album Taylor Swift - 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT'

[1989]

Just now, wastedpotential said:

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It was definitely a bus because they ******* drove around with her on the roof 

 

And the Civil Wars show is that one clip of her in the yellow 50s housewife dress that we'd use whenever she had a rough vocal night on the Red tour and we had to whack the Directioners or Beliebers back 

 

I know for DAMN sure that any aged member of the Swifternet is familiar with this performance lol 

 

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Not that one 

 

The war flashbacks 

 

My go to at the time was the acoustic-y version of Red she did at the CMAs, the way I used that video honestly needs to be studied 

 

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3 minutes ago, 1989 said:

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Not that one 

 

The war flashbacks 

 

My go to at the time was the acoustic-y version of Red she did at the CMAs, the way I used that video honestly needs to be studied 

 

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I VIVIDLY remember her flubbing I Knew You Were Trouble at one of the Auckland shows and sending dozens of people very nasty DMs with that S&S performance attached

 

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It was very much "you must live a miserable life, I think you should kay why ess and I hope your parents find your body, and also Taylor is a good singer and this video proves it" 

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And then for the beliebers I'd also send that video of Justin Bieber making the racist chainsaw joke too 

 

I can't believe I remember this 

 

 

 

[1989]

2 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

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I VIVIDLY remember her flubbing I Knew You Were Trouble at one of the Auckland shows and sending dozens of people very nasty DMs with that S&S performance attached

 

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It was very much "you must live a miserable life, I think you should kay why ess and I hope your parents find your body, and also Taylor is a good singer and this video proves it" 

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And then for the beliebers I'd also send that video of Justin Bieber making the racist chainsaw joke too 

 

I can't believe I remember this 

 

 

 

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Nnnnn I remember one of the funniest things I used to do is that I used to make icons even back then, but I would straight up deny people that even showed a little hate to Taylor 

 

This was definitely 2011-2013 too 

 

We have literally always been here 

 

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2 minutes ago, 1989 said:

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Nnnnn I remember one of the funniest things I used to do is that I used to make icons even back then, but I would straight up deny people that even showed a little hate to Taylor 

 

This was definitely 2011-2013 too 

 

We have literally always been here 

 

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It's the way I get irrationally angry when members of other fanbases try and pretend that Swifties are like... pure virginal loser theater kids or whatever, when I was getting twitter accounts permanently suspended every few months in 2013 for telling monsters that I hoped their parents would honor kill them for being gay 

 

I've been messy online for Taylor since middle school and these new fans just don't understand the energy 

We're all tame and docile now, and that's all they've ever known, but when times were rough, so were we 

 

[Popboi.]

10 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

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for telling monsters that I hoped their parents would honor kill them for being gay 

[1989]

8 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

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It's the way I get irrationally angry when members of other fanbases try and pretend that Swifties are like... pure virginal loser theater kids or whatever, when I was getting twitter accounts permanently suspended every few months in 2013 for telling monsters that I hoped their parents would honor kill them for being gay 

 

I've been messy online for Taylor since middle school and these new fans just don't understand the energy 

We're all tame and docile now, and that's all they've ever known, but when times were rough, so were we 

 

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The way I used to say things just as bad, knowing good and damn well I was being the messiest little gay I- 

 

I have been a Swiftie going that unnecessarily hard since 2008, I'd honestly really love for these post 2022 girlies to even begin to try to withstand what we've been through 

 

[Ms. Togekiss]

my god only blesses his favorite boys would be a good single but the lack of a third chorus brings its radio quality down imo

[hoax]

32 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

The streets of Twitter in 2013 were not safe if you weren't prepared to fight dirty 

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25 minutes ago, 1989 said:

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The way I used to say things just as bad, knowing good and damn well I was being the messiest little gay I- 

 

I have been a Swiftie going that unnecessarily hard since 2008, I'd honestly really love for these post 2022 girlies to even begin to try to withstand what we've been through 

 

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I have many beloved new Swiftie friends who I cherish but I have so much respect for those of us who survived the "Taylor isn't a ***** and Harry is ugly!" trenches  

 

[1989]

2 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

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I have many beloved new Swiftie friends who I cherish but I have so much respect for those of us who survived the "Taylor isn't a ***** and Harry is ugly!" trenches  

 

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@ me being a Swiftie first and foremost, but also legit getting into Harry's solo albums 

 

a plot twist I would've never seen coming in 2013, I can tell you that 

 

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Will always be there to reinforce the 2013 narrative if it ever again comes to that though, I can assure you 

 

 

[1989]

Peter is a ****ing lyrical masterpiece 

[hoax]

5 minutes ago, 1989 said:

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@ me being a Swiftie first and foremost, but also legit getting into Harry's solo albums 

 

a plot twist I would've never seen coming in 2013, I can tell you that 

 

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Will always be there to reinforce the 2013 narrative if it ever again comes to that though, I can assure you 

 

 

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nnn oh sister we're in the exact same place. Fine Songs was an excellent record and I really love a lot of the album tracks on Hagrid's Hut, and the me of January 1st 2013 after the NYE kiss would NOT believe where I am today with his solo music

 

I still can't stomach listening to 1D music, but that might just be more preference than anything else 

 

[pinkbowvintage]

They're sooo pretty

 

 

[1989]

34 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

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nnn oh sister we're in the exact same place. Fine Songs was an excellent record and I really love a lot of the album tracks on Hagrid's Hut, and the me of January 1st 2013 after the NYE kiss would NOT believe where I am today with his solo music

 

I still can't stomach listening to 1D music, but that might just be more preference than anything else 

 

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Nnnn we might be the same person 

 

I never liked any of 1D simply because the songs weren't good asgjdk 

 

[1989]

Stay Beautiful is not a good song, but it might be saved with updated vocals 

 

[Popboi.]

1 hour ago, wastedpotential said:

The streets of Twitter in 2013 were not safe if you weren't prepared to fight dirty 

2011-2012 was worse tbf, the slurs galore, the cocky Little Monsters, Directioners casting death spells on Taylor cause of her dating Harry…

[Kyle-x]

31 minutes ago, pinkbowvintage said:

They're sooo pretty

 

 

We need more  

[Dear Reader]

she's defrosting

how many streams this aug 1st?

[Saint James]

 

paved the way for TTPD

[1989]

August is coming indeed 

Edited July 22, 2024 by 1989

[Incandescent Glow]

8 hours ago, wastedpotential said:

nnn with Cruel Summer about a sneeze away from diamond eligibility, Taylor will have what... 5 albums with diamond eligible singles (4 in a row nnn), which is surely more than anyone else, right? 

 

I can excuse the Disney people for not giving a **** but can Republic Records please step to the microphone to defend their decision to not keep Taylor's certifications up to date 

I'm sure she's waiting for her success to slow down to update her certifications, in a "and what do I still have to prove?" kind of way. Or maybe to be the most certified artist ever with a big margin like in Australia. 

 

And it's Taylor, I have 0 doubt that even the BMR catalogue will get certified. 

[Cleanromantic]

I can't wait to experience the album in fall/ winter cause it's such a cold/ depressing weather album .

[Saint James]

11 minutes ago, Cleanromantic said:

I can't wait to experience the album in fall/ winter cause it's such a cold/ depressing weather album .

i think this is a big part of why people had such weird reception to this era. i'm in Winter right now and the album clicked with me very quickly 

[Incandescent Glow]

12 minutes ago, Cleanromantic said:

I can't wait to experience the album in fall/ winter cause it's such a cold/ depressing weather album .

This. I'm still surprised she released it in spring going into the summer instead of the usual Q4 because it fits this season a lot more. 

[Enrique523]

@wastedpotential and @1989, thank you guys for your stories, you just gave me SO MUCH war flashbacks from the early 2010s when i was EXTREMELY messy myself online in the name of Taylor. I still am to some degree but not to the same extent 

 

And yeah, i was also holding on for dear life to THAT Safe and Sound performance, it's permanently graved in my brain as a result of using it so many times. I knew it wasn't her only good vocal performance at the time but i still used it a lot because it was easy 

 

The thing is: things have changed a lot since then, Taylor has definitively imposed her supremacy over all of her peers so i don't feel the need to defend her as voraciously as i used to. I'm motivated by hatred of OTHs these days, back then i was more motivated by hatred of her pop rivals themselves since i was still slightly insecure about the future of Taylor's career compared to some of her peers (especially Gaga and Rihanna, i NEVER could stand those two even to this day ).

 

A part of me still can't believe how insanely well things have turned out for our girl, even in my wildest dreams i never thought she would end up THAT FAR ahead of everyone else. Maybe karma is real after all, we've been through so much and our efforts have paid off