troubled water.

All this discourse about the many variants Swifties buy Maybe I'm just not that phased after seeing and experiencing Jpop and Kpop strategies for album sales. Everyone should just be thankful Taylor's not putting fancall lottery tickets and randomized printed selfies in her albums. If she let me have an official photocard to carry around I'd probably keep buying until I collect my favorite photocards, and I'm not the type to buy more than one version. Imagine what that'd do to the other kind of Swifties. And what that'd do for her sales

The 47 thing somehow still going I do love those puzzles and easter eggs, the concept of making her fans decode anything and everything to reveal new merch is exactly like asking someone to crawl over glass to then put them into a Saw trap. Wildly entertaining for someone who watches all that from the side and doesn't really buy any merch.

Probably both. I'm not a fan of reputation by any means but cannot deny that you have to listen to it to know Taylor's music. Poets, I feel, is important to understand her as an artist. Not even meaning the long discussed "lore" but just as a showcase of what she is capable of when songwriting is her only outlet. Although, as far as lore goes this is her rosetta stone album for her reputa to Midnights album run

Album ranking for now… 1. evermore 2. Red 3. folklore 4. The Tortured Poets Department 5. 1989 6. Fearless 7. Speak Now 8. Midnights 9. reputation 10. Taylor Swift 11. Loser 12. The Life of a Showgirl 6-8 switch spots depending on the day. Mid gets up a couple spots when I'm listening to 3AM tracks. But some of the standard tracks slightly drag it down. reputation and Lover have some great songs but I barely listen to those albums all the way through. I am simply not gonna listen to Gorgeous or Nice Things or London Boy or YNTCD or ME! I say that but I have Red at #2 and it threatens me with Stay Stay Stay every time I put it on. But most of that album is just that brilliant to me. Taylor Swift…let's say I'm gonna try and wait for Taylor's Version. Because I do absolutely adore the album for the most part. I just can't really listen to it anymore I don't see Showgirl moving up at any point because reputation and Lover do actually have a lot of great songs. Just maybe not my cup of tea body of work wise. Showgirl is mostly songs I am not gonna listen to, even if I appreciate the few I enjoy.

Since people keep saying she's stalling creatively, for her next trick Alison should dye her hair some other color and create a band with Hack, Aaron, Zoe Kravitz and idk, Emma Stone. Make some 70s rock music this way. No TLOAS ranking for me yet because I am realizing I like the album less and less as time goes by. Hoped it'd be different from my relationship with Loser and Reputation but alas. Those first four tracks are just great though. Eldest Daughter annoys me so much I struggle to keep listening to the album after it comes on.

That one Sputnik (?) review from Mid or Poets era broke Swifties' spirits I'm afraid. But I think fandoms in general care less about critical reception because it's easy to see nobody's soul is in music criticism anymore (not even the issue with the reviewers themselves, but the system they're in). Though too many times music critics in particular have failed to analyze along with critique so people have stopped paying attention. Movie criticism on its last leg but real critics continue to also analyze art. And if a movie gets great reviews people pay attention. Meanwhile the music side of it… I follow a couple youtubers (Professor Skye and Abigail Devoe) who do analyses of albums and you can feel the interest to talk about music and try to understand it. Do not feel even a bit of it in corporate journalism.

The AI slop videos actually pissed me off lol Music video for Ophelia really nice, Taylor keeps getting better at these. Loved the bright colors and the visuals correlating with the lyrics in a fun way. She looks so good with red hair. Food for thought for Alison.

Got me there. I'm honestly just glad I love some of these songs instead of not finding anything for myself

I love the first four + RTF but yeah, there's no itch to listen to the rest of the album. TTPD remained in daily rotation for months, I don't see it happening with this album, at least for me which is a little disappointing. It is disorienting to receive an album from her that, personally, to me, is just there. Not even sure what to blame for that. I think the last time I was left discombobulated by my own reaction to a Tay album was Loser which ended up not growing on me.

My plan for her plan for 20th anniversary is the long anticipated release of Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) with a good number of Vault tracks. And do maybe 3-5 small-ish arena/theater shows in Nashville. TS13 can then come out whenever she feels like it. Still feels like a lie that she won't tour for TLOAS but The Eras was such a gigantic tour that I can't bring myself to feel anything but relief for her. I do hope we'll see her perform Opalite or Father Figure at some point Not even gonna hope for RTF. When she reveals she won't tour but will be doing a residency somewhere then what

Of all festivals Glastonbury is really the only one I want her to do. Here's hoping she'll actually book it for 2027 Would also be long enough after Showgirl so there'd be less pressure and temptation to do a burlesque performance instead of a more band and acoustic set. Which would lead into TS13 tease for soft rock mixed with psych po- (NURSE!)

She should go ahead and do it in 2027 because I assume she'll be rather quiet in 2026 with her wedding and no tour. Would be a nice big music / performance comeback for both Taylor and Glasto after taking 2026 off.

Taylor bringing Paramore back

Father Figure edits are starting to roll in...I knew it would happen. Fans seem to be enjoying Wood and Wish List a lot which is another reminder for me that Swifties are just like Taylor herself in a lot of ways Eldest Daughter, however, is tanking on most first day rankings. And as it should.

Not really. And I don't plan on being normal about it either.