As a huge Taylor Swift fan, I was ecstatic to listen to the Lover album. In comparison to Reputation, Lover is peppier and seemingly more content whereas Reputation’s songs were bitter and sad. It did have some love songs, such as End Game and King of My Heart. The following list is the order of songs that are my personal favorite. Even if you’re not a swiftie, this album seems to have something for everyone.
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Paper Rings
This one seems to be a continuation of Swift’s “How You Get the Girl” song.
2. The Archer
This is an emotional song. It’s a slow song that talks about how all her enemies started out as friends.
3. Lover
The music video to this is beautiful and Swift had mentioned that it’s the same one that inspired 1989’s You are in Love song. It also seems to finish the end of Taylor’s Oh my my my song. This one seems to be about Joe Alwyn.
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4.Cornelia Street
It seems to be a song about Joe Alwyn, too. The lyrics are similar to All Too Well and New Year’s Day. It’s also one of my favorite songs on this album.
5. The Man
This song seems to be a shoutout to all the feminists out there. It also seems to be a nod to the #MeToo movement, which is something fans haven’t see Swift do before.
6. Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
This song seems to be the conclusion to her song, Crazier. Swift sings: “I’m crazier for you than I was at 16, lost in a film scene.”
7. Death by a Thousand Cuts
This song is apparently inspired by the movie, “Someone Great.” This one also seems to be about John Mayer, which is whom the song The Story of Us was about.
8. Daylight
Daylight also seems to have bits of All Too Well in it and is more of a ballad than an upbeat song.
9. I Forgot that You Existed
Fans have speculated that this is about the 2009 Kanye West incident. I personally love how it’s a bit more upbeat.
10. Afterglow
This song is a seems to be the end of Bad Blood.
11. Me!
I love the collab with Brendan Uri, but the spelling part of the song is what made me list it as number eleven.
12. You need to calm down
This seems to be a shoutout to the LGBTQ+ community.
13. It’s nice to have a friend
This is a song about childhood friends growing up and falling in love. It’s similar to Swift’s song, Mary’s song Oh my my my.
14. Cruel Summer
This is a diss track to the Jonas Brother’s Taylor Swift diss track (Much Better). It’s co-written by St. Vincent according to The Vulture.
15. London Boy
This song has a bit of humor in it and I liked that it is a bit of a playful song. But, this one took a little bit of time to grow on me which is why I didn’t list it in my top 10.
16. I Think He Knows
It’s about crushing on a guy to the point where even the guy is aware.
17. Soon You’ll Get Better
This is about her mom dealing with cancer.
18. False God
This one is more R & B. It seems to be a continuation of Cornelia Street.
Overall, I love this album and I think it’s definitely worth streaming on Spotify/purchasing a copy. I think it’s a romantic and upbeat album that’s different from her past albums. Somehow, this one seems more complete and content.