https://twitter.com/taylorswift13
pic.twitter.com/p2DyY0e2M3— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 21, 2017
― how's life, Monday, 21 August 2017 15:06 (one year ago) Permalink
Glitchy snakes and courtroom sketches. What a strange aesthetic this album cycle is bringing.
― MarkoP, Monday, 21 August 2017 15:11 (one year ago) Permalink
The fact that Markers left these borads just before all this started cannot be a coincidence imo.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 21 August 2017 15:14 (one year ago) Permalink
lol is she actually going to release music playing off kim kardashian calling her a snake
― dyl, Monday, 21 August 2017 15:19 (one year ago) Permalink
the roadhouse is proud to present...."the" taylor swift
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 21 August 2017 15:43 (one year ago) Permalink
hahaha
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 21 August 2017 15:55 (one year ago) Permalink
You just blew my mind Brad :D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 21 August 2017 16:20 (one year ago) Permalink
Snakey gif 2:
pic.twitter.com/12Rfi8bso4— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 22, 2017
― how's life, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 15:30 (one year ago) Permalink
At this point, I am going to be disappointed if Taylor's new stuff doesn't sound like Demdike Stare.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 15:32 (one year ago) Permalink
it's probably just going to be jewelry. there are gold chains with that pattern. and the song is called "timeless" which i'm sure some bullshit jewelry company uses as a slogan. maybe bulgari?
i'm most curious about how she's going to adapt to pop radio being allergic to women with distinctive voices. the 50 shades song felt like a test of the waters on that front.
― maura, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 15:58 (one year ago) Permalink
It's going to be a perfume called Snake Oil, duh.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 15:59 (one year ago) Permalink
nice to see taylor swift has cornered the market on "GIFs you find on old multimedia spam CDs from like 1995"
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 16:01 (one year ago) Permalink
between this and the kesha album cover it's been a weird set of associations dredged up
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 16:02 (one year ago) Permalink
We have title
pic.twitter.com/xMBBukfZPs— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 23, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:51 (one year ago) Permalink
what the http://i.imgur.com/4LECykW.jpg
― just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:52 (one year ago) Permalink
the role of taylor swift will be played by kirsten dunst
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:55 (one year ago) Permalink
Sorry. But this album will always be called 'Glitchy Snake Gifs' to me.
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:56 (one year ago) Permalink
https://img.discogs.com/uk3khACZ6mND3Zuts3wR5cb6L74=/fit-in/589x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1647920-1293249041.jpeg.jpg
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:57 (one year ago) Permalink
I'd like to know more about that midget.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:00 (one year ago) Permalink
Also if we're going this route
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0068/0042/products/081227977764.sml_0dffa3e7-ca6f-4d2c-9e31-844c157a60d3.jpg?v=1469056955
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:01 (one year ago) Permalink
It's too bad we just did a pre-cover cause this reeks of New Jersey
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:01 (one year ago) Permalink
*checks SF giants world series odds*
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:01 (one year ago) Permalink
this might be insensitive, but if this is where her life's at where she felt this would be the most interesting direction she could've gone in, then, uh, yikes
― joshywinty (josh), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:03 (one year ago) Permalink
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Gail_Ann_Dorsey_-_The_Corporate_World.jpg
― piscesx, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:03 (one year ago) Permalink
Part of the pivot to video strategy includes replacing all text with the name TAYLOR SWIFT pic.twitter.com/CqzJlDsrgb— Tricia Gilbride (@tricia_gilbride) August 23, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:06 (one year ago) Permalink
Considering the font, this had better be Taylor's pass at Mercyful Fate.
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:06 (one year ago) Permalink
early prediction is that she loves joni mitchell so much that she skipped right to making her own dog eat dog
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:07 (one year ago) Permalink
Does that mean on her next album she'll be doing a video duet with Billy Idol?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:09 (one year ago) Permalink
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson),
you just wanna see those Dolby synclavier credits
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:16 (one year ago) Permalink
her wet look 'do' reminds me of Diana's on the cover of 'Diana'.. the Chic-produced one.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 18:11 (one year ago) Permalink
Someone let me know if she uses "Because my ass is on the back of my body" as a lyric
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 18:23 (one year ago) Permalink
would you settle for "I can't make my front turn into an ass"
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 18:25 (one year ago) Permalink
my prediction is that this album will be good because taylor swift tends to produce good music
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 23 August 2017 19:53 (one year ago) Permalink
otm ^
― alpine static, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:07 (one year ago) Permalink
until then, the tryhard backlash of the century
― alpine static, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:08 (one year ago) Permalink
yeah there will be dumb stuff online
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:15 (one year ago) Permalink
Unless she decides to make more songs like Shake it Off and Bad Blood, because those were two of the biggest hits from her last album.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:31 (one year ago) Permalink
It can be hard to remember that she and Kendrick had a #1 hit, it just sort of disappeared. I still hear "Blank Space" and "Style" on the radio, but not "Bad Blood."
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:51 (one year ago) Permalink
I still hear Bad Blood pretty regularly at the roller rink.
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 22:23 (one year ago) Permalink
all i can think about is how neil tennant called her "the mrs. thatcher of pop"
― joshywinty (josh), Thursday, 24 August 2017 00:07 (one year ago) Permalink
pic.twitter.com/TRSnDrWJiY— James Grebey (@jgrebes) August 23, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 August 2017 02:21 (one year ago) Permalink
I was hoping her taking a break was to clear people's minds of all the annoying kanye/kim bullshit that nobody but the press and fanboys+girls gave a shit about. that way she could come back with somethinga little fresh and removed.... instead the vibe is... "guys i am back with some zingers. remember Bad Blood? shit gonna get real snarky but in a slightly sad and ineffectual way"
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 24 August 2017 09:54 (one year ago) Permalink
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/FileLibrary/ProductResources/Images/142060-L-LO.jpg
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 24 August 2017 10:01 (one year ago) Permalink
https://img.discogs.com/9B2kNHGBbgAraRaq7xE-5G96E88=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3009241-1440582480-6448.jpeg.jpg
― piscesx, Thursday, 24 August 2017 10:50 (one year ago) Permalink
lol at that crj one
― niels, Thursday, 24 August 2017 11:39 (one year ago) Permalink
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES SWIFTY A HEALTH GOTH apparently
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 24 August 2017 11:54 (one year ago) Permalink
― niels, Thursday, August 24, 2017 7:39 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
idgi
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 24 August 2017 12:02 (one year ago) Permalink
Interesting read focusing on her album launches since 2010 and what's changed:
https://cultural-learnings.com/2017/08/24/erasing-herself-from-the-narrative-taylor-swift-and-the-absence-of-intimacy-in-the-launch-of-reputation/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 August 2017 13:37 (one year ago) Permalink
I know she's done stuff like "Mean" in the past but I'm hoping Swifty's savvy enough not to make an entire album about the Perils of Celebrity. I don't need to hear her Yeezus.
― evol j, Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:57 (one year ago) Permalink
is this the Kinsey scale pic.twitter.com/x4Y00i9nbJ— anna (@waltdisknee) August 23, 2017
lol
― j., Thursday, 24 August 2017 17:05 (one year ago) Permalink
Not on Spotify yet.
― how's life, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:02 (ten months ago) Permalink
It's on Apple Music (where I've gotten it).
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 27 November 2017 18:51 (ten months ago) Permalink
ah ok cool i'll listen tonite
― flappy bird, Monday, 27 November 2017 19:12 (ten months ago) Permalink
now available on ~all the streaming services
i gave it one listen and can't say i'm particularly eager to give it more. "delicate" and "new year's day" are really nice but i might just end up cherrypicking those two and a couple others. like i mocked "gorgeous" when it came out but it is honestly a stronger cut than much of what is on here lol.
― dyl, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:38 (ten months ago) Permalink
Yeah I listened to the album the first time last night and had a pretty similar reaction though I'll give it another try.
"New Year's Day" is interesting to me (as well as great) because it doesn't really sound like a throwback Taylor song - it sounds like Paramore's "Tell Me How" more than any prior Taylor for me actually. It's like it takes some of the disconnected choppiness that is a collateral component of her pop move and applies it to more confessional balladry territory so you get this song that feels really... impressionistic?
I can imagine Taylor, if she crawls out of her current hole, moving more into this territory rather than necessarily back to the rigorous craft of her earlier work.
― Tim F, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:59 (ten months ago) Permalink
"tell me how" immediately came to mind for me
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 1 December 2017 21:07 (ten months ago) Permalink
Christ the album isn't even Top 10 as of tonight in the UK, only 3 weeks after release. I guess a single that they can take off the album becoming a massive hit is the only thing to save it.
― piscesx, Friday, 1 December 2017 22:26 (ten months ago) Permalink
Christ: The Album
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 1 December 2017 22:34 (ten months ago) Permalink
I suppose "Getaway Car" maybe? But I dunno if "Style" wasn't a massive hit then...
― Tim F, Friday, 1 December 2017 23:27 (ten months ago) Permalink
on this side of the pond "...ready for it?" is close to fizzling out and "end game" is starting to take off. i think "delicate" could also do well but who knows, wishful thinking on my part certainly.
― dyl, Saturday, 2 December 2017 01:47 (ten months ago) Permalink
this shit already bought a condo in Newark boys, it's over
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 2 December 2017 02:11 (ten months ago) Permalink
If "End Game" isn't hammered by radio incessantly over the next few months i'd be...very surprised! I'd also bet on "Don't Blame Me" becoming a single given its Ragin Binman aesthetics.
I'm basically at the point with this where I've made a playlist of Dancing With Our Hands Tied - Delicate - Getaway Car - Dress - Call It What You Want - New Year's Day and am pretending the album is an EP.
― monotony, Saturday, 2 December 2017 03:18 (ten months ago) Permalink
Predictably pro forma at a radio station thing last night (not really her fault, tbf). But I was briefly standing by Taylor's mom, and wow, it was nuts to see her fans react to her like she was a superstar herself. Taking selfies, making tearful confessions, waving signs. Pretty adorable.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 8 December 2017 13:30 (ten months ago) Permalink
shocker: the whole "taylor swift is an alt-right goddess" thing was in fact trolling after all https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daily-stormer-nazi-style-guide_us_5a2ece19e4b0ce3b344492f2?m3a
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 21:25 (ten months ago) Permalink
whoever could have predicted this shocking twist, except everyone in the world, and especially dave gahan since he's the last guy they tried it on
ah yes, the number one hit "be aggressive, be, be aggressive, b-e, a-g-g, r-e-s-s-i-v-e"
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Tuesday, November 21, 2017 1:22 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
t-swift shocks the world with her ribald faith no more cover
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 21:35 (ten months ago) Permalink
I feel like this would be a very fun album to poll since people's perceptions of it are so mixed and there's not a clear obvious winner. but i guess it's too soon for that
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 22:31 (ten months ago) Permalink
that’s a good idea, maybe in a few months? Or whenever her stadium tour starts
― flappy bird, Thursday, 14 December 2017 00:50 (ten months ago) Permalink
Or if she breaks up.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 December 2017 01:03 (ten months ago) Permalink
"Christ the album isn't even Top 10 as of tonight in the UK, only 3 weeks after release" my guess is this is the new normal.
― akm, Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:19 (ten months ago) Permalink
I thought this album was pretty good. Thanks for lowering my expectations everyone!
― President Keyes, Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:53 (ten months ago) Permalink
you don't get it, taylor swift is this year's Designated Person We Dislike
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:58 (ten months ago) Permalink
this may seem like a lot of whiplash after years of bland music being praised to the stratosphere because she was the Designated Person We Like, but so it goes
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:59 (ten months ago) Permalink
yeah, I don't understand the backlash, except that fashion moves on. I like this album just about as much as 1989.
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:22 (ten months ago) Permalink
Looking forward to a Carlson diss track from Tay-Tay
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tucker-carlson-taylor-swift-134158410.html
tl;dr Tucker Carlson is gross.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 20:15 (nine months ago) Permalink
I'm going to hope Tucker's staff was trolling him by telling him they got "Mueller" as a guest
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 20:38 (nine months ago) Permalink
getting dancing w our hands tied stuck in my head often
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 15 February 2018 13:54 (eight months ago) Permalink
I listened to this a lot around the time it came out; let it rest a few months; and just came back to it this week. Wasn't sure how it would hit me, thought its appeal may have faded... but it sounded great! The beats, the production style (all those layered background vocalizations), the tunes... it was all fresh & exciting as when I first got into it. Even the weak lyrics in spots (the weakest I've heard from her, and this album's Achilles heel IMO) didn't bother me so much (at least in this first re-visit). Not sure how it will age over more time, but any doubts I had about this album being made to sound good in "late 2017 only" are def. gone.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 25 March 2018 03:43 (six months ago) Permalink
(It also maybe helps to be a few months removed from the semiotic pileup surrounding a new T. Swift release; for those who had a hard time bracketing all that stuff – and I don’t blame you – you can now just enjoy the album for what it is. Notwithstanding, of course, that the “drama” is baked into half the the lyrics...)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 25 March 2018 03:56 (six months ago) Permalink
Bring on the snake.
Here’s a photo of Taylor Swift, Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, a giant snake and 55,000 people singing “Shake It Off.” #RepuationStadiumTour pic.twitter.com/Kyyqoi7hS6— Aidin Vaziri (@MusicSF) May 12, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:03 (five months ago) Permalink
i wish "shake it off" weren't one of her more enduring hits
― dyl, Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:08 (five months ago) Permalink
I heard in a public place the other day, and it still sounded pretty darn good (to an degree that surprised me a little).
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:14 (five months ago) Permalink
did you get down to that sick beat?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 12 May 2018 09:53 (five months ago) Permalink
jk i like it too
I concede that part remains a bit cringey
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:19 (five months ago) Permalink
I read the review of the show in the Times, and whatever I think of Swift it seems like such a generic conflation of every big pop diva arena show (which I generally like). A total lack of visual ambition. I mean, I saw Shakira like 10 years ago and even she had a giant snake. Maybe it's the same one.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:23 (five months ago) Permalink
I used to kind of want to see her live, until I watched an “intimate” concert she performed for DirecTV or something, a few years back – it really quashed my interest.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:27 (five months ago) Permalink
Also, as much as I like the last two albums, I wish she’d re-engage with the “mature, ’80s-tinged pop-rock” approach of (much of) Red... that was such a great direction.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 12 May 2018 14:13 (five months ago) Permalink
Saw her in Foxboro last night with my 11 year-old daughter for her first concert. A bunch of songs I kind of wrote off on the CD—King of My Heart in particular—really came to life live. The lady can put on a show.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 28 July 2018 00:37 (two months ago) Permalink
Yeah, that’s probably my least favorite track; interesting that she can put it across.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 28 July 2018 00:53 (two months ago) Permalink
i was there too and thought the same thing
― maura, Saturday, 28 July 2018 03:08 (two months ago) Permalink
been hitting "delicate" hard lately
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 28 July 2018 06:11 (two months ago) Permalink
It's been getting radio play here too
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 July 2018 11:17 (two months ago) Permalink
it's the first and so far only song from the album to have gotten widespread airplay without getting dropped like a hot potato immediately after peaking. deserved imo (altho i liked the non-"look what you made me do" radio singles too)
― dyl, Saturday, 28 July 2018 19:18 (two months ago) Permalink
Credit to Taylor Swift, apparently her (first ever) political instagram post and endorsement led to a surge in voter registration.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiarosenbaum/taylor-swift-voter-registration-spike
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:31 (one week ago) Permalink
I'm surprised and pleased by the fairly strong language in that statement
― sleeve, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 20:28 (one week ago) Permalink
new voter registration in my county today is about 5x normal numbers:
https://www.eugeneweekly.com/2018/10/09/taylor-swift-sends-lane-county-voter-registration-rates-soaring/
― sleeve, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 20:29 (one week ago) Permalink
― sleeve, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 1:28 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
same
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 20:35 (one week ago) Permalink
impressive
― niels, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 06:15 (one week ago) Permalink
apparently her (first ever) political instagram post and endorsement led to a surge in voter registration.
it's true, Swift is the only person in America campaigning for voter registration, with this one instagram post
― My Gig: The Thin Beast (sic), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 07:10 (one week ago) Permalink