REVIEWING EVERMORE in the forest like god intended on her birthday ✨

[@shannonm6118]

I appreciate that you specify "the PUBLIC persona of Taylor Swift" as just a small reminder that everything is basically just speculation and we don't truly know her private life. Also that her private life is none of our business to comment on. 🥰 Love your honesty and vids

[@theswiftologist]

so glad you caught that

[@elianab.1292]

YES YOU ARE SO RIGHT AB FOLKLORE BEING BETTER AS AN ALBUM WHILE EVERMORE'S SONGS ARE BETTER!!!

[@anasarracena]

YES

[@dreamchaser7603]

Agree!

[@rightwhereyouleftme__]

Right Where You Left Me as number 1?! TASTE.

[@theswiftologist]

NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THAT.

[@lapis2292]

Little did we know just how much she would dominate the charts

[@nataliaaguirre4782]

19:06 "A pathological people pleaser" omg you are the real swiftologist.

[@sheinnacuadrazal6704]

It's fascinating to see how your personal favorites changes overtime(cause I've seen all your videos) and I agree because are perspective changes overtime. So it's amazing how you get to record your feelings at that moment in time.

[@theswiftologist]

love that you are on this journey w me !!!!

[@maggiemeyers3998]

That giant homicidal bug reminded me why I never go outside. Folklore is a more cohesive album and a MOMENT but Evermore's highs are some of the highest of Taylor's career. I am truly clueless and yet excited about what's coming (eventually) in TS10. Bestie, have you listened to Maisie Peters?? I adore her and she reminds me so much of Red/1989 Taylor's songwriting.

[@theswiftologist]

LMFAO it was such a struggle filming this outside...no I haven't listened to Maisie Peters! I will check it out and report back eventually

[@Fucorii]

Bestie TS10 Midnights is coming... And I cannot wait.

[@LaurenThompson702]

@@burgundy16 how did it not age well?

[@jelly_ellipsis]

@@burgundy16how

[@aloneinmidnight]

SOOOOOO true about the 'i come back stronger than a 90s trend' lyric ... like listen! it's funny, it's cute, but it's DEFINITELY one of those lyrics that she thought of years ago and then jotted down in that goddamn notes app of lyrics to use one day and then was writing willow and just cherry picked this one. it's bad!!! it has NO place!!!!! this is a whimsical song about her man and then she's just like .. i come back stronger than a 90s trend? it's the same problem i have with songs like daylight because you can just FEEL the chokehold that goddamn notes app has on her writing sometimes (and even though i like new year's day, you can definitely feel it there too). she comes up with lyrics and then doesn't let a song happen organically and it can feel so forced sometimes

[@theswiftologist]

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS COMMENT.......ICONIC!

[@aloneinmidnight]

@@theswiftologist the notes app is both my best friend and my mortal enemy. save it for the poetry book ms swift!!!!!!!

[@halfmoons9439]

@@aloneinmidnight GOD TIER OPINION, facts only, bless up bestie

[@anasarracena]

Totally agree

[@pawelbolek7419]

So true bestie. You can *feel* that Notes app

[@marycarroll5173]

Right Where You Left Me! Thank you! I thought I was the only one. Love your channel! If you have any insight into Taylor's reading/viewing habits, I'd love to know. For someone with just a public high school education, she has a a great vocabulary. I think part of it is that she has a good ear - not just for music - but for language and dialogue. She loves words.

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

I know she is an avid reader. But I don't know much more than that. I know she writes poetry too. so, I imagine some of her readings are poems. She loves diction and knows how to use it. Good point about her having just a HS education. I have a PhD. So, I don't think a degree makes you any more smarter. She was born highly intelligent. High functioning. And, she doesn't need a college degree to out perform those that do. right? I often think what her IQ is, where are we on the charts here because its not just her vocabulary. Its her functioning at such a high level, on multiple aspects, and still being the best. She loves words and word play. But she also loves numbers and has an underrated knowledge of numbers, prime numbers, Mersenne primes and perfect numbers. Highly functioning and high iq individuals can excel at both language/words and numbers. She can do both and must have genius level. I wouldn't doubt she is a member of Mensa.

[@marycarroll5173]

Yes. It must be that spark of genius that can't be taught. Shakespeare had a middle class education - but look what he achieved. He had an ear (and something to say). I think TS has that, too. I heard that Taylor was watching "Normal People" when she wrote "Champagne Problems. " If Zach has any info like that I'd love to know. Good point about the numerology. Her mind grasps patterns so easily. Lots of overlap with music.

[@theswiftologist]

ooooh I love this topic. I think others have covered it but lets see if I can bring something new to the table....

[@marycarroll5173]

@@theswiftologist Thank you!

[@steveb.7278]

Evermore (the song) is just absolute genius! Justin Vernon understood the assignment 100% with his writing. Also the metaphor of being shipwrecked and being on tumultuous waters during the crazy uptempo section then finally crossing the line to peace and safety ins. way that so beautifully depicts her life autobiographically… like why do we deserve this???

[@guineverer23]

Yes! Mirrorball supremacy. My number one on Folklore also. Cowboy Like Me is my favorite off Evermore. Marjorie and Closure are brilliant in my opinion but I get why people don't like Closure (I love the bizarre time signature and the angry percussion); it feels to me like music emulates the lyrics, i.e. refusing to be smoothed over.

[@theswiftologist]

totally see why u like closure! its one of those polarising tunes...

[@dreamchaser7603]

I have the same favorites! Great songs))

[@arcade1580]

Right where you left me has a line 'she is still 23, inside her fantasy' at age 23 she was told to find a new perspective instead of writing about breakups ad crying about breakups, which might have inspired the line " They expected me to find somewhere, some perspective" . It also has some blank space references, specially in lines like " trends change, rumors fly, matches burn, through new skies, mascara runs" So it lyrically gives 1989 era vibes as well. Also when she was 23 she popularly broke up with Harry, and then she admitted to not date anyone else during that time until 2015, if we believe her words then at age 23 she had her last heartbreak, after that she was the one who left every relationship, and basically changed forever ( publicly) It does have country Red vibe, but she broke up with Jake when she was age 20-21. So If that song is anything personal then what it can be about, I just wonder! It always screws up my mind.

[@dreamchaser7603]

Definitely Harry Styles… I can’t help picturing her sitting in her blue dress, all by herself, looking sad and devastated…when he left her there and kept on partying like nothing happened…

[@arcade1580]

Yeah and HER AGE WAS 23, i think she is talking about the restaurant in which they were last photographed during the vacation, a night before that boat pic, her hair was pinned up in the photos and the lights were dim too. This is too much coincidence to be a coincidence @@dreamchaser7603

[@juliannanoelle1573]

Always enjoy your videos! I love the way you analyze the songs + her career, I’m also an avid listener of the podcast!

[@theswiftologist]

Thank you!!

[@chavem]

RWYLM is SO GOOD and noone ever talks about it 🥀

[@theswiftologist]

YEEEEESSS SHE IS THE GRAND SUPREME

[@chavem]

@@theswiftologist She IS the standard and I am the STANdard.

[@PM-pt2xf]

This the celebration that evermore DESERVES 🥳🎂

[@theswiftologist]

yeeeeesssss

[@anasarracena]

16:40 the line about people tweeting also annoyed me soooo much. I was all in, thinking about those classic poets and stuff, and blondie just goes and talks about TWITTER what were you thinking taylor Oh, and justice for invisible string and peace!! My jaylor heart melts with them

[@elenagerhardy2636]

I found your comparison between 1989 and folklore interesting. I’ve never really considered that they’re similar albums before, but I’d rank them as my top two Taylor albums. They were the two Taylor albums that, during each release, turned me from a casual fan to a Swiftie.

[@theswiftologist]

the COSMIC link between 1989 / folklore....takes a certain galaxy brain to understand it

[@liz.a314]

I totally see this 1989 folklore parallel - which is why I tend to love the imperfect less ‘try hard’ albums

[@liz.a314]

Although folklore def less calculated but still that vibe more thn evermore

[@elenagerhardy2636]

@@liz.a314 point taken but tbh idc if 1989 was ‘calculated’; it’s a masterpiece and a piece of pop history. Blank Space might be my favourite Taylor Swift song of all time.

[@liz.a314]

@@elenagerhardy2636 yeah calculated doesn’t mean a bad thing at all - time and place for both

[@liz.a314]

love the background despite the pain

[@theswiftologist]

thanks queen

[@belengarcia-rivas5903]

The content you are serving!!! We don’t deserve to eat this good thank you! 😍😍 i super agree that I like more songs in folklore but I like the songs I like on evermore WAAAAY more

[@theswiftologist]

[@umerm294]

ur videos make me so happy

[@theswiftologist]

[@harrypotteravenclaw]

I still love your concept that folklore/evermore came about in her rerecording of Red

[@theswiftologist]

I don't remember saying this but Im obsessed with it

[@pickledcucumber8693]

I agree with reputation and lover being weaker than her other albums, I just felt that the lyrics were too focused on her and not her experiences and a lot of the songs sounded like they were about the same thing so her taking the folkevermore route was definitely refreshing as a fan. The songwriting, the depth, the exploration into new topics this really was a win for her and for us

[@theswiftologist]

TEA!

[@drewveflin2842]

i’d be interested to know your top 10 from each album. or less from each if 10 is too many favorites for projects like lover. side note your vocabulary is astounding. i’ve always been embarrassed to use a more full vocabulary even though i think it’s so fun and you have so many interesting ways of saying things it’s impressive.

[@theswiftologist]

omg what a nice compliment. thank you drew!!

[@robertafilippo7502]

OMG MY GOD YEEEEES! you explained exactly what I fell about Folklore and Evermore… Folklore is a masterpiece front to back, no big highs or lows. Evermore has many highs and unfortunately many lows. Like: some song in evermore are SO MUCH BETTER than most songs in folklore, but also some song are SO MUCH WORSE than most songs in folklore. It just makes TOTAL sense!

[@robertafilippo7502]

* songs

[@robertafilippo7502]

* feel

[@juliawasilczyk6966]

Yesss!!!! Finally someone that acknowledges "Right where you left me". This song is beautifully tragic. This metaphore of staying in the same place when everyone else moves on gives me vibes of old gothic novels. It resonates with me so much because of one friend/lover that forgot about me while I still think about him.

[@halfmoons9439]

KILLIN IT content wise imo rn the lists here, on the last pod ep (that way to present faves was so fun and cute!), the insta is insanely fun, just. happy to be alive at the same time as you sharing your brain w the internet Z thank youuu

[@theswiftologist]

LOVE YOU!

[@anniegrosul6481]

The noise in the back

[@theswiftologist]

The crickets during this video: ;ASLDJSJFLKMDSFDKMF

[@miakirsch]

i 100% agree about folklore being a better body of work but evermore having good individual songs

[@jackielehman8945]

Every song on each album are so pretty. They all have the same kinda warm glow to them.

[@mk21718]

Seven both shatters my heart and also painstakingly heals every crack. It feels like girlhood. It's a recognition for all of us who grew up in haunted houses.

[@user-qt4qj1rx4j]

Mirrorball is my fav off of Folklore too!! It's so underrated.

[@theswiftologist]

Tea

[@liz.a314]

Oh WOw thought this was coming tomorrow happy surprise for me !

[@hannah-6080]

This might sound kinda weird. But I was an OG Taylor fan from her first album and kind of fell off over time, loved debut and Fearless but by the time Speak Now came out I was focused on other music and caught up with other things I was doing in my life and forgot about her. I even hated her for a few years after the kanye thing and then the cringiness of the Lover era. My girlfriend though who I met in 2020 was a big swifty so when folklore came out, I wound up giving it a listen and loved it. Betty was the first song that really pulled on my heart and it almost felt like Taylor was singing to me, in that it was this reunion of my love for her music. It felt like coming home

[@Mary-hz2qb]

You are an actual future predictor in this video! When you said the lakes is an entry way for her to write poetry, and at one point said that she is tortured 😭

[@Marxnchill]

Cowboy like me, tolerate it, IVY!!! Ugh like my Swiftie status was renewed for life with those songs.

[@theswiftologist]

so true bestie!

[@elenagerhardy2636]

No shade but the background noise is sending me 😂 Appreciate the effort to change up the setting to honour the folkevermore legacy

[@theswiftologist]

Those damn crickets would NOT shut up

[@scarlettmacpherson4630]

You did not just call Marjorie a flop 😤

[@liz.a314]

Ok video recs.. q & a would be very fun

[@theswiftologist]

love that will solicit questions soon

[@danielestevao2347]

My top10 from Folklore: 10 - hoax 9 - Illicit Affairs 8 - TLGAD 7 - This is me Trying 6 - Betty 5 - My tears Ricochet 4 - August (i mean, the production is on point and the bridge is fantastic) 3 - Mirrorball (i don't know if i'm crying for sadness or joy) 2 - invisible string (love the imagery and the piado) 1 - The 1 (i just can't explain how chill that piano makes me feel) My top10 from Evermore 10 - 'tis the damn season 9 - Tolerate it (to much feelings, i need a break) 8 - Champagne Problems (love the bridge but the first verse is so good, i used to sit alone on the train to process all my feelings a lot) 7 - Willow (in one line: "a neta das bruxas que eles não queimaram") 6 - Marjorie (My grandpa passed away from Covid and this song helped me A LOT processing grief) 5 - Evermore (The bridge is honestly breathtaking, i just can't get over how beautiful is the line "I'm on waves, out being tossed, Is there a line that I could just go cross?") 4 - Right where you left me (her mind goshhh) 3 - Gold Rush (Is it possible to feel sad when this bop starts playing?) 2 - Cowboy Like Me (It's a grower) 1 - Ivy (Dickinson fans get in line) That being said, i totally agree with you in assumptions about each album. Folklore is a all track trip, every song speak with each other, while Evermore has some hard skips (Dorothea being the most inaudible) but has fenomenal tracks. Loved the video, even tho that bug clearly don't agree you your outtakes.

[@elenagerhardy2636]

Interesting rankings! Very different to mine haha. The 1 is an interesting choice for best folklore song. I love it as an opener for the album, but it didn’t make my top 10. I’m surprised cardigan and exile don’t crack your top 10 - cardigan also has a prominent piano motif, like the 1.

[@danielestevao2347]

@@elenagerhardy2636 cardigan just try so hard to be a masterprice that gets me tired every time, but i love too. Exile was a impact song for me, really great upon first listening but as the time passed, i see myself less often coming back to it, that's what mekes the 1 my #1. No matter what's going on with my life, as soon as i hear that piano and Taylor saying "i'm doing good i'm on some new shit" I'm instantly chill, and i appreciate that.

[@elenagerhardy2636]

@@danielestevao2347 yep, all solid points. Probably worth noting that neither exile or cardigan were in my top 5. I like exile a little more, mostly because of the final dueting choruses; ‘didn’t even see the signs/I gave so many signs’ continues to send me to another dimension. My ranking reflects how I usually consume folklore- when I’m in the right mood for it, I listen to the whole album on shuffle. That’s probably why I rank masterpieces like my tears ricochet and seven so highly. But, if I were ranking based on what song I’d be happy to listen to at any point, my top pick would be betty.

[@danielestevao2347]

@@elenagerhardy2636Omg, Betty it's just delightful!! My rankings change all the time, so that's not a definitive list by any means, and that's what makes the "folkmore" experience so rich

[@anasarracena]

Oh, so good to see another Brazilian swiftie here!!

[@spookey2004]

As a vinyl collector I thought the Folklore vinyl was a disaster. There were NINE separate variants and I ended up buying one and though it looks super pretty (my copy is semi transluscent beige with some opaque white/brown mixed in which looks marbled when front lit but creates a gold smoke effect when back lit) the sound quality was AWFUL. Like I’m talking UNLISTENABLE. It was badly warped and full of noisy pops and Taylor’s voice sounded super distorted. I’ve heard some of the variants sounded decent but overall I’ve heard nothing but bad things for all the variants of the folklore vinyl except for the red one. Luckily evermore was an improvement with only three variants and much better sound quality, though I still experienced the same issues as the folklore vinyl just on a smaller scale. It was noisy and had some warping and distortion but overall was decent especially compared to folklore. really hope that folklore gets properly mastered for vinyl someday

[@theswiftologist]

ooooh I have never opened my folklore vinyl lol I impulse bought it and don't really listen to anything on it. that's so interesting that she rushed it tho! how was the red tv vinyl?

[@stardolphin783]

Ok but the quotes " im gay w no undertones LMAO" ALSO mirrorball is taylors 'Liability' lorde moment haha

[@TheLindsAnn]

Tolerate It was also my #1 played song this year. I listened to it 112 times in one week lmao

[@theswiftologist]

What are we going through

[@elenagerhardy2636]

It’s crazy how as soon as you’re done listening to tolerate it you want to listen again. I think it has something to do with how it ends by repeating the first line, and doesn’t really resolve musically (which fits the subject matter beautifully).

[@drewveflin2842]

i’m gonna need an explanation on your take on marjorie

[@theswiftologist]

its boring

[@drewveflin2842]

@@theswiftologist long limbs and frozen swims, you’d always go past where our feet could touch 😭

[@sannn9]

Now, two years latter, my favorite from Folklore is The Lakes (is a masterpiece) and from Evermore is 'tis the damn season (the guitar is insane).

[@missaelmaxion2327]

me: low-key hoping that "Ivy" is on ur list ...it definitely deserved that 6th spot btw. (it's 1st for me tho)

[@m.m8555]

Facts all facts

[@stardolphin783]

"She was wearing something ugly but the performance was *chefs kiss*" I SPIT MY IMAGINARY DRINK NOOO i thought it was so good plain i just listrned to the song more

[@elenagerhardy2636]

Folklore is a really tough album to rank!! The whole album is so strong. IMO this is a skipless album, so if I’ve put anyone’s fave near the bottom, know that I still like the song. 1. my tears ricochet 2. betty 3. seven 4. illicit affairs 5. the lakes 6. TLGAD 7. exile 8. peace 9. mirrorball 10. cardigan 11. mad woman 12. this is me trying 13. august 14. the 1 15. epiphany 16. hoax 17. invisible string

[@juliannanoelle1573]

happy 7th birthday ❤️

[@theswiftologist]

Cishsjbdskjfksjss

[@thejoeyjason]

RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT ME YAAAAAASSSSS 😭😭😭😭😭

[@taylorswiftlyricism1182]

omg im dieing with you saying champgne problems is boring i feel personally attacked. lolol (im kidding love to listen you talking about tay tay)

[@yelruhasil]

This top 10 is compiled from my most listened for 2021… My top ten folklore 1.The 1 2.Invisible string 3.Cardigan 4.August 5.This is me trying 6. Mirrorball 7.Cardigan-cabin in candlelight ver. 8.The lakes-original version 9.Peace 10.Betty My top ten evermore 1.Cowboy like me 2.Long story short 3.Willow 4.No body, no crime 5.Right where you left me 6.Champagne problems 7.Ivy 8.Willow- dancing witch version 9.Evermore 10.Tis the damn season

[@blve.january]

a little late but folklore 1 mirrorball 2 hoax 3 this is me trying 4 the last great american dynasty 5 hoax 6 cardigan 7 august 8 mad woman 9 illicit affairs 10 my tears ricochet evermore 1 coney island (my fav song by her) 2 happiness 3 dorothea 4 tolerate it 5 ivy 6 tis the damn season 7 evermore 8 champagne problems 9 long story short 10 gold rush

[@rin_naru05]

Finallyyy found my people who also like Coney Island ✨😭

[@halfmoons9439]

The Peace erasure will not be tolerated

[@elenagerhardy2636]

@swiftologist Do you think evermore will get the AOTY Grammy?

[@sigyn27]

I loved Folklore from the beginning, while with Evermore it took me much longer to like it. A lot of Evermore songs sounded like outtakes from Folklore at first. Folklore is still my favourite but I learned to appreciate Evermore as well.

[@OtterPenguins]

Evermore needs more deciphering to understand and as a fan of deciphering I enjoy that. Folklore also has it moments of deciphering like in the lakes and hoax, but that’s what’s so brilliant about both albums.

[@oliviadonovan3455]

one of my fav people!!

[@theswiftologist]

[@valeriamarrerodiaz1731]

4:13 does evermore signify perfection? cause lover signifies love, rep signifies revenge and folklore signifies sadness (in my pure opinion)

[@burgundy16]

"...Taylor being extra and dumb" OMG I DIED💀💀

[@elenagerhardy2636]

evermore ranking: 1. right where you left me 2. tolerate it 3. ‘tis the damn season 4. evermore 5. no body, no crime 6. marjorie 7. cowboy like me 8. gold rush 9. champagne problems 10. closure 11. ivy 12. happiness 13. willow 14. coney island 15. long story short 16. dorothea (skip) 17. it’s time to go (skip) folklore ranking: 1. my tears ricochet 2. betty 3. seven 4. illicit affairs 5. the lakes 6. TLGAD 7. exile 8. peace 9. mirrorball 10. cardigan 11. mad woman 12. this is me trying 13. august 14. the 1 15. epiphany 16. hoax 17. invisible string

[@rightwhereyouleftme__]

Omg we have practically the exact same taste and I love it. Except ivy is a lil low down 😂💖

[@elenagerhardy2636]

@@rightwhereyouleftme__ glad to hear it 😃 I did a full re-listen of both albums to make sure I was happy with my ranking. I think ivy is a fantastic song- the lyrics are stunning and evocative, the concept is great, I love that it’s ungendered and a little mysterious, and the bridge is one of the best on the album (which is high praise- there’s a lot of good bridges on evermore). The only thing I don’t care for is the repeated ‘goddamn’- I’m a practising Christian and grew up in a Christian household, so I just wince every time I hear that, even though I’m not especially bothered by any other type of cursing. If I didn’t have that concern, ivy would probably have ended up in my top 5, probably between ‘tis the damn season and evermore.

[@chelseasmith97]

I loooovvvee your videos

[@sigyn27]

Right where you left me is my favourite as well but Mirrorball is a skip (the only one on Folklore). I know it is a beloved song, perhaps I should give it one more try.

[@hannah-6080]

Okay about Tolerate It: I adore the song, but the thing that always hits me wrong is “lay the table with the fancy shit”. I’m struggling to put into words WHY that line feels so out of place to me tonally…but it does.

[@OtterPenguins]

Evermore as an album in my opinion is better, although less cohesive. Folklore is fantastic but I had more songs Evermore that just struck the guitar strings of my heart. There are about four songs on folklore I don’t care for, as opposed to the three I don’t care for on Evermore. They even out but I like evermore. Have your own opinion tho.

[@TheLindsAnn]

Marjorie is a flop?! 🥲

[@tngbrayden4472]

omggg is that singapore.. i didnt know you lived in singapore 🤗

[@reignstorm8054]

💖💖💖

[@theswiftologist]

[@Tamara-tt2fi]

Can you do a Lover ranking pls

[@kerridavis2229]

I desperately want to love Cowboy Like Me because the writing is BEAUTIFUL. But that first line is soooo dumb it puts me off everytime, I wish I could cut it out lol

[@cherry-berry4048]

No way. As a gay I cant believe that someone else also thinks thats its a gay song aaaaaa

[@rochelleengelbrecht5155]

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@dactyltactyl]

"i'm gay with no undertones" should be a more common phrase

[@MermaidCore_]

Lol “Folklovermore” lolz 😂

[@rebeccafriedman3502]

Babe please never film outside ever again the background noise is insane

[@GrapefruitPizza]

Hell nah you didn't just call Marjorie a flop. That's blasphemous.

[@swiftlyabbyy]

and im gay. no undertones 💅🏻

[@betsfsnr1989rlfemttpdtv]

those stupid birds in the background kept interrupting you so I think we need to force them to wear bad taylor merch for their crimes against the community. love your thoughts, but those fake robot government drones made me click off. not your fault, clearly the government is a lover stan.

[@theswiftologist]

this comment made me cry laugh

[@betsfsnr1989rlfemttpdtv]

@@theswiftologist hi king! glad you found it funny. :)

[@Chris-uq5vl]

bestie i did NOT expect mirrorball to be your top 1 song from folklore too!!! so many swifties don’t resonate with that song as much as we do, and let me tell you… i SCREAMED when i heard you say it was your favorite off of folklore too!!! 😭😭🤍🤍 collective hug for all the people pleasers and type twos out there 🥺

[@theswiftologist]

💝💝💝💝