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tassium · 5 years

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#TAYLOR SWIFT APPRECIATION LIFE

PART 6 - reputation

(part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)

Listen. This was by far the hardest review for me to get going into properly. I love every single track on this album without exception, and it was SO HARD for me to come up with coherent comments to make on all of them.

But I think I managed alright, and we’re finally about to embark on the wild ride that is @taylorswift‘s 6th studio album, reputation.

Hang on tight, and please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times.

1. ...Ready For It?

No, Taylor, none of us were ready for this, not even a little bit.

Can we just talk about that introduction? like. What a way to kick off an album. This track grabs you by the hand and just pulls you along for the ride, like “get in losers”. That little throat clear at the beginning! the beat that drops off and lets her voice go all light and ethereal! This song is a wild ride from start to finish, and I love it. “Let the games begin” indeed.

And that MUSIC VIDEO!!! I want the rest of that movie, please.

I made a reaction video to this track/video and if you wanna check it out, click here

2. End Game

I love the synths at the beginning of this song, but I’ll be honest that Future’s verse took some time to grow on me. Ed’s verse and Taylor’s on the other hand? Boy. Those grabbed me from the start, as did the harmonies that are laced all through this track.

Is it just me or was this the first time she used the word enemies for the people she’s clashed with? I feel like that’s a new thing.

I also reacted to this one when the video dropped, click here to watch

3. I Did Something Bad

Okay so first and foremost. Taylor Alison Swift, in the year of our lord 2017, swearing on a track out there in front of god and everybody. I feel like if there was any remaining ‘oh she’s just a sweet young thing’ attitude from anyone, this album shattered it to pieces in the best way.

The production on this track, I can’t even. This is an explosive track, it just hits you like a train and drags you along for the ride. There’s a bit on the way out of the track where she says “I did something bad” in a straight spoken voice and it is. Too much for this weak swiftie!

4. Don’t Blame Me

This sacrilegious hymn of a track. I swear. That almost broken electronic wavering synth behind the chorus. The choir effect on her voice. The stripped down beat-driven verse. The lyrics in general? My dude. I can’t. Also anyone who still thinks she has no range can physically fight me after that note after the bridge. That’s power is what that is.

Also can we talk about that behind the scenes clip of her filming the angry distant vocals for the chorus? I’m weak.

5. Delicate

Another thing I’m weak for is use of vocoder. And that beat that comes in for the verse! AND THAT LITTLE ‘delicate’ IN THE CHORUS!! kills me every single time. I’ll be honest here and say that the video for Delicate didn’t really grab me as much as some of the others, but the song itself certainly did.

Can we just. Talk for a second about how sad it is to think about that concept of ‘wow. you must really actually like me if you’re hanging around through all this mess.’

One of my favorite things in this track is the descending harmony behind “sometimes when I look into your eyes”. I always want to sing along with the harmony instead of the melody on that part because I find it so compelling.

6. Look What You Made Me Do

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN! that building drumline is absolutely gorgeous and I can’t not air drum to it - I don’t even play drums!

Also, yes, I am fully aware that I JUST SAID on the 1989 review that Out of the Woods was too repetitive for me, and here I am raving about this song which... honestly. Is just as repetitive if not more so. But this song just grabs me so much more and so instantly that I really get into the repetition (And maybe that has something to do with the familiarity because of the sampled melody).

That plinking lead line thing, and oh my god, the percussion on the second chorus. I can’t.

The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now CAUSE SHE’S DEAD. And I feel like with lover about to come out, maybe we’re killing off yet another “old taylor”

click here for my reaction video

7. So It Goes...

I read somewhere that the tracks with the ellipses on them mark out the edges of the “side A” part of the album, and it’s the spot where things shift over to a different feeling, and I believe it.

Again, this track has absolutely outstanding production on it, the softness dropping into the driving beats, and the bridge. Oh my god. I’m still not over that whispered “1 2 3″. And that line “i’m not a bad girl but I do bad things with you’ reminds me of blank space and that “I can make the bad guys good for a weekend” it’s like the inverse of it.

Also welcome to the first track on this album that I refuse to let my dad listen to - “scratches down your back” indeed t a y l o r

8. Gorgeous

Adorable baby voice!! This song is so great, I love it to pieces. I love the sort of bitter quality about it and the way she’s taken how tumblr and twitter fandom talks about celebrities and made it just a mainstream piece of her song.

Also is that a bell like the kind they put on counters to get the attention of the person working? because I can’t help but hit the bell (air bell!) when it comes in and that’s what I always picture when I do so.

I can’t come up with anything more coherent so .... guess I’ll just stumble on home to my cats.... ;)

9. Getaway Car

More vocoder! I love. The wording in this song is so evocative and brings up such perfect, crisp mental images for me, and she applied that to perfect metaphors for the situation in question. I love the idea of how.... like. It’s a rebound relationship, right? but it’s the getaway car from the previous relationship. And really, you can’t be surprised when something like that doesn’t last as long.

Also that outro beat? Be still my heart!

10. King of My Heart

THIS SONG!!!! More gorgeous vocoder use, of course, but then also. So many little things about the lyrics that get me! “Salute to me, I’m your American queen” and “jag-u-ars” and the way she sings “luxury” and just!!! so much!

As for the musical side of things, I absolutely adore that really subtle acoustic guitar in the chorus, and the DRUMS in the post-chorus (or whatever you want to call that bit). They’re so full and almost feel-it-in-your-chest even just in headphones! (I’m still not sure I survived that concert)

11. Dancing With Our Hands Tied

Early on I had a half-baked theory that this song is about John Mayer, but the timeline doesn’t work at all, so... definitely not. Still though, think about it. “slow dancing in a burning room”/”swaying as the room burned down”

That aside, though, this song makes me think of the Halsey track Bad at Love if ONLY because of the theme of melancholy looking back at relationships that felt doomed from the start (or didn’t, as the case may be, I don’t know)

But also just. Taylor’s vocal performance on this song. Those ‘ad libs’ in the background of the final chorus have so much power in them.

12. Dress

And here we have the other Taylor song I won’t let my dad listen to. He would be scandalized to death by this song.

I love that lyric about the golden tattoo. I can’t really explain what it is about that line that gets me so much.

More beautiful production - something about the tracks on this album feels so grand for lack of better word. Plus there’s that moment in this song “say my name and everything just STOPS” and the whole thing goes silent... I will never forget the feeling of that line coming out and the way the whole stadium went dark.

13. This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Ahhhhh I love this song. Gotta love a nice sassy Taylor style clapback, right? Beautiful.

“Feeling so Gatsby” is the best line for getting her point across. You don’t even have to be particularly familiar with the work that references, it just brings the opulence to mind effortlessly.

That laugh in the bridge though, and the tumbling low piano crash afterward, I love it so much. Again to reference the tour, it was such a great extended moment of laughter. So great.

14. Call It What You Want

This... Is probably my favorite track on the album, if I were pressed to name one. I adore this song so completely. I still get just emotionally overcome if I take the time to really pay attention to this song when it comes on. I love it so much, and it’s such a beautiful hopeful song. Like, yeah, my life’s been a right mess but it’s better now with you in it, and just.... this song fills me with feelings like that one animation in the lizzie mcguire movie. 90s kids, you know the one I mean. (lover, the song, gives me those same feelings, just amplified like 30x)

The smile in her voice on “yes” can almost bring me to tears all by itself.

my reaction video can be found here

15. New Year’s Day

Speaking of beautiful mushy-feelings-bringing tracks... The fact that these two are paired back to back like this is just bringing both barrels to my emotions. Gosh.

At the show, I’d taken my shoes off literally two songs prior - I was the girl carrying her shoes in the lobby.

I love so much that it’s just her with a piano and then a little bit of guitar, and those soft self-harmonies on some parts - “please don’t ever become a stranger” reminds me of Enchanted.

This song will without fail make me cry because it’s just so soft and I’m so happy for her. I can’t believe how long it’s been and she’s so happy and in love and. Even when this song came out. Gosh.

We did it, yall. We’ve made it up to date, and it’s almost time for Lover to come out! I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready. My emotions aren’t ready. Gosh.

Anyway, thanks for coming along with me on this ride. See you on the other side of the release!

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lovemesomesurveys · 5 years

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In the morning… Is there usually a text message waiting for you? No. Do you set your alarm early so you can lay in bed awhile? I try to get up earlier than I need to, but my body is just like, nah. I have to set a few alarms. Breakfast? Mostly everyday. I pretty much never did until this year. Shower? or save it for later? I take them at night.

First person you usually see? My mom.

Pick out clothes or did it the night before? I just grab whatever. Do you go over your plans for the day in your head? I always have to go over everything, even things I do daily. Spend any time with a pet? I spend a lot of time with her. <3 Moan and groan or get up ready to face the day? Oh, I’m definitely not someone who wakes up feeling great and refreshed and ready to tackle the day. I wake up feeling tired and dead and have to drag myself out of bed for coffee. Put music on? No. Facebook, Myspace or Twitter to start the day? I always check Facebook, Twitter, Timehop, my email, and the news. Sometimes Snapchat and Instagram as well. Friends, lovers, acquaintances Do you have more than one best friend? No. Do you know anyone who legitimately is mentally ill? Yeah. Anyone who is always taking food from you? No. Anyone you snitch food from? “Snitch food from?” I’ve never heard it said that way, but I’m guessing you’re asking i I take food from someone, which no, I do not. Right now, would you rather be single or in a relationship? It’s best for me to be single. Have you ever run interference between a friend and someone they liked? No. Boyfriend’s mom asks you to go to church with their family, do you go? If we were of the same faith. do you say “love you” to any of your friends (not boyfriend) No. I’ve never been that friend to say that. Did you feel good or awkward if opposite sex says I love you? My first, and only, technically, boyfriend said it to me often and I said it back because I felt I had to and it was weird not to say it back, but I didn’t feel that way. He was saying it literally like a week or two into the relationship. It was awkward. Joseph said it a couple times, but in a friend kind of way. He’d be like, “love ya” to me and our mutual friend. That was really awkward because I had feelings for him and thought I was even in love with him, so yeah. Lastly, Ty let it slip once in a text and that completely caught me off guard, but not in a bad way. What made it awkward and embarrassing was that it wasn’t brought up until a couple months later and when he mentioned it he was like, “Soo, remember what I said to you that one day? I didn’t mean to say that.” I was just like, “...Oh.” Like what do you even say to that?? I had to brush it off and move along like all was good, but yeah it felt like a sock to the stomach. I didn’t think he was confessing his undying love for me or anything when he said that, but still. You don’t just let something like that slip and then bring it up months later and take it back. did anyone ever ask for your number then never call? No. Do you go out for ice cream with your friends? I don’t go out at all with friends anymore, but back when I was actually social we’d grab froyo sometimes. Do you ever hang out with a parent for fun? I hang out with my mom all the time. Is your SO comfortable around your parents? I’m single. Are your friends comfortable around your parents? Yeah they always were. My friends loved my mom. anyone who acts like they want to be your friend that you are avoiding? No. When you are mad at a friend do you straight out tell them? I always tended to keep it to myself. anyone you feel is trying to avoid you right now? No. I’m the avoider. :/

How did you meet your newest friend? I haven’t made any new friends in years.

Have you ever been talked into doing something really uncomfortable? Yes. Do you keep notes your friends write you? Yeah. Also, my cousin and I used to write notes all the time in middle school, some of high school, and I have shoeboxes packed away still with them. Who’s the last person you called “stupid” or said was stupid? I recently said someone was acting stupid. Oh no, I HATE when this happens Last time you stepped in doggie doo No idea. It’s actually so disGUSTING and lslkjfsklfjdksl when that does happen as a wheelchair user, especially. Burped in public I don’t burp in public. had someone fart in front of you and it be really awkward Hahah ew yes, that has happened. someone tells you a secret and you don’t know what to say I don’t recall the last time, but yeah it’s happened. wanted to cancel on a friend and didn’t know how I did a lot of that in recent years until they just stopped asking cause I’m a shitty friend. spilled something on someone I don’t recall. ruined a favorite piece of clothing *shrug* cried when you tried not to Too often. did something stupid while driving with a passenger I don’t drive. mistook someone and talked to them thinking they were a friend Wow, I’ve never actually ended up talking and having a full on conversation with someone I thought was someone else. I’ve seen people and thought they were someone else, and have waved (so embarrassing), though. I’d realize they weren’t who I thought they were before I started talking to them. Had a friend’s parent ask something embarrassing I had a friend whose mom did that. drooled on your pillow It happens. *shrug* burned your tongue It’s been awhile. What do you lie about liking? I don’t lie about liking something. What do you lie about DISliking? Uhh?

to make a friend feel better? I had a friend who needed constant reassurance, but like she didn’t really want an answer other than what she wanted to hear. To get out of doing something with a friend? Like I said, it happened a lot in recent years until they just stopped asking. if you like someone and don’t want to admit it? That happened with like little crushes in elementary, middle, and high school. There were 5 people I had really liked and developed real feelings for, and I told those people. To a teacher? why? I don’t know.

To a friend’s parent? Why? I don’t know.

Last time you lied via text? I don’t knowwwww.

Last time you TRIED to lie to yourself? Uhh.

have you ever told someone you loved them but you were lying? My first boyfriend. He would say it to me and I felt I had to say it back, but I didn’t really feel that way about him. He was saying that like a week or two into the relationship.

broke something and lied about it? Probably.

the most supreme lie you remember telling when you were a little kid? I lied for months about taking my medicine when really I was stashing them behind my bed and in a storage box. Something you lied about done..like skiing, seeing a movie, etc *shrug* That’s not something I really feel the need to lie about.

Have you ever lied about something sexual you did or didn’t do? No.

Lied about how you spent some money? I don’t think so.

Lied about having your feelings hurt? Yes.

The truth can hurt or heal Name a time you told the truth and someone got hurt. A few weeks ago. They took it the wrong way and got really defensive, but I was just honestly telling them how I felt. They didn’t like what I had to say, though.

last time someone said the truth to you, and you were relieved Hmm.

Time you came clean with the truth and felt SO much better? I don’t know.

someone you ALWAYS tell the truth to My dog. Ha.

person you are most likely to fudge the truth with My dad sometimes.

have you ever kept someone’s secret for ever? Yeah.

Have you ever had someone divulge a secret you shared with them? Yes.

Do you have something you wish you could tell the truth about? Yes.

Do you feel there is someone who is witholding the truth from you now? Possibly.

Getting silly and liking it!

Are you the one in your group who gets people laughing? I mean, sometimes.

Do you like stupid jokes? Ha, yeah.

Dirty jokes? Not usually.

Do you have a lot of inside jokes with friends? What friends.

Are they mostly silly, or dirty?

Which relative makes you laugh the most? My mom and younger brother.

What do they do that makes you laugh? They’re just funny.

Do you have a pet that makes you laugh? Yes. My doggo is very goofy.

Do you find sit coms to actually be funny? Not usually. I am biased towards some like Roseanne, The Golden Girls, and Full House cause I grew up with those and still watch them. I’ve seen each show countless times now and they don’t get old to me. Newer sitcoms; however, I find to be really cheesy and dumb and not at all funny. Like, sorry Big Bang Theory fans, but I really don’t understand.

Which pop song lately has made you laugh None have recently that I can think of.

Anyone ever tell you you were funny and you have no idea why? Yes.

Last time you burst out laughing and realized no one else was? Ha, recently I’m sure.

when did you last laugh when something bad happened to someone? I don’t find things like that funny.

Laughed at yourself for doing something dumb? All the time.

The day comes to an end

Last thing you do before you turn out the light? I scroll on Tumblr, do some surveys, and listen to ASMR videos before I go to bed. After I turn off the light, I sometimes read a bit until my eyelids can’t stay open. That happens pretty fast.

anyone you send a good night text to? No.

Bedtime snack? I used to have Ramen all the time, but I don’t do that much anymore. I don’t really eat anything anymore before bed.

do you go to sleep with music on? No. I sleep with the TV on, though.

is your homework, work done or will you finish it in the morning? I’m done with school.

jammies? I wear leggings and sweats all the time with comfy shirts, which is also what I sleep in. do you sleep with socks on? Yeah. does a pet sleep in your room? No. She sleeps on her couch in the living room. are you the last one to go to sleep in your house? Yes. all the lights off? or a nightlight on? Just the light from the TV. hard to fall asleep or easy? I always have a hard time falling asleep.

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