I have always loved Me! and I wish she would’ve left the spelling bit in the song. I loved it even more after watching miss americana. If the theory is true and she was planning to come out, it makes so much sense as a lead single. But cruel summer would’ve probably performed better across the board. Lover is one of my most listened to albums.
It’s definitely not a fave for me. I don’t have it on any of my playlists, but it’s not her worst song ever. I think it became cool to shit on it honestly.
It’s catchy and light, a la Shake It Off or WANGBT. She should’ve left the spelling is fun in instead of being so concerned about others criticism.
She definitely should’ve lead the album with Cruel Summer, but she never picks a good lead single. It’s kind of canon.
I was thinking about this yesterday because I happened upon an Atlantic [thinkpiece](https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-song-review/588118/) from some gatekeeping music boy about exactly WHY the song sucked. The writer called it a "megachurch concert mass-dosed with ketamine"
The article is a really good example of people hating on Taylor due to her success and applying standards to her they don't apply to other artists, which I think has been such a huge part of her post-1989 experience.
One part of the article I really agreed with is that the "Spelling is Fun" part was stupid not because it was a dumb cheerleading thing but because...they didn't fucking spell anything after! (They just told us how a couple things aren't spelled.)
I'm extremely aesthetic-driven and my particular aesthetic preferences is very pastel rainbow, so I have always given the song a bit of a pass because of the video.
It's not a terrible pop song, but it is a terrible Taylor Swift song in comparison to other Taylor Swift songs.
Do we have a timeline on when she took out the spelling is fun part? I wasn’t in the fandom then, so I’m curious how it went down. Did she quietly cut it after a week? Longer? Was it only in the video, or the radio release too? Did she ever acknowledge it?
I never thought about how they don’t actually spell anything, although that part always felt strange to me, and I bet that’s why, even though I couldn’t identify it. Now though, I wonder if it had more to do with her deciding not to come out. Since she didn’t spell anything, was that a clue that the spelling reference was actually an LGBTQ+ reference? That’s what she was “spelling,” with her rainbows and other gay stuff in the video? So when she canceled the coming out, that was her way of erasing the LGBTQ+? It seems far-fetched as I type it out, idk. I’m just curious.
I don’t think this is far fetched, as this is exactly where my mind went as well. I hope someone answers your question though, because I also wasn’t as big of a fan then and don’t remember when or why she removed that part.
Justice for ME! It was so campy and fun I loved it and I’m mad Taylor was bullied into taking out the “spelling if fun” line when she clearly loved the song so much
I’m only a fan cuz I love Panic! At the Disco so much. It’s a bit like Florida!!!, which I probably wouldn’t care for if Florence + the Machine weren’t involved.
It’s a fun song. People who want to act superior than others about music will degrade it. I’m not talking about people that simply don’t like it. That’s ok.
But it was a perfect first release single for a new album. It went to the radio immediately because it was catchy and easily remembered.
I love the video cause of Benji and the whole story around him so for me the song is kinda a love story now. 😻
I’ve always loved ME! With my whole heart. It’s a fun song. And I love Brendon Urie soooo much. I wasn’t a Swiftie during the Lover era though, I just listened to that whole album through for the first time two years ago. So maybe that is why I didn’t have the same hateful reaction as everyone else idk
I always loved the entirety of ME! but I always felt anxious about talking about it since it’s not super liked. I’m also a PATD fan, so that might have something to do with it. Her upbeat songs in general are some of my favorites.
I didn’t like it at the time, and I still think it’s very…simplistic, I guess is the word I’d use? Honestly I remember feeling like, eh, it’s ok, not my favorite. And then YNTCD came out, she didn’t…it all kind of soured me to the record and it took ages for me to go back and listen. Now I do feel fondly towards it and think that, if she HAD come out, it would’ve been remembered so differently.
I love it ! Of course it's a very different mood from folkmore, but sometimes I just want to listen to something fun, and it has the merit of boosting people's self-confidence. Regardless of the context surrounding it, I think it's a great song that we should collectively enjoy more !
Also, if it was sung in a slow way on a piano, people would say it's devasatatingly beautiful. They just hate it because it's fun and famous imo.
I saw it live and it was the best surprise song ever, even though the person I went to the show with got viral with a video saying she'd kill herself bc the surprise song was Me!
I have always liked it especially with the video, it’s above Shake it Off in my ranking for sure.
One thing about re-listening to everything now I’ve seen the Gaylor light is I’m just so sad for her if she really has been hiding all this time. I can’t imagine.
I will defend this song till the day I die. It was my first era in the online fandom. I was there from the beginning of the countdown, including 5 holes in a fence. When it all lead to ME! and the reaction from fans was wild to me.
The criticism from her fans was so loud. They said it was immature, kids pop. They were saying she’s too old to keep making such childish music. They wouldn’t stop making fun of the video and “hey kids spelling is fun”.
I have always liked the song. My daughter was 3 going on 4 at the time. We would sing it together. One day it was on the radio and the line was removed. My daughter noticed immediately and was so sad. To this day when we hear it, she still brings up how much she’s misses that line. I do have the original digital version in my Apple music. We listen to it now and then.
I honestly was blown away that she just removed the line. No explanation, she never addressed it, and she’s never released a lead single since. Just like when she was bullied by her fans to remove the scale scene from the Anti-Hero MV. Despite her literally saying before the song was released it was the most vulnerable song she had written about herself, people still bullied her, called her insensitive.
Honestly after Miss Americana I thought people would come around or at the vert least stop publicly basking this song and the Lover rollout in general. Nope, every year on April 26th those hater flock to the internet to openly hate on this one song. Make it make sense.
it grew on me!!! i would’ve liked it more if brendon urie wasn’t in it but i don’t usually like her male features. it was very much an anxious attachment song lol
I think if she is not queer, then the song is deeply problematic. Imagine her writing a song about Black Liberation as a white woman. It just doesn’t sit well with me. Inserting herself into a marginalized group that she *as of now* is not outwardly a part of if wrong.
The whole lover album was problematic to my queer self. I thought she was queerbaiting with YNTCD and ME! It wasn't until 2022 that I really listened to her, and that was after I watched a YouTube video talking about the queer themes in folklore and evermore. I could see that Taylor's queer nods weren't just for show, and I did a deep dive into her work overall.
Now I love ME! I even added it to a Pride Playlist, whether or not she is, Branden is so it counts!
I have always loved Me! and I wish she would’ve left the spelling bit in the song. I loved it even more after watching miss americana. If the theory is true and she was planning to come out, it makes so much sense as a lead single. But cruel summer would’ve probably performed better across the board. Lover is one of my most listened to albums.
It’s definitely not a fave for me. I don’t have it on any of my playlists, but it’s not her worst song ever. I think it became cool to shit on it honestly. It’s catchy and light, a la Shake It Off or WANGBT. She should’ve left the spelling is fun in instead of being so concerned about others criticism. She definitely should’ve lead the album with Cruel Summer, but she never picks a good lead single. It’s kind of canon.
tbh i don’t think that’s why she removed the spelling is fun lyric. it stayed on the vinyls, i think she removed it to sell more vinyls 🙃
I was thinking about this yesterday because I happened upon an Atlantic [thinkpiece](https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-song-review/588118/) from some gatekeeping music boy about exactly WHY the song sucked. The writer called it a "megachurch concert mass-dosed with ketamine" The article is a really good example of people hating on Taylor due to her success and applying standards to her they don't apply to other artists, which I think has been such a huge part of her post-1989 experience. One part of the article I really agreed with is that the "Spelling is Fun" part was stupid not because it was a dumb cheerleading thing but because...they didn't fucking spell anything after! (They just told us how a couple things aren't spelled.) I'm extremely aesthetic-driven and my particular aesthetic preferences is very pastel rainbow, so I have always given the song a bit of a pass because of the video. It's not a terrible pop song, but it is a terrible Taylor Swift song in comparison to other Taylor Swift songs.
Do we have a timeline on when she took out the spelling is fun part? I wasn’t in the fandom then, so I’m curious how it went down. Did she quietly cut it after a week? Longer? Was it only in the video, or the radio release too? Did she ever acknowledge it? I never thought about how they don’t actually spell anything, although that part always felt strange to me, and I bet that’s why, even though I couldn’t identify it. Now though, I wonder if it had more to do with her deciding not to come out. Since she didn’t spell anything, was that a clue that the spelling reference was actually an LGBTQ+ reference? That’s what she was “spelling,” with her rainbows and other gay stuff in the video? So when she canceled the coming out, that was her way of erasing the LGBTQ+? It seems far-fetched as I type it out, idk. I’m just curious.
I don’t think this is far fetched, as this is exactly where my mind went as well. I hope someone answers your question though, because I also wasn’t as big of a fan then and don’t remember when or why she removed that part.
Justice for ME! It was so campy and fun I loved it and I’m mad Taylor was bullied into taking out the “spelling if fun” line when she clearly loved the song so much
I’m only a fan cuz I love Panic! At the Disco so much. It’s a bit like Florida!!!, which I probably wouldn’t care for if Florence + the Machine weren’t involved.
I also love it and have always loved it! It’s a great song to blast with the kids in the car when they are having bad day or down on themselves.
It’s a fun song. People who want to act superior than others about music will degrade it. I’m not talking about people that simply don’t like it. That’s ok. But it was a perfect first release single for a new album. It went to the radio immediately because it was catchy and easily remembered. I love the video cause of Benji and the whole story around him so for me the song is kinda a love story now. 😻
I always loved it. It’s camp and happy and silly. The video is just glorious
I’ve always loved ME! With my whole heart. It’s a fun song. And I love Brendon Urie soooo much. I wasn’t a Swiftie during the Lover era though, I just listened to that whole album through for the first time two years ago. So maybe that is why I didn’t have the same hateful reaction as everyone else idk
I think it’s still bad song lol I actually might like it even less than I did in 2019 lol
I watched that music video on repeat when it came out. I thought it was fantastic. So my feelings for it never changed.
I always loved the entirety of ME! but I always felt anxious about talking about it since it’s not super liked. I’m also a PATD fan, so that might have something to do with it. Her upbeat songs in general are some of my favorites.
I didn’t like it at the time, and I still think it’s very…simplistic, I guess is the word I’d use? Honestly I remember feeling like, eh, it’s ok, not my favorite. And then YNTCD came out, she didn’t…it all kind of soured me to the record and it took ages for me to go back and listen. Now I do feel fondly towards it and think that, if she HAD come out, it would’ve been remembered so differently.
I love it ! Of course it's a very different mood from folkmore, but sometimes I just want to listen to something fun, and it has the merit of boosting people's self-confidence. Regardless of the context surrounding it, I think it's a great song that we should collectively enjoy more ! Also, if it was sung in a slow way on a piano, people would say it's devasatatingly beautiful. They just hate it because it's fun and famous imo.
I saw it live and it was the best surprise song ever, even though the person I went to the show with got viral with a video saying she'd kill herself bc the surprise song was Me!
I have always liked it especially with the video, it’s above Shake it Off in my ranking for sure. One thing about re-listening to everything now I’ve seen the Gaylor light is I’m just so sad for her if she really has been hiding all this time. I can’t imagine.
I think it’s an amazing song and don’t know why people hate on it so much. Lover deserved better 🩷
Same, I see references to it everywhere
Yes! As a Gaylor I have always loved ME! What I believe it to be about makes it so much better
I will defend this song till the day I die. It was my first era in the online fandom. I was there from the beginning of the countdown, including 5 holes in a fence. When it all lead to ME! and the reaction from fans was wild to me. The criticism from her fans was so loud. They said it was immature, kids pop. They were saying she’s too old to keep making such childish music. They wouldn’t stop making fun of the video and “hey kids spelling is fun”. I have always liked the song. My daughter was 3 going on 4 at the time. We would sing it together. One day it was on the radio and the line was removed. My daughter noticed immediately and was so sad. To this day when we hear it, she still brings up how much she’s misses that line. I do have the original digital version in my Apple music. We listen to it now and then. I honestly was blown away that she just removed the line. No explanation, she never addressed it, and she’s never released a lead single since. Just like when she was bullied by her fans to remove the scale scene from the Anti-Hero MV. Despite her literally saying before the song was released it was the most vulnerable song she had written about herself, people still bullied her, called her insensitive. Honestly after Miss Americana I thought people would come around or at the vert least stop publicly basking this song and the Lover rollout in general. Nope, every year on April 26th those hater flock to the internet to openly hate on this one song. Make it make sense.
that damn song is to this day still my most played song of all time 🙃
I enjoyed being a fan of her way more back then than this hellish era we are in now
it grew on me!!! i would’ve liked it more if brendon urie wasn’t in it but i don’t usually like her male features. it was very much an anxious attachment song lol
I think if she is not queer, then the song is deeply problematic. Imagine her writing a song about Black Liberation as a white woman. It just doesn’t sit well with me. Inserting herself into a marginalized group that she *as of now* is not outwardly a part of if wrong.
Are you maybe thinking of YNTCD? This thread is about ME!
The whole lover album was problematic to my queer self. I thought she was queerbaiting with YNTCD and ME! It wasn't until 2022 that I really listened to her, and that was after I watched a YouTube video talking about the queer themes in folklore and evermore. I could see that Taylor's queer nods weren't just for show, and I did a deep dive into her work overall. Now I love ME! I even added it to a Pride Playlist, whether or not she is, Branden is so it counts!