Enrique523 Posted October 2 Posted October 2 2 hours ago, wastedpotential said: No I can't imagine what my life would be like if my 2007 ass self had latched onto Rihanna or Gaga instead of Lord Every loss is a victory in the long run, in a way that no one else is seeing 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 2 1
Achilles. Posted October 2 Posted October 2 2 hours ago, wastedpotential said: No I can't imagine what my life would be like if my 2007 ass self had latched onto Rihanna or Gaga instead of Lord Every loss is a victory in the long run, in a way that no one else is seeing It's so funny that you chose those two names in particular because Rihanna was my first favorite pop star, quickly joined and replaced by Gaga. I joined social media as a little monster and had so many twitter friends among that fandom and used to get "top tweets" (the precursor to viral tweets) on Gaga trends all the time. Then I joined ATRL as a monster (and Natalia Kills stan) but didn't fit in with them here so I ended up finding a home with the swifties. Which was kinda funny, because I had been a huge Taylor fan since her first song but I never really interacted with her fandom until coming here in 2011. 1
wastedpotential Posted October 2 Posted October 2 1 minute ago, Achilles. said: It's so funny that you chose those two names in particular because Rihanna was my first favorite pop star, quickly joined and replaced by Gaga. I joined social media as a little monster and had so many twitter friends among that fandom and used to get "top tweets" (the precursor to viral tweets) on Gaga trends all the time. Then I joined ATRL as a monster (and Natalia Kills stan) but didn't fit in with them here so I ended up finding a home with the swifties. Which was kinda funny, because I had been a huge Taylor fan since her first song but I never really interacted with her fandom until coming here in 2011. ddd I chose my #2 and #3 and I think they were pretty popular alternates for the Taylor fans who weren't crossing over from like... the Carrie Underwood fandom 1
Achilles. Posted October 2 Posted October 2 3 minutes ago, wastedpotential said: ddd I chose my #2 and #3 and I think they were pretty popular alternates for the Taylor fans who weren't crossing over from like... the Carrie Underwood fandom I crossed over from the Shania Twain and Faith Hill fandom. I actually got to Rihanna and Gaga the old fashioned organic way. Both were payola'd to me by friends in high school gym class. A female friend in freshman year introduced me to "Disturbia" and Evanescence, establishing my long-standing preference for "dark pop." I lived for Rated R and basically dropped Rihanna the day I got home from school and heard OGITW the first time (nearly as catastrophic as hearing WANEGOD for the first time, though I got over it too). Then in sophomore year gym class, my gay friend used to tell me all about Gaga and I was weirded out and uninterested, but the back to back punch of Paparazzi at the VMAs followed by Bad Romance won me over in a heartbeat. Dark pop, high concept, performance art was right up my alley at the time. I ate it all the way up. It was so funny being a swiftie on here back in early 2010s. Being lumped in with the Underwood and Lambert stans despite having a dubstep smash. The way were seen as niche country stans in the way the KPop stans are mostly irrelevant outside of their thread and then suddenly we weren't just competing with their faves, but stomping all over them. Hilarious times. Spoiler Actual ATRL user testimonials from 2012-2014: Quote These Taylor stans are like King Cobras I swear. They normally mind their own business but step into their territory...... Quote That grimacing stare like she knows the other pop girls are just her minions. Quote I just can't anymore. Our faves might as well take their wigs and just hand them to Taylor. Quote Taylor plz stop making music Quote Was only a matter of time before you stanned for Taylor: the queen of country, pop, dubstep, music, breathing, water, and most species of land mammals. Quote It's like Taylor just died or something (The last one is about her iTunes domination). 2
wastedpotential Posted October 2 Posted October 2 12 minutes ago, Achilles. said: I crossed over from the Shania Twain and Faith Hill fandom. I actually got to Rihanna and Gaga the old fashioned organic way. Both were payola'd to me by friends in high school gym class. A female friend in freshman year introduced me to "Disturbia" and Evanescence, establishing my long-standing preference for "dark pop." I lived for Rated R and basically dropped Rihanna the day I got home from school and heard OGITW the first time (nearly as catastrophic as hearing WANEGOD for the first time, though I got over it too). Then in sophomore year gym class, my gay friend used to tell me all about Gaga and I was weirded out and uninterested, but the back to back punch of Paparazzi at the VMAs followed by Bad Romance won me over in a heartbeat. Dark pop, high concept, performance art was right up my alley at the time. I ate it all the way up. It was so funny being a swiftie on here back in early 2010s. Being lumped in with the Underwood and Lambert stans despite having a dubstep smash. The way were seen as niche country stans in the way the KPop stans are mostly irrelevant outside of their thread and then suddenly we weren't just competing with their faves, but stomping all over them. Hilarious times. Hide contents Actual ATRL user testimonials from 2012-2014: (The last one is about her iTunes domination). Taylor was really the first artist I ever really got into (actually it was Gwen Stefani circa like... 2005 but I dropped her so quickly it hardly counts nnn), and all because I was devouring Teardrops on the local country station that my dad liked to the point that I made them buy the CD for me. Around the same time (I guess right as Umbrella was smashing and GGGB got released), I really got into Rih's music and I might've gone that way if Taylor didn't release Love Story and then Fearless back to back, after which I lost interest in literally all non-Taylor music for about 6 months, and didn't start tuning back in until Poker Face. I was riding hard for Taylor and Gaga (and also TD era Katy nnn) and I actually first got on Twitter to celebrate the release of Born This Way Then, I got burned out on Katy and Gaga went... in a Reverse Warholian direction that I wasn't really interested in, and at the same time I was fighting in the trenches of the internet and the school lunchroom with the One Direction fans and that just glued me to Taylor in some sort of trauma bond. I guess it also helps that Sermons Now and Redemption came out and absolutely bowled my English Teacher's Favorite Student™ ass over during that same period, but I've really never given a second thought to another artist since. I will admit that I thought the absolute meltdowns over WANEGBT were hilarious because clearly y'all weren't ride or die for Taylor I've spent several hours going back to read the Red and 1989 era Taylor threads in the classic archive and they're ******* insane in hindsight. So many things have changed, and yet nothing has really changed, either 1
rebeltwat Posted October 2 Posted October 2 There was danger in the heat of my touch, he saw forever so he smashed it up if I had a nickel
Achilles. Posted October 2 Posted October 2 8 minutes ago, wastedpotential said: I was devouring Teardrops on the local country station that my dad liked to the point that I made them buy the CD I got my first ipod for my 13th birthday a few weeks before "Tim McGraw" was released and that was when iTunes was still really new so they were doing promos to attract users. One of their promos was putting a code for 2 free downloads onto cereal boxes. I had the only ipod in the house, so I got the code. I used it on Tim McGraw, my first ever iTunes purchase. (The other download, incidentally, was used on a song by that artist). And a few months later I was sitting at the desktop playing a computer game when my parents came home from Walmart and gave me Taylor's album and I still remember being upset because I'd already bought Tim McGraw and that meant I wasted my code! It was very convenient for us that Taylor was levelling up her career at the same time Gaga started stumbling in hers. 1 2
Achilles. Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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. 1
YellowRibbon Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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). 2
wastedpotential Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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! 1
wastedpotential Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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
wastedpotential Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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 Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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 1
Achilles. Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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. 1
Enrique523 Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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
wastedpotential Posted October 2 Posted October 2 (edited) 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 by wastedpotential 1
Achilles. Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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. 2
Enrique523 Posted October 2 Posted October 2 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? 1
brokee Posted October 3 Posted October 3 (edited) 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 by brokee
wastedpotential Posted October 3 Posted October 3 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 Posted October 3 Posted October 3 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 Posted October 3 Posted October 3 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. 1 1
mael Posted October 3 Posted October 3 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 1
wastedpotential Posted October 3 Posted October 3 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
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