GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Does she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyboi Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 LWYMMD was and still is legendary, she scored gold with that one 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By the Water Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 No. Lady Gaga does Just Dance: dated Born This Way: dated Applause: mid Perfect Illusion: noisy garbage Stupid Love: dated 3 24 3 3 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FolkLover1989 Posted March 10 Popular Post Share Posted March 10 Tim McGraw Love Story Mine WANGEBT SIO LWYMMD Me! Cardigan Willow AH Think about it again maybe Literally except Me! all are very good and most of them are very acclaimed song 12 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator bluebirdsforever Posted March 10 ATRL Moderator Share Posted March 10 Of the ten she has released, only two or three haven't become enduring, beloved, or iconic defining songs for her. I'd say those are pretty good numbers. The "Taylor Swift has terrible lead singles" narrative has caught on for no discernible reason when the only truly unforgivable one is ME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vale9001 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) Taylor S most streamed first singles Love story : 1.7M streams shake it off : 1.4M streams Anti hero 1.9M streams Look what you made me do : 888K streams cardigan : 1.6M streams ................... Lady G most streamed first singles just dance: 888K streams Born this way: 354k streams rain on me: 375K applause: 391K streams stupid love : 109K streams A no? Edited March 10 by vale9001 1 16 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 2 minutes ago, bluebirdsforever said: Of the ten she has released, only two or three haven't become enduring, beloved, or iconic defining songs for her. I'd say those are pretty good numbers. The "Taylor Swift has terrible lead singles" narrative has caught on for no discernible reason when the only truly unforgivable one is ME! Tim McGraw is also weak, as is SIO and WANEGBT. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rep2000 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Her leads are better than most people's. Like, what are you even on? Crack? Weed? Drug?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwiftie Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) The circlejerk already in here, go take a room OT: besides ME!th I dont see it tbh. Edited March 10 by TSwiftie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator bluebirdsforever Posted March 10 ATRL Moderator Share Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said: Tim McGraw is also weak That is incredibly subjective. I personally think it's a beautiful country song. 3 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said: as is SIO and WANEGBT. Shake It Off may not be to everyone's taste, but it is a perfectly executed version of what it is trying to be - hence it arguably being one of the best-known songs of our era. The same goes for WANEGBT. There's a legitimate argument that the RED singles were the birth of Taylor Swift The Phenomen as we now know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAg Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 8 minutes ago, By the Water said: Applause: mid the others I can understand, but this one... really??? it's an incredible pop song, with enough idiosyncrasies to make it far above mid. the bridge is gorgeous, the lyrics are insane and kitschy in a good way, her vocals slay, the chorus is pop perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, Rep2000 said: Her leads are better than most people's. Like, what are you even on? Crack? Weed? Drug?! Better than Madonna’s? Better than Katy’s? Better than Gaga’s? Better than Kesha’s? Better than Beyoncé’s? Better than which pop girl exactly? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 10 minutes ago, By the Water said: Applause: mid Ok this is a spill, but still stronger than at least half of Taylor’s leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*.Digambar.* Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Cardigan alone negates that theory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAg Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Just now, GraceRandolph said: Better than Madonna’s? Better than Katy’s? Better than Gaga’s? Better than Kesha’s? Better than Beyoncé’s? Better than which pop girl exactly? oh wow okay spill a bit... Madonna and Kesha both tend to have amazing lead singles for sure! Raising Hell is the only one of Kesha's first singles that I'm not a huge fan of, but I still understand why she chose it as a lead. personally I would've gone with Kinky or High Road, but Raising Hell definitely has a vibe that encapsulates the ethos of the album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEX Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 If you asked in 2019 I'd be inclined to say maybe. But the 1-2-3 punch of Cardigan - Willow and Anti-Hero put her in a very different position. Plus she had quite a few strong leads in the past: Tim McGraw - Love Story - Mine - WANEGBT. Her questionable run of leads started with Shake it Off and finished with ME, but two of them ended up being huge hits, so ye, I think the only terrible choice was ME. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rep2000 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 1 minute ago, GraceRandolph said: Better than Madonna’s? Better than Katy’s? Better than Gaga’s? Better than Kesha’s? Better than Beyoncé’s? Better than which pop girl exactly? Frankly all of them. Can you even name Katy's or Gaga's all lead singles from top of your head (well, that bar is also too low since they have like 5 albums/lead singles)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Yeah most of them are tacky, unlistenable messes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 2 minutes ago, Rep2000 said: Frankly all of them. Can you even name Katy's or Gaga's all lead singles from top of your head (well, that bar is also too low since they have like 5 albums/lead singles)? Yes I can. What does that have to do with quality? Why are Swifties shifting focus OFF of quality and onto streams or song recognition. The GP probably can’t name Florence’s leads but they are also stronger than Taylor’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rep2000 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Just now, GraceRandolph said: Yes I can. What does that have to do with quality? Why are Swifties shifting focus OFF of quality and onto streams or song recognition. The GP probably can’t name Florence’s leads but they are also stronger than Taylor’s. You literally can't claim that hers is the weakest when you can tell that Tim McGraw is her first single while you can't even name others'. The quality is what mandates if those singles are memorable or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 She has the weakest everything - singles, albums, visuals etc 1 1 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joehyche Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 LWYMMD brought me in and Anti-Hero brought me out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam13 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) you said you've had enough of taylor s thread and now you made another? what happened? has nobody irl paid some attention to you or something? anyway, no. she does not. Edited March 10 by liam13 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo22 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 cardiGOD is one of them so automatic no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelFox Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 They're a bit of a mixed bag but the bad ones are bad enough to make her a strong contender for the tile. LWYMMD has to be one of the cringiest releases by a major pop star ever. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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