This marked the year where Swift chucked the rulebook and gave us not one, but two, surprise albums not to mention a surprise concert film for the first. Early into her career, a pattern started to emerge of track five denoting the moment on each of her albums where Taylor really, fully gets cathartic. So because you noticed this, I kind of started to put the songs that were really honest, emotional, vulnerable, and personal as track five. These are the tracks where she lays herself bare, sans armor. While other songs dance around these themes, track five has always addressed them head on.

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When "The Archer" was released on Tuesday, July 23, it was revealed to be the fifth track on her upcoming album Lover , and for Swifties, this was a sign that the song would be a heartbreaker. During her Instagram Live session on Tuesday announcing the new song, Swift explained the Track 5 phenomenon for those who may not know. She revealed that, while it started out as a coincidence, the fan response inspired her to purposefully start putting emotional songs as the fifth track on her albums. To say that "The Archer" is emotional would be an understatement. Written solely by Swift, the song reflects on her past relationships and examines her role in how they ended. Much like previous Track 5's, it features many lyrics that paint a vivid picture of the singer's emotions and insecurities. Fans on Twitter especially picked up on relatable lines like "I never grew up, it's getting so old" and " All of my enemies started out friends. It just might be the collective Swiftie favorite, considering how "All Too Well" was trending on Twitter on the same day that "The Archer" was released. But that wasn't the only Track 5 fans connected to "The Archer. On her new track, Swift sings about her flaws come to the surface and threaten to ruin the relationship she cares about most.
9. "Cold As You"
Taylor Swift has always been a big fan of musical traditions: there's her ongoing fascination with the hour of 2 A. But perhaps the most unwavering and constant institution in the Swift musical catalogue — which officially hit nine studio albums following Friday's surprise release of evermore — is the legendary track five, which over the years has come to be known as each album's most emotionally raw track. For the casual listener, track five can usually be counted on to be a solid addition to any album; for the die-hard Swiftie, it's the holy grail, a look into the darkest page in Swift's notebook — and, almost always, cause for fervent obsession Swift once even put out a whole merch collection based on the track number. It's safe to say that Swift, one of this generation's best songwriters, has succeeded in this regard on all nine of her track fives — but since this is the internet, it's time to argue over which one did it the best. Ahead, a ranking of all of Taylor Swift's track five songs. On her debut album, Swift comes out swinging on her first-ever track five, singing of frigid temperatures that still have never been "as cold as you.
Did you know that track 5 on every Taylor Swift album has a secret meaning? Back in July, Taylor Swift released her brand new album Folklore, and fans are completely obsessed with it. This is her eighth studio album and it was all written and recorded during the Covid pandemic. This track from her second album is all about a man who cheated on her, and it has a fairytale theme. Even the music video for this one is seriously emotional! In this song, Taylor brought up all of her true emotions in life and put them together to make a beautiful and heart-wrenching ballad.