How Cruel Summer Avenged The Lover Era (and Hit #1)

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  • Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
  • The Lover era has its first Billboard Hot 100 #1 with Cruel Summer four years after its initial release. In this short video, we'll discuss the history of this remarkable fan favorite, the DNA behind its catchy iconic sound, and why this might be Taylor's best single ever! And there's not music video yet! #CruelSummer #TaylorSwift #VideoEssay
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  • @EljohnMacaranas
    @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +87

    Good things come to those who wait! I can't believe it happened! 4 years later Cruel Summer has hit number one! WOW! Let me know below what the song means to you and when you fell in love with this magical song? Also let me know what song you want me to deep dive next!

    • @noneapplicable1327
      @noneapplicable1327 11 місяців тому +4

      i feel like call me maybe should get one

    • @chunli6197
      @chunli6197 11 місяців тому

      did it hit number one ? i thought drake ruined it

  • @noneapplicable1327
    @noneapplicable1327 11 місяців тому +298

    i never realized how this track really is its own mini Eras Tour in a song 😭 ugh your mind! omg Taylor is a mf genius!!!!!! Taylor is a legend…

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +36

      Taylor's probably going down as one of Pop's best minds... no joke she's truly a one of a kind talent who will always be the pinkprint for future artists who want to dominate 🩵

  • @suspiciousstar7547
    @suspiciousstar7547 11 місяців тому +264

    The rise of 'Cruel Summer' is just proof that so many of her non-singles could have the potential of becoming a smash hit. And knowing that she's re-recording her past albums, she could use this opportunity to re-release her underrated songs as singles or her Vault tracks as singles. Either way, I'm hoping she uses the impact of 1989 and Reputation to create more top-charting hits (which I doubt she won't do lol).

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +36

      We need to see Getaway Car finally hit the Top 40 since it was dropped right as streaming actually started to matter. I feel like Don’t Blame Me bc of the tour will also probably smash. Honestly, I see 1989 occupying the Top 40. 😭

    • @suspiciousstar7547
      @suspiciousstar7547 11 місяців тому +4

      @@EljohnMacaranas YES. Also, for Reputation, I think 'Dancing With Our Hands Tied' or 'Gorgeous' could also work for singles as well. As for 1989, literally any song could work XD.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +5

      OMG Dancing With Our Hands Tied needs a renaissance, the unique structure with that fun little pre chorus that disappears

    • @suspiciousstar7547
      @suspiciousstar7547 11 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas Fun Fact: It was actually produced by the same producer for the Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights'. So, if that was one of his biggest smash hits, DWOHT could also have the potential to be a hit.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому

      OMG that honestly tracks! Wow!!!

  • @purpledinosaurs801
    @purpledinosaurs801 11 місяців тому +190

    Lover as an album feels like the essential Taylor album, like it’s the album you need to play to convert someone into liking her music. Lover has like a wide array of songs, and also demonstrates Taylor’s lyrical genius. Like cruel summer is an iconic pop song but also feels linguistically intense. Lmao

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +35

      I think its timing in 2019 (a really competitive year for pop where every week there seemed to be a new smash) stopped it from getting the attention it deserved! Lover is a great starter record for modern post-1989 Swift. It has some proto Folklorian lyricism but charming inviting melodies and an airiness to it that’s echoed on Midnights!

    • @Skorpio1121
      @Skorpio1121 11 місяців тому +13

      Lover was the album that converted me! Literally had been proud I managed to avoid listening to a TS song for the 13 years before that and now I love her because I read that lover was different and gave it a listen lol. False god ftw.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +9

      False God getting an SNL performance 😭🩵

  • @adiawasthi4589
    @adiawasthi4589 11 місяців тому +65

    It not only avenged but completely redeemed the Lover era,when Lover was slandered by media & public for juvenile singles and performative activism,its now remembered for being home one of her classics.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +15

      I’m so glad it has a redeemed legacy! The single choices in hindsight were bizarre but a learning moment. Midnights was extremely successful bc of momentum but also wise single choices!

    • @gerry8381
      @gerry8381 10 місяців тому +4

      I don’t know, I kind of love lots of songs in Lover… like daylight and lover…

    • @adiawasthi4589
      @adiawasthi4589 10 місяців тому

      @@gerry8381 same here its homes some of my all time faves
      Deep cuts are def one of her best.
      But i find it very difficult to listen to it as a whole body of work.Many fillers,outdated pop tracks & out of placs,completely unnecessary songs makes no sense in album at all
      It was mostly adored in fans,public & media reception was worse than reputation.
      I would remove I think he knows,Its nice 2 have a friend,Me,paper rings,i forgot u existed ,london boy.
      You need to calm down is fine sonically but the performative activism makes it sick.The Man is very forgettable.
      Add All of the girls & "Need".there we have one of her classics.

    • @adiawasthi4589
      @adiawasthi4589 10 місяців тому +1

      @@gerry8381 what i meant is its rollout,single choice remains her worst to date.Aint no way a mega pop star in her 7th album would choose disney/kids bopz rejects as lead single.
      But now with massive success of Cruel summer,Lover era seems redeemed.People now remember it for gr8 songs like CS & title track Lover.
      Cs helped clean off the stain of singles & performative activism a bit
      My fav song is Miss Americana & Heartbreak prince.
      Also CS,Death by 1000 cuts,Cornelia street & the archer.

    • @paolabetancourt3365
      @paolabetancourt3365 10 місяців тому

      @@adiawasthi4589 so you don’t love lots of songs of Lover, you would cut a lot of them… And they are not unnecessary, you can dislike them, but not everyone share that opinion

  • @MeganiumForever
    @MeganiumForever 11 місяців тому +94

    Cruel Summer was my most streamed song of 2022. It is absolutely one of my favorite Taylor songs ever and from one of my favorite albums of hers.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +5

      The taste shown here. It’s immaculate!

  • @soaribb32
    @soaribb32 11 місяців тому +83

    I always wished Cruel Summer got its flowers with how messy lover was. Now, can we do the same for New Romantics?

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +15

      New Romantics is gonna go top 10 I think!

    • @kuakuyh
      @kuakuyh 10 місяців тому +3

      YESSS

  • @aidentan6547
    @aidentan6547 10 місяців тому +15

    She has so many potential songs to become hit singles like Cruel Summer
    - Mr Perfectly Fine
    - Getaway Car
    - Don't Blame Me
    - August
    - Hits Different
    - New Romantics
    - Message in a Bottle

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      Hits Different genuinely should have had a push!

    • @brandonphan1847
      @brandonphan1847 10 місяців тому

      Lmao New Romantics was the last 1989 single, it legit has a mv but bc this was during 1989 swift was over saturated in media and music and the immense sense of the previous singles had this one overlooked

    • @joshuepico75
      @joshuepico75 Місяць тому

      @@brandonphan1847New Romantics flopped because she didn’t care enough. It shouldn’t even have been left out of the original 1989 😭😭

  • @abigailwilson_
    @abigailwilson_ 11 місяців тому +52

    lover stans we are finally out of the trenches!!!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +16

      We did it kids! No more “flop era” allegations. Number 1 4 years later, outselling Midnights this week (I was gagged)

    • @sketchycat6223
      @sketchycat6223 Місяць тому

      Free from the shackles 💗

  • @michaelhurley3171
    @michaelhurley3171 11 місяців тому +38

    Prediction: Someday Taylor will Beat Madonna and be the biggest female pop star of all time! And I can't wait!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +21

      Honestly, it seems like a natural conclusion. Fitting given Madonna is an artist herself defined by her own eras and transformations.

  • @user-kp1bh6wi7z
    @user-kp1bh6wi7z 11 місяців тому +49

    I never noticed the similarities between the two, but you are so right about Cruel Summer being the spiritual successor of I Wish You Would (which also deserves to be a single)

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +10

      I Wish You Would (TV) for Top 10! We can do it! Though I know the vault track, Slut! is probably going number one.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +9

      Man, it’s kinda crazy how Taylor wrote to track with Jack for it and now 10 years later, they’re the top dogs in the songwriting pop game!

    • @paulceloso6948
      @paulceloso6948 10 місяців тому +3

      @@EljohnMacaranasCan't wait for the release. I Wish You Would is my favorite song of hers. Thanks for recognizing the sheer perfection of a pop song that is IWYW

  • @joshwill3941
    @joshwill3941 11 місяців тому +23

    Cruel Summer is one of the songs that got me into being a swiftie in the first place so I’m really happy about this🥳🎉

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +4

      Honestly, it’s such a good entry song for everyone. I’m shocked it wasn’t the lead for Lover but time’s a funny thing and even if it feels “late”, it happened now for a reason!

  • @paulceloso6948
    @paulceloso6948 10 місяців тому +12

    Cruel Summer is just such a glorious song and moment for all the swifties and Taylor herself 💖

  • @KingJ1110
    @KingJ1110 11 місяців тому +19

    I love Cruel Summer and has been one of my faves from Lover and her discography. It's sad we never got the music video for it. I'm sure it would've been fire 🔥 😁

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +3

      One day… they might as well at least post the live tour version from the movie 😭

  • @Sequoya
    @Sequoya 11 місяців тому +9

    Wow, what a remarkable climb! I check billboard every Tuesday morning, and I cannot wait to see this song at the top.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +2

      It’s crazy to me how long it took to catch on and how fan driven this was. It was slow and steady like watching a cult film find a big following!

  • @stillhere95
    @stillhere95 11 місяців тому +8

    I am not the biggest taylor swift fan, missed most of her albums and "big" singles. Started listening to the songs in the pandemic. Cruel summer was an instant hit with me (we were all in a cruel summer after all in 2020). Had no idea it wasn't a hit on the charts, only found about this, this year. Hope it gets a video. I also loved Archer.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +2

      Archer’s so underrated! It broke my heart it was cut from the Eras movie, I hope to see it on an extended cut!

  • @Astrid_2016
    @Astrid_2016 11 місяців тому +12

    When lover first came out the archer was my favorite track I don't think I got into cruel summer until 2020.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +1

      The Archer is so underrated! That song inspired a script of mine (I do that as my “real job”) that actually did end up going somewhere and if it ever gets produced, I will force whomever makes it to buy the rights to the song to use!

    • @suspiciousstar7547
      @suspiciousstar7547 11 місяців тому +1

      I love 'The Archer'! It's like the 80s-influenced prototype of Anti-Hero.

    • @Astrid_2016
      @Astrid_2016 11 місяців тому

      @@EljohnMacaranas when I learned taylor swift drew inspiration for the song from the movie/book series "Hunger games" I knew immediately why I loved the song. 🏹

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому

      @suspiciousstar7547 YES! It’s like a slowed down cousin that plays at prom for a slow dance

  • @Astrid_2016
    @Astrid_2016 11 місяців тому +10

    Taylor has been my fav since 2014 so it doesn't surprise me that even now I still love her ❤ she's a genius

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +3

      Literally, we’ll still be stans in 2034!

  • @michaelcain9324
    @michaelcain9324 6 місяців тому +2

    A bridge so good she sings it twice. 🌸

  • @lavieenlavande
    @lavieenlavande 11 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for another great review! Cruel Summer has been one of my favorites since Lover was released and I’m so glad it’s finally hit the #1 spot! Singing the chorus with everyone at the concert this summer and at the movie a week ago was incredible-you can tell how much love we have for this song.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +5

      Thank you so much for the lovely comment and the Super Thanks! Man, singing the bridge at the show was probably one of the happiest moments I’ve had in years. Summer 2020 was probably the cruelest summer of them all so it was cathartic singing that in a space with Taylor who made it bearable haha

  • @KNHarrison125
    @KNHarrison125 11 місяців тому +6

    Given the resurgence in popularity for both Cruel Summer and Lover as a whole, I can only hope that one day Taylor releases a true deluxe for Lover. When she finishes re-recording Debut and Reputation, Lover will be her only album that doesn’t have a set of bonus tracks whether that be vault tracks or songs on a deluxe version of the album. We could count All of the Girls You Loved Before but that was released mainly because it leaked months prior and she wanted to celebrate the start of the tour. There are a couple of other tracks like Need that leaked around the same time as All of the Girls and it’d be cool if we could get official versions of them as well.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +2

      Honestly, Lover likely has a few demos that’d do pretty well to be released. I recall Lover never had a deluxe due to being so long on its own and deluxe versions falling out of favor for rereleases towards Grammy season. I feel like she’d be apt to do a Lover Vault Edition maybe for the 5th anniversary next year!

    • @KNHarrison125
      @KNHarrison125 11 місяців тому

      @@EljohnMacaranas Yeah you’re right about that. 18 songs on its own is a LONG album and she didn’t follow the trend of shortening the track length for streaming purposes either. Red TV had 30 tracks and it was still incredibly successful so she definitely could add on another 5 or 6 songs to Lover and none of her fans would mind. Lol Fingers crossed we get something because the album definitely deserves it.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      I love Taylor for breaking so many rules like we need a 27 track Lover like I know there are at least 9 tracks out there (idk random number but my gut feeling)

  • @westcoastavenger
    @westcoastavenger 6 місяців тому +1

    Damn. This is a perfect analysis. Are you a musician? The breakdown of how Taylor adds the subtle synth in the bridge and how so many song close perfectly. The reflective comment of Love Story makes perfect sense. That was when I found Taylor (Love Story).

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  6 місяців тому

      Thank you! 💖 A couple of my friends are songwriters and composers! I’m a writer myself but rarely ever songs but still I really study structure of things to emulate them in my own work. Swift has always been a fave of mine because of her adherence to the craft of like doing things “the old fashioned way.”

    • @westcoastavenger
      @westcoastavenger 6 місяців тому

      @@EljohnMacaranas you should keep up writing if you enjoy it! I play music. I know I won’t go beyond a hobbyist but it’s very fun.
      I love the “old fashioned way” comment. There’s so many parallels to her and Paul McCartney. Their humble career beginnings of grinding and writing more surface level songs to the evolutionary explosion with each album starting around their 4-5th album (Rubber Soul and Revolver for Paul).
      It’s wild-as a gigantic Beatles fan-I feel that Taylor is as imaginative and creative as Paul.
      They even both had legendary production collaborators (Jack for Taylor and George Martin for Paul).

  • @damonchampion823
    @damonchampion823 11 місяців тому +5

    Lover is underrated and yes a Lover review essay please

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +3

      Oh for sure, I was listening to it and musically there’s a lot of food for thought

  • @mdelro732
    @mdelro732 10 місяців тому +3

    Ok so I am ashamed to say I used to not be a fan of Lover, but I have changed! When I gave a listen to Cruel Summer after the whole interpolation drama, and also watched your video essay on Lover, I gave the album a second chance looking past the singles, and the album has some of her greatest deep cuts!!? Even the slower songs in the back half of the album give a glimpse of folklore type writing and sound. It was really songs like Me! And You need to calm down that stopped me from giving the album a real listen. But I am glad I have come around to it 😊

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      It’s definitely a jumbled record if we go by the singles and a stellar little gem if we listen to the deep cuts!

  • @eggmarmalade
    @eggmarmalade 10 місяців тому +4

    I don't know if we ever will get a music video for it but if so I think it will be a new romantics style celebration of the tour

  • @nomanisanisland117
    @nomanisanisland117 11 місяців тому +2

    i applaud the hustle, eljohn. to record and edit this clip in enough time to be able to drop it when the news about the placement hit the press? kudos.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +2

      in another lifetime, i definitely was a newspaper columnist waiting to yell “hit the switch” as the presses begin to print

  • @Nightowl_always_awake
    @Nightowl_always_awake Місяць тому +2

    This is such an amazing video. I've been watching your catalogue and the way you make the videos is amazing.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Місяць тому +1

      Thank you! Keep your eyes peeled for an August surprise later this week!

    • @Nightowl_always_awake
      @Nightowl_always_awake Місяць тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas My eye are wide open 👀

  • @1989TaylorsVersiom
    @1989TaylorsVersiom 10 місяців тому +3

    I've been crying for a few days now over this

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      Me tonight and the rest of the month when we get the Vault Tracks! 😭

    • @1989TaylorsVersiom
      @1989TaylorsVersiom 10 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas ya for sure.

    • @1989TaylorsVersiom
      @1989TaylorsVersiom 10 місяців тому +2

      @@EljohnMacaranas I streamed this song soooo much and every week over the summer it fell short by time it hit number 1 gave up thinking it would be the week before, we have been trying since before summer started. This definitely is another "trenches" moment for us swifties but the best trenches ever

  • @TheRubyGamersTRG
    @TheRubyGamersTRG 10 місяців тому +6

    from the moment i heard cruel summer the first time in 2019, i just knew that song was meant to be number 1

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      Man, thinking about 2019 and how wild that summer was and all the hits, I’m glad Cruel Summer finally got its time to shine!

  • @hussainal-qattan3142
    @hussainal-qattan3142 11 місяців тому +13

    I knew this song was going to hit #1. … as soon as I heard it on the air tour it confirmed that it’s gonna be an explosive spread
    I’m praying and praying and praying there’s a video

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +1

      We need a proper music video with visuals and concepts! 😭😭😭 or at least tour footage in 4K of her singing it at LA

  • @colettesanchez4298
    @colettesanchez4298 10 місяців тому +2

    I remember discovering it in 2021 and being SO confused on how it was SO underrated. I’m so happy Cruel Summer is having her moment ❤

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      She’s finally spreading her wings and soaring 😭😭😭

  • @readonlymemories
    @readonlymemories 11 місяців тому +1

    I never thought about the similarities with I Wish You Would but it makes so much sense now that I think about it. Well spotted! Loved your breakdown of what makes Cruel Summer the quintessential Taylor Swift song

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +1

      Aaaah thank you so much for watching (and yes! I Wish You Would’s so underrated I feel like Cruel Summer is its poppier hotter cousin sure but IWYW is the punky sister who’s in her late 30’s holding out for Prince Charming)

  • @adambrigue5977
    @adambrigue5977 11 місяців тому +1

    Congrats tay ❤❤ I wish Lover and Rep had loads more No.1s (getaway car, delicate, daylight, The man) but this is still a great success 🎉🎉

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +2

      Oh Delicate and Getaway Car needed to go #1… too ahead of their time

  • @Hi-lu5vf
    @Hi-lu5vf 11 місяців тому +2

    This news made me so happy despite me not really caring about charts, but it was surprisingly since Drake literally just released an album. But really, I should've expected the music industry to land on top

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому

      Oh the Music Industry is never frontloaded… she’s back to her 1989 longevity strategy

  • @jaimieeager3677
    @jaimieeager3677 11 місяців тому +4

    She meant it when she said she comes back stronger than a 90s trend

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh hands down… never goes out of style!

  • @urbanrespite
    @urbanrespite 10 місяців тому +1

    thank you!! for giving love to I wish you would!!!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      It’s such a good song! Ugh! A classic!

  • @simplymatt13
    @simplymatt13 11 місяців тому +2

    og cruel summer & lover stans we will ALWAYS WIN.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +1

      I’m still laughing at my one friend who had been a Lover hater during the era only to switch-up by the time Eras Leg 1 tickets went on sale 😭

  • @daisy9650
    @daisy9650 10 місяців тому +2

    One thing thats really cool about cruel summer success is that each album since Red had at least one number 1 single:
    Red - We are never getting back together, All too well
    1989 - Shake it off, Blank space, Bad blood
    Reputation - Look what you made me do
    Lover - Cruel summer
    Folklore - Cardigan
    Evermore - Willow
    Midnights - Anti-hero

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +2

      We love a queen who has had 7/10 of her albums have a number #1

  • @noneapplicable1327
    @noneapplicable1327 11 місяців тому +4

    girl where’s the Lover era recap video? we need one now unless another track hits top 10

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +1

      Consider it done. (Well, I have to record it first)

  • @ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS
    @ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS 10 місяців тому +1

    You're so right about this song being a continuation of I Wish You Would

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      It really feels like it! I love her songwriting so much!!!

  • @anthonym9470
    @anthonym9470 10 місяців тому +2

    This song is such a fuckin BOP. It was and is my favorite from Lover and I 100% think this should have been the lead single from the album

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      Had it been the lead (and the followup singles been chosen a lil more carefully) I do think that whole era would have been another 1989-level smash in its own right.

  • @berryven
    @berryven 10 місяців тому +2

    Call me weird but I love Cruel Summer so much I listened to it's instruments only for years now, even the that is a masterpiece on its own.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      The instrumental is genuinely one of my favorites by her

  • @aliveasalways
    @aliveasalways 10 місяців тому +9

    Not gonna lie: For me personally, this song hits different after her breakup from Joe Alwyn and I think that's what triggered me to listen to it over and over again now. While you said that the song is a continuation of I Wish You Would and Delicate, I personally feel that it is a foreshadowing of You're Losing Me (and a complete, ironic 180º of it). It's so painfully beautiful to listen to and one I can totally relate to (at some point in my life).

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +3

      I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you… hits different (pun intended) after You’re Losing Ne

    • @Delapray
      @Delapray 23 дні тому

      Oh for goodness sake 🙄

  • @chelsea5226
    @chelsea5226 10 місяців тому +2

    Lover is my happy album, it just is a fun album.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      So glad it’s your happy album! It’s such a nice airy record

  • @phillinsogood
    @phillinsogood 11 місяців тому +6

    So now she’s tied with Janet Jackson and a few other artist for 10 #1 singles

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +4

      I think Stevie Wonder also has 10 number 1’s! What a stellar club!

    • @phillinsogood
      @phillinsogood 11 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas yes Stevie wonder I could t think of the other artist all icons. Tik tok making older songs have massive success is actually really cool. I think it would be cool to see “Thriller” go to #1 eventually

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +1

      Thriller deserves it so badly! I’d love to see MJ become what Mariah is to Christmas 🖤

    • @phillinsogood
      @phillinsogood 11 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas riggght?? I think it peaked at #4 back in the 80’s.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      OMG never hit #1, let’s change that! Probably next year!

  • @aidentan6547
    @aidentan6547 10 місяців тому +1

    The fact that Cruel Summer hitting #1 and Lover going back for multiple weeks on Billboard 200 Top 10 in 2023 just proving so many fans/GP love Pop Taylor

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      It’s crazy the staying power its had!

  • @michaelholley1973
    @michaelholley1973 5 місяців тому +1

    I was messaging Taylor in 2020 (obviously with no response) begging her to release this as a single 😂

  • @Henrycastro18
    @Henrycastro18 10 місяців тому +3

    This song sounds a lot like Out of the Woods

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      Same producers! Man Jack is a genius sometimes!

    • @Henrycastro18
      @Henrycastro18 10 місяців тому +2

      @@EljohnMacaranas he was truly fond of punchy bridges/coda 🙂

  • @ethan.lehman
    @ethan.lehman 10 місяців тому +2

    everybody is talking about cruel summer but have any of yall hears industry baby by lil nas x???? 👀👀👀

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      OMG I love that one! 😭 Where is he?! Lil Nas X has to come back

  • @BinkyTheGoddessDivine
    @BinkyTheGoddessDivine 10 місяців тому +1

    My Queen.

  • @whatalsaid
    @whatalsaid 10 місяців тому +2

    Me! Gets such a bad rap. It’s actually a really good song, especially played acoustically.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      I think it's great but not lead single material

  • @973yanou
    @973yanou 10 місяців тому +1

    No Because When I saw the Eras tour movie I was shocked that Cruel summer was in Lover I never paid attention to it

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      It was such a deep cut a year ago, only like absolute die hards would flinch if you referenced the lyrics 😭

  • @janecampbell4662
    @janecampbell4662 10 місяців тому +1

    I’ve always thought it was so badly underrated! The first time I listened to the album I immediately made the worlds shittiest art from the line “He looked up grinning like the devil” and only took it down when I moved earlier this year

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      Hahaha I had a stencil I made in my old room that said “Liver” 😭

  • @justjoannak
    @justjoannak 10 місяців тому +1

    Lover is in my top 3 albums from her

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      I have it in my Top 5 but it sneaks to 3 sometimes, I think it’s such a dense work there’s a lot to love. It’s not a quick listen like 1989.

  • @Sacto1654
    @Sacto1654 7 місяців тому

    I think Swift really regretted not releasing “Cruel Summer” as the first single from _Lover_ back in 2019. It would have a different reaction than “ Me!” as the first single.

  • @Sky-me3fx
    @Sky-me3fx 10 місяців тому +1

    Welp Swifties already knew it would be this influential and grand when the album came out...Glad that Lover has her own #1 now. The album was phenomenal and i personally loved how it dealt with so many different themes from politics to sexism to love.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      I still can't believe it was a "flop" era back in 2019... granted the space was far more competitive but she really outlasted and outdid the competition.

    • @Sky-me3fx
      @Sky-me3fx 10 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas ikr, honestly 2019 was great ..we got NFR, Thx u next, lover, father of the bride etc.
      P.s ur channel is so cool lovin the content

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you!

  • @kylereddell
    @kylereddell 11 місяців тому +3

    She's great, and so is this song, but boy am I getting burnt out from Taylor oversaturation lately. Plz don't come for me Swifties I still love her 🙏

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +4

      I think after 1989 TV she’s gonna take a brief little break, maybe do a holiday EP at most in December then announce Rep and Debut TV towards the middle of 24 then truly just take time to rest. I was thinking as I watched the Eras movie yesterday, how do you top this?! I’m certain she will but yeah I’d love for her to rest up.

    • @kylereddell
      @kylereddell 11 місяців тому

      @@EljohnMacaranas insert "its been 84 years" meme here

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +4

      @kail_red I just know if I were her, I'd nap for a whole week (then go back to writing bangers) but at least a week of sleep bc idk how you do 3 hour shows, fly to and from NFL games, and just be the President of Pop like that

  • @MarcosDanteGellar
    @MarcosDanteGellar 9 місяців тому +2

    wanna know what pushed this? see the concerts in argentina and brazil

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  9 місяців тому +2

      oh no doubt… LatAm is truly the best

  • @BG12sofia
    @BG12sofia 10 місяців тому +3

    As someone who's only became an "official" fan over the last few years, who's been using the TVs to get to know her older discography (even though I already know 1989 pretty well)... Taylor Swift has too many excellent songs!! 😱😱😭😭 Cruel Summer is just one among a shit-ton of them. It's insane, it's mind-blowing, it's even a little annoying. I could totally not listen to any other artist or band if I'm not careful with myself.😅
    It really is Taylor Swift's world.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      Oh I’d say 2021 was a year I nearly exclusively listened to Swift between Fearless, Red TV, and the leftover magic of Folklore and Evermore like… it was too much all at once!

    • @BG12sofia
      @BG12sofia 10 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas over the last few years, the only breather we really got was the first three fourths of 2022. 😅

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      I KNOW!!! Omg I need one after Rep and Debut pls 😭😭😭

  • @har9312
    @har9312 10 місяців тому

    I find Lover to be one of her best

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +2

      It’s an album that really just cycles in and out for me, when I’m into it… it really lingers for awhile, definitely her definitive Summer album in some regards

  • @91clarie
    @91clarie 10 місяців тому +1

    Lover era was cut short due to the pandemic and the release of Folklore before getting its own tour, also the main single choice was not great, Me! seemed like a nice radio bop but it wasn't what her fans wanted. Cruel Summer clearly would have been the better choice back then. So I'm glad that it finally gets the main recognition it has always deserved, even though I feel like my little secret is out now 🤣🤣🤣 I've been playing it repeatedly since 2019^^

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      Man I’m sad it’s not a hidden gem but I’m glad everyone knows the bridge!

    • @91clarie
      @91clarie 10 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas I mean apart from being a Swiftie I'm mostly a metalhead and 80s darkwave/goth lover so I have my hidden gems there still at least ^^

    • @jalapeno1119
      @jalapeno1119 10 місяців тому

      I disagree with Cruel Summer being the better choice for a lead single. It caused quite the commotion in the fandom with speculation into her love life, and she would have been torn apart by the media, especially since trying to recover from her media blackout with reputation. In 2019, the music landscape was very different. I feel Lover would have done excellent in 2010, and clearly it's doing well now. Something about the timing of everything was just off.

  • @LucaBricca
    @LucaBricca 10 місяців тому +1

    Now let’s not confuse being restrictive/controlling, with being wise.
    ME! is a terrible song and Borchetta would’ve made the right call not to allow it on the record, let alone being a lead single.
    Even for Speak Now they made the right call by giving the record that name and not the one Taylor intended.
    Taylor is a genius and for sure is talented, but she needed that bit of confinement to help her career trajectory going upwards and not downwards.
    For sure in some aspects BMR was way too restrictive, but many times they made the right call, for example by excluding MIAB from the original Red.
    Let’s not forget that Taylor got to the point where she is now also thank’s to the years she spent under BMR and following their guidance. Otherwise she probably would have imploded much earlier like Katy Perry did

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +3

      That’s fair to a degree but I can’t help imagine if BMR would have ever let Folklore or Evermore happen especially during the pandemic.
      Katy’s downfall was particularly tragic but arguably a mix of self inflicted wounds (not addressing Taylor feud, disappearing for 3-4 years, joining Hillary 2016 political campaign, being extremely “corny”) and stuff out of her control (Dr Luke being the worst, uplifting pop falling out of vogue, switch to streaming model.)
      I think Taylor being able to recalibrate after Lover “flopped” was great since Midnights itself always felt like “what if Lover went on without a hitch/had good singles”

  • @birdliker7172
    @birdliker7172 10 місяців тому

    THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING I WISH YOU WOULD

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +1

      Literally I’ll never stop talking about how good that song is!

  • @jio06
    @jio06 10 місяців тому +1

    No cruel summer pick up where getaway car leaves, not delicate.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      oh i was talking if it had been the lead single instead of me! it would have been able to continue that thread

  • @slystone4892
    @slystone4892 11 місяців тому +6

    All The Girls You Loved Before deserved a spot on Lover.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +3

      OMG YES (and Need!) I think there’s a bunch of tracks we never got (mainly those done with Dukes and Bell)

    • @slystone4892
      @slystone4892 11 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas All The Girls is a beautiful song

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +2

      The harmonies on it, I think that was a motif from Lover that needed to be more prominent

  • @bluekingkongkymm
    @bluekingkongkymm 10 місяців тому +1

    i thought Cruel Summer came out this year. how did this song did not make a hit before?

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +3

      Taylor’s team meant to make this the touring single for Lover Fest but the pandemic happened and she moved on to Folklore 😭

  • @alextaylorstan
    @alextaylorstan 10 місяців тому

    I think you need to calm down turned off a good amount of fans and that’s why the album didn’t do as well. But the songs are great on it. I love cruel summer!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      That single did pretty well on its first week or two, even hit #2! I think majority of the damage was Me! looking back. Delicate and Rep Tour being loved brought back some hype and acclaim and it died so fast that April morning.

  • @Delapray
    @Delapray 23 дні тому

    Google “Taylor Swift through garden gate” and see who comes up. Hint: it’s not Joe

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  23 дні тому

      The top result was a reddit thread saying it was Joe for me lmao

  • @KnightOfTheRose1987
    @KnightOfTheRose1987 10 місяців тому

    🌹

  • @stormvexed
    @stormvexed 10 місяців тому

    Wow I usually agree with you but I completely disagree that this song actually turns around at the end. He looks up grinning like a devil is a guy realizing he has power over her to me. She's still trying to play it cool and her desperate admission is met with an evil silence. It's fun to sing bc it's a little healing to yell at someone like who was featured in "I knew you were trouble." It's cathartic to relate to having a crush on someone who lead you on and wasted your time and then didn't reciprocate. The awful conversation in front of the vending machine where one person is feeling all the emotional stakes and the other person is just a long for the ride or worse feeding off it. It was amazing for Lover which to me was completely about how anxious love is. I don't think there is a genuine calm love song on it. Even LOVER the title track isn't romantic. It's very much one person wholly dedicated to a deep relationship but the other person is only putting in a fraction and maybe absent.
    I agree with everything else 😅 cruel summer should have been the lead single. "I forgot that you existed" is probably the only calm happy song other than calm down.

  • @itsalexvargas
    @itsalexvargas 11 місяців тому

    swiftie 4 life !!!!!!!!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому

      When we’re on Era 20… we’ll still be there!!!!!

  • @juliaostlund9360
    @juliaostlund9360 11 місяців тому

    I wonder when and how she'll go for the egot

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +2

      Emmy for directing/TV special
      Grammys (she has a lot)
      Oscar for direction or writing
      Tony stage play of her music

    • @juliaostlund9360
      @juliaostlund9360 11 місяців тому

      @@EljohnMacaranas I'm a new swiftie but I'm a performer- I feel like she could do similiarly to Sara Bareilles w/ Waitress. I don't know if she could necessarily write the book for a musical but songs most definitely. Could she get an oscar for her eras tour movie?

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому

      Oh the book seems likely, I wish Eras was eligible but it’s not a documentary, though the Oscars should and could have a concert film category one day since so many artists do those now

  • @praptigiriH
    @praptigiriH 3 місяці тому

    she copied the song! check the song "STYLISH" by loona

  • @minarisbutera
    @minarisbutera 10 місяців тому +1

    wow i’ve never met anyone so desperate for a girl who doesn’t even know you!!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 місяців тому +2

      wow thanks for the algorithm boost via the comment, loser

    • @ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS
      @ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS 9 місяців тому +1

      The same question applies to K-pop fans like you....

  • @edgarquintero2876
    @edgarquintero2876 10 місяців тому +1

    Horrible music 😂

  • @slystone4892
    @slystone4892 11 місяців тому +4

    It’s a good song but highly overrated.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  11 місяців тому +5

      There was a week I was sick of the song being on the radio all the time and went “I knew this before it was cool”, but then I watched the Eras film and it clicked again 😭 when i saw it live… it was acc peak

    • @slystone4892
      @slystone4892 11 місяців тому

      @@EljohnMacaranas it was a good performance

    • @slystone4892
      @slystone4892 11 місяців тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas i just think the song it’s not all that but glad it reached number one