Taylor Swift - folklore

[Florencia.]

So Cardigan, August and Betty are the trilogy she mentioned, the same story of the love triangle told by the three different characters. I need to listen to them together to see it by myself

Chris Williams also shared some lyrics from "the lakes" and what the song is about on his review https://variety.com/2020/music/reviews/taylor-swift-folklore-album-review-1234715520/amp/

 

[aux]

The way we manifested this being her best album.

 

[sexercise]

I've wanted her to work with Justin for YEARS and the fact that they actually did and it's on a song as good as Exile like ????

I don't want to get ahead of myself but this might be her best album.

 

[eccentricsimply]

All the jokes aside I don’t know if this album is great or if it’s just because it’s exactly the album I needed right now ddddd both maybe?

I will say I’d get rid of the run Mad Woman-Epiphany-Betty not because they aren’t good but because Epiphany is too sad and the other two are just not as good as the rest of the album. By Betty I was a bit eh maybe this is over and then Peace grabbed me by the throat.

 

[Mushroom]

‘mirrorball’, ‘seven’, ‘invisible string’ and ‘betty’ are my early favourites, though I would say ‘mad woman’ is the only outright dud here.

 

[andru]

Trust the forum to crash and burn just as this was released into the world.

This is such a great album, with depth and accomplished lyricism. Epiphany is most certainly written with the pandemic and our key workers in mind - heartbreaking and poignant. I feel like this will be seen as her magnum opus. It’s an incredibly melancholy body of work, with every song feeling like it had been plucked from the soundtrack of a person’s life.

 

[Sprockrooster]

Since no one posted it dd:

I quite like it. Not entirely swept. A 7,5 on first listen which means there is room to grow. Will listen to the album later.

 

[xOJakeXo]

This is the most evolved version of her talents and I'm so excited to listen more. It's stunning. This feels like a song cycle, almost theatrical.

 

[pop3blow2]

The purpose & intent of everything here.... even on the surface level is just breathtaking. I can't imagine how it will reveal itself over repeated listens.

I mean, 'epiphany' is just, wow. and as track 13... her mind.

 

[jamesmax]

My Tears Ricochet is the one for me.

 

[Luckey]

Exile, My Tears Ricochet, August, Cardigan, Mirrorball, The Last Great American Dynasty, This Is Me Trying, Mad Woman, BETTY?!

 

[enjoy]

August ended me. This is so good.

 

[Sinful]

Welp I’m bowled over. Truly lost in the woods.

August is giving me major Linger by The Cranberries teas, so so good.

 

[4Roses]

Exile effortlessly gain a place in her Top 10.

 

[Cristian Sanchez]

This is utterly incredible. Not a single bad song. exile is already a carrer highlight.
Literally LOVER WHO?

 

[aboutyounow]

‘Exile’, ‘my tears ricochet’, ‘peace’, ‘mirrorball’ and ‘illicit affairs’ are my early favorites.

I am floored at just how good this is.

 

[Florencia.]

I need to listen to this in full again to decide my favourites, but I think Exile, August, Invisible string, epiphany and peace may be the best ones for me on first listen

 

[motorbike]

Back when we were still changing for the better
Wanting was enough
For me, it was enough
To live for the hope of it all
Cancel plans just in case you’d call
and say “meet me behind the mall”

 

[Mushroom]

That 0.5 seconds in ‘betty’ where I was bracing myself for her to rhyme “Inez” with “Lez”

 

[reputation.]

Fantasic.....I’m in awe...

NEVER doubt this woman.