- This one, I feel like is really the song you would
play at your wedding. - ♪ ...played the field before ♪
- She's dated a regular amount. This is not that big of a deal.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we're gonna play you selections of every song
from Taylor Swift's seventh album, "Lover."
- (squeals) Are you serious? I love this!
- I'm so excited. (laughs) I sat in traffic for two hours
to go to a Taylor-Swift-themed SoulCycle ride.
- (FBE) Have you listened to any of the album yet?
- I listened to a couple of the songs, the main ones that have been released
and been going everywhere. - I heard of it,
but I ain't listened to it. But I'm a fan.
- I've absolutely listened to every song in this album
multiple times. - Taylor Swift is known
for making lots of love songs and stuff like that,
so it'll be interesting to see what she has to say this time around.
- "I Forgot That You Existed." - (claps)
- ♪ How many days did I spend thinkin' 'bout how you did me ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Wrong, wrong, wrong ♪
- ♪ How many days did I spend thinkin' 'bout how you did me ♪
- This song is such a good opener. - Got a nice little beat to it.
- ♪ All of my sunshine was gone, gone, gone ♪
♪ But then something happened one magical night ♪
♪ I forgot that you existed ♪ - Relatable, all of it.
- ♪ And I thought that it would kill me,
but it didn't ♪ - Me with every person
that's done me wrong! - It's inspirational.
Like, "I thought that it would kill me, but it DIDN'T."
Like, Taylor! Yes! - This track is kinda like a--
I think it's a good way to introduce the album.
It's simple. It's catchy.
- This is not the Taylor I'm used to.
I love it. We've watched her grow.
We've watched her mature. - It's very Taylor Swift,
but it's also very trendy to other songs that I've heard.
- ♪ Oh, it's you ♪ - Ah, such a good song.
Oh my goodness. Ah. - This is gonna be
the radio chart topper. - What I do like about this
is how she goes from her head voice to her full voice.
- ♪ ...cruel summer ♪ - This is also very Taylor Swift.
- This is reminding me a little bit of Gwen Stefani.
- ♪ It's a cruel summer ♪ - This album art is so perfect too.
It goes so well. - ♪ That's what I tell 'em ♪
♪ No rules in breakable heaven ♪ ♪ But ooh, whoa, oh ♪
♪ It's a cruel summer ♪ ♪ With you ♪
- Ah, it's a cruel summer, honey. It's hot out there. (laughs)
- I remember her first few pop songs are just so different
than this song right now, but songs like this
is what's poppin' on the charts. - You can already kind of tell
that there is a thematic sound to the album.
I wonder if we'll the same kind of sound themes
throughout the entire album. - ♪ We could leave
the Christmas lights ♪ - Ooh, she's got color
in her hair now. That's new.
- ♪ ...till January ♪ - Ooh, I love the lights.
- Hmm. Interesting experimentation with that sound.
- It looks like the video was-- it looks like one of them
old dollhouses that opened up. - ♪ ...be this close ♪
- This song is so-- I don't wanna say sensual,
but it's just so emotional and vulnerable.
- She has so many songs about love, but this one, I feel like
is really the song you would play at your wedding.
- ♪ Lover ♪ - Leave it to Taylor Swift
to have the most beautiful cinematography and just colors
in her videos. - The best part of this song
is when the chords kind of digress.
It kind of reminds me a bit of the Beatles.
- It's really nice. I like when things build a story,
and it's really cool that she's building a story
with her music. - "The Man." Ah!
- ♪ I would be cool ♪ - I actually really love this one.
- ♪ I would be complex ♪ - Yes, you would!
- ♪ I would be cool ♪ - Yes, you would!
- ♪ They'd say I played the field before I... ♪
- She said, "I played the field." (laughs) She was playing
the field too. - ♪ ...played the field before... ♪
- She's dated a regular amount. This is not that big of a deal.
- ♪ ...be okay for me to do ♪
- And I feel like this one kind of bounces back
to the style of the first couple. - ♪ ...more of a boss to you ♪
♪ I'd be a fearless leader ♪ - It's like, "I'm so angry,"
but then you're like, cool pop music.
- ♪ ...believes ya ♪ - (sings along) ♪ What's that like? ♪
- ♪ I'm so sick of running as fast as I can ♪
♪ Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man ♪
- Ooh, this song-- it's just true!
I kind of resonate with that song a little bit.
- If she was a man, she totally would not get all this hate.
- I'ma cry, 'cause she's just come a long way, you know.
And that song really makes me feel like she got her power back
and that she's really, you know, strong in herself now.
- ♪ Easy to come, easy to go ♪ - It's interesting how a lot
of the songs are in this little echo. - There's that play
with that echo sound again. - ♪ ...never grew up ♪
♪ It's getting so old ♪ ♪ Help me hold on to you ♪
- It's funny when I'm listening to these and I'm just looking
at her album art. Taylor Swift is forever a 20-year-old.
- This one's a little bit more slow. You can tell it's very meaningful
to her, which is sweet.
- ♪ I think he knows he better lock it down ♪
♪ Or I won't stick around ♪ - Uh-oh. Put a ring on it.
- ♪ ...I won't stick around ♪ ♪ 'Cause good ones never wait ♪
- Said you better lock it down. - ♪ He got that boyish look
that I like in a man ♪ ♪ I am an architect,
I'm drawing up the plans ♪ - I'm the architect.
I'm drawing the plans. I love it.
- ♪ Boy, I understand ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Boy, I understand ♪
- ♪ He got my heartbeat ♪ - Oh, yeah.
- ♪ Skipping down 16th Avenue ♪ - This one's really cool.
I like the sound of this one. - ♪ Wanna see what's under
that attitude like ♪ - This song is kinda cute,
but it reminds me, dare I say, of a girl group.
- She's going to another level. She's on that mature level.
- She's so good with her wordplay and her syntax and her rhythms
and just everything. - ♪ My team is losing ♪
- "Miss America & the Heartbreak Prince."
Did Fallout Boy write that name title? It's so long.
- ♪ My team is losing ♪ ♪ Battered and bruising ♪
♪ I see the high fives between the bad guys ♪
- This one, it's like she's looking back on high school,
but life is still high school. - ♪ ...is coming, but ♪
♪ It's you and me ♪ ♪ That's my whole world ♪
- This is what's gonna play after your coming-of-age teen movie
that we're gonna see in theaters soon.
- ♪ ...school is rolling fake dice ♪
♪ You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes ♪
- I feel like back in my high school days
or middle school days, I would've been OBSESSED
with this song. - All these songs,
it's like I have no words, because it's just, like,
I'm so overwhelmed and it's just so nice to listen to.
- This is my favorite one. (chuckles) - I LOVE this song!
- ♪ ...know I had a long night ♪
♪ Kiss me twice, 'cause it's gonna be all right ♪
♪ Three times, 'cause I waited my whole life ♪
- This is such a good song for a commercial.
- This is Kesha and Taylor Swift put together in a perfect song.
- ♪ 'Cause I waited my whole life ♪ - Yes, this is fun.
You just wanna... (clapping)
- ♪ ...shiny things, but I'd marry you
with paper rings ♪ - This is very '90s.
- ♪ Darling, you're the one I want ♪
- Okay. That one's fun. - I wasn't really a fan
of that song at all. I don't like the tambourine.
- I think the bubblegum pop style suits her.
- ♪ Back when we were... ♪ - "Cornelia Street."
- High-key don't know where Cornelia Street is,
but we gotta go visit, you know? - ♪ Back when we were card sharks,
playing games ♪ ♪ I thought you were leading me on ♪
- This is one, like, I have no idea what they're saying,
but I'm just like, "Yeah. Stan." - ♪ ...city screams your name ♪
- That one's sweet. - She really paints a picture
for you, and I feel like other artists don't do that.
- ♪ He said it was a great love ♪ - "Death By a Thousand Cuts."
- ♪ One for the ages ♪ ♪ But if the story's over ♪
♪ Why am I still writing pages? ♪ - Awww.
- ♪ 'Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts ♪
♪ Flashbacks waking me up ♪ - Ooh, I love the guitar in this.
I love this sound a lot. - It just-- I don't know.
This album makes me feel like you're just sitting
in a meadow or on a cloud. - Yeah. That feels really...
like older Taylor. - ♪ 'Cause saying goodbye
is death by a thousand cuts ♪ - I like this one too.
- ♪ I get drunk, but it's not enough ♪
♪ 'Cause the morning comes ♪ ♪ And you're not my baby ♪
- It's just like, it hurts! - ♪ ...through the windows
of this love ♪ ♪ Even though we boarded them up ♪
- Wow. Okay. Especially in this song, you kind of hear that old
"Tears On My Guitar" Taylor Swift. - There's complexity to those lyrics.
- It's good, and I started just tearing up,
because I was just proud of her. I feel like a mom!
- ♪ They say home is where... ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Heart is ♪
♪ But that's not where mine lives ♪ - ♪ You know I love a London boy ♪
- Them London boys. They be dangerous.
- She's such a little London bitch. I just could totally picture her
just walking along. - ♪ He likes my American smile,
like a child when our eyes meet ♪
♪ Darling, I fancy you ♪ - This is so cute.
Aww, "I fancy you." - ♪ ...back to Highgate ♪
♪ Met all of his best mates ♪ ♪ So, I guess all the rumors
are true ♪ ♪ You know I love a... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ London boy ♪ - She said, "Forget the American boys.
Let me get me a London boy." - That is just so cute.
Every girl in England right now is like
(in "English" accent) "Oh my god!" (laughs)
- That one's all about Joe, you know? And it's like, "Oh, because
he's from London." She has so much life experience,
I feel like, and I think it's so cool that she's able
to turn that into art. - ♪ I know delusion when I... ♪
- Ooh, this sounds really pretty already.
(gasps) - ♪ You like the nicer nurses ♪
♪ You make the... ♪ - Is this the first one
that we've heard that's a little more sad?
- ♪ Ooh ♪ - I feel the country
coming back in this. - This is with the Dixie Chicks.
- I think it's so cool that she got the Dixie Chicks
to be on it, 'cause I think they said, like, "Oh,
that's her mom's favorite group." - ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ You'll get better soon ♪
♪ 'Cause you have to ♪ - That one kind of gave me the chills.
- It's making me emotional, because it's like,
the lyrics are "Soon, you'll get better,"
and it's very encouraging! - I really do believe
this is her most personal song, and it's so, so close to her,
you know? And she said it's hard to listen to,
and she's not gonna perform it on tour.
- The album "Lover," I guess, isn't necessarily referencing
just romantic love but also family love
and, you know, love in general, I suppose.
And I guess, you know, dedicating the song
or inspired by her mom is one of those symbols.
- ♪ We might just get away with it ♪ - This one was-- threw me.
It kind of threw me for a loop. - ♪ Even if it's a false god ♪
- That saxophone is so good in this song. Oh my goodness.
- ♪ We'd still worship this love ♪ - This is nice too.
I like the mellower beats. - That one's good.
It's a little bit slower. Not my taste.
- The sound is more mature. This is the stuff you're gonna hear
on traditional radio. - ♪ You are somebody that... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ I don't know ♪ - Such a good song,
and it just won the VMA on Monday! - ♪ And I'm just like, "Damn" ♪
- She honestly looks the same. Like, she hasn't aged.
- ♪ So, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh ♪
- The bright colors, she has an aesthetic.
- I love the color, like, the use of colors
in the music video. - ♪ You're being too loud ♪
- So good! I swear, that song will never get old.
- Almost feels like much more poppier than everything else.
I really wouldn't guess that this would be the precursor
to what this album is. - ♪ I don't wanna do ♪
♪ I don't wanna do this to you ♪ ♪ I don't wanna lose ♪
♪ I don't wanna lose this... ♪ - I like this one a lot too.
- ♪ ...need to say, hey ♪ - This one's the same sensual,
intimate kind of thing. - ♪ Meet me in the afterglow ♪
- Ooh. It sounds beautiful, but it sounds like something
I heard six tracks back. - I don't know what that means yet.
"Meet me in the afterglow." I really like the beat,
I really like the whole vibe of it, but I'm not sure what it means yet.
- The whole vibe of this album, it feels like self-love.
She really gave herself time to find peace with herself
before she made this album, because it feels very calm
compared to Reputation.
- ♪ I know that I'm a handful, baby, uh ♪
♪ You know I never think... ♪ - I cried when this song came out.
- ♪ You're the kind of guy the ladies want ♪
- Oh, god. This song is on this album?!
- ♪ I promise that you'll never find another like ♪
- (Taylor and Brendon) ♪ Me ♪ - I love him!
- A little upset, because on the album, she took out, "Hey, kids,
spelling is fun." I am so mad!
- This is the one you gotta have for the radio, you know?
- ♪ ...keep you company ♪ - This is just so magical,
very Willy Wonka. - I love that! (squeals)
- Taylor Swift is happy again. The world is okay now,
because Taylor Swift is happy. - This is obviously how Taylor feels.
And I like that it's very her, and there aren't that many
other voices. - ♪ Church bells ring ♪
♪ Carry me home ♪ ♪ Rice on the ground ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Looks like snow ♪ It's a wedding!
She paints this picture, but she doesn't tell you
what it is. You have to listen.
- ♪ Feels like home ♪ ♪ Stay in bed
the whole weekend ♪ - I like this.
- ♪ ...nice to have a friend ♪ - I mean, I agree.
It is nice to have a friend. - It's a nice refresher, you know?
You had "Me,"\this upbeat "Me,"
and then, you kind of go back into the end of the album.
- I feel like I'm in an oversized sweater
looking out of a huge window with a cup of either hot tea
or hot cocoa in my hand, and it's raining.
Feels very Seattle on a Tuesday. It's nice to have a friend.
- ♪ I don't wanna think of anything else
now that I thought of you ♪ - This ain't the same song
you just played for me? - ♪ ...so long
in a 20-year dark night ♪ - This is a very good ending
to the album. - ♪ ...see daylight ♪
♪ Daylight ♪ ♪ I only see daylight ♪
- "Daylight" and "Afterglow," they're kind of similar,
and I feel like they're supposed to feed off each other.
- ♪ You gotta step into the daylight ♪ - Ooh, I like that part a lot.
- ♪ ...let it go ♪ ♪ Just let it go ♪
- Yeah, that was a very peaceful, tranquil ending to the album.
- Ahhh, this is such a good final song!
"Lover" was the best title for this album.
She talks about loving yourself, loving other people,
loving other communities, loving everybody.
- (FBE) So, what do you think of the album as a whole?
- You know, actually, kind of impressed.
This album is more for everyone, you know?
Whether it be fans of Taylor Swift or non-fans.
- Liked it as a whole. I am intrigued enough
that I'm gonna go and listen to it in its entirety.
- She got a couple pop songs in there. You're gonna be like, "Ah,
it's like the old Taylor Swift." And then you can see her
maturing a little bit. - This one seems more personal,
I wanna say. "Reputation" was a message
to the public. And this one is just like,
"Hey, public. Do you wanna see what's going on with me?"
- The album's to die for. I'm so happy for Taylor Swift.
I'm happy for all the fans who, you know, are listening to this album.
You always wanna see good people succeed. Always.
And I feel like she's succeeding, and I'm so happy for her.
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