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GA Review[edit]

Passed. NØ 06:40, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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

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

Lead and infobox[edit]

  • 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"

Writing and production[edit]

  • "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.

Composition[edit]

  • "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

Release[edit]

  • "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
  •  Done

Critical reception[edit]

  • ""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.
  • "They directed praise towards" - "They praised"
  •  Done
  • "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
  •  Done
  • This section is very well-written and the inclusion of the discography rankings is also very effective!

Commercial performance[edit]

  • "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"

Awards and nominations[edit]

  • 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?

Live performances[edit]

  • "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

References[edit]

  • The use of Idolator, Elite Daily and Insider should be avoided if possible. The former has no evidence of editorial oversight, and Elite Daily is owned by the Bustle Group, which along with Insider is listed at WP:RSPSS as a source for the reliability of which there is no consensus.
  • Removed Elite Daily. Not sure about Idolator, which is listed as reliable per RSP. Insider is also a little sketchy, but I think it's worth covering the decade-end list because it is a pretty popular site. Ippantekina (talk) 04:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Genius should definitely be removed.
  • Genius should definitely be removed.
  • MTV News is usually in the publisher field.
  • Is "camerimage.pl" the right way of writing this work/publisher? Probably it should start with a capital letter

Overall[edit]

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