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thinking about so high school and how some people seem to think it's a nice sweet love song (how) and it hit me that maybe these are the people for whom high school was not unpleasant because they were bullied for being "different" if you know what i mean

#because for those for whom high school was hell #feeling 'so high school' when you look at someone #(especially like an athlete as in someone who was probably doing some bullying) #would NOT be a nice sweet happy romantic thing

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#polls #taylor swift #idwlf #i don't wanna live forever #taylor's version #swiftie polls #reputation #rep tv #fifty shades darker #from the vault #rerecords #taylor swift polls

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#don't forget the key lime green dog in tlgad #which in the real story was a cat #i love using that as an example of how she changes small details

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I can’t imagine not viewing this album through a queer lens

#me neither #honestly #and that goes for all of her albums

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#to me it's 100% a TTPD song #it fits sonically and thematically with TTPD not midnights #perhaps it can be considered an easter egg for TTPD? #polls #taylor swift #midnights #ttpd #the tortured poets department #you're losing me #swiftie polls #taylor swift polls #eras tour #from the vault

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the second half of the anthology tracks are the ones i've spent the least time with so far so they still feel really new and exciting

#i am so so grateful she gave us so many songs #so much to enjoy and think about and talk about #we'll be marinating in this album for a looong time

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music major mutuals, what genre/type of song is peter?

#i wish i knew more about music like history and theory #peter has such a distinctive style and i'm sure there are significances for why she chose it and i want to delve into that #but i am lacking vocabulary T.T #peter #ttpd #the tortured poets department #the anthology

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thanK you aIMee has this phil collins vibe, idk, maybe like the songs from tarzan ?

#do you hear what i mean?

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#help me get a larger sample size plz! #reblog and put in the tags which cover(s) and type of media you got #i am really curious since there are so many variations #4 covers and cds/deluxe cds/vinyl/cassettes/and the anthology digital download #taylor swift #ttpd #the tortured poets department #polls #taylor swift polls #swiftie polls #merch #ts merch #taylor swift collection #swiftie post #vinyl #cassettes #vinyl collection

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A Rainbow Easter Egg!!!! 🌈🤯

https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/tree-paine-taylor-swift-publicist-0cc4903a

#oh my lord how did i not catch the literal RAINBOW EASTER EGG in this picture #and it and the rainbow are around a rep snake i mean-

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reblog if you were a reputation stan before rep tv!!

#reputation forever 🖤 #the power these photos still have over me

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THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY

merch concept - a patch/magnet for every track (click for full quality)

#obsessed #ttpd #the tortured poets department

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Good evening, I’m pleased to see you’re still following me. Okay, I’m done. 😂 Here’s our favorite Gaylor looking cute in her suit. ☺️

look at her dressed like oscar wilde 😉

#❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗

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Happy 1 week ttpd. what ive learned so far

1) you cant get fucking sick of this masterpiece

2) rep (my all time fav) is chased at the finish line but my hopes for those lowercase letter vault tracks are like 🌶️

3) nothing seems like we get from „just“ reading the lyrics. dig deeper. get a dictionary

4) at one point we all tortured poets

5) taylor is fucking mad, as she should be!

6) maybe i ve spent too much time in this asylum (kaylor tumblr)

7) just because you hear ttpd in your head all the time doesn’t mean there is actual music playing

8) fuck the mainstream - this is so much deeper/ bigger

9) i am a writer and drank more wine than usual but i am not that wine mom!

10) taylor do whatever you want as long as you deliver like a bitch post mortem goddess man poet!

11) iykyk we love the muse and perspectives of some songs.

aaaaaand mark as many tortured poets as u like! i need all of ur opinion!

so feel free to add ur 2 cents @kwyw @kaylorfossil @9w1ft @theprologues @corneliastvendor @chosetherose @daisyswift3 @industryhearts @iwanthermidnightz @bettys-cardigan143 @spade-riddles @chickawah23 @rainbowdaisy13 @roamertv

#i just really love this post #AMEN! #ttpd #🤍 #the tortured poets department

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Gaylors would truly rather Taylor be a traumatized queer woman who has to hide a whole family, than her be a woman who fell in love with a man you consider is beneath her, or any man at all for that matter.

We’re just going by her own lyrics and what she presents to her fans on a silver platter for her public image, pal. They do not match up. At all.

#i've been meaning to write about these lines from Florida!!! for days now

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Where the rubber meets the road.

These two didn't just have a relationship, they had a (soul)utionship. "The Prophecy" Hand on the throttle Thought I caught lightning in a bottle...

What these two had was magical. There is no debate that Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift were electric: (I am using past tense for the moment, I will refer to them in present tense a bit later in the post)

Fast forward a decade later to Fortnight. This record did not hit me immediately the way "Folklore" and "Evermore" did, It has almost been a week since it's release and I hadn't been fully onboard with TTPD. I was expecting something different, something not familiar and I had quite literally thought maybe Jack Antinoff and Taylor Swift had reached their limit together as collaborators. The music produced by Aaron Dressner had flavors and connections to "Folklore" and "Evermore," while parts of the album was reminiscent of "1989." My next thought that maybe the three of them had done all they could do.

And then the Matty Healy conversation exploded across the net (le sigh), and I just about gave up on the record.

I damn near had a sanguinary struggle within myself over The Tortured Poets Department (I know, that is very dramatic lol), and then I finally got it. The brilliance of this woman is unmatched.

The last song "The Manuscript." Now and then she rereads the manuscript Of the entire torrid affair

"The entire torrid affair" meaning the last decade (probably longer, but I am sticking with 2014-2024). The title isn't lost on me and many others - The Man-U-Script.

The last segment of the song

The only thing that's left is the manuscript One last souvenir from my trip to your shores Now and then I reread the manuscript But the story isn't mine anymore

She is closing the chapter on all of it. It's over, the countless theories, the stories we all have created about her. They're our stories now, we built them into a formidable, monstrous entity that took on a life of its own. "The last souvenir" are her words to us on this album. From the Swifities, to the Gaylors/Kaylors, to the haters, critics, industry, fans, media. She won't play this game anymore. Taylor gave enough clues on this album to make EVERYONE'S theory plausible (Karlie, Joe, Matty, Travis, Harry, Kim etc). She connected threads to come full circle, which brings us back to "1989," that 1980s syth-pop (hello! "I Can Do It With A Broken Heart"). This is why she and Jack Antonoff brought us back to where it all began, Karlie Kloss and #Kissgate (Dianna Agron, too, who can forget "Wonderland). Aaron Dressner summons moments within this records of the two albums that fractured my soul, F & E. That folky-pop melody that gets into your skin to change the DNA. No joke, I sobbed listening to "Folklore" and "Evermore."

With TTPD, Taylor comes in like a thrashing, tumultuous storm; at times seething and others admonishing. She is singing to herself, for herself and without need of approval from the mainstream radio (or anyone else). TTPD is messy, too much, not enough, vulnerable, real, relatable and she is tired of our collective shit.

Back to "The Manuscript" This Era has come to an end and she is leaving us with the ruins, the aftermath of what she went through: being forced to hide who she really is, having to placate the rabid fans who believe the stories of every boy she has ever dated. She has had zero privacy and the only safe place Taylor has ever had was her music, she is the ONLY one who knows to whom she sings. Does she love her fans, of course, but Mother is tired and done. She is ready to come clean and live the life she has crafted to keep in secret in order to protect the innocent.

The beards, NDAs, slight of hand, she is smashing all that we know. It's not her reflection she seeks to shatter, it's the illusions. In "Fortnight" the nurse, a woman (cannot convince me that it's not Karlie. A doorframe is 6'8" and that nurse is about 5" shorter that frame, which would make that person 6'3" :), comes to save her, gives her the key to set her free. The men in the video are the ones who are torturing her. Like the last 10 years, The poet has been tortured by the department of men: Joe, John, Conner, Jake, Harry, Calvin, Tom, Joe, Matty, Travis, Scooter, Scott, and the list goes on.

It's "Robin" that has got a choke-hold on me.

Buried down deep And out of your reach The secret we all vowed To keep it from you in sweetness

She is singing to a child, a kid, and I am going to say a little boy. Is this song about Levi? I am going to say yes. Hands down the gem of the album, and our cue to realize she is telling us what is next, her family, the loves of her life: Karlie and the kids. That is what she wants and that will be her next chapter. We struggle to interpret the Taylor that is always ten steps ahead of us. Her Eras Tour, this will be the last one for a while. Once it has wrapped, I wouldn't be surprised if she disappeared for a spell. Will she produce more work, sure. Perform, probably, but this last decade has taken a toll, and this tour has been a herculean effort. Hence, its wild success. Could she retire (FLORIDA)? It's possible, but she would never tell us, we would have to figure that out for ourselves.

I have more to say, but it's late and I am sleepy. As I get lost in the piano of "The Manuscript" I am reminded of the book "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo"

Not sure if anyone is going to see or read this, but I needed a place to write my thoughts about this extraordinary album that I almost let slip through my fingers. Good night and sleep well everyone <3

#beautiful op #thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts #you're not alone in thinking this way!

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no one can convince me this isn't about karlie/kissgate

and then the "you don't get to tell me you feel bad" is so fucking heart wrenching

#ah brilliant