album Taylor Swift - 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT'

[Vespertine]

9 minutes ago, delugeional said:

how are people enjoying i can fix him i just cant bring myself to like any second of it

It's for sexy, sensual, smoldering, dangerous gals like me. It's okay, not everyone can understand it! 

[P!nk]

When people throw around the word "bop", are we saying it is upbeat? Or is the album slow to mid-tempo at best?

[YellowRibbon]

1 minute ago, P!nk said:

When people throw around the word "bop", are we saying it is upbeat? Or is the album slow to mid-tempo at best?

It's very midtempo, I remember hearing like 3 slow slow songs at the most.

[Tal_reputation]

43 minutes ago, Taylor fanboy said:

The Alchemy, oh only if Max Martin was in the room. There's a pop perfection in those stems. 

I only listened to 3 songs but I love The Alchemy. it's so cute and tayvis coded. I did not want a whole album of ratty healy. but from what I see most fans don't like the alchemy

[Cruel Summer]

1 minute ago, P!nk said:

When people throw around the word "bop", are we saying it is upbeat? Or is the album slow to mid-tempo at best?

The album is mostly midtempo. There's basically one notably upbeat track.

[Taylor fanboy]

1 minute ago, Tal_reputation said:

I only listened to 3 songs but I love The Alchemy. it's so cute and tayvis coded. I did not want a whole album of ratty healy. but from what I see most fans don't like the alchemy

Excited for your first listen tomorrow.

 

Taylor's best album, reputation, is unbothered though 

[Venice B]

But Daddy I Love Him is the best one so far

 

Her delivery reminds me of her country days but not only that the lyrics are also really bold for her... the way this is basically a F YOU letter to her fans 

 

Edited with spoiler tags because idk 

Edited April 18 by Venice B

[Taylor fanboy]

6 minutes ago, P!nk said:

When people throw around the word "bop", are we saying it is upbeat? Or is the album slow to mid-tempo at best?

For me, a bop is a good midtempo to uptempo song that makes you move.

 

Internet lexicon kind made the term bop mean as "good song I like" though.

 

I won't ever call a ballad a BOP.

[queenoftheclouds]

2 minutes ago, Taylor fanboy said:

For me, a bop is a good midtempo to uptempo song that makes you move.

 

Internet lexicon kind made the term bop mean as "good song I like" though.

 

I won't ever call a ballad a BOP.

Better Man is a bop!

[justin.]

My one critique of the album is But Daddy, I Love Him. I love that she's dragging her fans for their parasocial relationships… but defending Matty Healy? Ick.

[Folklore89sm]

she's never letting the cupcakes forget this 

[omrimayo]

1 minute ago, Folklore89sm said:

she's never letting the cupcakes forget this 

It's so disgusting. Yuck

[lovatos]

I think her main problem is that she doesn't have anyone to challenge her in the recording studio. There is maybe a good album in there if you remove some of the songs and fine-tune the production and the lyrics. The album is too much, yet nothing, at the same time. 

[19SLAYty9]

Fresh out the slammer is so beautiful. There is such an rich atmosphere to the production 

[GoatGly]

28 minutes ago, RoseBud said:

   The way she used Paramore and Sabrina Carpenter just to push at Olivia's wounds, but Olivia won, she will always be more talented and beautiful and younger than Taylor 

Okay girl time to take your medication

[JasonGosling]

5 minutes ago, Folklore89sm said:

she's never letting the cupcakes forget this 

It was tweeted in May 2023. Seems irrelevant now and to this thread I suppose

Edited April 18 by JasonGosling

[devonedelrey]

29 minutes ago, Rence said:

She's literally describing the rat 

 

You cinephile in black and white

All those plot twists and dynamite

Mr. Steal Your Girl, then make her cry

~~~

 

It was legendary, it was momentary

It was unnecessary

Should've left it buried

Yikes, but i thought cinephile was more about joe...cant believe she was so into that rat lol

[wastedpotential]

Wait... I hadn't fathomed. Did she give BDILH Speak Now vibes to mock #SpeakUpNow?

 

Oh mother mother mother mother 

[queenoftheclouds]

27 minutes ago, SpeakNowTv said:

okay since we know how things go nowdays:

which track do you guys predict will go viral on tiktok?

 

i can see the "who tf was that guy?" line having a little meme moment

But Daddy I Love Him

[hypnodemiluv]

fortnight is SMASHA! but the rest 
same old formula and it's weak it's not lover-esque or folklore quality sorry Tay i'm waiting for  from The Vault new songs.

[Venice B]

2 minutes ago, lovatos said:

The album is too much, yet nothing, at the same time. 

I think this is the best definition of the album. Like I'm on track 9 right now and I feel like the songs are very full in the sense that there's always something going on, there's no room for breath and let things sink in, but at the same time they don't feel GRAND. There are no emotions being evoked. It's a weird album, I can't pinpoint what's going on tbh

[queenoftheclouds]

1 minute ago, devonedelrey said:

Yikes, but i thought cinephile was more about joe...cant believe she was so into that rat lol

We Know she has trash taste in men. Joe, Taylor and Travis are the only good looking ones.

[Cruel Summer]

3 minutes ago, JasonGosling said:

It was tweeted in May 2023. Seems irrelevant now and to this thread I suppose

They're suggesting that some of the music was made in direct response to posts like that, so it seems pretty relevant.

[Venice B]

Wait... Who's Afraid of Little Old Me kinda slaps pop off queen!

[CandleGuy]

19 minutes ago, Tal_reputation said:

I only listened to 3 songs but I love The Alchemy. it's so cute and tayvis coded. I did not want a whole album of ratty healy. but from what I see most fans don't like the alchemy

It's giving