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- Down Bad screams smash to me from the start so I really want to see what its like

- Fresh out the Slammer reminds me of St. Vincent's last album, very curious

- I Can Fix Him is a bit of a meme'd title so it can go either direction but I think the subject matter/lyricism will be unexpected

- loml same thing... I lean towards it subverting my expectations

- So Long, London obviously 

 

The more I look at the tracklist, the more I realize it would've been so much fun if it was revealed slowly. These titles are so bizarre and really give no indication what they'll be like sonically. It would've been crazy seeing them and speculating :rip: 

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It’s the SECOND night of the SECOND weekend in Singapore and the SECOND last night of tour before TTPD… are we moving?

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7 hours ago, P!NK2LOVE said:

I remember when I listened to folklore for the first time in 2020 and instantly thought the 1 was autobiographical and that she was indeed separated from Joe. She was just fantasising it seems

The 1 gave Haylor on first listen

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1 hour ago, Gladiator said:

I have that already ranked in order for most excited to hear to less excited but still obviously super excited for all!

 

The Albatross

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

The Tortured Poets Department

The Alchemy

Clara Bow

Florida!!!

The Manuscript

The Black Dog

Fortnight

The Bolter

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Guilty As Sin?

Fresh Out the Slammer

So Long, London

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

Down Bad

I Can Fix Him

Loml

But Daddy I Love Him

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

The Tortured Poets Department

Guilty As Sin?

So Long, London

Down Bad

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

But Daddy I Love Him

Florida!!!

Loml

Fortnight

The Albatross

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

Clara Bow

The Black Dog

The Alchemy

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

The Bolter

Fresh Out the Slammer

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

The Manuscript

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, folkloreking said:

It’s obvious, they only like this type of pop: :gaygacat6:

girl taylor has the same boring songs and productions since reputation.

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I Can Fix Him throwing us for a curve and being a very heavy song about trying to ‘fix’ someone with depression would actually be iconic. But I’m also here for it being a sarcastic-ish song if it’s done right.

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13 minutes ago, TOKYO. said:

girl taylor has the same boring songs and productions since reputation.

:deadbanana2:

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12 minutes ago, TOKYO. said:

girl taylor has the same boring songs and productions since reputation.

Sure. Must be nice living in delusion. 

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8 minutes ago, Holiest Dreams said:

I Can Fix Him throwing us for a curve and being a very heavy song about trying to ‘fix’ someone with depression would actually be iconic. But I’m also here for it being a sarcastic-ish song if it’s done right.

When that song is her version of Renegade. 

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13 hours ago, wastedpotential said:

nnn I'm pretty sure it was a combo of him being a surprise guest on the Speak Now tour (which I saw live lmao) at the same time she began working with Max/Shellback, who would've introduced her to Dr. Luke through their production ecosystem. Oh, and what miss @1989 said about Airplanes, since late 2011 was also probably the peak of Taylor/Hayley's friendship too

 

Can we take a moment to thank the Good Lord that Both of Us is a forgotten flop with zero staying power, because it's genuinely one of the worst things she's been involved with (both artistically and ethically [though I guess we didn't really know about Luke then] :deadbanana4:


I don’t even remember the melody tbh :ahh: 

 

13 hours ago, 1989 said:

I think his team was attempting to recreate the success of Airplanes nnn :skull: 

Yeah I think you are right, and maybe they tried to use it to make Taylor more global after the SN era idk

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39 minutes ago, TOKYO. said:

girl taylor has the same boring songs and productions since reputation.

Her last three albums would beg to differ!

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4 minutes ago, pinkbowvintage said:

Her last three albums would beg to differ!

reputation, lover (some of it) and midnights, 1989 tv vault

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2 hours ago, minho said:

- Down Bad screams smash to me from the start so I really want to see what its like

 

excatly, I feel like it's gonna be a 'bop' of this album

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I’m hoping this album is reminiscent in sound to something like an Ellie Goulding Halcyon (this is the best album example that comes to mind), the original release. More sophisticated production compared to production focused on driving beats. 

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45 minutes ago, Gladiator said:

I’m hoping this album is reminiscent in sound to something like an Ellie Goulding Halcyon (this is the best album example that comes to mind), the original release. More sophisticated production compared to production focused on driving beats. 

A song like Hanging On would be incredible. 

 

You know we can get away
Because I'm calling your name
Every day I feel this pain
But you just turn and walk away
 
No, I just can't keep hanging on
To you and me
I just don't know what is wrong
With you and me, yeah
 
Touch me and then turn away
And put your hands into the flame
Tell me if you feel this pain
'Cause I don't want to be a ball and chain
 
No, I just can't keep hanging on
To you and, woah
I just don't know what is wrong
With you and me
 
I just can't keep hanging on
To you and me
You and me
You and me
 
:jonny5:
 
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With more lyrical depth but sonic-wise it'd be amazing

 

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When Midnights came out, on my first listen I vibed with Lavender Haze like "yeaaah that's so cool", but Maroon was THE song that really overwhelmed me, my jaw was on the floor. 
I wonder which TTPD song will have simmilar effect. Probably, Fortnight or MBOBHFT, since TTPD is a title track and these are usually just classic hits, but not jawdropping (Lover/Cruel Summer, Red/State Of Grace, Speak Now/Sparks Fly), even though Red is one of my all time favorite songs. 

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2 hours ago, TOKYO. said:

reputation, lover (some of it) and midnights, 1989 tv vault

The only Reputation song that would even possibly fit on Lover would be Gorgeous, and absolutely none of Lover would fit on Reputation, and if you paid attention to a single lyric from any of these albums you'd understand that none of it would fit on Midnights :deadbanana4: 

 

As for the 1989 TV Vault, Say Don't Go through Is It Over Now? have literal twins on the core of 1989, and the most distinct song in the vault, "****!", sounds even less like any of her previous pop work :deadbanana4:

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5 hours ago, Gladiator said:

I have that already ranked in order for most excited to hear to less excited but still obviously super excited for all!

 

The Albatross

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

The Tortured Poets Department

The Alchemy

Clara Bow

Florida!!!

The Manuscript

The Black Dog

Fortnight

The Bolter

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Guilty As Sin?

Fresh Out the Slammer

So Long, London

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

Down Bad

I Can Fix Him

Loml

But Daddy I Love Him

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

The Tortured Poets Department

So Long, London

Clara Bow

Fresh Out the Slammer

Florida!!!

The Albatross

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

The Black Dog

The Alchemy

The Bolter

Guilty As Sin?

Fortnight

The Manuscript

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

Down Bad

loml

But Daddy I Love Him

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3 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

The only Reputation song that would even possibly fit on Lover would be Gorgeous, and absolutely none of Lover would fit on Reputation, and if you paid attention to a single lyric from any of these albums you'd understand that none of it would fit on Midnights :deadbanana4: 

 

As for the 1989 TV Vault, Say Don't Go through Is It Over Now? have literal twins on the core of 1989, and the most distinct song in the vault, "****!", sounds even less like any of her previous pop work :deadbanana4:

"BuT ShhhUbUrBaN LeGeNdS sOuNdS LiKe MaShhTeRmInD":sistrens:

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Orange 1989 outfit, which means yellow dress

 

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7 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

The only Reputation song that would even possibly fit on Lover would be Gorgeous, and absolutely none of Lover would fit on Reputation, and if you paid attention to a single lyric from any of these albums you'd understand that none of it would fit on Midnights :deadbanana4: 

 

As for the 1989 TV Vault, Say Don't Go through Is It Over Now? have literal twins on the core of 1989, and the most distinct song in the vault, "****!", sounds even less like any of her previous pop work :deadbanana4:

****! is just so stunning. It’s like 1989 beginning to morph into a hyperpop hybrid, especially during that warbled outro. I can only hope it’s a tease for things to come if she goes back to pop with TS12 or later. 

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2 minutes ago, Maroon legacy said:

"BuT ShhhUbUrBaN LeGeNdS sOuNdS LiKe MaShhTeRmInD":sistrens:

Its as if people can only compare the top line productions and are completely deaf to literally the rest of the entire song :deadbanana2:

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1 minute ago, folkloreking said:

****! is just so stunning. It’s like 1989 beginning to morph into a hyperpop hybrid, especially during that warbled outro. I can only hope it’s a tease for things to come if she goes back to pop with TS12 or later. 

Oh absolutely, I'd really love for her to pursue the "****!" sound in greater depth in the future :jonny5:

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SPARKS FLY

 

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DROP EVERYTHING NOWWWWW

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