Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

[Remyky22]

I can see that it will probably be a bit of a grower, but I don't know if I'll want to spend the time with it. The lyrics are some of her worst ever, and there's not too many moments that exhibit real artistic growth - sonically, vocally or lyrically. However, some of the tracks are still quite great, even if they are retreading the same ground she's done for quite a while now, namely:

Fortnight
But Daddy I Love Him
Florida!!!
loml
I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

loml in particular is gorgeous, Florida!!! and I Can Do It are incredibly fun! Florida gives the album such a breath of fresh air that I feel the whole second half is riding on its tailwind. Overall, it's not worse than Midnights (I think so?), thank god. You could make a fairly decent (and super consistent) album by mixing the highlights from both!

 

[DreamlessNights]

I need to board a train and force my mom listen with me. I have been making her listen to Taylor's old music for months daily now.

 

[Deleted member 26845]

Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? is giving reputation/pantomime villain. Not sure if I love it or hate it.

 

[Euphoria]

Fresh Out the Slammer... Now this is hot. It's like a cross between So It Goes and Cowboy Like Me. I feel like it'll be a least fave for many, but not me dd.

 

[HairBodyFace]

"And my friends all smell like weed or little babies", ok v relatable. Florida is maybe my fav so far?

 

[boom bazooka joe]

Can’t decide if I love or hate fresh out the slammer but I do appreciate the switch up.

 

[Raichu]

Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? is giving reputation/pantomime villain. Not sure if I love it or hate it.

I hate this side of Taylor so much.

 

[boom bazooka joe]

Florence kind of eating her ass up on her song but I’m loving Florida!!!

 

[SMG]

Okay, Down Bad is…. not good.

 

[Subwaykid]

She’s sick for that ring on my middle finger line what the fuck.

 

[Babyface]

Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? is giving reputation/pantomime villain. Not sure if I love it or hate it.

reputation fucking wishes (and I say that as someone who likes that album).

 

[Euphoria]

Florida!!! is weird. Not sure what to think about it on first listen.

 

[ankh]

“And I’m having his baby
No I’m not!
But you should see your faces”

At the end of But daddy I love him. I don’t know if I love it or hate it.

 

[La Toya]

Okay. We Can't Be Friends (Taylor's Version) is fab.

Lights. Camera. Bitch. Smile.

 

[boom bazooka joe]

Guilty as sin, production wise, is a direction I’d like her to flirt with more.

 

[Euphoria]

Guilty As Sin... What is this purity culture bop? I'm so confused.

 

[kaleidoscope]

I need like three words to describe the Florence collaboration. How excited/worried should I be?

Florence does good. It's a propper collab

 

[Lander]

It’s good that she’s seen the backlash against her and tried to be more sustainable by recycling.

 

[Ashling92]

First 3 songs are very much Bleachers/Jack on autopilot, but I really like Down Bad and So Long London.

The lyrics are heartbreaking so far.

"You swore that you loved me but where were the clues"

 

[HairBodyFace]

Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? is giving reputation/pantomime villain. Not sure if I love it or hate it.

I'm not really getting that at all?