Taylor Swift continues to bring the hits!
The champion singer took to Instagram continue to exist Tuesday afternoon to announce her new song, "The Archer." The song, co-produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, are going to be track 5 on
her future 18-track album, Lover, that is ready for unleash in just one month.
"I very needed to offer you track 5 before the album came out," Swift aforesaid throughout her Instagram Live, that she did from the set of her new music video.
"As i used to be creating albums, i used to be putt a really vulnerable, personal, honest, emotional song as track 5."
Fun fact: Archer is the zodiac symbol for Sagittarius, which happens to be Swift's astrological sign. The track appears to be a nod to Swift's relationship with her longtime love, actor Joe Alwyn. In "The Archer," Swift wonders, "Who could stay?" But, by the end of the song, she has a realization, singing, "You could stay."
"Combat, i am prepared for combat, I say i do not need that/But what if I do?
" Swing sings in the beginning of the track.
"'Cause cruelty wins within the movies/I've got 100 thrown out speeches I virtually aforesaid to you."
In the early part of the song, Swift declares that she's ready for battle, ready to fight for a relationship.
"Easy they are available, simple they are going, I jump from the train, I ride off alone," Swift continues.
"I ne'er grew up, it's obtaining therefore old/Help American state hold onto you."
"I've been the archer, i have been the prey/Who might ever leave American state darling, but who could stay?
" Swift wonders.
"Dark side, I seek for your dark side/But what if i am alright, right, right, right here?
And I interrupt, my nose just to spite my face/Then I hate my reflection, for years and years."
In this a part of the song, Swift references overreacting to situations, which would only leave her with regret and guilt.
"Who could stay? Who could stay? Who could stay?" T.Swift asks at the end of the track. "You could stay/You could stay."
If you remember, Swift has a song called "All You Had to Do Was Stay," which references a time when someone left a relationship. But now, it appears she's found someone who has stayed by her side through the good and the bad.
Many Swifties on social media have also connected T.Swift's song "Delicate" with her new track. In the "Delicate" music video, we see "track 5" written behind Swift. Just like "Delicate" on reputation, Swift's new song "The Archer" is track five on Lover.
And, bear in mind the "Delicate" lyrics: "Dive bar on the side, where you at?
" Well, The Archer happens to be the name of a bar on the east side of London! Oh, and London is Alwyn's hometown.
T.Swift also announced during her Instagram Live on Tuesday that she will be including 120 pages of her diaries in the deluxe edition of her Lover album.
Prior to her announcement on Tuesday, Swift teased the Easter egg reveal on social media.
"I have some stuff I'm reeeeeally excited to tell you about, including some info on this Easter egg right here," Swift wrote to her fans alongside a clip from the "YNTCD" music video.
Swift truly hinted at "The Archer" song title in her "ME!
" music video, which features the word "Lover." The word is shown in the music video with an arrow through a heart.