Cruel Summer outlasting Soon You'll Get Better is the reason that PJ Swifties don't deserve rights.
BPG 2019 - THE END
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SCORE: 8.045
11 x 1 (@maverick_79)
HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 24 (@Seventeen Days, @Bolton, @sapnu puas, @Jacques, @Phonetics Boy, @Music Is Life, @Joe., @aux, @UncleDeSeanAli, @sexercise, @happiestgirl, @GimmeWork, @BeingNormal, @soratami, @Slice of Life, @AlmightyAloud, @Babyface, @Jonathan27, @Conan, @Ashling92, @Trinu 3.0, @Subwaykid, @reputation., @Rem)
LOWEST SCORE: 3.5 x 1 (@Beautiful Child 2)
MY SCORE: 9/10
Whyever the fuck this wasn't the first single shall forever remain a Swiftie Mysterie, shan't it? Beyond that crisP Jack Antonoff production and that unexpectedT St. Vincent writing credit, it's also more on-theme for an album called Lover, even a bit sexy, isn't it girls? WHY did they sleep on this? She's going to put out a Loverfest fan video for this bop and let it chart at #91, isn't she. I hate her. Like, honestly, the music video - a perfect encapsulation of Taylor and Joe's relationship, I'd wager - was already shot, all they had to do was toss the song onto it:
*chef's kiss*
And for maverick_79, our 11 bestower? "Every Taylor album has one song that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Whether it’s the distorted 80s background vocals during the verse, that amazing middle 8 or 'HE LOOKS UP GRINNING LIKE A DEVIL' this feels just like such an effortless serve. The likes of Selena/Camila just can’t compete when Taylor’s on form." But 'twould seem Ariallah can!
So I actually wrote some of this when I was calculating my scores, and I contemplated if I wanted to hold off of it until the elimination or send it right away. I decided I would rather address it when the time came, so I could have some more time to think about it.
I usually try not to get too personal on PJ, mostly because I tend to keep my personal and online lives separate, but also because I haven't made many close connections here. Back in late 2010, my mom had a pretty bad stroke and was in the hospital for the last couple of months of the year. For the first month, we weren't even sure she was going to survive it; thankfully, she pulled through, and the second month was largely focused on the road to recovery.
The first time I heard this track, I had to turn it off because I was sobbing. It felt like Taylor had found some hidden journal of the experience I had in that hospital room with my mom that 9 years ago. The hardest part of the song for me to listen to is the middle 8, when Taylor sings “who am I supposed to talk to/what am I supposed to do/if there’s no you?”; my mom was my confidant, the person I could go to no matter what, and even when things seemed like they were never going to improve, she was there to help me come back down to earth and feel better. I felt so selfish for thinking about myself, but at the same time all I could think about was that my main support system was in danger of slipping away forever. I found myself, a stark agnostic, praying to God to do everything in His power to keep her around.
To this day, I look back on that experience as the turning point in my adult life. It was the moment when I finally grew up, and realized that my parents weren't always going to be there to cushion my fall. Taylor says in the song "this won't go back to normal, if it ever was"; my life would never be the same, and it's largely shaped my world view as an adult ever since. I know Taylor really had a tough time deciding to put this song on the record, but I'm eternally grateful that she did.
I usually try not to get too personal on PJ, mostly because I tend to keep my personal and online lives separate, but also because I haven't made many close connections here. Back in late 2010, my mom had a pretty bad stroke and was in the hospital for the last couple of months of the year. For the first month, we weren't even sure she was going to survive it; thankfully, she pulled through, and the second month was largely focused on the road to recovery.
The first time I heard this track, I had to turn it off because I was sobbing. It felt like Taylor had found some hidden journal of the experience I had in that hospital room with my mom that 9 years ago. The hardest part of the song for me to listen to is the middle 8, when Taylor sings “who am I supposed to talk to/what am I supposed to do/if there’s no you?”; my mom was my confidant, the person I could go to no matter what, and even when things seemed like they were never going to improve, she was there to help me come back down to earth and feel better. I felt so selfish for thinking about myself, but at the same time all I could think about was that my main support system was in danger of slipping away forever. I found myself, a stark agnostic, praying to God to do everything in His power to keep her around.
To this day, I look back on that experience as the turning point in my adult life. It was the moment when I finally grew up, and realized that my parents weren't always going to be there to cushion my fall. Taylor says in the song "this won't go back to normal, if it ever was"; my life would never be the same, and it's largely shaped my world view as an adult ever since. I know Taylor really had a tough time deciding to put this song on the record, but I'm eternally grateful that she did.
@Ana Raquel I hope you choke on some really hot coffee.
2014
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@sexercise <3
Lit rally a mess.
Cruel Summer is barely Top 5 on Lover, but whatever I guess.
This made me tear up a bit. Sending you online hugs! x
This made me tear up a bit. Sending you online hugs! x
He/Him
Umm...
I just..I....Soon You'll Get Better is one of the best things she's done this decade and...this happens? Y'all really underscored everything on the album because of your own personal dislike and the rollout itself? Between the intimate acoustic guitar, her quiet vocals that pull you in, the heartbreaking lyrics, and the beautiful backing vocals from what I understand is one of, if not the most iconic female country groups ever, and it's just...it's extremely sad but it's also amazing. Like, I don't think I could put it into words how perfectly crafted the song is or why.
I did briefly consider it for my 11, but despite the fact I love it and recognize how masterful it is...I'm extraordinarily lucky that I can not personally relate to it. I'm fortunate to not have lost anyone I really love and care about. So I just felt like I couldn't give my 11 to this song.
Cruel Summer going is unsurprising and doesn't even sting since it should have left before this. False God being the last Taylor song left is almost correct, but y'all won't let it make the top 10 so I guess it doesn't really fucking matter does it?
I just..I....Soon You'll Get Better is one of the best things she's done this decade and...this happens? Y'all really underscored everything on the album because of your own personal dislike and the rollout itself? Between the intimate acoustic guitar, her quiet vocals that pull you in, the heartbreaking lyrics, and the beautiful backing vocals from what I understand is one of, if not the most iconic female country groups ever, and it's just...it's extremely sad but it's also amazing. Like, I don't think I could put it into words how perfectly crafted the song is or why.
I did briefly consider it for my 11, but despite the fact I love it and recognize how masterful it is...I'm extraordinarily lucky that I can not personally relate to it. I'm fortunate to not have lost anyone I really love and care about. So I just felt like I couldn't give my 11 to this song.
Cruel Summer going is unsurprising and doesn't even sting since it should have left before this. False God being the last Taylor song left is almost correct, but y'all won't let it make the top 10 so I guess it doesn't really fucking matter does it?
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What a fucking mess.
ohnostalgia
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I feel personally attacked right now. My 11 and Soon You’ll Get Better back to back???
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Any excuse.
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Lizzo should've been in the Top 10, Taylor doesn't have the right songs near the top anyway so not affected by them leaving now. @Ana Raquel always doing yeoman's work for those of us that prefer the bops. And I can't stop chuckling at the idea that Ariana can literally do whatever she wants and will always get half of a BPG Top 10, it's amazing.
This narrative has been exhausting since page 1.
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Not nearly as exhausting as trying to pull some sort of valid criticism out of most of the people who tanked most of the album tracks on Lover and come at it with some intangible criticism like ‘it’s boring!1!1!’ when that could literally be leveled at any album depending on the listener. I’ve read about three people who seemed to have actually listened to the full album and have substantial arguments against it. We need the Lover haters to actually articulate their grievances.
And if you’ve been bopping to Stupid Love there ain’t a high horse left you can climb on for this one.
