i hated Lover for so many reasons.. the queer-baiting, the forced "bright" theme after reputation, it being a "love" album but you can hear how miserable she was even in the love songs like Afterglow, Daylight, and Lover.... "can I go where you go?" is such a sad clingy line. girl GET A GRIP for fuck's sake. but honestly, the music is weak as a whole. besides Death, F God, Cruel, Cornelia, and I Think He Knows, the rest should have stayed in the vault. during that period 2017-2019 even she knew that it was game over for her. in the miss americana documentary she basically said something along the lines of “these are my last few years of selling over 500k first week” cut to her in the studio making ME! the bitch was AWARE that it was game over for her because of ME!, You Need To Calm Down, and 80% of Lover. thank god for Corona which forced her hyper adhd "gel pen" into quarantine and had her recreate 17 different shades of her best song of all time (Safe and Sound) which in turn opened the world's (and her) eyes to her true indie genius, and then she reminded everyone that Red exists one year later... let's not act like the Safe and Sound albums (folklore and evermore) and Red TV didn't save her career after Lover nearly decimated it.