album Taylor Swift - 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT'

[Fama]

4 minutes ago, Taylor fanboy said:

@popmusic I think?

Hm 

[MidnightsAtPeace]

I just watched The Godras Tour film for like the 50th time and realized how much she and her music mean to me 

 

[Solaria]

Which song do you guys predict to be the lead single? My bet is on Down Bad

[Arrows]

I feel like I haven't seen a single level-headed take on Taylor in at least 3 months. What's going on?

[byzantium]

Just now, Arrows said:

I feel like I haven't seen a single level-headed take on Taylor in at least 3 months. What's going on?

She has drove some people legally insane…by existing. 

[Lille]

Every other musician's threads: "OMG this song is so good!" "I'm so excited for the new music coming, I wonder what sound it will have?" "It went top 20, iconic smash hit!"

 

Taylor threads: "Only 5 out of the top 10?! F**king flop! Get off Travis' dick and PROMOTE!"

[Mandalore]

21 minutes ago, Arrows said:

I feel like I haven't seen a single level-headed take on Taylor in at least 3 months. What's going on?

Mass psychosis I swear.  She's just so big now no one knows how to act, be it haters or fans. 

[PoisonedIvy]

I want the chicken to stay in the oven so bad, I hated avoiding the Midnights thread for 48 hours  

[PoisonedIvy]

13 hours ago, Klein said:

I made a post a while back about my predictions on the songs theme. Let me do it again, maybe some perspectives have changed 

 

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Fornight - This is going to explore two weeks of "pause" or a break in their relationship when they were still trying to make it happen. My opinion is that it's going to contain a lot of anger, because she thought that this break could help their relationship to be back on track, and maybe they did get back together after that, but only for the official break-up to happen after a long drown out decay. I like your idea that the duet could be to have Joe's perspective on the matter, and I want to believe it's a spot on prediction.

 

The Tortured Poets Department - This song will be exploring at least one of the reasons the relationship didn't work. It gets me so excited that this is the title track. I sense more frustration than anger or sadness tbh. I think it's going to be a song about "how the **** did I not see the red flags?!".

 

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys - For me this one will be a mix of complex emotions. Like contemplating that he is hurting her unintentionally in this relationship, while at the same time knowing he loves her deeply and that this is reciprocated. It's the toxic relationship that you cannot leave because you are both still so deeply attached to one another, even when you know whatever it is you want is what the other doest want. 

 

Down Bad - I think this is the song when she realises that she has to breakup, but still haven't done it. It's going to be full of sadness. Despite being still in the relationship, you come to the conclusion that the only possible decision is to break up. 

 

So Long, London - There you go, break up happened, and you start realizing all this means for your life, everything that is tainted, everything that will never me the same, etc. In terms of emotion, sadness is a given, but I also predict melancholia. It's a contemplation of everything that's lost now that the relationship is over.

 

But Daddy I Love Him - Like you, I think this is the phase of regret. Like after breaking up, she has this moment when she questions the possibility of getting back with him because she still loves him. 

 

Fresh Out The Slammer - This is joyful. This is delusional. This is giggle time. This is "I'm finally free". 

 

Florida!!! - This goes further, this is the unhinged era. It's like "I'm going to do whatever the **** I want and nothing can stop me".

 

Guilty As Sin? - Might be unpopular, but I think this one is about the Ratty situation. This must be the time she started to feel an attraction, and started to wonder "is it too soon? it's going to make headlines if we go into it and is it fair to Joe?". The main emotion will be guilt, as the title explicitely mention. Remember that was probably not too far after writing, and definitely not long before the release of "at least I had the decency to keep my nights out of sight". But I can also imagine the question of guilt being placed on Joe too, in a "but it's also your fault if we're broken up, so why should I hide?". 

 

Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? - So she might have come to the fact that she wants to try something with Ratty. But at the same time she is wondering whether anyone would want to try something with her again given her reputation. Main emotion is anxiety imo. The anxiety that no one would want to try things with her because of the fear of 1) one day be her ex and 2) following the longest relationship in her life that ended really not long ago.

 

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) - Final song about Ratty. She discovers he is a "bad boy" and is willing to try to make him a "good guy". The main thing from this song is delusion. Despite everyone telling her he's terrible, she's delulu and think she can change him. She'll finally realize she cannot and quickly dump him in the outro.

 

loml - The title gives very little. If I had to guess something it would be that she's finally getting hit by the reality that Joe and her are over and how much she value the relationship they had together. This is again going to be filled with sadness and melancholia. Though it's not going to be "I need him back", but still contemplate how much this relationship meant to her.

 

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart - This is acceptance. She doesn't have to try and escape her feeling anymore, and will shine anyway. After all, that's what she's been doing for most of her early career. She can still do it.

 

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - I have a similar opinion as you. I think for this song, she's finally reflecting on the bad aspects of the relationship and is letting the built-up anger and frustration out. I think this will be coming from the place where she was in the TIME POTY interview, when she was like "I've spent 6 years locked up, and that's time I can't get back". She is resentful and she's gonna lash out.

 

The Alchemy - To me this is the beginning of her relationship with Travis. The real moving on is starting. In the same kind of way as Begin Again on Red. There's hope and positivity.

 

Clara Bow - This is going to dress up the parallels between her's and Clara Bow's life, and how everything they do is scrutinized to high heavens. I can't for the life of me imagine what will be the main emotion of the song. She seems to really enjoy this current fame of her according to the POTY interview ("Are you not entertained?" and the thing along the line of "I wasn't prepared to be this famous before 33"), but at the same time I think she's going to explore the dark aspect of this. 

 

Loved reading your thoughts, not you envisioning an entire subplot for Matty. I kinda feel like IF he gets anything it won't be until TS12, but we'll see

[PoisonedIvy]

Welcome back @Taylor fanboy, PTSD is indeed the most obvious yet fantastic nickname for this era  You're just such a natural.

 

Cant wait for your holy nicknames for each track to start rolling out

[Lille]

8 minutes ago, PoisonedIvy said:

I want the chicken to stay in the oven so bad, I hated avoiding the Midnights thread for 48 hours  

I wanted to avoid the album leak so badly, but I had like four tabs open with the leak and just stared at them wanting to confirm if the Karma is a cat line was real

[BlackStar_93]

I'm so excited and never thought we'd get another new album so soon. Her work ethic is so admirable. 
 

she's super smart not releasing a lead-single because a) she doesn't need the hype and b) hearing the album for the first time is more of a surprise as we have no idea about the sound. Is it Midnights synth-pop? Is it indie/folksy sounding? Alternative? Is it singer-songwriter acoustic? Who knows. 

Edited April 3 by BlackStar_93

[Solaria]

This hidden gem... 

 

 

[Heldenzeit]

Dear Reader, WCS, YOYOK top 3 on Mid, the rest can go. 

 

Here for PTSD to show how an AOTY should sound! 

[NEX]

14 hours ago, Klein said:

I made a post a while back about my predictions on the songs theme. Let me do it again, maybe some perspectives have changed 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

Fornight - This is going to explore two weeks of "pause" or a break in their relationship when they were still trying to make it happen. My opinion is that it's going to contain a lot of anger, because she thought that this break could help their relationship to be back on track, and maybe they did get back together after that, but only for the official break-up to happen after a long drown out decay. I like your idea that the duet could be to have Joe's perspective on the matter, and I want to believe it's a spot on prediction.

 

The Tortured Poets Department - This song will be exploring at least one of the reasons the relationship didn't work. It gets me so excited that this is the title track. I sense more frustration than anger or sadness tbh. I think it's going to be a song about "how the **** did I not see the red flags?!".

 

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys - For me this one will be a mix of complex emotions. Like contemplating that he is hurting her unintentionally in this relationship, while at the same time knowing he loves her deeply and that this is reciprocated. It's the toxic relationship that you cannot leave because you are both still so deeply attached to one another, even when you know whatever it is you want is what the other doest want. 

 

Down Bad - I think this is the song when she realises that she has to breakup, but still haven't done it. It's going to be full of sadness. Despite being still in the relationship, you come to the conclusion that the only possible decision is to break up. 

 

So Long, London - There you go, break up happened, and you start realizing all this means for your life, everything that is tainted, everything that will never me the same, etc. In terms of emotion, sadness is a given, but I also predict melancholia. It's a contemplation of everything that's lost now that the relationship is over.

 

But Daddy I Love Him - Like you, I think this is the phase of regret. Like after breaking up, she has this moment when she questions the possibility of getting back with him because she still loves him. 

 

Fresh Out The Slammer - This is joyful. This is delusional. This is giggle time. This is "I'm finally free". 

 

Florida!!! - This goes further, this is the unhinged era. It's like "I'm going to do whatever the **** I want and nothing can stop me".

 

Guilty As Sin? - Might be unpopular, but I think this one is about the Ratty situation. This must be the time she started to feel an attraction, and started to wonder "is it too soon? it's going to make headlines if we go into it and is it fair to Joe?". The main emotion will be guilt, as the title explicitely mention. Remember that was probably not too far after writing, and definitely not long before the release of "at least I had the decency to keep my nights out of sight". But I can also imagine the question of guilt being placed on Joe too, in a "but it's also your fault if we're broken up, so why should I hide?". 

 

Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? - So she might have come to the fact that she wants to try something with Ratty. But at the same time she is wondering whether anyone would want to try something with her again given her reputation. Main emotion is anxiety imo. The anxiety that no one would want to try things with her because of the fear of 1) one day be her ex and 2) following the longest relationship in her life that ended really not long ago.

 

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) - Final song about Ratty. She discovers he is a "bad boy" and is willing to try to make him a "good guy". The main thing from this song is delusion. Despite everyone telling her he's terrible, she's delulu and think she can change him. She'll finally realize she cannot and quickly dump him in the outro.

 

loml - The title gives very little. If I had to guess something it would be that she's finally getting hit by the reality that Joe and her are over and how much she value the relationship they had together. This is again going to be filled with sadness and melancholia. Though it's not going to be "I need him back", but still contemplate how much this relationship meant to her.

 

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart - This is acceptance. She doesn't have to try and escape her feeling anymore, and will shine anyway. After all, that's what she's been doing for most of her early career. She can still do it.

 

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - I have a similar opinion as you. I think for this song, she's finally reflecting on the bad aspects of the relationship and is letting the built-up anger and frustration out. I think this will be coming from the place where she was in the TIME POTY interview, when she was like "I've spent 6 years locked up, and that's time I can't get back". She is resentful and she's gonna lash out.

 

The Alchemy - To me this is the beginning of her relationship with Travis. The real moving on is starting. In the same kind of way as Begin Again on Red. There's hope and positivity.

 

Clara Bow - This is going to dress up the parallels between her's and Clara Bow's life, and how everything they do is scrutinized to high heavens. I can't for the life of me imagine what will be the main emotion of the song. She seems to really enjoy this current fame of her according to the POTY interview ("Are you not entertained?" and the thing along the line of "I wasn't prepared to be this famous before 33"), but at the same time I think she's going to explore the dark aspect of this. 

 

That's a very cool and interesting fanfic, but then you woke up and realised that she doesn't know how to curate her albums to save her life. The tracks will be all over the place chronologically and sonically.

 

[kiche]

5 hours ago, Redstreak said:

That it's pop with rock influences and different from midnights. They were right about the stuff they said about Eternal Sunshine

if it's pop rock it's not going to be critically acclaimed, it's one of the most loathed genres out there by critics. genuinely hoping if she's gonna go on the rock route then do an actual rock album (alt. rock, indie rock, soft rock) 

[Holiest Dreams]

24 minutes ago, kiche said:

if it's pop rock it's not going to be critically acclaimed, it's one of the most loathed genres out there by critics. genuinely hoping if she's gonna go on the rock route then do an actual rock album (alt. rock, indie rock, soft rock) 

I mean GUTS was one of the most acclaimed albums of 2023, things have changed. With that said, there's no way she's going for a teen punk rock sound. If it's a pop album with rock influences, think more Fleetwood Mac, Florence + The Machine…

 

Someone already said it but if there's one album I think this will be similar to, it's Dance Fever by Florence. Mix that sound with some The National flare, thanks to Aaron and Bryce.

Edited April 3 by Holiest Dreams

[Dear Reader]

 

[wastedpotential]

2 hours ago, Solaria said:

Which song do you guys predict to be the lead single? My bet is on Down Bad

I think the going theories are it either being Down Bad or Fresh Out The Slammer, with a slight chance of it being MBOBHFT since she loves a long song title and annoying acronym for a single, but since I know for sure she's paid for the top 10 playlist slots on every single playlist on Spotify (Drake and Scorpion tease) I imagine we'll only find out what the single is when she terrorizes us with a surprise music video drop at 4am or something

 

Edited April 3 by wastedpotential

[mael]

Lead will either be track 2 or 3

[Solaria]

1 minute ago, wastedpotential said:

I think the going theories are it either being Down Bad or Fresh Out The Slammer, with a side-chance of it being MBOBHFT, but since I know for sure she's paid for the top 10 playlist slots on every single playlist on Spotify (Drake and Scorpion tease) I imagine we'll only find out what the single is when she terrorizes us with a surprise music video drop at 4am or something

 

Inb4 she serves us a ''you are the lead single baby'' experience and gives us 0 singles for the album

 

[wastedpotential]

1 minute ago, Solaria said:

Inb4 she serves us a ''you are the lead single baby'' experience and gives us 0 singles for the album

 

Well we have to remember that Lavender Haze was slated to be the lead for Midnights for months before she switched to Anti-Hero because the cast of the video bullied her, I Can See You was the lead for Speak Now TV until she decided that actually Cruel Summer would be a better lead instead, and "****!" was the lead for 1989TV until about 24 hours after the album came out when the fans and radio rejected it and decided that Is It Over Now? was going to be the single instead, so she'll eventually make the right decision, but it'll take some time and she'll have exhausted every other option

 

[Mandalore]

1 hour ago, Solaria said:

This hidden gem... 

 

 

I've always stanned this underrated gem. Lots of people saw the light when she did a piano version of it:

 

 

 

 

Living for the repurposing of it here too. iykyk 

Edited April 3 by Mandalore

[Solaria]

1 minute ago, wastedpotential said:

Well we have to remember that Lavender Haze was slated to be the lead for Midnights for months before she switched to Anti-Hero because the cast of the video bullied her

 

What is this lore sister tell me more

 

[Tusk]

6 hours ago, BlackJesus said:

I have some tea. The album features vocals by Taylor Swift.

Now if this was a Britney thread, that tea would be questionable