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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
that’s a good idea, maybe in a few months? Or whenever her stadium tour starts
― flappy bird, Thursday, 14 December 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
Or if she breaks up.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 December 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
"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 (six years ago) link
I thought this album was pretty good. Thanks for lowering my expectations everyone!
― President Keyes, Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
getting dancing w our hands tied stuck in my head often
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 15 February 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
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 years ago) link
(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 years ago) link
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 years ago) link
i wish "shake it off" weren't one of her more enduring hits
― dyl, Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:08 (five years ago) link
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 years ago) link
did you get down to that sick beat?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 12 May 2018 09:53 (five years ago) link
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 years ago) link
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 years ago) link
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 years ago) link
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 years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
i was there too and thought the same thing
― maura, Saturday, 28 July 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
been hitting "delicate" hard lately
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 28 July 2018 06:11 (five years ago) link
It's been getting radio play here too
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 July 2018 11:17 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
I'm surprised and pleased by the fairly strong language in that statement
― sleeve, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
― 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 (five years ago) link
impressive
― niels, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 06:15 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
I saw her Sydney show a few nights ago, and she seemed way more relaxed and engaged than her 1989 tour where she seemed stiff, self-conscious and like she was performing to the cameras rather than the audience (may have just been because that particular show was being filmed for her tour documentary). Really good show. My girlfriend has bumped reputation non-stop for the last year, and I've grown to appreciate it a lot more through all the repeated listens. I understand why LWYMMD and Ready for It were the lead singles, but they're also pretty much the worst things about the album, and I think it killed most people's enthusiasm for it. But I think she's ended this album cycle on a high note - her tour was great, the album has aged well, Kanye now looks like a far bigger moron than she ever did, and she took the political stand that a lot of people had been waiting for.
― triggercut, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 08:58 (five years ago) link
that's a nice development
what are the good Reputation tracks?
― niels, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 10:48 (five years ago) link
re the snake found this article somewhat interesting: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/instagram-concert-design-social-media-719042/
― niels, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 10:49 (five years ago) link
Some music biz newz: https://variety.com/2018/music/news/taylor-swift-news-alert-1203032124/
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
important suitcase travel newz https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/pa5gb9/taylor-swift-big-suitcase-rumour-confirmation-zayn
― j., Tuesday, 20 November 2018 04:23 (five years ago) link
lol, omg, wtf
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 04:39 (five years ago) link
that is psychotic
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 06:05 (five years ago) link
oh my fuck
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 06:15 (five years ago) link
Netflix concert film launches New Year’s Eve: https://variety.com/2018/music/news/taylor-swift-reputation-concert-film-netflix-1203088917/
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Friday, 28 December 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
People are freaking out thinking that Taylor Swift is counting backwards on Instagram with tomorrow being the deadline.
She's also written an article for Elle: https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a26546099/taylor-swift-pop-music/
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 1 March 2019 13:29 (five years ago) link
How does the supposed countdown work? I just see normal-looking pics on her Insta...
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 1 March 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
7 palm trees: https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRqXqqlshV/6th step: https://www.instagram.com/p/BuSold_FPZX/5 holes in the fence: https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUrV5hl-5B/
I have not seen convincing arguments for 4,3, or 2 yet, but people have tried to make them.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 1 March 2019 14:22 (five years ago) link
I see she alludes to it in her comment for the cat pic.
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 1 March 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link