation and Lover are the most controversial albums in which they're often loved or hated but I would never call rep underrated. Lover at the least is on the cusp of it especially since it's dedicated tour was canned.
Love this new series of Taylor Swift albums, keep it coming. Idk how but your videos keep getting better and better, I’m always waiting for new videos!! ❤
lol thank u!!
“Lover” is the first album she recorded under her new label that she wholly owned and themed it about love and all its incarnations. Like she said at the end of “Daylight”, she wanted to be defined by the things she loves, not by what she hates. I feel all of Taylor’s love on this album.
I love your videos! So fun. I’m a pretty major Swiftie and will admit that Lover is not my favorite album. It’s got about 6 really excellent songs and a few awful ones. But I do think it will live on as the great love letter to Joe, or to happy relationships in general.
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VID
let's gooooo
basically, it’s like:
IFTYE - old love
Cruel Summer - new love
Lover - classic love
The Man - a break for misogyny/gender inequality
The Archer - anxiety in love
I Think He Knows - fun love
MAATHP - school love mixed with political statement
Paper Rings - love for poor cheap joe
Cornelia Street - fear of losing love
DBATC - toxic love
London Boy - love for the london boy
SYGB - family love
False God - physical love (sex)
YNTCD - inclusive love
Afterglow - resolving issues in love
ME! - self love
INTHAF - friends to lovers
Daylight - finding true love
lol
Lover is definitely in my top 5 Taylor Swift albums, the archer is an absolute BANGER! It’s sad, but it’s AMAZING!
Not to mention cruel summer, ITS GREAT. Lover is an amazing album, it is a tad bit underrated tho :(
(I also went to her concert last night, and ‘the man’ WAS AN ABSOLUTE BANGER!)
ahhh ur so lucky lol and yeah it's probably also top 5 for me!
I didn’t love Lover at first but now it’s one of my fav albums!
respect!!
I am so excited for this series! Perfect timing because I’m seeing Taylor tomorrow at her Saturday show in Tampa. I really hope you get to go see her! Welcome to the Swifty world 🫶🏻
haha that's awesome!!! and thank u i'm very glad to be here :)
After seeing speak now in person yesterday that album has grown on me- but I’m a Red TV guy
let's goooo i love red!!
@@jasonpaulkim I wish I could show ya the shirt my wife’s sorority girls made me- it says ‘where is the scarf, Jake? With scarf is red and the same stencil font as her 22 shirt. Was excellent for the Tampa show day 1! I hope you are able to get tickets to a show !
@@DrRiley01 dude that's hilarious!! lol
Hope to see you at the eras tour!!! Also August 3 has tickets for like $700
idk y the location closest to me is sm more expensive than the others lol
Lol
You gotta make a vlog if you go that would be so good
that's the plan for now lol
THANK YOU!! SAY👏 IT👏LOUDER👏FOR👏THE👏PEOPLE👏IN👏THE👏BACK.
Shake it off and Me! give off literally the same vibes and are *equally* childish so idk why people hate on Me! more???!!! The melody in Me! is at least less annoying than SIO 🙄🙄
lmao frrrr
when you post it’s so exciting. your videos are so entertaining
thank u!! ur too kind
To answer your question: probably on my bottom three (Lover > Evermore > Debut).
The songs that I listen to is I Forgot that You Existed (fave track), Cruel Summer (most of the time), Paper Rings (when I want to be happy), London Boy (because I love her acapella), Death by a Thousand Cuts (duh), Cornelia Street (hits different now), Afterglow (Back to December pt. 2) and MAATHBP (hello Eras Tour - what an iconic start).
all solid picks!!!
Really eager for the next album, your swifty journey is hillarious and i love to watch it
thank u!! i'm glad u like it
Lover is in my top 3! Lover is going to be my first dance song at my wedding this summer, and Daylight, The Archer, Afterglow, Cornelia Street, DBATC, Cruel Summer, this album is sooo good.
awww thts sweet lol
im sending you luck that you get to go to eras tour! 🍀🍀 if you do we need a vlog haha!
thank u!! of course i got u
my fav song is also death by a thousand cuts, it's so incredibly written and sonically really good as well! i completely agree with everything you said about it. overall, lover ranks 8th place on my album ranking.
yeah man it's just such a banger!!
I really love this series and hope u get to the eras tour
thank u!!!
Lover is not in my top 5 albums, BUT it does have 2 of my top 10 songs 🤷♀️ Cruel Summer and DBATC! I Think He Knows is pure ear candy 🍬 fun.
Thanks for doing this series!
let's goooo death by is an absolute slappperrrr!!! and yeah i understand tht tbh
I’m a Swiftie and I’m so jealous of the people in the Eras tour who got death by a thousand cuts and clean, I would’ve been screaming my heart to that dbatc bridge, they were super lucky!
Lover is just such a pure, gratifying celebration of love throughout. Like how can you hate that, at least the intention cmon! Its my favorite because its unserious and fun and up lifting. Like have you ever listened to ME! while in a good relationship? That made me love it
lol i mean it's a fun listen but the heartbreak bangers r just on a diff level imo
i also see "paper cut stains from our paper thin plans" as like a small reference to paper rings. like maybe death by a thousand cuts is about the same relationship and it's seeing the commitment of that relationship as more fragile. but she also just has a motif throughout her work of comparing love to stories/paper/books so who knows!
idk i feel like it's just paper thin plans as in plans tht werent important like "let's watch this movie or let's try this restaurant" that they can't do anymore. like the small things
@@jasonpaulkim I've always seen it like OP does but dang, your interpretation is really good too
Omg im so excited for the red era analysis!
me toooo
Taylor wrote Death by a Thousand Cuts after watching the movie Someone Great. It’s a break up movie that is really heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time. It also says this on Genius.
she said she wrote it for her friend in the tiny desk tho...lol
if you end up going to the concert, pls make a video on it ty
i’ll be at philly night 1 lol
i definitely will! and congratsss
your editing skills are amazing. editing and the quality of a video is something important to me when watching a video, and you perfect it!
haha thank u!! ur too kind
omg the first time i came across your channel was when i watched your listening to every ts album vid and i’ve watched almost every video since !!! i love the quality of your videos and i am ROOTING for you to get tickets
haha thank u!! i'm so glad u like my vids :)))
another legendary videoooooooooo 👏👏👏👏👏 also very cute pfp huhuhu
thank uuuu
For me, Lover is definitely one of her best albums
it's pretty good but i don't think i personally agree
its my favorite
@@jasonpaulkim I respect your opinions
@@SaimNazir-w9h and i respect urs :)
Im so excited for you!!!!
thank u!!
Fun fact, lover was the album that got me into Taylor and i agree with you, it's not her her best but it's also not her worst, also daylight is my favorite Taylor swift song
daylight hits 😪 and yea like it's probably right in the middle for me lol
@@jasonpaulkim yeah, also i feel daylight is such a great closer to an album with the whole you gotta step into the daylight and let it go, just let it go, i feel that do deep
Oh my, this series is just what I wanted, thank you for providing! I hope you get to go see her.
I also did a deepdive into Lover recently, and can finally pinpoint why it's very low on my album ranking. I don't like the production on a lot of it, dream pop and synths are just not for me. Case in point is actually DBATC, I love the melody, the bridge and the lyrics, but the instrumentals are stressig me out. Whenever it comes on I think that I accidentally hit 1,5 speed, the intro especially is so rushed to me. I kind of prefer the live from Paris version tbh, it's top of my list of wanting a recorded aucustic version. Now, all of Taylors albums has filler (except maybe Folklore) that's just how she rolls, but unfortunately Lover has some of the weakest filler of her discography. It also has my least favourite Taylor song ever, but it's not the one everyone hates. Me! is whatever, but I am a Paper Rings hater, and no one is ever with me on that.
On the plus side, I love what this album represents. It's Taylor being happy, confident, in love, and feeling strong and safe enough to use her voice politically for the first time. It's also clear that she's read up on a lot of stuff, feminism included, and there is a backbone in this album that I appreciate. The cancelled Lover Tour would have been a celebration like no other, and you bet she would have told everyone to vote at each show.
The album also has one of my top Taylor songs ever, the title track Lover. I just think it's the best, most romantic song about being in love that I've ever heard. The line "at every table I'll save you a seat" gets me every time. There are a couple of other gems as well, my list looks very different from yours.
Top 5 songs
1. Lover
2. The Archer
3. Soon You'll Get Better
4. The Man
5. Cornelia Street
All in all, I love what this album means for her and her career, but I don't necessarily love to listen to it.
yea honestly i think those r all valid points!! it's kinda smack in the middle for me tbh
i hope you can see her soon! pressed the like button right away
thank u!!
I agree with you that the song me is basically the newer version of shake It off I also didn't really much care for shake It off when it was released but her fan base was predominantly younger which is why I think shake It off hit so much harder than me because once me came out her fan base has grown up alongside her we weren't looking for bubblegum pop.
exactly but now it's like people still like shake it off cuz it's nostalgic
DBATC, Archer and Cornelia Street are some of my favourite Taylor songs!! I would rank Lover as an album in the 5th or 6th place, but most of my top 15 tracks are from Lover.
Loving your deepdives! Hopefully you'll get to experience the Eras Tour ❤️
thank u!! and yea i think lover has a few stand out bangers and then skips
Here’s to helping the concert fund!!! 💜💜💜
thank u!!
Commenting to boost this video and help you get tickets :)
thank u :))
I found you because of your first Taylor Swift video but stayed because of how fun you are to watch and how insightful your breakdowns of albums are. Glad your channel is taking off and hoping you get those Eras tickets!
I agree with basically everything you said about this album. I had a rough time getting into it at first because the bubblegum pop aesthetic was really throwing me after Taylor's Reputation era. Like I have similar opinions to you about Rep, it was probably my least listened to album of Taylor's because of how edgy it was (and I didn't know the context either), but I had bought into it, you know? Like yeah, the old Taylor is DEAD, this is who she is now. So when she immediately bounced back to Old Taylor (albeit in a happy and healthy relationship) I was like what gives!! I just threw dirt on your grave!!! It made the whole album feel really disingenuous to me until I saw Miss Americana and got some much needed context. I like Lover a lot more now, but I some part of me still feels some type of way about that Rep to Lover hard cut.
Cornelia Street (Live from Paris) still slaps though.
lmao thank u!! ur very kind :)
I am one of those lucky people who got in on the fan pre-sale, and I have such a clinical case of survivor's guilt over it. I got floor seats for like 15% as 300s seats are going on the secondary market and as much as I'm excited, I also feel a huge pang of like... Reverse FOMO?
lmaoooo well i'm happy for u!!! congratsss :)
Underrated RUclipsr fr
ty ty :)
If you'll be able to attend at the Eras Tour please do some kind of reaction video
oh i def will
Afterglow is my personal all time fav by Taylor
wow lol i respect it
As the time comes closer to the date of the show, ticket prices go down a lot. I was able to snatch some tickets for 300 bucks(without fees) on the day of the show. Any seats are good seats!!GOOD LUCK(I'll binge your videos)😋
haha yea i'm gonna try my best to wait it out and congrats on getting those tickets!! thank u!!
I’m so exited for this series!!😢
yayyy
we will get u to that concert !!!!
let's goooo
9:38 I knew it, and when I told you I smiled so big it's not a lie
lolll got collect them all
yay glad your making more taylor vids!
woop woop
DO DEEP DIVE INTO THE SISTER ALBUMS (folklore, Evermore)
i might just
My favorite song on Lover is probably either Cruel Summer or Daylight 💖🫶🏻 DBATC is high on my rankings, though!
i respect it!!! those r some slappers
I LOVE YOUR SWIFTIE VIDEOS SO MUCH! I HOPE YOU GET TO GO TO THE CONCERT😭😭😭
thank uuu
Lover is my top 4 album, I am very aware of its weaknesses but I have a special connection with it, and gives me very good memories. My top 5 songs:
1. Cruel summer
2. Lover
3. Daylight
4. Cornelia street
5. False god
yeah i mean i respect it and great choices!!
Lover is my favorite Taylor Swift album of all time 😭😭😭😭 💖✨
i respect it!!
SAME ❣ False God, The Archer, Cornelia Street and Cruel Summer make Lover my #1 TS album
Death By a Thousand Cuts is my absolute favorite too!!
let's goooo
Love this album. Happy that she got to experience this era in her life.
i love your humor omg
oh and my favorite is definitely DBATC, just a banger
thank u and it's just the best one
dude i genuinely thought you had like 800K subscribers when you asked us to subscribe and like at the beginning, and then before i clicked the subscribe button i saw you dont'??? wtf???? you are so funny please never stop posting, taylor and non taylor related content. PLEASE.
haha that's very nice of u :) i promise i'll keep making content as long as i can
I don’t think it’s true that any swiftie wouldn’t say anything remotely negative about her music. I’ve been a fan since 2008, and some of my and many of my friends favorite things to do is critique her work
fair enough lol but i do think swifties tend to have rose tinted glasses for a lot of her stuff
My album rankings:
Folklore
Reputation
Speak Now
1989
Evermore
Red TV
Lover
Fearless
Debut
(I need like two years before I can rank midnights😭) ((Don’t get it twisted I LOVE lover just not as much as the other ones))
red tv so low 😭😭 but i respect it :)
@@jasonpaulkim I truly adore Red TV (who am I kidding I LOOVVE all of her albums) but I think a big difference for me is being there for the releases. Folklore, Rep, and Evermore were three major releases that impacted my life at the time. Blondie really is hurting me though with the amount of Red songs she is singing as her surprise songs.😅😅
Hard agree on DBATC! I ignored it for so many years only to appreciate it once I saw the live recording
lol i listened to the song a while before ever listening to the whole album. just stumbled across it one day and loved it
lover is one of my favs and it switches between 2 3 4 and 5 in my rankings!!!! you forgot afterglow in your song reviews tho......
i did??? well it's a fine song but not my fav lol
I must say when Lover came out I didn't listen to it right away because I was in my sad era so having a lovey-dovey album wasn't the best choice at the time haha... but now, after Midnights released, I have learned to appreciate the Lover album much more because it feels like a lighter version of a pop album contrary to Midnights that was like a big punch of production at first listen, at least for me xD
yea tht totally makes sense! they def r opposites in the sense tht lover is daylight and midnights is midnight (see what i did there ;))
@@jasonpaulkim haha very clever... now that I think about it, this past month I have been actually living my Lover era even though I'm still single af xD but like Taylor once said "I'm in a better mood!" haha
Another great session. Lover my favorite song of album, but for personal reasons. Really like all of Midnights best; just pleasing to listen. Best of luck on tickets.
thank u! yea midnights is def a slapper and lover is a good ass song too