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What if he's written 'mine' on my upper thigh
Only in my mind?
One slip and falling back into the hedge maze
Oh what a way to die
I keep recalling things we never did
Messy top lip kiss
How I long for our trysts

 

OHMYGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

 

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1 minute ago, Tusk said:

The closure slander in here has got to stop!


It's been a long time 

And seeing the shape of your name
Still spells out pain
It wasn't right
The way it all went down
Looks like you know that now

Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
It cut deep to know ya
Right to the bone
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
I know that it's over
I don't need your closure
Your closure

Don't treat me like some situation that needs to be handled
I'm fine with my spite
And my tears
And my beers and my candles
I can feel you smoothing me over

Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
It cut deep to know ya
Right to the bone
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
I know that it's over
I don't need your closure
Your closure
Your closure
Your closure

I know I'm just a
Wrinkle in your new life
Staying friends
Would iron it out so nice
Guilty, guilty reaching out across the sea
That you put between you and me
But it's fake
And it's oh so unnecessary

Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
It cut deep to know ya
Right to the bone
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
I know that it's over
I don't need your closure, closure
Your closure
Your closure

 

 

A CLASSIC

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Fresh Out the Slammer into Florida!!! into Guilty as Sin? is sooooo 

 

*banned Gretchen gif*

 

WHEW!

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Fresh Out the Slammer is especially hitting now :giraffe:

 

the "swirled you into all of my poems" totally makes Midnights make more sense. Mess :deadbanana2:

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"The coward claimed he was a lion"

 

Probably one of the most cutting lines she's ever written. She sings it with sincerity and sadness, like she believed it too :(

 

 

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A relative is in Japan and bought me the japanese special edition CD from Tower Records :jonny: ahh

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38 minutes ago, RideOrDie said:

the least streamed song and the only skip of godlymore isn't one of the best of anything :clack:

Can't argue with tasteless senseless person 🤷🏻‍♂️

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hey everyone im new here, i got approved recently and i wanted to say that TTPD is her magnum opus. 31/31 argue with the wall :heart:

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8 minutes ago, ALA said:

A relative is in Japan and bought me the japanese special edition CD from Tower Records :jonny: ahh

Mine came in yesterday :jonny: I love those special editions they've been doing, they did one for Midnights Late Night too

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down bad music video when :gayoncecat2:

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the production on some of these really hit with full headphones on

 

I can Fix him feels like im in the middle of a steam factory vibing and i love it

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6 minutes ago, Tortured Poet said:

hey everyone im new here, i got approved recently and i wanted to say that TTPD is her magnum opus. 31/31 argue with the wall :heart:

welcome :heart:

 

and well, yes!

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Bonnie and Emily give me Kath and Kim vibes for sure, they make me scream every time I watch them :dies:

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31 minutes ago, Venice B said:

What if he's written 'mine' on my upper thigh
Only in my mind?
One slip and falling back into the hedge maze
Oh what a way to die
I keep recalling things we never did
Messy top lip kiss
How I long for our trysts

 

OHMYGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

 

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I just listened to it 4 times in a row :jonny3:possibly the best song on the standard album idk it changes every day

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Have today's Spotify numbers come out yet? 

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On 4/22/2024 at 11:36 PM, Lazuli said:
  1. The Black Dog
  2. Robin
  3. So High School
  4. imgonnagetyouback
  5. The Manuscript
  6. I Hate It Here
  7. Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
  8. I Look in People's Windows
  9. The Bolter
  10. The Albatross
  11. How Did It End?
  12. Peter
  13. Cassandra
  14. The Prophecy
  15. thanK you aIMee

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TTPD >>> The Anthology

time for a ranking update

 

TTPD 

  1. But Daddy I Love Him
  2. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
  3. Guilty As Sin?
  4. Fortnight
  5. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
  6. Clara Bow
  7. Down Bad
  8. The Tortured Poets Department
  9. Florida!!!
  10. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived (+5)
  11. Fresh Out The Slammer
  12. So Long, London (-2)
  13. The Alchemy (-1)
  14. loml
  15. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? (-2)
  16. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

 

 

The Anthology

  1. The Black Dog
  2. So High School (+1)
  3. Robin (-1)
  4. imgonnagetyouback
  5. How Did It End? (+6)
  6. I Hate It Here
  7. The Manuscript (-2)
  8. Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus (-1)
  9. I Look in People's Windows (-1)
  10. The Albatross
  11. Peter (+1)
  12. Cassandra (+1)
  13. The Bolter (-4)
  14. The Prophecy
  15. thanK you aIMee
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Japan
#4 The Tortured Poets Department - 16,956

 

Her best debut since Lover! A repeak :clap3:

 

*keep in mind she only had 3 days of sales count*

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obsessed with taylor's version of lanas perpetual "move to california" being "move to florida" 

 

like - no thank you girl!! they'd kill me there!

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8 minutes ago, Lazuli said:

time for a ranking update

 

TTPD 

  1. But Daddy I Love Him
  2. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
  3. Guilty As Sin?
  4. Fortnight
  5. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
  6. Clara Bow
  7. Down Bad
  8. The Tortured Poets Department
  9. Florida!!!
  10. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived (+5)
  11. Fresh Out The Slammer
  12. So Long, London (-2)
  13. The Alchemy (-1)
  14. loml
  15. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? (-2)
  16. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

 

 

The Anthology

  1. The Black Dog
  2. So High School (+1)
  3. Robin (-1)
  4. imgonnagetyouback
  5. How Did It End? (+6)
  6. I Hate It Here
  7. The Manuscript (-2)
  8. Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus (-1)
  9. I Look in People's Windows (-1)
  10. The Albatross
  11. Peter (+1)
  12. Cassandra (+1)
  13. The Bolter (-4)
  14. The Prophecy
  15. thanK you aIMee

Combined ranking

  1. But Daddy I Love Him
  2. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
  3. The Black Dog
  4. Guilty as Sin?
  5. So High School
  6. Fortnight
  7. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
  8. Clara Bow
  9. Robin
  10. Down Bad
  11. The Tortured Poets Department
  12. Florida!!!
  13. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
  14. imgonnagetyouback
  15. How Did It End?
  16. Fresh Out The Slammer
  17. So Long, London
  18. I Hate It Here

  19. The Alchemy
  20. loml
  21. The Manuscript
  22. Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
  23. I Look in People's Windows

  24. The Albatross
  25. Peter
  26. Cassandra
  27. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
  28. The Bolter
  29. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
  30. The Prophecy
  31. thanK you aIMee
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Why don't they restock the vinyl variants? They are losing sales it's dumb af

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loml melody is hauntingly beautiful. Out of all the song and you pick the most melodic song to make an example that this album has no melody.

Well, maybe you're right, the album has no melody at all. It was just laced with narcotics.

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After sitting with the album for nearly a week now, I can say that this is my favorite album from her, and by a long shot.

 

The lyricism is just truly next level. The first part of the album is a nod to her style in her early days (up to Red), where you could feel the writing was very cathartic. Throughout the first half of the album she's really in the thick of it, just lashing out. On the second part, she adopts the type of lyricism that is more present in the second half of her career, something that is more about processing the emotion, understanding them, rather than living them directly. To me, this album is in two part but I would never consider the project like 2 separate albums. One part is about expressing the emotions how she lived through them, and the second part about processing them. It's truly brilliant. 

 

Melodically, I can't help but constantly having another song playing in my head. Everything is just so catchy and memorable. Special mention to My Boy, Florida, Fresh Out The Slammer, Down Bad, So Long London, The Alchemy and Guilty As Sin on part 1, and The Black Dog, The Albatross, CoSoSoM, So High School (!!!!), I Hate It Here, thanK you aIMee and The Bolter on the second part. All these songs are popping in my head randomly and constantly. A blessing. 

 

Production-wise, this is a moment most pleasing to me. The second part of the album is not anything new, but it's just beautiful, and serve the songs perfectly. Aaron we love you. Part 1 is very interesting to me. The first 3/4 track are really acting as a bridge between Midnights and TTPD, but from So Long London onwards, there's a lot happening in the production and it clearly draws influence from many type of sounds. Fresh Out The Slammer, Florida and Guilty As Sin might have some of the finest moments production wise on the record. And obviously, the masterpiece of the album, Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me that sounds so EPIC. 

 

Overall, I think I'm naturally drawn to part 2 more musically. Like these are the songs that I'm gonna have on REPEAT. But the sound of part 1, and the songwriting is general, feels so exciting that I can't outright say that I prefer one part over the other. They clearly complement each other perfectly and I love that. 

 

So basically, evermore, I'm sorry. You've had a good run, but it's time to accept you've lost the title of best Taylor Swift album. You will be deeply missed, but never forgotten as the OG legend.  

 

I can't wait to witness this album live, it is going to be EPIC. Once again, thank you Taylor for blessing us with this. :heart:

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Fortnight kinda clicking after a few days 

 

 

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my boy only breaks his favorite toys slaps so damn hard :jonny5:

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54 minutes ago, Post Malone said:

Guilty As Sin still sounds like the best song of all time just wow :jonny2: incredible production :jonny2: the little what? when she says "somebody told me" :jonny2: one of her best songs ever

yup yup yup lets just book GAS for that virality and the hundreds of millions of strihms and a music video and second single treatment right now :jonny2:

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