it should've literally been called the manuscript likeee
anyways idk i’ll say it.
while it’s a good album (the ball is still rolling and is yet to settle on a court), quite literally none of the songs live upto the “tortured poets” title. there are songs on debut a la Taylor Swift (2006) that are more along the lines of tortured poetry and maybe this is because taylor swift is a billionaire and she sings like she knows she has a billion dollars, there is grief, doom in her songwriting but there is Not the hopelessness of the tortured poet!
alright listened to #that album twice now and my favourites (and probably the only songs i'll come back to) are so long, london, but daddy i love him (very annoying but it's kind of a given. i like the melody and how crazy she sounds tho), florida!!! (wah!), loml, the smallest man who ever lived and i can fix him (no really i can) sorta kinda maybe.