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The Aria Charts (Taylor’s Version)

#go T! #aria charts #breaking records

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fresh out the slammer

#cool!

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'cause I'm a real tough kid

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart, Taylor Swift

#love this

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#somewhere else #the surprise songs are so special #and the transition to midnights with the dive and swim are iconic #i think either after rep or folklore

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This article / video interview Travis did in People Magazine was posted April 2, 2024 .. did he say “full throttle” purposefully because of the soon to drop song … or is a term he uses a lot and Taylor incorporated it into So High School “brand new, full throttle”… I have no idea but either way a little bit funny

#lol #good catch Jeannine #maybe unintentional

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IVY — TAYLOR SWIFT

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One of the saddest themes for me in Taylor's writing is the idea that no matter what she does she will be faulted and hated for it and therefore it doesn't matter what she does (even if it is self-destructive).

-And if they call me a slut You know it might be worth it for once

-What if I roll the stone away? They're gonna crucify me anyway

-Pick your poison, babe I'm poison either way

nearly 20 years in the spotlight, including the majority of your adolescence and entire young adulthood will do that to you!! the good news is that she’s trying to unlearn it, or at least redirect her brain elsewhere, and succeeding in a lot of ways - she touches on this a bit in the time article

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the 'are you not entertained?' of it all is just so loud. paired with the whole come one come all it's happening again... but then the whole so high school of it. the way she forces us to unpack our entertainment of her

YUPPPPPPPPPPPP. it challenges you as a listener. i’m obsessed.

#yes #it's such an interesting album

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I do wonder how people who never fully processed the lyric “pulled the car off the road to the lookout, could have followed my fears all the way down” are handling all the undisguised ideation on this album because….

#the line about throwing her life to the wolves or the ocean rocks #is ... a lot! #guilty as sin?

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Sigh. I wish people could realize that belief system was built as a response to a series of Bad Things (romantically and otherwise) happening to her and breaking it down is 1. The result of great therapy and comprehending what happened to her 2. Doesn’t mean she doesn’t believe in deep, passionate love 3. Doesn’t mean she isn’t in deep, passionate love

and 4. that deep, passionate love is still magical, special, beautiful!!!!!!! like, this is taylor we’re talking about here. all i’m saying is that more than ever she sees love as agency, not as destiny.

#coincidence can sometimes bring things into your life #but you gotta work to keep them

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when your beloved mutual turns your zero note flop post into a one note flop post <33333

#always appreciate it #i sometimes don't get why something #doesn't seem to land well #always happens with the posts i think are decent funnily enough

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I’m fine with my spite, and my beers, and my tears, and my candles -> I'm lonely, but I'm good, I'm bitter, but I swear I'm fine

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As a lyric video girlie I finally had time to watch all of them and actually try to digest them yesterday and there's some songs who GREATLY benefit of the font/CAPS/formatting/colors and it's sooo pleasant to see! I already loved So Long, London and Peter, but the videos beautifully enhances the songs imo! And both loml and Guilty as Sin weren't a standout for me in the first few listens but the formatting made me stop and appreciate them so much more! Plus you know, they're pretty to see

Ooo noted! I love hearing this so much as a pro for the lyric videos.

#the lyric videos are fantastic #they add so much

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a shout-out to @it-feels-like-a-perfect-night as I always really appreciate reading your blog and your well-thought-out lyric posts!!

#love seeing your posts J9

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********you ain’t gotta pray for me ********

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I know Taylor songs are from her pov so someone else could always argue this isn’t true, but what amazes me is how exacting she is in her descriptions of others - it’s the worst men that I wrote the best - while they don’t even see her. Like whether it’s someone she loves or someone she hates, she so precisely cuts through and describes them just sooo

it’s so precise and exacting and honest and she’s also able to really capture their essence/vibe? like it’s not just the words, it��s also the way the sounds sound and feel. truly a unique talent.

#prev tags! #btw this is why the muses almost never push back. bc they know she’s honest