“Don’t Bother Calling Me Over”: Taylor Jensen’s Breakup Anthem Goes OVER the Top (In the Best Way)
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 - Jun 21
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If you see Taylor Jensen at the bar on a Saturday night, leave her be. She’s over it.
And if you’ve hit play on her brand new single “OVER,” you already know exactly what we’re talking about.
This isn't your typical heartbreak ballad. “OVER” is a slow burn of a song, flickering between country and alternative with lyrics that pack both poetry and punch. It's part sass, part sorrow, and fully fed-up—in the most beautiful way. Think of it as a high-gloss, steel-stringed kiss-off with a side of whiskey and a whole lot of truth.
Raised on the windswept shores of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Taylor Jensen has always had a way with words—and wounds. Her songwriting style is as real and raw as late-night confessions scribbled in the margins of a journal. You feel it. And in “OVER,” she captures that moment when you’re not just done—you’re done done.
The wordplay alone deserves a round of applause. “Over the top, over your lies, wanting her to come over, an overachiever, pushing me over the limit…” It’s not just clever—it’s cathartic. Each “over” slices through the track like a sharp turn on a backroad, swerving between anger, hurt, and clarity. And when she lands on the line, “So if you see me at the bar on a Saturday night, don’t bother calling me over,” it hits like a mic drop wrapped in rhinestones.
Musically, the song straddles genres like someone standing in the doorway—part country storytelling, part alt edge, with that soft shimmer reminiscent of Kacey Musgraves, and the gritty confidence of Miranda Lambert. It’s both barn floor and bright lights. Steel guitar meets soaring vocals. And the production never crowds the lyrics; it simply lifts them higher, like smoke rising from a bonfire.
But here’s the real magic: it feels lived-in. Because it is. Taylor doesn't write hypotheticals—she writes history. Her songs are stitched together from nights that didn’t end well, promises that didn’t hold, and the kind of heartbreak that lingers longer than it should. Yet she always manages to find the beauty in the wreckage.
“OVER” is a song for anyone who's given too many chances. For the ones who bent until they broke. For the girls who finally deleted the number and blocked the texts. It’s a goodbye, sure—but it’s also a reclaiming. It’s standing tall in your boots, brushing the dust off, and not looking back.
So yeah, Taylor Jensen may be over it—but lucky for us, she’s just getting started.




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