Willow - Taylor Swift (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover)
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2021
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Happy New Year! Hopefully this is no longer the winter of our discontent, and you are all doing well. I took a bit of a breather over Christmas break, and by that I mean I started several songs and wasn't satisfied enough to post them. Then I came across Taylor Swift's new song and decided to give it the Bardcore treatment. No groundbreaking lyrical genius on my part here, but if you can spot the reference to one of my all time favourite fantasy movies, you win 10 points!
Also, I was very excited to take my new Tony Dixon low D whistle for a spin. (Not sponsored, just a fan) As for the art, I couldn't find a single manuscript with a usable willow, so I drew this one myself. I also painted the lady, who is based on an image from an illustrated manuscript of Le Roman de la Rose entitled Husband and Wife as Equals.
Lyrics:
I am like the water when thy ship roll’d in that night
Rough on the surface, but thou cut’st through like a knife
And if we were not bound by fate,
Ne’er would have known from the look on thy face
Lost in thy current like a priceless wine
The more thou dost say, the less I know
Whither thou wilt stray, I follow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Life was a willow and it bent before thy wind
Head on the pillow, I could feel thee stealing in
As if thou wert a mythical thing,
A chalice from the palace or a champion ring
There was one prize I would die to win
The more thou dost say, the less I know
Whither thou wilt stray, I follow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Thou knowest my ship could bear thee home
Anywhere else is hollow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Life was a willow, and it bent before thy wind
I am scorned time and time again
Life was a willow, and it bent before thy wind
Yet I return like an old refrain
Wait for the signal, I shall meet thee after dark
Down by the tree where my name and mine are carv’d
Now we two are bound by fate
Belike I might have known from the look on thy face
Every facade was a work of art
The more thou dost say, the less I know
Whither thou wilt stray, I follow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Thou knowest my ship could bear thee home
Anywhere else is hollow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
The more thou dost say, the less I know
Whither thou wilt stray, I follow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
I know that my ship could bear thee home
Anywhere else is hollow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man 
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"Ye Olde Taylor cannot come to answer thy call at this hour..."
By what cause? Oh.....
FOR SHE HATH PERISHED!
🤣🤣🤣
She lays in the earth.
@@hannahwoodhams6619 For what she does as she sail to the unknown country, none can say. Prithee may she land on verdant respite.
Legend sayeth that Taylor the Swift hath been quiet since this wonderful masterpiece dropped
This must be the "medieval witch" version
Underrated comment
Too good haha
Hahahaha
Hahaha I see you there. 🖤😆
Fuck, now I want the whole album to be in bardcore!
This is not just 'willow' (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover),
This is '𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜' (𝕭𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖊 | 𝕸𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖆𝖑 𝕾𝖙𝖞𝖑𝖊 𝕮𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗)
Holy cap !
I burst out laughing.
@@UshiromiyaXyrius 😆😆😆
😂 I don't even know how I understood that 😂
How did you add that font to your comment? That’s so cool.
Wow, 'Rep' vibes 😌🤣
She came back stronger than a 1090's trend..
*1290s
1090s*
1390 lol
When Lord Kanye claims thou art a snake but thou haveth receipts
Correction... the Evil Lord Kanye.
Lord Kanye of the west is on a dangerous quest
Kanye of the West Got to Know Lord Jeffree Stars in a Scandalous affair, a few days back.
It Appears Princess Taylor and Lord James finally got their revenge
Serpent
Duke Jeffree of Snakevorn
I think Taylor would actually love this
So true
She would most likely sue her as she tends to do.
@@RFspyder007 it's her old label who does that but now she left so I'm pretty sure this one is safe
@@RFspyder007 whom did she sue lol? You seem to read too many gossip mags
@@RFspyder007 notchu being dumb lmao
THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT CAME FROM A CLASSIC BARBIE MOVIE
Indeed
It does
YES
This is why I read comments. Never would have thought of it but it fits. 👍
Vikings series..
If I were an immortal time traveler, I'd travel to medieval times and sing these songs just to see how people reacted to em.
Waitt why did I have the same exact idea as you!!!!
They would love them ❤❤❤
@@israrashid985that makes 3 of us ❤❤❤
Yes omg
they wouldn't understand it because it's not a medieval english
babe wake up, hildegard von blingin' uploaded
I woke up from my 1000 year vampiric coma for this.
Her voice is so holy and silvery clear it kinda burns though.
Heldegaaaaaaard!
By God wake up Crusader! We have some art to listen.
seriously!!
Taylor swift is the only songwriter for whom lady Hildegard didnt make THAT many changes for the lyrics.
Most of Jolene stayed to the original as well
Indeed, this one and Jolene didn’t need much in the way of changes.
@@Hildegardvonblingin Thou'rt my life!😁
True. I learned more vocab just by listening to Taylor and I'm not native.
Old refrain > 90s trend.
"Yet I return like an old refrain", genius
I hate to say it, but it's better than the original lyric 🙊 still love the song obvs, it's gonna be my wedding song, but I was never to wild about that lyric in particular
@@lilymoon2829 Have a fantasy Medieval themed wedding and play this version.
@@lilymoon2829ya it was like an odd one out and broke the vibe of the song, but it's still pretty iconic AND a good and true point to some haters
Chalice from the palace INSTEAD OF TROPHY is insane😮
Please do more songs in Taylor’s Folklore and Evermore album; I would personally love to hear a lady sing about vehicular manslaughter in medieval times
YESSS
yessssssssss pleaaaaaaaaaseeee
yesssssss
Or just any Taylor Swift. Eventually, what the people need is at least one song from each TS era. I'm just imagining "Mean" or "Trouble" or anything from her Reputation album being Fantastic. "I doth knew thou wast trouble when thou hast strod in, thou shalt shameth me now. Now I doth lie upon the cold, hard ground." Needs some workshopping but I'm here for it. Also, as a super music nerd, definitely need some Gregorian chant! (Maybe I've just missed ones where you have employed it) But oh, my gosh "Look What You Made Me Do" would be awesome in Gregorian chant!
Yesssss
*Brief History Lesson:* Lady Taylor made her name singing about Baron McGraw. Beloved by all as a maiden Lady Taylor was known to be fearless with a tendency to speak her mind with urgency. While Lord Kanye despised her for all the love she got, many men wanted her hand in marriage for her love was burning red. But she was rumoured to break many hearts so she left her countryside home with a blank scroll to fill the names of former lovers which earned her great repute especially amongst girls at the nunnery.
But life wasn't always easy for Lady Taylor. Scandal mongers soon framed her for witchcraft. She was even called serpent by Lord Kanye of the West and his wife Lady Kimberly in attempt to tarnish her noble reputation but Lady Taylor always remained a lover of mankind with beautiful stories to tell. Her story became folklore to be passed down from generation to generation forever and evermore.
Thanks for reading 🤣
This is beautiful
@@YusufAIkhsan thank you ☺️
Help I'm crying
@@compaaddictus 🤧
OMG I LOVE THIS
"A chalice from the palace" I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT YOU MADE IT RHYME
Love how Willow already had a medieval vibe on its own, but this elevated
The last time I was this early, I was late to return a book to the library of alexandria
Didn’t the library of alexandria burn??
@@j_dobb13 I know right when finally I came back it wasn't there!
@@shigginsshiggins2954 The Mamluks are still going to charge you a late fee!
@@j_dobb13 it also held scrolls, not books.
@@j_dobb13 The library of Alexandria is still there I walk past it everyday. 🇪🇬🇪🇬
Lady Taylor hath wrote a banger!
or a BARDER 😂😂🤣
@@ooinvsaoo 🤣🤣🤣🤣dying
ITS FINALLY ON SPOTIFY YALL
OMGGG
i mean i knew this song's instrumentals were already perfect for medieval/renaissance style xD
I got Ren Fest vibes immediately after hearing it when she premiered the music video. I was hoping this was gonna happen. lol
So true
thy is awaiting for "thy ankles shan't lie" cover by maiden shakira.
Yesssss
Omg Yess pleeeease
Yes please, I beg of thee!
😭😭😂😂
🤣🤣
The Taylor Swift re-recordings are sounding real good
OMGGG STOP- 💀💀
😭😂😂
💀💀😂
@@Really1095kristy1015 🤣🤣😂😂
TAYLOR would be so proud of you if she finds this cover
IKTR
"yet i return like an old refrain" is such a bomb lyrics
The song 'ivy' from evermore deserves this arrangement too!!
I second that 🤝
YAAAAHHSSSSSS
YES!
YES YES
Yes plsssssss
Thou hast watered mine crops with thy blessed song
May thee prosper!
This reminds of how Lord Kanye tried to appease Queen Beyonce and take down Lady Taylor, and yet Lady Taylor couldnt fall and Lord Kanye was ridiculed for trying to pit noble woman against each other. Favorite moment in history ever
i remembered seeing this comment & realizing hours later i didn't know if queen beyonce was called her proper & rightful title and was immensely relieved to know that she was. huzzah on you, good squire!
I thought she was Duchess Taylor, as referenced in her ballad "Starlight"?
I hath heard it said that ye King himself, Barack the First of his name, hath said of Lord Kanye that he were but a knave with ye manners of an ass.
Please do a medieval-style cover of Ivy too, no cover exists yet and I'm sure you're the ONLY person who can do it justice.
This channel is basically how I discover songs now
Same! A lot of these songs I've never heard until I hear the covers, and then I hear the originals and they sound flat
Same. I don't even know some of the originals of the covers here on this channel xD
I literally heard the original just to have context for the cover. I was surprised but I ended up really liking Taylor's song and the bardcore cover is, as always, perfect.
@@theoffkeydiva og also relaxing
Same
This beat slapped harder than the death counts in black plaque
Ooof. Too soon 🙈
💀☠️ literally
Well do I remember, when ye mad king Donald did state that ye yeomanry shouldst drink oil of vitriol to purge themselves of ye plague.
@@KeithFraser82 lmfaooooooooooo
When his ship rolls in at 10pm but you gotta be burnt at the stake by midnight.
😭😭😭
I always Willow has this medieval/Renaissance feeling
Effortless grace, as ever
Thank you, good sir!
Agreed
Is this a Harry Potter reference???
OG Bardcore
@@Hildegardvonblingin You would be dangerous with a time machine, good lady.
UGH why are these always SO GOOD 😭✨
Aaaah thank you Bernadette! 😭❤️
HI BERNNN
I think the classical training, natural vocal quality and perfect pitch, great mic control, and her general enjoyment of her work is giving us this consistency.
Like, this cover is good enough that T. Swift would probably adore it. Hopefully she actually gets the chance to see it.
😳 it always makes me so so so happy to see you here, Bernadette!! I hope your move is going well ♥️
Talent!
This one and “Creep” both made me cry. Thank you for making the world more beautiful.
Awe thank you so much ♥️♥️
✨thy touch of midas on the carriage door✨
I don't even know the original song, but this still slaps.
Same here, I’m a sucker for bardcore, even if I have no idea what the original was
You should listen to the original one, it’s so good as well!
ruclips.net/video/RsEZmictANA/видео.html
Taylor Swifts 2 latest albums are very folksy.
Same here, seems I only learn new stuff from reworkings these days. And tis always good to know some bardcore, lest one trips in the woods and finds oneself betwixt worlds *wink
I'm listening to this on a rainy cold morning sipping my tea while watching the birds dancing in the sky. Ah~ what a calm beautiful day, life feels lighter and suddenly worth fighting for.
Kind duchess, thank you for your touching comment. What a beautiful outlook.
This is beautiful. Thank you.
"YET I RETURN LIKE AN OLD REFRAIN" OH MY LADY HILDEGARD YOU'RE A GENIUS.
"I am scorned time and time again"
"Yet I return like an old refrain"
This is art
The Bard Lady Hildegard do cometh again with another of her melodious tunes. Praise be.
Return of the queen.
You two NEED to collab
Thank you haha! 🙏 ♥️
We all know that they have to collab
I made a harp cover of Drivers License :)
Okay this was absolutely genius and beautiful.
'I am scorned time and time again', ' Yet I return like an old refrain' and 'Now we two are bound by fate' are my favourite lines
*witchy twerking*
Criminally underrated 😂😂😂
In this the second year of the covid, we are pleased to discover you healthy and still uploading your brand of entertainment to this thing called the You Tube! This one was as pleasant to the ear as your previous endeavors, we thank you for your generous offerings and hope for more soon.
All blessings on the house of Von Blingen
now You Tube should be renamed to Thine Pipe or something like that
@@PeRu5 We were considering referring to it as the Minstrel's Gallery. However upon attempting to explain it to our local priests and a group of towns people, we were accused of being in league with Satan and practicing witchcraft. Currently we are running for our lives.
@@doberski6855 Witch huh? Lemme just leave this here🔥
@@thecrusader2302 Finally decided how I should respond to thy burn....🚒 and I am not a witch, well I did turn one guy into a newt but he got better! 😎
If I ever get married I want this played at my wedding. I love the journey this song took me on.
If dad approves
@@abeschreier which one?
@@sailorsoul1995 both, biological and heavenly
@@oz_jones Not everyone believes in sky daddy
We need a Cover of Love story, I'd feel that it would fit in with this style of music.
What? Is it Christmas again?😄 Thanks for that great sounding cover, lady Hildegard!
You, sir, are a legend
Thy song is such legendary👌
Thanks friend! 😭😋
The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!
No no, the chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison! The flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true. ....or was it the vessel with the pestle?
And the flagon with the dragon has the pellet with the poison?
Ten points to you!
@@Hildegardvonblingin How many points will it take to cure Breckenridge's Scourge, though?
I still need to watch that movie. What's its name?
willow sounds already medieval, this cover just made it more medieval 😭
Thy song is a work of art, thee great lady Taylor is a work of art.
Thy*
@@RyanTaylor2000 thanks fren
I'd be willing to bet anything Taylor has heard this. I can't verify it, but count on it. This is so damn good
When you've never heard the original but you're here for the Blingin' 😎
ruclips.net/video/RsEZmictANA/видео.html
Listen to it, it's amazing
literally me 😂 never heard that song before
@@akshayaa7689 thank you!
I just listened to it and honestly I think this version is better...
"I beg of thee, please, take my hand, foil my plans, thou'rt my man" just hits differently.
This channel proves that scarcity can be a wondrous thing. Your uploads feel like every now and then someone leaves a single scrumptious chocolate cookie on my bedside table. Thank you!
This song was made to become a bardcore song, literally it feels like it was written for lonely witches in the woods
Huzzah! Gorgeous vocals and music as always - and this lovely drawing you created is so clever! Multi-talented AF.
omg its whitney avalon lol
Thank you, Whitney! That means so much coming from you.
OMG WHITNEY ILY
Witney make tiktok using this song
Omg!!! I love your rap battles videos since I was a kid😭
When my buddies and I play D&D, we used Hildegard's voice as a reference point for angelic voices.
The amount of work that goes into these is incredible, thank you for going to the trouble.
If you watch Critical Role, this is what I think the Ruby of the Sea sounds like. It's absolutely phenomenal! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@StephenAndaya oooh I love that take!
@@zoeb3573 - Right?!
So two scenarios:
1. A song that Marion used to sing (and still sings up to this day) lamenting the Gentleman.
2. Jester and the M9 discover an old beautiful song written during the time of the Divergence, but the melody is lost. She gives it to Marion as a present, and she and her team (I imagine she has one) revive it in its full glory, and performs it for the first time since the Divergence happened.
Thank you so much, that means a lot! I once played a bard in a campaign that lasted four years...never once sang at the table, but it remains my favourite class. 🙌
Swift's Willow came on the store radio the other day and my immediate thought was "oh I love this song!" But I only knew your bardcore lyrics/version 😂 So that's what I sang to myself in the cookware aisle. Your cover is definitely my favorite version of this song.
Your. Voice. Is. Glorious.
Thank you so much, you’re so kind. ♥️
First Bill Wurtz returns, now Hildegard von Blingin comes out with a banger!
*Today is a good day.*
So true!!!
indeed, *indeed*
For a mo' I thought Bill McClintock, also a skilled man. Hildegard only drops bangers.
and LEMMiNO today too
Oh, he did?!
Oh my goodness. I didn’t think this song could get better but. 😩👌🏼
OKAY BUT LIKE IN SERIOUSNESS THOSE BACKGROUND VOCALS GAVE ME CHILLSSSS
‘Yet I return like an old refrain’
Wow.❤
Out of all of the medieval remixes, your's are probably the ones that actually sound like they could have been written during that specific time period.
Chills. Just chills. Can everyone tweet this at Taylor swift?!
This music is so incredibly beautiful. It makes me sad, thoughtful and so happy at the same time. I heard your tracks on German radio today and fell in love! I thank you so much for your music that you share with us.❤
Danke! ♥️
@@Hildegardvonblingin ja ja das ist gut!
Okay more folklore and evermore covers please. You dont even have to think of new lyrics
Who else thinks Taylor would absolutely LOVE this cover 💛
The rhyme in medieval speech just hit different. Don't know why. I just can feel it.
The great thing about both this cover and the original song is the descending cascades of notes in "follow" and hollow". The notes themselves are shaped like willow branches. This cover may have nailed it even better than Taylor did.
please do “ivy” too, still from the queen Swift 🙌🏻
Yeeah good idea
YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS I'M SO EXCITED!
I also love how the illustration looks like a mini Morgan Donner 😍
@@AbbyCox now I can only see @morgandonner 😂😂
@@AbbyCox Thank you, lovely! Morgan is my inspiration for all things medieval fashion.
@@Hildegardvonblingin It's canon now. It's wee Morgans on adventures. 😍
@@EnchantedRoseCostumes too bad she can't cause of the whole "no internet thing" 😂 (too soon?😂😂😂)
I was waiting to see how you switch up “90s trend”, not disappointed!😄
I loved the part "now we two are bound by fate". This lyric is better than the original and makes more sense.
This makes me travel to an era I've never been to...not even in dreams.
Petition for Hildegard and Bernadette to collab on a music video, where throughout the video the visual is Bernadette wearing the red medieval dress she made walking in the garden admiring flowers, or walking in a dark library with a candle browsing through antique books, etc.
Throw in some Karolina Zebrowska and you have a deal.
Some Morgan Donner to the mix please!
@@nina-dx8hb OMG YESSSSS
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@@hkazu63 Karolina can direct the video (she's a director too) .... What would I not sell to see it
Thou hast returned my lady Von Blingin!
The merthur vibes in this
Yessss 🥺❤️
Especially “Whither thou wilt stray I follow” “if we were not bound by fate” gives off strong Merlin and Arthur vibes ❤️
@@crystalmorgan3379 “A chalice from the palace or a champion ring” “now we two are bound by fate”
@@senujeewickramasooriya957 true! Fellow merthur shippers to this corner!
Crying rn because they deserved a better ending 🥺😭
How have I been sleeping on this channel?!!!?! GENIUS
The beauty of Taylor's lyrics shines right through this version...
Just see how much of her original lines are still there, almost unchanged, with only one/two words being replaced by their medieval counterparts.......
💜💙💕❤
Wish you good luck, by the way, for your future work.... 🙏❤💕💜
Listen carefully: The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!
Can never outfox the fox! 🦊
PLEASEEEEEE DO WILDEST DREAMS 😭😭😭😭 *I LOVE THISSS*
All this sounded like and depicted word for word more in depth stories between Beren and Lùthien!!! The parallels to so many lines in this song and the way it was sung was intensely palpable in how it was delivered! 💖💖💖💖
Didn't think of it that way but it checks out 🖤
Omg yes.
the day these get uploaded to spotify is the day all my playlists get barded
No literally
If you haven't found them yet most of them are on Spotify now 😁
Pumped Up Kicks still isn't which is a huge bummer lol but Willow is!
"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the CHALICE FROM THE PALACE has the brew that is true!" Also one of my favorite films of all time, thanks Hildegard!
Seriously excited to see that quoted! Love Danny Kaye!
Such an underrated classic!
@@Hildegardvonblingin Also one of my favourite movies! Thank you so much for the song and all your work. Yours is the best channel on RUclips!
I was scrolling 100s of comments in the Year of Our Lord 2022 and despairing that anyone answered and got the 10 points. Can’t believe there weren’t more people answering! I heard The Court Jester reference immediately! (Another place I’ve heard that famous scene referenced is in Amy Sherman-Palladino TV shows, eg Gilmore Girls 😂)
I'm convinced Taylor saw this and decided to make Lavender Haze Acoustic Version
Taylor MUST hear this!!!
the vibes are impeccable
Was obsessed with how you'd deal with the "90s trend" line and oh, your line sounds kinda better to me??
I wish Taylor would change it to this line.
@@yourmajesty7604 me too, Hildegarde's version is more timeless and airy, and I am a die-hard Taylor fan, but that one line kinda dates such a beautiful song.
@@snackpack3787 yes. And it gives that feeling of nostalgia. Even if it's just one line. Like those old songs that keeps coming back to your head because they're timeless.
@@snackpack3787 this line wasn't in the demo. I think she added it 'cause evermore was gonna be released on the days when Mariah Carey's 'All I want for Christmas...' is used to be the most streamed song.
This fleet-footed tailor was quite a poet.
taylor swift needs to hear this
This is the only channel that actually does Bardcore. The others just do instrumentals.
Thanks for being awesome.
Agree
Hark! A fresh jam by ye olde bardcore megasaint Hildegard.
The sheer genius of this has blown my mind
"yet i return like an old refrain" is such an improvement!!! i love it!!! 💌
As a fan and a swiftie this is amazing!! Also fun fact: "one prize I'd die to win" was the original lyric in the demo track.
i like how its practically the same just with bard instruments. i love it.
The fade away at the end gave me vibez🦋🦋🦋
Clearly this shows Taylor Swift songs can transcend eras (even in the medieval ages!)
Great cover Hildegard von Blingin' !