Before the calendar flips to 2021, it’s time to reflect on the true gift of the season:

@taylorswift13’s evermore

inspired by the emotional Folk serenades, @KaliKrisik gathered 9 of the foremost fans and thinkers of our time to rank and react to its tracks.

Unlike the @CFBPlayoff, we welcomed fresh thinkers and ideas.

What did we learn (about the album, but also... ourselves)?

The favorite tracks on, and reactions to evermore were as varied as TS’s career itself.

2 of the favored tracks, willow and ivy, arrived there in different ways.

willow took #1 by its consistent approval - no one rated it in the bottom half of the album.

ivy was lifted by having the most ratings as the top bop on the list

the only song to match willow’s consistency was cowboy like me.

people consistently relegated it to the proverbial caboose (7 of 10 in the bottom third) of the evermore hype train

Another trend was a dichotomy in reactions to ‘tis the damn season and tolerate it.

TTDS was as likely to appear in the pole position as it was to land in the bottom 2

(draw your own conclusions, but perhaps TS’s more wistful lyrics speak to you differently depending on how recently you’ve been on bumble)

good albums live on and reactions change over time, as will our spreadsheet.

Most importantly