ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 1 minute ago, 4Real said: Sweet Nothing is the worst song on Midnights It might actually be "Anti-Hero." But if I'm being clouded by everything surrounding it, then "Paris" takes the cake easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan Chaos Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Totally agree that this suffered from "tired of this type of song from minute 45 on an album that has 45 more minutes" but it's cute! Certainly could have outlasted other songs but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norte Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Honestly I'm tired of hearing that song on every single Instagram story when people go to Cancun or any beach destination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigalo Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 LAX and the two bad bunny songs are bops what are y’all doin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Real Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 1 minute ago, supaspaz said: It might actually be "Anti-Hero." But if I'm being clouded by everything surrounding it, then "Paris" takes the cake easily. The best one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 Everyone who's been begging for a Midnights lashing, buckle up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 This was a solid 7 at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, 4Real said: The best one It's definitely not that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 MASTERMIND Average score: 5.75 High score: 10 (@a_d_22, @Katamari, @BlackoutZone) Low score: 1 (@madonnas, @Norte, @V3$$3L.) Is love the fortune of fate or a carefully laid plan of a Machiavellian schemer? The former notion has been a central theme of Taylor’s career, driving the romantic sweep of some of her best work. But on this racing confession from Midnights, the truth comes out: she’s a “Mastermind” who treats relationships like a sport – and she plays to win. It feels like perhaps the most honest sentiment Taylor has ever put to record. Best bit: “You see, all the wisеst women/Had to do it this way/'Cause we were born to be the pawn/In every lover's game” ATRL says…: “Songs that start strong and build to absolutely nothing example 14819,” @cockatoo complained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Real Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Mastermind is ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan Chaos Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 She didn't have the mind of a mastermind (what's that I dunno) when she made this song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandicha Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 That song is kind of unintentionally hilarious to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 she did what needed to be done with mastermind it ends too soon tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 i think i gave out like two 1's yall straight up panning these songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 In madonnas I trust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Ewan Chaos said: She didn't have the mind of a mastermind (what's that I dunno) when she made this song One thing about them tables...they turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
State of Grace. Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 20 minutes ago, supaspaz said: "Sweet Nothing" is one of the best songs on Midnights Not when it sounds like an unfinished demo! Screaming at it outlasting Mastermind too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 PARIS Average score: 5.90 High score: 9 (@byzantium, @jacklovesyou1) Low score: 1 (@CBC, @V3$$3L.) From the power-pop chorus to the symbolic invocation of one the world’s great cities – representing, in this case, the romantic escapism of holing up in the bedroom with your lover for the weekend – this bonus track from Midnights (3am Edition) is basically a 1989 B-side. Unfortunately, “Paris” is no “Welcome to New York.” I’m not sure what’s more unreal: the idea presented in the first verse that Taylor wouldn’t be reading her own press or that abominable shade line. (We need a moratorium on Taylor singing about shade, stat!) Better luck in Rome, babe. Best bit: “Let the only flashing lights be the tower at midnight” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 As I add these YouTube videos to every post, I am getting relentless ads for a movie called Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken that I have never heard of before tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 Oh wow, poor "Paris." No one cares! Well, the next one is controversial...with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 I'm glad you pointed out the shade line so I could look for it myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Real Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Just now, supaspaz said: Oh wow, poor "Paris." No one cares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 6, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2023 SWEET NOTHING Average score: 5.98 High score: 10 (@a_d_22) Low score: 1 (@4Real, @creativity.) There is admittedly some cognitive dissonance in the scenes of domestic bliss on Midnights, when just months later Taylor would break things off with her beau, Joe Alwyn, after more than six years. But man, if “Sweet Nothing” doesn’t hit anyway, the twinkling piano synth and skipping delivery evoking a certain schoolgirl charm that feels so refreshing after several austere eras spent wandering through the woods in flannel. I can only assume its low placement is a mistake by voters too exhausted at this point in the album to fully appreciate its lighthearted magic. Best bit: “On the way home/I wrote a poem/You say, ‘What a mind’/This happens all the time” ATRL says...: “Florence & Tay's ex sweeties...” @Ewan Chaos sighed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Real Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Shook that madonnas didn't give this one a 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Neither of us giving it a 10 tho LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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