Incandescent Glow

Is this thread satire? It has to be, right?

Babe I think you are late. That album is already here and it's called folklore. And even if we get out of the singer-songwriter lane, 1989 is definitely also going down in history for pop music.

I don't see how that describes Midnights at all. But Midnights >>

Oh alright. Thank god. Feeling stupid but relieved because that seemed absolutely insane.

Choosin' Texas is already #2 in this list and still #1 on the Hot 100? Damn the song is gonna end up song of the decade with EASE.

This feels like a pure joke. Not a single female artist top country radio in SEVENTEEN years?! I'm afraid to ask how long it was since a non-Taylor song topped this chart.

I understand what he's trying to do, it's just not for me. The MV is really really good. The production sounds expensive and Music is very well integrated, it's really not a cheap-sounding interpolation. So why can't we have a lyric and a melody to just go along with all those amazing parts? That's so disappointing because it feels like the potential was through the roof for this project so far and that's what we're getting.

I'm all for it actually. But if we're keeping anyone let it be Aaron. The number of songs she did with him that I don't love is limited to Thank You Aimee and Robin. Not counting the vault tracks that's a 96% success rate. And he also did most of evermore which is her best album so there's that too.

I knew Showgirl's longevity wasn't great but I didn't know it was that bad (for her own insane standards of course, cause yk). Thank you Ophelia. Max Martin OUT. Aaron Dessner IN.

Burning Heart is so so so good

I don't think any would do as well as Rihanna because she just has the biggest catalogue of smashes of any of them by a large margin, but Taylor would certainly also remain highly relevant. Beyoncé too. I think these 3 are the only that would generate monumental hype for a new album after a decade-long hiatus.

folklore, evermore, Renaissance, SOS, Fetch The Bolt Cutters, MOTOMAMI, Desire I Want To Turn Into You, Punisher and probably many others... Like the albums in the OP are great (although FAGSIL and Addison are the only ones that are to my personal taste), but I don't know about the best from the decade.

The way I jumped when I saw the insta story and then my reaction was EXACTLY this

As long as the entire world isn't past Tuesday, 8AM I am not losing hope

Yeah I love surprise releases too. I hope we get more in the future. That said, it won't happen as long as she's pushing for first week numbers because she has to have the physicals ready and therefore, we will know about a new album coming from some manufacturer leaking info anyway.