album Taylor Swift - 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT'

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9 minutes ago, Achilles. said:

It was very convenient for us that Taylor was levelling up her career at the same time Gaga started stumbling in hers.

 

Well yes!

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5 minutes ago, Achilles. said:

Anyways, back to the topic at hand. 
 

Peter and So High School just pushed Lover and I Did Something Bad out of my top 150 most played Taylor songs. That puts 10 PTSD songs in the top 150, while reducing Lover to 6 and reputation to 8. PTSD is also poised to pass reputation in total plays as early as tomorrow.

 

There are ~30 plays between my tenth and eleventh most played songs on PTSD, so it seems like the top 10 is starting to establish a firm lead over the rest of the album. 

 

What's your top 10, out of curiosity 

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2 minutes ago, YellowRibbon said:

The way I basically joined this fandom in like 2015/2016... I started listening to LORD back in 2012 though, when IKYWT came out, then I kinda missed the rest of the Red era and came back gagging when I saw the Blank Space video for the first time on YouTube. I joined Twitter afterwards and there I met so many mutuals with whom I'm still friends to this day. 

 

Whenever I think of the 1989 era I remember waiting for the premiere of the BB MV, then the OOTW MV, then the meltdowns when that New Romantics video came out, then the entire "Is Turkey a nickname or a country?" mess during that T&T Event (ahhh the memories).

 

I'd totally forgotten about this 

[YellowRibbon]

2 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

 

I'd totally forgotten about this 

It lives in my mind rent free, it was surreal... Then I remember watching a blurry as* livestream for hours because some clown convinced us all that a surprise lead single was going to be performed at the end of the concert

[Achilles.]

1 minute ago, wastedpotential said:

What's your top 10, out of curiosity 

Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus 271

The Prophecy 261

I Hate It Here 244

I Look in People's Windows 243

Guilty As Sin 241

The Albatross 225

Clara Bow 215

How Did It End 214

Peter 187

So High School 187

…

So Long London 149

Florida!!! 140

 

Still very close playcounts among the upper set. 

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, Achilles. said:

It was very convenient for us that Taylor was levelling up her career at the same time Gaga started stumbling in hers.

Wait... that's actually true, i never realized it until now 

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15 minutes ago, Achilles. said:

Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus 271

The Prophecy 261

I Hate It Here 244

I Look in People's Windows 243

Guilty As Sin 241

The Albatross 225

Clara Bow 215

How Did It End 214

Peter 187

So High School 187

…

So Long London 149

Florida!!! 140

 

Still very close playcounts among the upper set. 

Cute! Us Anthologists have to stick together in times like these 

 

Spoiler

let me pretend I'm not an OCBH for a second

 

Edited October 2, 2024 by wastedpotential

[Achilles.]

2 minutes ago, Enrique523 said:

Wait... that's actually true, i never realized it until now 

Like, Taylor was always bigger in the States but she was really pushing the DIY relatable amateur teen prodigy vibe through 2011. Her transition towards sleek, polished, mature, high budget, acting like a superstar rather than the girl next door, ditching the "ripped from her diary" songwriting narrative in favor of repositioning as a craftsman confessional songwriter and professional hitmaker… came at the same time Gaga fumbling through the Born This Way era.

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, Achilles. said:

Like, Taylor was always bigger in the States but she was really pushing the DIY relatable amateur teen prodigy vibe through 2011. Her transition towards sleek, polished, mature, high budget, acting like a superstar rather than the girl next door, ditching the "ripped from her diary" songwriting narrative in favor of repositioning as a craftsman confessional songwriter and professional hitmaker… came at the same time Gaga fumbling through the Born This Way era.

That's true! When you look at the BTW era and the Red era... you can tell who was on the rise and who wasn't (anymore).

 

And then you had the 1989 era and Artpop era... do i even need to say anything about how that turned out? 

[brokee]

9 hours ago, wastedpotential said:

I started off really liking maybe 26 of the tracks, and now I'm up to 30/31  

 

The day may come for Kim eventually, too 

26? There was progress from the start   I guess that's what my current # songs I like but it will be 30/31 but it will never be 31/31  

 

Kim will see the light of the day before the next album 

Edited October 3, 2024 by brokee

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1 minute ago, brokee said:

26? There was progress from the start   I guess that's what my current # songs I like but it will be 30/31 but it will never be 31/31  

 

Kim will see the light of the day before the next album 

Well if that ET article is to be believed then we may be getting the next album within the next six to eight months, and I fear that'll not be enough time for me to gaslight myself into liking Kim 

[brokee]

1 minute ago, wastedpotential said:

Well if that ET article is to be believed then we may be getting the next album within the next six to eight months, and I fear that'll not be enough time for me to gaslight myself into liking Kim 

I saw that too but wonder if we will get TV before a new album and yes that would be the same story for me because I still listen to the album but if a new album drops ill pull the plug on this one since I've found the bops I want from the album and the way people talk sh?t about this album I'm glad I end up enjoying lot more songs  

[chiliam]

8 hours ago, Enrique523 said:

LORD HELP ME if i became a Rihanna or Gaga stan, it would've made my stanning life so different... for the worse. I can't imagine having to deal with no album since 2016 or pretending to care about an acting career 

 

The thing that is also fascinating with Taylor is how she took negative things that happened in her career and turned them all into the biggest commercial comeback ANY female pop star ever had. Losing her masters to Scooter was obviously traumatic for her but it allowed her to do the TVs, which played a huge role in the GP's current connection with her discography as a whole. Same with COVID, if it wasn't for COVID we maybe wouldn't have gotten Folkmore (the beginning of her career revival) and she wouldn't have waited so long before touring again, which mean we may not have had the Eras Tour, the tour that consolidated her massive comeback and made her the biggest star in the world (16 years into her career, how insane is that ).

 

Her career's trajectory is so unique, she really knew how to take advantage of opportunities in a way almost no other popstar ever did. And this is why she fully deserves to be the #1 Pop Girl, she more than earned it through her hard work, talent and intelligence. Long may she reign, happy to have been a stan since 2010 

She is really that *****. Except for questionable single choices, she has made brilliant career moves.

I remember when she announce 1989 would be a full pop album, i was fuming hard and ready to unstan and thats the reaction of most fans at the time, we all called her sell-out. And it turned out her most dominant era with all the hits and promo slots. A lot of people look back and say it was such a safe move but i was there and remember it all too well, she could alienate her entire country fanbase.

Or when she annouce The Eras tour we all think how the hell to fit all the eras and that sound like a legacy act, just do folkmorelover midnight tour would be better. And then she surprise us all with that insane setlist 3.5h show. 

[mael]

The way Black Dog has shot up into my top 5 of TTPD...  The verses are so so beautiful. 

 

I am

someone who until 

recent

events 

you shared your secrets with

and your location

you forgot to turn it off

and so I watched as  you walk

into some bar named the black dog

and pierced new holes in my heart

you forgot to turn it off

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, brokee said:

I saw that too but wonder if we will get TV before a new album and yes that would be the same story for me because I still listen to the album but if a new album drops ill pull the plug on this one since I've found the bops I want from the album and the way people talk sh?t about this album I'm glad I end up enjoying lot more songs  

The oracle girls on Tumblr who seem to know what she's doing before she makes up her mind have decided that she's saving the re-recordings for late 2025 or early 2026 when she's finally resting after letting her musical narrative catch up with her real life with the upcoming Travvy album 

 

And yes, I fear I will also probably reduce my TTPD consumption in the long term once that happens, just because I am but a simpleton and I like shiny, new songs 

 

[brokee]

16 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

The oracle girls on Tumblr who seem to know what she's doing before she makes up her mind have decided that she's saving the re-recordings for late 2025 or early 2026 when she's finally resting after letting her musical narrative catch up with her real life with the upcoming Travvy album 

 

And yes, I fear I will also probably reduce my TTPD consumption in the long term once that happens, just because I am but a simpleton and I like shiny, new songs 

 

Interesting Are they right usually? not familiar with them. Eras tour resumes in like 3 weeks and ends in December so she may record these days secretly cause I don't think the girl wasting any time at all. Also, I'm excited to hear the PUTA TV but I'm more excited about a new album anytime 

 

Yup, It be like that will move on to new songs but I'll probably keep listening to songs like Guilty as Sin, Florida!!! and a handful of other songs from time to time  

[Achilles.]

37 minutes ago, chiliam said:

when she announce 1989 would be a full pop album, i was fuming hard and ready to unstan and thats the reaction of most fans at the time, we all called her sell-out. And it turned out her most dominant era with all the hits and promo slots

Just because it paid off doesn't mean she didn't sell out.

[Holiest Dreams]

I feel so inadequate as a Swiftie when I remember I only really became a stan during the 1989 era dd

 

 

 

I mean, I never cared about her before Red, and I kinda liked the singles and some album tracks I heard on YouTube. So I decided to check out the 1989 era when it started and then went down the rabbit hole and never looked back. The reputation era is probably what REALLY made me realize I'm stuck with her for life, since it was a very… trying time for us Swifties, but I loved her more than ever.
 

My stannage only gets stronger year by year, I fear for my own sanity a bit  

[Achilles.]

2 minutes ago, Holiest Dreams said:

I feel so inadequate as a Swiftie when I remember I only really became a stan during the 1989 era dd

The quality of a swiftie is determined by their taste in lord's music, not when they became a fan. 
 

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42 minutes ago, brokee said:

Interesting Are they right usually? not familiar with them. Eras tour resumes in like 3 weeks and ends in December so she may record these days secretly cause I don't think the girl wasting any time at all. Also, I'm excited to hear the PUTA TV but I'm more excited about a new album anytime 

 

Yup, It be like that will move on to new songs but I'll probably keep listening to songs like Guilty as Sin, Florida!!! and a handful of other songs from time to time  

They had both Midnights and TTPD clocked well before anyone knew **** was coming, let alone that what was coming wouldn't just be another TV, I trust their instincts 

 

The most recent inclination I've seen is a potential announcement of something at the last show in Vancouver, but who ******* knows 

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25 minutes ago, Achilles. said:

The quality of a swiftie is determined by their taste in lord's music, not when they became a fan. 
 

With a healthy dose of fortitude and ride-or-dieism during the rocky patches 

 

It doesn't matter if you were or weren't around to watch TSOU bomb into oblivion, or 22 fizzle, or End Fame spectacularly fail to live up to expectations so long as you're able to stick through with pride and dignity the next time that happens 

 

If you can sit through the back to back catastrophes of Reputation and Lover (or know you can suffer a hypothetical equivalent in the future) without feeling the urge to hide behind the hitmaker of the week, then you're a Good Swiftie™ in my books 

 

The fair weather "Stans" can crawl back whatever Katy Britney Gaga base they came from and the rest of us will remain loyal and snobbish in that fact 

[Achilles.]

3 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

It doesn't matter if you were or weren't around to watch TSOU bomb into oblivion, or 22 fizzle, or End Fame spectacularly fail to live up to expectations so long as you're able to stick through with pride and dignity the next time that happens 

It's so nice not giving a **** about things like this anymore. I'm too old and my tastes are so unmainstream and Taylor's success is so unmatchable that caring about the performance of her singles is so completely irrelevant to me. The only chart that matters to me is my own. 

[brokee]

11 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

They had both Midnights and TTPD clocked well before anyone knew **** was coming, let alone that what was coming wouldn't just be another TV, I trust their instincts 

 

The most recent inclination I've seen is a potential announcement of something at the last show in Vancouver, but who ******* knows 

Well if they knew something before anyone else and mentioned about it publicly then that's good  might check them and keep an eye on what they say.

 

Is that the same show she said something like you should put it out if you feel it or something I don't remember the full thing 

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6 minutes ago, Achilles. said:

It's so nice not giving a **** about things like this anymore. I'm too old and my tastes are so unmainstream and Taylor's success is so unmatchable that caring about the performance of her singles is so completely irrelevant to me. The only chart that matters to me is my own. 

I'm kinda having fun with a game of limbo and ICDIWABH on pop radio right now. Her sheer magnitude of success and celebrity (and the might of her radio people) are forcing them to play a song that they clearly do not want to, and it's a game of how low they'll be allowed to let it peak 

 

Spoiler

I will say I do still give a few shits about the BB200 because I like seeing her end careers (and block albums on a whim), but basically nothing else matters to me at this point either 

 

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4 minutes ago, brokee said:

Well if they knew something before anyone else and mentioned about it publicly then that's good  might check them and keep an eye on what they say.

 

Is that the same show she said something like you should put it out if you feel it or something I don't remember the full thing 

The show of the tour this December in Vancouver seems like the most opportune time for her to announce something... what, is unknowable, but I'd be shocked if there wasn't something