taylor swift iridescent smoke bombs thread 2019 - lover

Saw it at Target this morning.

our target's cd section has withered almost completely away except for the freestanding middle-of-aisle display of four different versions of diary-shaped taylor deluxes. (i got v3.)

I just saw her Capital One commercial again.

I do agree that this album cycle feels somewhat less Zeitgeist-y than her last few (but that's probably not a bad thing).

OK, just asked my almost 15-year old (aka target demo) and she said she likes the song "Lover" but not much else, esp. not those singles. She has one friend who is a Swift fan, but that friend doesn't like the new album. So ... who knows.

Oh, I did see a commercial for ... Capital One? Is was before a movie I saw, and it featured Swift as a klutzy waitress and stuff, where kids would recognize her and freak out and she would sort of wink and smile. Seemed like something Michael Jackson would do.

I finally figured out what "Death..." reminds me of: "No Scrubbs," the chorus.

Yeah, totally otm

15 is probably a little young for the target demo tbh (just)

I heard the sad Dixie chicks one when I was waiting to pick up hibachi the other day, not sure if it’s getting country airplay or if that was an employee’s playlist

now im into 'i think he knows'

its only taylor doing the hi pitched falsetto (prince-ish) beginning chorus part? idk ive heard her there before

this album rules. i only skip ‘London boy’ and ‘me’ now

she shouldve make a whole album that sounds like ‘lover’ tho. i don’t really get how u can write a song like that and not want to squeeze that vibe out for all it’s worth

agree w that, but that album would flop, and she's like an llc, she has an obligation to the army of people who depend on her for a living to make big hit records

i don't really think the eventual return-to-her-roots singer-songwriter album she's likely going to make at some point is going to flop

Agree but she needs to wait til she's like 45

i don't really think the eventual return-to-her-roots singer-songwriter album she's likely going to make at some point is going to flop

Actually, on that note...

oh my god please

That candid with the black 1975 t-shirt gets more and more iconic with each day.

Swift’s albums are best when they’re at their most varied/eclectic, IMO (case in point — Red). I think 15 tracks in the style of “Lover” would probably be kinda boring.

maybe im off-base here ‘lover’ isn’t just a return to her roots though (imo), it’s the most seventies sounding thing ive ever heard by her

hi, flopson!

;)

‘paper rings’ slaps

'Paper rings' is now reminding me of "You're the one that I want".

swift doing a stripped down singer-songwriter album would be great and healy and swift working together would also be great but i don't know if those together would be the best version of either of those things. like i'd think probably the best use of healy's talents on a swift album would be gorgeous synth textures everywhere idk

well i wldn't exactly expect him to stick to what he says he wants to do, so

In my imagination, the Swift-Healy team up results in the arena rock album State of Grace hinted at.

I don't even think Healy believes he'd produce a 'stripped-down' Swift album.

It would be great if they did a Crossroads-like show like the Def Leppard one.

Real nice “False God” on SNL. (Who’s the saxa-ma-phonist; is he “somebody”?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-MILQZKJcI

It's Lenny Pickett, musical director of the SNL band (and formerly of Tower of Power)

someone make a mix where "cruel summer" -> studio's "life's a beach!"

obsessed with walking bassline on lover

Not that I've watched a ton of these, but this might be the best Tiny Desk Concert i've seen:
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/770318649/taylor-swift-tiny-desk-concert

"the man" and "death by a thousand cuts" really sound so much better acoustic. glad she has good taste in her own work too, declaring "all too well" to be the song she's most proud of

Really nice versions (the bridge of "Lover" is still a sore thumb even in the solo piano rendition, though!)

LOL that she sees online lists of people ranking her songs... send her ILM polls

we should do a taylor poll? maybe it's too early. plenty of songs though

Almost every song in this album save the singles has been my favorite at some point. Right now it’s “Cruel Summer”, with her singing almost screaming at several moments. It sounds like another iteration of “Out of the Woods” (after “Getaway Car”) but each iteration offers something different (i.e. I’m not ranking them).

solo piano 'lover' is breathtaking

"the man" and "death by a thousand cuts" really sound so much better acoustic. glad she has good taste in her own work too, declaring "all too well" to be the song she's most proud of

Heartily agree with most of the above but really non-acoustic "the man" and "thousand cuts" are no slouches either, esp. the latter with that beautiful garsonistic cascading piano lines.

Don’t know what else to do pic.twitter.com/1uBrXwviTS

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 14, 2019

being able to prevent her from performing her old songs at televised events seems like a weird loophole

It is weird (and her directive to hound other artists also a little weird)... but who knows, I guess.

Idk those dudes sound like real shitlords who deserve to get dragged?

Those dudes, sure

They are undoubtedly scum. But Taylor Swift isn't the first pop star to sign a dodgy contract and she won't be the last.

Also, she already has more money than she could ever spend, so we're not exactly talking about Morris Levy ripping off Frankie Lymon here.

This Variety article says, “Normally, performing older material live when the master recordings are held by someone else shouldn’t require permission”; and they’ve reached out to Big Machine for comment. I’m on pins & needles...

i think the issue is theyre claiming the televised nature of the performances would count as a recording, idk if that would hold up in court or if there's any precedent

Yeah, definitely seems like the best way to deal with this dispute is to air your grievances in public and whip your insane fans up into a frenzy to abuse, humiliate and drag anyone who is on the other side of it. As if the inevitable consequence to it isn't going to be death threats to them and their families. Like, Scooter Braun's latest instagram post is about a friend who just died of cancer and all the comments are people piling on to abusing him. Death threats already starting.

Oh, by the way, don't forget to stream the new Lover Remix, and Beautiful Ghosts from the motion picture Cats, out tomorrow!