This Love" is the only song on the album Taylor wrote by herself and was also the only produced by longtime collaborator Nathan Chapman. It's not as forgettable as "Last Kiss" but it still doesn't stand out. The plus side? It's authentic. It tests Taylor's range. And she sounds great on a slow-paced ballad like this. It's romantic in that moving way. 8/10 IFPI Digital Music Report 2015" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2016. was made available on subscription-free streaming platforms on June 8, 2017, and had been available on subscription-based platforms since its release.

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