In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning. I loved the escapism I found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales. I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found. So I just kept writing them... I have no idea about a lot of things these days and so I’ve clung to the one thing that keeps me connected to you all. That thing always has and always will be music.
Two of my bookmarks without wallpaper from two of the best albums EVER. (The left one is from 'tis the damn season and the right one is from peace. Both songs by Taylor Swift.)
One thing you might want to know: you can always tell me in the notes if you had a specific quote or anything in your mind and I will try to make a wallpaper or a bookmark (whatever you choose) for it.
See, TTPD and the vibes are what I thought we would be getting after evermore. evermore is soaked in sadness and pre-breakup relationship grief that I really thought it was the breakup album. You're gonna tell me you listened to tolerate it and happiness and champagne problems and thought they were heads over heels in love?
I understand that Taylor Swift is a musical artist. She needs to make music to, you know, make money, but the pain in her voice in tolerate it and champagne problems and happiness just... sounds so real and raw. And that was back in 2020. This is 3.5 years later. And if it was written back when You're Losing Me was written? My heart is already breaking for this album
Long story short, it was a bad time. Long story short, I survived 🏞
One thing you might want to know: you can always tell me in the notes if you had a specific quote or anything in your mind and I will try to make a wallpaper or a bookmark (whatever you choose) for it.
was having a good day until i realised the two verses of champagne problems are told in the second person pov and only talk about “your” actions & emotions. YOU booked the night train. YOU told your family. YOUR hometown skeptics. it’s not until the bridge that we start understanding why the girl turns the proposal down, how she’s struggling mentally & just isn’t ready?? so it’s really like a sort of buildup and big reveal, especially when the world around her (her lover’s “crestfallen” reaction, the gossip around the town) so strongly influences what the girl feels & thinks about herself and she stays out of the narrative & the spotlight until she can’t hold it back anymore. it also adds a sense of detachment: you did this, you did that, without me because we’re not together anymore. taylor swift is a genius in this essay i will