Taylor Swift - ivy (Official Lyric Video)

[@markbishop7589]

"You started it" is a childhood saying we used when defending our actions during a confrontation. It's not used anymore as adults, but in this song it conjures feelings that have been suppressed for years.

[@laylaabdul3329]

I love this comment

[@gentrylandman4773]

You said this very well

[@gsiya4023]

damn true

[@star-gm2ss]

Yes3x! It seems like she's really in pain for everything that happened now. 🤧❤️😭😭

[@hanjnk]

This is amazing

[@lovesingstory]

lyrically, this is probably my favourite song she's ever written

[@bhoomigupta2083]

can you please ecxplain the song a little bit?

[@lauralopez-bn5lw]

@@bhoomigupta2083 it’s about cheating

[@dlruksnshnth137]

@@lauralopez-bn5lw not really cheating I mean the lady found a better love than her husband . I alwyas have tolerate it and ivy connected u know like this song could be from the perspective of the wife in tolerate it

[@LeslieKatrice]

Musically, it's my favorite!

[@AnkitSingh-vm1gn]

@@dlruksnshnth137 Still cheating though...

[@shriyanshipal4450]

*Taylor* : **Releases Folklore** *Me* : **blinks** *Taylor* : **Releases Evermore**

[@angelinebena9675]

I certainly feel this

[@MusicKat217]

HONESTLY THO DJSJSJSJSJ

[@ritaja.01]

LITERALLY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EVEN RECOVERED FROM FOLKLORE

[@shriyanshipal4450]

@@ritaja.01 no one has

[@leenaali1400]

*under-rated* comment xd

[@evaschoot07]

The background of this lyric video is exactly what I imagine when I listen to this song

[@lliminate7379]

Exactly. It set up the mood perfectly.

[@patricetan]

exactly! I also especially love the background lyric videos for cowboy like me and ‘tis the damn season❤

[@Roseshavethorns]

It’s nice to see more people appreciating the lyric videos. The pictures chosen always match the song perfectly

[@terka4310]

​@@lliminate7379 yes yes yes yes

[@terka4310]

YES SAME

[@katyt2231]

the melody kinda gives me invisible string vibes :’) considering this is folklore’s sister album i feel like every song has a sister

[@racheldoneale2319]

I feel the invisible string vibes. I love the idea that every song on folklore has a twin...

[@kenngales]

Saaame jdjdhdhsjsjs

[@redcaramel2222]

yeah, but the meaning is totally the opposite. this song is about cheating

[@coreenpilotin9502]

Omg yesss!

[@kubrabozdag3084]

Yeah I felt it too

[@summersentiment]

what strikes me the most is that she refers to a gravestone ( "the old widow goes to the stone") and she lives in a 'house of stone'...her house is essentially made of the same material a gravestone is made of. suggesting that she is confined in a sort of metaphorical death...i just did an in-depth literary analysis of this song on my channel and imo that really is what her existence must feel like...entrapment. taylor really said let's write a novel and make everyone cry omgg

[@bhav7539]

It reminded me of the gravestone from safe and sound sjfjgj

[@shairabacar451]

That`s why it really fit with Emily Dickinson`s life but with Sue`s POV

[@MarcelleLeiturasPreguicosas]

@@shairabacar451 I was gonna say this. Emily Dickinson, by the end of her life, wouldn't leaver her bedroom. Ivy is clearly based on Emily and Sue's relationship. I believe that the album is very Emily Dickinson: Taylor announced the album on the day of ED's birthday, and the title of the album is from the poem One Sister have I in our house.

[@reesespieces8338]

@@MarcelleLeiturasPreguicosas why wouldn't she leave her bedroom cause I saw that in the finale of dickinson but was confused

[@HappyInTheHome405]

"Where the spirit meets the bones" can be interpreted to mean a graveyard, plus the line "grieving for the living", so this analogy would make sense.

[@byeeee1630]

“Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow. Tarnished but so grand” is such a beautiful lyric, i can’t say it enough.

[@TuanBe-ni2ud]

What does it meant?

[@joshua376]

@@TuanBe-ni2ud It means their touch brought warm light (in contrast to the snow) and "tarnished but so grand" means the cottage was a bit run down but still looked amazing.

[@WhizBang06]

Isn't your touch brought forth a incandescent glow means blushing

[@asadullaahmed9945]

The way she says "glow" 🫠

[@jullykimlol7100]

@@asadullaahmed9945it stares right into your soul and haunts you 👻

[@oldschoolninamain9138]

Def one of her best written songs, the imagery is stunning and the lyrics are beautiful. It almost has a Fleetwood Mac sound to it.

[@crumpledpolaroid2076]

How did she manage to make this dark infidelity story sound so pure,innocent and heartwarming. I literally can feel the desperateness of this character. Sadly she found the real love not in her husbands arms but a strangers and she just couldn't help it. The heart wants what it wants.

[@IIAlexII101]

I feel it's more in old times, where people got promised to another by their parents. And not for love. Seems more like this to me. And they're not married yet. So I feel like the lyrical self tbh is kind of innocent. Just tough luck living in these times.

[@crumpledpolaroid2076]

@@IIAlexII101 Yeah I believe this is 19th century or something. I always think of those times.

[@avajain6231]

yeah

[@amyness3452]

@@IIAlexII101 Fairly sure tehy're married ('my husband's wine')

[@shreyagupta7879]

@@IIAlexII101 Aah! I see the Selena reference here 😃

[@TheNraveles]

The most underrated song on the album. “My house of stone, your Ivy grows, and now I’m covered in you” is one of the most beautiful lines ever.

[@emily.h22]

I know right! I for sure know that it is my fav song in her album.

[@mythicalswiftie6567]

Especially after learning that ivy is actually destroying the house it grows into

[@beatriceangelica5011]

What album is this from?

[@shamellopez2487]

Evermore

[@brunetteXer]

oh no, i think most fans think Ivy is one of her best songs ever.

[@kaye0091]

Im amazed how Taylor Swift makes songs about cheating sound so vulnerable, raw, and humane.

[@elenawa6884]

because it is, you can completely fall for someone else even though you are taken, and it can be life changing

[@moistorphan]

Thing is, nobody wants to be a cheater, they just find themselves in that position. This is no way a justification for cheating. I love how she still sympathizes regardless of mistakes.

[@ivistiletto3583]

Y'all have apparently never heard someone's story about realizing they were polyamorous....

[@ArgoBargo]

It usually is which is the worst part

[@douaemar3644]

@@elenawa6884 How ?? I mean idk, if u truly love someone u wouldnt even look on someone else, he becomes the best human being for u so how can u fall in love with someone else, that could be if youre not truly in love idk (no offense just saying my opinion :))

[@Armaanthecat]

This is such a beautiful and poetic song… I can’t get enough of Folklore and Evermore

[@the_roach_that_ate]

Fr, before these 2 albums, I'll admit I was a Taylor Swift hater.

[@fleurtansley3979]

Totally agree she is an absolute mastermind in all of her albums but Folklore and Evermore hits different! Also the last half of ttpd (the Anthology)

[@byeeee1630]

I feel like Ivy and Seven have the same vibe but, while Ivy feels like a cold misty afternoon after a rainy day, Seven feels like a childhood memory of a summer afternoon in the park. Ahhh, such magic.

[@agnimitrasarkar6359]

So true

[@agnimitrasarkar6359]

So true

[@agnimitrasarkar6359]

So true

[@agnimitrasarkar6359]

So true

[@agnimitrasarkar6359]

So true

[@sof-i-swear3657]

I don’t think this song is a continuation of illicit affairs; illicit affairs was about an affair that was toxic and regretted, while Ivy feels like it’s about actual love that’s being held back because of a betrothal put in place. I also think Ivy takes place in medieval times or something, and that illicit affairs takes time in modern times

[@crazyhuman272]

I agree even though I don't like cheating this is my favourite song from this album. Damn the melody is so... Magical.

[@blueelwood4063]

YES AGREED, the singer in Ivy is in another time, another mental place.... illicit affairs is very modern. Ivy reminds me of what Taylor said about Evermore being a pioneer woman’s dream... something like that

[@anonimity6438]

maybe because she mentions parking lots in illicit affairs and she mentions house of stone here? also the vibe of illicit affairs is just sooo painful, and this song has such a calm vibe for such a chaotic theme

[@eliselestrange-lannister1156]

Agreed!!

[@in_teresting9514]

I also think Ivy is not sister of Illicit because this feels like she was widow and someone just came into her life. And from cold to being warmed by the embrace of the Man she just meet.

[@hanjnk]

Since having a degree in English literature and creative writing, I can't help but cry at how moving and spiritually invested this song is. This isn't music, this is poetry. Taylor Swift, you should be so grateful to have a mind to think this deeply about situations. I know you feel on the same level as I and it's an honour being able to connect. I love you

[@bawin384]

this comment is so nerdy, i love it,

[@jkylec7722]

grateful, english lit major

[@jenniferturek2917]

@@jkylec7722 I was about to say the same thing.

[@rebeccarachel243]

I don’t want to seem like a stalker but I was interested in your channel and wanted to see if there was any content. I saw your playlist and want to remind you to change the old fearless songs to the new ones

[@whodatninja439]

taylor is a storyteller. the greatest singer songwriter of our time

[@juniper4513]

This is the most poetic and beautiful song I have ever heard. Star crossed lovers who? "Can't stop you putting roots in my dream land" and the "ivy" cuz it's poisonous. The word play makes me want to drown in the lyrics and "now I'm covered in you" makes my soul soar. Also this is CRIMINALLY underated

[@gel3009]

for real this is my favorite in Evermore

[@willinguyen1]

There are just too many gold nuggets in these albums

[@nishthagupta1357]

Ikr!!!

[@nishthagupta1357]

​@@gel3009same

[@CorneliaSwiftie_7]

i agree

[@ivy8767]

Rep: i once was poison ivy but now I'm your daisy Evermore: Your ivy grows and now I'm covered in you

[@wut6251]

Ur name is ivy. Did you change it real fast or you're just THE LUCKY ONE?

[@ivy8767]

@@wut6251 I'M JUST THE LUCKY ONE😌

[@regr13]

ugh her mind. 😭 i love her so much

[@amaraharris2342]

@@ivy8767 Ivy is a GORGEOUS name.

[@wut6251]

@@amaraharris2342 ikr!

[@anonymousmortal810]

Other songwriter: i cheated Taylor Swift: my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand, taking mine but it’s been promised to another

[@19ayittahj76]

WHEN I TELL YOU I CACKLED

[@surysama]

One of my most favourite lyrics of hers....

[@funnyusername7097]

Can someone please explain it please? Like I get the overall message but can someone please go in deeper

[@trudisify]

i love thid lyrics

[@iloverock6124]

I think simply “I cheated” takes the wonder out the way she put it tells us she doesn’t love her fiancé and she knows the consequences but she loves the man she has so little time with and it pains her henceforth “my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand”

[@crumpledpolaroid2076]

The fact that she could tell us all of this in 4 minutes is just impressive. This is some 400 pages novel kind of story happening here.

[@maithaalmarri8397]

right, the line " he wants whats only yours" says so much on its own

[@user-pg3de9qx8d]

I have never heard about that story😕 Could you maybe summarize the 400 page novel in a few sentences for me, if possible? I would be very grateful. 😊❤

[@eloramaxwell7020]

She literally fit 3 seasons/books of outlander into one song

[@american11asshole]

🤦‍♂️

[@loserjason5671]

Hello Taylor how are you I'm sorry I'm a f****** a****** you know I love you I'm sorry please don't give up on me

[@mirandataismansen7192]

AFTER EPISODE 9 OF DICKINSON THE ONLY THING I WOULD THING WHEN I HEAR THIS SONG WOULD BE THAT EMISUE MOMENT AAAAAAAAAA

[@reesespieces8338]

omg yes I only think of that emisue scene now😫

[@larryolive4829]

PLEASE I JSUT REALISED THAT THE SPIRIT MEETS THE BONES JUDT SOUNDS LIKE HAVING SEGGS WITH SOMEONE SKWOSOSALXN

[@widyafuchan9440]

Yess

[@taylorgross8629]

AHHHH YESS🥺🥺🥺

[@1fai377]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hmohr4625]

It actually blows my mind how much of an amazing lyricist she is. How does she come up with this shit?? There is not a single song from both her albums this year that I disliked. If i wasn’t a taylor swift fan before I certainly am now.

[@ivymural9201]

Right? She just keeps getting better and better.

[@HeidiLeFrancois]

Same here!

[@medhakriti1]

In these 10 months: She released Lover Paris concert videos inn Disney plus. She released folklore. Having cardigan and exile as a top in billboard charts. Released lake pond studio sessions on Disney plus. 4 Nominations (in major categories) for Grammy's. Released Evermore. She holds absolute and immense capacity, power and patience. ❤️ Edit: WOAH!!! NEVER RECEIVED THESE MANY LIKES! THANK YOU!

[@starreid9712]

And back in January she released Miss Americana

[@andinimustikasururi8110]

Don't forget the AMA'S

[@sanjayncse6740]

Six!! It's 6 Grammy nomination

[@manigupta2299]

And she's re-recording her old songs! How damn productive she is!!

[@HangandHung]

@@manigupta2299 while me here listening to her songs instead of finishing my due assignment,as i should😌

[@CateScottCampbell]

Yes to everything everyone’s said about the lyrical genius of this song, and I just have to add the way she writes the lyrics to the musical phrasing to further tell the story. For example: “Oh, I can’t” [breath that makes you think that’s the end of the sentence] “stop you putting roots in my dreamland” - meaning instantly changes and an entire struggle gets packed into one phrase. I bow down.

[@MayerJune]

THAT'S AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION. it's like she's saying "omg no I can't fall in love with you- but It's too late, I already did"

[@bigstone14491]

❤️❤️❤️

[@CateScottCampbell]

@@MayerJune Yes! She does it in Seven too: "...I hit my peak at seven" [pause makes me think she's talking about being 7 years old, then:] "feet in the swing over the creek" [ah! she's also seven feet high!]: DOUBLE MEANING PHRASING GENIUS

[@flamingaish]

oh lord

[@frogofwisdom4842]

My like just made ur comment 1k likes..it was 999 Tf am i bragging about it tho-

[@witchby7420]

I recently found out in ancient Greece, newly wed couples could be gifted ivy plants as a symbol for everlasting love and fidelity to each other, thus the ivy plant symbolizes fidelity and everlasting love. Not only is she saying that her love for this other person is strong enough to break down her walls and potential marriage, and that this lover keeps sticking with her, but she'll only ever love and be loyal to this other person :')

[@heyyou-cy2lf]

Just imagine 20 years later she moves next door to her first love but doesn't know it cause its20years later and everyone looks different now . I'd guess it was Pennsylvania I'd meet you wherethespirit.eets the bones. He still doesn't know he jist let's hersitby the creek in the hedge and and watch hoping she sees what he really is

[@heyyou-cy2lf]

I'd be willing to bet that's his yard and it's his Easter egg from her

[@broncates7285]

I don’t know why, but this song gives off winter vibes. Not Christmas, but the bleak midwinter, like January and February.

[@g8alomishka294]

Ikr! That's why it's apart of my playlist called "January"

[@nikiv6248]

I'm here in the middle of February, haha!

[@wildstyle2604]

End of february here

[@halleyjimenez7485]

I get autumn vibes

[@marga2126]

i get green grass clover field cottagecore vibes

[@Darenkelg]

I’m so jealous of how talented Taylor is. Meanwhile I almost tripped this morning trying to put on a sock

[@kenjcruz8002]

😂

[@renatarocha8561]

i just dropped water on my phone because i was distracted by her talent

[@zaman785]

Don't be jealous.

[@adrianzenmiller7749]

Don't worry. I bet she's got mornings like that too. ;)

[@ophie71]

Hahahaha

[@thlamuana6782]

evermore isn't just an album, it’s a lifestyle, a reason to breathe, an escape from this cruel world filled with thieves. It’s art, the first gift you open on Xmas, a hug from a loved one, everything you’ve ever wanted, everything you need.

[@jereamadore8941]

Stop the spam

[@stewartkristen3623]

I totally agreed

[@TheFriendsv2]

I like that as Swifties, we have this song as a secret between us, but also, it deserves so much recognition ...

[@nishthagupta1357]

Ikr

[@moonchild943]

Thisss

[@mikehelferich6691]

💚

[@CorneliaSwiftie_7]

yes !

[@marisolfraga1317]

Ohhhh, this was so poetic!!! haha i was cheated 🥲, but i like a lot this song.

[@abhyakaushik9971]

Listening to ivy + seven = this is me flying

[@tasneemphalasiya533]

Same vibe!! 🙃

[@rinisarkar6281]

YES FINALLY those two are my absolute favourite

[@rayjohncabrillos3741]

Awwee YASS seven and ivy are underrated ❤. Gosh same vibes 😍 these two are my top 1 faves in folklore and evermore.

[@Bella.1219]

Yes this is the best comment I’ve seen

[@pickledcucumber8693]

They’re in my top three in both albums

[@tayloralwyn5046]

Taylor Swift bridges just get better and better. Periodt

[@paullacorte1885]

CLOVERBLOOMSINTHEFIELDSSPRINGBREAKSLOOSETHETIMEISNEAR 😭

[@Waiting664]

Love not fan fan all music best country now

[@KatieTracy]

I missed the banjo since “mean”❤️

[@hambonefakenamington69]

so nice to see you put these comments, you're like a constant throughout these videos

[@demantoid]

no wonder it feels nostalgic.

[@LucMMailloux]

It was in "Style", though

[@saturn7404]

@@LucMMailloux omg I never realized wth?!

[@britneyjacobs5652]

this sounds like invisible string to me? lmao

[@privaroy2947]

Ivy is like a poetic tribute to the story of Emily Dickinson and Sue Gilbert 🥺🥺 its like everything fits

[@mina15123]

it was also played at the end of "Dickinson" s3 ep9

[@delancy5427]

I FEEL LIKE I'M CHEATING ON MY HUSBAND AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A BOYFRIEND.

[@coramarie619]

SAME BUT IM GAY AND SINGLE??!!

[@maithaalmarri8397]

@@coramarie619 lmao

[@xhele18]

lmao

[@coneyisland5843]

lmao

[@rashinzo86]

Uhhhh samee girl

[@yakuphankocak3596]

She is being so productive in a pandemic and making 2 albums while i'm just sitting and sleeping past 8 months 👁️👄👁️

[@muskaan3711]

Same ☹️

[@okay9987]

Haha same and failing online school

[@bigmark288]

And eating

[@alencia7203]

This hit me so hard

[@iff4h124]

:((((

[@emzzzzzzzzzz]

this is the house she performed at at the grammys :))

[@fabianalfonsoooo]

yup, I guess she's hinting the next mv maybe for ivy?

[@TheRandomPersn42]

and the fact that she also performed willow which is part of evermore album 😳😳

[@camilamendes2733]

OMG!!

[@cowboylikefatima3728]

@@fabianalfonsoooo she's apparently focusing on re-recording her old music so i don't think so we'll get an another mv

[@1tsm351]

Oh shit, you’re rightttt

[@joleengold0796]

I've never heard anyone say that Ivy is their favorite Taylor Swift song and it's making me sad. How is this not more popular? It's beautiful!

[@aljwham]

It is my fav Taylor song.

[@Sumu-ev7qm]

Here's me

[@michcu05]

It was the instant favorite of mine when i first heard the whole album

[@jonstrotta]

IT'S MY FAVOURITE TAYLOR SWIFT SONG. and my second favourite is invisible string

[@lliminate7379]

Still my fav from the album :)

[@praptishende5734]

This song is probably about Emily Dickinson and Susan. The day she released evermore, it was Emily's birthday and the ending of one of Dickinson's famous poems is 'for evermore'. Plus Tay has spoken about poets a lot in the recent past.

[@user-ie8mv1zy1u]

I really like the idea of this! I had not thought of this before reading the comments, but now that I have read it every time I listen to this I think of that!

[@LucijaC24]

Well ... I just think it's about Kristof and Anna ;)

[@anthonywalker3247]

Emily Dickinson was also a Sagittarius & so is Taylor she released this during our season. Also the show Dickinson where Haille Steinfield (sag) plays Emily has a theme song for the show & its Billie Eilish also a sag (: i loooove being a Sag

[@junelamaeapus14]

Yes im believing in this theory too

[@user-ie8mv1zy1u]

@@anthonywalker3247 I like that show! I've been looking up Emily and Sue videos and muting the music and listening to ivy, because I haven't found one created with ivy yet!

[@tazmanabarakat6741]

Tay Tay- not a lot going on at the moment Swifties- Gets snacks, coffee, blankets, headphone, tissues and a dictionary ready. Tay Tay- Why Swifties- We don't trust you anymore.

[@blogistuff4383]

😭😭😂 we literally missed all the signs lol. The fact that she did it twice and we still missed it the second time.

[@ava-sj5cr]

@@blogistuff4383 I EXPECTED A MV OR MAYBEEEE A RE-RECORDING NOT A WHOLE ALBUM I/

[@sophiek2602]

@@ava-sj5cr true i was so ready for the re-recording of red and taylor was like “here,take a whole new album”

[@katherinecheimmata821]

@@ava-sj5cr OMG SAME

[@pradeepacpk8520]

@@ava-sj5cr me tooo....😵😂❤️ Anyway we got this new album😍❤️

[@athy171]

Me: waiting for re-recordings Taylor: how about a brand new album Me: yes

[@muskaan3711]

Our wigs have been snatched

[@sudharanichippada1841]

@@muskaan3711 so are our crowns

[@adelinamarinova5155]

the way she names her songs is so artistic and genius. simple but very deep words. she is underrated for that

[@ivy-ys8or]

telling my kids taylor swift wrote a song about me

[@mirrorball9910]

OMG UR SO LUCKY

[@ivyeidson8344]

SAME

[@ivychou725]

Same

[@ivy17933]

Same

[@ivymarie1503]

samee

[@notakdramaaddict4030]

Taylor is great at song writing but Folklore and Evermore are different levels of perfection. It's educational cause she has used English literature so beautifully

[@JennySieck]

I think Evermore far exceeds Folklore. Folklore is topical. This is timeless.

[@cl3019]

As much as I hate cheating, this is my favourite song in the album

[@madhulikatyagi6008]

This isn't really cheating coz it seems like she did not have a say in picking her partner. And then this guy came along making her feel all sort of feelings

[@chaaa6828]

@@madhulikatyagi6008 agreed but the person she's in love with has no pronouns though, it's not necessarily a guy

[@tanviohol6807]

@@chaaa6828 no. He has pronouns. She says what if he found us out

[@chaaa6828]

@@tanviohol6807 the 'he' she's referring to is her future husband she has to marry, not the person she's really in love with

[@daliashenawi1517]

@@chaaa6828 thats not right

[@hometrier9140]

While we can just say that “ oh i can’t stop dreaming about you”, Taylor just have it “oh i can’t stop you putting roots in my dreamland”. So strong and powerful…..

[@jennaxx2631]

Only Taylor could make an affair sound so gorgeous

[@TiTaSaX]

Unfortunately that's how it feels, that's why people do it ; because in the moment it feels like the best thing in the world. And we you regret, it's usually too late for everybody

[@chloe-sm8il]

i think this is the other person (the one having the affair) from illicit affairs

[@finleypomerleau2517]

IS IT JUST ME OR DOES IT SOUND LIKE SHES TALKING ABOUT A GIRL-

[@baileyboone5429]

I don’t think they’re necessarily having an affair. She is engaged to someone and the engagement was arranged, presumably by her parents. However, she is in love with someone else and wants to marry for love as most people do. Her wedding day gets closer and closer and she’s asking the man she loves to run away with her.

[@jessicalee6418]

@@baileyboone5429 She refers to him as her husband. Drinking my husband's wine 🤷‍♀️

[@cinema4316]

It's crazy how this song can be interpreted in many ways.

[@ceyda6380]

i think her videos shouldn't have a dislike button

[@VainxDale]

Those are just peeps who can't understand Swift literature and music.

[@rathinasamy154]

I agree!

[@brookemckinley5709]

Right! How dare anyone dislike any of her songs

[@skibitiaplha]

Ok, I'm going to have to agree on this one!

[@ceyda6380]

@@jeniferlopez20 why would you do that?

[@katieandkrissy8465]

Ivy is like the invisible string of evermore

[@minoena]

yes!

[@Mariana-lm6xc]

RIGHT

[@myawaldorf6023]

More like peace, no?

[@katieandkrissy8465]

@@myawaldorf6023 yea but im just comparing how similar ivy and invisible string are

[@mkaeganhall3545]

yup

[@stuartblittley3531]

this song..the only way i can describe it is a 400 page novel in a 4 minute song. everything down to the production is outstanding..my favourite song from her..definitely a grower

[@nawarb.4226]

"grower" i see what you did there

[@nishthagupta1357]

Exactly

[@CorneliaSwiftie_7]

mine too ! it grew on me like ivy and now im covered

[@MissSailorSarah]

It feels so special that my cats are named Willow and Ivy and those are my favourite songs on the album. 🌿✨

[@biyagull4876]

You've won at life🥳

[@fnanythingilikedaf3031]

And the fact that those songs are similar to Invisible String

[@skyeblue6554]

Me going around liking all of those 'unpopular opinion: this is the best song on the album' comments on every song from the album because each one absolutely is

[@tanmayachoudary101]

Yesssssss!!

[@kafkaf7392]

WHO IS RENSPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THIS MASTERPIECE AFTER THE EMISUE SCENE I LOVE YOU

[@bhoomika6332]

gosh seriously, i am in tears

[@HaileeSteinfeldUniverse]

Hailee Steinfeld

[@maeannmendoza9311]

Alena Smith, Dickinson's showrunner. She's the best.

[@ellyballerina]

What are we talking about if this is in a show or movie I have to see it

[@kafkaf7392]

@@ellyballerina yes!! it's a show called Dickinson! it's a sitcom it's very funny I highly recommend it:)

[@preetityagi6814]

Does anyone think it looks a bit like Hagrid's hut

[@zalakdagli2419]

That was my first thought

[@preetityagi6814]

@@zalakdagli2419 me too

[@unusingmarma]

Yuppp

[@BeingBhumika]

My immediate thought!

[@rajveevasani3126]

Yes same !!!!!!!!

[@SuYeolYam]

This album deserves a grammy.

[@vselessacc]

coming to sweep grammy next year

[@Taylor-li9vm]

@@vselessacc yessssssss

[@gabrielacuello4522]

@@vselessacc SAY IT LOUDER!!!!

[@JustinEEEyearsago]

Well it got nominated 😁😁😁

[@naziatislam1149]

She better win or I'm wearing all my jewels and burying every damn person running the grammys (ifykyk)

[@l.bowser]

My name is Ivy.... And my sister’s name is Willow Edit: oh and my grandads name is James

[@epiphany5062]

If ur mom's name aint Betty it doesn't count

[@isabellaa8773]

SHUT UP WHAT

[@sheilamarierojas6531]

Wait, let us call James.

[@bonanswift8747]

bet you have a brother named James and a cousin named este

[@jamontoast7467]

Damn, you're parents named y'all after plants! (Jk, those are rlly pretty names!)

[@jayantsaketram8276]

Ivy will forever remain one of my favourite Taylor songs ever(one of of my favs of all time too).The instrumental has such a fairytale aesthetic that perfectly belies the darkness beneath it.The lyrics are so beautiful,so metaphorical.Oh, I love this song and now,I’m covered in ivy too~

[@nishthagupta1357]

Yes same

[@maddiegallegos9873]

the sapphic energy of this song is off the CHARTS

[@cuppachar201]

I would like this comment multiple times if I could

[@crisfernands]

my theory is that ivy and dorothea are songs about this sapphic couple who can't be together cause they both are promise to another. they fall in love in ivy, one of them leaves the city in dorothea and tis the damn season they're seeing each other again in the town from ivy

[@maddiegallegos9873]

@@crisfernands OBSESSED WITH THIS!! YES!!!

[@cuppachar201]

@@crisfernands I like the idea but ivy has a much older feel in my opinion while Dorothea and tis the damn season seem obviously very modern day

[@coolgirlzinuwu1615]

@@cuppachar201 SAME

[@chimmyswiftie5252]

I was here faster than Taylor could say"Better than Revenge".

[@andthencametherain4419]

I'm screaming

[@muskaan3711]

Lol

[@amyadelee]

Quicker than you could say ✨sabotage✨

[@timmyswift3672]

Lol hahaha

[@timmyswift3672]

@@amyadelee thats true lol

[@matt-pc6qi]

taylor has saved 2020 twice ... the power she holds

[@reneemilevoj601]

“I can’t stop you putting roots in my dream land” Grounding a a dream, two opposites and bringing it to life. So beautiful, I have been obsessed with this song since it came out

[@kellylau8043]

Taylor: singer, songwriter, painter, poet, director, actress, model, professional cat lady etc etc Me: potato 🥔

[@tamarasmiljkovic444]

I never related to anything more in my entire potato life

[@mehseenshabashkhan631]

also a storyteller.

[@mumerias8117]

Me: pOtAoTo

[@StephanieLexis]

Hey! Potatoes are nutritious and versatile! Shine bright and go forth, potato pal!!

[@annelumpkin1222]

Don't forget her "blanket maker" title too😂

[@rifa1577]

i dont trust anyone who doesnt like ivy... this is such a masterpiece she makes an affair sound so beautiful

[@notinthe.realworld545]

I used to hate it but the more I listen to it the better it becomes lol

[@sydney8734]

Only hetero ppl who hates sapphic theme that hates this masterpiece

[@vincentfreddoyle7555]

I absolutely believe that it’s a masterpiece, but it needs to grow on me tbh; not really my type of music (yet). Edit: My house of stone is now covered in ivy!

[@WhizBang06]

I love this but Its wasnt fit to my type so that's why I rank it last to my ranking

[@babeebel]

​@@vincentfreddoyle7555 I am so happy for you welcome to the ivy club

[@reneem9061]

Taylor: not a lot going on at the moment Us: rerecords are coming! Taylor: haha, you thought. Have another album.

[@dinarrahma803]

taylor: "this is me lying at least im trying"

[@heobingo]

to me, folklore and evermore are her best albums. I never want to get out of the woods

[@NationalCitizenOfFloptropica]

*Out Of The Woods starts playing*

[@n_26theFairy]

Folklore and Evermore are my favorite albums! I just can't get enough!

[@reneemilevoj601]

Agree

[@reneemilevoj601]

But also midnights…

[@iPlayer13]

​​@@NationalCitizenOfFloptropica listening on shuffle be like:

[@charmaynedavies700]

Anyone else hitting the like button before the song starts cause u know since it’s Taylor it has to be great? edit: oh my gosh thank you for all the likes ❤️❤️ the Swiftie community is so supportive ily

[@Chloe-qv9ut]

definitely ☺️

[@elio3060]

true

[@mckaylamurphy5336]

Totally

[@jamessemon6094]

Meee

[@avajain6231]

Yas

[@yazzjustheretocomment]

The "you started it" gets me everytime. Like the kids playing a game

[@yavi3735]

folklore is the older sister of evermore invisible string is the older sister of ivy

[@fauzeeyh6941]

correct

[@jomepelsasukeuciva]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT! YES, IT’S REALLY SISTER OF INVISIBLE STRING

[@maludilu8405]

I was literally looking for this comment 😂😂

[@yavi3735]

@@maludilu8405 lolol

[@strawberry2559]

I think willow will be invisible strings elderly sister right? 🤔

[@travisredder]

the way her background vocal fits her voice in 3:30-3:33 is astonishing and beautifully at the same time

[@rashiiyuuki4017]

I think this song is about a married woman married to her husband by an arranged wedding (probably because this happened in a medieval time). Her husband is probably abusive and someone she never loved that's why the line "And the old widow goes to the stone every day. But I don't, I just sit here and wait, grieving for the living". She possibly fell in love with someone else or loves someone ever before her marriage. The line "he only wants what's yours" is maybe referring to her husband asking for her love, but it will forever belong to her loved one. She wanna be with that someone but is afraid that her husband would hurt her if he finds out about them.

[@rosiesrightshadeofpink3282]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!! ❤️ at first i was confused by the line “he wants whats only yours” i thought wait, is this his husband or lover’s husband because that would so gay and had gay panic djdjskkd (sad bc i thought we finally getting a gay romance *sobs )

[@MsDiMera2]

I thought the same thing

[@elizabethrobinson7148]

I don't think there's any reason to believe he's abusive. And when it she doesn't love him, that's no justification for adultery. This song disgusts me.

[@richelle2062]

@@elizabethrobinson7148 ma'am it's just a song. And it's more like about Emily Dickinson and Sue of the late 1800s.

[@apppletreee]

That’s how I interpreted it too!

[@MorganJLaBella]

Has anyone else noticed that Taylor has been writing and talking about marriage a lot recently? Even if taylor and joe aren't engaged it's on her mind.

[@mishakapoor2198]

yeahhh..u speak my mind

[@Vampyyvenus]

I love that so many people like to pry so far into celebrities personal lives that don’t involve them they make a song about cheating and being in an unloving marriage about her getting married lmfao

[@MorganJLaBella]

@@Vampyyvenus, I never said that she was married, I only said it was on her mind because it is. Countless songs on evermore were about the ¨unhappily ever after anthology of marriages gone bad¨ what Taylor said herself which is different from her past work. I just found it interesting that she was dissecting all the ways marriages could end. That's all. I had no intention to pry.😊

[@ceciliawong80]

And divorce lol

[@darkangelsch]

she’s been writing more about cheating lol

[@marcus3406]

Swifties: We want exile MV Taylor swift: Slap with the TS9 album.

[@erwinjohan]

poor exile :(

[@kvrimka]

:(

[@nicolealacar7345]

haha love her for that though

[@keylimetea]

I LIKE YA CUT T

[@alexsterryandy4574]

Lol

[@arpitachakraborty8969]

Is Taylor even real? All the poets up there is grieving cuz they didn't get to meet our queen, this is just art. No amount of awards is enough for these lyrics.

[@wayneellison2602]

Thank you 😊 💓 ☺️

[@CorneliaSwiftie_7]

yup!

[@larisavintura2069]

After listening to a song like this or an album like this, from my point of view it's hard to listen to any other songs. The lyrics are powerful, meaningful, filled with strong messages, crazy beautiful metaphors.. And after hearing them, any other songs seem..meaninglessness. I just love her albums, her music. She is such a smart songwriting and singer. I love it and I love her! Thank you for this music. It is evertything we need in times like this. Stay safe everyone! Love from Romania!

[@bigstone14491]

Hello from Vietnam ❤️

[@alisonnguyen8843]

the lyrics, the melody, the vibes i can’t or should i say “oh, i can’t”

[@outcastbagels2233]

Maybe 13

[@sadtwerking9327]

Reputation & Lover: writes songs about joe Folklore & Evermore: writes songs with joe🥺

[@gb1312]

that's a higher level of relationship 😍

[@cb1394]

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@sanfields2394]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@sasyasp7454]

Yesss... What a glow up✨

[@mere4146]

they are the cutest 😁

[@sheriberrie]

This is incredible. Pure work of music, art, and poetry. Emily Dickinson would be so proud.

[@nishthagupta1357]

Ikr😊

[@user-jw3sy1do4j]

Why especially emily ?

[@DrPerfectKinda]

@@user-jw3sy1do4j it was featured on the show Dickinson

[@mayangdyahartamia6014]

​@@user-jw3sy1do4jBecause this is a soundtrack of Dickinson series

[@vanessacarses3942]

​@@user-jw3sy1do4jthis song was realesed in her birthday, and it sounds like the story between Emily and Sue.

[@edwarddelosh]

Am I the only one who interprets this as a widow who has met someone new, and is falling in love with them but is really struggling with it, feeling like it's cheating, and not knowing if her lost love would approve?

[@alishahk8584]

Well I thought about it too!

[@towelbox121]

YES I was thinking the exact same thing

[@noraamel2124]

i thought so too but then there was that line about "he's in the room, he wants what only you have" so i'm not so sure

[@edwarddelosh]

@@noraamel2124 - the he in these lines could be the new person that the female character hasn't yet given into.

[@yashigaur6838]

The references to a grave and the fact that they met in a faith forgotten land which could again refer to a grave give me the same feeling... like she fell in love after losing her husband but still feels guilty...

[@emmadong1802]

Taylor's songs are pure poetry

[@sissymiller6713]

True dat

[@andthencametherain4419]

That's why I love her music

[@emmaking8596]

shes a poet

[@badhabit7553]

She's the living art

[@penggalikuburtongkatsemamb735]

she make me missing my literature subject every english language class at school a long time ago :)

[@imagine1e4dragonflies]

First time listening to this song: "Not bad..." Second time: "WOW how did she come up with this"

[@cuppachar201]

First time I listened to it and paid attention properly to the lyrics I was like WOAH

[@morisamorisa2683]

Honestly. The first line. How's one to I'll meet you where the spirit meets the bones already caught my attention. It's my favorite line.

[@christinaloures7132]

Well i guess now after this song is being used in the ending of Dickinson series ep 9 ,it will get the recognition it deserved

[@ssinha1701]

Most productive person in lockdown: Taylor swift

[@frommywindow180]

Saint patron of productivity

[@tan_ishka]

"my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand" Taylor here is having an affair with a vampire

[@danielsonsilveira]

Lmao

[@carolanjosmelo]

I'm seeing Twilight references all over this album! I'm convinced that Gold Rush is about vampires too hahahaha

[@timeforlaurynsopinion5138]

YES that's been my theory the whole time!!

[@tan_ishka]

@@carolanjosmelo and Willow too "as if your were a mythical thing" 😁🥺

[@carolanjosmelo]

@@tan_ishka You're right! Taylor had probably been reading "Midnight Sun" 😁 I'm reading it too and I believe it is helping me to catch the references hahahaha

[@anaciausu3883]

"I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones" this is about that stunning evidence that pure and genuine love transcends body and goes above all material world...this sounds meaningful.😍

[@HappyInTheHome405]

My favorite lyric is "he wants what's only yours", because that line is usually referring to the husband having what the other man wants. But this idea makes it seem like law doesn't have as much pull as emotional experience. Thus couple may be married by law, but he's the "other man", to her, who's started a riveting relationship with a person that she feels is the one that truly loves her and therfore she belongs to.

[@franciscaserra5096]

I know a lot of you are saying that if Evermore is Folklore's sister album, than this song is Illicit Affairs' sister song. I rather believe that this song is August's sister song actually. First of all, because the title of the song also contains the first name of a person. In addition, while the three songs do deal with a love triangle, August and Ivy talk about being in love with someone, even though they shouldn't, but they just can't help it. Whilst in the song August, we have August, James and Betty, here we have Ivy, her husband and her lover. In Illicit Affairs, the main relationship (between the mistress and her lover) is a toxic one, where the mistress wishes she wasn't in that situation and her lover takes advantage of her dependency to make her stay. In Ivy, similarly to August, love is described as innocent, pure and unavoidable. Both the characters are n a cheating situation. Still, rather than being dependent on their lover in a toxic way, they are truly in love with them.

[@ivy7671]

TAYLOR DOESN'T MAKES MUSIC SHE MAKES LITERAL POETRY AND SHE JUST ADDS MUSIC AND IM A SIMP FOR THAT

[@itswarda123]

Deliciously written. I’m in awe of her storytelling. “Your house of stone / your ivy grows/now I’m covered in you “

[@leannewholagan333]

Taylor is a poetic and lyrical genius. This song is so descriptive and yet whimsical.

[@atticusmcfly]

The vibe of this song is on another level for me. Feels like I'm in another world. The foggy landscape with the cottage helps establish that. Taylor and her ability to set a mood. I can't with her anymore.

[@elenawa6884]

EXACTLY

[@bellebelle9532]

i feel like i've been to the places she's written about. it's a weird nostalgia.

[@bellebelle9532]

@Landon Todd omg that's awesome. what did the places look like?

[@516tigergirl]

This feels like lllicit Affairs sister. Both are about cheating.

[@chloe-sm8il]

i thought that too!

[@desareewynter218]

Is illicit affairs about cheating? I just thought it was about a secret relationship - Like how Taylor and dJoe were a secret for a while and had to do things to hide their relationship from the media.

[@516tigergirl]

@@desareewynter218 When you having an affair then you cheating on you significant other but I see where coming from.

[@Louis-ix6dy]

@@desareewynter218 i'd say it applies to both cases.

[@fairysaurus7557]

But ivy sounds slights more healthy and Victorian era than illicit affairs

[@HappyInTheHome405]

I'm just impressed how she made the word "incandescent" fit musically.

[@user-bm2it6ns3g]

unpopular opinion: this is the best song of the album. 🤷‍♀️

[@jamesgrasso9003]

I agree.

[@heyjeremiahwhite.]

agreed.

[@Magra1799]

X3

[@sayanndeep]

Agreed.

[@mikehannigan5538]

Taste ❤️

[@pishiiboo]

this is a masterpiece, literally fits for Dickinson

[@kazumarauWu]

and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

[@krishiacayannerogelio5128]

Emily and Sue :>

[@anonymouslyfamous1]

YES EMISUE.

[@syah1288]

you wrote this 2 months ago??? How??? they just added it in ep9 right? Am I missing something??

[@annabella2041]

YOO they used this for ep 9!!!

[@nhupham]

I'm jealous of Ivy, Betty, Majorie, Dorothea, Cornelia for having Taylor writing a song about them

[@shreejac5779]

Marjorie is Taylor's grandmother!

[@nhupham]

@@thaianhnguyen9211 you missed the point here.

[@ralphallenagustin7610]

Cornelia is a name of place.

[@ivy-gi9gg]

@@thaianhnguyen9211 uhm🙃

[@uhhuh9773]

@@thaianhnguyen9211 so are you saying i’m a flower?🌸

[@siommyformales5070]

Hearing this song play after the emisue scene at 03x09 gives me so much feels.

[@ArturoStojanoff]

I don't think this song is about a traditional cheating situation. I interpreted it as a case of a woman in love with another woman in olden times, when it was very forbidden, and she's in an arranged marriage she doesn't actually want.

[@frommywindow180]

this!!

[@mariaespejo2851]

I think that's because it's inspired by Emily Dickinson and Susan Gilbert.

[@thayanefernandes1807]

yesss

[@safala]

Plus, the comment right above yours (at the time I’m writing) says that they searched the meaning of ivy and basically, ivy was given to married couples to represent faithfulness.

[@mukonaramovha6110]

When listened to it I thought it was about a ghost replaying what happened when she was cheating on her husband with another woman cause she said "my house of stone" and "I'll meet you where spirit meets the bones" maybe the graveyard or spirit world i don't know just a theory

[@yasdaiana]

It’s like an uno reverse card from august

[@dream.5708]

Exactly..thats exactly what this feels like

[@mlorocker]

It’s like a prequel to illicit affairs. The whimsical part of the affair, until it starts to become overwhelming and bitter.

[@adamsky4371]

@@mlorocker coincidentally ivy and illicit affairs are track 10

[@bluedaylight1243]

Yeah i think it is, similar to illicit affairs

[@radhikaananthasubramaniam2037]

@@adamsky4371 I don't think it is a coincidence

[@bhuvaneshx_x4436]

Taylor: not a lot going on at the moment. Swifties: 👁👄👁

[@DANA-sr3br]

I'm never going to trust her again

[@bhuvaneshx_x4436]

@@DANA-sr3br hahahaha

[@aarushikishore1417]

@@DANA-sr3br ME TOO IKR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😆🤣😆😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣🤣😆😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😂😆😆😂😆😂🤣😆😂😆😂😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆😆😆😆😆

[@thvf2381]

Taylor swift: "this is me lying"

[@Barbara.moraes]

When she said that I was convinced that she was going to release the Exile video

[@nataliaizydorek4653]

Can we just stop for a sec and daydream about how poetically moving is to say "I can't stop thinking about you" as " I can't stop you putting roots in my dreamland" 🥺