well I was only 7 but even this pained meWHAT? I was 14 in 1995. FFS
well I was only 7 but even this pained meWHAT? I was 14 in 1995. FFS
I'm the same with Bigger than the whole sky it's heart breaking. I love Maroon it might be one of my top 5 TS songs.I do love a lot of the songs on Midnights but none of them got in a my feels right away like TTPD has.
Except Bigger Than The Whole Sky but that gets me in my feels so much I’ve only listened to it maybe 3 times ever, because it’s actually toooo in my feels.
It has a few too many songs that I like, but am not obsessed with eg Lavender Haze, Snow on the Beach, Midnight Rain, question?, Vigilante tit, sweet nothing. They are all just meh to me
*whispers* I was also born in 1995How the duck was post malone born in 1995?
I love this song so much but it’s so sad, it makes me cryExcept Bigger Than The Whole Sky but that gets me in my feels so much I’ve only listened to it maybe 3 times ever, because it’s actually toooo in my feels.
I don’t think it’s about a relationship but that could be my own experiences leaking in.I love this song so much but it’s so sad, it makes me cry
Obviously with hindsight now, surely this is about Matty?
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I almost feel like this being about Matty takes away some of the meaning?? Like a lot of people relate to this for different reasons (miscarriage for example) and it being about Matty takes away from that?? I dunno, it's wine o'clock for me!I love this song so much but it’s so sad, it makes me cry
Obviously with hindsight now, surely this is about Matty?
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Yeah it can definitely mean different things to different people. So beautiful but so sad at the same timeI don’t think it’s about a relationship but that could be my own experiences leaking in.
TW it is exactly the experience of how baby loss feels word for word. ‘Did some bird flap its wings over in Asia, did some force take you cos I didn’t pray’
Also ‘so I’ll say things I don’t believe’, like how you say everything happens for a reason etc or people say that to you and you just don’t see how there could ever be a reason for such hurt.
But I would never speculate that happened to Taylor as it’s none of my business so I think the song can mean many things to different people based on your experiences with loss, so losing a relationship, or a loved one passing away, or what I’ve said.
I feel this whole discourse is a perfect representation of how split her fandom has become after Evermore and Folklore in a way. A lot of people are now expecting everything/almost everything that she releases to be emotionally hitting and mature but she still has many fans who are there for the glitter pen songsI do love a lot of the songs on Midnights but none of them got in a my feels right away like TTPD has.
I get what you mean but I’ve always been a ~hit me in the feels~ girl and her early albums delivered on both.I feel this whole discourse is a perfect representation of how split her fandom has become after Evermore and Folklore in a way. A lot of people are now expecting everything/almost everything that she releases to be emotionally hitting and mature but she still has many fans who are there for the glitter pen songs
TTPD as a whole seems to be her trying to appeal to both - hence the two albums - but it just falls short imo
I’m the same with this song, I think I’ve listened to it 3 timesExcept Bigger Than The Whole Sky but that gets me in my feels so much I’ve only listened to it maybe 3 times ever, because it’s actually toooo in my feels.
Yesss you make such a good point which I think totally effected how I consumed midnights: the 13 sleepless nights promo made me feel I was getting 13 tracks that were going to hurt me a bit.The beauty of Taylor's music is that there truly is something for everyone. And there always has been. There have always been bops and hard hitting songs in every single album, like @JLXRD exemplified above.
I think Midnights had that too but speaking from what I heard from friends who initially didn't like it, I think it was hard for some to get into it after the Folkevermore sound because Midnights went full synth pop, especially in the original 13 tracks before the 3 AM version, and also because there was a cognitive dissonance between the actual album and how Taylor had promoted it (now the 70s vibes might have an explanation but we didn't know at the time and it's still stupid to have an aesthetic be one thing and the album be another thing).
I don't think it's new for Taylor to have boppier, lighter songs and also emotional, gut punch songs in one same album, don't really see it as a split in the fandom sort of thing, just something she's always done. The bops have of course always been bigger (I mean she's still known by casual listeners as the Shake It Off girl) but I'd say it's actually a credit to her that she can write both a big pop anthem and a soft, sad piano song.
Most people do prefer the 3AM songs and I totally understand why! They actually get to what might keep you up at night, in a bad way. The og 13 I think are more like yeah they might keep you up for a bit like giddy and stuff but not for long. Although! Maybe even things like Lavender Haze kept her up at night cause she was trying to convince herself to stay with Joe/ignore the siren call of the Unwashed.Yesss you make such a good point which I think totally effected how I consumed midnights: the 13 sleepless nights promo made me feel I was getting 13 tracks that were going to hurt me a bit.
then it opened with Lavender Haze and I was like girllllll… what is this 🫠
The 3am tracks are better to me and I totally appreciate her skill to do both. I by no means think it’s a bad album, just not one I feel emotionally connected to the way I do with Red for example.
The siren of the unwashedMost people do prefer the 3AM songs and I totally understand why! They actually get to what might keep you up at night, in a bad way. The og 13 I think are more like yeah they might keep you up for a bit like giddy and stuff but not for long. Although! Maybe even things like Lavender Haze kept her up at night cause she was trying to convince herself to stay with Joe/ignore the siren call of the Unwashed.
What nasty vile people.On a totally different note, Deuxmoi had a story about how Joe had taken a date to a NYC restaurant - she listed a few, among them restaurants Taylor's gone to in her Pap Walk Era - and how apparently he was not recognized by the hostess, was fine being seated at a communal table, the people at the table did recognize him and started loudly talking about Taylor, the date was in tears, and they had to leave before even having spoken to the waiter.
He truly must rue the day when he decided to start a relationship with Taylor.