Hi! Welcome back to the summer special as it nears its final week of posts! So, in case you couldn't tell by the fact that "Taylor Swift" is now the most common label on this blog (may not be for long as I might start discounting #1s on Hallett's Hits as artist labels), or from all the many other posts you've probably seen me make about her, I'm a huge Taylor Swift fan. But here's the thing: she has over 200 songs. And there are a few that I really don't like. To show you I'm not one of those Swifties, I'll be sharing my 13 least favorite Taylor Swift songs.
Now, this will sound cliche, but my least favorite Taylor Swift songs are not bad. Nothing is objectively good or bad, and a lot of these are actually fan favorite songs. Even then, I only hate, like, maybe the top three songs. If I gave these "least favorite songs" the traditional color code instead of the Eras color code, I'd say #13-#4 would be light blue, and only the top three would be red. Anyway, don't come for me for my opinion, and I'll now share my least favorite Taylor Swift songs.
Honorable mentions - songs that were once in my 13 least favorites but grew on me:
A Perfectly Good Heart
End Game
Hey Stephen
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Song that I think is great that I "hate" for personal reasons that would be unfair to include:
Exile (please don't ask about this, I will not elaborate)
#13: I Don't Wanna Live Forever (with Zayn) - One of two non-album singles here. This one is just incredibly boring.
#12: Two Is Better Than One (with Boys Like Girls) - The second non-album single here. Same as last one, and some of the weakest lyricism in Taylor's discography. Makes sense since she didn't write much of this one, as it's primarily a BLG song.
#11: Everything Has Changed (with Ed Sheeran) - Even though Red is my second-favorite Taylor album, it still lands itself two songs on this list. The production here, especially on the re-recording, just feels very low-quality, and the vocals are even worse.
#10: Stay Stay Stay - This song has been criticized for two big reasons: one, the royalty-free YouTube instrumental, and two, the way it seems to glorify "staying" in an abusive relationship instead of breaking up when things are unsafe. Personally, it's more the latter reason why I don't like it. The only reason it's not higher is because the lyrics are not meant to be taken seriously, and from some angles it seems "cute", but to me it feels like you two better break up.
#9: Betty - A lot of Swifties think James is really annoying, and I very much agree. Betty, please don't take him back. Also, "I'm only seventeen, I don't know anything" might be my least favorite line from Taylor overall, beaten only by the infamous line in this list's #1.
#8: So It Goes... - The first of two Reputation songs we'll see here. Generally, Taylor Swift and autotune do not mix unless it's Midnights.
#7: Our Song - The first of two Debut songs we'll see here. Once you notice the grammatical errors in this song, you just won't unhear them. These lyrics are just so inherently flawed, and the country production is a bit too... country for me. It's a signature hit of Taylor's... that's called OUR SONG... and yet it doesn't even feel like her song.
#6: Suburban Legends - The first of two 1989 songs we'll see here. I really don't know what to say about this one. This seems to be a pretty hated song because the lyrics are so abstract and borderline nonsensical at times - first her boyfriend might be cheating, then she decides to "let it slide like a hose on a slippery plastic summer", and then she's screaming about some 50s gymnasium she only sees him in. Geez, what does this mean? Also, the production is moderately annoying.
#5: All You Had To Do Was Stay - And 1989 scores another unfortunate flop, and a track 5 at that?! Yeah, it's safe to say the other ten track 5s are all miles and miles ahead of this song. I think the vocals are annoying and repetitive here. We get it, "stay!" Wow, I guess I don't like Taylor Swift songs with "stay" in the title, other than Stay Beautiful.
#4: Never Grow Up - For similar reasons to Laufey's Slow Down, I just don't really like the message here. Never growing up would be far worse than dealing with growing up, which is something Taylor finally accepts in The Archer ("I never grow up, it's getting so old").
#3: Robin - What used to be a song I thought of as "great" in my superficial TTPD review is now one of my least favorites for the same reason as NGU.
#2: Dress - Am I the only one bothered by the fact that the production in this song feels like a bad horror movie?
#1: Picture To Burn - There will be no further explanation.
That's all for now! Byeeeeeeeeee!
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