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feysandfeels · 3 years

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Which TS songs remind you of the different couples in SJM’s books???

Boy do I ??

You are a blessed soul for asking me this, and know that I adore you.

There is now a part II to this.

Feysand:

Begin Again: “I've been spending the last eight months Thinking all love ever does Is break and burn, and end But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again” Baby Feyre finding that love is not toxic, that love is supportive, that love can be wonderful. “You said you never met one girl who had As many James Taylor records as you But I do” but think of is as “he said he never met a girl who wasn’t afraid of his power, but i do”. Also also “Walked in expecting you'd be late But you got here early and you stand and wave I walk to you” because Feyre’s used to T*mlin’s mediocre ass but Rhys surprised her by being a decent human and treating her with respect, which makes her realize that she was starved for respect and that T*mlin was not giving her what every decent human being should get from the get go from their partner.

Ivy: Feyre slowly falling in love with Rhys, thinking about Rhys in the Spring Court between Night Court visits Also throughout ACOMAF how she battles with her ever growing feelings for the Lord of the Night, while feeling guilty about T*mlin, because they *just broke up*: “Oh, goddamn My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand Taking mine, but it's been promised to another Oh, I can't Stop you putting roots in my dreamland My house of stone, your ivy grows And now I'm covered in you” and “I wish to know The fatal flaw that makes you long to be Magnificently cursed He's in the room Your opal eyes are all I wish to see He wants what's only yours”.

End game: I can practically see Rhys singing this in the shower thinking about Feyre, when she decided to work with him and him thinking like “YES THIS HAS TO BE A SIGN”. His reputation precedes him and in rumours he’s knee deep, him and Feyre would be a big conversation, he has enemies, he has heard about her and she has heard about him. He thinks “she’s so dope that he might overdose”. She’s been calling his bluff on all his usual tricks so here’s the truth from his red lips!!!!!

Dress: “Even in my worst times, you could see the best in me Flashback to my mistakes My rebounds, my earthquakes Even in my worst lies, you saw the truth in me And I woke up just in time Now I wake up by your side My one and only, my lifeline”. Need I say more? I think not your honor.

Call it what you want: “I said you don’t need to save me, but would you run away with me?” That’s Feyre’s whole arc, I rest my case.

Nessian: the happiness I feel about the fact that these two are together is just enough to make me smile on a Monday

False God - The song literally opens up saying “We were crazy to think Crazy to think that this could work Remember how I said I'd die for you” HELLOOOO?? NESTA THINKING ABOUT THAT SCENE IN ACOWAR?? but also feeling that she’s unworthy of Cassian and that there is no way in hell that he will love her with all that she is.

Don’t Blame Me - The power of this song lies in the I unapologetic- powerful-full on I give myself to you and I will do it over and over again energy it has. And this is the energy that Nesta has for Cassian (even when homegirl really tries to pretend otherwise lol boo you tried). The “through your love I found salvation” religious aspect of Don’t blame me is Nesta, because through Cassian’s love and presence she found the perspective she needed on herself. Also this book was a religious experience for me. Jesus fuck.

Sparks Fly: From Cassian to Nesta, with love. First of all Cassian would be a diehard swiftie (all of the bat boys for that matter, merch a the concert, what will we do if we get invited to the rep room?? fans. Az woud be like the quiet yet “no, speak one ill word of Taylor and that’s your end, she did nothing wrong she was framed and I have evidence”). Second of all “The way you move is like a full on rainstorm And I'm a house of cards You're the kind of reckless that should send me running But I kinda know that I won't get far” That’s him alright, that’s him knowing that Nesta is a force to be reckoned with and he wants nothing nothing but to be in that storm and live within the force of nature that she is. Thirdly “My mind forgets to remind me, your a bad idea You touch me once and it's really something You find I'm even better than you, imagined I would be I'm on my guard for the rest of the world But with you I know its no good And I could wait patiently But I really wish you would”

Elucien: This is an Elucien blog.

Lover - In all honesty wanted to give this song to Feysand, because they are my main otp and this song is the highest of the high from Taylor, but I can’t deny the fact that this song screams Elucien. “With every guitar string scar on my hand” I think is a beautiful parallel for Elain and gardening, “My heart’s been borrowed, and yours has been blue” this speaks of Gr*yson and Jesminda, “I loved you three summers now but I want them all” that’s Lucien speaking ma’am. “Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?”, both of them about the bond. “And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me and at every table, I'll save you a seat, lover” we all know Lucien has a mind for dirty jokes and sass and Elain would always save him the sit next to her because he is the one who truly saw her and, in his distance, was the presence she needed while she figured it all out. Finally, The fact that the song has very clear wedding tones I think fits the headcanon, that more than a mating ceremony, Elucien would have a wedding, because it feels like something Elain would feel more comfortable with.

Treacherous -“I can't decide if it's a choice Getting swept away I hear the sound of my own voice Asking you to stay”..... mmmmmm is this or isn’t it Elain getting closer to Lucien, but still wondering if it’s the bond or her, yet nonetheless surrendering to the fact that she wants him to stay. “This slope is treacherous This path is reckless This slope is treacherous And I, I, I like it” Elain doesn’t want an easy love, to simple do as the bond suggests she wants something that has twigs and branches and where she needs to question herself and truly ask what she wants out of life and this relationship. Also the softness of the melody juxtaposed with the vulnerability, brings a soft rawness that is Elain.

King of my heart: Neither of them expected to feel like they could love with all the hope and unapologetic free falling feel characteristic of first loves, yet here we are. They rule their kingdom inside the room because they are discovering their feelings for each other away from prying eyes and people that have expectations on how they should work with the mating bond and all that. “Late in the night, the city's asleep Your love is a secret I'm hoping, dreaming, dying to keep Change my priorities The taste of your lips is my idea of luxury” Again, with the love away from everyone, feeling their world shift around what they are starting to feel for one another. “Is the end of all the endings? My broken bones are mending With all these nights we're spending” did we say healing arc through love and support an “not expecting anything to come off this, but I just want to see you well” à la sjm?? I THINK WE DID.

Emorie: I’m working with crumbs here, delicious crumbs that will make a delicious emorie cake, but crumbs nonetheless.. I need more and I need it now.

I think he knows - My girl Emerie crushing hard hard haaaaaaaaard on Mor.

Cruel Summer - “I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you And I snuck in through the garden gate Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh) And I screamed for whatever it's worth "I love you, " ain't that the worst thing you ever heard” this is prime PRIME PRIME ANGST, we will get from these two.

Gwynriel: this is an edit because I'm not a hoe for these two (yet...trust me once I see Az heal this is the tag where you will find me) and I did not know which songs might fit them and then when I posted it I was like WAIT WAIT I KNOW.

Gold rush - Gwyn talking herself out of her crush on Az after finding out about the whole necklace and being like “I don’t want a gold rush”.

Daylight - Az is a Taylor hoe first, spymaster second. She just makes him feel things. But in all seriousness “Like daylight It's golden like daylight You gotta step into the daylight and let it go Just let it go, let it goI wanna be defined by the things that I love Not the things I hate Not the things that I'm afraid of, I'm afraid of Not the things that haunt me in the middle of the night I, I just think that You are what you love” this is Az healing and being in better place where he can reflect on how he used to relate to love and romantic relationships, he now understands that love is not black and white but golden. He stepped into this notion of love and through it he found a beautiful relationship with Gwyn, he wants to be defined by the love he feels for her and the love he feels for his family, not by the things that haunted him, not by his mistakes, not by his trauma. He is golden, he is daylight, shadows and all he is daylight.

Az + Elain: As a romantic end game they are not my ship, but I do stand by my pre-acosf position that these two would be really good friends

Out of the woods - Where we stand after acosf I say that it is not far fetched that they might hook up and then realize that it’s not for them and that experience helps them access a new part of their healing: “They lost each other, but they found themselves”. The anxiety that this song mirrors is the anxiety of them knowing something doesn’t quite *fit* right, that they are both in turbulent times emotionally and this relationship is not giving them the peace they thought it would. They are paper airplanes, because they know that it’s not the right call for where they are in their own journeys if they want to heal properly and that neither will get what they truly want from the other one. The monsters who turned out to be trees, they are in the woods in this relationship, they were built to fall apart.. are all images that speak of the dynamic we could see of them, they try it doesn’t work and then after, when they are in better places mentally they will look back and be like “we dodge a bullet there didn’t we”.

Bonus: His necklace hanging around her neck, the image is clear there and so is the commentary.

Az + Mor: formerly known as Moriel, the ship that used to reign my heart

Breath - This song is entirely from Az’s perspective once he and Mor talk about, well, everything. This is not how he had planned it, this is not how he wanted this to go, but “people are people and sometimes it doesn’t work out, but it’s killing me to see you go after all this time” referencing letting go of the romantic feelings he had for her. They were a crutch for him and now he has to face life and the things that torment him about it, without the protection and comfort his crush on her offered him. “And we know it's never simple, Never easy Never a clean break, no one here to save me You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand,” regardless of what you all want to think, they do love and know each other but shift in their dynamic will mean an adjustment for both of them... it’s not a clean break. “Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve”, also Idc about what you all think, Az never never never wanted to hurt Mor, if he knew his behavior was in someway affecting her he would have done something, and I think from the aftermath of him going after Eris on ACOWAR we can see that... also this might allude to him actually knowing that Mor is a lesbian and he has tried to make sure she feels safe around him and knows that he has her back agains the whole world if need be, regardless of her lack of romantic feelings for him.

Feyl*n: honestly who knew there would be so many songs that would fit these two. Such bops for a crappy dude like T*mlin.

Exile - “I never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind) I couldn't turn things around (you never turned things around) 'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)” He never even tried to learn to read her mind, he never turned things around and she gave so so many signs. The way he looks at Rhys like he’s his understudy, but no sugar he’s the principal actor and you got fired.

Getaway car - and I oop. Because that is essentially what they were both to each other. Feyre needed someone to give her security and financial stability, T*mlin needed someone to break the curse: “It was the best of times the worst of crimes”.

Bad blood - LOOOOOL. They used to be mad love and now they have bad blood.

Tell me why - Imma just leave a collection of quotes here that well allude to them through the first act of ACOMAF: “I took a chance, I took a shot And you might think I'm bulletproof but I'm not You took a swing, I took it hard And down here from the ground, I see who you are” Feyre seeing T*mlin for the abusive person that he is, from the ground.. where his behavior put her. Also “I'm sick and tired of your reasons I got no one to believe in You tell me that you want me, then push me around And I need you like a heartbeat But you know you got a mean streak Makes me run for cover when you're around Here's to you and your temper Yes, I remember what you said last night And I know that you see what you're doing to me Tell me why” The if he loved me, why did he do it and the “it’s not a question of if he loved you but how” conversation she has with Rhys.

I could go on and on forever placing all T-Swift songs around acotar characters, but I think this is getting longer than we all anticipated.. or did we? we all know I am not ✨concise✨. Anywho, thanks for sticking around.

Besos!!

BOOOONUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSS:

Obviously, Invisible String is for all my mated/soon to be mated boos, and I think Peace is a song that can apply to both Feysand and Nessian from Rhys’ and Nesta’s perspectives respectively.

#Feysandfeelsasks #Taylor Swift #Sarah J Maas #SJM #ACOTAR #ACOMAF #ACOWAR #ACOSF #Feysand #Nessian #Elucien #Emorie #not to toot my own horn but I think the Daylight one with Gwynriel is amazing #I will pat myself on the back.#Gwynriel #Moriel #and when I tag moriel i mean friendship moriel

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old-childhood-drama · 3 years

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Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas Masterpost (Toe/Jaylor)

Before dating (May 2008)

We start with the Taylor lookalike

In May 2008 the Jonas Brothers are filming their music video for Burnin’ Up [x]. Joe’s love interest in it is played by a blonde girl who looks quite a bit (and she’s also styled) like Taylor Swift, for reference, this is the music video that has Selena Gomez as Nick Jonas’ love interest.

As far as we know they hadn’t even met so we don’t know exactly what this was supposed to mean, maybe Joe had a crush on Taylor or maybe it’s a coincidence.

We do know that Nick and Selena were dating when this was filmed and that by the time the MV was released (July 4th, 2008) Joe and Taylor were officially dating.

Toe is alive! (July 2008 – September 2008)

On Tour

Fans claim to have seen Taylor around the tour in early July, which matches with Taylor’s lyrics in "Last Kiss".

Last Kiss. Taylor Swift.

I do recall now the smell of the rain

Fresh on the pavement, I ran off the plane

That July 9th, the beat of your heart

It jumps through your shirt

On July 14th, Taylor and The Jonas Brothers perform “Should’ve Said No”[x] from her debut album, and this performance now forever exists in their 3D movie (a classic), a cute fact is that some fans have said that Taylor tripped when she first came out, so they had to repeat it for the movie.

On July 20th Joe flies to Wyoming to watch Taylor opening up for Rascal Flatts, and they flew back and she was spotted at the Omaha show.

She’s seen in a couple shows more and she joins the stage again for their Madison Square Garden shows in August [x]. They sing “Even now just looking at you feels wrong”.

They’re together but they’re not together.

For more context, we must remember that Taylor was a very new artist from a small label and The Jonas were pretty much at their peak and Disney’s biggest act, and they were managed like crazy and could never even think about being seen with someone in a romantic way. Any rumors were denied so fast, and Disney did the absolute most to keep it secret. So according to everyone they were just good friends, at the time both Taylor and Selena were annoyed by all the secrecy.

Now back to the timeline:

Taylor is backstage of the tour A LOT for the next couple of weeks right next to the other not-girlfriends Selena and Danielle.

She films a cameo for the “Love Is on Its Way” [x] video for the concert in New York. She was said to be only interested in hanging out with Joe and they were seen hugging *gasp* I know it doesn’t seem like much now but back then this was the hottest gossip and again the Jonas were not supposed to breathe near any human of the opposite gender.

Taylor and the Jonas were staying at the same hotel a bunch of rumors ensued, but I will not talk about the whole Olympics and Toe locking themselves in a room at midnight thing. If it’s real, we really needed to touch some grass and stop staying outside of people's rooms all night.

On August 17th Joe goes to Ryan Seacrest's show and denied that Taylor is his girlfriend in the best way a corporation like Disney can train you to deny something that’s true. Saying Taylor is “a great girl and I think anybody would be lucky to date her. I think anybody would love to go on a date with her.”

And Taylor tells People Magazine “He’s an amazing guy and anybody would be lucky to be dating him” Cinematic parallels.

Taylor is spotted in the back (in a mirror) of one of the Jonas youtube videos [x]. Basically, we all knew they were together.

The Central Park date (August 28th)

Now if you were a fan of either the Jonas Brothers, Selena, or Taylor you know this next part and it the iconic triple date of Central Park.

Again, this is kind of famous at this point and Selena has been quoted saying how awful it was because the boys were not allowed to be seen with them so they all went to Central Park (Selena’s first time in Central Park) and Taylor and Selena walked about 20 feet of distance from the guys so nobody would think they were together but we all already knew because it wasn’t like they were that good at hiding it and there are pictures of them together that night (the clownery of it all).

These backstage tour adventures are the reason Taylor and Selena are friends today and in Selena’s own words the best thing to come out of those relationships.

VMAs (September 2008)

With how many pictures of them together that night [x] [x] [x] exist you would think they had gone together as a couple but no just two besties! The 2008 VMAs are so the show where Russell Brand mocks the Jonas Brothers and their purity rings and Taylor publicly defends them.

Toe seems happy for the rest of September but as we know now the end is near.

The Break-Up (October 2008)

Social Media was different back then and Taylor did what every teen girl with a broken heart did in 2008 and she went to myspace with an edited post to make a statement about the Toe current situation.

Post-Breakup

The 27 seconds Joe Jonas will regret for the rest of his life.

Taylor went on Ellen and I don’t even think I need to say much this interview is THAT iconic she sat on that couch and told the world exactly how Joe had broken her heart in the following two quotes:

“There’s one that’s about that guy, but…that guy’s not in my life anymore unfortunately. That guy…that’s an ouch.”

“I’m not even gonna be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18…it was like 27 seconds, that’s got to be a record.” [x]

She also went on Ryan Seacrest’s and when asked about the perfect guy she saw an opportunity and took it, saying “I used to always say sense of humor, but I think that it’s important to have the same kind of sense of humor. I have a really dry, sarcastic sense of humor and if somebody doesn’t think that my sense of humor is funny, then that’s not something that is good. Um, so sometimes you know, that can be a wrong match. If they’re not allowed to go in public with me, that’s sort of an issue too.” [x]

Bonus the amazing youtube video Taylor posted with Joe’s Camp Rock doll and how he comes with his own phone to break up with other dolls [x]. Taylor eventually went full out and cited Camilla Belle (then girlfriend of Joe) as the reason for the breakup. And you know someone at Disney’s PR office wanted to die when this was going down.

So finally, Joe was forced to acknowledge the whole situation with a Myspace post:

"I never cheated on a girlfriend. It might make someone feel better to assume or imply I have been unfaithful, but it is simply not true. Maybe there were reasons for a breakup. Maybe the heart moved on. Perhaps feelings changed. I am truly saddened that anything would potentially cause you to think less of me. For those who have expressed concern over the "27 second” phone call. I called to discuss feelings with the other person. Those feelings were obviously not well received. I did not end the conversation. Someone else did. Phone calls can only last as long as the person on the other end of the line is willing to talk. “

Forever & Always

Now this song is known as THE Toe song and it was born out of the end of the relationship when she felt Joe was getting distant, but she couldn’t do anything to help it, it was made really late into the production of Fearless so she had to rush to finish it in time (so no other breakup songs are about Joe in the original album).

Forever & Always Was I out of line? Did I say something way too honest, made you run and hide Like a scared little boy I looked into your eyes Thought I knew you for a minute, now I’m not so sure

In the 2009 Grammy's Taylor and Miley (insert The Ex-Girlfriends Club Theory here) performed Fifteen (obviously not about Joe) and the Jonas were in the audience. I believe this is probably around the time Taylor writes Mr. Perfectly Fine and You All Over Me, which we know get to have thanks to Fearless (Taylor’s Version) 13 years later.

You All Over Me

The best and worst day of June

Was the one that I met you

With your hands in your pockets

And your 'don't you wish you had me' grin

But I did, so I smiled, and I melted like a child

Now every breath of air I breathe reminds me of then

Mr. Perfectly Fine

'Cause I hear he's got his arm 'round a brand-new girl

I've been pickin' up my heart, he's been pickin' up her

And I never got past what you put me through

But it's wonderful to see that it never phased you

In November of 2009, she also goes to SNL and mocks Joe in her monologue. "You might think I'd bring up Joe That guy who broke up with me on the phone But I'm not gonna mention him *rolls eyes* In my monologue [Spoken:]Hey Joe, I'm doing real well, tonight I'm hosting SNL [Sings:]But I'm not gonna brag about that In my monologue [x]"

To make things even more dramatic and very awkward The Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, and Taylor Swift spent NYE together watching the ball drop on TV and this was probably not how they wanted to start their years. [x] [x] [x] and a video [x]

Now let’s discussed some of the songs that came out at the time. The Jonas response to Forever & Always was Much Better. Nick described it as a song that was very personal to Joe and Joe went on to say that it was based on his very interesting year. They also at some point wanted to pretend the song was about their love for their fans but come on. Joe also changed the lyrics from ‘superstar’ to ‘country star’ and later changed it to ‘movie stars’ when he broke up with Camilla who is the ‘Much Better’ girl from the song.

Much Better - Jonas Brothers

I get a rep for breakin’ hearts

Now I’m done with superstars

And all the tears on her guitar

I’m not bitter

But now I see

Everything I’d ever need

Is the girl in front of me

She’s much better

Taylor’s iconic response in Better Than Revenge seems to be more of an attack on Camilla. She’s spoken about her regret for this song since then and hasn’t played it in years and Camilla seems to be ok we never forgiving her for it [x] [x]. Regardless this song remains a staple of the genre ‘Feminism OFF, Bops ON’.

“I was 18 when I wrote [“Better Than Revenge.”] That’s the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend. Then you grow up and realize no one can take someone from you if they don’t want to leave”. - Taylor 2014.

Better Than Revenge - Taylor Swift

Let's hear the applause (Come on, come on)

Come on, show me how much better you are

(So much better, yeah?)

See you deserve some applause

'Cause you're so much better

She also released "Last Kiss" about the nicer part of their relationship, and some believe other songs such as If This Was a Movie, Haunted (Speak Now) and Jump Then Fall (Fearless) are about Joe. From the Jonas, the other song believed to be about Taylor is Paranoid (Lines, Vines and Trying Times).

Jump Then Fall

Well, I like the way your hair falls in your face

You got the keys to me

I love each freckle on your face, oh

I've never been so wrapped up, honey

Probably a song was written about and in the early days of their romance and the long hair freckles [x] thing definitely fits 2008 Joe.

If This Was a Movie

Baby, what about the ending?

Oh, I thought you'd be here by now

Thought you'd be here by now

According to some this song is a sister song to "Last Kiss" in the same album and that is confirmed to be about Joe.

Haunted

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this

I thought I had you figured out

Something's gone terribly wrong

Won't finish what you started

This song would be a sister to Forever & Always since Taylor described both to be about a relationship that was fading in the end and that she was confused as to how they got there in the first place.

"‘Haunted’ is about the moment that you realize the person you’re in love with is drifting and fading fast. And you don’t know what to do, but in that period of time, in that phase of love, where it’s fading out, time moves so slowly. Everything hinges on what that last text message said, and you’re realizing that he’s kind of falling out of love. That’s a really heartbreaking and tragic thing to go through because the whole time you’re trying to tell yourself it’s not happening. I went through this, and I ended up waking up in the middle of the night writing this song about it.” Taylor

Friendlier days are coming (2010- )

I guess time can heal a lot of wounds and Toe is seen hugging and on friendly terms at the Clive Davis party on January 31st of 2010 [x].

The world was so shocked when we realized that Joe went to see her perform in a couple of her shows in September 2011 [x] [x], and in here Holy Ground is born about her new evaluation of their former relationship rather than the bitterness of the breakup. The lyrics' secret message is “when you came to the show in SD” and the potential parallel to "Last Kiss".

Holy Ground - Taylor Swift

We blocked the noise with the sound of ‘I need you’

And for the first time I had something to lose

And I guess we fell apart in the usual way

And the story’s got dust on every page

But sometimes I wonder how you think about it now

And I see your face in every crowd…

… Tonight, I'm gonna dance

For all that we've been through

But I don't wanna dance

If I'm not dancing with you

Last Kiss - Taylor Swift

I do remember the swing of your step

The life of the party, you’re showing off again

And I roll my eyes and then

You pull me in

I’m not much for dancing

But for you I did

They're seen talking in the MTV's EMA's 2012 [x].

From here they seem to be friendly and in May of 2015 after the Billboards. They even go on a double date later that year with Gigi Hadid, Calvin Harris, and Karlie Kloss (this picture feels so cursed). Nick and Joe get invited to Taylor’s 4th of July party and they seem somewhat distant after his split from Gigi.

Present (2020- )

In 2020, we got the amazing surprise of folklore with the song ‘Invisible String’ that makes a reference to Taylor’s past songs about exes being harsh and how she sent Joe and his wife Sophie Turner a present for their baby girl’s birth. In 2021, she has now released the re-recordings of Fearless and we are all reliving the drama and enjoying the chaos of Taylor’s and Sophie’s friendship not letting Joe know peace for those 27 seconds over a decade ago.

Invisible String

Cold was the steel of my axe to grind

For the boys who broke my heart

Now I send their babies presents

#Taylor Swift #fearless #fearless (taylor's version)#forever & always #mr perfectly fine #you all over me #last kiss #toe #jaylor #joe jonas #jonas brothers #folklore #invisible string #paranoid #much better #lines #vines and trying times #better than revenge

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kayliemusing · 3 years

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cupboard – are you petty? - Not really

delilah – do you have any pets? - Two siamese cats!

misfire – do you want any kids? if so, how many? - Maybe. I change my mind a lot lol. I can see myself with 2-3 kids.

killer queen – what’s an outfit that makes you feel sexy? - I never feel sexy but an outfit that always makes me feel mostly confident is my ribbed sweater tucked into high waisted jeans with a blazer on top.

radio gaga – top five favorite songs? - All Too Well by Taylor Swift, Wild Heart by Bleachers, Saturdays by Twin Shadow, Sleep On The Floor by The Lumineers, and Exile by Taylor Swift ft Bon Iver

freddie – tell us about someone who has changed your life positively. - This might be lame, but Taylor Swift. Obviously she's not a person who is physically in my life lol but I've looked up to her my whole life as a writer and then also as a person, and I just think her music has enriched my whole life is so many different ways from just helping me cope, to providing me with inspiration for my own writing ventures, to just giving me a distraction from life when it gets tough.

brian – what is something you are passionate about? - Writing, love, and being good to people.

john – are you a creative person? - I think so. Sometimes I don't feel like I'm creative enough or in the way I want to be, but I do have a creative spark to me.

roger – what’s a common misconception about you? - I'm quiet and a little on the socially anxious side, so I think a common misconception is that I'm mousy or people can walk all over me and I won't say anything but actually I have really high standards and given the chance, I can be very direct with my expectations or feelings. Like sometimes I'll let things slide but if it continues happening, I'll usually be like "hey stop". On that note, I also think people don't ever expect that I'm really protective too. It's always fun when people think I'm quiet and then they're mean or disrespectful about someone I care about and I stand up for them because there's always this moment of surprise from people lol.

deaky – do you have any nicknames? - Not really. My aunt still calls me Kay Rae sometimes but that's an old one from when I was like super little lol. No one really has a nickname for me.

all dead – when was the last time you cried? - Yesterday.

don’t stop me now – what’s your go-to happy song? - Usually any upbeat Taylor Swift song like Shake It Off or ME! (Both of which get a bad rap for being "annoying" or "childish" which I respectfully disagree with because they're bops and they get the job done).

lover boy – are you a romantic? - Yes

maracas – what’s your prized possession? - I don't know if I really have one. Probably my phone I guess.

bites the dust – bassists or drummers? - I don't really have an opinion tbh. Maybe bassists?

live aid – what’s your dream concert line-up? - Probably like: Taylor Swift, Haim, The Lumineers, Conan Gray, The 1975, Of Monsters and Men, Halsey, and maybe Olivia Rodrigo. I've never really considered this lol.

clean machine – what’s your dream car? - Of all time, I would love to have like a 1970s chev convertible but realistically for me right now I want the Hyundai venue so bad.

mercury – if you could change your name, would you? - Yes, because I find my name childish sounding. I'm a writer and one of my biggest things about my name is that I don't think it sounds professional enough lol

drowse – how do you spend your lazy days? - Not doing my hair or makeup and just watching YouTube all day.

make love – what is your sexuality? - Heterosexual

hot space – what’s an unpopular opinion you have? - Ariana Grande's voice annoys me. I have no beef with her as a person, I just find her voice kind of annoying especially when she's doing that shouty notes thing or where she drags out her notes. It's kind of the same reason I don't like Carrie Underwood much anymore because of the constant up and down octaves. Drives me insane.

‘39 – what are you afraid of? - Spiders, loss, failure/not achieving my dreams, living an ordinary or mundane life in which I never find joy or fulfillment.

borhap – are you happy? - No

jim – are you in love? - No

mary – are you friends with any of your exes? - I don't have exes, because I've never dated *finger guns*

mustapha – how many languages do you speak? - Just English

flash – favorite movie? - Hm, probably Clueless. It's always the first one that pops in my head lol.

las palabras de amor – what’s the most romantic thing someone has ever done for you? - They haven't lmao

tenement funster – are you a good flirt? - No, because I'm shy so I only laugh nervously

rainbow – best concert you’ve ever been to? - I guess Marianas Trench in 2013. I haven't really been to a crazy good show but I remember really enjoying that one. (But via Netflix Taylor Swift's rep tour is the best concert of all time)

scrabble – do you and your friends have any traditions? - We used to get together every halloween night or the night before depending on our schedules and watch every disney channel halloween movie. It was one of my favourite things, but Friend A moved to Vancouver and Friend B isn't in my life anymore.

seven seas – where have you always wanted to travel? - NYC, LA, Prince Edward Island, France, and Hawaii are the big ones, but lately I've really been wanting to see Charleston South Carolina, Edinburgh Scotland, and The Lakes District in England.

keep yourself alive – what keeps you alive? - Taylor Swift's music tbh lmao

liar – are you good at sensing when someone is lying to you? - If they're being obvious or hard to believe, yes, but if they're good at lying, probably not lol.

modern times – if you could go back in time, what decade would you travel to? - I have this weird longing to see Victorian London, maybe around 1830-60s. It probably wasn't a vibe, but I'm in love with Victorian London architecture and furniture so it is what it is. Also would have loved to enjoy the 80s.

japan – favorite place you’ve traveled to? - I haven't been outside of Canada so my list is short. I'd probably say Victoria, BC, but I never was able to fully enjoy it because I had a stomach virus when we were there so every time I ate I felt sick which feels very on brand for me.

garden lodge – what’s your dream home? - I literally have an entire pinterest board dedicated to this. It would be a cozy farmhouse/french country style cottage out in the countryside surrounded by fields and wildflowers.

disco – guilty pleasure? - Buzzfeed quizzes and romance novels.

sunglasses – how’s your eyesight? - Okay. I wear glasses, but my prescription isn't awful. Bad enough that I can't be without my glasses, but good enough that I'm not totally blind if I ever lost them. (I can't see distance so I mean I probably wouldn't get in the car and drive if I lost my glasses but that's beside the point.)

1977 – long hair or short hair? - I'm currently in a phase of needing to grow out my hair, but I generally love cute short hairstyles.

smile – when you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? - I wanted to be in business.

cheese toast – favorite food? - cheesecake

blazer – do you share your clothes? - With my sister sometimes yeah.

lap of the gods – if you could meet anyone, alive or dead, who would it be and what would you tell them? - Taylor Swift, and I'd probably just talk to her about personal stuff and then how she's been an inspiration to me as a writer.

#survey

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stealingheartsfightingdrago-blog · 5 years

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REP TOUR/ERA EXPERIENCE

This tour has honestly meant more to me than you can possibly imagine. It was the first tour in which I was allowed to travel interstate to see Taylor. And on top of that I got to see a show with someone who’s as big of a fan as I am. We both flew to Melbourne for a little over 48 hrs just for the show. We did our hair and makeup in the public bathroom of our budget hotel and hogged it for hoouuurs because we couldn’t afford to pay to stay one more night there. We created our costumes in the lobby of our budget hotel for hooouurs too. After the show we went straight to the airport and hunted for bathrooms that had showers but none of them did. So we removed our makeup and washed up for the flight in the public bathroom. We slept for 2 hours directly opposite from where they usually check our bags and luggages. We boarded our flights - 1 back to sydney and straight back to uni on a saturday morning and 1 back to perth and straight to study for an exam on Monday. We got so sick for weeks after this because of the lack of sleep and proper rest.

But it was honestly the best concert experience because of how much fun we had crazily dancing and singing the words to every song, how much laughing we did the morning of the concert because of how many people tried to open the bathroom door for the bathroom in which we were getting ready in, and of course just travelling and seeing a show with one of my best friends was an experience that I will never forget.

Thank you @taylorswift for bringing us so much happiness and excitement in the span of 2 days which will last us a lifetime.

@taylornation thank you for celebrating it all with us on twitter! We love the hype you bring us with merch sales ❤️

And thank you to the fandom. You have brought me so much laughter and happiness with your neverending memes, gifs, ‘1,2,3 lgb’ moments that only we will ever understand, new friendships, kindness and support this era. I love you guys 💖 although you might not know me! I hope to meet more of you next era ❤️

Hold onto the memories they will hold on to you ✨

#taylor swift #reputation stadium tour #rep tour #taylor swift blog #taylurking #mine #swiftie #can’t believe we’ve both been fans for a decade now

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like-a-perfectrhyme · 6 years

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Hi Taylor - here I am, all ready and dressed up to see you on Denver next Friday, May 25th! Complete with a visual representation of what my dancing will look like (peep the awkward 4th pic). I just wanted to tell you a little bit about how I have come to this point and how excited I am to see you in 10 days!!! I'm coming to your concert with my little sister - we've had a tradition ever since your first album came out where as soon as we get the album we go up to one of our rooms, sit down, and just listen to it straight through together. We talk about how cool the songs are and how different each album sounds from the last. I went to the Fearless and 1989 tours with her by my side as well, along with friends and family, and now we are coming just the two of us to the rep tour! I remember how excited I was for the Fearless tour in Denver - it was the night before I played the lead role in my 8th grade school play, so sometimes I had to take a break from cheering and belting all your lyrics out in order to save my voice for the next day. It was so amazing, and me and my family could not get over how much better you were, if that's even possible, in person than you already are just listening to your music. Years later I finally made my way back to the 1989 tour in Denver. I remember Bad Blood played on the radio in the car on the way there and me and my friends in the car just about DIED from excitement, and then died some more when we saw the tour trucks in the stadium parking lot. At that concert I was still getting over an upsetting breakup, and I remember how you singing that angry, crazy amazing, perfect version of We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together was exactly absolutely what I needed at that moment in time. I will never forget that, and at that concert I vowed to myself that I would see you on every tour you did from that point on. So flash forward to today - TEN DAYS (holy cow) out from the Reputation Stadium Tour in Denver!!! I am so excited to see you I cannot even say. 3 is my favorite number, and this is my third time seeing you, so it just feels perfect because I know it's going to be the best time yet. I have by far the best seats I've ever had to see you, and basically everyone I know can attest to the fact that I have been DYING over the fact that I am going to be 14 rows away from you for a whole. Entire. Night. I might never get to meet you and you might never see anything I write to you, but I just want you to know that your music has been my entire life and has meant the world to me since I was in 6th grade and I won a Best Student vote in band - the prize was a gift card to a music store, where I had already decided to buy "that girl Taylor Swift's album." Well now, that girl Taylor Swift is an amazing woman and artist who is the one person I know I can turn to at any time, no matter what. When people ask me what music I listen to, I literally tell them "Mostly Taylor Swift and classical," because, well, that's the truth! I've faced a lot of tough times in life, and I'm in the middle of the toughest one yet, and the only thing that can comfort me and remind me that my life is still worth living and that I should stick around for the rest of it is your music. The sound of your voice immediately soothes me, and your lyrics have and will always remind me to be strong, to never take anything for granted, to be excited about the things I love no matter what anyone else thinks, and to rise above people who would drag me down. You have taught me that I can still keep on keeping on through even the saddest, most heartbreaking, most difficult times in life, because you have, too. You and your music are everything to me, @taylorswift , and I will see you in Denver in Section H, Row 14, seats 8-9. Love you lots😊💙��✨ @taylornation

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tvfanatic · 6 years

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Okay I wanted to make a post about rep Tour Denver last night, but I’ll put it under the cut cause it might be long and I know not all of you care so. But if you wanted to read a superfan review @taylorswift or @taylornation here it is :)

So the day of I woke up at like 8 am cause that’s 9 am my time and I was just super excited. I held off on getting ready until I checked into my flight around 1. A little 1989 tour throwback for ya!

Okay so I got to the stadium around 2pm. My Lyft driver had asked me if Charli aka Charli XCX was her boyfriend. I set him straight don’t you worry. Anyway he had no idea where to drop me off at the stadium so just sort of let me out and I started walking toward the Merch bus, but saw her fleet of tour semis along the way.

I get closer to the Merch bus and some lady stops me and asks me where I’m headed so I told her and she told me I was in a restricted area so I apologized and told her my Lyft driver got lost. Oops. So I ended up buying the Grey tour hat, how could I not after the the TS Merch account retweeted me saying I wanted one. haha There was a little throne and I had some nice random people take my photo with it.

So I go find the line for field seating entry and Taylor Nation comes by and takes a video of us in line, so I made it on to their Insta and Twitter!!! I’m there for like 2 seconds maybe but I’m there. It was so HOT in the sun I was dying in this jacket but after I took it off for a while, I felt my shoulders burning so back on it went. I planned to go buy a water once I got inside, but I was just so overwhelmed, I had already started tearing up, that I just went straight to my seat and then I was too afraid to leave it for fear that I would miss something idk?? Anyway my seats looked fabulous, but I spent most of the time staring at her back and/or on the giant screen. Right next to the stage, but actually behind her with the layout

The video they played with her home videos and story up til now montage BITCH I CRIED. I sat there watching the rest of the videos wishing I had cash on me to buy water from the guy coming around with it, and then Charli XCX came out and she was fabulous. I was happy to finally actually know her opener, I knew most of Charli’s songs and sang and danced along she was fab. Camila came out walking right by that silver gate up there and waved at me so I waved back. The only song I know of hers is Havana so I just kind of swayed to her set, enjoying it. I had been warned that Tequila, Obsessed, and Bad Reputation would play before Taylor came out so I started freaking when they started.

I immediately started crying when that opening video montage started playing, and kept saying leave her alone @ the lame-o rude media people featured, and basically bawled while singing through all of Ready For It, while still managing to do some of the choreo from her SNL performance that didn’t change. I managed to sing along to the tour version of IDSB pretty well, guess I’d watched that video on Twitter more than I realized. haha The crowd was so loud on the line “If a man talks shit then I owe him nothing!” incredible good job team. After that song though holy shit the crowd went insane. We were all yelling SO LOUD Taylor couldn’t even speak. She kept lifting up her microphone to try and would just smile, and laugh, and adjust her earpiece. We were really blowing her away I’m so proud of us. She told us several times throughout the night what a great, and loud crowd we were, said we were the best crowd she’s ever had at Denver. Said she loved that we were all just YELLING the words to every song.

She was kind of on my side of the stage for LWYMMD and did the choreo from the music video, that iconic end part anyway, just modified cause this time she’s holding a mic, but I did it with her from the crowd it’s fine. It’s probably so good I was on the end of my row I needed the dancing space. I literally ran into the lady behind me during You Belong With Me when Taylor told us to jump. Guess I jumped backwards? LMAO I was too busy holding up my Fearless style hand heart. hahaha

Um so did she go to B stage after that or sing Don’t Blame Me? Listen I’m not a religious person AT ALL but Don’t Blame Me was a religious experience like I can’t even explain it. And when she fell to her knees on “I beg you on my knees to stay” like !!!!! stop girl you’re killing me it’s too much too much (don’t ever stop Taylor not ever)

Anyway so B stage acoustic set. DWOHT is my favorite on the album so I was singing it loudly but I felt like no one around me knew it?? So I could awkwardly hear my terrible singing voice the whole time?? Stop sleeping on my song people. But she said something like it’s been forever since I’ve played this song AND FUCKING SANG TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR. Listen I screamed and doubled over and couldn’t stop crying, I like sob sang my way through the entire time and my legs were shaking. It was the first Taylor song I ever owned and she was singing it all these years later. Every time I thought about it for the rest of concert I started crying again.

After she was done at the second B stage, she took the snake skeleton thing back to main stage and I swear we made eye contact when she went past me while singing Bad Blood. And then during Getaway Car, she was on our side of the stage again. And again people around me weren’t really going crazy for the song so I started jumping up and down and waving at her and SHE POINTED RIGHT AT ME HI TAYLOR I LOVE GETAWAY CAR...AND YOU.

Where did the piano acoustic set fit in this? It was somewhere and it was amazing and there was more crying from me I looked like a raccoon. Waterproof my ass, Tarte. Um so Long Live has always been special to me ever since I heard her sing it during the Speak Now tour (the night we first made eye contact, it was during Love Story) and I LOVE New Year’s Day so holy this mashup can I own it? Taylor release a tour album I want all of the mashups from this show. But she pauses toward the end of the song for whatever reason and we all went nuts again and she did THE ABSOLUTE CUTEST LITTLE EXCITED DANCE SHE WAS SO HAPPY I CAN’T STAND IT. WE DID THAT. WE CAUSED HER HAPPINESS I’M CRYING AGAIN HELP.

I was in between two different confetti canons for Call It What You Want and I’ve never sat close enough at a Taylor show before to be showered in confetti so it was magical to have it swirling all around me I caught so many I couldn’t stop smiling.

I started crying again during her finale cause I knew it was the last song and it was about to be over. Her and the dancers playing in that fountain though it looked so fun I wanted to join them. hahaha

I seriously can’t believe I get to experience it all over again three more times at Gillette. The only thing that could make the show even better, would be to finally get my Taylor hug at one but idk if that will ever happen, so many of us want that opportunity. I’ll just continue to dance my ass off and sing and cry from the crowd. Still makes for an epic night.

xoxo,

Emily

#taylor swift #rep tour denver #reputation stadium tour #wow this got long #for taylor

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swiftsblaze · 6 years

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13 (Good) Reasons Why Taylor Should Come To ITALY

Dear @taylorswift, after your last time you had a concert here in Italy (March 2011, Speak Now Tour) I realised you took your getaway car and that was the last time we’ve ever saw you. (exept for that little trip in Rome I hope you enjoyed). So I though I might as well give you some really good reasons why you should come back (...be here),

1) “Rep Tour” has 7 letters. “Italia” has 6 letters. So, according to my math: Rep Tour + Italia = Rep Tour Italia and guess what? That’s 13 letters! CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT BUT THIS AIN’T A COINCIDENCE, IT’S CLEARLY A SIGN!

2) Food: Italy has certainly the best food and the best chefs. There are so many yummy things you’d love. Some examples? Pizza (THE REAL ITALIAN PIZZA THOUGH), Lasagne, Spaghetti, Polenta, Cannoli, Carbonara, Piadina Romagnola, Giuanduiotti and I could go on. Can you smell it? Well, just come to Italy and you’ll taste it as well! (and you’ll love it, I promise)

3) Wine: I noticed that you’re becoming a such a big wine stan. Well, guess who’s one of the largest (and best) wine producers? THAT’S RIGHT Y’ALL, ITALY! Also, we have some really good champagnes, we could set up a champagne sea here if you’d like,

4) We never go out of Style: Italians are always very stylish, and I noticed you like our style as well since you used some cool outfits from Italian Fashion Brands in your music video “Look What You Made Me Do” like the Gucci jumper and the Bulgari jewels from the “Serpenti” collection. That’s another good reason to pay us a visit. Milan is the fashion capital after all, you wouldn’t want to miss everything this beautiful city has to offer, would you? (and you wouldn’t want to miss the chance to go shopping with your italian Swifties right? I promise we give some good adviced when it comes to fashion)

5) Red: Your latest album is now Reputation, which means that your third to last album is Red. GUESS WHAT’S THE THIRD COLOUR OF THE ITALIAN FLAG? YES, IT’S RED! (okay, okay... it’s not valid reason, but still: please come to Italy)

6) Boots: you fell in love with knee boots, didn’t you? You used them in your music video “Look What You Made Me Do” and in like... every Secret Session? We can’t blame you though, they are so cool and they suit you a lot. This is another reason why you should love Italy. Why? GUESS WHO’S SHAPED LIKE A BOOT?!

7) People: Italian people are so nice and welcoming and the Swifties Italian fandom is full of lovely and funny people. They always make you feel at home, welcomed and loved. I’ve always felt like I’m part of a big family. And I’m sure you’d feel the same.

8) Landscapes and Art: Italy has so many beautiful landscapes and it’s full of art. You could take so many beuatiful pics with your polaroid!

9) PLEASE COME TO ITALY, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE P L E A S E, I’m begging you on my knees to come.

10) Sales: WE MADE IT TO #1 ON ITUNES EVEN THOUGH A VERY FAMOUS AND LOVED ITALIAN SINGER RELEASED HER ALBUM ON THE SAME DAY. Italian Swifties power! We also made everything in our power to promote Reputation and we did a pretty good job. I hope you’re proud of us!

11) Language: hey you wouldn’t want to miss the chance to learn some Italian right? I mean, Italian is such a beautiful language and it’s also a really hot one. Not only you’ll learn the spoken language BUT also the italian signs. You know, when we talk we also gesticulate a LOT lmao. This is a unique chance btw. Below, you’ll find your first lesson on how to speak Italian. Come to Italy for part 2!

12) Islands: THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS IN ITALY such as Capri, Ischia, Lampedusa, Isola D’Elba, Stromboli and so on. Wanna move to an Island? Choose an Italian Island! They’re the best and I’m not saying it just because I’m Italian lmao.

13) I think this is the most important reason: because we love you and we really miss you a lot. Last time you’ve been here was in March 2011, it was a long time ago and we really do miss you. Some of us have been fans for such a long time but they’ve never had the chance to see you live, either because they became fans after that concert or because they were too little to attend that one. We always love and support you and seeing you in front of us and not on a computer screen... well.. it’d be the best thing it could happen to us. Please, make our dream come true.

So, I hope you’ll read this and you’ll pay us a visit. @taylorswift + @taylornation

I’d love to ask every single swiftie, Italian or not, to reblog this and tag Taylor, it’d be the best thing if Taylor saw this, and every reblog takes you 1 sec and helps us a lot.

Thank you!

#taylor swift #italianswiftie #ITALY EXIST #Italy #reputationtour #we are ready #please come to Italy

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turkiyeecom · 5 years

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What Is Taylor Swift’s Endgame in the Big Machine Battle? - Variety

UPDATED: One thing is clear from both the lead-up and the aftermath of the firestorm that has followed Scooter Braun’s acquisition of Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift’s back catalog: None of those people do anything without a motive — and usually several motives. Several agendas were revealed in the wake of Sunday morning’s blockbuster announcement that Braun, whom Swift considers an enemy who “bullied” her and tried to “dismantle … my musical legacy,” acquired Big Machine — and, with it, the rights to Swift’s first six albums, all of which are multiplatinum and will almost definitely generate millions of dollars for years to come, and which she clearly covets. But amid the furious spin campaigns from all three camps in this unusually personal and public dispute, Swift’s endgame remains unclear — although clearly some very high-profile posturing and/or negotiating is going on. In legal terms, Swift doesn’t have a leg to stand on, as the defeated tone of her deeply emotional Sunday morning Tumblr post acknowledges. Braun purchased Big Machine fair and square, and while Swift claims in her post that she was not offered the opportunity to buy her catalog, she recounts an offer that she was allegedly made (whereby she would receive the rights to one past album each time she turned in a new album), so presumably she means she was not offered an acceptable opportunity (in a statement issued Tuesday after this article originally published, Swift attorney Donald Passman said, “Scott Borchetta never gave Taylor Swift an opportunity to purchase her masters, or the label, outright with a check in the way he is now apparently doing for others”). Her objectives in writing the blog seem to be to give her take on the situation and her deep unhappiness with it; to project the narrative — which Braun and Borchetta have contested — that she wasn’t offered a viable opportunity to purchase her catalog; and to say to other artists, “This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. … Hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.” That moral high ground — that artists, not record labels, deserve to own their creations — is at the center of Swift’s argument, and it’s the aspect for which she has received the most support, from Camila Cabello, Halsey, Sky Ferreira and countless fans. And while anyone who doesn’t own a major label may agree with that sentiment at face value, it’s not the way the record industry’s business model — whereby a label’s initial investment in an artist entitles it to own the artist’s creative work, often in perpetuity — has ever worked (albeit with rare exceptions). “Taylor’s really good at playing the victim,” says one insider, referring to her Tumblr post. “And she’s doing it right now.” But the question remains: To what end? Is she trying to upend the major-label business model, or just get a better deal for herself? And if so, how can she do that if she has no legal standing? “She apparently had the opportunity to buy her masters and she chose not to, for whatever reasons,” says Jeff Rabhan, chair of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University and an artist manager. Her emotional post “might be a move to have public sentiment on her side if she does decide to make a play” for a better deal with Big Machine, he adds. (Reps for Swift, Braun and Borchetta either declined or did not immediately respond to Variety‘s requests for comment.) The most fitting precedent for this situation is actually quite far in the past — Michael Jackson’s mid-1980s purchase of ATV Music, which held the bulk of the Beatles’ publishing catalog, after his close friend Paul McCartney had schooled him on the value of music publishing. Like Swift, McCartney had no legal standing to complain — Jackson acquired the catalog fair and square, McCartney surely could have summoned the resources to outbid him. Yet his impassioned statements that Jackson had tricked him certainly won a moral victory — and, decades later, he won a business victory via a confidential 2017 settlement with the merged Sony/ATV Music Publishing that presumably took some of the sting out of it. Obviously, a better deal for Swift would involve coming to terms with her currently avowed enemies, Braun and Borchetta, who have already consummated their deal (although how long the bromance between these two notoriously strong and strong-headed personalities will last is an open question). Their job now is to change the narrative and stem the tsunami of Swift’s moral outrage, which is making them look like bad guys taking advantage of a young female artist, no matter what the reality of the situation may be. What will they need to do that? Some sort of public cease-fire with Swift. And the only way they’re likely to get that is to offer improved terms for her catalog. “Maybe she’s looking to litigate public sympathy, trying to shame the other side into doing the right thing,” said one high-ranking executive not connected to either camp. “But I don’t know if that’s going to work. People in position usually don’t care about being hated.” While that may be true, Braun loves to look like a hero, and to position himself as the voice of reason. He and his client Ariana Grande split up bitterly for several months, and then came back together — and both triumphed in the face of unprecedented tragedy by staging the 2018 One Love Manchester concert a mere two weeks after a terrorist attack killed 23 people outside one of her concerts. He also saw his anchor client, Bieber, fall into destructive behavior for several months, and then oversaw the reinvention of the singer’s career via his career-relaunching “Purpose” album and collaborations with dance-music artists Diplo and Skrillex and jumping on the global smash “Despacito.” Braun has a reputation for rolling up his sleeves and cleaning up messy or complicated situations. Thus, with relations between the two sides at such a low that they’re fighting by proxy — Sia and Brendon Urie were the latest of several artists to weigh in — the end result will likely be all three coming to the negotiating table and hammering out a deal that potentially, given Swift’s past history, could have broader ramifications for the business. (Sources tell Variety that Braun has reached out to Swift through various channels, but as of Monday had not received a response.) Swift has used her formidable industry clout in one-for-all moves before. In 2015, when the then-new Apple Music streaming service was not paying royalties on trial subscriptions, she shamed them into changing that policy within a single day. And a key element of her new deal with Republic Records and Universal Music Group is that the company will share the profits from any sale of its Spotify equity (which reaped millions in profits for the other two majors and the independent-label collective Merlin) with its artists and distributed labels. So as much as some might sneer at Swift’s seeming self-aggrandizement in these and other moves, she does walk it like she talks it when it comes to the end goal. However, the opportunity for such a one-for-all move seems much smaller here. She already has a new record deal, and although Braun has significant reach across the industry, he’s nowhere near the scale of a Universal Music Group or Apple Music. And despite her apparently heartfelt belief that artists should own their own work, short of a nine-figure renegotiation of her Big Machine deal, it’s hard to imagine what that might look like. “I don’t see the opportunity for a Robin Hood situation here,” says Rabhan. Swift’s endgame “may be completely self-serving,” he continues. “She may just be putting so much stink on the deal that they have to come to terms — and have to be talking now, whether or not they’ll admit it publicly. All things being equal, it’s a strong play to get a better royalty rate and a bigger check. “If nothing else,” he concludes, “it is a smart renegotiation tactic.” SOURCE NEWS SITE Read the full article

#battle #Variety

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dontblamemegan · 6 years

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Hi @taylorswift @taylornation...ok so I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but ready for the most pitiful story ever? 8 years ago on June 5, 2010 it was my 17th birthday - it was also the day I had pit tickets to see @taylorswift headline her first stadium show EVER at @gillettestadium on the Fearless Tour. Pretty cool right? Well I ended up front row in the pit! I could touch the stage!! (you can see my pit wristband in one of the pictures with this post). WHAT I couldn’t believe it and was completely stoked all night through the 4 openers. I was in disbelief that in a matter of hours someone I idolized and was growing up with would be feet away from me.

All of a sudden, right as American Woman started playing before Taylor went on, I felt dizzy and incredibly sick. So sick, I couldn’t stand up any more and had to get out of the pit. I gave up my spot and sat down on the floor trying to catch my breath as the lights went out. Then before I knew it I was rushing up the stadium’s stairs to the bathroom right as the lights went out and Taylor was about to come on. By the time I reached the top of the staircase I was an emotional wreck and a security guard approached me and told me I didn’t look so good. He took me to the medical room and I went in expecting maybe a glass of water, some ice etc... and to be fine. Well long story short, I had my vitals checked and I wasn’t fine. I ended up having to stay there throughout Taylor’s whole set; I had to watch on a small TV in the back of the room…but that almost made it suck more. They joked that “maybe she’ll stop by” when she went into the crowd for Hey Stephen 🙄 I ended up needing two IVs before I could leave and they were even discussing rushing me to a hospital in Foxboro if I didn’t perk up before the show ended. Thankfully they let me back out to the show and I reached the back of the floor just as Taylor finished “Should’ve Said No”…the last song of the night. Like I’m talking I walked into the field as the water fell on her at the end of the song. I’ve never felt so disappointed/angry/grateful (that I was ok and just dehydrated) in my life. As everyone left I walked back over to my original spot on the barricade and just sat down and put my hands over my face and wept. I looked absolutely pathetic but I couldn’t believe it.

So there’s my story of how I missed the Fearless Tour and possibly my only chance to ever get that close to Taylor. I’ve been blessed to have seen each of @taylorswift’s other tours at Gillette but every time I enter that stadium I can almost feel a wave of the disappointment I felt that night in 2010 rush over me. I’ve never been able to get back in that pit, but I’m holding on to hope that someday I just might and I’ll get to finally live out that dream that 17 year old me had. Some day I hope I get a chance to tell Taylor about this “adventure” and laugh [shake?] it off because it all seriously seems like a fictional story out of a sitcom or something when I look back on it.

Despite this memory not being one of my favorites, I did learn from it and as you say “hold on to the memories they will hold on to you” - this year I’ll be 25 when the reputation Stadium Tour stops by Gillette, and I feel so blessed to have been able to grow up with you @taylorswift.

So...here’s a picture of the shirt I had made and wore to the concert...and a lovely photo of me in the medical center (check out Taylor on the TV in the back). Here’s hoping the rep era will be nicer to me 😂🤞Unfortunately I don’t have a ticket for the rep tour yet, BUT I plan to go to the Saturday rep show at Gillette. When tickets went on sale in December Christmas had run my wallet dry and I just haven’t had the money to make it happen yet...but I promise, @taylorswift I will be at that show even if I’m by myself and I promise not to have any medical issues this time 👏 You are so incredibly important to me and I will not miss the chance to be anywhere in that room with you.

Thank you for reading my sob story, I hope it was somewhat amusing? 😅

-Megan

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sheerioswifties · 5 years

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Has anyone figured out how to still see the old merch on the store? I'm really worried I've completely missed my chance at at least a tour tee and book... and that dang pink Meredith&Olivia onesie haunts me...

#i'm so curious if they're discounted more now #but then scared i'll miss out #broke af right now but so mad at myself #i didn't get a tour tee at my show bc didn't have enough so i planned on using the discount code and getting one with next money saved #along with the tour book #i really wanted the white long sleeve shirt with the tour dates down the arm but that's gone #now i really really want at least something with the dates! i collect them from any show i go to and this was obvs extra special #i really really want the grey one with gold writing and the white hoodie!!!!#like for real the hoodies and sweaters have been amazing for dr and hospital visits i want more so bad like so so bad #and a tour book and poncho #so like dfggdfhhf in really worried that stuff will reappear but then sell completely out before i can try and snag them ugh #i am: frustrated stressed overwhelmed #doesn't help i'm still so sick in pain on prednisone and dealing with major stress #i started a chronic illness post for today i'll finish later #rn i think i'm actually having a panic attack gotta go hhgghhjkkjh #and i honestly don't know if I'll be able to make it to ts7 tour #rep was my first ever taylor concert might be my last and only so i really want mementos from it you know?#sigh hjjggfghjhffgjjjhff #i still need to make a shadow box too but i don't have anything really cool like a Polaroid or picks etc #dghhfffhhgfrtyu

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speaknowslut13 · 3 years

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Hey Lauren! I know it's kind of a controversial opinion, but I like I Almost Do more than All Too Well. Like if I could only pick one, that's the one I would take haha. And I think stay stay stay is so cute! Like such a fun, happy song.

Awwe!! How old is your kiddo? And what instruments do you play? I play the flute, guitar, bass, and a little bit of piano. And I love the title "Modern Ren" it's so clever!

2020 really did throw alllllll plans out the window. Have you thought more about making a YouTube since then? What kind of stuff would you post? Well I’m super excited you decided to participate in this event then hehe there’s so many great people in the Tumblr fandom!

I hope today is a better day for you! I really struggle with my mental health sometimes, so I definitely have similar days. I’m glad you have such great support though! How did you meet your husband? 🥰

Sadly I have not been to any of Taylor’s shows. I was hoping to go to one of the European lover fest shows last year, but, obviously that could not happen haha. Have you? So yeah I currently live in central Europe, and the weather is great for hiking, especially this time of year! Arizona sounds like it would be great in the winter but unbearably hot in the summer. I did my bachelor’s in Literature, and am going to start my master’s (after a few year gap haha) in literature in the fall, so right now I’m reading stuff just for pure enjoyment. A lot of fantasy, mystery, and history!

Sending you hugs! 💖Drew

I Almost Do is highly underrated. So, though somewhat controversial, I accept your preference!

The kid is 4.5. She’ll be 5 in October! She’s a blast. But she’s more than enough for us. I’ve played the flute since I was in the fifth grade. It’s my most fluent instrument. And Piccolo. However, I taught myself piano (I did have some lessons when I was younger), and guitar. Both are instruments I play poorly. But I can play French horn and clarinet at a completely introductory level. I’m looking forward to learning more instruments. I’ve always wanted to play the violin. But I’ve never been able to master drums. I shouldn’t even be allowed near a set. It’s comical how poorly I play.

As for YouTube, I have thought about it! And I might still. My channel really would be a little bit of everything; very ‘Jenna Marbles’ in nature. I do have a skit I started on involving a makeup tutorial and Taylor Swift lyrics. It’s... probably funnier to me than anyone else. I also come up with tiktok ideas all the time but never have enough nerve or time to subject myself to the almighty algorithm.

I, too understand the mental health struggle. I’m doing okay today! My husband and I met while I was working at an optometrist. I could see he was the one for me. It was really cute. He can’t flirt, but he still tried. He asked me out and I told him I was seeing someone. He totally backed off and was sorry and I felt like an asshole for lying to him. He came back an hour later to get his glasses and I changed my mind. Awkwardly. I eventually fessed up that I lied to him and he was cool with it. But we knew pretty much immediately that this was our endgame. We’ve been together now almost 8 years. Married for 7. I remember watching him walk away and thinking “that’s him. That’s the man I’m going to marry.” I just. Knew. Turns out we’d been just passing each other most our lives. He’s 7 years my senior, though, so any time under 21 would’ve been..questionable timing. Fate worked in our favor. Our first date was on a Wednesday in a Chili’s. I’d started healing from a pretty traumatic breakup and year. So you could say (and I do) on a Wednesday, in a cafe (or Chili’s), I watched it begin again.

I was really excited for all the non US swifties finally get the treatment of a Taylor Swift concert! Initially, I was upset by the lack of easily accessible shows for Lover fest, until I realized I was acting like a petulant child. I’ve been to two! 1989, which left me breathless, and Reputation. But of the two Rep tour was my favorite. It was last minute and opening night was on my birthday. We were able to afford nosebleed seats and I got to go on a date with my husband. We were able to get a last minute baby sitter and it was phenomenal. But when she started playing All Too Well... It was the best and most emotional birthday present to date. I remember when she got on stage she seemed hesitant at first. Not as interactive as 1989 but as the crowd kept getting more and more hyped she warmed up more. I don’t know if that was intentional or just her first show had her nervous. 🤷‍♀️

She’s quite the performer so I do hope that you’ll get to go to her next tour! Arizona is nice in the winter, but I’d love some snow that I didn’t have to drive to. I spent almost 2 weeks in Croatia July of 2012. It was gorgeous. Nothing like the desert, here. Stopped in Germany, too. Loved it. First thing I noticed when I came home was how brown everything looks. Even the greens are tinted with brown. It was depressing. Been aching to leave ever since. Phoenix is a valley so we don’t get much weather activity other than dust. Sometimes lightning. We’ve been in a drought so even our monsoon is bland. We do have some amazing sunsets. But that’s also partially because of all the dust in the air. It’s funny how people freak out when it rains or god forbids hails. Tornados are the world ending. They don’t happen often but when they do...they’re tiny and the Midwest laughs at us. And because it’s a dry heat, everyone is pretty much constantly walking around in a dehydrated state. Even though I love swimming, I’d give anything for more than two seasons. Which are hot and tolerable.

That’s a cool degree you have! And going on to get a masters?! Nice! I hope you don’t mind my long responses. My ADD makes me super talkative. Though my anxiety makes me regret it! Who is your favorite author? At the risk of sounding pretentious, I love Dostoevsky. I also love Sophie Kinsella. Frankenstein and Lord of the Rings are my favorite science fiction and fantasy. Crime and Punishment my favorite humanitarian. Sherlock Holmes is my go to mystery. And Ella Enchanted is my comfort novel. And, you might be already able to tell, but I ‘simp’ for my romantic poets. Tennyson, Byron, Wordsworth. Grew up on Shakespeare and Austin.

I do hope someday I can add my own works to my shelves. 🥺 do you ever write or want to?

I’m going to stop now Drew. Or I will never shut up.

#inthaf anon #themodrenreplies

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kiminwonderland-x · 4 years

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Concert questions

So I've decided to do a questionnaire about concerts because we are all missing out on concerts because of covid-19 and I think its a good idea to reflect on them and I can't wait until we can go back to them! I'm sure musicians are feeling the same way..

1. How many concerts have you been to? Wow that's a good idea, I can't remember the exact number but definitely more than 20 I'm sure..

2. Which artist/band have you seen the most live? Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran are a tie of the artist I've seen live and they are both absolutely amazing

3. First concert you went to? Fall Out Boy and the support artist was All of the American Rejects

4. Last concert you went to? Shawn Mendes and it was my first time seeing him and he was phenomenal live and he can really go nuts on the guitar too

5. What is your next concert? Well it was suppose to be The Offspring and Sum 41 back in April but now has been postponed until the end of year but no exact date as of yet but I have still kept my ticket just in case.

6. The farthest you’ve traveled to go to a concert? Only to Melbourne but I took a bus there ( long story ) it took around 9 hours but it was a experience that's for sure

7. Best opening act you’ve seen? Vance Joy for Taylor Swift for 1989 was very good to see him

8. Have you met any bands/artists at a concert? Yeah I've met Red Jumpsuit Apparatus twice and also met Bert from The Used, they were both awesome!

9. What’s one thing you have to bring to a concert? the concert ticket is the main thing you'll need

10. What’s the most you’ve paid for a ticket? Taylor Swift Reputation Tour but it wasn't that bad considering how bad other people have paid for other concerts.. It was only $160 anyway which is pretty decent anyway.

11. Best concert you’ve been to? Always a tough one this question cause to be honest I've never been to a bad one, I've always enjoyed myself.. But if I have to chose and its a tie of course but its definitely Taylor Swift Reputation Tour and Shawn Mendes Tour.

12. Have you met any internet friends at a concert? I have made friends in a V.IP met up and have become internet friends afterwards which is pretty cool

13. Which concert that you’ve been to has had the best stage setup/production? Taylor Swift Rep tour and Ed Sheehan divide tour was absolutely crazy to see and the concerts both being at big football ovals made it even more better

14. Have you ever caught a guitar pick, drumstick, got a setlist, etc.? Not yet, but hopefully one day I can catch it

15. Favourite concert venue? I really enjoyed Adelaide Oval when I saw Ed Sheehan and U2, you can stand on the oval which is pretty cool and you have a lot of space just to go absolutely nuts and no one even cares what you look like.

16. Least favourite concert venue? Not a big fan of the uni bar when I went to see Red Jumpsuit apparatus cause there isn't much room

17. Who do you enjoy going to concerts with? My friends are always amazing to go concerts with cause you can be completely nuts with them

18. Have you been to multiple dates for one tour? Surprisingly no I haven't, I might do that one day..

19. Have you been to concerts 2 or more days in a row? Yes I have, I went to Soundwave and then Taylor Swift concert the next night.. by Monday I was absolutely wrecked

20. Have you been front row for a concert? Yeah I have and its absolutely crazy and especially when your in a mosh pit.. If you survive it lol

21. Have you ever gotten sick, bruised, or broken a bone at a concert? I had Soundwave and then Taylor Swift the next day and omg I was so hungover but it was an adventure

22. Have you ever had surprise guests at a concert you attended? Nope I haven't but hopefully one day I will

23. Longest you’ve waited in line for a concert? Lined up all day to see Fall Out Boy and it was a very long day

24. Favourite song you’ve heard live? Taylor Swift- Mine and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- My Guardian Angel cause they are both of my favourite songs

25. Have you ever been to a meet & greet at a concert? Yes I have met RJA and Bert from The Used

26. Craziest concert experience? Thats a tough one cause I've been so many but I think the craziest would be walking around the venue and I spotted RJA and I got a photo with them and I spoke to them for the first time and it was so awesome! The next time I went to their concert I brought a V.I.P concert and got to hang with the band and eat pizza and all that stuff and the best bit about is that they remembered me and everything on how we first met! I loved how they remembered cause they met a lot of fans.. it made me feel very special.

#@taylorswift13 #@taylornation

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