poll Better songwriting: Brat vs The Tortured Poets Department

[Kukai]

Which of these two albums do you think has better songwriting? 

[réveuse]

The critically acclaimed album that doesn't make fun of mental illness.

[Cesar]

Brat, yes definitely 

[Europe]

Yes, that's what we needed. Yet another Taylor Swift thread.

 

 

[Kayseri Mantisi]

The critically acclaimed album that's not a failed Lana wannabe.

[Kukai]

2 minutes ago, réveuse said:

The critically acclaimed album that doesn't make fun of mental illness.

Where does Taylor make fun of mental illness?

 

My favourite songs lyrically from each album is Apple (Brat) and The Prophecy (TTPD) btw. 

[Arrows]

What's the best written song from Brat?

[Wicked]

1 minute ago, Arrows said:

What's the best written song from Brat?

Lyrically I'd say So I personally.

 

Musically, Everything is romantic imo

[réveuse]

Just now, Kukai said:

Where does Taylor make fun of mental illness?

 

My favourite songs lyrically from each album is Apple (Brat) and The Prophecy (TTPD) btw. 

In Fortnight, she has an asylum aesthetic, despite the fact that being in an asylum is a horror, and she, a privileged billionaire, is here creating an aesthetic out of it.

 

Hell, Taylor Nation even tweeted this awful tweet right here.

 

And in a song, she outs Joe's depression, knowing how private he is and how rabid her fanbase is.

 

[Arrows]

Just now, Wicked said:

Lyrically I'd say So I personally.

 

Musically, Everything is romantic imo

Thanks! Gonna listen asap

[thatsmydemi]

TTPD has this: 

 

You smokеd, then ate seven bars of chocolate
We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist

 

So Brat wins by default. 

 

 

[Bartender]

BRAT is not only better but one of Charli's best written projects to date

 

TTPD has very few highlights but a number of songs on the album fall flat because of stale metaphors and concepts

 

BRAT is better than PTSD in every way so don't try it 

 

 

 

 

[TayDuaStan]

Can we even call BRAT's lyrics, songwriting? It's just a bunch of noises & gibberish 

[Cheers]

Okay enough. We get it! Taylor is an evil BRAT! but Taylor is obviously the better lyricist 

[Loca]

Both are pretty bad, I'd say. I'm still voting for BRAT because I don't get the feeling it's trying to impress on the writing department, unlike the album with the word poetry in its title.

[Patient Zero]

22 minutes ago, TayDuaStan said:

Can we even call BRAT's lyrics, songwriting? It's just a bunch of noises & gibberish 

TTPD is 31 tracks in gibberish. Don't try

[EnigmaticAndroid]

Brat. The whole issue with The Lukewarm Leftovers Department is that the songs feel like a bunch of aggressively verbose couplets shoved together. The melodies are collectively her weakest and feel monotonous. The lyrics tend to feel clunky in the context of a song. The swings in tone meet mixed results. Songwriting is more than just words on a page. 

 

Brat, while not especially highbrow or trying to be super refined or poetic lyrically, nails what it's going for. The writing is instantly catchy, memorable, varied, and delves into specific/personal topics (weighing motherhood, comparing yourself to a female peer, the death of Sophie) in ways that feel substantial and affect the audience, which is in itself successful storytelling. 

Edited June 16 by EnigmaticAndroid

[modeblock]

the one that didn't forget they were making a pop record. Taylor, we needed melodies to go along with the verbose lyrics - and they simply were not there. 

 

 

For 'Sympathy is a knife' alone, BRAT wins this one for me  

[Janet]

Charli could do TTPD 

taylor could never do BRAT

 

[ttsmu]

Imagine voting for TTPD 

 

 

BRAT 

[iamanearthling]

Are people seriously delulu? 
of course TTPD. 
some of her best work in there. 

[lovecatt]

Brat & it's not even close

[ttsmu]

5 minutes ago, iamanearthling said:

Are people seriously delulu? 
of course TTPD. 
some of her best work in there. 

The bar is in hell. 

[Virgos Groove]

47 minutes ago, EnigmaticAndroid said:

Songwriting is more than just words on a page.

!!!

 

This needs to be pinned at the top of every songwriting comparison thread. Some people seem to think melodies and hooks fall out of a tree.

[Green]

We declared Charli xcx should be a bigger artist