Looking back, even after years have passed, the relationship and the painful loss and the hurt that followed are remembered all too well.

The song “Anti-Hero” from Taylor Swift’s album Midnights is inspired by her own fears and issues with self-esteem, as she allows herself an introspective look into her darkest thoughts. Taylor has said that the track is “one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written.”

Taylor Swift teams up with rapper Ice Spice in this song on karma, the idea that every action has consequences and being good to people will make your life better.

On the first song from her album The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor bares her soul about a betrayal and relationship breakup. The song and video feature American rapper, singer-songwriter and producer Post Malone.

The haunting folk ballad “Carolina” was written by Taylor Swift for the movie adaptation of the book Where the Crawdads Sing. The story is about Kia, who was abandoned as a girl and grew up on a marsh in the state of North Carolina. As a young woman, she becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a man who once romantically pursued her.

“You Broke Me First” comes from Canadian singer Tate McRae’s second album Too Young to Be Sad. The song found popularity online during the Covid lockdowns, quickly becoming an international hit with well over a billion streams across all platforms!

Canadian singer Tate McRae finds her self-confidence in this song from her second album, Think Later. Tate based the song on an encounter with a guy at a bar, who said that he found her “mysterious.”

Canadian singer Tate McRae is feeling the pressure as a rival is stealing the attention of her man. There’s nothing Tate can do, as this seemingly perfect girl is everything Tate could ever dream of being.

Canadian singer-songwriter Tate McRae works her magic on “I know love,” a track featuring the Australian rapper and singer The Kid Laroi. Fun fact: the pair are a couple in real life!

We can use nouns, verbs, or adjectives to describe someone's personality. Sigrid shows us how to describe someone with a strong personality.

Barbara is a retired French teacher who happens to be Sigrid's sister. The two have a conversation about language in general and about how Barbara became interested in the career path she followed.

Barbara talks about her studies and other experiences that led to her career as a French teacher. Immersion played a crucial role for both sisters in learning new languages.

Barbara talks about the different jobs she had teaching both French and English. Later, she also had a job supervising teachers of foreign languages, though she notes that these are now referred to as "world languages."

Barbara talks about a mistake she made as a language supervisor. Sigrid talks about how people in the U.S. speak English even when they have a very strong accent and it's OK. They both agree that learning with a native speaker of the language is the best way to learn.

Both Sigrid and Barbara like grammar and they talk about some of their pet peeves. The also agree that grammar isn't the most important thing. Using the language to communicate is more important.