#follore

1. the 1: I think this song is from Betty's POV, after she finds out that James is cheating, but before the party. Though lyrics like Roaring 20s suggest that this is after they complete high school (or that the song is completely unrelated lol).

2. cardigan: We know this song is from Betty's Pov, and I dont think I need to elaborate on that.

3. the last great american dynasty: Though this song is probably unrelated to the love triangle, I still have to include it so here are my thoughts on it. This may be a song from Augustine's POV, but after they all grow up. Ig she kind of was hated by everyone after everything bcs Betty was probably popular (since she is throwing a party, which is attended by her friends and probs many others). She grew old, but everyone still hated her.

4. exile: Now again this song doesn't clearly fit in the love triangle, but since Betty and James weren't really very good as a couple (since he cheated on her) they may have broken up a few years later, and this might be a song about that.

5. my tears ricochet: Again, this doesn't fit in well, not even after i force it. so we are just gonna leave it.

6. mirrorball: I consider this song from Augustine's POV, before the cheating stuff happened. She is still trying to desperately impress James, changing everything about herself just to fit in.

7. seven: I don't think this song is related to the love triangle, (but i think it has a relation to 'dorothea', which i'll be explaining in a future post.)

8. august: We know august is from Augustine's POV so i wont explain much.

9. this is me trying: I think this song is from James' POV, after he cheats and realizes the mistake he made. This can be supported by similar lyrics in the song betty 'Betty, I'm here on your doorstep' and 'But I'm here in your doorway' in this is me trying. There are also similar lyrics in the song august 'August sipped away like a bottle of wine' and 'Pouring out my heart to a stranger/But I didn't pour the whiskey' in this is me trying. Both the lyrics indicating getting drunk with someone you don't really know, smthg that happens during cheating ig.

10. illicit affairs: now this is a song clearly from Augustine's POV, during the cheating stuff is going. Even the name of the song says that so yeah.

11. invisible string: Ig this is a song from Betty's POV, about how James and her are meant to be.

12.mad woman: again tho the lyrics rlly don't fit in, this might be a song from Augustine's POV, cs she is being hated by everyone.

13. epiphany: ok this song is clearly unrelated so I'll leave it here

14. betty: this is from James' POV i don't need to explain why i think

15. peace: this can be a song from Augustine's POV, 'i could never give you peace' and 'But the rain is always gonna come if you're standing with me' indicate that troubles gonna follow everywhere and I see Augustine as a girl always in trouble so yea

16. hoax: i think this is a song from Betty's POV, after she finds out about the cheating. (I also think this is related to champagne problems, which I'll be explaining in some other post)

So the basic timeline of the album can be:

(commas indicating that they happened at the same time, the semi colon meaning a time gap)

So yea this is my analysis of folklore

Invisible string, mirrorball; august, illicit affairs, peace, hoax; cardigan, betty, this is me trying;the 1, exile;mad woman, the last grt American dynasty