@@UnicornofWar That’s not to say the synth pop soundscape is bad at all. But let’s be honest, the album cover, colour scheme and title had me thinking this album would be heavily focused on more piano and orchestral sounds; which would be really beautiful. I love Taylor, I’m a Swiftie and I did appreciate some of the songs like Fortnight, Florida, So Long London and ESPECIALLY Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me, What can I say? Feminine rage songs are my butter and jam (considering I dedicated an entire Spotify playlist to my villainess OC). Even Midnights had a bit more pizazz despite me being mixed about it at first, and here I am now bopping to it.
@@elusivo3347 I am the number one Midnights hater, but after this album, I wanna take back everything I said. Enough of the synth-pop Taylor, it's literally why I only ever listen to your acoustic version of Delicate. The only song that fit the vibe of the album was The Albatross and honestly, with each listen, the number of songs I actually like only gets smaller.
As soon as she announced it I immediately said that sonically, it won‘t be able to live up to the pretentious title and concept. Especially since it seemed to have been produced in the same era as Midnights.
She should just title her next album Limerence- Limerence is a state of involuntary obsession with another person that can be cognitive, physical, and emotional. It's different from love or lust because it's based on uncertainty about whether the other person desires you back. Limerence is almost always one-sided, and focuses on whether the other person reciprocates your feelings, rather than falling in love with them. Bc that’s her life.
i also think that it should have separate album and not directly connected to ttpd (like on spotify the anthology is under the songs of the first album). it made many people think she released 31 songs off the same album. Even though this was a *double album* release.
Cowboy Carter's tracks really altered something in my brain. I loved how the tracks just smoothly transition towards the next one with and without the interludes. I kinda wish that Taylor did something like that because I feel like the standard tracks are all over the place (sonically) and the anthology being cohesive-thank you, Aaron. While listening to the whole album, I concluded that TTPD is that feeling that I feel when a big celebration ended and I'm like left with a gaping hole in my heart because I'm going to be all alone again, idk. I low-key expected that TTPD's sound would lean more to raw and powerful vocals-even a choir, some orchestra, and piano. Something that puts you to sleep-in a good way. The synths-for me-just doesn't fit the vibe/aesthetic of the album. Some of my expectations were somewhat met-thanks to the Anthology. I do agree that she should've released the anthology a month after the release of the standard one. But hey, she's Taylor Swift...she can do what she wants. Anything that makes her satisfied and happy with her work. Great video, btw!
Same. As a Swiftie, I was looking forward to this album. By the end, I didn’t really like it as much as I wanted. But I certainly didn’t hate it as I bopped to songs such as Florida, So Long London, Fortnight and Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me
The variants thing doesn’t annoy me when other artist do it, with taylor though it’s very much encouraged and incentivized to purchase all four variants or at least more than one variant m… and she did this with the midnights clock and did this with the bonus songs on each variant just to release them all on streaming at 2:00 am
In regards to her fans driving her crazy, if I ever spoke to Taylor in person, “Girl, grown woman, you have literally encouraged this from them since the beginning of your career. You send gifts to selected fans, you invited some to your house to listen to music and bake cookies…that’s encouraging them”
I'd love to give her some peace of mind but really, a lot of the things that overwhelm her are antirely her own fault because she has never doubted herself. And I don't blame her, she was the wronged one a lot of the times, but she _really_ needs to realize that if you write four to five albums about not knowing where does your self worth comes from, you really should pick up the hint that it is your career and your audience. She has that gigantic mansion, she should take a break. The Eras Tour must have been exhausting. But instead she demands her just roses, because she still feels like her efforts deserve more recognition because people still look down on her, but, I mean... Taylor, you made it your goal. You wanted to be the most powerful woman in capitalism and now you've reached the glass ceilling for billionare women. And still you act surprised because you're still looked down on. Honey, what did you expect?
@@SirEriol also just accepting that not everyone will care for her music or her personally (I have a laundry list of reasons that can be somewhat easily summarized as “entitled acting white lady who can’t shut up about her poor rich girl to richer woman life”)
That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t drive her crazy by now. She did that because she cares about her fans to some extent I’m sure but also having a dedicated fan base is crucial to success in the industry. It’s poison either way
Honestly, I think that's why she stopped doing that now, even though covid hasn't been much of a threat. She isn't even on fumblr anymore. The problem is that she can't rein that back in. She spent too many years feeding into the parasocial relationship
I’m not officially a swiftie but I am officially a branchie. Anyone else miss Michelle Branch? She was one of Taylor’s biggest influences but then her label ruined her career and she’s been living on the other side of fame since with a shelved album. Which I’ve listened to; it’s incredible!
i still don’t know how i feel about this album. for now, i just feel like it’s not a proper era from taylor. i feel like we’re still in the midnights era and the eras tour is still ongoing. also, i’m not sure how to differentiate this from her other works. like the other eras felt intentional, but like you said this was messy.
With how Taylor's current albums have been going, I personally think that she just needs to go on a long haitus. Get some time away from it all and just recollect herself. A low-key vacation is what she needs. I loved her previous albums as a casual listener, but this album just sort of hits the wrong way. I agree with you on that; Taylor Swift needs a vacation and a break. Maybe take a page out of Valtor's book and destroy a planet or two. Who knows? :)
The thing is, I don’t think taylor has the same perspective on her creative process as that though. It reminds me of something the streamer Valkyrae once said, basically I’m always going to play games and if I’m playing I might as well stream it. Taylor is always going to write song because that’s how she deals with life. The question is whether or not she releases them. I don’t think she’s at a point where she’s willing to actively hold back for the sake of “taking a break from the spotlight”. Maybe she will eventually, but it doesn’t seem like it rn.
@@malikabrown2357Her ego is slow to change gears on that. Once you get a train rolling, it takes time to get the tons of steel to get to speed on rail, takes just as long to halt that train. And a train, unlike a car or ship. Cannot change directions. It can only keep going, or stop.
This is how I felt with positions by Ariana grande 💀, she was putting albums out super close together ever since sweetener-positions and also dropping droplet singles like boyfriend and stuck with you and being fetured on other artist album like doja cat and her sound felt like it was burning out at positions as well as the droplet singles… even though the album did have potential. And it seems like it’s the same with tyalor with this album
Girl you took the words right out of my brain lol I couldn't agree more. Loved it on first listen and I played it on repeat for a solid 2 days, then I just stopped and cared less about it as time passes. Usually her music is something that doesn't click right away for me but instead grows on me, this album did the complete opposite of that and I've never felt more confused 😅😂
I appreciate her rawness, and production-wise, it's up there for me ("Reputation" hit the spot as a pop fan), but I'm not a full-in Swiftie, so my opinion differs from others.
I’m questioning why she’s so defensive about her relationship with mat healy as she is in this album. Like, she can’t play dumb about everything that’s been discussed about him (including himself owning the masters of another female artist so another point in the “Taylor is a Taylorist” column) and why would you admit that such a schlub dumped you?
i'm so sorry but when i saw the word greige on the video thumbnail my brain went "what does gruvia's future child have to do with this",,,, anyways, i always love hearing your thoughts on taylor's work and i def agree that i like the sardonic energy of the album a lot.
Also, there's this thing that madness is a very hard thing to write. Madness demands a transformation, it's about one losing their mind because they can't deal with what reality is presenting to them. She's picking up where she left the story in Midnights, but that means TTPD is not an independent album, you actually need to listen closely to Midnights, especially the song From the Vault, in order to understand what's going on. She started all wrong, she's already talking about unaliving people in the opening track. The Black Dog and I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) should've been in the beginning, and Fortnight should've been somewhere in the middle. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? definitely should've been one of the last, with her screaming and shouting out of control. Edit: ICDIWABH should've been the very last song. Edit2: TTPD should've been divided as "The Descent" and "The Reemergence". The main album should've been about her becoming a Mad Woman, and the bonus album should've been an epilogue about her recovery. That's it, no more edits 😅
For me it's the opposite. The more i listen to this album, the more I'm loving everything about it. However, i really think she should've released the anthology a fortnight later. My brain turned into mush during the first few listens.
I have to admit, I’m kinda over Taylor. I want to love her for her music, but her personal life and how entwined it is with her music (like how she’s basically done nothing to stop her crazy stans from harassing Joe, his female co stars, among others), and the fact that’s she’s doing nothing to beat the Capitalist Queen allegations. I’m pretty much a non-fan now.
It's been... interesting being Taylor's fan. I really like "found" her somewhere between Reputation and Lover. I found songs I liked in each previous album, but Lover hit the jackpot for me. It was just chef's kiss for me. After that came Folklore which was even more up my alley, which surprised me. I didn't like Evermore quite as much but I still liked it. You know, the folk... But then came Midnights and I had to actively listen to it UNTIL I found stuff to love. And I thought, okay, this album wasn't for me. But the same thing's happening with this album and I'm somehow kinda afraid that those 3 albums I absolutely loved were not "real Taylor" but a phase that will never come back and... I guess that would be okay. She can do whatever she wants and all. It's just that she's the only artist I have been this obsessed about and losing that would be sad.
The more I sit with both Tortured Poets and The Anthology the more it makes me think that The Anthology was actually done first in chronological order. That part is the real break up album with Folklore - Evermore type of sound that everyone expected. But then, Matty Healy happened. And she made Torture Poets and so much happened that just having The Anthology wasn't enough for her, because she wasn't just sad and defeated anymore, she was PISSED. So the sadness - and as consequence The Anthology - had to take a "step back", but it still had to be there somewhere.
This makes sense. I was already asking myself when Matty could have started, since she said she‘d been writing since 2022 but they only broke up in 2023 and a lot of the songs sound post-Matty
I really hope she'll take a break and comes back with something campy or silly, or happy. To be honest So High School leaved me with good hopes Also I'd like to disconnect from her life. My problem with TTPD is mostly that i know way too much about these people
I think the songs are all very cinematic and each song is a snapshot of a feeling. It's funny your saying the songs all sound different and everyone else is saying it all sounds the same
Personally I combined songs from both to make a more paired down album and that definitely beats out midnights.... Might even be top 5 without the clunkers...
And also I think that Taylor Swift should take a break from guys and focus on herself and her problems because like these guys aren't actually helping her they're just giving her more problems
What make my kinda angry was she saying in BDILH that she's a grown up, she knows what she's doing, that it wasn't anything serious, but later in the album she goes on about ring in the wedding ring finger, and that she thought that she could fix him in a teenage girl fashion, and I'm like "dear, you're not helping yourself".
i’ve often heard that once a teenage star becomes really popular they stay that age mentally. And honestly, I think taylor might be heavily be dealing with that. like she’s 33 yet she’s writing like that (which is fine but still). i don’t think anyone was meant to be as known as her. she’s now a billionaire. it’s kinda crazy to me
Not too fond of the album. I didn't enjoy her choice of lyrics and while I understand where her mental space is I wouldn't say I like her obsession with that dusty man ( I want my queens to stop dating weird or problematic men) and her white liberalism really hurts. I genuinely like her to take a long vacation like Dua stream Radical Optimism and come back with Reputation re-recording.
Taylor said TTPD is tragic, but it isn't actually. It's dramatic, it's psychotic. But tragic? Where is the tragedy? She claims she knows her ancient Greece sh*t, but she either doesn't know that tragedy for them was staring in the high and bright and ending in the low and darkness. Even Shakespeare did it like that with Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. There's nothing tragic about TTPD: the start of each song is exactly how they end, and Fortnight, the opening, is not a happy song in any way. The title track could be happy, but she name dropping Charlie Puth and calling Matty Healy a Tattoed Golden Retriever was very weird for a Taylor Swift song.
TTPD is tragic. For a tragedy you need to start in a place of power or high status, she has this absolutely. Then you start to see things go worse of the protagonist this could be in Midnights where things are getting worse but she hasn't fully realised it yet. TTPD shows just how far she's fallen and how she may not ever go back to how she was before (mentally). TTPD is only tragic when you look at the bigger picture and how she was before Midnights and how she is now.
Honestly understand why Taylor Swift hasn't made reputation yet because like we really said that midnights was meant to be the opposite of lover but honestly I'm pretty sure this is the opposite of lover because at least in Midnight you'll be able to pretend like she was still okay but here the walls are crumbling down the castle is destroyed the queen is angry and Taylor can't even pretend that she's happy or fine anymore cuz now the whole world hates her again but she doesn't have somebody who loves her for her and doesn't care about the media thinks about her so now she's basically like what is the point of living why do I even try I try so hard everyone gets mad at me for the simple list of shortcomings and failures and bad choices how do you think Taylor Swift needs to take a rest and take a long break from writing songs because is this album has told us anything it's told us that she is just kind of going through the wringer and she doesn't know how to get through this or how to find positive side to this because there is none
@kora.costa. in 2016, not everyone hated Taylor either, but it's definitely happening again in a way. She's overexposed, so people are pushing back against her and some of the negativity is very personal. Kind of ironic that it's happening again close to the 1989 release
this is the most niche thing but sometimes big budget albums and aaa video games can be so personal. but 1989 came out before dragon age inquisition and for me it became the soundtrack for that game for me, and i just feel so strongly about tpd coming out when the next dragon age is coming this fall. i embrace the cringe ok.
wow, amazing TTPD critique! Agree with pretty much all that you said and i think you really get it. Its supposed to make us feel dragged, chaotic, unhinged cause that was probably how she was feeling while making it (art imitates life, right?). So, i thought the concept of “burn out” ; “mental break down” was achieved. Could it be more well executed? Sure it could. But can we expect perfection from someone going through a mental break down? like you said, taylor doesnt own us perfection and i think it was a lot going on (new album, two major heartbreaks, eras tour, rerecordings, concert movie - i feel tired just thinking and summing it all up, lol). Girl needs a nap asap 😂 Its a great album, although its not in my top 3 (or even 5) taylor albums
The mental gymnastics you people, you swifties will do, to reimagine taylor swift’s middling musicianship and cold heart as masterpieces, is truly breathtaking. As culty as your average scientologist.
I just want long albums that i don't have to go hunt down all the songs. Also, put deluxe editions on vinyl. I hate paying $30 for a record that winds up being HALF of an album.
She said at one point that this isn't an era she enjoyed, but endured. I think it shows, this is a meltdown in album form. It doesn't even feel like an era, it's a bunch of diaristic songs she wrote from the mental hospital. In the prologue/epilogue(?) poem she wrote, she says it was not a love affair, it was a manic phase, house and then cardiac arrest. She admits she makes poor choices and metaphorically died as a result, and I don't think a cohesive story would've done justice to how fucking horrible that feels (Personally, this album is triggering but I love it too much to not listen to it) I love the soundscape personally because I never got sick of synth-pop as someone who barely listened to Midnights (didn't vibe with it but vibed with TTPD), and I think the mellow synths and melodies works if we remove the expectations of more orchestral productions, because in a sterile office department, that 'wanting to kill yourself' and 'I love my job' sound works. My fave song is MBOBHFT, it has a 'Cruel Summer' factor, and it has a nonchalant bitterness in Taylor that I loved, it's a simple metaphor but it's such an insult to that man to be called an immature, trigger-happy child and that you're the doll who keeps trying to convince yourself that this toxic shit is working out. It didn't strike me at first, but after multiple listens it just went to the top spot as someone who likes songs that have single potential. Now that I had more time with it, it's my favorite album now over reputation. I think it's her best lyrically alongside folkmore and it's hella meaty despite its clear cut intentions as a break-up album, as someone who prefers this funny (her funniest album and it's something I would never expect from very literal Taylor but it was a welcome change of pace), ranty, and more modern type of writing. I can see however that it's very lore dependent in a way, like some of these songs just do not make sense without the context of Taylor (WAOLOM feels unnecessarily vindictive if stripped from 2016, even as someone who makes this song about my blorbo and thinks it can work as a character study for so many anti-hero characters)
Anthology by definition is a collection of poems without a set narrative. The Anthology feels like TTPD but without the tortured part for me personally, a lot of the songs go back to that folkmore sensibility and it felt fresh listening to a not synth-pop Taylor again, I will die on a hill for Peter I cannot believe this woman made a follow-up song to her love triangle story and it's just as beautiful as all three of those. My conclusion is that people are really sick of this kind of production, but kinda like Rep my thoughts are that TTPD will show excellence down the line once Taylor Mania ends. (This is actually something I always do for Taylor albums even outside folkmore, I try to imagine the narratives devoid of Taylor and see the story if it was prose rather than poetry, and the story I came up with for TTPD will forever stay in my heart and I love it for that)
I think a lot of the criticism about this album is valid but honestly, I like it that she releases music even if they aren't her best. I prefer to have some mid songs along with some great ones than to have her keep it in the vault, and for awards such as the grammys it makes sense to complain about the mess that is the anthology (I really like the story told on the standard version, so I wouldn't change it even if not all of the songs are my favorites), but as a fan, I just like having more songs. There isn't a song I don't like (There are some in her discography I don't like btw) and I like having more songs to listen to. I think one thing they all have in common, it's her honesty as a songwriter and feelings behind it that are all very relatable.
@@b19wing no she didn't, she said her friends used to play a game where they had to choose a decade to live in. She says that she uses to say the 1830's but without all the racists to highlight how she feels isolated and awkward in social situations and this explains why she has that inner world she goes to to spend most of her time
They way you feel about this album is the way I feel about Red. I hate Red. It makes no sense in my eyes. It has amazing songs but as an album I don't like it. You probably get Red and I don't. I get this album. It's definitely not an album anyone was expecting but I was pleasantly surprised personally. Although, if not for the Anthology I probably wouldn't like it as much.
Unpopular opinion. I had no interest in any of the songs except the Anthology tracks and i prefered the acoustic instrumental versions of all the songs. The actual singing melody was meh 😐. Like down bad just in piano is so beautiful in relation to the actual track
I don't hate the tortured Police Department I just think that Taylor Swift did some weird lyric choices with the songs like touch me while your brows play Grand Theft Auto Taylor are you on drugs because that is not something that she would write you one of her songs and also at least with fortnite it makes a whole lot more sense because like fortnite is the British word for 2 weeks but with that lyric it actually has no you translate into another language it doesn't sound cringe stuff
She used to have cowriters and producers who gave a shit about her lyrics, who would challenge her. Now she's surrounded by sycophants who don't know how to tell her no and it's bad for her art.
And Fortnight*(not fortnite) is about a relationship that is short lived (for 2 weeks or for a fortnight) she is talking about what happened in the span of a fortnight
Some of the songs in this album are growing on me, but I also prefer Midnight over TTPD. TTPD feels messy in a way, and I’d rather have an album with 15 songs where they’re all really enjoyable over an album with 30 songs that I don’t remember half of. Also yes TTPD feels like Midnights: The Sequel to me but not in the best way. I don’t hate it but I’m a little underwhelmed NGL.
oh my god why can't you guys make up your mind? first it all sounds the same now it's not sonically cohesive? you guys are both out of your minds. well maybe one is...some people don't even bother to listen and are just running their mouth off.
The way this album tricked me into thinking I would hear a lot of piano and orchestra judging by the cover
Gurl same 😭
@@UnicornofWar That’s not to say the synth pop soundscape is bad at all. But let’s be honest, the album cover, colour scheme and title had me thinking this album would be heavily focused on more piano and orchestral sounds; which would be really beautiful. I love Taylor, I’m a Swiftie and I did appreciate some of the songs like Fortnight, Florida, So Long London and ESPECIALLY Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me, What can I say? Feminine rage songs are my butter and jam (considering I dedicated an entire Spotify playlist to my villainess OC).
Even Midnights had a bit more pizazz despite me being mixed about it at first, and here I am now bopping to it.
@@elusivo3347 I am the number one Midnights hater, but after this album, I wanna take back everything I said. Enough of the synth-pop Taylor, it's literally why I only ever listen to your acoustic version of Delicate. The only song that fit the vibe of the album was The Albatross and honestly, with each listen, the number of songs I actually like only gets smaller.
As soon as she announced it I immediately said that sonically, it won‘t be able to live up to the pretentious title and concept. Especially since it seemed to have been produced in the same era as Midnights.
She should just title her next album Limerence-
Limerence is a state of involuntary obsession with another person that can be cognitive, physical, and emotional. It's different from love or lust because it's based on uncertainty about whether the other person desires you back. Limerence is almost always one-sided, and focuses on whether the other person reciprocates your feelings, rather than falling in love with them.
Bc that’s her life.
Right on, her entire discography is mostly that! and I relate and had to learn the hard way 😓
The anthology should’ve been released a fortnight after the album dropped
I agree but i think right now numbers and braeaking records are her priorities right now🥲
@@paulespinal2602 I'm worried that Taylor might be in the process of becoming a caricature of herself.
@@claudiabcarvalho”the Flanderization of Taylor Swift” wasn’t in my 2020s bingo card but in hindsight it should’ve been
i also think that it should have separate album and not directly connected to ttpd (like on spotify the anthology is under the songs of the first album). it made many people think she released 31 songs off the same album. Even though this was a *double album* release.
Cowboy Carter's tracks really altered something in my brain. I loved how the tracks just smoothly transition towards the next one with and without the interludes. I kinda wish that Taylor did something like that because I feel like the standard tracks are all over the place (sonically) and the anthology being cohesive-thank you, Aaron.
While listening to the whole album, I concluded that TTPD is that feeling that I feel when a big celebration ended and I'm like left with a gaping hole in my heart because I'm going to be all alone again, idk.
I low-key expected that TTPD's sound would lean more to raw and powerful vocals-even a choir, some orchestra, and piano. Something that puts you to sleep-in a good way. The synths-for me-just doesn't fit the vibe/aesthetic of the album. Some of my expectations were somewhat met-thanks to the Anthology. I do agree that she should've released the anthology a month after the release of the standard one.
But hey, she's Taylor Swift...she can do what she wants. Anything that makes her satisfied and happy with her work. Great video, btw!
I don't hate the album but I also don't love it either. I have mixed feelings about and I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks this.
Same. As a Swiftie, I was looking forward to this album. By the end, I didn’t really like it as much as I wanted. But I certainly didn’t hate it as I bopped to songs such as Florida, So Long London, Fortnight and Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me
You are not the only one who prefers Midnights to TTPD, me too. 😅
The variants thing doesn’t annoy me when other artist do it, with taylor though it’s very much encouraged and incentivized to purchase all four variants or at least more than one variant m… and she did this with the midnights clock and did this with the bonus songs on each variant just to release them all on streaming at 2:00 am
“by reality crashing through the narrative they had so carefully crafted around themselves” YOU JUST SPIT THIS OUT IN AN ALBUM REVIEW VIDEO??
Agreed. The Anthology tracks were more of my faves and what I expected as the general tone for TTPD and its era.
In regards to her fans driving her crazy, if I ever spoke to Taylor in person,
“Girl, grown woman, you have literally encouraged this from them since the beginning of your career. You send gifts to selected fans, you invited some to your house to listen to music and bake cookies…that’s encouraging them”
I'd love to give her some peace of mind but really, a lot of the things that overwhelm her are antirely her own fault because she has never doubted herself. And I don't blame her, she was the wronged one a lot of the times, but she _really_ needs to realize that if you write four to five albums about not knowing where does your self worth comes from, you really should pick up the hint that it is your career and your audience. She has that gigantic mansion, she should take a break. The Eras Tour must have been exhausting.
But instead she demands her just roses, because she still feels like her efforts deserve more recognition because people still look down on her, but, I mean...
Taylor, you made it your goal. You wanted to be the most powerful woman in capitalism and now you've reached the glass ceilling for billionare women. And still you act surprised because you're still looked down on. Honey, what did you expect?
@@SirEriol also just accepting that not everyone will care for her music or her personally (I have a laundry list of reasons that can be somewhat easily summarized as “entitled acting white lady who can’t shut up about her poor rich girl to richer woman life”)
That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t drive her crazy by now. She did that because she cares about her fans to some extent I’m sure but also having a dedicated fan base is crucial to success in the industry. It’s poison either way
Exactly. Swifties are deranged
Honestly, I think that's why she stopped doing that now, even though covid hasn't been much of a threat. She isn't even on fumblr anymore. The problem is that she can't rein that back in. She spent too many years feeding into the parasocial relationship
You did it!!! Im so proud you uploaded this video! Now pray that the Swiftie mob doesnt get angry because you have a personal opinion!
I’m not officially a swiftie but I am officially a branchie. Anyone else miss Michelle Branch? She was one of Taylor’s biggest influences but then her label ruined her career and she’s been living on the other side of fame since with a shelved album. Which I’ve listened to; it’s incredible!
I was really expecting it to be a mix of the lakes and Hits Different
i still don’t know how i feel about this album. for now, i just feel like it’s not a proper era from taylor. i feel like we’re still in the midnights era and the eras tour is still ongoing.
also, i’m not sure how to differentiate this from her other works. like the other eras felt intentional, but like you said this was messy.
With how Taylor's current albums have been going, I personally think that she just needs to go on a long haitus. Get some time away from it all and just recollect herself. A low-key vacation is what she needs. I loved her previous albums as a casual listener, but this album just sort of hits the wrong way. I agree with you on that; Taylor Swift needs a vacation and a break.
Maybe take a page out of Valtor's book and destroy a planet or two. Who knows? :)
The thing is, I don’t think taylor has the same perspective on her creative process as that though. It reminds me of something the streamer Valkyrae once said, basically I’m always going to play games and if I’m playing I might as well stream it. Taylor is always going to write song because that’s how she deals with life. The question is whether or not she releases them. I don’t think she’s at a point where she’s willing to actively hold back for the sake of “taking a break from the spotlight”. Maybe she will eventually, but it doesn’t seem like it rn.
@@malikabrown2357Her ego is slow to change gears on that.
Once you get a train rolling, it takes time to get the tons of steel to get to speed on rail, takes just as long to halt that train.
And a train, unlike a car or ship. Cannot change directions.
It can only keep going, or stop.
TWO UPDATES IN A WEEK?! THOMAS YOU ARE INSANE!!
This is how I felt with positions by Ariana grande 💀, she was putting albums out super close together ever since sweetener-positions and also dropping droplet singles like boyfriend and stuck with you and being fetured on other artist album like doja cat and her sound felt like it was burning out at positions as well as the droplet singles… even though the album did have potential. And it seems like it’s the same with tyalor with this album
Girl you took the words right out of my brain lol I couldn't agree more. Loved it on first listen and I played it on repeat for a solid 2 days, then I just stopped and cared less about it as time passes.
Usually her music is something that doesn't click right away for me but instead grows on me, this album did the complete opposite of that and I've never felt more confused 😅😂
I appreciate her rawness, and production-wise, it's up there for me ("Reputation" hit the spot as a pop fan), but I'm not a full-in Swiftie, so my opinion differs from others.
Well that was quick after the last video!
I’m questioning why she’s so defensive about her relationship with mat healy as she is in this album. Like, she can’t play dumb about everything that’s been discussed about him (including himself owning the masters of another female artist so another point in the “Taylor is a Taylorist” column) and why would you admit that such a schlub dumped you?
i'm so sorry but when i saw the word greige on the video thumbnail my brain went "what does gruvia's future child have to do with this",,,, anyways, i always love hearing your thoughts on taylor's work and i def agree that i like the sardonic energy of the album a lot.
Also, there's this thing that madness is a very hard thing to write. Madness demands a transformation, it's about one losing their mind because they can't deal with what reality is presenting to them. She's picking up where she left the story in Midnights, but that means TTPD is not an independent album, you actually need to listen closely to Midnights, especially the song From the Vault, in order to understand what's going on. She started all wrong, she's already talking about unaliving people in the opening track. The Black Dog and I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) should've been in the beginning, and Fortnight should've been somewhere in the middle. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? definitely should've been one of the last, with her screaming and shouting out of control.
Edit: ICDIWABH should've been the very last song.
Edit2: TTPD should've been divided as "The Descent" and "The Reemergence". The main album should've been about her becoming a Mad Woman, and the bonus album should've been an epilogue about her recovery.
That's it, no more edits 😅
Also we appreciate you , your doing great take care of yourself king
I am so happy you listened to cowboy Carter and I listened to torture poet society but it did feel missing or lacking. The songs were great though
Honestly I wasn't expecting to like FLORIDA!!!! more than I did
For me it's the opposite. The more i listen to this album, the more I'm loving everything about it. However, i really think she should've released the anthology a fortnight later. My brain turned into mush during the first few listens.
I agree
I have to admit, I’m kinda over Taylor. I want to love her for her music, but her personal life and how entwined it is with her music (like how she’s basically done nothing to stop her crazy stans from harassing Joe, his female co stars, among others), and the fact that’s she’s doing nothing to beat the Capitalist Queen allegations. I’m pretty much a non-fan now.
It's been... interesting being Taylor's fan. I really like "found" her somewhere between Reputation and Lover. I found songs I liked in each previous album, but Lover hit the jackpot for me. It was just chef's kiss for me. After that came Folklore which was even more up my alley, which surprised me. I didn't like Evermore quite as much but I still liked it. You know, the folk... But then came Midnights and I had to actively listen to it UNTIL I found stuff to love. And I thought, okay, this album wasn't for me. But the same thing's happening with this album and I'm somehow kinda afraid that those 3 albums I absolutely loved were not "real Taylor" but a phase that will never come back and... I guess that would be okay. She can do whatever she wants and all. It's just that she's the only artist I have been this obsessed about and losing that would be sad.
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The more I sit with both Tortured Poets and The Anthology the more it makes me think that The Anthology was actually done first in chronological order. That part is the real break up album with Folklore - Evermore type of sound that everyone expected. But then, Matty Healy happened. And she made Torture Poets and so much happened that just having The Anthology wasn't enough for her, because she wasn't just sad and defeated anymore, she was PISSED. So the sadness - and as consequence The Anthology - had to take a "step back", but it still had to be there somewhere.
This makes sense. I was already asking myself when Matty could have started, since she said she‘d been writing since 2022 but they only broke up in 2023 and a lot of the songs sound post-Matty
I really hope she'll take a break and comes back with something campy or silly, or happy. To be honest So High School leaved me with good hopes
Also I'd like to disconnect from her life. My problem with TTPD is mostly that i know way too much about these people
I think the songs are all very cinematic and each song is a snapshot of a feeling. It's funny your saying the songs all sound different and everyone else is saying it all sounds the same
Personally I combined songs from both to make a more paired down album and that definitely beats out midnights.... Might even be top 5 without the clunkers...
And also I think that Taylor Swift should take a break from guys and focus on herself and her problems because like these guys aren't actually helping her they're just giving her more problems
What make my kinda angry was she saying in BDILH that she's a grown up, she knows what she's doing, that it wasn't anything serious, but later in the album she goes on about ring in the wedding ring finger, and that she thought that she could fix him in a teenage girl fashion, and I'm like "dear, you're not helping yourself".
i’ve often heard that once a teenage star becomes really popular they stay that age mentally. And honestly, I think taylor might be heavily be dealing with that. like she’s 33 yet she’s writing like that (which is fine but still). i don’t think anyone was meant to be as known as her. she’s now a billionaire. it’s kinda crazy to me
Not too fond of the album. I didn't enjoy her choice of lyrics and while I understand where her mental space is I wouldn't say I like her obsession with that dusty man ( I want my queens to stop dating weird or problematic men) and her white liberalism really hurts. I genuinely like her to take a long vacation like Dua stream Radical Optimism and come back with Reputation re-recording.
Which lyric?
Taylor said TTPD is tragic, but it isn't actually. It's dramatic, it's psychotic. But tragic? Where is the tragedy? She claims she knows her ancient Greece sh*t, but she either doesn't know that tragedy for them was staring in the high and bright and ending in the low and darkness. Even Shakespeare did it like that with Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. There's nothing tragic about TTPD: the start of each song is exactly how they end, and Fortnight, the opening, is not a happy song in any way. The title track could be happy, but she name dropping Charlie Puth and calling Matty Healy a Tattoed Golden Retriever was very weird for a Taylor Swift song.
TTPD is tragic. For a tragedy you need to start in a place of power or high status, she has this absolutely. Then you start to see things go worse of the protagonist this could be in Midnights where things are getting worse but she hasn't fully realised it yet. TTPD shows just how far she's fallen and how she may not ever go back to how she was before (mentally). TTPD is only tragic when you look at the bigger picture and how she was before Midnights and how she is now.
Honestly understand why Taylor Swift hasn't made reputation yet because like we really said that midnights was meant to be the opposite of lover but honestly I'm pretty sure this is the opposite of lover because at least in Midnight you'll be able to pretend like she was still okay but here the walls are crumbling down the castle is destroyed the queen is angry and Taylor can't even pretend that she's happy or fine anymore cuz now the whole world hates her again but she doesn't have somebody who loves her for her and doesn't care about the media thinks about her so now she's basically like what is the point of living why do I even try I try so hard everyone gets mad at me for the simple list of shortcomings and failures and bad choices how do you think Taylor Swift needs to take a rest and take a long break from writing songs because is this album has told us anything it's told us that she is just kind of going through the wringer and she doesn't know how to get through this or how to find positive side to this because there is none
there is no way everyone hates taylor
@kora.costa. in 2016, not everyone hated Taylor either, but it's definitely happening again in a way. She's overexposed, so people are pushing back against her and some of the negativity is very personal.
Kind of ironic that it's happening again close to the 1989 release
@@empressfreya9872wait no you have a point, that’s kinda funny tho💀
this is the most niche thing but sometimes big budget albums and aaa video games can be so personal. but 1989 came out before dragon age inquisition and for me it became the soundtrack for that game for me, and i just feel so strongly about tpd coming out when the next dragon age is coming this fall.
i embrace the cringe ok.
I like TTPD but even I wish that it was more into the 'department' stuff
OMG Taylor Swift and I fled to Florida for the same stupid reasons 🤣
I know it's been said too much, but OMG I HAVE NOT CLICKED ON SOMETHING (ASIDE FROM EVERY TS RELEASE) SO QUICKLY
We are all as real as the winx new series leaks
wow, amazing TTPD critique! Agree with pretty much all that you said and i think you really get it. Its supposed to make us feel dragged, chaotic, unhinged cause that was probably how she was feeling while making it (art imitates life, right?). So, i thought the concept of “burn out” ; “mental break down” was achieved. Could it be more well executed? Sure it could. But can we expect perfection from someone going through a mental break down? like you said, taylor doesnt own us perfection and i think it was a lot going on (new album, two major heartbreaks, eras tour, rerecordings, concert movie - i feel tired just thinking and summing it all up, lol). Girl needs a nap asap 😂 Its a great album, although its not in my top 3 (or even 5) taylor albums
The mental gymnastics you people, you swifties will do, to reimagine taylor swift’s middling musicianship and cold heart as masterpieces, is truly breathtaking.
As culty as your average scientologist.
I really love the second album more.
this is kinda unrelated but i feel like you would LOVE Ariana's eternal sunshine
i had the complete opposite progression of listening to ttpd, i didn't love it at first but now it's honestly one of my favourites
I just want long albums that i don't have to go hunt down all the songs. Also, put deluxe editions on vinyl. I hate paying $30 for a record that winds up being HALF of an album.
i absolutely love the album, it joined folklore and evermore in my top 3
Same, it was my top ten the 1st week lol, but it grew in me
She said at one point that this isn't an era she enjoyed, but endured. I think it shows, this is a meltdown in album form. It doesn't even feel like an era, it's a bunch of diaristic songs she wrote from the mental hospital. In the prologue/epilogue(?) poem she wrote, she says it was not a love affair, it was a manic phase, house and then cardiac arrest. She admits she makes poor choices and metaphorically died as a result, and I don't think a cohesive story would've done justice to how fucking horrible that feels (Personally, this album is triggering but I love it too much to not listen to it)
I love the soundscape personally because I never got sick of synth-pop as someone who barely listened to Midnights (didn't vibe with it but vibed with TTPD), and I think the mellow synths and melodies works if we remove the expectations of more orchestral productions, because in a sterile office department, that 'wanting to kill yourself' and 'I love my job' sound works.
My fave song is MBOBHFT, it has a 'Cruel Summer' factor, and it has a nonchalant bitterness in Taylor that I loved, it's a simple metaphor but it's such an insult to that man to be called an immature, trigger-happy child and that you're the doll who keeps trying to convince yourself that this toxic shit is working out. It didn't strike me at first, but after multiple listens it just went to the top spot as someone who likes songs that have single potential.
Now that I had more time with it, it's my favorite album now over reputation. I think it's her best lyrically alongside folkmore and it's hella meaty despite its clear cut intentions as a break-up album, as someone who prefers this funny (her funniest album and it's something I would never expect from very literal Taylor but it was a welcome change of pace), ranty, and more modern type of writing.
I can see however that it's very lore dependent in a way, like some of these songs just do not make sense without the context of Taylor (WAOLOM feels unnecessarily vindictive if stripped from 2016, even as someone who makes this song about my blorbo and thinks it can work as a character study for so many anti-hero characters)
Anthology by definition is a collection of poems without a set narrative. The Anthology feels like TTPD but without the tortured part for me personally, a lot of the songs go back to that folkmore sensibility and it felt fresh listening to a not synth-pop Taylor again, I will die on a hill for Peter I cannot believe this woman made a follow-up song to her love triangle story and it's just as beautiful as all three of those.
My conclusion is that people are really sick of this kind of production, but kinda like Rep my thoughts are that TTPD will show excellence down the line once Taylor Mania ends.
(This is actually something I always do for Taylor albums even outside folkmore, I try to imagine the narratives devoid of Taylor and see the story if it was prose rather than poetry, and the story I came up with for TTPD will forever stay in my heart and I love it for that)
Do you think Beyonce "pulled off" her cover of Jolene?
Yesss although I kind of don’t like the lyric changes
I think a lot of the criticism about this album is valid but honestly, I like it that she releases music even if they aren't her best. I prefer to have some mid songs along with some great ones than to have her keep it in the vault, and for awards such as the grammys it makes sense to complain about the mess that is the anthology (I really like the story told on the standard version, so I wouldn't change it even if not all of the songs are my favorites), but as a fan, I just like having more songs. There isn't a song I don't like (There are some in her discography I don't like btw) and I like having more songs to listen to. I think one thing they all have in common, it's her honesty as a songwriter and feelings behind it that are all very relatable.
Wait would there not be anymore winx rewrite episodes?
Roxy is in het officially 7th Winx Fairy
I think it is going to her crazy fans who harass her and saying she is being tortured
It’s awful. Really bad. She needs a long break and a good editor. She’s coming off as having BPD and being extremely immature and petty.
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The day she’ll stop rhyming « car » with « bar » tho 💀☝🏾 and the line about the century and stuff…I feel icky.
If the line about the 1830's makes you feel icky, please listen to the full verse, you've not gotten it correctly
She was trying to say she wants to live in the 1830s without being rascist (she dodged a bullet there!) but yeah I kind of don’t like that line
@@b19wing no she didn't, she said her friends used to play a game where they had to choose a decade to live in. She says that she uses to say the 1830's but without all the racists to highlight how she feels isolated and awkward in social situations and this explains why she has that inner world she goes to to spend most of her time
@@tomidrac9719 oooh so she wants to live in Bridgerton basically? lol
@@b19wing that's what she said as a child, please increase your understanding ability
Hii did you check out eternal Sunshine
the likes being 666 before i liked🤨
I haven’t really heard of any of the songs in TTPD yet. I just….don’t feel that pull to listen to it y’know? just imho
They way you feel about this album is the way I feel about Red. I hate Red. It makes no sense in my eyes. It has amazing songs but as an album I don't like it. You probably get Red and I don't. I get this album. It's definitely not an album anyone was expecting but I was pleasantly surprised personally. Although, if not for the Anthology I probably wouldn't like it as much.
Unpopular opinion. I had no interest in any of the songs except the Anthology tracks and i prefered the acoustic instrumental versions of all the songs. The actual singing melody was meh 😐. Like down bad just in piano is so beautiful in relation to the actual track
Diversity win! Equally as crazy shit happens all over the world, we just hear about it in Florida because of the sunshine act
I think it was too big of an album that’s all 😅
I don't hate the tortured Police Department I just think that Taylor Swift did some weird lyric choices with the songs like touch me while your brows play Grand Theft Auto Taylor are you on drugs because that is not something that she would write you one of her songs and also at least with fortnite it makes a whole lot more sense because like fortnite is the British word for 2 weeks but with that lyric it actually has no you translate into another language it doesn't sound cringe stuff
No but ur right
She used to have cowriters and producers who gave a shit about her lyrics, who would challenge her. Now she's surrounded by sycophants who don't know how to tell her no and it's bad for her art.
I think it's supposed to be like how she feels with him but make it more highschoolish, but i think there is better ways that she would've written it
And Fortnight*(not fortnite) is about a relationship that is short lived (for 2 weeks or for a fortnight) she is talking about what happened in the span of a fortnight
Yay
I've heard most people being pretty mixed to be honest.
Some of the songs in this album are growing on me, but I also prefer Midnight over TTPD. TTPD feels messy in a way, and I’d rather have an album with 15 songs where they’re all really enjoyable over an album with 30 songs that I don’t remember half of. Also yes TTPD feels like Midnights: The Sequel to me but not in the best way. I don’t hate it but I’m a little underwhelmed NGL.
oh my god why can't you guys make up your mind? first it all sounds the same now it's not sonically cohesive? you guys are both out of your minds. well maybe one is...some people don't even bother to listen and are just running their mouth off.