Talk:Lover (Taylor Swift song)/GA1

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Reviewer: MaranoFan (talk · contribs) 16:04, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

One of my favorite TS songs post-1989 era! Review soon.--NØ 16:04, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Lead and infobox

 * Probably not everyone knows what title track means (its meaning is different for K-Pop releases, for example), so I would suggest the usual opening sentence wording of ""Lover" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album of the same name (2019)."
 * Maybe "digital download" instead of just download in the second paragraph's first sentence.
 * "The music video, directed by Swift and Drew Kirsch, was released on August 22; it follows a couple living inside a dollhouse in a snow globe." - This sentence could probably be split
 * "The single featured on 2019 year-end lists by such publications as Billboard, Complex, and Pitchfork" - Making this active voice might help with sentence variation
 * It should be mentioned where it received the platinum certifications. Although the multi-platinum certifications are more significant so maybe that should be mentioned instead. How about: "The single peaked within the top 10 in Australia, Canada, the United States, Ireland, Lebanon, New Zealand, and Singapore, and received multi-platinum certifications in the first three"
 * ✅ Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Writing and production

 * "After finishing, she sent a voice memo of the song to Antonoff; the two went to Electric Lady Studio in New York City together with recording engineer Laura Sisk the next day to record the song." - "After finishing" is a bit ambiguous, maybe "After finishing the lyrics"
 * "She and Antonoff therefore used instruments that are all invented by the 1970s or earlier" - Shouldn't this be "were"?
 * Ref 8 is repeated after three consecutive sentences and none of them contain quotes, so it could just be used once at the end instead.
 * ✅ Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Composition

 * "As the song progresses, the production incorporates" - "As the song progresses" looks a bit redundant unless the previous sentence is only about the intro
 * Not sure "alt-country" needs to be in quotes, and this could be changed to "alternative country" to be consistent with the infobox.
 * "At one point, the narrator asks if she has known her love "20 seconds or 20 years"" - "Her love" is a bit informal to be in wikipedia voice
 * "lover" is repeated a few times in the Lyrics section so one of the instances could be changed to "partner" or something to that effect
 * "Jane Song from Paste noted the intertwined storylines between the two song" - "songs"
 * "Reviewers commented the narrator on "Lover" finally lives up her happily-ever-after dream that the narrators on Swift's past songs failed to realize" - Maybe "Reviewers commented the narrator on "Lover" finally lives up her happily-ever-after dream that Swift's past songs failed to realize" to be even more concise
 * ✅ Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Release

 * "Swift previewed "Lover" in a Vogue cover interview published on August 8, 2019" - Is it possible to be more specific about what exactly she said in the Vogue interview?
 * The "digital download" comment about the lead applies to the identical sentence here
 * "A lyric video was released simultaneously onto YouTube" - Not sure a simultaneous release can be proven so maybe something like "on the same day"
 * ""Lover" was the third radio single from the album released to US pop and adult contemporary formats" - Comma after "album"
 * "Each of the room features scenes" - Just "Each room" might work as well

Critical reception

 * ""Lover" received positive reviews from music critics, compared to the lukewarm reception of the upbeat singles Swift had released before" - The lukewarm reception of the preceding singles needs a source, apologies if this is already included but I missed it.
 * It is mentioned in Vox, "And while Lover’s first two pop singles were met with a lukewarm critical reception" Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)


 * "They directed praise towards" - "They praised"


 * "Insider included "Lover" in their list of the 113 best songs of the 2010s decade" - If this one's ranked, the rank should probably be mentioned in a bracket. #104 for the entire decade is still an impressive number


 * This section is very well-written and the inclusion of the discography rankings is also very effective!

Commercial performance

 * "giving Swift her 18th chart topper and extending her record as the artist with the most Hot Digital Songs number ones" - "Number-ones" should be hyphenated here
 * "The single was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry[103] and multi-platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (double platinum) and Music Canada (triple platinum)" - Not sure anything needs to be in brackets here. I'd go for "The single was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry,[103] double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association, and triple platinum by Music Canada"
 * "and became a platinum single certified by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry" - "and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry certified it platinum"
 * ✅ Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Awards and nominations

 * The speculation should be attributed to the LA Times if there's just one source
 * "At the 2020 Nashville Songwriter Awards, organized by the Nashville Songwriters Association International, "Lover" was listed among "10 Songs I Wish I'd Written", the only winner that was written by a sole person" - Is the last part of this sentence about being the only solo-written winner noteworthy?
 * ✅ Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Live performances

 * "Swift performed "Lover" live on many occasions during promotion of the album in 2019. She first performed it as part of a medley" - Second one could be "reprised" to avoid repetition
 * "Lover" is used as a descriptor only once in the first paragraph whereas "the song" is used four times so the former could be repeated more for variation
 * "she performed a medley of her select singles" - "her" could be removed
 * "The song was covered by Keith Urban at his Washington State Fair concert on August 31, 2019" - This could be in active voice
 * ✅ Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Overall

 * Great work cleaning up this article and cutting down some of the undue and hefty content that was there before. --NØ 13:32, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the review. I have addressed everything except where I replied above. Let me know if the article needs further work. Cheers, Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Passing this!--NØ 06:40, 22 September 2022 (UTC)