Taylor Swift Tells Us How She Wrote 'Lover' | Diary of a Song 

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My first time watching your series, was blown away! Thank you! I can't wait to check out the rest... After Christmas! Thanks again, happy holidays! 🎄

@@princevincesy That's *_exactly_* what I was gonna do next! Love your music, you are blessed young lady! A very Merry yule to you and yours 🎄

Propandaga and force diversity agenda

Do London boy

@Maria An you're welcome to have your opinion. Merry Christmas.

I do

@@joannajamerson35 so glad you do love. Do you like the new album?

@Maria An Her voice is fine. Easily recognizable when she sings. Is it the biggest, boldest, best vibrato, widest range, with whistle notes? No. She's not a vocalist (you know the ones who impress your with their vocal runs & belts... but you can't remember what the song was actually about). Swift is a singer-songwriter. For her, the story/song always takes preference. However... she has shown some impressive vocals... when the song calls for it.

@Maria An Some of the best and most interesting artists have weaker voices. The ones with great ranges and strong vibratos are often boring.

Wasted Youth time stamp PLEASE

@@aaminax1665 about 8:33

@@RodneyAndMeVideos this is my other account thanks queen

@@aaamina3626 sure thing! 💛

Feedback also helps you in order to grow, and get better. Feedback is not always negative

and they'll honour her and study her albums as a producer/ songwriter genius.

yes she is incredibly logical about music that doesn't mean she always makes great music. But she always makes great poems

I've come from the future to let you know they definitely did realize this!

Yeah three chords to one song isn't music intelligence

I super agree. She is an enlightened being.

hehe

It really is!!!

as an artist let me tell you when you do something GOOD and RIGHT with youe art it feels soooo nice.

Exactly! Amen

Periodt

I like Pink as a singer song writer. Both Pink and Taylor explain their process.

@@cheri7054 straight up want Taylor and P!nk to collaborate on writing something

@@manicpixiecurse5337 Not sure if that would work although in fantasy land I'd love to see it. Pink and Taylor are both great strong writiers so they may clash. They both say things in different ways.

My bf ask "can he go alone for holiday trip? " i🙂 😀and said No! Loverrrr

I was so enlightened by her describing the lyrics !

Yes!!! Exactly!!!

Hard agree, I've never been vocal about what I want so I tend to don't say it all, and that lyrics explained was just so real

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fav comment.👏👏👏

the fact that you went out of your way to only list male musicians proves that you're a lame feminist. lmao also for not acknowledging that male artists get criticized by women's groups for their relationship songs too (bruno mars "grenade", etc...). :D

Bob Dylan sucks lol

She is an amazing song writer and super super talented. But you honestly can't compare her to dylan....2 completely different artists with a completely different level of influence.

@@miarrem I think they mean that many people don't take her seriously and assume her to be a petty woman with many relationships, like the media sometimes does. If she was a man people probably wouldn't make it that much of a part of her.

It makes me wish more people had the opportunity to do things like this. She came from a wealthy family and had the means to make it happen, but the music industry is a better place for it. I think that's why social media is so great because it gives talented people the chance to put their stuff out there

@@brittanyr9471 absolutely!!

I would say “supportive family” instead of privilege. Cause her family literally moved across the country and dedicated much time to her 11 years old daughter [they have a son too]. They believed in her and made sacrifices for it… So it’s a lot about having a supportive family who does believe in you (or at least want to give you a try)

She was born in a super wealthy family tho. thats a privilege

@@brittanyr9471 do that is why she had her mom drive her around with demos. Many people grow up with what you all a privileged life and need do anything. She would have done this not matter what it took. I do think her parents short kept her from

Lynn Marie Anderson I loved it the first time I heard it

Don’t like the song either BUT I do find it fascinating how a songwriter writes a song … it’s cool how she put the song together 😎

It’s very melancholic

Same! And now I’m OBSESSED

Same. I didn't particularly hated it but I still wasnt a fan of it but after sometime when she started performing it live it started to grow on me and now it's my 3rd fav song off lover.

Both your comment and the replier is like my two personalities; the whimsical cute one and the dry, sarcastic one. Lol.

“Can I go where you goooo”

@@juliaalonzo5998 who is kanye west ?

@@juliaalonzo5998 If you don't like Taylor then why are you here?

@@juliaalonzo5998 are u asking for hate or something cause do u know where your even commenting this Like seriously you're so weird 🙄

It’s crazy just how accurate it is

^^idiotic feminist whining. because boy bands and male pop artists are ONLY every asked about their songwriting abiliies. get over yourself karen... lol

Theres a clip of Ariana arranging her verses. I was blown away too. And people ask her stupid questions during interviews.

Yes! This was a really good interview where you actually get to know the artist and their process better.

exactly great interview

Cardboard cutout Interviewer :Whose your latest boyfriend are you getting married are you planning babies blah blah blah - TS answer- no one - no and no. She then yawns and goes home to her real partner and cat crew🎉

E Serv hahaha well said👏🏽

they FLOCK on this video even though they hate her, her power

She is so sweet, I don’t know how haters don’t feel bad hating her

Haha yes you said it!

facts

it's the best description of love, cause love is not new and exciting, it's familiar

Shut up bro each and every line is so relatable 🙂😂

I would love to be in studio with them.....i am daydreaming hard

sound engineers are the reason why professional music sounds so smooth, magical and easy on the ears. wish they got more credit

Good and talented? Heck yes. Original? No way.

@@seekinghisface2312 Why? Explain

@@SaadmanSaif she hasn't produced a single song that didn't sound like something that was released before. She is the biggest artist in the world but instead of creating trends she follows them. Even Lover sounds so vintage and as good and dreamy as it is it's nothing we haven't heard before. I love her as a song writer but to say she is a game changer or original is far from the truth

@@seekinghisface2312 I get your point

pyro gambler she was the first mainstream pop artist to completely bring back the 80s influenced music with 1989, and it was the first major release Jack antonoff ever produced, as he went on to produce with artists like Lana, lorde and st Vincent because of it.

Anthony Lopez get lost psycho

Is it series?

M Andzar Dzulfikar it’s a documentary!

@Temujin Sharavdorj when?

hithereitslaura It’s going to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020, but I’m not sure when it’ll come to Netflix.

For reaal!

taylor swift builds the nicest bridges of the world!!

she’s got it all right- the world 🔥

Yeah. Most of the songs from her that you hear on the radio are those cheesy and overly catchy songs, whereas her best stuff are usually hidden in her albums :) (Not that there's actually anything wrong with mainstream pop songs)

ME! for instance..ugh i hate the fact that she chose it as a lead single when cruel summer exists

harith Exactly!!!

harith the thing is, is she used Cruel Summer as the lead singer, we would have been sort of disappointed with the album. She always leaves the best songs for the album! And Me! Set the tone for the album and for the era. It was sort of saying, hey the reputation era is over, welcome to the lover era, and I don’t think Cruel Summer would have had that same effect.

@@aribh4929 but Cruel Summer is like the aftermath of Reputation with continuing on similar production so imo would have been great as 1st single

Yeah... most of the time my favorite song of the album isn't the singles released from that album...

Yeahhhh, yet they keep saying they are real Swifties and they can't even name other songs beside the singles :

@@jeongtris77same

honestly my favourite songs of hers are usually the most vulnerable songs in her albums that aren’t singles but for “Lover” the album i feel like “Lover” the song is truly the best song and my favouirte

@@jalenchanyeol9620 lol i can name any taylor song from the first second of it. Even unreleased songs

If the shoe fits walk in it

idek whats the original

@@papergirl3393 its a song by elvis

@@Sk_-vu6dvit’s actually a nursing rhyme to help children learn how to count. it’s “one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to go” which is why taylor changed it to “one for the money, two for the show, i never was ready so i watch you go”

@@paolinagrosser I think she was going for the Elvis reference, she brings up Tupelo in the very next song

Artist of the decade is ed Sheeran tho

@@thunderbird7936 for uk maybe worldwide taylor .now stay pressed

@@thunderbird7936 no, Taylor

Nupur Padvi the first song I heard of Ed’s was thinking out loud lol

Nooo not songwriter of the century. That's too much. Alanis Morissette always blows me off my feet with her songwriting. The way she weaves words together is to me very sophiaticated. Even Taylor appreciates her songwriting skills. And I bet there are loads of songwriters out there who are better. But Taylor is kinda better than her peer celeb songwriters like.. umm... Yah, than Grande for instance.

Lamia Kalam yesss i agree

Exactly

Indeed

She made a music video for All Too Well, but, for real, she could've made a book. When I listen to this song i am completely transfered to the character's stories. It should've been a book.

wish she does this for each of her songs, can be series of episodes ❤

Muntazir Music its not wrong. She’s the one who is very popular and respected and well known for that so to me.. she’s the ONLY real and raw.

Ummm Adele?!

@@guinessbeer adele is not a popstar lmfaoo

FACTS

umm... Lady GaGa? I am a huuuuuge swiftie, but I must admit that Taylor is not the only real and raw pop star out there. She is one tho.

Matthew Smith same! I love that part

The way you described it was beautiful :')

You know eastern orthodox, orher Religions celebrate Christmas not on same date

Well, we do that in the Philippines.

Right? I was gobsmacked when I finally understood her reasoning behind it. It was like, "Yeah, I know. This is what all people do, it's so mundane. But this is our house, we make the rules." 🤯🤯🤯

fa brexx I agree but I think the songwriting on the song are much more impressive than the production itself, the production of it is a sort of timeless band so it's nothing super innovative since she didn't want to take away from the lyrics

@@aidenpowers I agree BUT the production was magical and beautiful, I think the melodies from all the instruments deserved to be recognized at least for a nomination.

I agree with what u said about Lover not being nominated 4 album of the year, i think it really deserved to win in that category. But anyway grammys are not the big thing any more and i'm sure many can relate 2 this. I reckon that now they nominate certain songs and artists 4 just bein popular

Juan Pablo Sebastián Lover the album 100% deserved a Grammy nomination at least for album of the year. It's just disappointing that Lil nas x gets a nomination for an album that was so bad and lover, a critically acclaimed album gets nothing, then again the scammies may be reluctant due to the fact that she has won twice and the criteria for her is higher

@@napoleon4380taylor is a very popular artist though! What do you feel about her winning folklore now? (I think it's well deserved.)

100th like

i knoow, its so good

Aida Styles There's a making of a song series for reputation which actually inspires the Diary of a Song series :). Also her documentary coming out in January goes completely behind the scenes of the entire Lover album. There was also voice notes of her creating blank space, I know places and I wish you would on 1989

@@jehle1777 What day in January does it come out?

Jessica Kostelecky - 24

@@user-gw5gx8gn2g Thank u

@@jessicawhittemoore7829 it's actually the 23rd (idk if it'll be on Netflix that day or not though, it just premieres at Sundance Film Festival that day)

@To Be Honest presseddd

To Be Honest lol hater who hate all the most talented artist

local popstar lul

I agree she is my fave

the rolling stones listed her as the youngest person out of the 100 greatest songwriters of all time... and that was only after red. If they updated it with folklovermore, imagine where she'd be

@@awesomeblossom5214 undoubtedly.. She is the best songwriter of this generation.

Awesome Blossom but they included kanye in that list lol.

i can’t believe you’re not verified?!

johnny is a swiftie

Didn't know Johhny was into Taylor Swift of all musicians.

Yes lol Nice to see you as a swiftie

She is amazing. She tells a whole story with her songs

I’m reading your comment from 3 years ago. You predicted exactly what a phenomenon she has become from her latest tour. Because I’m 60, I never was interested in a young pop artist, but now I’m intrigued and amazed by this genius.

this aged well

She's very talented ,nothing wrong with pop ,but a lot of Taylors songe are written by MAX MARTIN

@@tonyofarrell2775 co-written

Tony Ofarrell - Yes, he produced and is a cowriter on many of her songs, but Taylor is still the main songwriter. Many of her cowriters like Liz Rose and Ryan Tedder have even said that when working with Taylor, they functioned more like editors.

@@RyanStorey1231 Well at least you know she uses other songwriters ,MAX MARTIN is one of the biggest hitmakers out there ,for years now .But he is not an editor

Tony Ofarrell - Okay, but she still writes the songs. She always has. She even writes many of them completely on her own. She wrote the entirety of her third album Speak Now on her own without any cowriters. She also wrote songs like "State of Grace", "Red", "I Almost Do", "Stay Stay Stay", "Holy Ground", "Sad, Beautiful Tragic", "The Lucky One", "Starlight", "Begin Again", "This Love", "Lover", "Cornelia Street", "Daylight", and "Christmas Tree Farm" on her own. Why do people always feel the need to diminish or explain away a woman's talent or success? People have been questioning whether she ACTUALLY writes her songs since the beginning of her career, and I know for a fact that people don't do the same with Ed Sheeran.

I love that song sooo sooo much

Yes pls

rih ann so is Mariah Carey Carrie Underwood and I don’t care if u don’t like my opinion that’s life. There are plenty of artists who are legends at song writing Taylor isn’t the one.

@@sarahburkett4790 they said "a legend", not "the one and only legend"

a J yes she does.

Luh Ayu purnayatri she’s not the only legend of song writing. Don’t tell me she’s the only artist who’s literally writes her own songs. That’s funny.

a J ok I’ll make this simple so ALL of u can get it AGAIN I’m speaking my mind my opinion. Everybody has one. If u find them offensive or don’t like them then please don’t read them. Take my opinion how u see fit but, I’m actually happy. 👍🏽

also because lover is not used as much in the current generation. we have boyfriends and girlfriends and partners and baes. beau/ lover/ suitor are perhaps older as terminology and evolution go. also the more obvious sexual implication of lover as you rightly pointed out. also, lover is often used as a non heterosexual reference- often played for laughs in sitcoms, say FRIENDS or so.

and she gives credit where it is due, is respectful of the band who records with her and her background singers. and the people she produces these songs with awa the mvs

No

Anthony Lopez get a life pls 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

@@harith9138 i mean tay's older music were my thing as well tho, but i still live her Lover (era as well) album

AwkwardlyShy Potato nah it’s cool i told him to get a life cus he’s been commenting a lot of unnecessary stuff abt taylor lately

@@harith9138 oh-- okay, I'm sorry *-*

I agree...and not to mention how old she was when she dropped her first album ( that she wrote)❤

It's the NYT. They have excellent journalists who know how to conduct an interview. So much came out in just a few minutes. That's how it should be.

BEEYOUNGKAH _VIP lol 😂 Fan or not. It is impossible not to have Taylor Swift songs stuck in your head.

BEEYOUNGKAH _VIP my friend told me her music is based on her personal relationships and I agree. I don’t care what anybody says. Her reputation is speaks volumes.

ppl love to hate her bcs shes a woman

@@victoriancarwash4393 right. I hate how a lot of people are angry upon the success of a woman

A VIP AND A SWIFTIE?! Impeccable taste!!! 😍

Imagine that with dbatc haha

Rafaela Martini there are plenty of great songs out there playing on the radio. And ya so in 2021 that song will be like who sang that. And news flash some songs that come out this year or years ago do get old. Like some of her older songs are old. Swifter fans will have sleep overs and be like, “like omg Taylor is like omg the Bomb like really for sure”! 😂

Fernando Torres she explained everything all too well ;)

I am not a number. I'm a human being.

Uhmmm don't forget Mariah and Paul McCartney

A lot of billie songs are written by FINNEAS

Taylor is the only one special here. Gaga and Billie arent.

Well there are plenty of pop artists who write, but who writes well with a knack for storytelling would be the distinction.

Alessia Cara as well.