i see patient zero is gagging y'all

@DevilsRollTheDice and i always knew game

Fortnight was actually a good first single (imo) but I understand how it wasn't gp friendly. It's very subtle for her standards but once the vibe and melody of the chorus clicks it REALLY clicks!

From my own anecdotal experience it was definitely well received by straight male listeners due to the Post feature.

12 minutes ago, dman4life said:

Fortnight was actually a good first single (imo) but I understand how it wasn't gp friendly. It's very subtle for her standards but once the vibe and melody of the chorus clicks it REALLY clicks!

From my own anecdotal experience it was definitely well received by straight male listeners due to the Post feature.

it's a good song, if not a little boring.

tbh i don't mind it as a song at all even though it wouldn't scratch my top 100 of taylor swift songs, but that outro is heavenly.

i do think taylor and post could've definitely delivered an iconic song and they decided to serve a snooze.

Fortnight is my (second) least fav of the TTPD era.

16 minutes ago, Sasori. said:

i see patient zero is gagging y'all

@DevilsRollTheDice and i always knew game

Don't let them forget it, sis!

This is pop perfection! And you know what else? the bridge adds to it!

I think the Taylor of old died here. When she sings, 'I'll find someone,' to me, that symbolises her settling. The chase. It's done. Oh, TTPD

4 minutes ago, Sasori. said:

it's a good song, if not a little boring.

tbh i don't mind it as a song at all even though it wouldn't scratch my top 100 of taylor swift songs, but that outro is heavenly.

i do think taylor and post could've definitely delivered an iconic song and they decided to serve a snooze.

Fair enough! It's definitely what makes her such a true artist she could've easily released a standard bop since she was at the peak of her Eras tour popularity but she stuck true to how she was really feeling in the moment.

Fortnight was the perfect single and best mainstream radio pop single in her discography some of the GP didn't get it but it's at 1.25 billion streams already, it charted longer than Cardigan, ATW10, Willow, and LWYMMD - and it's my most played song ever so I have to stand up for it a lil!

Honestly, I don't think there was anything that screams smash on TTPD so Fortnight as a lead is fine

1 minute ago, By the Water said:

Honestly, I don't think there was anything that screams smash on TTPD so Fortnight as a lead is fine

Guilty As Sin should've defo been the 2nd single, that would have been a smash hit with a proper video a la Wildest Dreams

4 minutes ago, Cruel Summer said:

Fortnight the best mainstream radio pop single in her discography

Down Bad is the hit that got away alongside Guilty as Sin, So High School and maybe My Boy Breaks His Favorite Toys, but not sure.

I think Patient Zero is becoming my number 1 fav from Showgirl

50 minutes ago, DevilsRollTheDice said:

the bridge adds to it!

oh don't let certain users hear you

more negative meltdowns incoming

1 hour ago, fridayteenage said:

Her only opening single choices I found questionable are the collabs

Meeeeeeee and fortnight

I'll never forget that era.

-Everyone was calling ME the alphabet song

-falling in love with Cornelia street

YNTCD music video

-we all guessed lover as album name and she said no one got it right

-ppl were counting spaces in the fence.

-xxx blocked every single

Good times except for the backlash after her backup drummers performance

come to think of it, people always have been irrationally crazy about tay

i remember when lwymmd music video trailer came out, twitter was dragging her for "mayochella" and saying it was the "white formation", then dragged her for the dancing in the delicate music video even though it was intentional

i remember she also tweeted she had a good year, i think it was 2018 and she got dragged for saying her year was good

then during lover i remember the whole drums thing after her performance, and when the album dropped they were dragging her for london boy because "you can't do all those things she mentions in the song in one day"

and then every other irrational thing they found to drag her after that. like her vogue magazine cover, etc…

51 minutes ago, By the Water said:

Honestly, I don't think there was anything that screams smash on TTPD so Fortnight as a lead is fine

I mostly agree with this, but I do think GAS?, My Boy, and Down Bad would've all probably outperformed even if none of them were going to be Anti-Hero/Ophelia. imgonnagetyouback, too.

I like Fortnight though and don't begrudge the choice. I think a discography benefits from some left field choices. And it's certainly not a Cruel Summer situation where she was leaving something insane on the vine.

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3 minutes ago, Sasori. said:

come to think of it, people always have been irrationally crazy about tay

i remember when lwymmd music video trailer came out, twitter was dragging her for "mayochella" and saying it was the "white formation", then dragged her for the dancing in the delicate music video even though it was intentional

i remember she also tweeted she had a good year, i think it was 2018 and she got dragged for saying her year was good

then during lover i remember the whole drums thing after her performance, and when the album dropped they were dragging her for london boy because "you can't do all those things she mentions in the song in one day"

and then every other irrational thing they found to drag her after that. like her vogue magazine cover, etc…

It literally never ends. Every single move she makes seems attracts weirdos and has since the day I became a fan

honestly this latest round has basically entirely broken the curse of me giving even the tiniest ****, it's so freeing

It could stay this simple

I'm just a casual taylor fan and I know we don't need any more discourse on taylor's new singles, but "peace" came on in my spring (in australia) rotation and the way she was able to do her wordy phrasing to the tune/beat, compared to patient zero which felt like one long breathy sentence that vs'd the melody

Down Bad was the lost hit from TTPD. But even if it had been serviced, it would have been a radio smash rather than a streaming one.

TTPD was the true gift to the fans and will be around for many years to come!

10 minutes ago, blessedspaghetti said:

I'm just a casual taylor fan and I know we don't need any more discourse on taylor's new singles, but "peace" came on in my spring (in australia) rotation and the way she was able to do her wordy phrasing to the tune/beat, compared to patient zero which felt like one long breathy sentence that vs'd the melody

This is one of the defining qualities of her post-Lover songwriting rebirth. Maroon is possibly the most successful example.

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2 hours ago, dman4life said:

Fortnight was actually a good first single (imo) but I understand how it wasn't gp friendly. It's very subtle for her standards but once the vibe and melody of the chorus clicks it REALLY clicks!

From my own anecdotal experience it was definitely well received by straight male listeners due to the Post feature.

2 hours ago, Sasori. said:

it's a good song, if not a little boring.

tbh i don't mind it as a song at all even though it wouldn't scratch my top 100 of taylor swift songs, but that outro is heavenly.

i do think taylor and post could've definitely delivered an iconic song and they decided to serve a snooze.

Fortnight could be the perfect single, tbh. It just lacked a little punch in the production.

2 hours ago, dman4life said:

Fortnight was actually a good first single (imo) but I understand how it wasn't gp friendly. It's very subtle for her standards but once the vibe and melody of the chorus clicks it REALLY clicks!

From my own anecdotal experience it was definitely well received by straight male listeners due to the Post feature.

Its my go to Monday song ever since it release.

All my mornings are Mondays stuck in endless February