Lover Fest East Night 1

the reason why the 1 socks me in the gut every time I hear it is because she’s trying so hard to be casual about it, from the bouncy beat, to a lot of the lyrics (“it would’ve been fun” / “it would’ve been sweet” / “I’m doing good, I’m on some new sh*t” / “I thought I saw you at the bus stop I didn’t though” etc) but there are moments when you hear how invested she was, looking for validation that it was important to the other person too (“we were something, don’t you think so?”) and just how badly she wanted this to work out (“resist the temptation to ask you, if one thing had been different, would everything be different?” / “rosé flowing with your chosen family” / “digging up the grave another time”) and the juxtaposition of pretending to be over it but clearly still being haunted by your what-ifs is really what makes the song

NEVER NOTICED HER NERVOUS TWIRLING THE AWARD NO JUST NO MY HEART 💔 😿😾 @taylorswift

i want a love story about what it takes to stay in love rather than fall in love, i think that’s where the real intimacy unfolds

false god (2019)