I love how you never change he’s to she’s or whatever. “I take this magnetic force of a man” is such a great line and I’m glad you didn’t change it. You’re so fuckin great at this.
@@bananawammabama erm, literally no lmao? Some people change lyrics to suit their preferences and I liked that he kept the original. You made it about homophobia dude
Another great T-Swift song that would shine with the pop-punk treatment is "You Are in Love" from 1989. It's begging to have some heavy guitar backing it. Hope to hear it from you some day, Alex!
I love these covers. They really help bridge a divide for certain people who may think they don't like certain music. If Taylor ever does a rock album...
I think crossovers like this are super valuable to help people recognize when they are hating something based purely on bias. Every genre of music has value and a deep history, and if you can see the parallels between the things you like and the things you hate on, that can be the crack to start to open up and appreciate a wider scope of music.
@@sirjuggles 100 percent. Friends have blind reacted to rock Taylor covers and when they comment on how good the lyrics are they are shocked that it's Taylor Swift (or some other non-rock musician). Also, it can sometimes take a bad song from an artist I like and "fix" it for me, like this one. Lover was always meh to me, but this is a banger when put in a different context.
I think she will. In her re-release of Speak Now she turned Better Than Revenge and Haunted into rock songs. And Reputation was always on the rock border. Rock adjacent if you will.
Same thing with his “Closer” cover from the chainsmokers. I heard it today on the radio and I thought “wow this is really boring compared to Alex’s cover”
Oh hell yeah. This is my favorite song, lyrically speaking, of hers. This cover stands up to it, staring back at the original with eyeliner running down its cheek. This is perfect. You are great. Never stop.
I shamelessly love the original. This cover is beautifully arranged and performed. The motif 12/8 ballad translated to math rock arpeggios. The very tasteful reharmonization, and as always your strong drum work in all your videos. It was just a 10/10 for me.
My now wife and I used this for our first dance, unfortunately we didn't have a videographer, but it was amazing. I just want to say thank you for making this cover. It perfected our first dance!
I love this song so much and this cover was so good!! This would kill as the final song on a pop punk album. It definitely gives me “the last song on the pop punk album that completely emotionally breaks me down” vibes 🥹
I think the testament to a good song with great lyrics is, can it be other genres or is it just the genre it was written in? This cover is so good and leads to a greater appreciation of the original. Excellent work as always
I'm digging these! Would love to hear your take on "Better Than Revenge" which already only a couple degrees removed from pop-punk, or "Haunted" which to me seems like it could work as an Evanescence or Nightwish song
I agree, "Better Than Revenge" and "Story Of Us" are about two steps away from being Paramore songs. Which explains why I liked those songs so much when I first heard them!
If you ever decide to tour, I would absolutely love to drum for you! I love your style and how you interpret music, man. Nostalgic pop punk, breaks are perfect, bridges perfect, hooks, chorus, and transitions never disappoint.
A ton of her songs make amazing emo/punk/metal transitions 🤘🏻 bad blood/shake it off would make amazing metal songs and teardrops on my guitar/ I almost do would make great emo tracks
i love taylors music but i gotta say i like this version more. im a sucker for that twangy guitar tone and the vocal style. its cool to see how much fun you clearly have making these
This is soooo good!! Lover is one of my favourite songs and this emo version absolutely does it justice! 🥰💔 May I suggest Haunted or I Know Places next? Or even another beautiful slower song like The Lakes? ❤
Ughh that chord progression at 4:17 gave me goosebumps. 🥹🥹🥹 Not a huge fan of Taylor, but I really love these covers from Alex. So please, make more covers like this. ❤️
Alex - this is your career right here. To me, this is the best work you’ve ever done. I’ve listened to this 50 times at least, and I’ll keep going. This sound is just overwhelming. This makes me sick with longing for my love. I feel it.
Well i'm crying at experiencing this song in a new way. I wasn't expecting it to be so powerful with this instrumentation. Thanks for putting your whole chest into this
The next time you put out bad music will be the first time you put out bad music. You keep killing it, week after week after week! Greatly appreciate all the hard work you put into these covers.
I’m torn between my desire to hear you cover every song that was ever written and my excitement to see you use that incredible talent of your to make 5 original songs a day. Thank you. 👏🏽🔥
Oh my god, man. You absolutely nailed this! I did an Eels type of thing with Lover and have always thought that You Belong with Me had pop-punk vibes. But this... chef's kiss!
I love Taylor and I definitely listened to my fair share of emo music in middle/high school. There's something so magical about seeing songs interpreted into different genres, I love it. Bravo, this is amazing!!
Soooooo well done! The longer the song went on the more I was digging it. I especially love the clean guitar picking, both the playing and the tone. Killer stuff!
I LOVE this rendition of this song! You know a person is an amazing musician when they can take a song and make it completely different, on top of playing EVERY instrument in the song! This guy rocks!!!!! 👏🏻😁🤘🏻
Your cover of anti hero was genuinely incredible one of my favourite songs I didn’t think it was possible to top that yet here we are! Keep up the good work fella!
I literally can not love this anymore. Completely shook. Sooo impressed. My little emo swiftie heart is EXPLODING with love for these adaptions. more more more!!! please? :)
I love how you never change he’s to she’s or whatever. “I take this magnetic force of a man” is such a great line and I’m glad you didn’t change it. You’re so fuckin great at this.
I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED A GAY EMO ANTHEM
@@ranchocarnetoros😂😂😂
lol@@ranchocarnetoros
Are you... praising him for not being homophobic????
@@bananawammabama erm, literally no lmao? Some people change lyrics to suit their preferences and I liked that he kept the original. You made it about homophobia dude
Every TSwift song about being in love with a guy she's since broken up with should be a bittersweet emo anthem like this tbh
it makes sense bc she was into emo music in her youth too lmao
Well, it would be 80% of her catalog lol
it's nowhere near that lol @@Morriefresh
@@Morriefreshgood one. original and never been heard before
@@jesseire666 no need to be upset, I'm a big swifty.
Another great T-Swift song that would shine with the pop-punk treatment is "You Are in Love" from 1989. It's begging to have some heavy guitar backing it. Hope to hear it from you some day, Alex!
That would be beyond epic
You Are In Love is one of my absolute favorites and I would LOVE to her it as pop-punk!
OH MY GOD, YES
This PLEASE
Ugh, *YES!*
This is so good omg. I wish you could put out a cover album of just Taylor songs
As a swemo I would be all over it, and there's already a solid body of work growing.
Yesssss 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
This needs to happen for sure
Please!!!!
I have to admit thar Taylor has really good songs with great melodies
I love these covers. They really help bridge a divide for certain people who may think they don't like certain music.
If Taylor ever does a rock album...
I think crossovers like this are super valuable to help people recognize when they are hating something based purely on bias. Every genre of music has value and a deep history, and if you can see the parallels between the things you like and the things you hate on, that can be the crack to start to open up and appreciate a wider scope of music.
@@sirjuggles 100 percent. Friends have blind reacted to rock Taylor covers and when they comment on how good the lyrics are they are shocked that it's Taylor Swift (or some other non-rock musician).
Also, it can sometimes take a bad song from an artist I like and "fix" it for me, like this one. Lover was always meh to me, but this is a banger when put in a different context.
I think she will. In her re-release of Speak Now she turned Better Than Revenge and Haunted into rock songs. And Reputation was always on the rock border. Rock adjacent if you will.
I love that you used my two favorite Taylor's album. Lover and Folklore ❤❤❤
Ryan Adams covered all of 1989 and it is well worth a listen. Taylor herself loves it.
I’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard the original - this is a perfect emo song. I don’t ever want to hear it any other way. So good!
Same here!
The original is really good too though, you should give it at least one listen.
well you don't really need to, all you need to know for most taylor's songs are that they are emo lyrics without the actual emo instrumentals
Same thing with his “Closer” cover from the chainsmokers. I heard it today on the radio and I thought “wow this is really boring compared to Alex’s cover”
It’s a trap
Oh hell yeah. This is my favorite song, lyrically speaking, of hers. This cover stands up to it, staring back at the original with eyeliner running down its cheek. This is perfect. You are great. Never stop.
Well written haha
Shows what great songwriting she’s capable of….a great song is a great song no matter how you perform it
I'm a Swiftie but this arrangement speaks to my soul in a way I haven't felt since the days of my youth HAHAHAHA
I shamelessly love the original. This cover is beautifully arranged and performed. The motif 12/8 ballad translated to math rock arpeggios. The very tasteful reharmonization, and as always your strong drum work in all your videos. It was just a 10/10 for me.
12/8 makes more sense. I was counting in 6 and it felt wrong.
Always love a Taylor Swift cover!
taylor swift's covers lover detected😮
He should do love story ;)
@@johncostello4565(sorry if this went over my head) but he already did and it’s great
My now wife and I used this for our first dance, unfortunately we didn't have a videographer, but it was amazing. I just want to say thank you for making this cover. It perfected our first dance!
I love this song so much and this cover was so good!! This would kill as the final song on a pop punk album. It definitely gives me “the last song on the pop punk album that completely emotionally breaks me down” vibes 🥹
Haha it makes me think of like Whatsername at the end of American Idiot or Ordinary World at the end of Revolution Radio
I think the testament to a good song with great lyrics is, can it be other genres or is it just the genre it was written in? This cover is so good and leads to a greater appreciation of the original. Excellent work as always
I love Taylor. I love emo music. The two together are perfect. Never expected this song would be so cool for this genre.
I'm digging these! Would love to hear your take on "Better Than Revenge" which already only a couple degrees removed from pop-punk, or "Haunted" which to me seems like it could work as an Evanescence or Nightwish song
I agree, "Better Than Revenge" and "Story Of Us" are about two steps away from being Paramore songs. Which explains why I liked those songs so much when I first heard them!
Getting some serious "The Starting Line" vibes here. Please keep this up, man! Really great cover
Totally! And The Wonder Years all over it 🖤
Omg you’re so right! I love the Starting Line. I saw them back in 2005, almost 20 years ago holy cow lol
Another reason to demonstrate why I keep my Melton notifications always on
If you ever decide to tour, I would absolutely love to drum for you! I love your style and how you interpret music, man. Nostalgic pop punk, breaks are perfect, bridges perfect, hooks, chorus, and transitions never disappoint.
I agree would love to join in on rhythm guitar
Alex is on fire lately! 🔥
I don't think he's ever done any Alexisonfire.
@@andrewfrey4826 Overdue. @AlexMelton make it happen!
Excellent! You can be proud. Swifties approved ✔️
He did it, the SOB really did it.. 🤘🏽
Damn, I was ashamed of my obsession with the original version of this song and now you bring it to a whole new level. Stellar!
A ton of her songs make amazing emo/punk/metal transitions 🤘🏻 bad blood/shake it off would make amazing metal songs and teardrops on my guitar/ I almost do would make great emo tracks
Love The Starting Line vibes in the outro! Thank you for another banger ✨✨
Pausing to switch from my AirPods to my Bose over-ear cans cuz I can tell this track is going to BANG!
i love taylors music but i gotta say i like this version more. im a sucker for that twangy guitar tone and the vocal style. its cool to see how much fun you clearly have making these
This is soooo good!! Lover is one of my favourite songs and this emo version absolutely does it justice! 🥰💔
May I suggest Haunted or I Know Places next? Or even another beautiful slower song like The Lakes? ❤
Omg, The Lakes would be a great one!
Spotify when?!?!?!
Excellent cover good sir!!!
Oh my gosh! Love this version. Totally convinces me that Taylor Swift and Chris Carrabba need to do an album together.
After reading your comment, there will forever be a piece of me that needs that to exist.
YES
The perfect streak of putting out bangers continues. 🎉
Ughh that chord progression at 4:17 gave me goosebumps. 🥹🥹🥹
Not a huge fan of Taylor, but I really love these covers from Alex. So please, make more covers like this. ❤️
Couldn’t agree more, It was so emo and so perfect
You should really do more TS covers, man, you're awesome!
Alex - this is your career right here. To me, this is the best work you’ve ever done. I’ve listened to this 50 times at least, and I’ll keep going. This sound is just overwhelming. This makes me sick with longing for my love. I feel it.
I'm calling out my band to do this cover. such an epic rendition.
Well i'm crying at experiencing this song in a new way. I wasn't expecting it to be so powerful with this instrumentation. Thanks for putting your whole chest into this
I'm just replaying this. Love the lyrics and this cover. The emo anthem way.
🎸😍🥁
Stay awesome y'all 👏👏
The triple threat of music has a good voice, can play guitar, and is an awsome drummer. Props to ya man
This was even better than I expected it to be. 🥰
This gives me wonder years vibes and i love it
The song is so good Taylor Swift truly made her version as tribute to you
The next time you put out bad music will be the first time you put out bad music.
You keep killing it, week after week after week!
Greatly appreciate all the hard work you put into these covers.
This cover helps me realize I don’t dislike the content of the original, I dislike the packaging. Well done Sir Melton
I love your music so much!!!! It scratches my brain in the best way. You should totally do an album of Taylor Swift covers. It would blow UP dude.
This is one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs and this version is amazing!
This surpassed all expectations its AMAZING
Loving the sound of the (I'm assuming) open tuning on the pink guitar. Great riff and great tone.
Thank you! It’s my first time experimenting with DADGAD
@@AlexMelton fantastic! DADGAD's one of my favorites
I’m torn between my desire to hear you cover every song that was ever written and my excitement to see you use that incredible talent of your to make 5 original songs a day. Thank you. 👏🏽🔥
Love how you played all the guitar licks… so very emo. And how you played around with the time signature. Brilliant 🔥
Oh my god, man. You absolutely nailed this! I did an Eels type of thing with Lover and have always thought that You Belong with Me had pop-punk vibes. But this... chef's kiss!
Holy shit, dude. This is amazing!!
Goosebumps man. Your awesome.
I think this is one of my favourite of yours. So much passion in this song. Well done Alex, I cannot stop listening and sharing
Beautiful as always !!!!!!! Thank you for this
I love Taylor and I definitely listened to my fair share of emo music in middle/high school. There's something so magical about seeing songs interpreted into different genres, I love it. Bravo, this is amazing!!
So great. Love Taylor and love pop punk, so it's a wonderful mix for me. :)
emo in 6/8 always rips... super yellowcardy
Facts. When bands like Thrice or Yellowcard get into their 6/8 it's always a highlight.
Being a fan of that song. I always wanted a male version and this gave me goosebumps amazing!!!
This is so well done. You made a simple song, a great song, and you layered it up and ran so hard into those syncopations... wow. so good.
I just found your content. You fucking ROCK Alex! 🤘🔥
Yes! Especially when it hits the chorus.. it just feels right!
The parts starting at 4:05 are incredible.
Awesome! Would Love to hear you do some 1975
I came across this by accident and I’m glad I did it’s really good
2:04
Too Good 👍❤
Been watching you for a while now - this is legit the best cover you've done (and I think you've done some fucking amazing covers). Great work man.
Soooooo well done! The longer the song went on the more I was digging it. I especially love the clean guitar picking, both the playing and the tone. Killer stuff!
The first dance with my wife was to this song! What an awesome twist on it.
I came into this not knowing what to think, but this is amazing (so is the original but in a different way). I love this
Still waiting this on Spotify 😢
This is so good. Swemo for life!
Bravo Alex! Fantastic cover!!! 👏🏼 🔥
New Alex, new upvote
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I just heard her song for the first time yesterday and IMMEDIATELY was like "there has to be a bomb ass cover out there"
I was just wishing you would cover this song this morning. Love it!
I LOVE this rendition of this song! You know a person is an amazing musician when they can take a song and make it completely different, on top of playing EVERY instrument in the song! This guy rocks!!!!! 👏🏻😁🤘🏻
По-моему, вышло просто изумительно. Спасибо, Алекс! Пожалуй, надо теперь послушать что же было в оригинале)
Alex Melton does not miss
Gahhh I love this so much!! Totally different vibe but I love both versions. You really made this your own. Fantastic job.
How this song was meant to be. Felt very Taking Back Sunday
His TBS sounds better than TBS. It’s my favorite Alex
Love this version!
The emo anthem series is probably one of the most rewarding musical experiences on this platform. Thank you Alex!
This makes my heart so happy! Thank you for making this and sharing it with the internet!
Opening guitar riff had mad DCFC vibes
this feels so much deeper, more longing
this genre was your calling. you will unite humanity
This is so flippin EPIC! Dude, you rocked this! It's so much more impactful and hard hitting when the music is driving the lyrics!
I need you to cover ever T Swift song RN
Your cover of anti hero was genuinely incredible one of my favourite songs I didn’t think it was possible to top that yet here we are! Keep up the good work fella!
Masterful arrangement!
BABE WAKE UP ! ALEX DROPPED ANOTHER BANGER !
10/10 - spoken as a Lover (album) swemo 🫶
I literally can not love this anymore. Completely shook. Sooo impressed. My little emo swiftie heart is EXPLODING with love for these adaptions. more more more!!! please? :)
I had never heard the original before this. Came out with a new respect for you both as musicians. I prefer this version though!
Another one for the playlist. Consistently exceeding expectations.
That was great, and I loved that off-time choice of hi hats at the end
I love this cover Alex and how you never lost the quality of your voice and the pure awesomeness of all your music abilities! 💯
Wait ... Who has time to take Christmas lights down in December?
This deserves millions of views!! Also, it would be amazing in a movie 😍
Chills, thanks for all the music!