NEX Posted April 22 Posted April 22 Sounds like they only listened to the standard. The entire review of the Anthology came down to one sentence - "there's one inspired by Olivia Rodrigo, there's one about Kim and there's one with weird lyrics about 1830s". They had 3 days to write this article
Støned Posted April 22 Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Gladiator said: Not Lover being ranked higher than those 4 albums. They are absolutely right, I'm afraid. 1 1
Santhosh Posted April 22 Posted April 22 24 minutes ago, Shimenawa said: Fair review. She is on top of the world, why not take some risks? Her fanbase is huge and will eat up anything. Work with more interesting producers and stop with the bland stuff That's my only issue with her She can literally release the most interesting album of her career without taking a hit but she choosing to release a blandfest with mouthful of words
Jaguarqueef Posted April 22 Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Mezik said: I honestly cannot understand how the album is doing so poorly in reviews compared to Midnights. Midnights is generic pop, minus three of the tracks, at its best and just sounds like an artificial manufactured record. TTPD/TA I genuinely believe is in her top two album discography, only behind Evermore. I feel the autobiographical song writing in this album is so much more authentic and sharp compared to Midnights. I can't help but feel the reception is due to the over exposure too. Had Taylor released this album in 2025/2026, or long after the rereleases I feel critics wouldn't be as hard on her. You know what, I'm tired of all this MIDnight slander. It's not her best pop album, but it's a listenable pop album with some career highs like Hits Different and Maroon. The melodies are varied enough that ever song doesn't sound the same. It did it's job of being a pop album. Maybe it's uninventive, too glittery pen_y, not dark enough or whatever. "authentic and sharp" to some delusional Swifties, but to the vast majority it's literal word garbage with stale monotone melodies, verbose song structure, and excessive metaphors. TTPD is not GOOD, it listens like Taylor Swift on a manic phase and not in a good way. Any self reflection and growth she's accomplished since Lover has been decimated by once again her being in love with a bad boy. It's her worst album. BY FAR. 2
Gladiator Posted April 22 Posted April 22 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Meev said: To be fair, you wouldn't think someone from Pitchfork would listen to an album with Fortnight as the lead single and give it a good score. The writers from Pitchfork are just not the demographic that listens to Taylor. Besides, Pitchfork would get more views to their page if they give Taylor a low score than a high one, since their regular viewers are the opposite of swifties. https://pitchfork.com/staff/olivia-horn/ looking at this person's review list, this is the exactly kind of album you'd expect she would review. at least pitchfork assigned it to the right person on the crew. i wonder what her ATRL account is. Ms. Olivia are you here sis? Edited April 22 by Gladiator 1
V$. Posted April 22 Posted April 22 3 minutes ago, NEX said: Sounds like they only listened to the standard. The entire review of the Anthology came down to one sentence - "there's one inspired by Olivia Rodrigo, there's one about Kim and there's one with weird lyrics about 1830s". They had 3 days to write this article Girl, there's "torture" in the name of the album, have mercy on the critics! 1
rihannafan Posted April 22 Posted April 22 20 minutes ago, Raspberries said: This album will have a higher metascore than every Rihanna album ever. If that's "waking up" then....... And will be worse than all of them, thanks poptimism 5 1
CaptainMusic Posted April 22 Posted April 22 Fitting score The album has some great songs but it's just too long, Taylor can and has done better. 3
NEX Posted April 22 Posted April 22 I'm not mad at the score tho, it's not that bad. I actually wish more critics scored it lower to bring the average down for her to notice and maybe finally work with different people. I truly hope this was the last chapter in the Antonoff/Dressner saga. Hopefully the astronomical success of it won't cloud her judgement.
Sugden Posted April 22 Posted April 22 4 minutes ago, Gladiator said: https://pitchfork.com/staff/olivia-horn/ looking at this person's review list, this is the exactly kind of album you'd expect she would review. at least pitchfork assigned it to the right person on the crew. i wonder what her ATRL account is. Ms. Olivia are you here sis? she gave red tv best new music she is not really a hater this album just sucks 3
Raspberries Posted April 22 Posted April 22 5 minutes ago, rihannafan said: And will be worse than all of them, thanks poptimism According to the little MUAs only
Raspberries Posted April 22 Posted April 22 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Sugden said: she gave red tv best new music she is not really a hater this album just sucks P4k usually don't care for her. evermore getting a 7.9, rep a 6.0, 1989 OG a 7.7 (after they chose to review a rapist's cover album instead of the original). Even folklore's 8.0 was low comparatively Their real hate boner is with Jack though Edited April 22 by Raspberries
Wondy Lust Posted April 22 Posted April 22 It's a perfectly average album so I understand the score. Think the scores should be swapped around for the anthology and og though.
Popular Post Kristie Kuwa Posted April 22 Popular Post Posted April 22 The reason why Taylor receives these reviews is because her subject matter and sound is stale to people who dont care about her personal life like that. Its super predictable shes going to split from Travis in the upcoming months and then include songs about him in her next album in the vein of "I was your cheerleader, yet we were bound to fall... apart" and how he was hot and she just felt sexually attracted to him and his d. Shocking. Theres no growth, no perspective, no creativity. 16 1 1 2
NEUTRON Posted April 22 Posted April 22 10 minutes ago, Meev said: To be fair, you wouldn't think someone from Pitchfork would listen to an album with Fortnight as the lead single and give it a good score. The writers from Pitchfork are just not the demographic that listens to Taylor. you do realize the same reviewer gave RED TV an 8.5 and BEST NEW MUSIC right? 1
trainsskyscrapers Posted April 22 Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Kiss It Better said: i was right on the prediction, they would either give it very high score or panned it no in between, and they did the latter it's time to work with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for that rock album TS12, then going back to country for TS13 1 hour ago, Yog said: YES PLEASE!! No thanks. If she just changes production, but pulls a Tyler Perry and writes the project alone AGAIN... it will be worse than that project Reznor x Ross executive-produced for Halsey. Her high school diary has clearly run out of pages.
Gladiator Posted April 22 Posted April 22 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Raspberries said: P4k usually don't care for her. evermore getting a 7.9, rep a 6.0, 1989 OG a 7.7 (after they chose to review a rapist's cover album instead of the original). Even folklore's 8.0 was low comparatively Their real hate boner is with Jack though idk. if a publication didn't care for an artist I'd be expecting rankings of 4 at MOST, but they go into 8.x+ in some projects of hers. she's averaging around 7. Edited April 22 by Gladiator
Sugden Posted April 22 Posted April 22 6 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said: The reason why Taylor receives these reviews is because her subject matter and sound is stale to people who dont care about her personal life like that. Its super predictable shes going to split from Travis in the upcoming months and then include songs about him in her next album in the vein of "I was your cheerleader, yet we were bound to fall... apart" and how he was hot and she just felt sexually attracted to him and his d. Shocking. Theres no growth, no perspective, no creativity. the way that song lyrics sound exatcly to the parody songs people made when they announced they were dating kills me she is so predictable
Bey'Knight Posted April 22 Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Yog said: Very fair tbh, the album is too damn bloated for 31 TRACKS, even for an "double album" that's ridiculous… The review is even generous in highlighting what the album manages to accomplish! TTPD is gonna be seen as one of her rare misses, that fine.. it's not even remotely bad as reputation, it could've been much worse Yea a double album has to justify its existence and i don't think that was achieved here, except a change in producer credit. 1 hour ago, Mezik said: I honestly cannot understand how the album is doing so poorly in reviews compared to Midnights. Midnights is generic pop, minus three of the tracks, at its best and just sounds like an artificial manufactured record. TTPD/TA I genuinely believe is in her top two album discography, only behind Evermore. I feel the autobiographical song writing in this album is so much more authentic and sharp compared to Midnights. I can't help but feel the reception is due to the over exposure too. Had Taylor released this album in 2025/2026, or long after the rereleases I feel critics wouldn't be as hard on her. Bolded is double-sided though. Had she allowed her juices to marinate, would she have pumped out an album as overwrought as TTPD? There's certainly a for a cathartic body of work in the current musical landscape but I don't think that's what happened here owing to how convoluted and overwritten the album feels. I know she contextualised it as a lifeline but, of we know of the process, it's a retread of work with the same slew of producers, fraught with the same easter egg winks, laden with hammy metaphorical lyrics. There's nothing to suggest that this was a gut wrench expedition Taylor just had to get off her chest in this moment in time. Frankly the most interesting revelation on the album is that she's more hung up on Matt Healy than her ex from a six year relationship. And for those who thought she and Travis are possibly endgame, well … 1
Raspberries Posted April 22 Posted April 22 8 minutes ago, Gladiator said: idk. if a publication didn't care for an artist I'd be expecting rankings of 4 at MOST, but they go into 8.x+ in some projects of hers. she's averaging around 7. Nah, 4 is outright hatred (like Ed or Katy). They don't hate her, but they almost always rate her output much lower than everyone else
fromily Posted April 22 Posted April 22 24 minutes ago, chiliam said: It`s not exclusive but her music has always been there for me for the past 16 years. And i`m glad i was born in the same time frame as her to enjoy all of this amazing music in real time. And i`m glad im using my energy on something i love rather than using all your energy to hate on someone lol Well tbh it doesn't take that much out of me to share an opinion online (I drink a lot of iced coffee, that could be it?) Anyway I'm glad you've found so much to love in Taylor's music over the years. Just not sure the feelings you're describing, of feeling closer to her when she's under (perceived) attack, are all that healthy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
kwek_kwek Posted April 22 Posted April 22 21 minutes ago, Santhosh said: That's my only issue with her She can literally release the most interesting album of her career without taking a hit but she choosing to release a blandfest with mouthful of words She's a basic artist and afraid to take risk. 1
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