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missbrunettebarbie · 11 days

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TTPD -the album proper- first thoughts

Here are some thoughts about TTPD -the album proper, cause I do not have the time or energy to analyze The Anthology (Taylor, wtf was this double drop???)- before I’m influenced by other people’s thoughts. Warning: I may be waaaay off the mark in some cases cause half the time when I was listening to these songs for the first time I was like “???”

Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) - Great melody, smart choice for an album opener, nice lyrics, no idea wtf the song is talking about. Like, I am guessing it’s about (a first?) break-up with Joe Alwyn in February -and they might have gotten back together for only a fortnight then broke up again for good?- but I’m so confused. Also, why is this the lead single? Taylor, this is not gonna win you SOTY at the grammys. 7/10

The Tortured Poets Department - This was … unexpected, to say the least. This was truly a picture of a moment in her relationship, while I expected either some kind of introspection or parody. Also the line about what he told Lucy and she said the same to Jack? Insane. Girl, you are both better off single. The ring and the wedding allusion? God, it hurt. (And it was only the beginning with this album…). Amazing song anyway. 9.5/10

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys - Girl, this is mental illness for me. Love it to bits and I kinda wish it will become a single (I think it’s my … 3rd choice for a single?), but… girl, I’m happy you two broke up. 9.5/10

Down Bad - I had low expectations from this song cause the title inspired nothing in me, but it really delivered a punch. Probably one of the most honest songs on the album proper. Oh, and her vocals here? Her tone of voice? No notes, it just … hits different *_* 8/10

So Long London - Funny enough, I did hear a leak of this! But it was like … 10 seconds from the intro and I wasn’t sure it was real. It is a very good song, and I can understand why she chose it as a track 5. But for me, when compared to other track 5s -and with a title so inflammatory- it was a bit of a let down. Still love it of course. 8.5/10

But Daddy I Love Him - This one is about Matty Healy, isn’t it? Like, it has to be, cause for the life of me I can’t see who this guy could be but Matty Healy. This song … I laughed out loud. She’s unhinged. ‘I’m having his baby’. Girl, you are unhinged. The wedding fever continues, and now we get the first glimpse of the baby fever. God, I love her. You can literally hear how done she was with everyone having an opinion about whom she dates. I need to listen to this and I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) back to back, cause this girl was so so wrong. Except that bridge. The bridge is gospel and spoke straight to my soul. 10/10

Fresh Out the Slammer - And I’m guessing this is the continuation of the track before, so still about MH. I have to say, this is really meh for me. Maybe because I was expecting something even more high tempo, but this is just … there for me. It doesn’t help that the ‘pretty baby’ annoys me. 6/10

Florida!!! - Nice to see Florence get so much singing time. Their voices mashed surprisingly well. But just like with Fortnight -and these two do seem connected- I have no idea what she is talking about here. I think it might be a composite sketch referring to both her first post break-up shows and Florida as a metaphor for escaping from your life? Idek. But the melody is great and this might be my fave collab of hers so far. 8.5/10

Guilty as Sin? - Another Matty Healy one IMO. Amazing how much material she got from such a short-lived affair. IMO she made a mistake making this track 9 and Florida!!! track 8. I would switch them around to make more sense. I’m not 100% sure this is about emotional cheating, as I think the Joever break-up wasn’t as clear cut as it was made to be, but there is something here about overlapping timelines. 9/10

Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me? - Well, everyone should be now!!! I adore this song, it’s my fave of the album. If I have one complaint about it is that I would have put it more towards the beginning of the album instead of in the middle of the Matty Healy Saga - which makes no sense to me. Honestly, I don’t have much to say about this track cause in my eyes it’s perfect. This is the Taylor I’m here for. 10/10

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) - That last line! I laughed so hard. On one hand, I feel sorry for her. Otoh, girl, you should have run the first time you saw him. Great song to end the Matty Healy Saga on. 9/10

loml - Wow, this was a punch to the gut. Every lyric here is a masterpiece and a dagger to the heart. I would love it if she made this a single (this is SOTY material IMO), but it’s probably too emotional for her. The melody reminds me of Last Kiss, but the piano is giving Evermore. 10/10

I Can Do It With a Brokern Heart - Why is this not the lead single, Taylor??? It has everything: melody, lyrics, airplay value, SOTY potential, why?! I love every single second of this song, especially the chorus. I’m probably gonna listen to it on repeat. Second fave after WAOLOM. 10/10

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - Every song I thought was gonna be cutting turned out to be just plain sad. IMO, this song is both about JA and MH. I don;t really have much to say about this song, as it is just .. painful. 9.5/10

The Alchemy - Yeah, I’m team This Song is About Travis. Nice song, and I like that she included something about the current relationship, but it’s not exactly a fave for me. 7.5/10

Clara Bow - This was my predicted fave, but it was def dethroned. Still, I do think this is Top 5 for me. I love the direct reference to herself at the end and the way this is both hopeful and still somewhat sad. Also really like the vocals here. 10/10

Final score: 8.87

Not bad at all. Gonna deal with The Anthology later. Much later as I actually have a life to go back to.

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taylorrepdetective · 2 months

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I actually kind of am feeling the same about TTPD promo. I love Taylor like I have a fan tumblr lol but I feel like I’m almost tired of her like there’s too much to keep up with AND care about at the same time. Nothing is exciting when everything is exciting.

I just wrote this long rambling answer to this but in the process, I think I sort of figured out why it feels off (for me). It’s because based on what she did in the last 8 months or so, it feels like she’s not really going to do anything more to promote this. She’ll finish this leg of the tour this weekend, fly off into the sunset with boyfriend, spend the next 6 weeks occasionally being seen with boyfriend, and then drop the album, it’ll be fun for a week, but it’ll be all “oh it’s so joever and Travis is so amazing,” and then she’ll go back to boyfriend, and then tour and boyfriend. And it just feels very boring. While boyfriend was fun for a while when we were trying to figure it out and see if she to the goal of the Super Bowl, it has definitely gotten boring (for me.) This may not be what will happen, but at this moment it feels like that’s what will happen. So there’s no sense of excitement for anticipation for what she might do, like I’m used to. Just looking forward to hearing the music, and yes that’s nice for sure, but it’s not what we’re used to from her. I’m not even feeling like there’s going to be a video (there may be, but I’m talking about what it feels like.)

Again she might do a lot. She might do something amazing and/or shocking and unexpected and fun and what have you. And that’ll be great. But the album promo is not giving that vibe at all.

Maybe the real issue is what you basically have said: with tour and TVs, and boyfriends, and superbowls, and TTPD and Grammys it’s too much after years of mostly only getting music out of her. It’s like we all now have that overstimulated ADHD short attention span brain with her that just keeps asking for more and more and doesn’t absorb what she gives us. When she was quieter, it was easy to absorb what she gave us, because there would be droughts.

I’m not saying what I think about this matters to her, because I am not a “normal” fan. Her “normal” fans and the GP are still fascinated and will buy her stuff and continue being interested because they believe in the Toe drama and in the “so happy with Travis who is perfect for her” angle. And she has SO MANY NEW FANS for whom this will be their first album drop. But for me, happy to have a new album. Now I will go do my work instead of talking about a bunch of Taylor swift stuff with oomfs.

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