john green defending TTPD on twitter I know that’s right

this makes me sad and mad tbh

and for a fortnight there, we were forever

But Daddy I Love Him coming after So Long, London is actually perfect because that feeling you get after listening to So Long, London and then transitioning into the wild, dare I say manic energy of But Daddy I Love Him perfectly explains why Taylor did what she did. Try to imagine listening to So Long, London and then How Did It End back to back? That sounds absolutely miserable. Taylor was like, I literally cannot sit in this sadness one second longer I NEED Love Story energy in my life again. And it ended up all being a facade but so so understandable and I love how it’s not just listening to the lyrics that makes you understand this but also the way the music makes you feel

I think the only way I can handle shortening the ttpd song titles is by trimming off some words (I can fix him, who's afraid, smallest man, chloe or sam... etc) because whenever I see the acronyms my brain malfunctions. waolom? mbobhft? cososom?? icfhnric?? icdiwabh? tsmwel??? those aren't songs they're keysmashes

The Tortured Poets Department is the most Taylor Swift album she’s ever put out. It’s the culmination of everything she’s ever done. It’s the teenage petulance of debut. It’s the hope and naïveté of fearless. It’s the lack of filter of speak now. It’s the emotional rollercoaster of red. It’s the pride of 1989. It’s the angst and the rebirth of reputation. It’s the hopeless romanticism of lover. It’s the storytelling and literary allusions of folklore and evermore. It’s the dark reminiscence of midnights. Which is why I think it’s resonating more with those who have been here the whole time and can see the echoes of each era in this album.

Taylor Swift is an amazing songwriter wbk but she also has these little idiosyncrasies that are so *her* like the intentional whisper of ‘old habits die screaming’ and how she cuts off ‘how dare you say that it’s -‘, and how ‘so long London’ mimics the chime of Big Ben, and this goes back, mind you. the lyric ‘my stolen lullabies’ trails off like she was choked saying the last word (that lyric deserves it’s own essay but I digress), and she begins Last Kiss with 27 seconds of instrumentals for -reasons- and just. She’s not just a songwriter, she really is just incredibly talented and creative on all fronts, we just got lucky that she chose music as her baby.

“I used to sit in record labels trying to get a record deal when I was a little kid. And they’d say, ‘you know, you remind us of’ and then they’d name an artist, and then they’d kind of say something disparaging about her, ‘but you’re this, you’re so much better in this way or that way.’ And that’s how we teach women to see themselves, as like you could be the new replacement for this woman who’s done something great before you. I picked women who have done great things in the past and have been these archetypes of greatness in the entertainment industry. Clara Bow was the first ‘it girl.’ Stevie Nicks is an icon and an incredible example for anyone who wants to write songs and make music.”

pick your poison,babe.i’m poison either way.🥀✨

IM SO DEPRESSED I ACT LIKE ITS MY BIRTHDAY

Lights! Camera! Bitch! Smile! 🤪 Even when you wanna die! 🤪

TAYLOR SWIFT — 'Fortnight' (feat. Post Malone)

Im not gonna pretend like I fully know what Cassandra is about but it DOES remind me of a point I’ve been making for years on the Kanye front. I cannot recall a time in Kanyes fame that he hasn’t been a misogynist. But it always gets excused away as “thats just rap” or “thats just celebrity drama”. Its not taken seriously because our society is still so deeply patriarchal that being sexist doesn’t really raise red flags unless you are blatantly calling for womens rights to be stripped away. Not even his extremely creepy wax doll thing seemed to make much of an impression.

And then he started saying weird racist things. And publicly harassing his ex wife. And reeeaaally digging in on his antisemitism. And everyone is suddenly like “whoa he’s terrible how did it come to this” and its like…hmmm if only you had listened to the women, one of which being Taylor Swift, that his misogyny should not be normalized and was actually harmful. If only we would start seeing disdain of women as an early red flag to other bigotry.

Im not saying the song is about Kanye Im just using that as an example of the overall theme of the song that is like…I tried to warn yall and you called me too sensitive and said I was actually the problem for pointing out a symptom of a deeper problem. And now that that problem is rearing its head youre all acting surprised. Extremely frustrating, and something that marginalized groups and “social justice warriors” deal with a lot I think. Very interesting.

TAYLOR SWIFT 'Fortnight' music video behind the scenes

My signed vinyl came today and the heart is absolutely perfect.

thanK you aIMee might actually be the funniest, most sagittarius thing taylor swift has ever done. she’s like “i’m clinically insane over this dude and everyone hates him someone lock me up” and “this other dude is too sad, doesnt want to marry me, and stole my youth whatever”

but kim k? fuck you kim k. just in case you forgot.