YOU BELONG WITH ME (but it’s a MINOR KEY VERSION) | Taylor Swift | Lydia the Bard

Turn an iconic, wholesome, beloved song into something dark and creepy? Seems on brand
Hope you enjoy this cover/rewrite of You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift! I was planning out content a few months ago and had just planned on doing a cover of this song because it’s a BOP but if you just read the lyrics without the cute lil melody it’s actually super creepy. In the best way, and so I messaged our resident composer for the channel the GLORIOUS Ben Tomalin, and this creation was made.
It’s giving Yandere, it’s giving love me forever or else, it’s giving if you ever leave me I’ll destroy everything you love and drag you down the aisle and I love it.
Heavily inspired by Sarah Cothrans cover of Love story here - • Love Story - Taylor Sw...
See ya next weeeeek ❤️
Byeeeeeeee
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[@LydiatheBard]

I’m just not like other girls… #loveme #loveonlyme #shewearsshortskirts #iweartshirts Stream this song to keep yandere bard away! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lydiathebard/you-belong-with-me-minor-key

[@Libbyireland15]

Yesss

[@stefaniarusso]

Yes 😊

[@JanaSalam-ml1ln]

HELLO BIG FAN

[@jamaelwilliams8677]

Thx 4 the 🤩 Melody have a fantastic weekend✌🏿

[@bloodmoon0205]

This is amazing! I've been waiting for someone to do something like this for years! Perfection!

[@sweetiecube141]

Imagine this is the main guy’s perspective of her and it’s the main reason why his girlfriend doesn’t trust the singer alone with him

[@CharlottePlusCake]

Omg…

[@disneyheloise2803]

waIT THAT'S A GREAT THEORY

[@sweetiecube141]

@@disneyheloise2803 I think it makes sense because girlfriend’s perspective of the song exists. Therefore, why not make this song be what the main seen and heard from the singer during a life or death situation? Too dark?

[@tammydreamwriter2877]

Mind blown. We need a video stat

[@RavenSutcliffe]

​@@sweetiecube141wait, the girlfriend's perspective of the song exists? I need to listen to that

[@jerryworshiper1587]

when stalker lydia said "her ending was overdue" you can just tell she commited first degree murder.

[@predaprime]

I say she poisoned her.

[@eryuu4016]

​@@predaprimeStill first degree murder since it was planned.

[@cupcakesfanficgameslover5792]

​@@predaprimeme too

[@jerryworshiper1587]

@@predaprime the poison was in the coffee.

[@tatwood1123]

She seems way too lost at that point to be satisfied with poison. Her character wouldn't be happy unless it was hands on

[@IceMetalPunk]

Me: "I like this, but I don't get stalker vibes from it." Song: *New bridge hits* Me: "...I retract my statement, your honor."

[@LydiatheBard]

Hehehehehe

[@PercabethForever-kz7lr]

@@LydiatheBardthat's what I was thinking lol

[@sophiejiang2723]

Ikr

[@LinneaAnn01]

i felt the same way

[@Tabby_CatMeow]

I like the subtle change of “You belong with me” implying a healthy equal relationship and “You belong to me” implying ownership and unequalness (if that makes any sense)😅

[@Ebop15.-kc9ne]

It does. It goes from talking about breaking up with the girlfriend and getting with the singer would be healthier, to the singer being possessive and more of an incel

[@charlottewalnut3118]

@@Ebop15.-kc9neYandere is the word you’re looking for 😊

[@techpriest6962]

Not exactly, as being possessive (having ownership) isn't just a one way street. That's not to say it isn't one way to interpret it however.

[@5ome5tranger]

​@@charlottewalnut3118 yeah yandere means possessive incel, just murderous

[@gachatana9656]

​@@5ome5tranger Yandere does not mean incel. What planet are you on 💀 Yandere is a portmanteau of two Japanese words. The first is yanderu, which means “to be sick,” and the second is deredere, used here for “lovestruck.”

[@galagatorgames1317]

Of course the best looking artwork on this channel has to be of an alternate Lydia who you don't want the attention of

[@LydiatheBard]

Oh yeah avoid this gyal like hell she’ll hold your cats ransom if you look at her wrong

[@TheGuardianSoul]

I find this both hilarious and disturbing. 😅

[@jerryworshiper1587]

@@LydiatheBard kidnapping pets is too far, and that's coming from me

[@BlueDonutKitty]

@@LydiatheBard "Holding him for ransom...some...some..." (Are you Ready For It...? Taylor Swift -- reputation album)

[@chrism2516]

My eyeballs just about popped out of my head when she said, "She's asleep and won't get up."

[@davidvaldezjr5546]

RIGHT?!😱

[@kotlcdaydreamer]

The queen has once again dropped an amazing cover!

[@LydiatheBard]

👸🏼👸🏼👸🏼

[@_Random_shorts_8]

Heres ur crown 👑

[@JillInTheBox]

My sister, in the car, on the way home: "Why are we listening to a cover? It's not like there's different lyrics." Lydia: "You tell me 'Something's worng. She's asleep and won't get up.'" My sister: "Mood- Wait, WHAT??"

[@onix_the_eevee]

I mean, it is a mood, just a different one

[@Himynameisnotcarpet]

Yeah, one true love, ones a true crime

[@addiewest6070]

Worng

[@jasonryan5572]

Oh no how old was she?

[@Letsgocandycane]

As a huge fan of Taylor I approve

[@LydiatheBard]

I am desperate for the swifties approval so thank you

[@brundag4]

As a fellow Swifty I loved it!

[@Nightshade24122]

@@LydiatheBard could you do Fire from Camp Rock 2, please? I haven't found a great female cover of it anywhere. I think you would do an awesome cover of it.

[@lexxbunnyy3538]

​@@Nightshade24122And to piggyback on your request and hear me out... This is me in minor 😍

[@weirdoscorner1917]

Also a fellow swiftie I approve. This is definitely one of my favorite covers of yours

[@williamgunderson3002]

Little surprised that the last line wasn't "You belong TO me" after that twist.

[@missdragonspire9528]

I have always heard this as a yandere song solely because of that title. Like, way to take away the choice from this crush and be possessive. It just needed the nudge that you brought so delightfully. A very good cover, and the minor key was also an unexpected, but good touch

[@nsr-ints]

It's the same energy as "Different font changes everything." Like... "I will always find you," written in lovey cute fonts, it's wholesome and lovely, but written in blood red with full on horror movie style "scratch mark" font, now it's suddenly more horrifying.

[@user-wt1fn5gb1v]

@@nsr-ints Very true!! Great point!

[@PixelizzyAshyy]

chills, this cover completely CHANGES the song yet remains just as enchanting, I thank you queen for another of your ABSOLUTE BANGERS

[@CelticSaemi]

I'm glad to hear the stalker/Yandere vibes of this song were brought to life in this beautiful cover!! And I like Taylor's early songs ;)

[@sidhebane]

I always got "entitled friendzone creeper" vibes from the original, yeah.

[@melodyscorpion6606]

​@sidhebane very entitled. Kinda low-key female incel. Pick me, even.

[@hongjoongsincrediblelooksa9686]

fun fact: if you sing the original version in a higher key, its like this minor key is a harmony and it goes really well together

[@sprites4ever482]

I love this whole "loving nightmare" aesthetic Lydia has going on in all her covers, it really speaks to me. Love isn't reasonable and sometimes it's not even healthy. And in dilemmas like the ones Lydia likes to write her texts about, people have to chose between what feels but might not be right, and what is most likely right but doesn't feel like it. The question is, though: Is pain part of passion?

[@arthurdias6860]

let's all be honest here: you can only write passion with the letters that pain have

[@sprites4ever482]

@@arthurdias6860 That settles it.

[@sidhebane]

To be fair, the *original* always struck me as someone in the friendzone singing about how "I (the singer) deserve you way more than the person you've actually chosen to date", moreso than "yandere". This becomes much more visible to most people if you simply swap the genders while retaining the theme - it lines up better with their preconceptions that way around. Same applies to "Saved the best for last"

[@elizathebard]

Yandere lydia 👀 I honestly don’t know how to feel about this haha 😂 can’t wait to listen to it 💙💙

[@Libbyireland15]

Yea😂😂

[@tammydreamwriter2877]

This version brings chills down my very spine, cause something tells me that she’ll kill him if she snaps.

[@CherryStar39]

I'm excited to see how Lydia's gonna change the song

[@Libbyireland15]

Yea

[@ryarod]

...And? What did you think?

[@CherryStar39]

@ryarod It's an amazing adaptation, the way the minor key was blended so well with the song plus the extra lyrics was fantastic!

[@MadamStrawberryrose]

As a Swiftie I love this cover/rewrite❣️🤩

[@thegreatandterrible4508]

As someone with two sisters who love Taylor Swift, this is pretty much what the song has always sounded like to me (tone of the lyrics, I mean).

[@user-ol9ny4ow8o]

i never heard this song before, so i decided to listn the orign first, and it really gives me some "mad person in love" vibes. glad to see im not alone who felt it...

[@Noahgrz]

I love how the background is red and yet the hair is green like its showing the green can mean she plays innocent but in the dark, the red shows how far she'll go until all she sees is red.

[@ickylynn6155]

2:17 - 2:20 Okay, I'm sorry, but I just imagined her inside his walls or room or something while he's talking to himself or a friend on the phone or somethin' and that just made it so much more creepy. This cover is amazing, I didn't know I needed it

[@pnkiette]

if Taylor swift sounded like this I'd listen to her

[@theonlyrainalyn]

facts

[@vanilladrizzlequeen]

AHHH I CAN"T WAIT

[@Libbyireland15]

Same

[@Art-kl3gu]

I'm so excited! ❤️I love your covers Edit: I love it! ❤️ Thank you for the cover

[@Libbyireland15]

Same!

[@MorningStar151]

I swear the braids look like snakes lol but the song is so good and very creepy with the minor key. Very well done and I can't wait to hear more creepy/cool songs 😁

[@yeojiherrscherofswifties3645]

Reputation vibes right there lmao 🖤🐍

[@user-xc4kl2ui3r]

Medusa

[@dawnrobbins7066]

I was like "the singing's gorgeous but this isn't all that yandere, I thought she'd change the lyrics"; the payoff was fantastic. Love the song, great work, fantastic as always😃😍

[@soapssie]

I like most of Taylor's songs, and yeah, I liked this song as a kid, but as I got older, definitely started to weird me out. This tone is much better for the lyrics.

[@hjkl1255]

Yeah the song slaps but the original lyrics are the peak of pick me girl energy .

[@itsmecookie4385]

i love how she will not just make a cover of a song but change it to make it a little diffrent

[@Dog-wz6zp]

Really liked it! Your covers are amazing!

[@MugmanMatey]

I’m nervous but excited, I lost my best friend yesterday due to her hating me. Now I hope this is like a revenge song.

[@The_real_Shinobu]

Are you ok i lost my best friend to

[@MugmanMatey]

Eh

[@The_real_Shinobu]

Are you??

[@MugmanMatey]

I could be better, my other friends on the group is trying to put us back the way it was before

[@The_real_Shinobu]

@@MugmanMatey that's good i wish i had some more friends but i don't 😁

[@daniellechoice2587]

I love how she doesn't change anything for the first part but it still sounds as stalker as the later parts

[@Lady_ETHNE]

Ok Lydia's singing is amazing as usual but holy cow the animation and art are fantastic as well! I love the way the hair moves and how colorful it is!

[@belg4r489]

This is great! Btw there’s a small spelling error around3:30 says ‘buff’ instead of ‘bluff’. Looking forwards to your next song! Would love to see an original song based on ‘arcane’ like the disney songs you’ve done!

[@fangirlfanatic7075]

When a single key change completely shifts the whole vibe of the song, this is so good

[@sarahserenityqueen117]

I just came up with a good story for this cover: Main girl has been best friends with the guy next door since childhood. Over the years, she's fallen in love with him. The parents want them together, but at the time he's dating the popular girl in their class. The popular girl is mean and vindictive and a bully to the main girl. So to hurt her, she acts also mean towards the boy because she feels she has him wrapped around her finger. Over the years of highschool towards senior year, the main girl grows into a beauty that the popular girl sees as a threat. So one day she hurts the boy to the point where he confides in the main girl of the pain his gf dealt. Realizing she's had enough, and is running out of patience for him to be at her side instead of his gf's, she goes full yandere mode. So one day while they're hanging out, the boy gets a call from his gfs parents, telling him they found her dead in her bed. Seemingly dying from natural causes. So as the boy is crying in the main girl's arms, and how she expressed she's sorry for his loss, inside she feels pure bliss because she feels she's won and the popular girl, who had bullied her and hurt the boy she loves, is finally gone. So now feels powerful and feels there's no one in the way of her and the boy finally being together.

[@IzzyakaSpookyGurlQueenal-lh3dh]

Me crazy about my boyfriend😅 We're just protective of each other

[@sarahserenityqueen117]

​@@IzzyakaSpookyGurlQueenal-lh3dhwe're always protective over those we love lol

[@IzzyakaSpookyGurlQueenal-lh3dh]

U get me gurl!😁👑

[@IzzyakaSpookyGurlQueenal-lh3dh]

Does that make me Yandere. Lydia?

[@sarahserenityqueen117]

@@IzzyakaSpookyGurlQueenal-lh3dh I think that's a good type of yandere

[@viktoriaschweizer8724]

I ' cant wait 🤩😊

[@Libbyireland15]

ME too

[@viktoriaschweizer8724]

@@Libbyireland15 😁

[@Libbyireland15]

😃

[@viktoriaschweizer8724]

@@Libbyireland15 🙂

[@Kiroisgrapesoda]

OMG?? UR OC IS SO PRETTY 😭😭😭 NOT TO MENTION UR BEAUTIFUL VOICE 🤭🤭🤭🤭 UR SO GOOD!! new achievement unlocked: u earned a new sub 💖

[@Living_on_one_braincell]

OMG I LOWKEY WANNA USE THIS IN AN ANIMATIC 😱😱

[@shinko_songs]

I have always wondered what this sounded like in minor key🤔. And trust me, you potrayed it very perfectly😊. THIS IS A TRUE MASTERPIECE✨✨. LOVE YOU LYDIA AND YOUR VOICE AS ALWAYS❤❤

[@I.hate.society]

Oh damn, this is so amazing ✨ I love the yandere/stalker art and song! Keep up the good work! ❤

[@particalman1016]

Right after I heard you're rewrite of Love Story, My brain immediately went "You Belong With Me" Would be perfect to do this to! And my wish to myself has been granted! I'm pretty sure you can do this with most Taylor Swift songs. Is this going to be a new series along side you Princess Villains series? I don't listen to Taylor Swift but I'd listen to her like this. lol.

[@vivianneclaire]

The song is amazing, gives me chills, but I have to say that I adore the art you made for this! Especially the hair. I wish that I could have hair like that!

[@tylerf5914]

I honestly like this better than the original, and I listened to it religiously on the radio when I was younger. Putting this on loop. Plus the grimdark tone works perfectly!

[@bradleyogilvie8869]

Gotta say, I’m enjoying these Minor key Taylor Swift covers so far. Hope you keep it up! Edit: Twisted Taylor! That’s what I’m calling this series!

[@justinbuergi9867]

Love the dark remixes of these songs. Fantastic! Edit: wow this one was dark! And I freaking loved it!

[@7neochan]

goes to show that. most of Taylor's songs can turn yandere with just a flip of the key, and im here for it!

[@samuelcollantes1175]

What a beautiful song this was, and that look , it reminded me of Mirabel from Encanto (except with green hair) happy saturday Lydia, take care and God bless you, greetings from Colombia as well to you

[@oynxerrr]

GONNA CRY JUST WOKE UP have to wait 3 hours for this masterpiece?

[@Libbyireland15]

Yea!

[@sarahgault1938]

such an awesome cover! 😍

[@Avafahy]

Hi I’m so excited

[@Libbyireland15]

Same!

[@BlueDonutKitty]

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO BE THIS TALANTED AT SINGING? SECOND ONLY TO TAYLOR SWIFT (sorry, I'm a die-hard Swiftie lol) BUT TAYLOR SWIFT ASIDE, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE DO MORE TS COVERS PLEASE!! I'M BEGGING YOU~~~~

[@lourdeslu4331]

It would be amazing to hear a cover of princess of china or Kiss from a rose

[@Rikrobat]

See, this is kind of how I interpreted the OP version from the beginning. Love the more sinister sound of a different key~

[@skyrixx887]

this gave me chills, as all of your covers do, i love it!!

[@davidschmidt5533]

Amazing conveyance of that perspective from her lyrics and I am fond of this twist of tone.

[@pastelharmonies]

I actually heard this last night on Apple Music and it was so good!

[@Lili_969]

Omg I ' cant wait ❤😫

[@Libbyireland15]

ME TOO

[@sophiaipac9429]

its giving siren + yandere ngl… I LOVE IT!

[@graceshulas8773]

I may not be a major Taylor Swift fan but I love how Taylor Swift is as a person 🥰 and I your version of this song

[@eggooss]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS WHEN I SAW THE POST YOU ALWAYS MAKE THE BEST COVERS LYDIA 🙏🙏🙏🙏🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@tmoore5391]

I love the tone of the song and new lyrics! Great job!

[@KoriKoi-po4rj]

Lets gooo! Ik this is going to be good✨

[@CAPTAINCRUNCH-]

THAT WAS AMAZING

[@Marley1432]

ok but the animation is literally gorgeous

[@TheDaphinator]

THAT BRIDGE GAVE ME CHILLS! JAW DROPPED!

[@Avafahy]

Who else is

[@Libbyireland15]

??

[@Lmmeditsandart]

Lol what?

[@Libbyireland15]

Uhh

[@thischannelisded]

I am

[@stefaniarusso]

I am

[@Originally-Syd]

THIS IS SICKKKKKKKK!!!! SPECTACULAR JOBBBBBBB 💖💖

[@NekoGamer0112]

I'm not a big fan of Taylor Swift but this along with your rendition of Love Story (one of the only songs I've liked from her) makes me enjoy it so much more! This should be a series but regardless all of your covers makes me love the song more! Thank you for your fantastic work and I hope you have many more successful songs and covers and a growing fanbase of people who should hear this!

[@mariel1533]

This is awesome! I really like when the words change and become WAY more ominous

[@kingryuuka7018]

IT LOWKEY SOUNDS LIKE STALKERS TANGO AT TIMES WOAH This gives the chills

[@va6Luna]

i am addicted to this songm the lyrics, the music, the tone...just so freaking *perfect*

[@littleblue..x]

your covers are really good! I love the melody change.

[@emma.bridgeforth]

This was kinda sad but also creepy with it being in the minor key, I love this version!

[@alicial4857]

I love this so much. This cover could inspire a story.

[@carolinecheney]

This is the other Taylor Swift song I’ve listened to. This is a pretty good song! I wish you the best of luck!😘 Edit: this is great! I kinda like where you had the singer kill his girlfriend so she could be with him!

[@ashleepeacock592]

Holy CRAP your voice is amazing I legitimately thought I was in a trance or something like that was amazing and so are you 🥰until then have fun have a good one and keep up the good work ✨❤️✨

[@LegacyhasLegacies]

its interesting how u made the song the yandere version btw when i heard taylors "you belong with me" it totally sounded like she was near the yandere state and im glad someone made an amazing but creepy song abt it

[@Itzmenotknowingwhattodo]

That’s what I was thinking😭

[@-Ra3-]

Can’t wait! So excited 😁

[@PercabethForever-kz7lr]

That was sooooo good! Another amazing cover. My inner Swiftie approves

[@Vyxtie.Kitsun]

I'm a huge fan of Taylor swift and normally i don't find many cover's i truly enjoy but this...yeah this is going in my dark romance reading playlist. you got talent!

[@LiaMc-37]

Sounds so magical, love it 💖

[@MadamStrawberryrose]

I am obsessing over the art! The artist is super talented❣️😍

[@MalThatGalPal]

This might be one of my new favorite song covers… and I like a lot of covers ❤

[@user-cm5of7ip1s]

I love your covers they are so much fun to listen too

[@viviennestardust]

Oh my gosh. This is brilliant!! I actually loved this so much!!

[@CharityPlays]

Pls Do More Covers Like This I Loved This I'm Going Use This For A Video (Giving Credits Duh) Love Your Videos Have A Good Day/Night!

[@emilyb4115]

Bro this song literally gave me chills

[@katykat6765]

Oh my goodness i love this sooo much great job girl

[@emma.x4669]

This is absolutely genius and creative!

[@MidnightFire1222]

It's amazing how the key of a song can completely change the tone of the song. I love it!

[@fnafgod2012]

I love this cover/re-write!!! It is amazing!!!

[@hairypotter9920]

I’m already obsessed

[@breeisfav]

listening to this on repeat love this sm!!

[@That_One_Person-zd5wt]

I love your work! Keep it up!❤

[@Crazee_a]

AAHHH New subscriber Your song covers give me CHILLS I fell in love immediately

[@yourgirlash3802]

Im in love with your songs ive listened to most of them lol i especially love the disney princess villan song

[@TrashBunBun]

Honestly, listening to this gave me some animation idea 👀 IT HAS TO BE DONE THE VIBES JUST HIT TOO HARD