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Lover - first listen thoughts

This got very long and I’m not sure my stream of consciousness makes a lot of sense but I wanted to write down my thoughts on each song as I listen through the album for the first time. (under the cut)

I Forgot That You Existed--”It isn’t love it isn’t hate it’s just indifference” is very powerful, and somehow reminds me of “The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation” from Rent. Also I love the theater thing of speaking a word instead of singing it for emphasis, and this has that going for it too.

Cruel Summer--I definitely need to look at the lyrics to this one, I can’t understand all those drawn out words great. Everyone who called those lyrics as being from this song are right! “I don’t want to keep secrets just to keep you” is a mood.

Lover--I’d obviously heard this one before, and I still love it. Will say that I /might/ have teared up at the music video. Best song to dance around the kitchen in the refrigerator light to.

The Man--Hella relatable, will definitely sing along loudly in the car. I was already singing along with the chorus before I’d got through the whole song once.

The Archer--Also not a first listen, but a very good track 5. I did go back and watch the youtube stream (missed it the first go round for practice) and see it live, and that hit different too. Shoutout to the background singers, I love them.

I Think He Knows--This is a very New Taylor song. I like the rhythm and the shifts in rhythm for the vocals--the beat beat beat of the chorus to the speedy near-rap to the slow down for emphasis. Shoutout to “I am an architect, I’m drawing up the plans” and description of a “lyrical smile” but also I am definitely mishearing some of the lyrics so this is another one I’ll need to look up.

Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince--This one feels very much like it was inspired by looking through those old journals. I love how Old Taylor Meets New Taylor it is. Also, I’m very into the background cheerleaders on this. Would love to see a video for this one, and failing that I will be heavily looking forward to the tour visuals.

Paper Rings--This! It has a very retro feel that I am super into. If my boyfriend and I were actually good dancers, I would pick THIS as our first dance. A swingy ballroom thing choreographed to this song would be SO GOOD!

Cornelia Street--Love the opening imagery, and then it turns out to be a lot more Emotional than I was expecting. I’ll take a few more listens to figure this one out. Will say I can definitely relate to losing someone and then avoiding anything that reminds me of them (although sometimes it’s more an All Too Well sit on the floor wearing your clothes type of thing). The tenses/timing are a little confusing to me, so I haven’t quite worked out the story.

Death By A Thousand Cuts--Admittedly I got interrupted by ads between this one and the last one because I’m streaming on Spotify, but this feels very fitting to goafter Cornelia Street. A bubbly sort of breakup song.

London Boy--Fun fact, I heard this one on the radio as I was driving home from Target this morning; came in the middle and quickly recognized it as a new Taylor Swift song. I’ve been to London a couple times and read quite a few books by British authors so I really appreciate the references. Very fun song!

Soon You’ll Get Better--This is absolutely a song I’m going to have to skip most of the time because I Will cry every time I listen to it and I just can’t handle it. The start of buttons on a coat evokes both love (i.e. You Are In Love) and the big coat in The Best Day and I. Cannot. Handle it.

False God--Very jazzy/bluesy. I don’t love this one, mostly because I’m Actually Religious and don’t care for comparisons of romance to religion. Especially if you’re literally calling it out as a false god like that’s not a bad thing.

You Need to Calm Down--Another one I’ve already had on repeat for a while. I liked this when I first heard it, loved it when the music video came out.

Afterglow--Not at ALL what I was expecting. It’s an apology song more along the lines of Back to December.

ME!--Album version does NOT include “Hey kids! Spelling is FUN!” and I’m sad about it. If Shake It Off can include a speech in the middle of it, ME! should get that line.

It’s Nice to Have a Friend--Nostalgic and soft. It’s sincere, not a This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, which I thought it might have been.

Daylight--Very glow up sort of song. It’s got the love song aspect of being addressed to a “you” but also it’s about stepping into the daylight and letting it go. And Yes, it is a lyric! Ends with a speech/voice memo sort of thing about being defined by the things we love.

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