By the Water

Y'all are surprised people that decided they hated these songs before they heard them are doing the most over them?

I'm kinda dying at Bejesus and Bejesus from Shein getting big boosts

Kinda dying at the usual suspects running in here to snark only to be mad this thread didn't go where they were expecting it would

Madonna built her career on gimmicks, Taylor built hers on music

This is definitely an opinion I'd expect you to have

You know, there were so many coke rants about Taylor wanting to overshadow x artist with The Encore. I fear they might have had a point because I don't see those artists anywhere

I don't know why you guys argue with that user. Maybe y'all don't know he was actually a fan and those "downfall" threads were made to bait people. He got mad we called him out and made him lose his thread-making privileges and now poses as a Billie fan

Deep down they know how good these numbers are. Just check the comments on the brighter days ahead thread. Everyone's saying how amazing those numbers are for a deluxe, even comparing it to Karma remix. Seems like it's just an excuse now. But if we say they behave just like a snark sub they get mad

I love how mad THOTS get whenever numbers come out. Acting as if you didn't contribute to it

Sometimes you have to read in between the lines but I wouldn't expect a "I think that you're killer with your floppy hair" enjoyer to get it

The previous record was held by one of the worst songs ever recorded so I can assure you it's an upgrade

Get ready for the Gaga gays to come in here talking about McDonald's and calculators

You stan Katy Perry

Also, I can't believe some people genuinely believe her "muses" have anything to do with the quality of her music. Joe was the most nothingburger of a person ever. Everything people seem to like about him is based on a character Taylor built, which we all know was exaggerated, see Gorgeous, End Game. Cleveland! is just London Boy for Travis and dare I say Ophelia is better than any song about Joe or Ratty. It's just crazy to me that some people grew attached to these two because of some songs.

Ok now that I had some time with these tracks, let me get into it. Patient Zero - Love it, my favorite for sure. Love the chorus and verses, production is cute but Hack would have ate this up ngl. The bridge is so anti-climatic though. Cleveland! - I actually really like the chorus. The verses and bridge are mostly atrocious though. It's giving London Boy-levels of cringe. Pink Cloud - Cute. Best bridge out of these. Lyrics are fine, melody is fine, production is fine. I wouldn't skip it, but I don't love it either. Babylon - Nice chorus. Also nothing crazy good or bad about it. Overall, I feel like these tracks don't do much to elevate the album like I was hoping. PZ, PC and Babylon are very different from everything from the standard album in terms of lyrics and production but even PZ is top 5 on the album at best, definitely nowhere near Ophelia. PC and Babylon are ET-tier I'd say and Cleveland! is right next to Wi$h Li$t towards the bottom, right ahead of ED. The bridges are the biggest disappointment here. I think my takeaway is that Taylor needs to go back to having more than two producers per album. Imagine if we got some 3AM-level tracks from Aaron instead of songs like ED, Wi$h Li$t or AR. It's a shame this will be her farewell to pop, which gave us 4 of her weakest albums but just gave her one her very best songs. Looking back, so many of her worst songs were pop and there weren't as many career highlights (y'all will never convince me songs like Style and Cruel Summer even come close to some middle-tier country songs like TOSOTD, CBBH or Mean). I just hope her return to country is much better than IKIIKY. She needs to reheat rwylm's nachos

Are you comparing Taylor to Chris Brown? While trying to disprove that people can't be normal about her?

Everything with her is so hyperbolic these days. As someone who lived through April 26th 2019, I won't be gaslit into believing Cleveland is her worst song ever

It's always so funny how with every release there are people so concerned about what swifties think. I can guarantee that if there's a fanbase that doesn't pretend to enjoy their fave's music, it's the swifties. You can write as many essays as you want about how some girls' music is groundbreaking, we know you're NOT gagging

Pink Clouding's bridge is cute but yeah

Cleveland! is nowhere near as bad as ME!th, please. That Me-he-he hoo-hoo-hoo chorus will never be topped as the most unlistenable thing she ever did

Pink Clouding and Babylon production kinda feel like Fad Martin tried to reheat Hack's nachos

Not crazy about PZ's bridge but the rest of the song is amazing. The last chorus >>>

I don't even think Cleveland is bad, just redundant. The chorus is fun

Why would anyone expect some groundbreaking production from Fad Martin? In 2026 no less