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-->''Holy orange bottles, each night I pray to you.''\\
''Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus, too.''
''Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus, too.''
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''Desperate
Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus, too.
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There is plenty of tragic examples of this trope.
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* PrayerIsALastResort: A rare [[PlayedForDrama tragic]] example in "Soon You'll Get Better," which is about the narrator's parent suffering a serious illness.
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* PrayerIsALastResort: A rare [[PlayedForDrama tragic]] example in "Soon You'll Get Better," which is about the narrator's parent suffering a serious illness.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: "Cruel Summer":
-->Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price\\
You know that I bought it
-->Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price\\
You know that I bought it
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* SecretRelationship: "Cruel Summer":
-->I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you\\
And I snuck in through the garden gate\\
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)
-->I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you\\
And I snuck in through the garden gate\\
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)
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* PassThePopcorn: One of the crimes of the subject of "I Forgot That You Existed".
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* PassThePopcorn: One of the crimes of the subject of "I Forgot That You Existed".Existed" is treating the singer's problems like a show, signified by this trope:
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-->[You] got out some popcorn\\
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Got out some popcorn\\
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* PassThePopcorn: One of the crimes of the subject of "I Forgot That You Existed".
-->[You] got out some popcorn\\
As soon as my rep started going down, down, down
-->[You] got out some popcorn\\
As soon as my rep started going down, down, down
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* SelfDeprecation: "The Archer" has a lot of this:
** "Combat, I'm ready for combat / [[HypocrisyNod I say I don't want that, but what if I do?]]"
** "[[WomanChild I never grew up]], it's getting so old."
** "And I cut off my nose just to spite my face."
** "Combat, I'm ready for combat / [[HypocrisyNod I say I don't want that, but what if I do?]]"
** "[[WomanChild I never grew up]], it's getting so old."
** "And I cut off my nose just to spite my face."
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* WomanChild: "The Archer":
-->I never grew up, it's getting so old
* WeUsedToBeFriends: "The Archer" says, "all of my enemies started out friends."
-->I never grew up, it's getting so old
* WeUsedToBeFriends: "The Archer" says, "all of my enemies started out friends."
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* MoodWhiplash: "Soon You'll Get Better" is perhaps the saddest song on the album and is sandwiched between "London Boy", a song about how much she loves a [[TitleDrop London boy]], and "False God". Even if one considers "False God" to be a song on the sadder song, immediately following ''it'' is "You Need to Calm Down", one of the most upbeat songs on the album.
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* PrayerIsALastResort: A rare [[PlayedForDrama tragic]] example in "Soon You'll Get Better," which is about the narrator's parent suffering a serious illness.
-->''Holy orange bottles, each night I pray to you.''\\
''Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus, too.''
-->''Holy orange bottles, each night I pray to you.''\\
''Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus, too.''
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* AlbumTitleDrop: While a lot of the album is about love, the titular third track is the only one to use "lover". She's taking someone to be her lover in front of the world.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: While a lot of the album is about love, the titular AlbumTitleDrop:
** The third track is literally called "Lover," so theonly one to use "lover". She's taking someone to be her lover in front of word is all over the world.place.
** "Me!" also uses it:
--->Babydoll, when it comes to a lover, I promise that you'll never find another like me.
** The third track is literally called "Lover," so the
** "Me!" also uses it:
--->Babydoll, when it comes to a lover, I promise that you'll never find another like me.
* CallBack: The final track, "Daylight," has one to her fourth album, ''Red'', specifically the line from the title track, "Loving him was red."
-->I thought love would be burning red,\\
but it's golden.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: "It's Nice to Have a Friend" shows the progression of the narrator and her childhood best friend becoming a couple and eventually getting married.
-->I thought love would be burning red,\\
but it's golden.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: "It's Nice to Have a Friend" shows the progression of the narrator and her childhood best friend becoming a couple and eventually getting married.
* IAmGreatSong:
** "I Think He Knows":
--->He's so obsessed with me, and boy, I understand. Boy, I ''understand''.
** "Me!" can basically be summed up as, "I know I can be a lot, but I'm amazing, and anyone would be lucky to have me."
** "I Think He Knows":
--->He's so obsessed with me, and boy, I understand. Boy, I ''understand''.
** "Me!" can basically be summed up as, "I know I can be a lot, but I'm amazing, and anyone would be lucky to have me."
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Hinted at in "The Archer," where she asks, "Who could ever leave me, darling? But who could stay?"
* InsecureLoveInterest: "Cruel Summer," "The Archer," and "Cornelia Street" all hint that the narrator is insecure and scared her lover will leave her.
* InsecureLoveInterest: "Cruel Summer," "The Archer," and "Cornelia Street" all hint that the narrator is insecure and scared her lover will leave her.
* ThePowerOfLove: The main theme of the album. Swift even said it's a love letter to love itself.
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Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you
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Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to youyou
* SpokenWordInMusic: The album ends with a recording of Taylor speaking, ending with, "You are what you love."
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->''I wanna be defined by the things that I love. Not the things that I hate. Not the things that I'm afraid of--I'm afraid of... or the things that haunt me in the middle of the night. I--I just think that... you are what you ''love''.''
-->--Track 18, "Daylight"
* SpokenWordInMusic: The album ends with a recording of Taylor speaking, ending with, "You are what you love."
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->''I wanna be defined by the things that I love. Not the things that I hate. Not the things that I'm afraid of--I'm afraid of... or the things that haunt me in the middle of the night. I--I just think that... you are what you ''love''.''
-->--Track 18, "Daylight"
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* ExcitedShowTitle: "Me!"
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* IResembleThatRemark: The music video for "Me!" starts with Urie and Swift getting into an argument, culminating with Swift exclaiming "''Je suis calme!''" (I am calm).
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* RevisitingTheRoots: "Soon You'll Get Better" is her first country-inspired song since ''Red''. Bonus points for including ''Music/DixieChicks'' as guest musicians.
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Easy they come, easy they go\\
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I've been the archer, I've been the prey\\
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-->Combat, I'm ready for combat\\
I say I don't want that, but what if I do?\\
...
Easy they come, easy they go\\
I jump from the train, I ride off alone\\
I never grew up, it's getting so old\\
...
I've been the archer, I've been the prey\\
Who could ever leave me, darling\\
But who could stay?\\
I say I don't want that, but what if I do?\\
...
Easy they come, easy they go\\
I jump from the train, I ride off alone\\
I never grew up, it's getting so old\\
...
I've been the archer, I've been the prey\\
Who could ever leave me, darling\\
But who could stay?\\
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* HypocrisyNod: "The Archer" has a lot of this. Swift admits her immaturity, tendency to playing the victim, tendency to seek feud as well as her past hypocrisy about denying them while fully capable of inflicting emotional pain on other people. She herself acknowledge that this is the most honest, emotional, vulnerable, and personal track in this album.
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* SickEpisode: "Soon You'll Get Better" is about a close relative being sick and the singer hopes desperately for them to get better.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: "Cruel Summer" has the lyric, "For whatever it's worth, I love you. Ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?"
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* ThePowerOfApathy: “I Forgot That You Existed” is about how she was mad at a former friend at first but is now at a place where apathy is what she feels.
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* ThePowerOfApathy: “I Forgot That You Existed” is about how she was mad at a former friend at first but is now at place where apathy is what she feels.
* ThePowerOfApathy: “I Forgot That You Existed” is about how she was mad at a former friend at first but is now at place where apathy is what she feels.
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Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you
* ThePowerOfApathy: “I Forgot That You Existed” is about how she was mad at a former friend at first but is now at place where apathy is what she feels.you
* ThePowerOfApathy: “I Forgot That You Existed” is about how she was mad at a former friend at first but is now at place where apathy is what she feels.
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Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to youyou
* ThePowerOfApathy: “I Forgot That You Existed” is about how she was mad at a former friend at first but is now at place where apathy is what she feels.
* ThePowerOfApathy: “I Forgot That You Existed” is about how she was mad at a former friend at first but is now at place where apathy is what she feels.
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* AdultFear: "Soon You'll Get Better" is about the fear and uncertainty that comes with a family member -- specifically a parent -- suffering from a serious, possible fatal illness.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The music video for "Lover" is set in a house with seven rooms, each with its own color. Fans immediately connected each color with one of Taylor's seven albums -- green for ''Taylor Swift'', gold for ''Fearless'', purple for ''Speak Now'', red for... er, ''[[CaptainObvious Red]]'', blue for ''1989'', black for ''{{Music/reputation}}'', and pink for ''Lover''. Taylor later confirmed on her Tumblr that this was intentional.
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* StepfordSmiler: “London Boy” gives the impression of a woman, who’s trying hard to keep up appearances, desperately trying to explain why she loves the titular Boy, but all she can manage is a jumble of incoherent references to London places and cultural things, without ever quite talking about him.
* StepfordSmiler: “London Boy” gives the impression of a woman, who’s trying hard to keep up appearances, desperately trying to explain why she loves the titular Boy, but all she can manage is a jumble of incoherent references to London places and cultural things, without ever quite talking about him.
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Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you
* StepfordSmiler: “London Boy” gives the impression of a woman, who’s trying hard to keep up appearances, desperately trying to explain why she loves the titular Boy, but all she can manage is a jumble of incoherent references to London places and cultural things, without ever quite talking about him.you
* StepfordSmiler: “London Boy” gives the impression of a woman, who’s trying hard to keep up appearances, desperately trying to explain why she loves the titular Boy, but all she can manage is a jumble of incoherent references to London places and cultural things, without ever quite talking about him.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: While a lot of the album is about love, the titular third track is the only one to use "lover". She's taking someone (presumably her boyfriend Joe Alwyn) to be her lover in front of the world.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: While a lot of the album is about love, the titular third track is the only one to use "lover". She's taking someone (presumably her boyfriend Joe Alwyn) to be her lover in front of the world.
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* StepfordSmiler: “London Boy” gives the impression of a woman, trying to keep up appearances, desperately trying to explain why she loves the titular Boy, but all she can manage is a jumble of incoherent references to London places and cultural things, without ever quite talking about him.
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* StepfordSmiler: “London Boy” gives the impression of a woman, who’s trying hard to keep up appearances, desperately trying to explain why she loves the titular Boy, but all she can manage is a jumble of incoherent references to London places and cultural things, without ever quite talking about him.
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Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you
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Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to youyou
* StepfordSmiler: “London Boy” gives the impression of a woman, trying to keep up appearances, desperately trying to explain why she loves the titular Boy, but all she can manage is a jumble of incoherent references to London places and cultural things, without ever quite talking about him.
* StepfordSmiler: “London Boy” gives the impression of a woman, trying to keep up appearances, desperately trying to explain why she loves the titular Boy, but all she can manage is a jumble of incoherent references to London places and cultural things, without ever quite talking about him.
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To be my lover''."''
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To be my lover''.lover."''
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* SillyLoveSongs: A lot of the album "London Boy" is probably the one that plays this the straightest.
* SlutShaming: "The Man" also points out that women celebrities are held to higher standards about their love lives than men celebrities.
* SlutShaming: "The Man" also points out that women celebrities are held to higher standards about their love lives than men celebrities.
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* SillyLoveSongs: A lot of the album album, though "London Boy" is probably the one that plays this the straightest.
* SlutShaming: "The Man"also points out that women celebrities are held to higher standards about their love lives than men celebrities. celebrities (and specifically calls out Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as an example).
* SlutShaming: "The Man"
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* PrecisionFStrike: Bitch, the saltiest word on the album, is used twice on "The Man".
* ShoutOut: To Music/{{Drake}} in " I Forgot That You Existed".
--> In my feeling like Drake
* ShoutOut: To Music/{{Drake}} in " I Forgot That You Existed".
--> In my feeling like Drake
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* PrecisionFStrike: Bitch, "Bitch", the saltiest word on the album, is used twice on "The Man".
* ShoutOut: To Music/{{Drake}} in" I "I Forgot That You Existed".
--> In myfeeling like feelings more than Drake
* ShoutOut: To Music/{{Drake}} in
--> In my
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* TheCameo: Creator/IdrisElba does the spoken word segment on "London Boy".
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[[caption-width-right:350:It's a cruel summer with you]]
->''"Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?\\
With every guitar string scar on my hand \\
I take this magnetic force of a man, \\
To be my lover''."''
-->-- Track 3, "Lover"
''Lover'' is American singer and songwriter Music/TaylorSwift's seventh studio album that was released August 23rd, 2019. It is her first album on her new record label, Creator/RepublicRecords which is a subsidiary of Creator/UniversalMusicGroup.
Musically the album is much more similar to the SynthPop ''1989'' rather than the DarkerAndEdgier, more hip-hop inspired ''Music/{{Reputation}}''. While not quite a ConceptAlbum, its theme consist of love and friendship.
It's also her longest album at 18 tracks:
# "I Forgot That You Existed" (2:51)
# "Cruel Summer" (2:58)
# "Lover" (3:41)
# "The Man" (3:10)
# "The Archer" (3:31)
# "I Think He Knows" (2:54)
# "Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince" (3:54)
# "Paper Rings" (3:42)
# "Corneilia Street" (4:47)
# "Death by a Thousand Cuts" (3:19)
# "London Boy" (3:10)
# "Soon You'll Get Better" (featuring Music/DixieChicks) (3:22)
# "False God" (3:20)
# "You Need to Calm Down" (2:51)
# "Afterglow" (3:43)
# "Me!" (featuring Brendon Urie of Music/PanicAtTheDisco) (3:13)
# "It's Nice to Have a Friend" (2:30)
# "Daylight" (4:53)
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!!Tropes appearing in ''Lover'' include:
* AlbumTitleDrop: While a lot of the album is about love, the titular third track is the only one to use "lover". She's taking someone (presumably her boyfriend Joe Alwyn) to be her lover in front of the world.
* BeYourself: The [[AnAesop message]] of both "You Need to Calm Down" and "ME!".
* ContinuityCavalcade: Since it was the lead single, the video for "ME!" is jampacked with references to both her older works, her personal life, and this album.
* DoubleStandard: "The Man" is all about how differently she would be treated if she were, well, a man. She hypothesizes that she gets seen as " a bitch not a baller" because of the higher standards to which women celebrities are held.
-->I’d be a fearless leader\\
I'd be an alpha type\\
When everyone believes you\\
What's that like? ...
* LighterAndSofter: Much more upbeat and colorful than ''reputation''.
* PrecisionFStrike: Bitch, the saltiest word on the album, is used twice on "The Man".
* ShoutOut: To Music/{{Drake}} in " I Forgot That You Existed".
--> In my feeling like Drake
* SillyLoveSongs: A lot of the album "London Boy" is probably the one that plays this the straightest.
* SlutShaming: "The Man" also points out that women celebrities are held to higher standards about their love lives than men celebrities.
-->They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to\\
That would be okay for me to do\\
Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you
[[caption-width-right:350:It's a cruel summer with you]]
->''"Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?\\
With every guitar string scar on my hand \\
I take this magnetic force of a man, \\
To be my lover''."''
-->-- Track 3, "Lover"
''Lover'' is American singer and songwriter Music/TaylorSwift's seventh studio album that was released August 23rd, 2019. It is her first album on her new record label, Creator/RepublicRecords which is a subsidiary of Creator/UniversalMusicGroup.
Musically the album is much more similar to the SynthPop ''1989'' rather than the DarkerAndEdgier, more hip-hop inspired ''Music/{{Reputation}}''. While not quite a ConceptAlbum, its theme consist of love and friendship.
It's also her longest album at 18 tracks:
# "I Forgot That You Existed" (2:51)
# "Cruel Summer" (2:58)
# "Lover" (3:41)
# "The Man" (3:10)
# "The Archer" (3:31)
# "I Think He Knows" (2:54)
# "Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince" (3:54)
# "Paper Rings" (3:42)
# "Corneilia Street" (4:47)
# "Death by a Thousand Cuts" (3:19)
# "London Boy" (3:10)
# "Soon You'll Get Better" (featuring Music/DixieChicks) (3:22)
# "False God" (3:20)
# "You Need to Calm Down" (2:51)
# "Afterglow" (3:43)
# "Me!" (featuring Brendon Urie of Music/PanicAtTheDisco) (3:13)
# "It's Nice to Have a Friend" (2:30)
# "Daylight" (4:53)
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!!Tropes appearing in ''Lover'' include:
* AlbumTitleDrop: While a lot of the album is about love, the titular third track is the only one to use "lover". She's taking someone (presumably her boyfriend Joe Alwyn) to be her lover in front of the world.
* BeYourself: The [[AnAesop message]] of both "You Need to Calm Down" and "ME!".
* ContinuityCavalcade: Since it was the lead single, the video for "ME!" is jampacked with references to both her older works, her personal life, and this album.
* DoubleStandard: "The Man" is all about how differently she would be treated if she were, well, a man. She hypothesizes that she gets seen as " a bitch not a baller" because of the higher standards to which women celebrities are held.
-->I’d be a fearless leader\\
I'd be an alpha type\\
When everyone believes you\\
What's that like? ...
* LighterAndSofter: Much more upbeat and colorful than ''reputation''.
* PrecisionFStrike: Bitch, the saltiest word on the album, is used twice on "The Man".
* ShoutOut: To Music/{{Drake}} in " I Forgot That You Existed".
--> In my feeling like Drake
* SillyLoveSongs: A lot of the album "London Boy" is probably the one that plays this the straightest.
* SlutShaming: "The Man" also points out that women celebrities are held to higher standards about their love lives than men celebrities.
-->They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to\\
That would be okay for me to do\\
Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you
