Actually mapping it out I don’t think Lover so much has arcs as it has clusters of tracks pitched to resonate with the emotional themes in the heads of a segmented imaginary audience

Palingenesis

Youve been listening to Taylor Swift since she was on country radio, alongside weepers about death and legacy. You’re worried about America, I mean you’re not like some of those crazies and you think it could still be okay but you increasingly don’t trust anyone who doesn’t see it.

• Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince
• Soon You’ll Get Better
• Daylight

Mommy Dom

Really, you’re the same “get a job and a man in your small hometown” audience she had all along only in 2020 you don’t have a church but know what fanfic tropes get you off, which is the spirit you bring to mangetting. Will talk about the emotional appeal of the himbo but will also admit to the “attractive, controllable” appeal.

• I Think He Knows
• Paper Rings
• It’s Nice To Have A Friend

Girlboss

“Wine Aunt” can be a thing too, and if it was still 2012 you could write the article in your sleep.

• I Forgot That You Existed
• The Man
• You Need to Calm Down

BPD

Yes, new love can be amazing but also you can really take things too far sometimes and hurt people you care about. But with the self-awareness to take responsibility and communicate with your partner, you can enjoy that intensity within a lasting, ideal relationship.

• Cruel Summer
• Afterglow
• Me!

Lover

Maybe you passed the BPD lesson, maybe you’re just mature now, and appreciate developing the ability to relax into a stable, low-key and long-term relationship

• Lover
• The Archer

Breakup

You’re not in the BPD segment but you love the classic Red-style drama, or you just went through a breakup yourself and need someone to externalize it for you. When people say they can’t think of a significant bi M/F relationship you remind them they know multiple songs about Swift/Gyllenhaal.

• Cornelia Street
• Death By A Thousand Cuts

London Boy is in her tradition of UK fanservice, False God I don’t vibe as part of anything but could be and I’m just not seeing yet, along with any number of slices with other stuff I’ve “already used” taken another way.