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BREAKING: Police say that "the preliminary investigation has not indicated any signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances." Source: DailyMail.

This is so very sad. She was literally 3 years older than me; and was due to celebrate her 37th birthday this coming Friday! She went through so much; and while I don't believe in heaven/hell, an afterlife etc, I hope she is finally at peace. She deserves that. My sincere condolences to all affected - including on this thread.

Gwen going from being one of the coolest celebs ever when I was growing up to the epitome of a suburban tradwife continues to amaze me. Like, if you'd have told me that 20 years ago, I'd have thought you were insane. And yet.

Just popping on to say THEE Kylie will always be the only Kylie we'll ever give a f*** about. ❤️

It's her best album overall since the OG Confessions, but I think it ranks in the upper-middle part of her discography for me. It's certainly an improvement on all of her Interscope records though.

God forbid M dedicate her entire life to standing up for and supporting the LGBT community!

Perez is not a good person who went above and beyond to make other people's lives worse at every opportunity he got as a fully-grown adult (like endorsing a T-shirt online after Heath Ledger's passing that said "why wasn't it Britney who died?" or words to that effect, and posting an up skirt photo of an underage Miley). He is quite clearly going through a serious manic episode. He does not deserve to feel the way he may have made others feel (like they didn't as a result of him), and certainly doesn't deserve gleeful, dismissive comments to be made about his potential suicide. It is very easy to have compassion, however fleeting, for someone you don't like - even if you think they don't deserve it, or have enough heart, warmth and compassion in their own right to just about fill a pen lid. Multiple things can be true at once. Seriously, may he get the help he needs, and that the mental damage this will cause to his young children be as minimal as possible.

"Multiple things can be true at once"' does sound like a tacit admission that all isn't well with her. But whatever the reason for this break, may she come back stronger and healthier (mentally or physically) than ever.

She really is never beating the broke allegations, I fear.

Witness. Tsunami alone > all of TLOAS. That said, I feel there are very few albums that TLOAS would best in these comparison threads, because it really is that bad; and by far the worst thing Taylor's ever released.

One of M's most underrated classics! Even though Bedtime Stories was damage control due to Erotica; she was in her artistic bag in the '90s for sure. By far her most creative decade.

I just know this queen was living her best gay life to Confessions II last weekend. Do what M says - everybody get up and dance!

Congratulations M! I'm glad she overperformed - the album really is fantastic. It's on repeat in this house!

A CLASSIQUE! I feel this is one of those songs that literally everybody on the planet knows, even today's generation.

While I'm not anticipating 503's most unwelcome return given I never had that issue since migrating to the current server (luckily!) - do whatever you have to do to keep this place running!

The UK numbers thread... she's already outsold Madame X and Rebel Heart's first week numbers! (27,227 for MX and 37,245 for RH; current numbers have CII at 37,106 so far) MDNA's was 56,335. She won't beat that, but I think we're looking at 45 - 48k. She's getting her highest first week sales in 14 years here in the UK... and I know that's right!

Not her outselling Madame X's first week sales already, and Rebel Heart's too! (Madame X sold 27,227 first week, and Rebel Heart 37,245) MDNA's was 56,335, but I doubt she'll beat that. I can see this album scoring 45-48k, personally. Either way, she's getting her highest first-week sales in 14 years here in the UK, and I know that's right!

1 Isaac into Push alone >

Not M low-key slaying! A near-universally acclaimed (and genuinely great) album from fans, critics and the GP alike, obvious word of mouth, and genuine goodwill attached to her name, brand and image for the first time in God knows how long… I KNEW my b**** still had it! But that's what happens when you're THEE legend of pop. She deserves this.

This. One minute, the Swifties say she's THEE strategic genius and nothing short of a mastermind who plans things out meticulously, but when it comes to anything that could paint Taylor in a potentially negative light, all that genius miraculously vanishes and she is but some wide-eyed, naive little girl of 36 who simply doesn't and couldn't know. Like, which one is it? They seriously can't expect anyone of average or above intelligence to believe that both Taylor and Travis didn't approve every single name on this guest list? It was literally their wedding day, not an award ceremony where they were battling it out with others for the main prize! To genuinely defend the Swifties though, it's largely the ones post-Folklore that are like this. The OG ones never were, at least to my recollection.

Confessions II, and it's not close. It's a near-universal consensus that TLOAS is abysmal and the low of Taylor's career to date.

I literally remember reading the news that he was born. I'm so old.

I strongly doubt she'll get some general field noms and/or wins, but I can see her sweeping the dance categories.

What. An. Album! Aside from a select few, I never liked MX that much, so this is a huge improvement from that. However, overall, I agree with the reviews that this is her best album since the original Confessions. I KNEW my b**** had another genuinely great album in her!

I think it has some very high highs (the title track, Venus), but some very low lows (Jewels 'N Drugs, Dope). As a follow up to TFM and BTW, it's not good - but as a standalone, it's OK.