The National - The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift) (Official Lyric Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 апр 2023
  • The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift)' is taken from 'First Two Pages Of Frankenstein' out now via 4AD
    Stream/buy: thenational.ffm.to/f2pof
    Directed and edited by Michael Brown
    Filmed by Chris Sgroi, Tom Berninger, and Aaron Dessner
    Photography by Shaun Gibson
    Lyrics:
    I get myself twisted in threads to meet you at The Alcott
    I go to the corner in the back where you'd always be
    And there you are sitting as usual with your golden notebook
    Writing something about someone who used to be me
    And the last thing you wanted
    Is the first thing I do
    I tell you my problems
    You tell me the truth
    It's the last thing you wanted
    It's the first thing I do
    I tell you that I think I'm falling
    Back in love with you
    I sit there silently waiting for you to look up
    I see you smile when you see it's me
    I had to do something to break into your golden thinking
    How many times will I do this and you'll still believe?
    It's the last thing you wanted
    Tell me which side are you on, dear
    It's the first thing you do
    Give me some tips to forget you
    You tell me your problems
    Have I become one of your problems?
    And I tell you the truth
    Could it be easy this once?
    It's the last thing you wanted
    Everything that’s mine is a landmine
    It's the first thing I do
    Did my love aid and abet you?
    I tell you that I think I'm falling
    Back in love with you
    And I'll ruin it all over
    I'll ruin it for you
    I'll ruin it all over
    And over, like I always do
    Why don’t you
    I'll ruin it all over
    Rain on my parade
    I'll ruin it for you
    Shred my evening gown
    I'll ruin it all over
    Read my sentence out loud
    And over, like I always do
    Cuz I love this curse on our house
    It's the last thing I wanted
    Tell me which side are you on, dear
    It's the first thing I do
    Give me some tips to forget you
    I tell you my problems
    Have I become one of your problems?
    And you tell me the truth
    It's the last thing I wanted
    Everything that’s mine is a landmine
    It's the first thing I do
    Did my love aid and abet you?
    I tell you that I think I'm falling
    Back in love
    Back in love
    Back in love with you
    Back in love with you
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Комментарии • 2 тыс.

  • @nusaibanawar7496
    @nusaibanawar7496 Год назад +3836

    I don't ever want the folklore - evermore era to end 😭😭😭

  • @stutisirdhar117
    @stutisirdhar117 Год назад +4084

    Taylor's backing vocals are so beautiful I'm crying😭

  • @ksenijajemensek6126
    @ksenijajemensek6126 Год назад +2354

    I’m obsessed by this masterpiece. Their voices fit perfectly together. It’s for us Coney Island, Renegade and Exile girlies

    • @luzurrutia8987
      @luzurrutia8987 Год назад +19

      we're winning

    • @isisborges4632
      @isisborges4632 Год назад +7

      Yeaaahhh❤❤

    • @michellemadison2539
      @michellemadison2539 Год назад +14

      I stan renegade. It's my favorite Taylor song but it's not actually a Taylor song .

    • @justchillinwhilewatchinyoutube
      @justchillinwhilewatchinyoutube Год назад +3

      Yessss

    • @Charles-hm5zj
      @Charles-hm5zj Год назад +24

      if you're a fan of Exile, this and Coney Island, also look up weird goodbyes! All this collaborating between the national/bon iver/Taylor was started by the same guy Aaron(?) dessner who's mainly in The National but played on tour with Justin and Taylor separately and introduced everyone :) we owe that man everything for these collabs!

  • @patrician844
    @patrician844 Год назад +929

    "Give me some tips to forget you" - this line hitted hard. When you are so desperate for a way out you need to ask help to the very person who've put you in that position.

    • @nikolajlse4584
      @nikolajlse4584 Год назад +10

      Spot on

    • @maggotscave9345
      @maggotscave9345 Год назад +7

      THIS 😭

    • @darkharlezucreek
      @darkharlezucreek Год назад +18

      I asked my ex (physical abuser I was still in love with at the time) how long it was going to hurt as bad as it did when he said I wasn't loved anymore, after 9 years. It's like the cardigan video scene where she is flailing for anything to hold onto. I told him it felt like Inwas falling down a well with no bottom. I have my answer now. It took a little over 3 years, pandemic plus one.

    • @theycallmelivelyeveryday1809
      @theycallmelivelyeveryday1809 9 месяцев назад

      ​. Hope ur recovery road is easier now. My heart to ur heart. Physical abusers are so hard to leave so hard to love so hard to hate. So hard to leave.
      So
      Hard
      To
      Leave.
      Thank God
      We finally left
      Regardless the catalyst that catapulted
      Our dumb asses.
      People ask. How could u stay.
      Why not leave.
      Can u answer that question?
      I've tried over the years now to answer that in truth.
      I really felt and thought with all my being he would some day wake up and realize I was so good for him. To him. With him.
      But in real time truth.
      We were so volatile even just in the same space. Not to mention a marriage life.
      Miserable was the word is the word that comes to mind looking back , looking inside.
      I fou d an old journal.that I'd kept for the better part of 23 years.
      Holy shit batman 😢 almost RVRRY ENTRT has the statement in some frame of words " why doesn't he love me like u love him"
      I could not see from my perspective. So blind
      So stupidly believing I could love both of us enough to help him not want to hit me. Over and over and over again. For any little reason.
      Hit me again mother fkr. Do u feel more like a man?
      Id dream id kill him bury hos parts but id always be discovered. And my only emotion was damnit ingotncought. No remorse. None.
      I would pray and ask god to let sharks eat him.or od pray he wouldnfall from scaffoldings at work and id get a settlement.
      Now who the horrible person.😢
      His fists made me who i am not.
      My devotion kept him mean.
      His stamina was relentless.
      Thank you God for allowing me to escape.
      I left 7 times
      I went back to him out of pure loneliness 6 times.
      The 7th time I had a plan a real plan.
      He was working overseas. Fuking finally!!!
      Girl I ran so fast
      So fast.
      I never stopped loving him
      But in that same breath, I hated him so dam much it helped me stay gone.
      Stay strong hunny. Please. Remember.
      Every day above ground is a good day. And every day u don't have fist in ur face is a perfect day.
      Stay away. Will it.
      I believe in u.
      As a woman too I know
      And if u know , u know.
      Jump.
      Jump as high and as far as ur Lil ass feet will take u. I guarantee God will catch u with his GRACE.
      AS I SAID
      MY HEART TO UR HEAT.
      IM SO PROUD OF U.
      FOR GIVE THE MANY many typos.
      As above
      So below

    • @anusha3287
      @anusha3287 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@darkharlezucreek I'm glad you're free🕊️now. 👏

  • @icecloud101
    @icecloud101 Год назад +2407

    another gut wrenching masterpiece. the switch from “it’s the last thing you wanted” to “it’s the last thing I wanted” was a knife twist. incredible.

    • @rachael5807
      @rachael5807 Год назад +7

      Taylor does this alot and I love it

    • @111usul
      @111usul Год назад

      🙅‍♂️🙅‍♀️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️💁‍♂️💁‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

    • @willmenalove
      @willmenalove Год назад

      I don't get it ... ;-;

  • @aaronarlers1506
    @aaronarlers1506 Год назад +3930

    Their voices together are great yet shattering, how gut wrenching and beautiful the lyrics are... The dynamic of them talking to each others and the backing vocals as if their thoughts are colliding, pure art.

    • @allyvogel6375
      @allyvogel6375 Год назад +36

      I applaud you for your fantastic review.

    • @scottwilliamtoombs
      @scottwilliamtoombs Год назад +10

      Wow, that was very harmonist mash up: nice to be around good company again! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
      No, not at all, love - carried me through a storm I could not travel alone, is more liken to the truth.. Your still growing wondrously, too. 😘 "I rarely ponder that": and I don't mind getting lost in a forest when town is near.
      🤺🙄😅😅A few more people {they drive nuts}: that {{crash through their doors}}; might speed things up. 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂💁‍♂How, did I get the flip side! Again!!
      🤔🥰🥰🤔🤔 Precisely: hopping to at least still be friends, at the public (à la carte); is a good thing to hold onto.
      Yea, no kidding, bro: she can fracture her environment, in her tossing and turning. Struggling to break free from ones comfort zones is liken to having old knees. It's painful, as long as you want it to be. = All the time in the world to sleep, and it only brought more pain being idle. That one was a surprise, to me.
      I'll hold onto that prayer for you: that's a journey I rather take then waiting for death here. 😘😘😘😘

    • @jqon813
      @jqon813 Год назад +6

      love Matt's voice

    • @quentincrisp6933
      @quentincrisp6933 Год назад +1

      PLEASE!

    • @deannasparks996
      @deannasparks996 Год назад +5

      I have listened about 50 times today…my daughter too!!

  • @pauljericbondad2768
    @pauljericbondad2768 Год назад +946

    Renegade, Birch, Carolina and The Alcott are like the tracks of the 3rd sister album of “folklore“ and I love that the folklore and evermore saga is still continuing.

  • @Timepi3ce_3001
    @Timepi3ce_3001 Год назад +1339

    THE NATIONAL- 100%
    TAYLOR SWIFT- 100%
    THE ALCOTT- 100%
    VISUALS- 100%
    VOCALS- 100%
    LYRICS- 100%
    CHORUS- 100%
    HARMONY- 100%
    PRODUCTION- 100%
    PIANO- 100%
    TALENT- 100%
    MASTERPIECE- 100%
    LET'S SHOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE THE NATIONAL AND TAYLOR SWIFT !! 💘💘💘

  • @sahyli5623
    @sahyli5623 Год назад +973

    Okay… wow! HER VOCALS. THE HARMONIES. This is for the Coney Island girlies.

    • @AnnRey18
      @AnnRey18 Год назад +38

      Coney Island was my most played song last year and was recommended to me after listening to this one. ♡

    • @tanvikhare9710
      @tanvikhare9710 Год назад +8

      Omg definitely

  • @lunaloutfy
    @lunaloutfy Год назад +902

    It’s after midnight where I am and I just wanted to say that I already got the chance to listen to this beautiful song on Spotify. It sounds like the lovechild of Exile and Coney Island, and I’m so in love with it 😭❤️

    • @ket4253
      @ket4253 Год назад +20

      Exacttlllyyy my thoughts! Itss so beautiful!

    • @dyanikahhh
      @dyanikahhh Год назад +13

      her versatility *cries in beautiful piano keys*

    • @guilhermeamaral4102
      @guilhermeamaral4102 Год назад +2

      I also felt a little touch of evermore (the song)

    • @devstruction
      @devstruction Год назад

      @@disgustedrn4215 yup !!

  • @sofiabeltranlazo6821
    @sofiabeltranlazo6821 3 месяца назад +26

    nobody understands my love for this song

  • @gracecrandall6621
    @gracecrandall6621 Год назад +377

    This just reminded me how much I love folklore and evermore. We need one more folk album from Taylor and the gang. Obsessed with this song- one of my new favorites!

  • @ayushi493
    @ayushi493 Год назад +914

    Taylor and Matt’s vocals blend so beautifully. This is how Coney Island stans win!!! Also the rest of the album is just 😚👌❤❤❤

  • @rwylmm
    @rwylmm Год назад +595

    this is stunning. the national + taylor are always exquisite.

  • @sdhales1
    @sdhales1 Год назад +307

    The new girl singer is pretty good. I hope The National keep her on.

  • @mai_cello
    @mai_cello 4 месяца назад +87

    what if this is the vibe of the tortured poets department...

    • @haruu9093
      @haruu9093 4 месяца назад +8

      OMG YES PLEASEEEE

    • @selvinortiz3962
      @selvinortiz3962 2 месяца назад +9

      it wasnt 😭😭

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 2 месяца назад

      taylor is too self-indulgent to go back to this kind of style.

    • @f4nnt4stic
      @f4nnt4stic Месяц назад +4

      It was, I see this one fitting into the Anthology perfectly

    • @michaelmusicmusselman7185
      @michaelmusicmusselman7185 Месяц назад

      It really is! Too many people are passing over this song it's criminal ​@@f4nnt4stic

  • @jonathanmitchell8668
    @jonathanmitchell8668 Год назад +241

    Finally, my daughter's favorite artist and my favorite band have collaborated! This is where generations meet!

    • @leylimammadova7514
      @leylimammadova7514 Год назад +24

      It is not their first collaboration, and hopefully not the last, I love them together!

    • @tooprandineshkumar3338
      @tooprandineshkumar3338 Год назад +5

      Excellent

    • @captainaya2843
      @captainaya2843 Год назад +9

      They collab before. Coney Island Taylor’s first collaboration with The National and one of the members of The National, Aaron Desner, produced a lot of Taylor’s song.

    • @pipsersmom
      @pipsersmom 10 месяцев назад +3

      RIGHT? How my 44 year old self and my 12 and 18 year old daughters can be so excited about one song is kind of taking my breath away. If T’s special guest one concert was the NTNL I would die

    • @ericclemson5263
      @ericclemson5263 9 месяцев назад +1

      You read my mind!
      So much fun for each of us to discover each other’s favourites...I am starting to really enjoy Evermore and Folklore as a result. Wouldn’t have discovered it otherwise!

  • @khinthirisan18
    @khinthirisan18 Год назад +357

    Taylor's vocals are heavenly 😭

    • @Tayllorswift.13
      @Tayllorswift.13 Год назад +3

      Im in luv ❤️😭

    • @elephant1871
      @elephant1871 Год назад +2

      They are so breathless and beautiful and the song gives me exile vibes I love it SM

  • @hekigyokururu6043
    @hekigyokururu6043 Год назад +237

    The older Taylor gets, the more mature the relationships in her songs are. They aren't about just that young passionate love. These songs are also about people who are older and have understanding. These songs like Coney Island and Exile and The Alcott are so much relatable to people who are grown ups and been in painful relationships for years and regret the small things that they ignored cuz they felt weren't important but now they know what was wrong but cannot undo it anymore.

    • @fishroro9719
      @fishroro9719 11 месяцев назад +5

      Isn‘t a bit disresspectful to assume, that the lyrics describe one of Swifts relationships, though she is only singing the backing vocals? Man, that is a National song. Thats why the lyrics are so much better than the Swift lyrics you usually hear.

    • @danread403
      @danread403 11 месяцев назад +16

      @@fishroro9719 Yes it's a National song and not a Taylor Swift song, but they choose het to sing this part. it is because she has grown as an artist that they did that. The lyrics of her recent songs are also so much better than what you think of when you think of her.

    • @Darthunic0rn
      @Darthunic0rn 10 месяцев назад +4

      ⁠@@fishroro9719 you should take your own advice and not assume.

    • @fishroro9719
      @fishroro9719 4 месяца назад

      @@Darthunic0rndont you think its fair to assume that the featuring artist didnt write the lyrics? Not really far fetched.

    • @Darthunic0rn
      @Darthunic0rn 4 месяца назад

      @@fishroro9719 She is more than a feature artist, she is a talented storyteller songwriter. She writes her music, to music she is featured on, to even other artists top hits. I don’t think it’s fair to ever really assume about an artist, when you can easily look information up these days. Assuming just makes an ass out of you and me. (Ass u me)

  • @franko161
    @franko161 9 месяцев назад +24

    I'm not having a break up or something like that. But this song really puts me down and makes me remember when I was begging my ex to don't break up with me. I know, it was toxic and I was stupid. But this is how you learn. I remember I said to him "give me some tips to forget you". That's why that part hits me a lot

  • @priyashanandy
    @priyashanandy Год назад +1009

    Taylor's voice always makes me feel like she sing for portraying my untold stories 🙃🖤

  • @leliiizghir13
    @leliiizghir13 Год назад +482

    I love Midnights but Evermore and Folklore bring out soo much from Taylor I love when we can actually hear her emotions in her songs. In love with this song and renegade as well 🥰

    • @sunbearwithwrinklesonback
      @sunbearwithwrinklesonback Год назад +7

      Renegade,Coney Island and the Alcott supremacy❤️
      I just love these trio😭😭😭

  • @graceelliott5327
    @graceelliott5327 Год назад +66

    Exile, Coney Island, the Alcott and the last time are all uniquely different but have the same beautiful match of voices and lyrics that show two arguments and two perspectives. This song is so good, too good. Another forever listen for me.

  • @fatalroses8116
    @fatalroses8116 Год назад +27

    “Everything that’s mine is a landmine.” My heart stopped

  • @aboutyou2024
    @aboutyou2024 Год назад +343

    Their voices compliment each other so well. Coney Island is a slap to my heart every time I hear it.

    • @youtubeshorts6619
      @youtubeshorts6619 Год назад +1

      Coney Island is like that novel you read alone when you're sitting in front of an ocean. It's perfect.

  • @doctordisco1303
    @doctordisco1303 Год назад +435

    This song is so beautiful, their voices just fit so well

  • @aaccrr78
    @aaccrr78 Год назад +75

    Fucking stunning.
    I love their voices together. Just like with Bon Iver, their deep registers go with her light and almost angelic tone of voice so perfectly.
    😍

  • @Lobosalsa9
    @Lobosalsa9 Год назад +38

    I discovered the National in 2010 and absolutely became obsessed with them. Been to 6 live shows, touched Matt at three of them, and consider myself a HUGE fan. Up until 2020 I never would have imagined they would ever cross paths with Taylor Swift, I honestly was not a fan of hers. The best thing to come out of COVID and lockdown, was these two artists somehow making their way to each other and creating such amazing music, mostly with Aaron but you catch my drift, I absolutely love it. I tell my wife all of the time that she has the voice of an angel.

  • @ingridgantt
    @ingridgantt Год назад +342

    so happy they’re collaborating again!

    • @daintree2455
      @daintree2455 Год назад +19

      Me too it's like indie Taylor when she collaborates with these guys. Perfect.

    • @alyponk5016
      @alyponk5016 Год назад +6

      Indie Taylor >>>

    • @Stringer13ell
      @Stringer13ell Год назад +1

      @@daintree2455 yeah and then we have to put up with weird taylor swift fans

  • @octxvxx.777
    @octxvxx.777 Год назад +447

    I’m actually crying at this moment, I can’t believe I could be able to hear something as beautiful as Coney Island. Their voices fit so softly and evoke a lot

  • @Karma_Is_A_Cat-sg5co
    @Karma_Is_A_Cat-sg5co Год назад +203

    This song is so emotionally vulnerable and I'm tearing up just listening to Taylor's vocals with the lyrics. I'm a diehard swiftie, and this song will never disappoint. "tell me what side are you on" "some tips to forget you"? Gut reaching gorgeously devastating. The songwriting- I can't. This song is just too beautiful.

    • @michellemadison2539
      @michellemadison2539 Год назад +2

      It's giving the archer , renegade and coney island all at once

  • @tammysalyer6561
    @tammysalyer6561 2 месяца назад +6

    Heartfelt in an insane world.

  • @melissaestrada7414
    @melissaestrada7414 Год назад +252

    Thanks to The National I started to admire Taylor because they promoted folklore during the pandemic. I love both of them so much now

    • @donnaeasty1816
      @donnaeasty1816 Год назад +26

      Taylor wrote another album''Evermore with Aaron, that album is just as great as Folklore

    • @sarahgee9686
      @sarahgee9686 Год назад +23

      Yes!! Evermore actually features the National on "Coney Island" it's SO GOOD!! If you like this song you should definitely give it a shot. The whole entire album is so good 🧡

    • @msgarciamayorca
      @msgarciamayorca Год назад +5

      And I found The National when I fell in love with folklore🥹 (I had never paid attn to her music before that album).

    • @hannabeyene3608
      @hannabeyene3608 Год назад +1

      @@sarahgee9686i LOVE coney island sm 😭 it’s one of my favourite songs on evermore

    • @realisticguy569
      @realisticguy569 Год назад +1

      ​@Sarah Gee evermore is my favourite album from Taylor Swift, followed by folklore. That's when she really grew and showed her capabilites as a songwritter and singer in different genres.

  • @trudyfwoods
    @trudyfwoods Год назад +105

    Petition for The National and Taylor to make more songs like these because it’s pure brilliance!🤍💞🤍

    • @shaneodwyer6132
      @shaneodwyer6132 11 месяцев назад +4

      I would never would have put them together but they are genuinely a magnificent combination - they complement each other perfectly

  • @zacuzzi
    @zacuzzi Год назад +29

    If there were a third folk album after Midnights i would be thrilled to listen to it!

  • @chrisbruneau2156
    @chrisbruneau2156 Месяц назад +4

    I've seen the National in concert 4 times. I would NEVER have thought these two would collaborate--but its magical!!!

    • @donnaeasty1816
      @donnaeasty1816 19 дней назад

      Aaron produced Taylor's ''Folklore'' and ''Evermore'' albums. They are as stunning as this track.

  • @xoIvon
    @xoIvon Год назад +116

    Please never stop making music together ♥️

  • @CatLady1989
    @CatLady1989 Год назад +161

    Is this the love child of Peace & Coney Island? I love it!!!
    The National are one of the best bands out there and the collaborations with Taylor, the queen and the music industry, are just superb. What a time to be alive and to hear these masterpieces!

  • @gunmetalworld
    @gunmetalworld Год назад +56

    One of the most beautiful modern day duets, that's pure genius by the National, @taylorswift and @aarondessner! The way Taylor manages to weave back and forth first harmony, then back up, then the dueling, ultimately fueling a goosebumps crescendo is nothing short of genius because most duets have solo and Co sections, the singing and narrative doesn't weave back and forth as much. For a sad that's heart melting and uplifting at the same time - hats off! I've been hearing on repeat for hours, it's so energizing!

  • @humble.9722
    @humble.9722 2 месяца назад +9

    Ok, after listening to TTPD, The Alcott definitely'S giving Taylor and Joe vibes

  • @Kenny-ken
    @Kenny-ken Год назад +227

    Mother is coming!

    • @user-ot7we5gh7s
      @user-ot7we5gh7s 3 месяца назад +3

      the tortured poets department is coming❤❤❤❤❤

  • @agirlvlogs3618
    @agirlvlogs3618 Год назад +174

    I JUST KNOW THAT THIS SONG WILL BE SO INCREDIBLE

  • @s4mcote
    @s4mcote Год назад +56

    They should make an entire album together. Their voices blend so well.

  • @ronaldkowane2500
    @ronaldkowane2500 Год назад +48

    "Everything that's mine is a landline" this line in particular is simple and twisted it reminds me of something that's never happened in my life. Very impressive writing.

  • @aaliyan2
    @aaliyan2 Год назад +201

    The touch up of Taylor’s backing vocals in this is Insane.. I just love this!

  • @PratyushaMishra
    @PratyushaMishra Год назад +283

    Broke down crying when Taylor sang - Cause I love this curse on our house!!! Oh this continues the Coney Island story for me!! Taylor's vocals are haunting - it is a haunting melody, sliding in your thoughts that makes you feel broken yet complete somehow. Beautiful beautiful. Matt's and Taylor's voices fir together like they were TAYlored to be ❤

    • @mayraipalomares89
      @mayraipalomares89 Год назад +7

      It does feel like a line for the Lover house doesn't it?

    • @PratyushaMishra
      @PratyushaMishra Год назад +2

      @@mayraipalomares89 I didn't want to write it but you said it!!!! I am not even aware of the timeline, but it hits home. Also considering it revolves around Matt and his wife but at the same time, definitely reminds of the Lover house - especially the way she sings

    • @carissavearil799
      @carissavearil799 Год назад

      Perfectly said! ❤

    • @nereida353
      @nereida353 Год назад +2

      I actually thought about Ivy and the line "my house of stone you're ivy grows"

  • @rochelbudman3671
    @rochelbudman3671 Год назад +15

    When they sing together, it creates an experience beyond just listening, it’s a full religious experience

  • @MWaqas-ld1ld
    @MWaqas-ld1ld Год назад +22

    "CUZ I LOVE THIS CURSE ON OUR HOUSE" Damn🔥. I Know Taylor is proud of this lyric.

  • @yuranoha3979
    @yuranoha3979 Год назад +215

    Wow, this is a lyrical masterpiece. Hands down one of the best TS collabs and her finest writing. I mean... 'Everything's that's mine is a landmine' just got me emotional and by the end of the song I found myself SOBBING

    • @chelsiewaite1606
      @chelsiewaite1606 Год назад +5

      The exact same part got me too and I was also crying by the end of it 😅 I feel like this has come from her head and heart too 💔

    • @chelsiewaite1606
      @chelsiewaite1606 Год назад +4

      **Thought I should add that I'm aware that Matt wrote the majority of the song other than Taylors parts, I just mean it sounds like something that would come from her head and heart 💔

    • @iKazed
      @iKazed Год назад +4

      You do understand her writing contribution on this song is minimal, right? She's the third co-writer in listing. She contributed probably a majority of the lines she sung or maybe not even that.

    • @jimwilliams3816
      @jimwilliams3816 Год назад +5

      @iKazed, yes from interviews with the band, I believe I understand that Matt wrote the song, they sent it off to Taylor, and a few hours later she sent it back with her sections written. I feel pretty sure she wrote all the lines she sings solo, mostly because they contrast so strongly to the way Matt writes. I relate to his lyrics because they are heavily about spending decades with one person, and the pervasive sense of personal failure that comes from trying to be something that you can’t pull off, and failing over and over. Taylor’s lyrics contrast for me because they are more oriented toward a relationship falling apart and ending...”give me some tips to forget you” being the most obvious. Even when Matt is singing about endings, it’s different after decades. “There’ll come a time I want to know I was here.”
      But on the other matter of credit, yes. I understand fans who absolutely love Taylor, but I always hope they will acknowledge the people she collaborates with too, because the world is full of great musicians to discover. (I came to Folklore and Evermore via Aaron.)
      There were lots of Taylor fans saying “thanks for turning me on to Big Red Machine,” and I thought that was great. I was less comfortable with the reactions I read to the “featuring TS” version of Gasoline by Haim. I was hoping that the comments would suggest that TS fans noticed Haim, and I from what I read, I wasn’t sure if they did. And since that was an alternate mix, there really wasn’t any way you could like that song and not have it mean you liked Haim’s work.

    • @yuranoha3979
      @yuranoha3979 Год назад +2

      @@jimwilliams3816 totally! I fully appreciate both TS and The National;l. In fact, I grew to love the band when they collaborated with her on her evermore album. And I'm fully aware that she wrote probably only her lines in the song - and I just pointed out how beautiful and how Swift-ish they sounded but Matt's writing on this one is also phenomenal. I didn't mean to offend anyone and I didn't mean to point out that she wrote the whole song. It's 100% kudos to the National, but Taylor's parts are also so good.

  • @insurmountablei
    @insurmountablei Год назад +53

    Every collab they've done is a masterpiece?? 😭

  • @britthunt5707
    @britthunt5707 Год назад +17

    I really get why Taylor likes this band and this guy's voice so much. I liked it the first listen, but it gets even better every time. Subtle, yet impactful.

    • @JayPhonomancer
      @JayPhonomancer 9 месяцев назад +3

      That happens pretty much all the time with The National. They are masters of the subtle slow-burn

  • @ericmendoza392
    @ericmendoza392 Год назад +25

    This song just hits you in the heart strings. The Nationals + Taylor Swift = Masterpiece 😊

  • @mastermind3908
    @mastermind3908 Год назад +99

    Fan fact: Taylor wrote her own part of this song in 20 minutes:))
    She is a MASTERMIND♡♡♡

    • @rufuspipemos
      @rufuspipemos Год назад +24

      Never been a fan of hers (I am 56 years old) but have to admit that in the last few years she really has become an "artist," with excellent lyric-writing abilities and ever-improving albums. I hear her concerts are 3+ hour events like Springsteen. That's amazing. Major respect for who she has become.

    • @mastermind3908
      @mastermind3908 Год назад +3

      @@rufuspipemos Definitely. She is a real artist.
      Thank you for expressing your opinion in this way:)

    • @TheNraveles
      @TheNraveles Год назад +5

      @@rufuspipemos she played 44 songs this tour! It’s so much fun. The best concert I ever been to

  • @amandaroy5072
    @amandaroy5072 Год назад +35

    So this is what perfection sounds like?? It’s just so heartbreakingly peaceful. Like Coney Island and Evermore had a musical love child.

  • @dudelookslikeagirl
    @dudelookslikeagirl Год назад +20

    As a huge The National fan, it's always been amusing to me seeing new fans who discovered them through Taylor Swift. I love reading your comments and love for their collabs. Hope you'll like other TN songs too.

  • @AbdulKareem-ni1so
    @AbdulKareem-ni1so Год назад +44

    the way their voices complement each other so well is incredible! this song is for the exile stans, the coney island girlies, the evermore stans!

  • @nycbbyy
    @nycbbyy Год назад +106

    God I wasn’t ready to be so emotional 😭 Such a beautiful harmony

  • @evermoretrack4
    @evermoretrack4 Год назад +38

    the national with taylor never disappoints

  • @camys
    @camys Год назад +6

    This genre of songs in which Taylor and other artist talk in a back and forth expresing all their anxiety and questions is my favorite one

  • @Katherine-eu6tr
    @Katherine-eu6tr Год назад +28

    taylor’s backing vocals are so calming 😭

  • @michellelilley2184
    @michellelilley2184 Год назад +63

    This is an absolute masterpiece. So beautiful, their voices together, exquisite.

  • @JavonCarterTV
    @JavonCarterTV Год назад +6

    "I love this curse on our house" 🥺😭 Chills

  • @laurrra3595
    @laurrra3595 3 месяца назад +14

    I’ll ruin it over and over….I love you, it’s ruining my life..

  • @audreyfischer7803
    @audreyfischer7803 Год назад +84

    INSTANT classic. I rarely enjoy duets, so for me to say that this is now one of my all time favorite songs is saying a lot. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of art with me ❤

  • @pedrocasaca9426
    @pedrocasaca9426 Год назад +21

    I tell you my problems
    Have I become one of your problems?
    Such a beautiful parallel, Taylor and The National together always kill it together

  • @LaurenLady
    @LaurenLady Месяц назад +2

    "Rain on my parade"---> "wreck my plans, that's my man"

  • @Lanaashley19
    @Lanaashley19 Год назад +17

    This is honestly one of the most breathtaking and pure things I have ever heard. Superior lyrics and layering!! Taylor And the national Have made a legend in this song right here

  • @argamerindian4053
    @argamerindian4053 Год назад +259

    Since the song was announced, I've been so curious how it sounds like, but all i know is their Collab is always so great...so for sure this one will also be another masterpiece!🌟
    Edit: Ok guys it was really worth the wait, i am really in love with this song, Taylor's vocals make this even more beautiful, but both have worked really well for this one..🥹❤️

  • @blackrose1317
    @blackrose1317 Год назад +101

    Another masterpiece, TAYLOR and The Nacional never disappoint.

  • @cityismychurch143
    @cityismychurch143 Год назад +20

    Massive massive fan of the National have loved them for years. They always speak right to my heart. I always thought I was too cool to like Taylor Swift until I listen to her new album and the reason is is because I heard a song that was great but I knew it was produced by one of the Nationals. You cant deny this is a fabulous song. . See you guys next time you play Boston, MA✌🍀🤓💃

  • @veninrouge3211
    @veninrouge3211 Год назад +9

    Coney Island is one of my favorite songs like ever ... This is just what my soul needs. If The National and Taylor had an album it would be too much for this world. ✨❤️

  • @arletsinh.3
    @arletsinh.3 Год назад +47

    My day was terrible, and listening to this collaboration significantly brightened it up. Thank you for such tremendous art

  • @soggypotato2453
    @soggypotato2453 Год назад +22

    I love the call-and-response sound of the song and how bittersweet the arrangement of their voices sounds together. Reminds me of exile in a beautiful way.

  • @humble.9722
    @humble.9722 6 месяцев назад +5

    I cant get over this song, loved it from the very first listen, their voices together is sth else, piano is perfect 🤯Matts deep voice is soooo good but Taylor sounds like heaven, shes getting me emotional every time i listen to this song. Feel like its getting better every time i hear it

  • @SA-iy4ys
    @SA-iy4ys 3 месяца назад +13

    i feel tortured poets department will be this vibe...

  • @parkerscarlett
    @parkerscarlett Год назад +64

    Someone explain to me why I'm crying with this masterpiece

  • @Taylorswitshorts
    @Taylorswitshorts Год назад +41

    The National, Aaron, and jack are her musical soulmates! 😭❤

  • @maxmayiji7474
    @maxmayiji7474 2 месяца назад +3

    Oh wow... Sitting at work listening to this and I have to hold back my tears!!! What a song!!!!❤❤❤

  • @brianjankowski7292
    @brianjankowski7292 6 месяцев назад +6

    I love this song. Not really a Taylor fan. Heard it on the radio and fell in love. Both voices complement each other so well. Great lyrics

  • @kimlevy1726
    @kimlevy1726 Год назад +66

    OMG! Taylor just NAILED IT AGAIN! Gorgeous vocals, beautiful, sad song but the way the talk to each other is AMAZE! I love this collab! With Aaron on the piano. WE ALL LOVE YOU SO JUCH TAYLOR & The National!🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💗💗💗💗💗💗💙💙💙💙❣️❣️❣️

  • @mehjabinkuhu-13
    @mehjabinkuhu-13 Год назад +14

    Every time taylor does a song with the national,,I'm in folklore and evermore era.

  • @socaligal1
    @socaligal1 Год назад +11

    Gave me chills. Their voices together are indescribably beautiful. Back to the woods

  • @saraellero4413
    @saraellero4413 7 месяцев назад +7

    this is truly a perfect song.

  • @romethsuriyarachchi9929
    @romethsuriyarachchi9929 Год назад +52

    Their voices just blend so well❤

  • @alicia-lm7wb
    @alicia-lm7wb Год назад +63

    this is so good omg 😭 the way their voices blend in with each others oh my gosh 🫶🏾🫶🏾 i love them

  • @faaaabbiii_
    @faaaabbiii_ 2 месяца назад +4

    so poet so tortureeedd I LOVE IT

  • @brianhendricksonmusick8164
    @brianhendricksonmusick8164 Год назад +6

    Love and abet, is lyric that gets me. Through my dad's recovery from alcoholism and my later therapy for depression, anxiety, and PTSD, I've learned a lot about codependency and that's what Taylor is referencing in here. Really key to song IMHO, two people who know they are bad for each other yet keep cycle of reconnecting and breaking up.

  • @eltrapbo
    @eltrapbo Год назад +25

    This song broke me. The vocals are insane together and I'm crying its beautiful.

  • @camiloespinazo
    @camiloespinazo Год назад +15

    I haven't stop listening to it for the past hour and it gets better with every listen

  • @11stem2lactaotaoianrenz3
    @11stem2lactaotaoianrenz3 4 месяца назад +5

    It's the last thing you wanted, it's the first thing you do

  • @upscaleavenue
    @upscaleavenue Год назад +11

    This is so sophisticated and catchy. Instant favorite song.

  • @iambeebs
    @iambeebs Год назад +16

    what a beautiful (and painful) song. I'm in tears 🥺🥺🥺

  • @user-qb1ht7fr3n
    @user-qb1ht7fr3n Год назад +82

    Wow , mother’s backing vocals are heavenly 😊 and the way their voices blend ….

  • @sunbearwithwrinklesonback
    @sunbearwithwrinklesonback Год назад +15

    I love how this song didn't grow on me.I JUST IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT 😭😭❤️❤️

  • @TheNraveles
    @TheNraveles Год назад +8

    If you wouldve told me Taylor would get into the indie/indie rock sound since 2020 and is still going strong in that sound in 2023 back in like lover era, I wouldn’t have believe you fr.
    Blondie can do anything and I feel this is what she excels at fr

    • @realisticguy569
      @realisticguy569 Год назад

      I'd love for her to return to folklore/evermore era once again. If not for a full album, then at least a couple of songs on the new album whenever she puts it out. I feel like folklore/evermore established her as an innovative, powerful singer and songwritter who doesn't excel only at commercially successful, catchy pop songs.

    • @agnarjuanjanitra8001
      @agnarjuanjanitra8001 Год назад

      ​@@realisticguy569 as long as Taylor keep working together with Aaron, im sure she will creat one or two folklorian vibes song in her future new album. Midnight has one, The Great War

    • @realisticguy569
      @realisticguy569 Год назад

      @Agnar Juan Janitra I love the Great War song so so much, but I find folklore-evermore vibes more in Sweet Nothing, Labyrinth, and Dear Reader when it comes to Midnights album.

  • @nofootprint5629
    @nofootprint5629 Год назад +25

    Im on first listen but so far this really feels like a spiritual successor to The Last Time and I love nit

  • @stutisirdhar117
    @stutisirdhar117 Год назад +47

    And yet again, a masterpiece is made!!

  • @andrewburton6050
    @andrewburton6050 Год назад +4

    The best album and song release of 2023. This song is perfection.

  • @bdmcn1018
    @bdmcn1018 2 месяца назад +3

    Don't leave any sharp objects around when you listen to this for the first (or thousandth) time. It can cause serious suicidal thoughts and actions!!😊

  • @lumos5798
    @lumos5798 Год назад +32

    matt&taylor‘s voice is so harmonious 🖤🖤🖤this song’s such a beautiful masterpiece