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singlethreadofgold9

The smoky voice outro of Maroon is one of the greatest vocal moments in her entire discography


intheafterglow23

agreed, so so so addictive


makeheavyofthis

My favorite too- it’s like a drug


cuteness_dc

everybody agreesssssssss


asecretwomenssociety

🐍


Rochesters-1stWife

🐍


meesakeeta

I just got the snake connection!


jinx737x

It could also connect to: But I'm about to place my accccceeee🐍


BriQberry

I loved the face she did when she emphasized the sssss in The 1975 Anti-Hero performance. Got me so excited for tour! 🐍


reasonableassumpt

Had a sense I’d BEEN BETRAAAYED


margotdelrey

Yes


unapparentsummerair

“And the liquor in our cocktails” oh my god I love her voice there


pm174

_the wind in our free-flowing sails_


MaRy3195

Yes this x 100. Something specifically about the drop in her voice and the precise way she says cocktails is sooo amazing


Levvy1705

“Do I really have to tell you how he brought me back to life”. The way she sings “brought me back to life” makes me want to cry bitter tears.


Audreythe2nd

Ahhhh, this was my other one and I purposely didn't mention it to see if someone else would! It gives me chills.


qg314

Same. I will not be held responsible for my behavior when this part comes up if she performs High Infidelity at Eras


Audreythe2nd

The drums in YOYOK right after/during "everything you lose is a step you take."


savannahkellen

That one "it was....." during the second chorus of Maroon.


Audreythe2nd

I know exactly which moment you mean, and YES.


cosmicdistress

I go NUTS for the way she sings that “it was…” every single time I hear it! I make sure I stop what I’m doing so I can really pay attention to it, it’s my favorite part of the song!


stellalovez

THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY BUT DIDNT KNOW HOW!!!!


AmirulAshraf

it's giving 'and how it glistens as ***it fell*** ' vibes from All Too Well


mdtsatw

IM NOT ALONE


meesakeeta

YES. It's the sort of thing that I think will stand out on the tour too, similar to a lot of little moments in the 1989 tour.


falldiewakefly

Her vocal delivery in the opening verse of You're On Your Own, Kid: I wait patiently 😊 he's gonna notice me ☺ it's okay, we're the best of friends 🥰 anyway 🙃


Chaoticlawfulneutral

I love how she says “anyway”! There’s this touch of hesitation and I can hear the eye roll. Like “I’m not bothered. Totally not bothered”.


potterwatch221b

The way she says ✨️nice✨️ in bejeweled it's kinda like a video game.


qg314

It’s giving a good serve in Wii Tennis ☺️


Adventurous-Way-9997

This may be controversial but I’m addicted to “and she looks so pretty, driving in your Benz”


Audreythe2nd

Not controversial, I love it too, especially how she says "pretty..."


randomlygenerated678

Yup that part is mmm sexy


intheafterglow23

sometimes I’ve listened to this line on loop like 5-6 times in a row 😂


kailaaa_marieee

This line sets my brain on fire. I see it so clearly, like it’s a music video.


Mytears83

Love that one too.


asecretwomenssociety

I loooooooove “no one wanted to play with me as a little kid” in Mastermind. It does something to me.


tmartillo

this line strikes me to my core of the loneliness i had as a kiddo, when i was the weird kid who lived out in the woods. ​ also still into astrology, i read tarot, love crystals, and don't believe in coincidences. :)


Maleficent_Maybe4352

Jumping onto the mastermind train, I personally really enjoy the _And I swearrrrrr I’m only cryptic and Machiavellian cause I care_ part


itsthenugget

Same. I think that may be her second best bridge on Midnights for me.


Mytears83

Me too. Makes me tear up everytime and think of my own childhood.


arguewiththewallpls

The beautiful “ooooooh ooooh“‘s in sweet nothing


Audreythe2nd

Yes, very reminiscent of folklore I think as well.


NIA122553

The chorus of Labyrinth. Its basically repeating the "I'm falling in love," with a slight variation but each line takes you on such a wild journey, man I love it so much.


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NIA122553

That "Oh," literally made me stop in my tracks the first time I heard it.


ItsJebodiahTime

In a hypnotic loop 😍


coasterboi2112

I need to remember to trip to this and Midnight rain next time my boyfriend and I take shrooms


AssortedGourds

This kind of thing is why her singing deserves to be recognized.


elysium_asphodel

for me it’s the “you know how much i hated it” repeating in the background in the outro


9hsos

But I could still melt your world, argumentative antithetical dream girl 💕💞💕


princessPeachyK33n

Is this from hits different cause I don’t know it lol


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So good!


intheafterglow23

The way her voice cracks on “screaming from the *crypt*” in The Great War scratches a brain-itch I never knew I had 😳


historyhoneybee

I love 'had a sense I'd been *betrayed*'. She could've said betrayed normally but she really emphasized it and I'm addicted to the way she says it


intheafterglow23

Ooh, that’s a good one, too. It’s just such a good fucking song 🥹


t3quiila

YES


turniptoez

I love this too, and I’ve never seen it mentioned here so yay!


just__my__two__cents

The “F” sounds she makes in “THAT’S A REAL FFFUCKIN LEGACY…” The BOOST I get from that.


Mytears83

This right here.


thidwickthemoose

The way she says “Living for the thrillll of hitting you where it hurrrrrrts give me back my girlhood it was mine firrrrrsssssssst in WCS. There’s like this plaintive but angry plea mixed with a raspiness and hint of desperation all at once. The ascension of that line is perfection and her vocals are also ✨perfection✨ This one is one of the few that really truly feels like an up all night song pacing and fighting demons. Ugh. I can’t get enough of it for so many reasons.


meaghantheestallion

YES, came here to say this!!!! "Desperation" is really the perfect word to describe the unique magic of this song. I totally get why she made it a 3AM track (the salacious tabloid-gossip angle of it all would've probably overshadowed everything else), but imo it's still the ultimate encapsulation of the mood and theme she seems to have been trying to evoke with the whole Midnights project. Also love that she made it track 19 - such a perfect touch.


Chaoticlawfulneutral

A really easy one is the final “You’re on you’re own kid, you always have been”. I know that was the intention and not everybody likes it for being so obvious, but it still gets me basically every time 😅


NymeriaWhoDis

At the very end when it goes “You're on your own, kid Yeah, you can face this” I get a little teary eyed. Like thank you Taylor I can go into the office today, I can do hard things…..I need to call my therapist.


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Whenever I’m faced with something scary at work like a big meeting I say “you’re on your own kid, you can face this” and it HELPS. It helps me feel in control and to take ownership of my piece of work. I love that you said this!


thesharkinyourwater

the line from labyrinth "you would break your back to make me break a smile." the lyric combined with the higher vocals is so good, i actually started tearing up the first time i heard it


Apprehensive_Lab4178

This is my favorite line in the whole album. It describes my late husband perfectly. Boy, he could make me laugh!


bagu_leight

I'm so sorry for your loss. What a lovely trait to have had


thesharkinyourwater

it's my favorite for the same reason! a lot of taylor's songs remind me of my husband but labyrinth is really something special


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Yes! That line and "I'll be getting over you my whole life". 🥺 Labyrinth is so underrated.


Vivid_Singer_7617

YEEEESSS came here to say this. I also welled up hearing that line first time. Took me by surprise


thesharkinyourwater

when it came on i was NOT ready...by 'tearing up' i actually mean 'i cried the rest of the song and had to pause the album for a minute' lol


sunshinerose32

When she sings high on "never take advice from someone who's falling apart" 😍 in Dear Reader. it's sooo beautiful


BriQberry

It’s like a stab to the heart every time


t3quiila

“Get it off my DEEEEEESK” in lavender haze (the second one). I’m obsessed


maplebluebear

I love how she says "you wouldn't know what i meeeaaann" in karma.


pm174

SWOOPING SLOPING CURSIVE LETTERS


ellisoph

Let the only flashing lights be the tower at MIDNIIIGHT


Captainsblogger

It took my until today to realise she means no paps so I love this line a lot right now


eggads

“You were standing hollow-eyed in the hallway” gives me chills every time I listen to it for some reason (and that’s a lot of times because Maroon is in my top 2 favourite songs on Midnights). That and the transition into the bridge in Dear Reader (my other favourite).


Audreythe2nd

It's such perfect imagery.


wildfireszn

“So I wander through these NIGHTS. I prefer hiding in plain SIGHT.”


Maleficent_Maybe4352

_my fourth drink in my HAND, these desperate prayers of a cursed MAN_


wildfireszn

spilling out to you for free but *darling darling please* Ugh just love it.


stcrIight

I know it's probably cringy but I love the audio feel of the beginning of Paris - "some wannabe Z-lister and all the outfits were terrible, 2003 unbearable."


bagu_leight

I love this section too! Especially with the "no I didn't but thanks though" to cap it off at the end - so good


mielleah

The bridge of The Great War! Tbh the whole song. I love it so much


eley13

*IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING BIGGER*


Vivid_Singer_7617

Yes. Yes. YES.


GaveTheMouseACookie

"There's no morning glory. It was war, it wasn't fair."


hotironskillet24

I love the way “And by the way, I’m going out tonight” sounds on Bejeweled.


bellep822

The way she sings “the rubies that I gave up” on Maroon. I am obsessed.


t3quiila

Also the end of the question…? Bridge. “But toniiiiiiiiiight, can i ask u a question (can i ask u a question!)”


wildfireszn

Mine is also from Question…? ! But it’s the line: “you painted all my nights a color I’ve searched for since” I love the way she sings it and I tie it back to the line in illicit affairs: “you showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else.”


whinecooler

*(CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTIONNNNNN!!!)*


Audreythe2nd

Oh my God, this part was playing over here literally as I read this, lol. So crazy!


Levvy1705

This makes me die every single time.


FootAccurate3575

I JUST NEED THIS LOVE SPIRAL I know you which one I mean


Audreythe2nd

I DO know which one you mean!


Soalai

The first 3 seconds of Hits Different, because I could tell just in those 3 seconds that it was gonna be my favorite


Audreythe2nd

Does it sound like "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty to you?


bpdoles

Oh my goddddd wait


wilkonian24ok

Yes, but how about near the end when she fires out..."or take me AWAY!!!"


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I LOVE her self conscious soft spoken “is that your key in the door? Is it okay? Is it you?” And then comes that huge exhalation of “or have they come to take me AWAYYYYYYYY” it’s PERFECT.


Canthelpanyone

“Where I pace in my pen, and my friends found friends who care” hit pretty hard


Queerysneery

And the next line: No one sees when you lose when you’re playing solitaire I used to actually play solitaire a lot. I still play lots of indie video games that are very single player only experiences because I don’t even want to compare my stats in conversations with other people. Made me feel very seen that I hide in my introversion like that sometimes.


makeheavyofthis

Why have I always thought she meant her writing pen, but now I realize she probably means like a cage pen. Funny how things can be interpreted differently.


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the mastermind bridge 😭 and also “I thought the plane was going down howd you turn it right around” it sounds so hopeful 🥺


FootAccurate3575

“Levitate above all the messes made” for some reason is just so pleasing to me


Audreythe2nd

I'm almost surprised this was her and Jack and not Aaron, because this is an extremely "The National" lyric to me.


bpdoles

the build in You're On Your Own, Kid is AHHHHH


Audreythe2nd

I KNOW.


forbws

the "there's no morning glory it was war it wasn't fair" feels like she's stretching my heart I swear sometimes I just keep listening the same seconds in loop


Vivid_Singer_7617

That whole bridge... pure perfection


Ewh1t3

Karma’s a relaxing thought. Aren’t you envious that for you it’s not?


anora0725

YOYOK: The little downshift sound in the background after “so long daisy mae” alwaysss gets me


ellisoph

Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? OOOH Did you wish you put up more of a fight? OOOH


ewwfreckles27

I LOVE THE OOHS.


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Dear reader “so I wander through these nights”


Maleficent_Maybe4352

_I prefer hiding in plain sight_


lola91718

My fourth drink in my hand, These *desperate prayers of a cursed man*


Other-Condition7681

The vocal layering in karma


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When she says meet me at midnight on lavender haze.


raven_mind

I THINK ITS TIME TO TEACH SOME LESSONS


-dylthewriter-

“I’m only cryptic and Machiavellian ‘cause I careeee” is the single best line on the album in my opinion. Gives me chills every time, it’s the strongest moment on Mastermind.


DisneyLover3

I wait the entire song for this line! It’s so good!


Quackney

“ And I miss you but I miss sparkling “


Audreythe2nd

Probably one of my favourite lyrics in the whole album.


just_reading_along1

The strings in the chorus of Mastermind. Fell in love with the song when I first heard them with head phones. I was honestly pretty "meh" about the song until then.


imaginarymiutwo

the (I'M SO IN LOVE!!!!) in the background in the beginning of the second chorus of paris 🥰🥰🥰🥰


dalalice5555

“Baby love I think I’ve been a little too…KiNd 😉”


hopelesshomebody

The sound at the very beginning of bejeweled. Someone here said it sounds like jewelry and I love it. It literally makes the whole song ✨shimmer✨


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the bridges in Paris and Maroon, they made me fucking ASCEND


SlytherinSilence

When her voice breaks at the end of *”to you I can admit, that I’m just too soft, for all of it”* Something gets me in her enunciation of “that’s a *real fucking legacy*” Iconic moment in anti-hero; *”everybody agreeeeeesssssss”* The *”oo OO oo OO oo oo oo oo oo oo o ooooooo”* of high infidelity When she sings *”do I really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?”* like it’s something she was trying to avoid saying (heh I guess you could say she was *dancing around it* lol) because she knows it’ll hurt him because it’s so true and she’s mad that he basically dragged it out of her


regularcelery20

ALL of “Vigilante Shit.” It’s SO not the type of song I would usually like. But she just kills me from the beginning! I was intrigued and sucked in to that world completely. I loved it. So I guess my exact favorite moment is… “Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man.” because it begins a few minutes where I feel I’m living this different life completely!


ascib27

For me it’s probably either the harmony on “I’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror” in Anti Hero or when her voice breaks off into two and one harmony goes super high during “the mark they saw on my collarbone” in one of Maroon’s choruses


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My favourite is probably the distorted voice in Midnight Rain…


Mytears83

Maroons bridge. I was so suprised when that aggressive fucking was sung. Never before had I heard her pronounce that word with so much angst and anger. You can feel that she basically bites her lower lip with her front teeth while singing that word. I just love it.


callie73

Say a solemn prayer / place a poppy in my hair


Avarese

stained glass windows in my mind.. I regret you all the time


rpw_swift

When she says ”politics and gender roles“ in Question…?


t3quiila

and finally the hiss in anti-hero. overall literally just the whole album


TangerEmu

I can't choose so I'm listing the following Lavender Haze bridge (the beat and vocal delivery) The chorus and ending lines of You're Own Your Own Kid The whole 2nd verse of Question...? (vocals and "dickhead") Sweet Nothings piano riff and the second half of the final chorus


Passenger7920

High infedility put on your records and regret meeting me I love the way she sings that line but I think bc it leads up to it in the song. I love this song so much. Everything about it is genius in the way she writes it


Passenger7920

At the house lonely, I’d pay good money if you just know me


dumbest_thotticus

the outtro of "labyrinth" (2:54 onward)! also, that little "NICE!" in "bejeweled" sounds...well, really nice.


NymeriaWhoDis

“Yeah, oh yeah” I can’t help but be as obnoxious as possible singing this part in lavender haze.


lycurgusduke

The little noise at the beginning of “Lavender Haze”


cosmicdistress

In general, the excitement I felt listening through the album for the first time. Someone else mentioned the way she sings “it was…” during the second chorus in Maroon, I absolutely love that. I also really like the way she delivers the line “I pictured you with other girls in looOOoove” so sweet and dreamy, then promptly follows it up on the other end of the romance spectrum with a short and “then threw up on the street.” Honestly? Peak comedy.


Sea-Smell-6950

"to you I can admit, that I'm just to soft for all of it" Me too, Taylor, me too.


dani3po

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this I hosted parties and starved my body Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss The jokes weren't funny, I took the money My friends from home don't know what to say I looked around in a blood-soaked gown And I saw something they can't take away


busbej

Karma is my boyfriend


Midnights-evermore

The way she says “running” in sweet nothing chorus


Remarkable-Rich8660

And I never don’t cry (AND I NEVER DONT CRY)


Zealousideal_Age1935

The rubies that I gave up! I swear, the first time listening to Maroon, when this line came in I almost died hahaha It was perfect!


qg314

SO I JUSTIFIED IT


Lokianaa

“Step by step from town to town” makes me feel like I’m ready to go on an adventure


Invisiblestringz

Jack’s guttural sounds in the intro of Labryinth


itsthenugget

This is one of my least favorite parts of the whole album. What do you like about it? Maybe I could appreciate it more


Invisiblestringz

It’s so fun! I can imagine them chugging wine and being a little tipsy while making those sounds haha. Plus, the sharp synth that cuts in is so jarring yet I can’t imagine the song without it. The slightly chaotic production really captures the “it only feels this raw right now, lost in the labyrinth of my mind”. I like that it’s experimental and plays around with a lot of layers of sound. Really does make me think of a labyrinth.


maricatu

The entire Bejeweled MV, instant clasic imo


jasminm22

so many faves but the outro to labyrinth….. beautiful


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Everybody agrees, everybody agreeeeessssssssssssssss


itsthenugget

Not Midnights, but still a pretty recent release. I love it in I Bet You Think About Me where she goes, "And I'll bet your friends tell you she's better than me. *Huh*." Also the way she sneers "million dollar couch".


angeltakemewithyou

Sobbing with your head in your hands, ain't that the way shit always ends Her voice is so heavy, and every relationship I've had ended like this.


Revolution-Agitated

……..checkmate, I couldn’t lose.


turniptoez

Karma is the guy on the screen COMING STRAIGHT HOME TO ME I love how she pronounces guy too


Max_452

The drop in “Labyrinth” around the 3 minute mark. It sounds incredible on good speakers.


AyeBB8

The way she says “portal” in midnight rain, makes my brain go brrrrr


hoagiesandgrindrs

Ok I’ve tried to tell this to my friend but I live for the WHEEOW at the end of “It came like a postcard Picture perfect, shiny family Holiday, peppermint candy” WHEEOW You know????


A_70s_Virgo

While it’s usually a skip for me, this line in Dear Reader hits hard: “Never take advice from someone who’s falling apart”


takii_royal

the way "stumble down pretend alleyways" sounds


FlubbyStarfish

“Smoking with your boys,” in YOYOK. she has such a whispery inflection, it has such Lana Del Rey vibes to it. I’m obsessed with how she sings it.


slightlycrookednose

She laced the “uh-huhs” from the great war with crack


camptikihama

“To you I can admit, that I’m just too soft for all it” really touched me the first time I heard it. One of my favorite moments of the album!


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Audreythe2nd

Maybe I'm crazy, but sometimes I think Maroon has to be one of the best songs she's ever written.


t3quiila

Not crazy. That is a fact.


423madeline

It’s also the same melody as “is this the end of all the endings?” from King of my Heart 🙂


Preatu

"I swear that it was something..."


andrxwwxvi

YOYOK bridge and labyrinth vocal effects


ButterfliesInSpace

Can’t explain why, but the first line of Bejeweled “Baby love, I think I've been a little too kind” and the way she sings it just makes my brain so happy. Sometimes while listening to the song I restart it again and again to hear that line. Also, the whole Mastermind bridge that starts with “no one wanted to play with me as a little kid-“ and needs with “-this is the first time I’ve felt the need to confess” hurts my soul in the best way possible.


maddiemoiselle

The way she says “she’s laughing up at us from hell”


jrcs43tx

Outro on WCS -- her unrelenting anger/anguish as she sings the lyrics over and over to that war-like drum beat, all mixed with religious imagery of stained glass windows in her mind of a sacred experience stolen and turned haunted and haunting. What she knows now taints the memory of the heavenly experience of being with a guy who hurt her deeply--and the girl is mad about it. It's such a cathartic and honest song


BigVulvaEnergy

The Paris notes in Maroon. Edited: 3:25-3:26 You hear the drums (idk) and her say "Paris".


YaKnowEstacado

Mastermind bridge


autumn441

In Karma, during the bridge when she says “why so many FADE..” oof man, that “fade” is just perfect


Pinklove701

my forth drink in my hand these desperate prayers of a CURSED MAN


ijustcrysometime

“I’m only cryptic and Machiavellian cause I care!”


wewerelegends

“Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man..” just HITS you.


mrenee777

The moment in Question when she’s singing “can I ask you a question” and her background vocal comes in like “CAN I ASK YOUUU A QUESTIONNN”. I hope someone knows what I’m talking about lol


Connifer12

The chorus in Maroon where her voice is super deep. Very sexy feeling!


ilikeoranges4

The bridge in YOYOK


itsasixthing

Romance is not dead if you keep it just yours


nobodynocrime02

"Karma is gonna track you down, step by step, *from town to town*" just does something to my brain I can't explain


peppassecret

How the first song says ‘meet me at midnight’


_Allie_Kat_

Honestly the entire bridge to Dear Reader but “these desperate PRAYERS OF A CURSED MAN” gets me every time.


swellaprogress

“I regret you all the time” hits so hard


speaknowgirlie13

not sure if someone said this already but: ✨sweet like HUH-NEYYY✨ makes me come alive lol u/thidwickthemoose explained this really well but in WCS when she sings "give me back my girlhood, it was mine first". i just love that she didn't round out the vowels on "girl" and "first".


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“Give me back my girlhood it was. Mine. FIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRST.”