tried to put all of the emotions in my brain surrounding TTPD into words. hoping that I heard her and you hear me!

this link takes you to the paywall verison

tried to put all of the emotions in my brain surrounding TTPD into words. hoping that I heard her and you hear me!

this link takes you to the paywall verison

hey scarlett! its the substack anon from yesterday, i just posted my review! it's rough bc i don't write much but i think its pretty okay considering!

https://open.substack.com/pub/littlechanges24/p/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department?r=1d3ytq&utm_medium=ios

hey, i thought it was lovely! thanks for sharing! 💓

tried to put all of the emotions in my brain surrounding TTPD into words. hoping that I heard her and you hear me!

this link takes you to the paywall verison

tried to put all of the emotions in my brain surrounding TTPD into words. hoping that I heard her and you hear me!

this link takes you to the paywall verison

i’m writing abt ttpd and really cannot nail down one specific thing i want to say so if it feels scattered that’s bc it is

the first time i heard “you said normal girls were boring but you were gone by the morning” i GASPED

the foresight i had to purchase the bolter cd What it’s the patches and everything before knowing it would be an all time favorite… i am so wise 👁️

what are your feelings on cassandra? I'm a little indifferent to most of it but I'm so obsessed with the first verse... the crack on the wall might be metaphorical but I love it in the literal sense, like a mundane thing you see everyday reminding you of the moment where you became aware of losing something big, a moment you're always reliving, memories that pull you in and you lose your train of thought. and then she kind of goes back to it with the weaving nightmares part, "what happens if it becomes who you are?". these lines kinda get drowned out by all the other stuff she's saying, but I think they would have given a great short, visually clear song (like "I look in people's windows")

i really like it!! i find it really really interesting and while i think a lot of people are not fans of her self mythologizing i think it’s super intriguing. like she has been a cassandra figure in many ways throughout her career imo and while obviously the moment she’s referencing here is the kim/kanye feud, what i’m drawn to the most is the way that she clearly is still so wounded by what happened in 2016 in a way i don’t think she’ll ever move past, but she knows at this point she’s obsessed to the point of pushing people away. and she knows she can’t move past it and part of her doesn’t want to bc i think there’s still a part of her that’s waiting on a big public apology & i think this really warped her sense of self in irreversible ways. ik a lot of people are so over the 2016 stuff (some people were already over it and complaining about it during lover! one album after rep!) but i still find the whole situation so interesting.

scarlett, what tortured poets songs would you choose to make the perfect ~one hour album? in a way i agree she should've edited it a bit but i don't think she would've done it the way i would've wanted, so it's better that she gave us it all and i can do the selecting myself 🙏

ughhhh i truly can’t get rid of that many lmao but i will try!!!

1. how did it end?

2. the black dog

3. but daddy i love him

4. the bolter

5. who’s afraid of little old me?

6. the smallest man who ever lived

7. so high school

8. i can do it with a broken heart

9. the prophecy

10. guilty as sin?

11. florida!!!

12. i hate it here

13. clara bow

who’s afraid of little old me?

being straight and liking taylor swift is very embarrassing and you shouldn’t tell people that. being gay and liking taylor swift is counterculture and means you have awesome close reading and critical thinking skills

i totally will! i'm uploading it tomorrow, it's my first ever post so i want to make sure it's thoroughly edited before it goes up 😮‍💨

yaaaay i’m excited to read!!

yes i bought the fucking cardigan

i'm writing a little substack review of ttpd and i've said something similar about listening empathetically. i feel like people who don't allow themselves to take a song and make their own meaning of it outside of who/what the artist wrote about just won't enjoy it as much.

send me ur substack! i’d love to read :)

i think being willing to listen to ttpd empathetically like… makes a difference