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OKAY I’ve had a whole weekend to take in the new album now and I’ve determined I was being a hater!!!! I was in a bad mood on Thursday and Friday because of other things and I took it out on the album!!! I’m sorry Taylor!! I’m sorry Jack and Aaron!!! I take it back!!!!

Well okay, I don’t take it all back. 😂 I still think it’s too long but whatever, I’m not gonna complain about having too many Taylor Swift songs. I think part of my problem is the album really was not what I was expecting vibe or content wise so when it wasn’t how I expected I held it against the album. I was expecting a turkey (Joe Alwyn) roasting and that’s not what it was!! But I have listened to her and accepted it!!! I’m over it now!!! I also was expecting it to be all very folklore/evermore deep, profound poetic writing because of the title and so I really held it against the songs that are supposed to be more silly and irreverent and funny, but now I have realized that that is the point of those songs. It’s like how I used to hate Gorgeous before I realized she’s just supposed to be a fun girl. I’m getting there!!!

It’s still not my favorite album and I still don’t think it’s her best album but I do really like it. There are a lot of songs I really really enjoy. Still no immediate top ten favorite of all time songs but I am interested to see how they continue growing on me as I continue listening. One thing I do wonder is how it would read if the entire tracklist was shuffled so the Aaron and Jack songs were more evenly distributed. I feel like the back half of the anthology gets really slow and since I’m already on hour ONE POINT FIVE at that point I begin losing interest. But honestly that’s a minor complaint. I think the thing that’s becoming really clear to me is that this album was not designed to be another pop princess chart topping world domination moment, it was designed for the fans and for Taylor to get the way she’s been feeling out there and share it with us and that I have to love. I’d still love to see her do something different next time, maybe work with other people in addition to Jack and Aaron, push herself creatively, but I realize now that wasn’t the point of this album and I’m done being a hater. I mean I’m a swiftie what am I gonna do not listen to 2 hours of new music???? I’m gonna rock. I like the album. Viva la Tortured Poets!!!

Okay.. let’s hear it! Initial thoughts of the new album!

Ugh sorry for the delay on this. I listened to the (first) album when it dropped at midnight, finished it and saw her say “double album, 15 more songs!!” went “that’s nice. I’m going to bed” fully intending to spend most of today listening and relistening to fully take it in, but then there was a crisis at work and I suddenly had a shitton to do in a very little amount of time which was not a conducive environment to fully digest these *very* dense songs. I still haven’t sat down and done nothing but listen to half the songs on the anthology, so. I am never more jealous of west coast time zoners than during new music drops. 😂

I immediately logged off the internet when I heard it had leaked Wednesday so I truly went into this blind. My initial thoughts are… well… okay! I don’t dislike it. But I don’t love it, you know? The songs are very dense but I still don’t think it’s her best writing (and I’m a Bruce Springsteen girlie; I love a cryptic lyrically dense album). There are a whole bunch of songs that I really enjoy and some REALLY good lyrics. But I remember hearing Cardigan or YOYOK for the first time and how that felt and I just don’t get that on anything here. I also cannot acknowledge the implications of how many goddamn songs are about Matty Healy and how in love with him she was without risking a mental breakdown!!! The idea that CARDIGAN was written about him… I cannot do this… take me back to when we thought The 1 was for sure about Harry Styles. I was present for the Gillette rain show “I’m the happiest I’ve ever been” psychotic break and I STILL was not prepared for the amount of psycho behavior on this album regarding the rat man!!!!

I think I have two main problems with this album. 1: it is too goddamn long. I am not one to complain about getting more content but I feel like a lot of these songs are just saying the same thing and not doing it in a way unique enough to justify having both of them. Like I think we could have EASILY trimmed a lot of fat and gotten these both into one 20-ish track album that would have read better. I feel like a lot of this has to do with the social media culture now of more, more, more, always racing towards the next thing— like how a day after we got 1989 TV the swifties were clamoring for rep TV. Like we just got 5 new songs!!! Slow down!!! I would have preferred quality over quantity lol and this album very much felt like quantity, quantity, quantity.

And then 2: I miss when she used to really push herself to try different things and to get better at her craft. Not that I want her to be attacked and get backlash, but her insane levels of fame have made her so untouchable that no one can say anything remotely constructive without being crucified and I feel like it eliminates some of the drive she has to push herself to be better and write better (hello Speak Now and Red!!!). I saw Rolling Stone gave this album a perfect 100 score like???? Hello???? The album is not bad, but to grade it as perfection compared to others? Over Red? Over Folklore? Over 1989??? Let’s be real. And I feel like this album has a lot of “well it’s good enough” moments where I’m like… but is it good enough? Could we have worked to make this better? I feel like she needs new collaborators too. She does great work with Jack and Aaron but I feel like they know each other too well and it’s getting to the point where they’re not editing or pushing her as much as they should be. A lot of the songwriting here just felt complacent. Get Liz Rose back in the room I am begging!!!!!

Now that I’ve typed all that out I feel like I am being increasingly harsh, but idk. It’s a fine album. There are some songs I enjoy and I’m sure it’s gonna grow on me more as I listen and really digest, but it doesn’t really have any super stand out moments to me right now. I saw a tweet saying this album is not to top the charts, not to draw in new fans, this is for the swifties who know and care about Taylor’s lore and want to listen and know what was going on during this period of her life, and she just needed to get it out there and say it so she can move on. And I do enjoy the lore, don’t get me wrong, but I kinda hope that’s the case and the next album is a clean slate, because… other than the lore, there’s nothing really new or interesting here, sonically, lyrically, etc. I really hope her next album she takes a big risk and does something different. I also feel like she needs a BREAK. Like I don’t want any new music for the entire year of 2025. Go recharge and take a break and come back to us with your best work, queen. I feel like the rerecords and the constant churning out of new music and content is just watering down her undeniable talent.

I wanted to like this a lot more than I did, but you know. C’est la vie. I never was a big poetry girlie anyways, and I’ve seen some people say they love the album (and to them I say I’m happy for you I clap I cheer and i’m gonna let you rock!!) but for me… idk. We’ll see how I feel in a week. But throughout the day today I kept feeling the temptation to put Chappell Roan back on, so… I think that sort of sums up my initial feelings on the whole thing. 😂

#favorite songs as of now: #my boy only breaks his favorite toys; so long london; but daddy i love him; guilty as sin?; who’s afraid of little old me? #i can do it with a broken heart; the alchemy #the black dog; chloe or sam or sophia or marcus; how did it end; thank you aimee #the prophecy; peter #OH AND SO HIGH SCHOOL i forgot that one #taylor swift

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Okay.. let’s hear it! Initial thoughts of the new album!

Ugh sorry for the delay on this. I listened to the (first) album when it dropped at midnight, finished it and saw her say “double album, 15 more songs!!” went “that’s nice. I’m going to bed” fully intending to spend most of today listening and relistening to fully take it in, but then there was a crisis at work and I suddenly had a shitton to do in a very little amount of time which was not a conducive environment to fully digest these *very* dense songs. I still haven’t sat down and done nothing but listen to half the songs on the anthology, so. I am never more jealous of west coast time zoners than during new music drops. 😂

I immediately logged off the internet when I heard it had leaked Wednesday so I truly went into this blind. My initial thoughts are… well… okay! I don’t dislike it. But I don’t love it, you know? The songs are very dense but I still don’t think it’s her best writing (and I’m a Bruce Springsteen girlie; I love a cryptic lyrically dense album). There are a whole bunch of songs that I really enjoy and some REALLY good lyrics. But I remember hearing Cardigan or YOYOK for the first time and how that felt and I just don’t get that on anything here. I also cannot acknowledge the implications of how many goddamn songs are about Matty Healy and how in love with him she was without risking a mental breakdown!!! The idea that CARDIGAN was written about him… I cannot do this… take me back to when we thought The 1 was for sure about Harry Styles. I was present for the Gillette rain show “I’m the happiest I’ve ever been” psychotic break and I STILL was not prepared for the amount of psycho behavior on this album regarding the rat man!!!!

I think I have two main problems with this album. 1: it is too goddamn long. I am not one to complain about getting more content but I feel like a lot of these songs are just saying the same thing and not doing it in a way unique enough to justify having both of them. Like I think we could have EASILY trimmed a lot of fat and gotten these both into one 20-ish track album that would have read better. I feel like a lot of this has to do with the social media culture now of more, more, more, always racing towards the next thing— like how a day after we got 1989 TV the swifties were clamoring for rep TV. Like we just got 5 new songs!!! Slow down!!! I would have preferred quality over quantity lol and this album very much felt like quantity, quantity, quantity.

And then 2: I miss when she used to really push herself to try different things and to get better at her craft. Not that I want her to be attacked and get backlash, but her insane levels of fame have made her so untouchable that no one can say anything remotely constructive without being crucified and I feel like it eliminates some of the drive she has to push herself to be better and write better (hello Speak Now and Red!!!). I saw Rolling Stone gave this album a perfect 100 score like???? Hello???? The album is not bad, but to grade it as perfection compared to others? Over Red? Over Folklore? Over 1989??? Let’s be real. And I feel like this album has a lot of “well it’s good enough” moments where I’m like… but is it good enough? Could we have worked to make this better? I feel like she needs new collaborators too. She does great work with Jack and Aaron but I feel like they know each other too well and it’s getting to the point where they’re not editing or pushing her as much as they should be. A lot of the songwriting here just felt complacent. Get Liz Rose back in the room I am begging!!!!!

Now that I’ve typed all that out I feel like I am being increasingly harsh, but idk. It’s a fine album. There are some songs I enjoy and I’m sure it’s gonna grow on me more as I listen and really digest, but it doesn’t really have any super stand out moments to me right now. I saw a tweet saying this album is not to top the charts, not to draw in new fans, this is for the swifties who know and care about Taylor’s lore and want to listen and know what was going on during this period of her life, and she just needed to get it out there and say it so she can move on. And I do enjoy the lore, don’t get me wrong, but I kinda hope that’s the case and the next album is a clean slate, because… other than the lore, there’s nothing really new or interesting here, sonically, lyrically, etc. I really hope her next album she takes a big risk and does something different. I also feel like she needs a BREAK. Like I don’t want any new music for the entire year of 2025. Go recharge and take a break and come back to us with your best work, queen. I feel like the rerecords and the constant churning out of new music and content is just watering down her undeniable talent.

I wanted to like this a lot more than I did, but you know. C’est la vie. I never was a big poetry girlie anyways, and I’ve seen some people say they love the album (and to them I say I’m happy for you I clap I cheer and i’m gonna let you rock!!) but for me… idk. We’ll see how I feel in a week. But throughout the day today I kept feeling the temptation to put Chappell Roan back on, so… I think that sort of sums up my initial feelings on the whole thing. 😂

#like idk girl did i really need to hear you sing about how much you love matty healy *that* many times??? i dont think i did #anyways i am curious to hear your (and anyone else’s) thought on the album 😂 #my sister and my roommate agree with my opinion but we all share a brain so they dont count #also even though i dont love this album I STILL LOVE YOU TAYLOR!!!! Swiftie till the day I die!!!!! #we’re all allowed to flop a little bit sometimes… as a treat!!!! #taylor swift #asks #answered #ceebogs

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Nothin’ more humbling the rereading the first fanfic you wrote

#And unfortunately mine is my most popular most kudosed story to date #Like it outpaces wtwta by a LOT #Should have quit while i was ahead lmao

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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) | dir. Frank Oz

#if anyone finds any mysterious plants today… just keep walking #DON’T FEED THE PLANTS

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Hi! Any idea when you’ll drop the next installment of Baby I’ll Come Back to You? No pressure, obviously, I just love the story so much!Hope you’re well! 💗

❤️❤️❤️ I’m so glad you love it!! The next chapter is not as far done as I’d like lol; I just started a new job so that’s been taking up a lot of my energy and unfortunately I haven’t had a ton of motivation to write. But I’m trying to get back in the groove and steadily chip away at it so… hopefully another month or so? Maybe? I make no promises but that’s what I’m aiming for 😂

#its like maybe a lil more than halfway done rn i’d say #there are just some scenes that ughhhh i dont wanna write them 😂 #unfortunately those are the very important ones so… i shall perservere #baby i’ll come back to you #asks #answered #jellybeanficwriter

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BRIDGERTON Season 3 Kanthony | Sneak Peek

#i cant deal with how cute and smitten they are #gimme lots of kanthony in s3 pls #even tho i have Thoughts about kate’s dress… she looks beautiful but… that’s not regency #anyways countdown is on i cant wait #bridgerton

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he had it coming

#what am i supposed to do ignore a chicago reference on the ides of march? i think not

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MEAN GIRLS 2004 — dir. Mark Waters

#happy ides of march #mean girls

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merry ides of march

#Happy ides of March to all who celebrate!!!!

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DIEGO LUNA as CASSIAN ANDOR Andor: Season One (2022)

#god this show is so good #i miss it so much #andor #star wars

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TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR (2023) dir. Sam Wrench ↳ @networkthirteen | taylor in 2023 event 

#happy international women’s day to THE woman!!! #taylor swift

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This is me praying that... CINDERELLA (2015) dir. Kenneth Branagh

#im always thinking about this movie #cinderella 2015 my beloved… #this is beautifullll #cinderella 2015 #disney

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doomed by the narrative and haunted by the narrative and a secret third thing (narrating the narrative)

#omfg #emperors new groove eternally underrated

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“I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not tears.”

daenerys targaryen moodboard

#ooh this is so pretty #i miss my girl #daenerys targaryen #game of thrones

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What I know is that daylight savings wasn’t established until World War I. If it’s 3 P.M. now, that means in 1776, it would be 2 P.M. Riley, you’re a genius.

National Treasure (2004) dir. Jon Turteltaub

#is this the best film ever made? Well yes #argue with the wall #national treasure

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Let sewing radicalize you against fast fashion

#i have done both these things and i only sew for pleasure but #every time someone who knows i sew as a hobby says ‘you should sell things you sew!!’ my eye starts twitching #like believe me dude people do not want to pay me what i would need to charge them for what i sew #and that is why i only sew for people who understand how much time and labor and frustration goes into it #if i sew for you… thats how you know I TRULY love you a lot #i would need to charge thousands for the dresses i make. and because of fast fashion people would be willing to pay like a hundred max #sewing is so much harder and time consuming than you think it is

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TAYLOR SWIFT & TRAVIS KELCE singing "Love Story" at the Chiefs Super Bowl afterparty (Feb 12, 2024)

#i am tayvis pilled and what about it!!!! #you never saw the turkey doing any of this!!! #i love them sm #congrats taylor on your superbowl win #cant wait to see travis have his hot girl summer of going to every european eras tour date now #taylor swift