If U Seek Amy Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just finished. I like the album on first listen I do. I felt similarly to Midnights and now I love Midnights so I am not worried. Just not an instant impact for me of love. She needs to move on from Jack officially. Too much of the album is just Midnights 2.0 production wise. Her lyrics and vocal delivery uplift his overdone productions. They are good, just too similar. Near the end I started getting fatigued and it blended together too much. I would give it a like 7/10 for now. I can see this growing on me a lot though with time. I gave the leak a single listen. Now I will wait for official release before I try again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstreak Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 19 minutes ago, Jaguarqueef said: 4/10 4/10 The only highlights are The only highlights are Florida!! (Saved by Florence) and The Black Dog. I sometimes wonder if I was tricked by Ms. Swift's one-two strokes of genius with Folklore and Evermore, but I remember even her poppier albums have highs of watching it go round and round each time but not caring bc that D is THAT GOOD!(Style) or fervently begging a man who doesn't care about you to remember dancing in the kitchen in the fridge light (ATW) She is a CAPABLE and compelling writer when she TRIES to be. She isn't trying right now. This is the most monotone boring breakup album I have ever heard. Unfitting for a relationship of 7 years. There are no extremely high points of this relationship that could make you understand why the low points would be so low. Hell, it doesn't even feel like an intimate album. It feels like looking at someone through a window w/ shades. This feels like two fundamentally incompatible people who somehow stayed together for seven years.. He didn't cheat on her, he didn't belittle her, he didn't abuse her; he simply couldn't give her what she needed which according to her is attention. And don't get me started on Antonoff's production..the synths sound soooo out of place in such a downtempo album. The lack of variety in beats until Florida. She needs a new producer ASAP. But Taylor Swift could fart on a synth beat and go triple platinum by the years end, get countless Grammys, etc. I do hope this mediocrity isn't rewarded This is pretty much the opinion of someone who only listens to songs for beats 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just now, Dear Reader said: I wish she went a BIT harder at the end of The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived Nnnnn like how "harder"? The decibels were already HIGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 minute ago, Dear Reader said: I wish she went a BIT harder at the end of The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived Oh see I think she had to keep him alive at the end There's no point in ending him so hard he dies too quickly to rot in prison for a few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk_Away21 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 minute ago, Taylor fanboy said: @Walk_Away21 sis give it a chance. Yes Hack is still Hacking here but it's a step up from Loser - MID. xoxo I am waiting til Friday. I only heard the Charlie Puta snippet line. I trust you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just now, Magickarp said: @Timeless you will definitely (idk if u wanna get spoiled so i will use tags) Reveal hidden contents HATE this album What song was this again asdfghjl there's essays of lyrics i forgot I think @Timeless will Spoiler Appreciate it. I trust the good sis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceOddity Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Track descriptions. Spoiler 6. But Daddy - This is kind of a sonic recall to her more innocent melodies of Speak Now but it's backed up by Melodrama-lite production. It's cute. 7. Slammer - One of those boring slowtempos she usually tucks right at the lower end of the album. Nothing she hasn't melodically done a hundred times before and with better results. 8. Florida!!! - A Vault 1989 track and a Dance Fever track had a mediocre baby. 9. Me 9. See Slammer 10. My Tears Ricochet's more epic cousin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dear Reader Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just now, Taylor fanboy said: Nnnnn like how "harder"? The decibels were already HIGH. I meant adding some electric guitar for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 minute ago, Redstreak said: This is pretty much the opinion of someone who only listens to songs for beats Oh drag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladiator Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 4 minutes ago, 1989 said: The Black Dog is insane and she's insane for making it a bonus track wtf I loved it on first listen, but I'm listening to it with headphones on and so many of the lyrics are so relatable. If I was closer in time to the breakup of my life that hit me the hardest, I'd be a sobbing mess because that's the stuff I think about listening to it. Very relatable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Vinci Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, TaylenaStan said: but besides that i also feel like she lost her ear for melodies?! like her melodies on Fearless, SN, Red >>>>>>> Mid, PTSD This is my biggest issue. I think the production is a step up from Midnights (even Jack's, well except for I Can Do It with a Broken Heart ). The lyrics are also nicer and nothing jarring like the "glitter gel" pen songs in Midnights or whatever. Who's Afraid... is great storytelling from a lyrical and production standpoint. BUT The melodies are just not giving and her bedroom pop vocal delivery doesn't help. Like I literally couldn't finish some songs out of boredom. And this is coming from someone who stans folklore and Red ballads and midtempos over the upbeat ones. The 1, cardigan, willow, champagne problems, etc. even the Midnights singles were a lot more instant melodically than anything here. The complaints saying "everything sounds the same" are probably talking about the melodies which is true. I feel like even just one or two outstanding songs would've made me like the album as a whole a lot more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dear Reader Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 oh The Alchemy I'm SO SORRY for ever doubting you 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkbowvintage Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 The Black Dog cover really is the best one that matches the sound the most 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Six weeks of breathing clean air I still miss the smoke Were you making fun of me with some esoteric joke? Now I wanna sell my house and set fire to all my clothes And hire a priest to come and exercise my demons Even if I die screaming And I hope you hear it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just now, Walk_Away21 said: I am waiting til Friday. I only heard the Charlie Puta snippet line. I trust you! I noticed Jack is stepping up when someone else is involved (Max Martin Mafia, Aaron's Crew, Lose'r's spelling b team). Do you like Billie Eilish? I noticed some hints of her. Cc @wish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just now, Dear Reader said: oh The Alchemy I'm SO SORRY for ever doubting you I'm so glad I claimed ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 minute ago, Dear Reader said: I meant adding some electric guitar for example Knowing Jack, there's electric guitar there, he just buries instruments like always. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk_Away21 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Just now, Taylor fanboy said: I noticed Jack is stepping up when someone else is involved (Max Martin Mafia, Aaron's Crew, Lose'r's spelling b team). Do you like Billie Eilish? I noticed some hints of her. Cc @wish Oh that's not- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkbowvintage Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I can't be the only one who hears intentional The Little Mermaid soundscape in But Daddy I Love Him, can I?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Bubble Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 47 minutes ago, Strawberry Bubble said: Okay, I'm not going to share my honest opinion about it lol. I'm just going to wait for it to get better by tomorrow Okay, it's actually getting better the more I listen. Thank god I found the leak, so I can enjoy the album tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodLuster Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) California - Fresh Out The Slammer - The Next Best American Record yeah that's iT Edited April 18 by BloodLuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Oh and that FOTS switchup I've always wanted that in a Taylor song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dear Reader Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 minute ago, 1989 said: Six weeks of breathing clean air I still miss the smoke Were you making fun of me with some esoteric joke? Now I wanna sell my house and set fire to all my clothes And hire a priest to come and exercise my demons Even if I die screaming And I hope you hear it the way I had to pick myself from off the floor after I heard that. oh my GOD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delugeional Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 So does she just try harder on aaron tracks or what? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lille Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I allowed myself one song... I Can Do It With A Broken Heart SOTY idc idc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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