#taylor made the album for them

[lovewillabides]

ain't that the best thing you ever heard?

#this has been in my drafts waiting FOR MONTHS. i made changes to this and now im regretting all of them but too late now #taylor swift #cruel summer #lover #album: lover #tswiftedit #tswitftgif #lover section #tswiftdaily #the eras tour #eras tour gifs #gif #song: cruel summer #candyswift #networkthirteen #eras tour gif #women in music #tscreatorsnet #* #2023

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

The fact that Taylor has released the same amount of albums under Universal/Republic in less than half the time when she was with Big Machine, really makes me wonder about all of the potential things she could’ve done if instead of having to fight tooth and nail for everything, they had granted her more creative freedom and trusted her.

#adding these clarifying tags since this post has gained some traction #the point of this post isn’t ‘omg she could’ve released so many more albums!!’ it’s about the creative choices she could’ve made on existing #projects either in terms of sound or collaboration or what #it’s about the difference in trust the two labels had/have in her #bmg did have a lot of trust and belief in her but as she grew wildly popular there was an effort to rein her in #she’s at a point with umg where she knows they have trust in her that she’s comfortable with releasing music on her own terms #her gut instincts are usually spot on and toward the end of the relationship bmg started to push back #her relationship with them wasn’t horrible from start to end there were a lot of good moments it just started to crumble at the end #taylor swift #midnights #like the difference is absolutely crazy #she’s been with umg/republic for only four/five years and was with BMG for 11 and has released the same number of albums #okay forgive me it’s like 7 am but it’s more like 13-15 years #obviously she didn’t really have to start fighting for stuff until red/1989 but it really makes me wonder #and how she talked in the long pond sessions about being nervous and scared to turn folklore in and their confidence is like 180 from BMG #like they have completely trusted in her and let her do whatever she wants to amazing results #🗒 #this got notes*

[aithusarosekiller]

all I'm saying is Olivia has the chance to do smth so funny rn

#I love them both #but it's kinda funny #the whole album reminds me of Liv icl #but imgonnagetyouback made me giggle with the premise #TTPD #the tortured poets department #taylor swift #olivia rodrigo

[cozy-the-overlord]

Seeing people complain about the Speak Now vault tracks being too teenagery …. gee, you’d almost think a teenager wrote them /s

#i feel like it’s a lose lose situation #because if they’re ‘too mature’ like on the red vault people accuse her of writing them recently #but if they’re ‘too immature’ people complain about them being not as good #i for one really like the speak now vault #it may not be as deep as red but i think it’s still really eye-opening #like the kinds of things she was thinking about but felt she couldn’t share #idk maybe it’s because i was a Small Child when speak now came out #and it was really the first album i ever became obsessed with #and as a result i idolized taylor as this beacon of perfection and grown-up-ness #like obviously I’ve long since recognized that she was still a child in a lot of ways in that era #but hearing the vault tracks really made her feel like a Real Teenager to me in a way i never had before? #like the anxiety on electric touch #the insecurity on when emma falls in love #the hopefulness tinged with self-loathing/self-criticalness on foolish one #the wattpad-tinged fantasy of i can see you #idk i feel like teenage me would have related to all that a lot in a way that i never did with her other music #idk i’m rambling #i need to go to bed #taylor swift #speak now taylor’s version

[grendelsmilf]

I had a dream that taylor swift released a new album that employed her most despicable marketing move yet: she promised that new joanna newsom songs were buried as hidden easter eggs within the ends of her other songs, but every time a new jnew song was about to play, it would simply skip to her next track. a disgusting display of capitalist trickery. naturally, i had no choice but to listen.

now, this album of hers, like most of her creative output, played it extremely safe to appeal to the widest possible commercial audience, wherein she deployed inane similes such as “clear like crystal” and “red like a rose.”

however, one song that was clearly controversial, but only in ways taylor herself was too obtuse and tone deaf to realize, was her ballad “sleep in the middle east,” which argued that being with her “middle eastern” lover signified an act of decentralization of global imperialist powers that locationally designate the region as being “the middle east” within a complex political/geographic framework, as when they are together, their love is what becomes central to our cosmological paradigms.

the title comes from her line in the chorus “I get no sleep in the middle east,” to imply that she is either wide awake tossing and turning over her lover, or that they are too busy staying up all night having freasknasty dominatrix and/or tame vanilla sex (I can only assume that with t-swift it’s only one or the other).

aside from the obvious glaring problematics of composing such a song in the first place, some other lines are also suspect in subtler ways. for example, her opening line, “why does bombay feel so different from mumbai” is clearly her gesturing towards the idea that every city in the middle east feels so locationally specific due to the nature of experiencing it with her lover, whereas she feels “no different going to france or congo.”

the keen-eared listener will immediately notice many issues here. first of all, she is listing cities in india, a country that is not part of the middle east in even the most generous estimation. secondly, bombay cannot possibly feel “so different” from mumbai, as they are, in fact, the same city. i also have a hard time believing that taylor did not notice a difference between “france and congo” (a line she rhymes with “let’s go to a place that only we know”), or, frankly, that she has ever set foot in the drc.

it was clear by the nature of this song that taylor did not expect to receive any flak for this harmless tune, and in fact i believe she expected to receive praise for finally (alluding to) dating her first ethnic. however, as you can imagine, her detractors had a field day tearing apart this song, myself included, which is why i am now reporting back from my dream world to deliver my somnial findings to all of you.

#i don’t usually post my insane dreams here (even though many of them are like this OR STRANGER) #but this one was just too funny #literally IN my dream multiple people were texting me lyrics of the song and we were screaming laughing about it #taylor pls drop the album in this world too. the people need to hear it #i also made a nearly identical tumblr post WITHIN MY DREAM (minus the caveat that it was only a dream) #we were having an absolute fucking field day we were going crazy #ok im going back to sleep now 👍🏼 #hopefully to listen to more excellent tunes #o

[maple-leifarts]

does anyone. does anyone listen to half alive

#ok i cant say im an og because i didnt listen to them until a bit after still feel came out #BUT im pretty much an og #i like to sort their music into two catergories #now not yet and post-now not yet #because i first listened to them after now not yet was released and then i didnt listen to them for a long time #and when i got back into them i think conditions of a punk was already out #tbch coap is my fav album but now not yet still holds a special place in my heart 💕 #also NIGHT SWIMS???? omfg im not okay #and have you fucking seen the music videos. #WHATS WRONG MUSIC VIDEO. LISTEN TO ME #AND DID I MAKE YOU UP MUSIC VIDEO???? #its so clever and well made oughh #id kill someone to see them in concert 😭😭 #and have you seen josh taylor. man is so attractive sorry #HE HAD PINK HAIR AT ONE POINT!!!!! AUGH. #i miss his long hair……. #anyways #maple says some words #half alive #josh taylor

[chandelier-still-flickering-here]

I painstakingly recreated Taylor Swifts TTPD Stages of Grief playlists for Amazon Music

I Love You It's Ruining My Life

You Don't Get to Tell Me About Sad

Am I Allowed to Cry

Old Habits Die Screaming

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

#taylor swift #the tortured poets department #ts ttpd #ttpd #amazon #amazon music #apple music #taylor swift playlists #music playlist #they should be perfect copies I even made sure to use the random obscure album covers for the songs that had them #the order is so odd its backwards chronological expect folklore is before evermore and its seemingly randomly messed up at some points #I hate amazon music its such a horrible music streaming service #you can't assign custom playlist covers the app is bugg AF the shuffle function is horrible etc etc #ttpd playlists

[jpg-of-dorian-slay]

I’M READING THIS FANFICTION AND THERES STRAIGHT UP A PART WHERE WYLAN GETS SO NERVOUS HE STARTS TRYING TO EXPLAIN MARAUDERS FANFICTION TO JESPER’S DAD AND I JUST. I THOUGHT IT WS NOT POSSIBLE TO LOVE HIM MORE.

#I AM HIM AND HE IS ME #i am forever in your debt wait who is the author let me find them #ok idk if they have a tumblr but they're @cherryziggystardust #on ao3 #SO GO READ IT #MADE ME LAUGH #wylan van eck #my favourite guy #wesper #and we have the same taylor swift album #wowzers #im sorry i was unreasonably excited over that lmao #basil speaks now

[dreamly]

i agree with a lot of music fans and journalists/critics/artists that “lockdown”/“pandemic”/“quarantine” albums usually aren’t great and also don’t do very well, but i do think there is one truly incredible (at least in quality i haven’t looked at numbers and tbh i don’t really care) and maybe not the most obvious exception (well maybe it is obvious but i don’t see this album talked about a lot since like the month it came out and i don’t think i’ve seen it talked about in the conversations about art inspired by covid-19/lockdowns). anyway can we play a little game where you guys guess what album it is (this might help me find more good music or at least music you think i’d like as well as be [hopefully] fun!)

#i would also exclude folklore/evermore and unreal unearth from that statement not just bc i think they’re great but mostly bc i wouldn’t #call them ‘pandemic’ albums #like obviously folklore and evermore were made during that time but only two songs on folklore reference the pandemic/lockdown/isolation and #it’s sort of referenced in the sound in that both of those albums are generally quieter for taylor and that might reflect the actual #emotions of isolation and loneliness but i don’t think the sound necessarily reflects/refers to the actual material conditions of #lockdown or covid-19 #rather folklore/evermore contain just a few lyrical and sonic references to the emotions caused by that situation but again. not as many as #there were initially perceived to be #side note i think actually the most ‘lockdown’ song on folklore or evermore is mirrorball #and i think the reason mirrorball works so well is that despite the fact that both the overall concept of the song and the lyrical content #seem to directly reference covid-19 lockdowns and closures #it (mirrorball) is still extremely relatable #and i think what’s absolutely true about the album i’m referring to in the actual text of the post #is that it is at least mostly very relatable for most people (although probably for women in particular) #and actually i would say that the album im talking about has very similar themes and concepts to mirrorball but translates and expands upon #them into the form of an entire album #ok very long side note over. in terms of unreal unearth not being a lockdown album it’s true that andrew has literally said it’s not one #but also there aren’t even any small lyrical sonic or conceptual references to the pandemic like i mentioned there are a few on folklore #and evermore. #i did watch an interview where andrew says there /might/ be one lyrical reference but i can’t find it (message me if you know what he meant) #i would call unreal unearth something that i think andrew is understandably hesitant to refer to it as #and that is a breakup album #and i think the reasons he’s hesitant to call it that is that sometimes when people say a piece of media is about a breakup they use that to #reduce both the emotions and experiences covered in the work and the quality of the work #but i also think that in music specifically breakup albums are often (not always. often) a seminal important and iconic moment in a career #and are in many cases considered by many to be the best or at least the most iconic albums by an artist #examples of that include Rumours and even Red #congrats if you read all these tags you’re a real champ #i have so much to say about this topic and topics related to it sorry! #love ya and please take a guess

[night-lie]

i don't know what to say since the twist of fate when it all broke down

#this entire album and especially this song is about them HELP #good omens season 2 episode 6 #good omens season 2 episode 6 every day #episode 6 every day #good omens 2 #gomens spoilers #episode 6: every day #good omens season 2 episode 6: every day #episode 6 spoilers #self-made gifs #speak now taylor's version #story of us taylor's version #song: story of us #good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #good omens season 2 spoilers #goodomensedit #gomens2 #and they're not talking #good omens season 3 prediction on point

[jamestaylorswift]

one thing that midnights* did extremely well and that I hope ttpd continues is great vocal mixing for a pop album

*with the exception of sweet nothing

#the progression of taylor’s vocals was like #1989: pop album. she sings higher. more air in the vocal tracks because it’s a pop album #rep: pop album. her voice dropped. she doesn’t sing as high. the vocal tracks are still fairly bright but the songs are darker so it cancel #lover: WHAT IF THE VOCALS WERE SUPER BRIGHT. WHAT IF WE MADE THEM CRISPY. MORE AIR #folkmore: not a pop album. richer warmer vocal tracks. perfection. as if god is hugging you. #(not the point but fearless tv: WHAT IF WE MADE EVERYTHING SUPER BRIGHT AGAIN TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A 17 YEAR OLD’S VOICE) #midnights minus sweet nothing: pop album but the vocals are warm. good balance of mids and lows with the highs #sweetnothing.mp3: the inspiration for the vocal mix was actually an air conditioner! #(I’d also maybe lump hits different in as a track with vocals being a little too sharp for my liking #but that’s probably more of a consequence of the melody being overall higher #and the timbre of her voice pushing it just over the edge of the balance I prefer) #rambles

[themaevethcometh]

taylor swift makes me angry because her good songs are so good like she’s genuinely a very skilled musician and songwriter but then her bad songs are the worst songs i’ve ever heard. they’re absolutely terrible. and her mediocre songs are painfully mediocre but people keep saying that all of her stuff is good. like. i know that she can write good songs. i’ve heard them. but the stuff that is not good is Really Not Good

#maeve posts #anti taylor swift #i wish i had normal feelings about her/her music but i just can't #because some of it sucks but people still act like it doesn't #there is absolutely no reason that tracks from midnight should've made up the entire top 10 on the billboard charts #most of those songs are mediocre at best #and what really gets me is that half of her singles are the bad ones!!!!! girl why would you use a bad song as a single!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #you have better ones!!!!!!!! i have heard the better ones!!!!!!!! #[that part is not about antihero i thought that was one of the better ones on the album even if it's still mediocre and boring] #but then i listen to something like death by a thousand cuts or the 1 and it's like!!!!! this is a great song!!!!!! fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i know she can write good songs so why does she also write really bad ones and then promote them?????

[srldesigns6277]

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#rant time: #its things like this that i always hated in this fandom with this band #the minute they are off they arent just off #their time off is also commodified #they cant just go away and work they have to be seen and stunt #like January was always the most annoying month from 2013 to 2016 #there was always some dumb stunt just as the holidays began #first with Caroline in 2011 and taylor in 2012 #and eleanor from 2011 to 2015 #then Kendall and others for harry #they need harry to have a girl for the winter and january was stunt time #it just always made us want to speed run the month since concerts would #start in February every year but 2014 cuz of nialls surgery #now we've lived through camille olivia and this new taylor for january #all of them meant to be love interests for albums too which was stupid but i digress there #then we have louis last year with that dumb pap walk after elounor bua #now we might have her back ugh #its so unnecessary since we have been told versions of louis writing style #he has one but says he doesnt truly need the muse. bs but its something he has said #only time will tell but i dont want to deal with more depressed louis pics #or more of dothehussell they are both dumb #can we let harry have an actuall break and let louis enjoy his tour #let us get rid of the child too please #i can only watch so many videos where you can literally see actual pics of louis laid over the childs face #this was the stuff i was tired of in 2019 i dont want more in 2024 #alright rant over #if you read thanks

[maurypovichofficial2]

I’m confused as to how rich parents = industry plant though people just learn words and then use them wrong 😭

Yeah industry plant def wasn’t the right term to use for Taylor

#the whole point of ​IPs is that they don’t have to work or do anything #the INDUSTRY does it all for them and they just sit back and reap the benefits #did her family’s money give her a leg up?? sure #but that woman has worked her ass off #I won’t take that from her #she has consistently done the album/tour thing #something most artists nowadays shy away from #and the eras tour is basically a compilation tour of ALL her albums #because she re-released them ….that is unheard of #Taylor is a rare example of ‘I took the 300k my family gave me and made something of myself ‘ #I mean she actually did it and worked herself like a dog #I really think it was just the biased view of country music #anybody who isnt really into country thinks all those artists are just redneck hicks from nowhere and no lol #lots of these country artists come from money where their dad mom or both had a thriving business or was a pastor or something lol

[icanbeyourgenie]

CALRON (Taylor's Version) — fearless

you're not sorry / fearless / you belong with me / love story / hey stephen / white horse / the way i loved you / the other side of the door

#mine #megane's birthday week #day seven: romance #our couples are taylor swift eras #the initial theme was 'fav romantic paring' and i don't have one right now #BUT I do have an obsession for Taylor Swift #(even more since i had tickets for the eras tour) #and like i'm 2 months late so i wanted to make up for it #so i was like “why not do something for all our couples?” #and then i was like OMG WAIT OUR COUPLES AS THE ERA THAT FIT THEM THE MOST!!! #had that idea in the bus and was i basically lost then #i don't know how many hours i took just listening to all the albums to make the best repartition #for some it was harder than others #but it's obvious that calron is sooo fearless coded!! #like first of all that sunlight yellow? them #and the songs!! #the 'face of an angel' as a parallel from 2 songs made me laugh so much #cause damn does it fit them... #okay stopping with my obsession now #i love calron as fearless idc!! #aeron le fey #aeron x calypso

[laesas]

Tagged by @kissporsche!

Fave colour: Green! (and Pink!)

Currently reading: As in literally currently? - an Ao3 fan-translation of Hemp Rope (WinTeam / Between Us book) || The last actual ‘book’ book I read was The Wasp That Brainwashed The Caterpillar // Matt Simon which is a lighthearted and beautifully written non-fiction book about some of the bonkers animal behaviour that exists on our pale blue dot! It’s super accessible even for non-biology nerds so I’d highly recommend!

Last song: About You // The 1975 - From my post-canon Kimhan Theerapanyakul / WIK concept album playlist lol

Last series: Manner of Death - I just started it and it’s really fun so far!

Last movie: I literally cannot recall the last time I watched a film... god.

Currently working on: All working titles and current word counts lol

Sounds we can't define - 22k | T | KimChay - Set a few days post canon, a reconciliation fic between Kim and Chay. A character study in how their relationships with their brothers has affected the way they feel about love and safety and trust... Any excuse for me to write our lord and saviour Tankhun Theerapanyakul - 5 chapters 65% complete

Speak Now; Now Speak. / Be My Mistake - 2k outline | E | KimChay - Set 2 years post canon, Kim and Chay meet again at their brothers’ wedding. Chay calls a 24 hour truce on the silence between them and Kim is forced to admit to himself that his feelings for Chay haven't changed even slightly. One problem; Chay has brought a date. 1-2 chapters 30% complete

Leather Jacket, Silk Lining - 3.5k | E | KimBig - Set early in canon when Big is reassigned, Kim is drunk, bored and on a power trip, Big figures something is better than nothing. PWP lol - Oneshot 60% complete

Backburner fics: Quicker than Lightning, Whiter than Bone - VegasPete - A hospitalised Vegas realises he’s been kept alive for a reason || A dog with a bird at your door - KinnBig- Pre-canon Unrequited 5+1  “And they were roommates” etc.

Share 10 different favourite characters from ten different pieces of media in no particular order, then tag 10 people 🎥🎬📺

1. Big (the Pete Show / KinnPorsche)

2. Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon)

3. Toph (Avatar the Last Airbender)

4. Pran (Bad Buddy)

5. Peeta (“If it wasn't for the baby” aka Serving C*nt aka The Hunger Games)

6. Aimee (Sex Education)

7. James (Derry Girls)

8. Korra (ATLA: Legend of Korra)

9. Miss Honey (Matilda)

10. Lil Nas X - from real life idc idc he’s like a blorbo to me

I'm tagging @kinnbig @transpran @lesbianiconsteveharrington @wherelanguage-ends @frightmarefalls @lilithfatale @mortimerlatrice and literally anyone else who sees this. Tag me! Talk about your faves! lets be friends hehe :)

Also no pressure at all!! Also if you *have* already been tagged then this is a free pass to tell me about your wips / playlists / the sick halloween costume you have planned <3

I'm impressed that I managed to get a tag meme done on time lol!

#thanks so much for tagging me kissporsche this is also a call to tell me about your wips and spooky plans hehe! #tag meme #asks #wips #also I love talking about my wips it was so hard to whittle the blurbs down haha #also I made them for fun/inspo but if anyone actually *wants* the concept albums for kim and chay I can link them haha #I love making playlists so much and I'm so unbelievably fussy about the vibe #i go ''he wouldn't fucking say that'' every time someone puts the entirety of taylor swifts discography on a kimchay playlist #my apologies go to miss swift and everyone else who has fallen victim to the vibe check