#Cruel Summer

[swiftpolls]

#taylor swift #polls #swifties #* my polls #tswift #* taylor swift #taylorswift #tayswift #taylor swift polls #swift polls #swiftpolls #* lover era #cruel summer #daylight

[taylornation]

The Cruelest Summer is out now! Cross the bridge of Cruel Summer (Live from TS | The Eras Tour) and Cruel Summer (LP Giobbi Remix) together. And by cross it, we mean scream it. GO!

Download and listen everywhere now. 💘

#Taylor Swift #Cruel Summer #The Cruelest Summer #Cruel Summer (Live from TS The Eras Tour) #Cruel Summer (LP Giobbi Remix) #TS The Eras Tour

[breakbleheavens]

CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023) dir. Sam Wrench

#tswiftedit #taylorswiftedit #tswiftgif #taylor swift #the eras tour #eras tour #eras tour film #lover #cruel summer #*mine #*2023 #*gifs #mine: eras tour #mine: lover #2k #BELOVEDDDDD it's so satisfying to gif big and hd omfg and it's not even 4k which is even MORE satisfying

[tayloralison]

We have arrived at the very first bridge of the evening. 

#tswiftedit #tswiftgif #taylor swift #eras tour #* #cruel summer

[freeform]

Don’t miss the big reveal everyone will be talking about.

Watch the new season of #CruelSummer. Stream now on @Hulu

New episodes Mondays on @Freeform.

#cruel summer

[midnightsslut]

religion is one of the most prominent recurring themes on the album, and it has been present in some capacity for quite a few records now. taylor previously compared love to religion: her saving grace, her belief system, and a fated divine intervention (false god, cornelia street, and cruel summer are the best examples of this). ‘sacred new beginnings that became my religion’ and ‘we’d still worship this love even if it’s a false god’ are two of the defining statements about her philosophy on the lover album.

taylor doesn’t want to leave all of that behind on ttpd, at least not at the beginning. the first supernatural force she mentions is the spaceship on down bad, which she compares to a skylight of freedom in the epilogue. *something* has finally come to save her from her life of suffering. she doesn’t care if it’s a force of good at first; if anything, she’s just fine being taken away by aliens. she views this man as her destiny. it isn’t until guilty as sin? that taylor starts to ponder the moral implications of what she’s doing. is she guilty as sin for wanting to leave her previous religion and relationship behind? she comes to the conclusion that, even if she rolls the stone away and gets resurrected/redeemed, she cannot avoid the fallout. she is okay with the thought of having to wait, as long as both lovers vow to be together forever, just as she once did with someone else in false god. ‘I choose you and me religiously’ finishes the bridge of the song in a direct callback to cornelia street.

the next mention of religion has murkier imagery. she claims that she does not need the Lord’s help to save this man. she sees the halo that he has, and she can fix him herself. now that she feels free of her prior cage, she isn’t looking for divine intervention anymore. she wants control. she is their route to salvation.

when the relationship falls apart, she retreats back into the position of a believer rather than a divine figure. she compares him to a Holy Ghost who promised to save her and take her to heaven. instead, she is in hell in every sense of the word: she’s down bad and feels guilty for digging up the grave. he was a jehovah’s witness who promised that she could break free of the cage imposed by love without changing her religion altogether; she would’ve just had to switch denominations. she could still have a marriage and kids! she could still have a blue tortured poet! the man was different, but not the dreams they had together. the story of the first part of the album ends here. her faith has been broken, and she has only found any semblance of sanity by refusing to mention these belief systems altogether.

side b/the anthology blends the christian imagery of side a with goddesses, sorcerers, and prophecies. she bargains with these powers to let her have the future she wants (the prophecy). she doesn’t sound like someone believing in salvation. if anything, she feels cursed. she decides that the concept of divinely ordained timing will never work in certain relationships (‘the goddess of timing once found us beguiling / she said she was trying / peter, was she lying?’). this disdain extends onto her perception of other people’s faith (‘bet they never spared a prayer for my soul’). she does position herself as a prophet in cassandra, but even then, she admits that the role has hurt her. perhaps the pain in thank you aimee was meant to be, or perhaps she was just strong enough to build a legacy in spite of it, boulder by boulder. is she a martyr? does she want to be? or did she save herself?

the only real love song on this half of the album makes no mention of fate or any divine forces. it wasn’t meant to be. it’s not a supernatural invisible string or lightning in a bottle. she is just in love.

the album ends with the manuscript, which revisits an old story of a defining, formative heartbreak. as she sings ‘at last, she knew what the agony had been for’ while describing the legacy of her writing, she seems to revert to thinking about the purpose of trauma. the only exception is that, in this case, she is the one who found meaning in her pain by turning it into a manuscript. writing is her belief system now, and she proselytizes by telling her stories and thus giving up the manuscript.

ultimately, her belief in destiny has chewed her up and spat her out. she so desperately clung to her existing belief systems that she was fooled by a conman, which left her feeling cursed. religion is supposed to be with someone even in their darkest moments, but the album explains that taylor often felt abandoned. the only constant in her life was, well, herself. she’ll be okay, but her pen will be her saving grace.

#idk why I wrote this essay but it needed to be said #this could be taken further by actually unpacking each mention of religion on midnights and lover but i ain’t doing all that #the manuscript #cassandra #Cornelia street #false god #cruel summer #lover #the prophecy #the smallest man who ever lived #but daddy I love him #I can fix him #guilty as sin #ttpd #thank you Aimee #peter

[paintedmesgolden]

what doesn't kill me makes me want you more

#taylor swift #tswiftedit #tswiftgif #candy swift #cruel summer #eras tour #flashing tw #m #this took me 2 hours bc this is my first time doing blending #i hope it doesnt look bad gkkfk

[1989taylorsversion]

Cruel Summer and All Too Well both being fan-favorite songs that never got their moment on the charts but later ascended to #1 due to the twists and turns in Taylor's wild-ass life... yeah we are so blessed to be along for this ride 🫶

#taylor swift #cruel summer #1k

[sadbeautifutragic]

Hang your head low In the glow of the vending machine I'm not dying ↳ Eras Tour Series Part 4/?

#taylor swift #cruel summer #eras tour #tswiftedit #taylorswiftedit #candy swift #tscreatorsnet #dailytayloredits #swiftcreators #tswift #tsedit #eras tour series #tswiftgraphic #userthelasttime #userleah #usergabbi #nessa007 #uservivaldi #edit #my edit

[duckpearyuki]

Never thought I‘d be in the front row!❤️

Wonderful 3 nights in Tokyo Dome

Love u Taylor, always

#taylor swift #taylornation #taylor midnights #the eras tour #i love you taylor #the eras taylor swift #cruel summer #the eras movie

[dazzlinhaze]

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#taylorswift #Taylor swift #the eras tour #tstheerastour #theerastour #cruel summer #lover #tscreatorsnet #taylorswiftcreator #tsedit #taylorswiftedit #my edit #my gif #carolinesversion

[labyrinthaze]

Lover and Reputation, my favorite sister duo

#taylor swift #midnights #the eras tour #lover #reputation #cruel summer #don't blame me #the eras tour spoilers #taylor swift icons #taylor swift wallpaper #taylor swift lockscreen #east rutherford #new jersey

[taylornation]

Monday forecast: Cruel Summer dance breaks ☀️🪩 👯‍♀️ 🤍

#Taylor Swift #Cruel Summer #Lover

[breakbleheavens]

It's cool, that's what I tell 'em No rules in breakable heaven

CRUEL SUMMER The Eras Tour — Detroit, Michigan (Night 1) | June 9, 2023

#tswiftedit #taylorswiftedit #tswiftgif #taylor swift #the eras tour #eras tour #lover #cruel summer #*mine #*2023 #*gifs #mine: eras tour #mine: lover #the light with the smoke was sooooo pretty that day #5k

[hits-differently]

cruel summer (2019)

#taylor swift #the eras tour #*mine #tscreators #tswiftedit #tswiftlyrics #taylor swift edit #taylorswiftedit #*lover #lover #cruel summer

[holygroundsound]

A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF ALL THE BUTTONS ON TUMBLR MOBILE FOR MY TWITTER REFUGES :)

i know a lot of fellow former twitter users are a bit confused by this app, so here’s some hopefully helpful tips!

this is what you should see at the bottom of the screen when making a new post

the first button (Aa) lets you change the size of your font into a bigger heading or subheading, or even make your text a cursive or times new roman type font

it also lets you make these bulleted lists! to use it, just tap multiple times until you get the setting you want

tap this button to add links, then just type the site name in the box and hit return. for example: http://heresalink.com

these are where you can add gifs, pictures, and music! for pictures, just tap the icon and select what you want, then you can press and drag to move it around or drag to the trashcan to delete

gifs are very similar to twitter - type in what you want and scroll through the options

GIF by taylorsnationblog

music is also similar. type the song you want and tap on it. podcasts also work!

this button is for polls! tap and add your silly little answers. the duration can be a day or a week

this button lets you make a “cut” in your posts which is basically a “read more” button. got a long post you don’t want cluttering up everyone’s dashes? click here!

lastly, this button lets you set content warnings! specifically this is for “mature content”, but when you click mature you can specify whether its due to drugs/alcohol, violence, or sexual content

this can be helpful to clue people in to potential triggers but PLEASE ALWAYS TAG YOUR SPECIFIC TRIGGERS ANYWAYS.

Other Helpful Tips

“highlight” your text by pressing and selecting like normal to unlock a bunch of cool formatting options including bold, strikethrough, and colors

hitting the three dots next to the post button lets you access a bunch of post settings like queuing posts, scheduling posts, saving drafts, making posts private (PLEASE NOTE: you cannot unprivate posts after, but you can share the link), and choosing who can reblog & who can pay to promote your content

CONGRATS you’re now ready to make better posts like a tumblr pro

#OK REPOSTED WITH NO CONTENT WARNING #twitter swifties #twitter dead #twitter down #swifties #taylor swift #cruel summer #twitter