GAGAISTHEBESTYA Posted April 15 Posted April 15 1 minute ago, IBeMe said: It's funny because I always thought both Paper Rings AND Afterglow should have been singles aside from the obvious Cruel Summer and ppl used to clown me for it but now look at the receipts! Afterglow gets the most streams and Paper Rings went viral randomly lol! in a ideal world, this is what the singles would have looked like imo: 1. Paper Rings (sounds like a Avril Lavigne "The Best Damn Thing" era throwback song that could have been a hit back in 2019) 2. You Need to Calm Down (Taylor CLEARLY wanted to become a obvious LGBTQ+ ally so let her have this as a single since YNTCD aint that bad overall tbh) 3. Lover 4. Afterglow (Cruel Summer could have also been a single but like many have said...idk if it would have been big back then so in this timeline let's just leave it as a album track I guess) Exactly how it should have went 2
Klein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 Well I'm back to work so maybe to pass the day I'll go back to the track by track reviews. Oh Lover you don't deserve it but what else am I gonna do? Work? 3
Nein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 7 minutes ago, IBeMe said: It's funny because I always thought both Paper Rings AND Afterglow should have been singles aside from the obvious Cruel Summer and ppl used to clown me for it but now look at the receipts! Afterglow gets the most streams and Paper Rings went viral randomly lol! in a ideal world, this is what the singles would have looked like imo: 1. Paper Rings (sounds like a Avril Lavigne "The Best Damn Thing" era throwback song that could have been a hit back in 2019) 2. You Need to Calm Down (Taylor CLEARLY wanted to become a obvious LGBTQ+ ally so let her have this as a single since YNTCD aint that bad overall tbh) 3. Lover 4. Afterglow (Cruel Summer could have also been a single but like many have said...idk if it would have been big back then so in this timeline let's just leave it as a album track I guess) PREACH! Paper Rings was a SUPER SMASH waiting to have happened if it was given the exposure of lead single. Always thought this way. It fits the theme of Lover as well so idk what she was thinking on that one. 1
Tusk Posted April 15 Posted April 15 "If I were the man, then I'd be the man" joins "his strength is making me stronger" Hall of Fame worthy and will be in the RnR HOF soon enough. 1
Klein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 I Forgot That You Existed is so bad it's not even funny. Just for fun, I think for the terrible songs I'm gonna try to find a redeeming quality just to show how much reach is needed to "save" the songs. And for IFTYE, I'll say that the song could have been interesting narratively as a "turning the page" on the previous trainweck that was snakegate. Actually love @Achilles. description that this album is more a PR statement that a proper album. That's true for a lot of songs.
Klein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 (edited) On the contrary @Cruel Summer is actually an amazing pop song. Loved it before the Eras Tour, love it even more now. What a moment in her career. Now imagine if it was the opening track of the album and the lead single. That alone would have made Lover a better album, even without changing anything else. Edited April 15 by Klein
Kern Posted April 15 Posted April 15 When ME! music video dropped and it started with snake turning into butterflies…
Tusk Posted April 15 Posted April 15 The Lover era was her trying to hold on to her youth and status but it was just cringy. 1
enchanted0 Posted April 15 Posted April 15 Listening to the IFTYE voice memo was one of my lowest Taylor stan moments for sure. well. folklore exists thanks to Lover tankery so everything is good
Klein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 "We can leave the Christmas light up till January"... our edgy fav Seriously though, Lover is not my favorite song, but it is a decent one. It's just simply a beautiful song, nothing extraordinary, nothing bad. The bridge has a lyric I love very much "With every guitar string scar on my hand I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover". It's lovely. 1
Tusk Posted April 15 Posted April 15 The Archer Cruel Summer False God Paper Rings DBATC I Think He Knows Cornelia Street MAATHP SYGB YNYCD The Man INTHAF Afterglow Daylight Lover IFTYE Me! London Boy Her worse run of ballads in her career
Klein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 Oh The Man... of course we could not continue on the good path of Cruel Summer -> Lover. The worst part of that song is that I'm soooo sure Taylor thought she was doing something while writing it. Embarrassing. Let me already back off on finding a redeeming quality for this one. There's literally no saving it.
LiamVillain Posted April 15 Posted April 15 9 minutes ago, IBeMe said: It's funny because I always thought both Paper Rings AND Afterglow should have been singles aside from the obvious Cruel Summer and ppl used to clown me for it but now look at the receipts! Afterglow gets the most streams and Paper Rings went viral randomly lol! in a ideal world, this is what the singles would have looked like imo: 1. Paper Rings (sounds like a Avril Lavigne "The Best Damn Thing" era throwback song that could have been a hit back in 2019) 2. You Need to Calm Down (Taylor CLEARLY wanted to become a obvious LGBTQ+ ally so let her have this as a single since YNTCD aint that bad overall tbh) 3. Lover 4. Afterglow (Cruel Summer could have also been a single but like many have said...idk if it would have been big back then so in this timeline let's just leave it as a album track I guess) Same! lead single: paper rings (April 26) promo single: the archer (July 5) 2nd single: YNTCD (August 2) 3nd single: Lover (Nov 22) 4th single: Afterglow (March 6th 2020) 5th single (last single): Cruel Summer (June 12) 1
folkloreking Posted April 15 Posted April 15 And if I said Taylor's seemingly desperate grip onto a youthful persona and the geriatric popstar comments during the Lover era are likely in part because of discussions she might've had with Joebless? It's been theorized many times that he stuck with her in the beginning because he thought she was on the way out — then something switched with Red TV and he couldn't handle Taylor Swift because of his crippling male insecurity. This assumption only makes Bejeweled more revelatory and I can't wait to see what TTPD has to say on the topic. 2
Klein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 I'm not going to be loved for this, but The Archer is so mid. Like for a track 5 this is soooo surface level. I'm sure Swifties would not care for it if it wasn't a track 5 and you can't change my mind on this. It's not a bad song by any means, but absolutely nothing to write home about. It's such a nothing song on The Eras Tour and I wish she'll change it for an actual moment on the setlist that is coming later. 2 1 1
LiamVillain Posted April 15 Posted April 15 9 minutes ago, stupidjock said: When ME! music video dropped and it started with snake turning into butterflies… we were so gagging
Klein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 I Think He Knows is a song I have a different opinion on depending on my mood. It's either I don't mind it but not dig it either, and at other times I'm going ballistic. It's weird but we cannot be too picky on Lover Let's say it's a 5 or 8 depending on the mood.
Achilles. Posted April 15 Posted April 15 (edited) I think ITHK is fine lyrically but both her vocals and the production are so grating on the ears that it's one of her most unlistenable songs. Better not be anything like that on Poets. Edited April 15 by Achilles.
Klein Posted April 15 Posted April 15 Now Miss Americana... that is a MOMENT. My second favorite song on the album. Once again a PR statement but more intelligent that what we had so far (and the only smart PR statement on this album). The production is amazing and the melodies are melodying. So glad it has a mini-moment to shine on The Eras Tour thanks to one of the most inconsequential line in the song, that has now become one of the greatest lines of all time. 2
LiamVillain Posted April 15 Posted April 15 #1 False God #2 Afterglow #3 Cruel Summer #4 Daylight #5 Cornelia Street #6 All of the girls #7 Lover #8 DBATC #9 need #10 paper rings #11 ITHK #12 The Archer #13 London Boy #14 YNTCD #15 MAATHP #16 The man #17 IFTYE #18 SYGB #19 ME!ss #20 INTHAF 1
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