Taylor Swift MIRRORBALL Lyric Breakdown 🪩✨ - for all my people pleasers & burnt-out gifted girlies

Taylor Swift MIRRORBALL Lyric Breakdown 🪩✨
this video is for all my burnt-out gifted girlies, the people pleasers, the show ponies & the ones who change themselves so other people would like them more.
this song is so underrated & over time has become one of my favorite songs on folklore. it’s about time that mirrorball gets her moment in the spotlight 🥹
please share your own thoughts and theories about Mirrorball & let me know if i should do more lyric breakdowns in the future!!
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[@alltooswift]

the metaphor of a mirrorball being something that's beautiful and reflects light because it's broken is so powerful. often times those with trauma are the best at helping other people, and it's interesting to consider how similar that is to a mirrorball (hence the fact that it makes everything around it shine). this song is so deep and I legitimately love it so much.

[@JonatasSantoz]

kinda reminds me of people who hide a deep hurt or trauma with a big smile

[@frogclub9004]

Oh hi!!! Love this comment

[@kittyss2371]

Yes!!! I didnt realise the powerful meaning behind Mirrorball--- It is so beautifully written... Taylor is A Masterpiece.❤❤❤

[@melody23173]

Some people compare mirrorball to autistic people who mask just to try to integrate in the society

[@isaac_13.]

I relate so much to mirrorball, and i think taylor could do a whole album with this indie/dreamy rock vibe (i hope Midnights has a bit of it cuz it also fits the vibe of this new album).

[@Outtacontextouttatime]

MIDNIGHTS?

[@isaac_13.]

@@Outtacontextouttatime yes..lol

[@skyyyyylar]

I really enjoyed your analysis!The only lyric I interpreted differently was “on my tallest tiptoes, spinning in my highest heels.” To me, that implies that she’s willing to be uncomfortable and off-balanced in order to be viewed favorably by others. Most people don’t wear heels because it’s enjoyable - we put up with the pain because we like how it makes us look when we’re trying to impress others. And being in heels on TIPTOES is amplifying both the discomfort and the (presumed) ability to impress.

[@liz7064]

As a neurodivergent person, I feel like the song can be interpreted as if she’s talking about masking. Especially with “I can change every part of me to fit in”.

[@NenaShelby]

totally agree💗

[@FifthAveAtFive]

Same! I think that’s part of why when I first listened to folklore, I immediately gravitated towards this song.

[@snowfoxxie]

I mask heavily as a non neurodiverse person. It might be my people pleaser personality? Or trauma related. I couldn’t find a group in high school and felt I didn’t fit in, simply because I fit in with everyone and was everyone’s friend. groups of people like to dislike other people sometimes and that is/was hard for me and had to be silent or fake along with it then deal with the guilt that comes with that. “Being 2 faced” no I’m a mirror ball and I have 100s of faces haha maybe we can use songs and music as a way to relate to each other closer. Thank you Taylor. ❤

[@imjustagirl_1234-q8b]

Can you tell me what being neurodivergent means, please?

[@liz7064]

@@imjustagirl_1234-q8b its kinda hard to define. Put it simply, its anyone that doesn’t have a “typical” brain type, and is really an umbrella term for a variety of conditions such as autism, ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, and way more

[@hanspper]

I started loving lyrics analysis videos since Taylor dropped folklore and evermore. I mean it's such a big help for those who can't understand metaphors and such.

[@melodyy5586]

Exactly!

[@kayleighhang3447]

I wasn’t a fan of mirrorball at first 😭 but now I think it’s one of the best songs on the album 🥺

[@Ruby-fc5ho]

I feel like the ones I don't like at first end up being my favorites.

[@sussyimpasta1082]

​@@Ruby-fc5hoSAMEE, I ACTUALLY USED TO SKIP THE WHOLE EVERMORE ALBUM THEN LOOK AT ME NOW WITH A NUMBER 1 MOST STREAMED TAYLOR SWIFT SONG FROM EVERMORE HAHAHAHA

[@chizwiffle]

I’ll be honest, I don’t listen to Folklore all that much (mostly because of the genre and I tend to go for the upbeat 1989/Rep) but Mirrorball is definitely one of my favorites on the album! I was surprised when you said that people don’t like it as much! I thought it was just so beautiful and classic. It’s one of those quietly unassuming songs. Huh! Thanks for sharing, Nena!

[@windmills123]

"And when i break it's in a million pieces" is definitely one of my fave taylor lyrics. It's so simple but it's so sad and relatable!

[@JackANDJude]

The idea you had of me, who was she? A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you💥

[@NenaShelby]

OMG this!!👏

[@adeyemoifemade7832]

Omg 😭

[@devinzzzz]

I’m her, I’m the mirrorball girlies

[@augustine_019]

I love this style of video, Taylor really is a songwriting genius. Also, there’s so much more to the mirrorball metaphor that I hadn’t even thought of until you mentioned it

[@santaclara6112]

This song stuck with me since Folklore came out (I'm annoyed people consider this a skip). I relate to it for many reasons-being on the spectrum and having to mask, having an anxious attachment style, being a burnt out gifted kid, etc.

[@sitara1250]

Mirorball is so underrated! When I first heard the song, I didn't love it, but it's grown on me so much. Love the video! 💙✨

[@wephotogal]

To me, it's falling in love with your (her authentic self.) Mirrorball at a dance, romantic dance, standing tall and being true to yourself when alone, but then actually doing it with the world watching. I love that masquerade line - You are not like the regulars, the masquerade revelers - the phoney people love watching others fail, or people pleasing (like you said) and partying all the time - distracted by noise and not finding out who they really are deep down. Love your breakdown, Nena. Love this song!

[@cardigan3281]

when you see it in that way, it is so deep and i think everyone in one moment of their life probably related to this song. love the way taylor captures this feeling.

[@franklinokonji9983]

I appreciate this song so much, not my fav but it deserves so much

[@FifthAveAtFive]

Burnt out, formally gifted kid always vying for perfection that has since been diagnosed as neurodivergent, came out as queer in sexuality and gender and had to do a lot of code switching growing up as a brown person in a predominantly white town here, this song calls me out on my feelings in all sorts of situations and relationships. When I first listened to folklore, this was the song I immediately gravitated towards and listened on repeat. For me the you in the chorus shifts often, but ultimately it’s my inner child/self. I want to be able to spin in my highest heels, aka my highest level of confidence and self-actualization, and shine just for me/ my younger self. At the end of the night when no one else is around, I’m not alone because I still carry me and all my past selves, and those are the million pieces I am made of as a mirrorball.

[@SamanthaTallman]

I feel like i need a lyric breakdown vid for every TS song 🥹

[@ryangarrick6136]

Mirrorball was actually my first dance song 🥹 my then boyfriend and I listen to folklore when it came out and we loved it. We have slightly different interpretation but I LOVE this song

[@mitchlaurensantillan58]

and here I am after knowing that Taylor wrote this song with us, swifties, in her mind🥰

[@christophermao9868]

I agreed it's was a skip for sorry. But when I watched the long pond studio and Taylor explained it I was like one so relatable.

[@delilah7191]

i always wondered why mirror ball is my fav song on folklore! (burnt out gifted kid)

[@NenaShelby]

we’re in it together 🥹💗

[@Yuri-xj1hx]

I love this lyric breakdown and analysis! 😭

[@jessicap1458]

I really love those lyric breakdowns! Maybe you could do a Midnights version as well? Like maybe Maroon or High Infidelity?

[@KandraKSwiftie1985]

I too have found a new appreciation for "Mirrorball" thanks for breaking it down lyrically. Also would love to hear your interpretation of "Message In A Bottle"

[@YT_Carolin3]

I love how you said she needs the love but she doesn't need it... She deserves it. And so do u for making these videos and helping us understand the meanings better. Also, i don't understand why people think it's a skip because the first (and only) time i ever listened to it was on the folklore long pond studio session and I LOVED it. I really need to listen to it more often because it is so good just from listening to it once. I also do think this is the one song on folklore kind of referring to Taylor.

[@ange1.]

The imagery i get from this song is a lonely bar, with purple, blue, pink kind of ambient and nostalgic

[@bobbyrw1398]

Thanks Nena. You picked a good one to break down. Metaphorical dream. I think you were spot on. It's musically upbeat, but lyrically not so much so. So sad the narrator doesn't accept herself as she truly is, but instead needs outside validation of her worth to herself and to others who surround her. You also had the cutest outro ever! 😂

[@RepGirlyyy]

Nena out here teaching me English, science, and history in 17 minutes when I’ve been at school for 7 hours…💜

[@corgi8850]

i feel that

[@layla2678]

nena ur breakdowns are AMAZING! ur so talented! id love more of these 💞💞

[@hi-jf7sj]

SAME pls do more

[@annaviola5815]

mirrorball is my favorite song 🎶 it’s so cute and relatable

[@Ruby-fc5ho]

I love mirrorball so much, thank you for doing a breakdown

[@guitaria66636]

omg was so excited when i saw this and that it was made by you !!! you’re so fun to watch

[@davegreenbrown3331]

LOVE MIRRORBALL!! Yet again you have made my day Nena!

[@beaamoros]

This was one of my favourite songs of folklore, I felt it the very first time I listened to the album. I love the 80s disco sound and I hope we can have more of this in the Midnights album 🤞

[@JL-hw8yw]

Nena, thanks a lot! I adore your lyric breakdowns!!! I love to analyze T. S. songs!!! So interesting!!!

[@liorcohen1221]

You have to analyse all of folklore plssss❤

[@corgi8850]

Mirrorball is that one song that I skipped since I heard the album, until recently, its the only song I listen to

[@PristineWhens]

Yay! I love your lyric analysis! 🪩

[@SpinesAndSplines]

This was immediately one of my favourite Taylor Swift songs. It was interesting to learn that it didn’t really hit with other people. For some reason I’ve always felt it had Matthew Sweet vibes, in particular his song from the Girlfriend album called Nothing Lasts.

[@FreyasFairyLights]

Ive always thought that the tallest tiptoes line was about how when shes finally alone she can be her true self, and shes talking to a special person about how shes only herself when nobodies around

[@nicolewynne4781]

Omg, this is my most favorite song on folklore. I need all lyrics breakdown on Taylor's songs. Thank you so much

[@jewel8337]

honestly mirrorball was a big skip for me at the beginning. but a friend of mine said i look like the mirroball girl! like i'm the mirrorball girl that Taylor's singin about. and oh my god the moment i listened to that song i cried sooo much!! instant fav out of all taylor's songs

[@shivkumararora6099]

Hey I am your big fan from India and a big swiftie as well. I love your videos. I first felt very confused about the folklore love triangle but you explained it in such a nice way that I started to watch all your videos from then. Can you please make a video dedicated to all the male swifties. To tell people that it is okay to be a boy and a swiftie.

[@losserrano10]

Mirrorball is one of my favorites from folklore. I always feel like she's talking to the fans in the part where she says "I'll show you every version of yourself tonight" - like when you go to her shows you can be anyone you want & you don't have to fit in. Also the last part where it says "I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me"- she will always find new ways to entretain us. I don't know it this makes sense, it's just my opinion 😅 As always, great video Nena ❤

[@AngieFlippi]

loooove your lyric breakdown videos!

[@reneewhittaker3846]

The Evermore equivalent for me was Ivy. I listen to it a couple of times but it became a skip track. Recently I was listening to it and suddenly the story, imagery and metaphor just clicked in head. So clearly that I now have a full music video play out whenever I listen to it. Such an incredible piece of poetry and really mature content.
A thought about Mirror ball could her relationship with fans. As in the “you” in parts of it could quit literally be the listen. I’m expecting ever version of myself to be reflected in Midnights.

[@sophiekelly3918]

I absolutely love the lyric breakdown videos!!❤️❤️❤️

[@kamarber4311]

Love the idea of this video and I'm looking forward to another one ! Thank you so much 🍁🔥

[@ioncewaspoisonivy13]

this is my favorite song. it depicts my experience as an autistic person and i feel like it describes masking.

[@hocejorn]

mirrorball is my favorite song from her entire discography. i dunno ever since she released this song, it just gripped me and never let go haha. it's like the synthesis of all her ballad songs.

[@awakenyourlifeyoga7929]

Late to the party watching this but mirrorball is in my top three from folklore. Love love love this Nena!

[@hultson]

YEEEES more of professor Nena, I love these and you've really gotten me into lyric breakdowns, metaphors and writing in general

[@falonrogers4072]

why do i just know that this will be my new favorite nena video 🤍✨

[@NenaShelby]

🥹🪩

[@Leigh308]

I would absolutely love if you made like a Spotify podcast of this. I love you and this series. You give me a new perspective on t.s. songs❤❤❤❤

[@avocado2176]

I think mirrorball and this is me trying go hand in hand bc they both have that same dreamy production and they're also tryna tell people that they're trying to please them (in this is me trying, although it's about how you're still trying to enjoy life even in suicidal thoughts, I still think it works well with mirrorball)

[@elenapagano6253]

you should do a lyric breakdown of dear john

[@ellie_roseeeeee]

PLEASE DO ONE FOR BACK TO DECEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Oldpoetn]

I love you girlll

[@beautifulvixen1534]

I think that the line where she is dancing on her tallest tiptop n all is about her being a part of the circus that is shut down later on. She is spinning n all like she was a member of a circus trying to entertain and gain approval of others.

[@x0x0oFer]

Nena!! I'm from Mexico and I love your videos about lyric breakdown and stuff. I'd love you to do a lyric breakdown of My Tears Ricochet :')

[@broi1092]

AAAAA COULDNT SEE IT EARLIER BUT OMGGGGG thank u nena 😭

[@addisongreen201]

Please do “illicit affair” next

[@telekon809]

Thank you Nena , that was very good and thank you, cheers 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@fifteendozenalleyroses]

I’ve never lived this song but omg how do some people think this masterpiece is a skip

[@Betty24713]

Nena i really miss those days when u used to post Taylor Swift tutorials 🥺🥺🥺

[@johnoakley3592]

I am in love with your clipboard!! Where is ir from? Also I sit there and analyse Taylors lyrics too. Normally to the other half but he doesn't understand 😆 🤣

[@maikoshigematsu]

I love these lyric breakdowns!!!

[@cndbear97]

Mirrorball is definitely a fav of mine

[@ashleymarie4756]

I absolutely love these!

[@thesan3470]

This explanation is beautiful Nena❤

[@hanspper]

I hope there will be lyrics breakdowns for all the songs in midnights 😅

[@hiraeth6436]

mirrorball and this is me trying made me a swiftie

[@AbigailBae-yp2pm]

❤

[@dianadobre9585]

“I wanted you to know ….. I am a mirrorball. Hush, when no one is around, my dear
You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes
Spinnin' in my highest heels, love
Shinin' just for you” Later: And I wouldn’t mary me either, a pathological people pleaser…. who only wanted you to see her. 😢

[@elmavillarin]

Pls do more lyric breakdowns

[@16Sarahxox]

You should analyse red (the song) I would love a breakdown of those lyrics ❤

[@saraluvsyuo]

a similie is a metaphor! :)

[@salvadorsara9755]

Idol Taylor is so rare Singer and She's my idol❤️❤️❤️

[@priyamvadadasgupta8415]

i needed this so much

[@CuriusGorg]

the fact she says not only "looking at me" but "*laughing* at me" means she's so desperate for attention that it doesn't matter if people are watching, or making fun, she's just hopeless for attention

[@zionsnyder4544]

Please do a lyric breakdown of Coney island.

[@simplymatt13]

OMFG MY FAVV SONG OAT.

[@ichokedonadoritoonce7670]

I love you and I love this song even more now ❤️

[@cl4ire_]

i love these videos

[@elliecrabbe]

Please do no body no crime

[@veronicavaldez3259]

nena, i just consider you my best friend

[@NenaShelby]

we are besties!💗💗

[@veronicavaldez3259]

👭💖

[@drifty_swift925]

Can you please do a lyric breakdown for coney Island too 🥺❤️

[@societycrumbles]

Can you do Seven? We don't talk about that song enough.

[@uglypotato1589]

love this video

[@mooshuthefatcat3217]

Mirrorball is my favorite ❤

[@busrahlz.]

Hiii Nena can you pls do a guitar tutorial of miss Americana and the heartbreak prince i learn all of the ts songs from you and I think this song would be so cool to play on guitar

[@emilybannon1943]

This song has confirmed that I’m a mirrorball as well.

[@Poetsdepartment15]

Me : Midnights Easter egg...
Taylor: I gave so many signs ~

[@broi1092]

3:50 masking be like

[@alltooswift]

Mirrorball is most definitely the ex-gifted kid anthem 😭

[@CarolineMAdams]

Love these type of videos from you! Keep it up! You are so good at picking apart the lyrics and describing mean

[@kassieramsdell622]

Here for the ✨mirrorball experience✨

[@mridularavindran2090]

8:40 I WOUDNT MARRY ME EITHER A PATHOLOGICAL PEOPLE PLEASER

[@jeneedellorusso9289]

Could you make a video explaining the tour system for rep and lover fest im a new swifie and very confused

[@MelikaBenis]

First yay🎉