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Taylor Swift - "Patient Zero"
Combined with the melodies, production and phrasing, it doesn't sound clunky no. Possibly why She chose to release this as a song rather than as a poem or novel.
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
Overall we have a very infectious cute bop, albeit a Honey redux, in 'Patient Zero'; we have a typically tiresome people think I can't dance, and I'm self-aware about how annoying I am "clap-back" in 'Cleveland!' with some melodies that range between fun and irritating; we have a sing that no one would blink twice at if it was on the back-half of Lover or 1989 TV in 'Pink Clouding'; and a very affecting, pretty country-pop ballad in 'Babylon'. These are mid-to-good bonus tracks, and anyone acting like it's world war 3 has lost themselves in some desperately sad AI-generated ragebaiting vortex. You're missing all the best parts indeed!
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
She fumbles the 1st verse on Babylon too with some random, unevocative nonsense ('a liberated libertine' is awful), but She rights the ship after that. The self-harm of never being where you are an all-timer gutpunch And the way She brings the 'Aunt Virginia with her church dress on / no elbows on the table and the neighbour's lawn always looked better" section back near the end and adds the 'it's almost gone' over it Oh Scott Swift you are bones. The power of the Lord
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
Pink Clouding is the most egregious of the 4 sings to me. So anonymous. The concept is uninteresting, it feels irrelevant to the ablum, the lyrics are nonsense, the production is nothing. It sounds like Suburban Legends meets Afterglow. Not a combination we should be aspiring to. Met the magenta sunrise Fuchsia forever intertwined Threw the rosewood on the fire Neither of us knew at the time That I was a liar Lord where is the storytelling here. Evokes nothing. We need 'and the tennis court was covered up with some tent-like thing / and you asked me to dance, but I said dancing is a dangerous game'
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
No I'm sorry Cleveland! is a delirious fun house of melodies
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
He aaaaaaalready took me to Cleeeeveland And showed me the HEIGHTS So hate all you LIKE
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
Cleveland! the grower that you are. The melodies are very addictive - like a more brash Dorothea. Must not have read that - SCAAATHING take Bout hooow I'm fake Lyrically it is a horror show obviously.
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
Babylon is like if Eldest Daughter's bridge was translated into a full sing. So beautiful and wistful What a treasure A perfect way to lead us into Her country error
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
But you LOVE THIS SONG You wake up on the train and you're ALL ALONE Then that MEMORY is all you want Aaaaaaa
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
The It's Time To Go meets Ruin The Friendship meets Forever Winter energy radiating from Babylon, oh it's catnip
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
You're using nostalgia as a weapon to hurt yourself But darling, you end up hurting everybody else The self-harm of never being where you are It's bedtime, but you're sitting in your car You're missing all the best parts And they're all at home She's spitting your honour!
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
Babylon... We are SO BACK
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
Pink Clouding sounds like a 1989 vault track (derogatory)
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
Cleveland, oh no. There's a little something that I think people could find, if I'm being brutally honest, a little bit annoying.
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Taylor Swift - 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore'
She's in Her Honey bag on Patient Zero Oh She knew Honey was the blueprint to follow. That slight Caribbean pop lilt, the melancholic violins, the light infectious melodies Very Shower by Becky G coded actually