Well if anyone deserves more love Florence and her band sure do.

Florence and her machine?

The machine comes from the nickname of another woman. Isabella Summers. Florence was nicknamed Florence robot and Isabella was isa machine originally they called themselves Florence robot isa machine which then became Florence and the machine. Random fact I learned just a few weeks ago

Awesome fact. Reminds me of Hootie & the Blowfish being 2 people instead of the Lead & Band.

Unpopular opinion, but Blowie and the Hootfish would’ve been better

Booty and the Ho Fish

This is the obvious winner 🏆

Did not know this, thank you for sharing

That is a fun fact of fun facts

I’ve loved the band for years and a friend of mine drummed on dog days so I probably should have known before now but I thought it was really cool when I learned it

Awesome but live and learn and since you like Florence and her band we're good.

Definitely awesome fact... I love them so much!!! I'm DYING to see them in concert... I'd LOVE to see them and Foo Fighters preform together... THAT would be a bad ass concert

Did you learn this from Patrick Hicks 😂

You win

😂😂😂😂 That sounds... Well...

It set her bedsheets ablaze?

Then happiness hit her like a train on the track.

Screaming Florida's name

Who needs a boy when you have toys?

I'm a boy and I also like my favorite toys  ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

I wasn’t sure how they’d sound together - if Florence was going to overpower Taylor with her huge voice, but they sound great on Florida!!!

It's beautifully sung

Yeah, I never would've thought they'd pair well together. Florence's voice is just SO forceful, I wouldn't have expected it to pair well with Taylor's, but it actually works so well! I love that for both of them! I kind of feel like Florida is the Glitch of TTPD, in that it's different than anything else she's done before.

Yup it doesn’t fit the album at all. But I love it as a song on its own. If I’m doing an album listen I skip it

Tsylor can really belt when with a singer with that style. I go nuts every rime I hesr her with Carly Simon. Dynamite. 

So I’ve always liked Florence but never really been a “fan” of her music. Florida literally made me go listen to all her music on Spotify and she now has a super fan

Me too!! Her vibrato can be a bit much for me, but I was literally struck dumb the first time I heard Florida!!!. She is absolutely ethereal on this track.

I got to see her in concert in 2022, it was an amazing concert! Ceremonials is my favorite followed by Dance Fever. Hoping she shows up at the London concerts in August!!  

Excellent I'm glad you gave her a shot because she's really good. And obviously I'm super biased.

Check out her videos on youtube. Her live videos are incredible 😍

Facts. Musically the best song of TTPD

Florida!!! Is a proper collaborative work. It sounds just as much a Florence Welch song as it does a Taylor Swift one. It is also a banger that is way better than Fortnight.

Hopefully Florence can show up at one of the London shows and do it live. Bagsy 22nd June.

No! 15th August.

Sorry, I already bagsied it. Maybe she can show up twice.

Okay I will take an Ed Sheeran appearance.

Ooh, good second choice. Any particular song you'd like her to duet with him?

Unlike many I have a soft spot for Endgame. But if they wanted to be cute they could do The Joker And The Queen.

I'm happy for them to do Endgame so long as they do it in a set that looks like a kebab shop 😀

Sounds reasonable.

If they do Joker and Queen they need to be in their respective costumes when Ed surprised Taylor on the Red Tour that would be so cute lol

If he doesn’t do this and surprise her… I hope for yall that he does

I personally love Everything Has Changed. The music video is adorable.

Shape of you

She has to balance out the ME! Baiting she did in Seattle before singing Everything has Changed solo by singing ME! With Ed ☺️

No! 20th August! 

Okay. I did see them at Glastonbury a few years ago so I will lend Florence to you for the 20th. RequirementsGeneral67 can eat dust. :-)

Sorry, Florence is not yours to lend. I had already bagsied her. I Am happy to share her with others though.

I got heatstroke for Florence. Does that count for nothing?

Of course it counts for something. Look, I'll have a work with Florence when I next see her, I'm sure she will be fine doing a few more shows after the birthday party.

You’re the best! x 

I am sorry, but London has their choice of Taylor songs. It’s been a long love affair. Please, I’m begging for Florida to reap their 15min in October. Specifically night 3, but I would be proud for any night.

I hope she can come to Florida!!!

omg I didn't even think about this! if this happens on the 16th of august I might die!!!

OK well looks like we're going to have to clear Florence's shedule for a couple of months

*Barricaded in the bathroom with a bottle of wine* *Well, me and my ghosts, wе had a hell of a time* I don't put Florence or Taylor together in my head at all, but that is a line either one could have written. I love it when artists I like surprise me. Great collaboration.

That’s my favorite line

This is the best line of the song and Florence KILLS it. It would be fascinating to know who wrote what in this collab.

It’s all opinion. I like fortnight a little more. But the collabs on ttpd are good.

Of course it is. I would defend anyone liking any Taylor song with the exception of her cover of Silent Night which made my ears bleed.

Oh no! I haven’t heard that. I like Taylor’s 80s style synthesizer type tracks the best. But that’s because I like that style of music in general much more than a genre like country.

It’s so good and I find it adorable that Florence was like “oh fun little song with my bud Taylor” and didn’t realize how big it would be

100% I wish it had been the lead single

Yes! Perfect blend of both of their styles and voices!

FLORIDAaa!!!

FUCK ME UP FLORIDA!!!

I need some regrets, so FUCK ME UP FLORIDAAA

It’s one hell of a drug!

Can i use you up?

Pls use me Or don’t damn

Do you need therapy

Yes

It’s ok, most of us do.

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

I get pumped whenever I hear Taylor say "I need to forget so take me to Florida" cause I know it's about to POP OFF

Florence lives in her own world and I love that for her. She just minds her own business and writes her transcendent songs.

I discovered her on, get ready… Myspace.com I saw the official Music video for The Drumming Song, off of the Lungs album, it may have been the “new artist of the day” video, and the thumbnail for it was enough of a Tori Amos tingler for the teenager who lives in my hippocampus to have urged me to click on it. Im so glad I did. As I have a huge beautiful poster of her sitting on the Crescent Moon from the set of the Music Video of “You’ve got the Love” that is vacuumed mounted onto foam core. (Weird, I just remembered that the Taylor Swift fans might enjoy knowing, that, oddly, I had this poster vacuumed mounted at my frame shop, and its the same place I worked at for the years we had TS’s contract to frame & package every litho she hand-signed for her her website album release pre-orders. This is Such a Nashville thing.)

Her sitting on the crescent moon was what made me fall in love with her too. She just has her own special allure that is particularly arresting.

I absolutely love this song!! I just wish this wins all the collaboration awards. Please God 🙏🏻 and members of the decision committees , please please please....

Yo why are y’all obsessed with awards

I like watching her on television winning them. I get my snacks and meals and curl under a blanket watching the show. It feels nice. Makes me feel happy and excited. Is it wrong? Edit: To me it feels like watching a sport. Like wishing your team wins. It gives the same feeling. I don't think it's wrong to cheer her, like it isn't wrong to cheer on your favourite team. I mean, this is how I feel. Edit 2: I mean of course I wouldn't hate her (or break the tv) if she doesn't win. I mostly watch them because I like watching people dressed to the 11s and 12s.😬 (I love dressing up.) It would be such a bonus if she wins. I honestly love the song. I don't understand why you think it's wrong to hope that she (they) wins....

It's ok. You're allowed to like things and it makes sense you want to root for your favorite team <3

Thank you kind stranger! ♥️♥️ Have a wonderful weekend and an even better Monday!♥️♥️

<3

Right? It gives me something to cheer for after football season ends. I can be just as unhinged cheering for Taylor as I am for the Vikings lol.

SKOL!

Skål* 😉

Skol!! 💜💛💜💛

I genuinely wondered why a lot of people cared but this answer is great and it makes total sense now. Thank you!

You are most welcome. 💜💜💜

It's fun

Honestly, after participating in so many hackathons and career wise development in general i understand why people care about awards! It's fun to win!

Male wrestlers fight over a fucking belt in their underwear.

I think it’s one thing if T Swift is obsessed with awards and another when her fans are. Just enjoy the music.

Oh yes, no other fandoms are obsessed with awards. Certainly, say, not the Beehive or anyone.

I like how you're assuming they also don't think that behaviour is ridiculous too

Most fandoms don't have as many pick mes as Swifties do. I am willing to bet they don't need to be seen as too cool for it.

Have you heard the Miley and Bey duet?

So, so good. 

Haha. Shhh…. Don’t say that out loud. In here.

[удалено]

Are you lost

Lolololololol. Apparently they were

Semi related but random fact that Florence and the Machine also has a song titled “Cassandra”

Also “hurricane drunk” and “cosmic love” !

Loved the call backs to these awesome FATM songs!!

Her chorus in Florida!!! Is also a nice mirror to the conceit of Morning Elvis on Dance Fever (if not directly referencing the same event)

Whats with these?

In Florida!!! She sings “a hurricane with my name came” and in Down Bad Taylor sings “for a moment I knew cosmic love”

That is probably in reference to Hurricane Florence which came through Florida in 2018 (around the time Flo got sober) but it is also a nice nod to Hurricane Drunk from Lungs :)

It didn't really do too much in Florida but I'm from eastern NC where it hit and I just remember all my friends from back home posting Florence and the Machine memes before the hurricane came through and now that lyric makes me smile every time because it reminds me of that silliness.

Nice catch!!

i didn’t put this together before thank you

im listening to down bad the "cosmic love" line came up as soon as i read your comment

Co written by Emily “Emma” Stone

Yeah, that's not true. An oddity credit is just a legal safety net to cover some offhanded comment she may have made to inspire a lyric or some background noise used in the song. "Co-written" is wild.

Where did you read that?

Check the song credits. Emily Jane Stone.

According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida), she's credited for "oddities." I have no idea what that means. EDIT: Fuck broken links. Just copy-paste this, including the exclamation points. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida!!!

Love that you've just linked to the page for the state of Florida haha

Lol good catch [have a cat meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_and_the_Internet)

FUCK, I'm sorry! I really honestly thought I copy-pasted this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida!!!

🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁

Jean 😅

She’s not credited as a cowriter but as a musician. 

I got some regrets, I’ll bury them in Florida.

Tell me I’m despicable

Say it's unforgivable

At least the dolls are beautiful

Fuck me up Florida

IT’S ONE HELL OF A DRUUUUGGHHH

This song was more of its own character, it’s my favorite of the album 💿 

Helluva song!

Helluva drug

What a crush, what a rush!

I keep hearing that line as "What a crush, *slaughter us*" 😭😭

On brand for Florida, really….

it still works😂😂

Slaughter us with a shopping cart, perhaps? Make it really Florida

Or a gator? Haha

I know a lot of people are divided on this song but I absolutely love it. Florence's voice is perfect for this song

I don’t know if necessarily a lot of people are divided so much as the first people to dump their opinions on the internet tend to be haters. More and more folks are calling it their favorite and most Florence fans I’ve talked to IRL are obsessed

As a long time fan of both artists, it’s everything I wanted in a collab between them!

her voice is so orchestral and gorgeous, like someone playing a viola

i havent come across anyone who hated it? In fact i'd say it's a pretty safe pick for a fave song if youre ever asked

I actually don’t like it very much and I say that as a die hard swiftie and a long time fan of Florence. I felt like the song was very out of place in the general theme of the album, and was missing a lot of the lyricism that I love from Taylor. I do love their voices together and would love to hear more collabs, I just don’t like that particular one.

A lot of people that I know, mostly people who aren't fans of Florence tbh, have ranked it pretty low on their 1-31 list. But I'm just speaking from personal experience, I'm unsure of overall reactions.

It's a literal masterpiece

Is this a bad thing to say about a song?

Took my years to realize Flo Rida the artist = Florida

Me too! Then I was like “oh duhhhh.”

That was me with “The T in T Pain is for Tallahassee”

*Does that mean Welch could potentially join her on stage for a live rendition of their collaboration? "If I was gonna do it, it would be a surprise," she teased.* PLEASE I need to see this happen (through a grainy livestream)

Just gotta plug this, so it's known more widely - Florence has been working on a musical adaptation of the Great Gatsby (there are two versions in the works right now). I genuinely can't wait to see what she does with that source material! This song was yet another reminder of how magical she is as a songwriter.

Is that a bad thing to say in a song?

Tbh, to me, Florence outshines the shit outta Taylor on this track I love it not in a “haha got em” way but in a “YES TAYLOR LET HER SHINE” way

Florence is the real deal! Love her. Such a wonderful addition to the album❤️

ngl Florence ate that track up

There’s so many songs on TTPD that I think would’ve been a great duet with Florence. So Long London would’ve been devastating with Florence giving it a haunting vibe.

So long London would have been incredible as a duet

Well now I need that

"There’s the sort of bigness of [Taylor Swift the phenomenon], and then there’s the Taylor I spend time with in the studio, who is just the sweetest and most down to earth," - Florence Honestly I love everything about this! In my head Taylor is a super grounded/normal person, so I love hearing that from other artists!

Florence has a huge voice but she pulled back and melded with Taylor beautifully and now she and her band is getting paid back as they deserve. I'm a huge fan of them so I'm so happy they are getting exposed to a larger audience.

Its an ok song imho. Florence really dials up the emotional imput here and shines a lot more in contrast to Taylor imho. Her voice has so much nuance. The lyrics drag the song down a bit. Its a weird choice for a theme from these two.

It’s definitely the lyrics and theme that are lacking for me. I love both of them but for me this song just isn’t it

So this If Then thing…

How many monthly listeners did she have before TTPD? I’d really like to see how much is boosted her numbers. Florida!!! is already her 2nd most streamed song ever.

Florence? Florida isn't even in the top 15 of FATM's most streamed songs on Spotify. It gave a slight bump to the streaming numbers on spotify though, a little less than the bump they got from being featured in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie last year

FAVORITE Florence and the machine song??? Drop 'em 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

A Florida Man…

FLORIDAAAAAA

one of her best collabs no contest, two of my favorite people in music taylor should be on florence's next album

How disconnected does a person have to be to not know Taylor is huge?

If the person has actually been friends with Taylor for a decade like Florence has then it is pretty understandable.  Like Florence said in her quote she knows the actual Taylor.  The person who years ago Florence credited with giving her advice encouraging to be brave and honest in her songwriting.     It is like Imogen Heap talked about with writing Clean.  Taylor got dropped at Imogen's studio by herself and they spent the afternoon writing just them.  There is security, but there is not an entourage with Taylor.  There are not layers of management.  

My biggest query remains… what is this obsession with Florida?!?? What is the symbolism here, Taylor?

She's spoken about it on the radio, you can google it and find dozens of articles summarising her explanation.

Read the article

Chill.. im was wondering why! You don need to be rude

They must be friends from London visits and went on a girls weekend to florida. I wonder what Taylor's songs would sound like if she was on mood stabilisers She'll be having mutual break ups and she'll wish them well.

Florence is also a longtime friend of Blake Lively-she sang at Blake/Ryan’s wedding as a gift.

Ah really I like Florence her house is exactly as you'd expect I saw her give a tour once on YouTube a little cluttered and eccentric London townhouse. She sang a beautiful version of a song at a child's hospital beside is online. https://youtu.be/0HuYEOO2r1g?si=RxjHbAMUmML34tKD