It may be your 50th time hearing it but you’re feeling the intensity of those added verses and eventually the added bridges as the song crescendos into that heartbreaking finale. 1 spot - is the experience of listening to it.
What makes this version of “All Too Well” even more special - and worthy of the No. It's a song about remembering these moments, painfully aware that they now sit on a shelf in the past.Īs if the original “All Too Well” wasn't enough of a gut punch, Taylor doubled the length, the lyrics, and the severity of the now-iconic track. In the first two verses, it describes the typical steps in a relationship's timeline: the beautiful moments of singing in the car together, meeting a partner's parents and listening to childhood stories, and late nights of dancing in the kitchen. It’s revered among critics, fans, and haters for a reason. And I'll keep up with our old friends just to ask them how you are.
And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe. Taylor described "Last Kiss" as a letter, and it seems like the author of the six-and-a-half track isn't quite ready to let go of something so impactful on their life - at least, not without reminiscing on all of its beauty.įavorite lyric: "So I'll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep. It preludes the songwriting of "All Too Well." The small-but-important moments of a relationship have now turned to moments of loneliness, confusion, and sadness. "So I'll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep. The most memorable part of the song is the bridge: Between the time stamps of the pivotal moments of a breakup, forever-remembered dates of a heartbreak, and vivid depictions of an intimate last kiss shared with a now-estranged lover, "Last Kiss" makes for a devastating listening experience. In "Last Kiss," it's clear Taylor has started to really hone her craft. I'm always waiting for you just to cut to the bone." Perhaps "Cruel Summer" was meant to exist as an underused track, where it will continue to age like the finest of wines.įavorite lyric: "So cut the headlights, summer's a knife. It’s the authentic, unvarnished emotion that permeates through the Lover album and the reexamination of small moments in life - like a drunken night out - that make Taylor so good at what she does. If you’ve heard it, you know the primal scream she lets out, singing, “I love you, ain’t that the worst thing you’ve ever heard? He looks up grinning like a devil…” before a final bass drop. The chorus alone gives this song the potential to be a chart-topping beast, but it’s the bridge that sets it apart from Taylor’s typical pop songs. The under-three-minute track is a smooth, catchy, synth-pop song with an undeniably infectious hook. Vincent, and Jack Antonoff love child was bound to be a sonically lush, beat-heavy masterpiece and that it is. Sadder than any Taylor ballad was the underutilization of this song. 'She would've made such a lovely bride / 'What a shame she's fucked in the head,' they said." Sometimes you just don't know the answer, 'til someone's on their knees and asks you. And in "Champagne Problems," every lyric, every line, and every execution of her low register paint that picture beautifully and tragically.įavorite lyric: "One for the money, two for the show. The line in "All Too Well" that goes, "You call me up again just to break me like a promise," has now become "'She would've made such a lovely bride / 'What a shame she's fucked in the head,' they said." Finding new ways to explore that universal heartache, self-doubt, and that inner monologue of insecurity has always been Taylor's strongest suit. The song culminates with a bridge with the same intensity and heartache as "All Too Well," but this time, it permeates even more maturity, more heartache, and more bite. Even a casual Taylor listener knows she loves a turn of phrase, and the way she transformed a simple phrase like champagne problems, which is used to describe trivial problems, into a tragic story of love gone awry is remarkable. The storytelling and lyricism of “Champagne Problems” cuts through the listener's heart like a freshly sharpened steak knife.
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