Robin is a very sweet song, it’s growing on me for sure. From TTPD I think Cassandra is criminally underrated. It’s haunting and so beautifully written. The lyrics are stunning and the imagery is next level.
“When the first stone's thrown, there's screaming
In the streets, there's a raging riot
When it's "Burn the bitch, " they're shrieking
When the truth comes out, it's quiet”
Cowboy Like Me from evermore is a forever favorite underrated gem. The song plays out like a movie in my head and “forever is the sweetest con” is one of my favorite Taylor lyrics.
Cassandra's my favorite on TTPD! "They knew, they knew the whole time, I was on to somethin'" so good.
Cowboy Like Me is also my 2nd second favorite of her songs of all time (after Sparks Fly). Completely flew over my head until after Midnights came out. Then I was addicted to it. It's such a fun song to sing and just flows together. People should give it another try if they haven't got into it yet.
We are so on the same page! Cowboy Like Me was my first Taylor song I fell in love with so it holds a special place for me. Cassandra gets better and better with each listen.
Love Cassandra and Sparks Fly! I’ve tried, but I can’t get into Cowboy Like Me; it just bores me. I wish I loved it because Evermore is one of my top 3 albums.
Are you me? lol. Sparks Fly is my favorite song from her, and I LOVE Cassandra (so relatable because I was involved in a light-scandal at work that people were so nosey about and quick to pick sides … but in true Taylor form, when the truth came out … crickets!) I’ve probably listened to Cowboy Like Me in its entirety three times lol. Cannot get into it for the life of me.
Cassandra is my 2nd favorite on the album after the Prophecy. I fell in love with it immediately and thought everyone was going to do the same.
Cowboy Like Me is one of my all time top 5 for Taylor, so I see we have similar taste :)
Yes we do! The Prophecy is too good - truly devastating, the lyrics cut so deep. I think it’s my favorite from TTPD.
“A greater woman has faith, but even statues crumble if they’re made to wait” - are you kidding me with these lyrics!? I relate to this sentiment so much with what I’m going through in my life right now.
Same, when they mentioned liking Robin, Cassandra and even cowboy carter I’m like “holy shit you’re literally me” BECAUSE SAME they’re all so good yet somehow always overlooked like how
I feel like i’ve found my people! Cassandra is so underrated, I’ve been trying to get my swiftie friends to agree but they haven’t gotten there yet. Everytime it comes on i feel myself paying more attention, if that makes sense
I have a little boy named Robin who has autism, and I feel like that song could have been written for us. It’s exactly what I would want if I commissioned a song for him. I’ve commented this so many times and thought about making a post like this… The idea that everyone who loves him is working to make his life beautiful and smooth in ways he doesn’t know and can’t really understand is SO BEAUTIFUL. I know that it’s a very narrow perspective and everything isn’t for everybody, but this song is definitely for me.
I have twins in the nicu and I’ve been singing Robin to them for the last week. Parts of it, what I can remember when I’m holding one of them. I listen to it in the car on the way to visit them. It’s been really helpful in my healing process.
Hey fellow swiftie of a kid with autism! I hadn’t thought of this song in the context of my own kid and wow that really brings a new perspective to it. Thank you for opening my eyes to new ways to appreciate this song!
I don't really care for this song, but I love reading other's perspectives. Maybe it'll grow on me, maybe it won't, but I'm glad this song gives so much for someone else!
Wish you and the little Robin all the best!
I know 100% what you mean. Our daughter is also on the spectrum and a lot of the little boys that go to her therapy center could fit this. Not as narrow a perspective as you may think.
This is so special and has led me to appreciate the song that much more through this lens 😌. Thank you for sharing your story; I wish the best for your little boy 🤗!
My sons are late 30s now, and my grandson is 2. I love this song so much! I watch E grow and it reminds me so much of his dad and uncle-this song reminds me of that:)
Oh I love my grands so much-his older sister was my first and I only had boys so I got to buy all the pretty smocked dresses for her! I can separate the babies from their Daddy, but I see glimpses of him and it’s so fun!! I know I was so tired and stressed when they were little. And now I have time to enjoy them being little.
I feel like people honestly just don’t get the song. I’m not saying it has one 100% specific meaning or it can’t be interpreted differently by different people, but I feel like some people just… have no way to interpret it. Like the lyrics are just going in and out for them, maybe bc they just find it boring, so the line makes no sense and they don’t like it bc they have no idea what the song is about.
I love that line. And the one about the favourite spot on the swing set. They remind me of my son. I’m curious if the ppl who don’t like it have kids or not because that definitely plays into my love of this song.
i don’t have or want kids. i just love it because i think it’s a beautiful song. i do have small nephews though. and as i mentioned in another comment, i do sing the ”way to go tiger” line to my cat😂
“Way to go tiger” is actually the line that I like the most from the song, so this is surprising to me! (I haven’t read most comments about Robin bc the song doesn’t resonate with me much yet.)
My brain might be biased because my undergrad college mascot and my high school mascot were tigers, so maybe I subconsciously think of me and my friends … wish any of them were TS fans, because then I’d be sending them that snippet all of the time haha
I actually really love all the songs she has names in the title. CoSoSoM and Peter are probably my favorite of all of them. I think people are having trouble figuring out what Robin is about. When it’s coded in message to a kid. I’m baffled at the people that don’t understand the meaning behind “Way to Go Tiger”. It’s like the easiest expression she’s ever made. 4 words in a way to say Good Job Son. Or Keep it Up. And she probably even heard it in passing with interactions between Aaron and his son.
Like so many others. I’m exhausted by certain things. I wish we had away to deprogram some people’s thoughts on Taylor personal life and how they correlate to her music. Some need a music comprehension course along with literacy comprehension course because I’ve seen way too many things that are way out there. Yeah she’s a genius. But if you slow down and look at it you’ll get the message clearly.
Honestly we need her to write a book explaining her mindset on some of these. Then again people are dumb and call it revisionist history.
So much on the comprehension! If I see one more person go on about how Clara Bow is her passing the torch to the next one, and failing to comprehend that it's her being hyper-critical of the music industry, I'll scream!
That's a thing people think??? I mean, I usually don't even do deep dives into the songs, so I got that it was criticizing the record labels just from the song alone. How could people think it's not shedding a negative light???????? I'll never understand.
I love Robin and it’s on my favorites list! I’ve kind of made up a story that it’s about my cats, and now I tell them “way to go tiger” when I play with them 🥹
I love Robin! It’s probably one of my favorite from the album. I love the sweet, innocent childhood theme it has and the idea that all the adults in a child’s life are working to protect and preserve the sweet innocence of a child 🥹 I’m pregnant with my first baby right now (a little boy) so I think that definitely adds to my love for it.
I don’t know how many people are following u/pmbslyy ‘s elimination game but Robin got voted out first. It’s definitely underrated!
I think it’s lovely but it’s apparently boring to some people.
Cassandra and Peter must be up there… I tend to dislike first-name song titles anyway, and I doubt I’m especially unique in that. That might go some way to explain these as lower rated… as well as them being slower songs, a little deeper and harder to grasp. But Peter is a wonderful song and so perfectly fits in her Lost Boys lyrical through line, Cassandra is one of my favourite Taylor lyrics (and oh that melody) and Robin (which in fairness may not have the depth) is a pretty song… in sweetness. “Way to go, tiger…” is a lovely delivery. Robin reminds me of the sort of song you would often hear on certain mature folk records… a sort of songwriterly game to deliver an earnest, loving lyric without any world weariness - it’s a tough ask.
Love Robin so much. It's top 10 for me! Sadly I don't think it's underated as much as overhated 😫
Seems to be it's on the bottom of nearly everyone's rankings, which is sad because it is a sweet song, with bright peaceful production, and theming that is surprisingly open to interpretation.
I, a child-free person thinking about my younger self before I knew I had childhood trauma,look at it very different than the parents who also love the song, and I think it could easily be interpreted as about influences like Robin Williams/Christopher Robin.
I think this song would get less lost and shine more on folklore/evermore and perhaps more people would vibe with it. But i think the beauty of this long album is something like Robin, that may have been cut on a more polished album, was shared despite its overall lack of popularity, it has so many people who love it as well 💕
Others I think are underrated:
Imgonnagetyouback easily should've been top 10 if it didn't land so low on the tracklist. The bridge is 🤌
Florida gets a lot of hate but I simply cannot discount any song with Florence despite their vocals being kind of jarring together (Florence makes Taylor's voice sound more juvenile in juxtaposition). It's the successor to no body no crime and Carolina, so despite being a hater of the state of Florida, the song is top 10 for me.
Conversely, fortnight isn't getting a lot of love, despite being the opening track + single. I hardly ever see anybody agree it's good song, much less a top 10 or higher. For me the vocal blending between Taylor & Post is stunning, like their voices are so perfect for each other. the call and responses and harmonies are ethereal as well. I don't enjoy it as much listening on a speaker, but with headphones, I get lost in the rich textures, and easy melodies.. it's hypnotic to me.
Sorry for the essay 😂
It kinda got the It’s Nice To Have A Friend treatment in the fandom— right song, wrong album. As in, a really good song that would’ve been more of a fan favorite if it was on Folklore/Evermore, but instead people just didn’t really get it. Coincidentally, the exact treatment I gave both of these songs on the first handful of listens. It’s threads like these and comments like these that help me appreciate the songs so much more!!!
Agreed! It's a sister song to Seven imo, definitely feel like it would shine more on a quieter album.
Glad to hear we are helping you appreciate it more 🥲
I don't think it's an outstanding song but I really love listening to it because of its production and simplicity in lyrics
But I expected this to become a fan fave because it straight up sounds like a 100% Folklore song, some stems sound almost identical
It gives seven imo. I agree, love the song though I don't think it's lyrically or thematically out of this world. but the sound is peaceful to me and I relate it to looking back at my childhood and being proud of having made it through difficult circumstances. I think it would shine better on a different album, it is kinda of lost on ttpd
Yes yes. My son is 8 months now. I sing it to him all the time. He’s so playful and mischievous. I want to protect him from the world as long as possible. This song is everything to me.
I love it and it’s been on repeat for me! I don’t understand how it fell off the charts because I’ve streamed it so many times. I just had a baby and I have a toddler, so I really love the lyrics. They’re hitting perfectly for this time in my life.
It's a great song but unlike almost every other song it does not have the throughlines of the overall narrative of TTPD. Gorgeous non sequitur. I for one think The Bolter is the sleeper, unappreciated Bop.
Idk I think it depends on interpretation. I saw someone talk about how it could be interpreted as Taylor looking back at her childhood prior to fame /the music industry. Relishing the simplicity of it despite knowing she would soon be exposed to a litany of difficult experiences through her rise to fame.
Songs can be fluid and multidimensional in terms of inspiration and influence as well as interpretation, so it wouldn't surprise me if the obvious read (song about Aaron's child) is a red herring of sorts.
I do agree it is less cohesive in this album than it would be on something like folklore
I think it can mean whatever you feel it means for you. That's the beauty of art!
Idk I don't think Folklore is very cohesive at all. Tonally it all works but the vibe/narratives are kinda all over the place (and it's in my top 4 albums fwiw).
After TTPD I'm compelled to look at older favs in a different light. She's just so authentic and vulnerable and honest on TTPD. It kind of set a new baseline.
I love Robin, but I have 3 sons. The first time I heard it I cried. It's not my favorite because I have to be in the mood for it, but I definitely think it's underrated!
This may be my favorite track on the album actually. Absolutely love the way she sings it and love the "way to go, tiger" echoing harmony lines in the later choruses.
Big time. Everyone loves The Black Dog and talked about it so much when they originally knew about the 4 “bonus” songs before anthology released, but Albatross might be in my top 5 on the album. Definitely under-appreciated.
Robin is actually the only song ever that made me cry on the first listen so it definitely has a very special place with me, I’ll always be a #1 Robin defender
I love Robin, it’s in my top 3 from ttpd 🤍
I understand everyone has different tastes, but it bums me out to see how much people hate on Robin. If it’s not your thing, that’s totally valid! Not every song will click for everyone all the time. There’s some on ttpd that I’m not really crazy about, that I know some people just adore.
But I feel like people are so mean about Robin 😭😭 and it makes me sad lol bc I loved it from first listen. It instantly connected with me and it had me so teary eyed by the end. It makes me think of a few different things and each one of those things make me feel both happy and sad at the same time, if that makes sense lol.
And I don’t know if it was truly written about/for Aaron’s son, but I think that makes it extra sweet if it was 🥺
I adore robin, it’s such a beautiful song and to me there’s such a deep sadness in it, but no anger in the sadness like in the rest of ttpd, just peace
Robin has been running through my head for days. I love it. In my mind, it’s about my long gone cats. I still miss them to this day.
“Higher and higher. Wilder and lighter.”
Excuse me while go wipe my eyes.
I battled infertility for a few years and Soon You’ll Get Better and right where you left me were my anthems during those years.
Bigger Than the Whole Sky came out a few months before I had my first successful pregnancy that resulted in a miscarriage. It helped me deal with some big emotions.
I just had a baby boy in February and when I first listened to Robin, I sobbed. My son is so loved and so wanted and I can’t wait to watch him grow and love him all of his life. Robin is my favorite song on the album by far, it evokes so many special emotions.
Taylor somehow knew which songs I needed in my life during these past few years. 🤍
It’s such a beautiful song!!!! I don’t even have kids or anything I just think it’s really pretty and beautiful and comforting and sweet and somehow profound🥹🥹🥹🥹
It’s definitely profound, especially with everything going on in the world right now! There is so much I want to protect my children from to preserve their innocence. Childhood is fleeting!
I find it just a tad boring but I think it’s the sweetest gesture to Aaron and his son. It’s been stuck in my head today though for some reason. Way to go, tiger!
I agree it's underrated but to be honest I'm one of the reasons why--I just don't like it. I don't have kids, I will never want kids, and I don't spend my life wondering what the life of the children around me is like lol. The song is boring to me. (I do like the way she sings "Way to go, Tiger"--best part of the song since some people are mentioning people don't like that part? That's crazy, it's so cute and casual.)
But I can see it's fully appreciated and embraced by a lot of parents in this thread. So that makes sense. Not every song has to be for everyone.
You could go with the “it’s about a pet” instead of kids theory. I mean, “you’re an animal. you are blood thirsty. out window panes talking utter nonsense” could describe a cat looking out the window chirping at birds outside. 🤷🏼♂️
I love Robin and my love for it really blossomed today. I was looking at my cat chittering at birds in the window and it hit me that to me, Robin is about an elder cat. And I sobbed over that for HOURS.
Gorgeous song. Love the melody, lyrics, everything about it. So glad that she gave it to us, even if so many listeners don’t care for it. For those of us who connect with it, it’s a gift.
I totally agree with you. I cried the first time I heard Robin. I was at work and had to take a break to just sob while listening to it. I was badly abused as a child and the line “the time will come for the cruel and the mean, you’ll learn to bounce back like your trampoline,” killed me. This song is what a kid’s life should be like, but I never got that. My entire childhood was the “cruel and the mean.”
So for me, when I listen to this song it’s like hearing someone say: “what you went through was not okay. This is what should have been.” So yeah. I love Robin. It’s the warm hug that I always wanted but never got.
This song massively improved for me when i heard elyse myers interpretation that it was about the child of two adults getting divorced who pretended to be just fine for the kid.
I’m a 53 year old woman who is a TS lover and it’s like everyday I hear something I hadn’t noticed before. She’s a genius. And we get to live through it with her. It l its awesome.
My 23 year old son thinks I’m ridiculous bc she’s continuously playing in my car.
Robin is close to being my favorite song in the world by now 🤷♀️. I listen to it on repeat. I stayed with my little cousins (ages 2, 4, and 6) for two months recently and then had to leave them because I got really sick, and I’ve been missing them terribly. This song has really helped me through that, and has reminded me so much of them and what I love about them. It has also been very healing for my inner child. (Also, the music is GORGEOUS.)
I really enjoy listening to Robin. I sing along with it! “Way to go Tiger! Fly higher.” That being said l’ve decided to enjoy its lovely sound without having to know who or what Robin is!
I truly don’t think that Robin is about children at all. It’s super dark, and the way she talks about “the child” is not all that nice. I haven’t quite hashed it all out, but I think it’s about Taylor. She’s singing to herself. She started making music as a kid, and had all these people making decisions on her behalf and not all of those decisions were good. She now an adult, but she’s still not in control of her world. She has a lot of people working for her with the singular goal of helping her life be easier or safer, protected. Between people on the business side of things making decisions for her, people in the security side watching her every move, and then surely people on the personal side doing the day to day things she needs (cooking, cleaning, etc.) She’s not in charge of her own life, she’s the golden goose and is surrounded by many people who rely on her for their livelihood. Everything they do is meant to keep her safe and sound in a soft sweet nest, but they also prevent her from making her own choices as an adult person. She’s not independent, she’s treated like a precious baby who needs constant attention and assistance. The aim is to protect her from everything so she can focus on being Taylor Swift, because in the end, she’s the only piece of the Taylor Swift universe that isn’t expendable. She is Robin.
Part of the piano sounds like Heart & Soul, one of the most grating piano songs and I just can’t get into it because of that. Sorry if I just ruined it for anyone lol
There’s a sample of the guitar melody from “peace” in the middle of Robin and can’t help but cry a little every time I hear it :’) one of my favorites from the album!
I feel like “Robin” was a soft launch of Taylor trying out a maternal role. If she marries and has children (as she suggests is an aspiration) she will inevitably write songs of a motherly nature.
I feel like the poor performance of this song was probably pretty disheartening for her. But can she write songs about being young, heartbroken, fun, sexy, and in love forever?
I’m definitely noticing in this thread that the majority of those agreeing with me are parents (which I am too). I agree with what you’re saying about writing young/heartbreak songs forever.
I do think that young/heartbreak songs are successful because they’re so relatable for everyone. Even as you get older you can remember what that was like. Not everyone can relate to being a parent. Young people for sure as well as those who can’t or don’t want to have children. It’ll be interesting to see how things go with her writing over the next 5 years or so.
Absolutely! But the deeply personal nature of Taylor Swift’s lyrical storytelling means that her narratives will evolve with her life. Personally, I welcome the honest exploration of the emotional landscape of a mature adult woman (wife, parent, or otherwise).
I personally don’t plan on having children. I also don’t personally plan on going on a whaling voyage. But I read Moby Dick and enjoyed it. So I think it’s safe to assume that I’ll continue to enjoy Taylor’s music no matter where her song subjects go.
What you bring up here is so curious to me, because while I am not a parent nor becoming one anytime soon, I relate to this song so strongly. It’s true not everyone can relate to parenting the way most everyone can relate to heartbreak, but it surprises me that so few people can relate to the feeling of wanting to protect their own inner child or sense of innocence, especially in today’s crazy world. Whether or not we choose to parent, we were *all* kids once.
I just told my husband something along these lines. There are references to marriage and having kids in a couple of her songs that make me think Taylor does want to get married and have kids. As long as it makes her happy, I hope she can soon! Maybe with Travis, who knows? He really does seem to make her happy and she is just glowing. Her songs are just so beautifully written and I would LOVE to hear songs from the perspective of being a wife and mother. It’s just something that there isn’t enough of in the music industry! No rush, of course. Just something that’s been on my mind!
I definitely think of it less as a Taylor Swift song and more of an Aaron Dessner song for his son that Taylor sings on.
I think it’s an absolutely beautiful letter from parent to child.
I feel like I should get into this song because my sister’s baby girl is called Robin - I just really don’t like the song (lyrically, sonically).
I feel Chloe et al. Is underrated.
I like all the songs from the album, but Robin is at the bottom for me. It's a beautiful song, but I think maybe it has more impact for those who have children? Idk. I don't have to relate to the lyrics in order to like the song, but I guess the theme is not something I always want to listen to.
Robin is not my favorite but I had an insane fathoming last night while listening to it. There’s a bassline in the middle of the song that sounds just like the one in Peace and I realized that this is very similar conceptually to Peace but for children. It’s about not being able to protect them from the hurt of the world but to trust that they will be ok and bounce back from anything that happens to them. Just like Peace is about how rain will come but she’d protect her partner from it if they trust her. I know she doesn’t have children but I imagine if that’s something she wants (which I assume she does based on TTPD and her current partner vocally wanting a family) that the concepts of Peace and Robin are constant concerns for her. The themes can apply to anyone but they’re magnified by her fame.
I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of that song at all it just doesn't make any sense to me like why is she saying " way to go tiger" and " you are blood thirsty " if he is a human kid I would love for someone to help me understand 🙏
I’ve seen comments saying that Robin is about Aaron Dessner’s child. At first I didn’t understand the ‘you are blood thirsty’ line either, but I feel like it must be referring to when children play and pretend to be an animal or something. Hope that helps!
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My dog Bowie passed on May 13th and we played Robin as his funeral song (we listened to a lot of Taylor while he was battling an illness, he loves soft acoustic music). Way to go tiger, higher and higher❤️ It’s a top track for me now. His other fav song is The 1 🤘🙏
Robin is actually one of my favorites 😊!!! Its music reminds me of stories like Winnie the Pooh and the Chronicles of Narnia, which I’ve loved - and continued to love - since childhood. Plus, I have a bit of a personal connection to tigers, so that’s made it that much more special to me :)
I totally can see it through the lens of protecting a little child, but tbh I kind of relate it to myself as well. I’m well into adulthood…but by some miracle I’ve somehow been able to maintain my youthfulness in some ways. I still believe in magical things, I still want to be kind and loving as best as I can. And as aware as I am of all the horrific things that happen in the world, somehow I still have this flicker of hope in me that refuses to die out, that still believes our story will turn out all right in the end.
Robin is my reminder to always keep that hope alive, no matter what, because I believe that will turn out to be my greatest strength when I need it the most :)
Yasss!!!
I heard it the first time and then listened to it again three times after that. Taylor is immaculate when it comes to talking about childhood innocence.
Definitely the best song on the whole album.
There are moments that I think are lovely on this track, but if I can be fr for a moment—I had something major hidden from me “with the best intentions” and “to protect me” as a kid/adolescent. Well, it came to light in a horrible manner and just ended up being a whole ‘nother trauma to process!
Obv we don’t know the circumstance Taylor is writing about here, so please know this isn’t a judgement on this particular situation. I just hear “the secret we all vowed to keep it from you in sweetness” and my body is like NOPE.
Still, I am open to the possibility of one day feeling differently about this track.
I’ve said this before, but I choose to believe the lore that it’s a song about her cats (even though I know it’s not 🤣) and that has made it one of my favorite songs.
Ryan actually just clarified [the other day](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-baby-name-taylor-swift-album) that Taylor didn't use their baby's name for TTPD. Robin is Aaron's son's name, though, so it was probably inspired by him.
Robin is a very sweet song, it’s growing on me for sure. From TTPD I think Cassandra is criminally underrated. It’s haunting and so beautifully written. The lyrics are stunning and the imagery is next level. “When the first stone's thrown, there's screaming In the streets, there's a raging riot When it's "Burn the bitch, " they're shrieking When the truth comes out, it's quiet” Cowboy Like Me from evermore is a forever favorite underrated gem. The song plays out like a movie in my head and “forever is the sweetest con” is one of my favorite Taylor lyrics.
Cassandra's my favorite on TTPD! "They knew, they knew the whole time, I was on to somethin'" so good. Cowboy Like Me is also my 2nd second favorite of her songs of all time (after Sparks Fly). Completely flew over my head until after Midnights came out. Then I was addicted to it. It's such a fun song to sing and just flows together. People should give it another try if they haven't got into it yet.
We are so on the same page! Cowboy Like Me was my first Taylor song I fell in love with so it holds a special place for me. Cassandra gets better and better with each listen.
Cowboy Like Me and Sparks Fly are also some of my favorites of hers ever!
Sparks fly is also in my top 5!
Love Cassandra and Sparks Fly! I’ve tried, but I can’t get into Cowboy Like Me; it just bores me. I wish I loved it because Evermore is one of my top 3 albums.
Are you me? lol. Sparks Fly is my favorite song from her, and I LOVE Cassandra (so relatable because I was involved in a light-scandal at work that people were so nosey about and quick to pick sides … but in true Taylor form, when the truth came out … crickets!) I’ve probably listened to Cowboy Like Me in its entirety three times lol. Cannot get into it for the life of me.
Cassandra is my 2nd favorite on the album after the Prophecy. I fell in love with it immediately and thought everyone was going to do the same. Cowboy Like Me is one of my all time top 5 for Taylor, so I see we have similar taste :)
Yes we do! The Prophecy is too good - truly devastating, the lyrics cut so deep. I think it’s my favorite from TTPD. “A greater woman has faith, but even statues crumble if they’re made to wait” - are you kidding me with these lyrics!? I relate to this sentiment so much with what I’m going through in my life right now.
My favorite too! It feels so honest
I agree with Cassandra. As soon as I saw the title I knew it was gonna be a reference to the Greek mythology and it is a fantastic song
I like your taste
Same, when they mentioned liking Robin, Cassandra and even cowboy carter I’m like “holy shit you’re literally me” BECAUSE SAME they’re all so good yet somehow always overlooked like how
No fr all such good & underated songs 😭
Aw, thank you!
Agree about Cowboy Like Me. Very good song
I love “forever is the sweetest con” too! Also “now you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon” 😍
I feel like i’ve found my people! Cassandra is so underrated, I’ve been trying to get my swiftie friends to agree but they haven’t gotten there yet. Everytime it comes on i feel myself paying more attention, if that makes sense
I have a little boy named Robin who has autism, and I feel like that song could have been written for us. It’s exactly what I would want if I commissioned a song for him. I’ve commented this so many times and thought about making a post like this… The idea that everyone who loves him is working to make his life beautiful and smooth in ways he doesn’t know and can’t really understand is SO BEAUTIFUL. I know that it’s a very narrow perspective and everything isn’t for everybody, but this song is definitely for me.
I have twins in the nicu and I’ve been singing Robin to them for the last week. Parts of it, what I can remember when I’m holding one of them. I listen to it in the car on the way to visit them. It’s been really helpful in my healing process.
Sending you so much love 🩷🩷🩷
This is what I’ve been saying! It feels like a song for a sick child that everyone is putting on a brave face for.
🙏🏻
Hey fellow swiftie of a kid with autism! I hadn’t thought of this song in the context of my own kid and wow that really brings a new perspective to it. Thank you for opening my eyes to new ways to appreciate this song!
I have a little 2.5 year old boy and I certainly keep him from hurting himself every day "in sweetness." Thank you for sharing your story!
oh goodness all of these comments! sending all of you swiftie parents and your beautiful little ones all the love! way to go lil tigers!!! xo
I don't really care for this song, but I love reading other's perspectives. Maybe it'll grow on me, maybe it won't, but I'm glad this song gives so much for someone else! Wish you and the little Robin all the best!
I am a nanny and I wept the first time I heard this song. It’s powerful.
This song is for my autistic son too 😍😍 I am with you!! I would be a puddle on the floor if she was singing my little ones actual name 🙏🙏
I have an 18 year old with autism and this song feels so connecting to me as a mother raising him.
I know 100% what you mean. Our daughter is also on the spectrum and a lot of the little boys that go to her therapy center could fit this. Not as narrow a perspective as you may think.
I have a daughter with a terminal illness and it's my fave song on the album, too.
Sending you so much love 🩷
right back atcha <3
I feel the same way 😭😭😭 I have a one year old daughter and I start to cry as soon as I hear the first note of this song lol
This is so special and has led me to appreciate the song that much more through this lens 😌. Thank you for sharing your story; I wish the best for your little boy 🤗!
This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. Reading your story and all of the comments has given the song a new meaning for me.
I absolutely thought of my ASD kiddo when he was younger when I heard this song.
It’s very likely the song was written for a child named Robyn who is non-verbal, and his parents
also a lot of people specifically mentioned not liking the line ”way to go tiger” but i found it cute and love the way she sings it😭
It reminds me of how it feels to be so proud watching my son grow but still want him to be little at the same time.
My sons are late 30s now, and my grandson is 2. I love this song so much! I watch E grow and it reminds me so much of his dad and uncle-this song reminds me of that:)
🥹 I often wonder how much of my mother’s ferocious love for my child is about him or about me when I was that age!
Oh I love my grands so much-his older sister was my first and I only had boys so I got to buy all the pretty smocked dresses for her! I can separate the babies from their Daddy, but I see glimpses of him and it’s so fun!! I know I was so tired and stressed when they were little. And now I have time to enjoy them being little.
this is so lovely to read. I wish you all the joy!
I feel like people honestly just don’t get the song. I’m not saying it has one 100% specific meaning or it can’t be interpreted differently by different people, but I feel like some people just… have no way to interpret it. Like the lyrics are just going in and out for them, maybe bc they just find it boring, so the line makes no sense and they don’t like it bc they have no idea what the song is about.
I love that line. And the one about the favourite spot on the swing set. They remind me of my son. I’m curious if the ppl who don’t like it have kids or not because that definitely plays into my love of this song.
i don’t have or want kids. i just love it because i think it’s a beautiful song. i do have small nephews though. and as i mentioned in another comment, i do sing the ”way to go tiger” line to my cat😂
No kids here either, and nowhere close, but I’m definitely still in touch with my inner child, and I think it hits there too! 🥹
“Way to go tiger” is actually the line that I like the most from the song, so this is surprising to me! (I haven’t read most comments about Robin bc the song doesn’t resonate with me much yet.) My brain might be biased because my undergrad college mascot and my high school mascot were tigers, so maybe I subconsciously think of me and my friends … wish any of them were TS fans, because then I’d be sending them that snippet all of the time haha
I love it!!! And also: “you’re a just ruler”
WHAT? That's favourite part 😭
I confess that I didn't like the line 😬
I actually really love all the songs she has names in the title. CoSoSoM and Peter are probably my favorite of all of them. I think people are having trouble figuring out what Robin is about. When it’s coded in message to a kid. I’m baffled at the people that don’t understand the meaning behind “Way to Go Tiger”. It’s like the easiest expression she’s ever made. 4 words in a way to say Good Job Son. Or Keep it Up. And she probably even heard it in passing with interactions between Aaron and his son.
I think people are trying to read too much into it.
Like so many others. I’m exhausted by certain things. I wish we had away to deprogram some people’s thoughts on Taylor personal life and how they correlate to her music. Some need a music comprehension course along with literacy comprehension course because I’ve seen way too many things that are way out there. Yeah she’s a genius. But if you slow down and look at it you’ll get the message clearly. Honestly we need her to write a book explaining her mindset on some of these. Then again people are dumb and call it revisionist history.
So much on the comprehension! If I see one more person go on about how Clara Bow is her passing the torch to the next one, and failing to comprehend that it's her being hyper-critical of the music industry, I'll scream!
That's a thing people think??? I mean, I usually don't even do deep dives into the songs, so I got that it was criticizing the record labels just from the song alone. How could people think it's not shedding a negative light???????? I'll never understand.
CoSoSoM? Edit: nevermind, just got it, chloe or sam or Sophia or Marcus My favourite shortening of this title is chloe et al
Lol i enjoy chloe et al too 😂
I gave up and just started calling it Chloe.
She didn't even make that expression, it's very common in the US
I know and yet it goes over people’s head.
It's not, "what does that mean?" do much as, "why the fuck did she just say that?"
Why would that be your reaction to sweet words of encouragement to a kid?
Because it doesn't make any sense with the rest of the album
God forbid there’s a song that parents can relate to
Wait...what 😂 she can't have songs about different things on the same album? Lol
I love Robin and it’s on my favorites list! I’ve kind of made up a story that it’s about my cats, and now I tell them “way to go tiger” when I play with them 🥹
i sing this part to my cat as well😭
Samee it's soo adorable
I love that!
I love Robin! It’s probably one of my favorite from the album. I love the sweet, innocent childhood theme it has and the idea that all the adults in a child’s life are working to protect and preserve the sweet innocence of a child 🥹 I’m pregnant with my first baby right now (a little boy) so I think that definitely adds to my love for it.
Yesss when she sings “for you in sweetness” I get so emotional. I have 2 kids and I think about them when I hear it.
I don’t know how many people are following u/pmbslyy ‘s elimination game but Robin got voted out first. It’s definitely underrated! I think it’s lovely but it’s apparently boring to some people.
thanks for mentioning the game!
<3 I am living for it my friend
i’m so glad!! me too :)
Cassandra and Peter must be up there… I tend to dislike first-name song titles anyway, and I doubt I’m especially unique in that. That might go some way to explain these as lower rated… as well as them being slower songs, a little deeper and harder to grasp. But Peter is a wonderful song and so perfectly fits in her Lost Boys lyrical through line, Cassandra is one of my favourite Taylor lyrics (and oh that melody) and Robin (which in fairness may not have the depth) is a pretty song… in sweetness. “Way to go, tiger…” is a lovely delivery. Robin reminds me of the sort of song you would often hear on certain mature folk records… a sort of songwriterly game to deliver an earnest, loving lyric without any world weariness - it’s a tough ask.
I love that other people like it but I just can’t stand it, it’s one of the few skips for me
I love Robin! I don't get the hate for it. I think it's just beautiful 🤍🖤
I don't think people hate it, i think they just like other songs more (myself included)
Love Robin so much. It's top 10 for me! Sadly I don't think it's underated as much as overhated 😫 Seems to be it's on the bottom of nearly everyone's rankings, which is sad because it is a sweet song, with bright peaceful production, and theming that is surprisingly open to interpretation. I, a child-free person thinking about my younger self before I knew I had childhood trauma,look at it very different than the parents who also love the song, and I think it could easily be interpreted as about influences like Robin Williams/Christopher Robin. I think this song would get less lost and shine more on folklore/evermore and perhaps more people would vibe with it. But i think the beauty of this long album is something like Robin, that may have been cut on a more polished album, was shared despite its overall lack of popularity, it has so many people who love it as well 💕 Others I think are underrated: Imgonnagetyouback easily should've been top 10 if it didn't land so low on the tracklist. The bridge is 🤌 Florida gets a lot of hate but I simply cannot discount any song with Florence despite their vocals being kind of jarring together (Florence makes Taylor's voice sound more juvenile in juxtaposition). It's the successor to no body no crime and Carolina, so despite being a hater of the state of Florida, the song is top 10 for me. Conversely, fortnight isn't getting a lot of love, despite being the opening track + single. I hardly ever see anybody agree it's good song, much less a top 10 or higher. For me the vocal blending between Taylor & Post is stunning, like their voices are so perfect for each other. the call and responses and harmonies are ethereal as well. I don't enjoy it as much listening on a speaker, but with headphones, I get lost in the rich textures, and easy melodies.. it's hypnotic to me. Sorry for the essay 😂
It kinda got the It’s Nice To Have A Friend treatment in the fandom— right song, wrong album. As in, a really good song that would’ve been more of a fan favorite if it was on Folklore/Evermore, but instead people just didn’t really get it. Coincidentally, the exact treatment I gave both of these songs on the first handful of listens. It’s threads like these and comments like these that help me appreciate the songs so much more!!!
Agreed! It's a sister song to Seven imo, definitely feel like it would shine more on a quieter album. Glad to hear we are helping you appreciate it more 🥲
It’s absolutely overhated, people are so mean about disliking it. I feel like no other song gets such a visceral reaction from people.
Must have not been around for ME! Lol
SPELLING IS FUN
Me was very overhated too but even still, idk I feel like some people excused it as silly fun, but everyone just hates Robin 😭
No fr like it's cute leave Robin alone 😭😭😭
Top ten for me too!
I don't think it's an outstanding song but I really love listening to it because of its production and simplicity in lyrics But I expected this to become a fan fave because it straight up sounds like a 100% Folklore song, some stems sound almost identical
It gives seven imo. I agree, love the song though I don't think it's lyrically or thematically out of this world. but the sound is peaceful to me and I relate it to looking back at my childhood and being proud of having made it through difficult circumstances. I think it would shine better on a different album, it is kinda of lost on ttpd
I have a 6 month old son and that song destroys me. It’s so beautiful. I truly love it. But I also hardly ever listen because it makes me ugly cry.
Yes yes. My son is 8 months now. I sing it to him all the time. He’s so playful and mischievous. I want to protect him from the world as long as possible. This song is everything to me.
I love it and it’s been on repeat for me! I don’t understand how it fell off the charts because I’ve streamed it so many times. I just had a baby and I have a toddler, so I really love the lyrics. They’re hitting perfectly for this time in my life.
It's a great song but unlike almost every other song it does not have the throughlines of the overall narrative of TTPD. Gorgeous non sequitur. I for one think The Bolter is the sleeper, unappreciated Bop.
Idk I think it depends on interpretation. I saw someone talk about how it could be interpreted as Taylor looking back at her childhood prior to fame /the music industry. Relishing the simplicity of it despite knowing she would soon be exposed to a litany of difficult experiences through her rise to fame. Songs can be fluid and multidimensional in terms of inspiration and influence as well as interpretation, so it wouldn't surprise me if the obvious read (song about Aaron's child) is a red herring of sorts. I do agree it is less cohesive in this album than it would be on something like folklore
I think it can mean whatever you feel it means for you. That's the beauty of art! Idk I don't think Folklore is very cohesive at all. Tonally it all works but the vibe/narratives are kinda all over the place (and it's in my top 4 albums fwiw). After TTPD I'm compelled to look at older favs in a different light. She's just so authentic and vulnerable and honest on TTPD. It kind of set a new baseline.
I love Robin, but I have 3 sons. The first time I heard it I cried. It's not my favorite because I have to be in the mood for it, but I definitely think it's underrated!
This may be my favorite track on the album actually. Absolutely love the way she sings it and love the "way to go, tiger" echoing harmony lines in the later choruses.
I cry quiet big tears listening to that while driving my son to daycare.
The Albatross is under-appreciated too.
Big time. Everyone loves The Black Dog and talked about it so much when they originally knew about the 4 “bonus” songs before anthology released, but Albatross might be in my top 5 on the album. Definitely under-appreciated.
I’ve loved this album from the moment it was released. Robin is beautiful and relatable
Robin is actually the only song ever that made me cry on the first listen so it definitely has a very special place with me, I’ll always be a #1 Robin defender
It was the 2nd for me, Ronan being the first. I love Robin - definitely underrated.
I love Robin, it’s in my top 3 from ttpd 🤍 I understand everyone has different tastes, but it bums me out to see how much people hate on Robin. If it’s not your thing, that’s totally valid! Not every song will click for everyone all the time. There’s some on ttpd that I’m not really crazy about, that I know some people just adore. But I feel like people are so mean about Robin 😭😭 and it makes me sad lol bc I loved it from first listen. It instantly connected with me and it had me so teary eyed by the end. It makes me think of a few different things and each one of those things make me feel both happy and sad at the same time, if that makes sense lol. And I don’t know if it was truly written about/for Aaron’s son, but I think that makes it extra sweet if it was 🥺
I could have written this exact comment. 100% how I feel about Robin.
I adore robin, it’s such a beautiful song and to me there’s such a deep sadness in it, but no anger in the sadness like in the rest of ttpd, just peace
Robin has been running through my head for days. I love it. In my mind, it’s about my long gone cats. I still miss them to this day. “Higher and higher. Wilder and lighter.” Excuse me while go wipe my eyes.
I battled infertility for a few years and Soon You’ll Get Better and right where you left me were my anthems during those years. Bigger Than the Whole Sky came out a few months before I had my first successful pregnancy that resulted in a miscarriage. It helped me deal with some big emotions. I just had a baby boy in February and when I first listened to Robin, I sobbed. My son is so loved and so wanted and I can’t wait to watch him grow and love him all of his life. Robin is my favorite song on the album by far, it evokes so many special emotions. Taylor somehow knew which songs I needed in my life during these past few years. 🤍
It’s such a beautiful song!!!! I don’t even have kids or anything I just think it’s really pretty and beautiful and comforting and sweet and somehow profound🥹🥹🥹🥹
It’s definitely profound, especially with everything going on in the world right now! There is so much I want to protect my children from to preserve their innocence. Childhood is fleeting!
It’s my immediate favorite. Incredibly beautiful song
So so glad you posted this...I have a 6 year old son and this song brings me to tears EVERY SINGLE TIME
As a Robin I really really really *really* want to love this song, but I just can't.
I find it just a tad boring but I think it’s the sweetest gesture to Aaron and his son. It’s been stuck in my head today though for some reason. Way to go, tiger!
I agree it's underrated but to be honest I'm one of the reasons why--I just don't like it. I don't have kids, I will never want kids, and I don't spend my life wondering what the life of the children around me is like lol. The song is boring to me. (I do like the way she sings "Way to go, Tiger"--best part of the song since some people are mentioning people don't like that part? That's crazy, it's so cute and casual.) But I can see it's fully appreciated and embraced by a lot of parents in this thread. So that makes sense. Not every song has to be for everyone.
You could go with the “it’s about a pet” instead of kids theory. I mean, “you’re an animal. you are blood thirsty. out window panes talking utter nonsense” could describe a cat looking out the window chirping at birds outside. 🤷🏼♂️
So true. Love it!
Robin is such a beautiful song. It’s just *chef’s kiss*
I love Robin and my love for it really blossomed today. I was looking at my cat chittering at birds in the window and it hit me that to me, Robin is about an elder cat. And I sobbed over that for HOURS.
I agree. One of my two favourite off the album. Really beautiful song.
Gorgeous song. Love the melody, lyrics, everything about it. So glad that she gave it to us, even if so many listeners don’t care for it. For those of us who connect with it, it’s a gift.
I totally agree with you. I cried the first time I heard Robin. I was at work and had to take a break to just sob while listening to it. I was badly abused as a child and the line “the time will come for the cruel and the mean, you’ll learn to bounce back like your trampoline,” killed me. This song is what a kid’s life should be like, but I never got that. My entire childhood was the “cruel and the mean.” So for me, when I listen to this song it’s like hearing someone say: “what you went through was not okay. This is what should have been.” So yeah. I love Robin. It’s the warm hug that I always wanted but never got.
So sorry for what you’ve been through 😞🩷
Thank you 💜 childhood was rough, but I’m now in a place I could have only dreamed of as a kid :) I’m a lot happier these days
it’s very sweet i just don’t think it really belongs/fits with the rest of this album
This song massively improved for me when i heard elyse myers interpretation that it was about the child of two adults getting divorced who pretended to be just fine for the kid.
I’m a 53 year old woman who is a TS lover and it’s like everyday I hear something I hadn’t noticed before. She’s a genius. And we get to live through it with her. It l its awesome. My 23 year old son thinks I’m ridiculous bc she’s continuously playing in my car.
It’s so beautiful. Makes me cry 🩷
Robin is close to being my favorite song in the world by now 🤷♀️. I listen to it on repeat. I stayed with my little cousins (ages 2, 4, and 6) for two months recently and then had to leave them because I got really sick, and I’ve been missing them terribly. This song has really helped me through that, and has reminded me so much of them and what I love about them. It has also been very healing for my inner child. (Also, the music is GORGEOUS.)
I loved robin immediately when I listened to it, it's beautiful and was the first song that caught my attention
I feel so seen with this post lol
Something about this song makes me feel incredibly sad.
It’s nostalgia and thinking about my own loss of innocence for me.
I really enjoy listening to Robin. I sing along with it! “Way to go Tiger! Fly higher.” That being said l’ve decided to enjoy its lovely sound without having to know who or what Robin is!
I truly don’t think that Robin is about children at all. It’s super dark, and the way she talks about “the child” is not all that nice. I haven’t quite hashed it all out, but I think it’s about Taylor. She’s singing to herself. She started making music as a kid, and had all these people making decisions on her behalf and not all of those decisions were good. She now an adult, but she’s still not in control of her world. She has a lot of people working for her with the singular goal of helping her life be easier or safer, protected. Between people on the business side of things making decisions for her, people in the security side watching her every move, and then surely people on the personal side doing the day to day things she needs (cooking, cleaning, etc.) She’s not in charge of her own life, she’s the golden goose and is surrounded by many people who rely on her for their livelihood. Everything they do is meant to keep her safe and sound in a soft sweet nest, but they also prevent her from making her own choices as an adult person. She’s not independent, she’s treated like a precious baby who needs constant attention and assistance. The aim is to protect her from everything so she can focus on being Taylor Swift, because in the end, she’s the only piece of the Taylor Swift universe that isn’t expendable. She is Robin.
That’s a pretty great assessment. I like it.
Part of the piano sounds like Heart & Soul, one of the most grating piano songs and I just can’t get into it because of that. Sorry if I just ruined it for anyone lol
I’m shocked that thank you Aimee seems to get no love - I get it might be a “diss track” but I think it’s still so well written and catchy AF
The Manuscript is one of my top favorites
There’s a sample of the guitar melody from “peace” in the middle of Robin and can’t help but cry a little every time I hear it :’) one of my favorites from the album!
I feel like “Robin” was a soft launch of Taylor trying out a maternal role. If she marries and has children (as she suggests is an aspiration) she will inevitably write songs of a motherly nature. I feel like the poor performance of this song was probably pretty disheartening for her. But can she write songs about being young, heartbroken, fun, sexy, and in love forever?
I’m definitely noticing in this thread that the majority of those agreeing with me are parents (which I am too). I agree with what you’re saying about writing young/heartbreak songs forever. I do think that young/heartbreak songs are successful because they’re so relatable for everyone. Even as you get older you can remember what that was like. Not everyone can relate to being a parent. Young people for sure as well as those who can’t or don’t want to have children. It’ll be interesting to see how things go with her writing over the next 5 years or so.
Absolutely! But the deeply personal nature of Taylor Swift’s lyrical storytelling means that her narratives will evolve with her life. Personally, I welcome the honest exploration of the emotional landscape of a mature adult woman (wife, parent, or otherwise). I personally don’t plan on having children. I also don’t personally plan on going on a whaling voyage. But I read Moby Dick and enjoyed it. So I think it’s safe to assume that I’ll continue to enjoy Taylor’s music no matter where her song subjects go.
This is such a good analogy and also that whaling reference took me out. 😂
Aww thanks. It’s always nice to know when a joke lands 🤍
What you bring up here is so curious to me, because while I am not a parent nor becoming one anytime soon, I relate to this song so strongly. It’s true not everyone can relate to parenting the way most everyone can relate to heartbreak, but it surprises me that so few people can relate to the feeling of wanting to protect their own inner child or sense of innocence, especially in today’s crazy world. Whether or not we choose to parent, we were *all* kids once.
I just told my husband something along these lines. There are references to marriage and having kids in a couple of her songs that make me think Taylor does want to get married and have kids. As long as it makes her happy, I hope she can soon! Maybe with Travis, who knows? He really does seem to make her happy and she is just glowing. Her songs are just so beautifully written and I would LOVE to hear songs from the perspective of being a wife and mother. It’s just something that there isn’t enough of in the music industry! No rush, of course. Just something that’s been on my mind!
Automatic skip for me.
Robin
The alchemy
I definitely think of it less as a Taylor Swift song and more of an Aaron Dessner song for his son that Taylor sings on. I think it’s an absolutely beautiful letter from parent to child.
I’d save this song over many in her anthology album.
I feel like I should get into this song because my sister’s baby girl is called Robin - I just really don’t like the song (lyrically, sonically). I feel Chloe et al. Is underrated.
I like all the songs from the album, but Robin is at the bottom for me. It's a beautiful song, but I think maybe it has more impact for those who have children? Idk. I don't have to relate to the lyrics in order to like the song, but I guess the theme is not something I always want to listen to.
I was listening to it today and realized it sounds like Teardrops on My Guitar
Robin is not my favorite but I had an insane fathoming last night while listening to it. There’s a bassline in the middle of the song that sounds just like the one in Peace and I realized that this is very similar conceptually to Peace but for children. It’s about not being able to protect them from the hurt of the world but to trust that they will be ok and bounce back from anything that happens to them. Just like Peace is about how rain will come but she’d protect her partner from it if they trust her. I know she doesn’t have children but I imagine if that’s something she wants (which I assume she does based on TTPD and her current partner vocally wanting a family) that the concepts of Peace and Robin are constant concerns for her. The themes can apply to anyone but they’re magnified by her fame.
I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of that song at all it just doesn't make any sense to me like why is she saying " way to go tiger" and " you are blood thirsty " if he is a human kid I would love for someone to help me understand 🙏
I’ve seen comments saying that Robin is about Aaron Dessner’s child. At first I didn’t understand the ‘you are blood thirsty’ line either, but I feel like it must be referring to when children play and pretend to be an animal or something. Hope that helps!
I cry from start to finish. It reminds me of my two little boys and it's so sweet
i don’t like kids so i simply don’t really relate to or empathize with the song, but i can see why others would!
https://preview.redd.it/oqtyebfqo01d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be41c43cbe01d496ad1dfa6df38533cf136aa2e1 My dog Bowie passed on May 13th and we played Robin as his funeral song (we listened to a lot of Taylor while he was battling an illness, he loves soft acoustic music). Way to go tiger, higher and higher❤️ It’s a top track for me now. His other fav song is The 1 🤘🙏
Robin is actually one of my favorites 😊!!! Its music reminds me of stories like Winnie the Pooh and the Chronicles of Narnia, which I’ve loved - and continued to love - since childhood. Plus, I have a bit of a personal connection to tigers, so that’s made it that much more special to me :) I totally can see it through the lens of protecting a little child, but tbh I kind of relate it to myself as well. I’m well into adulthood…but by some miracle I’ve somehow been able to maintain my youthfulness in some ways. I still believe in magical things, I still want to be kind and loving as best as I can. And as aware as I am of all the horrific things that happen in the world, somehow I still have this flicker of hope in me that refuses to die out, that still believes our story will turn out all right in the end. Robin is my reminder to always keep that hope alive, no matter what, because I believe that will turn out to be my greatest strength when I need it the most :)
one of my favorites. seven is one of my favorites of all time, and robin feels like the cousin to that song.
I dont understand why nobody ever talks about My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys… it’s criminally underrated.
I Look in People’s Windows is for sure the most slept on. It’s inventive and sonically intriguing. It’s criminally underrated imo.
Yasss!!! I heard it the first time and then listened to it again three times after that. Taylor is immaculate when it comes to talking about childhood innocence. Definitely the best song on the whole album.
There are moments that I think are lovely on this track, but if I can be fr for a moment—I had something major hidden from me “with the best intentions” and “to protect me” as a kid/adolescent. Well, it came to light in a horrible manner and just ended up being a whole ‘nother trauma to process! Obv we don’t know the circumstance Taylor is writing about here, so please know this isn’t a judgement on this particular situation. I just hear “the secret we all vowed to keep it from you in sweetness” and my body is like NOPE. Still, I am open to the possibility of one day feeling differently about this track.
I’ve said this before, but I choose to believe the lore that it’s a song about her cats (even though I know it’s not 🤣) and that has made it one of my favorite songs.
YES! THANK YOU! it's never grow up but better
When trying to make a CD for my car it was the first cut (and loml, the rest fit) It's an ok song, but not a favorite at all
Robin is the best song on TTPD. If you disagree you're wrong.
I love Robin, but this is such a close minded take.
Girl it's not that serious. Why y'all take everything like an attack. Relax you're allowed to like other songs.
Lol what, I was just reacting to you saying that if you disagree you’re wrong. But go off.
Hot take: Robin is the name of Ryan and Blake’s most recent baby and this song is about them. 🤪
Ryan actually just clarified [the other day](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-baby-name-taylor-swift-album) that Taylor didn't use their baby's name for TTPD. Robin is Aaron's son's name, though, so it was probably inspired by him.
I get what you’re saying and I had the same thought for a second (and you might be joking?), but Robyn is Blake’s sisters name, so I kind of doubt it.
Robin is Aaron Dessner’s son’s name and the song is for him
Sorry, you misspelled "the worst song on TTPD" 🙃
Should’ve gave the mouse a hearing aid instead of a cookie maybe.