the album is brutally honest, satirical, a bit cringe here and there, depressing and experimental at the same time, I would not side eye anyone for saying "I don't understand this" or "this isn't my cup of tea" or even "what the fuck is this" because it's obviously not a 1989 or midnights kind of album for everyone. I understand why she said she "had to put this out" but while she is at the peak of her career, she released an album that is not for beginners nor really for overall critics, it's knees deep into the taylor swift lore and probably the most herself an album has ever been, that does not mean it is a masterpiece but it makes it so insanely special

“I’m having his baby! No I’m not, but you should see your faces!”

im sure lots of people will listen to TTPD and discount it because she talks about matty in it (and ofc people have their valid issues with him, but im not gonna go into that), but the whole lead up to the album has been “we’re investigating,” and imo a lot of us took that as her saying “we’re investigating why my relationship ended” whereas the album is actually about “we’re investigating this caricature of a girl who went through something life-changing, and she has apparently gone crazy” and she’s basically done a public autopsy of herself; something that the media/fans/public have done since the beginning, but this time around she was like “i’ll do it to myself.”

hence, the album aesthetic feels so sterile too imo. she’s trying to distance herself from the subject but!!!!!! she is the subject. and in conclusion, i think what she’s really putting down is “the summary of the investigation of this girl is that she went insane because of what happened to her, but it’s hopefully gonna be okay”

sidenote: i think what we need to take away from the album is to… let her live…

Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department Headers

the “i’m so in love that i might stop breathing” to “as she was leaving it felt like breathing” pipeline 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

No because people don’t seem to understand. The scrambled letters, the Easter eggs, the hidden letters and messages, these are all tradition for us. No it’s not just promo, she’s doing this for us, we’ve been doing this from the beginning of her career.

We started by figuring out hidden messages in songs from her booklets to connecting barcodes all across the globe. I’m so excited, I’m so happy.

Taylor's wardrobe

1989 having another organic #1 hit inside of her vault is the least surprising thing to happen in Taylor's career... the pop bible never flops

i just wanna stay in that lavender haze (midnights, taylor swift, 2022)

✨ her ✨

TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023) dir. Sam Wrench

BEYONCÉ & TAYLOR SWIFT Attending the world premiere of TS The Eras Tour Film (Oct 11, 2023)

STOP 🥺😭

taylor swift  b r o w n < 3

the love i have for this woman

all I can say is I was enchanted to meet you 💜✨

the way she was with the band, who long live has always been for, but also singing to us, who long live became about.....it's like her just being surrounded by love idk

I CAN SEE YOU Taylor Swift