my misheard lyric was but daddy I love him - thought it was “if all you want is pray for me” which doesn’t make sense grammatically but I didn’t even realize until I looked up the lyrics yesterday 😭

Like ma'am pray for me listening to this crazy crazy album you were brave enough to download into my brain

For the anon asking about the smallest man call back. My first thought was Ronan because of the big sigh, but if you mean musically are you thinking of soon you’ll get better?

For that anon!

okay but the humorous nail in the coffin of The Black Dog is “TAIL BETWEEN YOUR LEGS YOU’RE LEAV-I-ING”

she’s like, you made such a fool of your old-ass self in front of your hot new date that now you’re shuffling out of the bar, too ashamed to ever return. asshole.

Bc it was shIITTTTTTTYYYYY! AT THE BLACK DOG!!!!!

TTPD fucked

me up bad. Thirty-one songs

Raw. Real. Truth. Taylor.

HAIKU ANON BACK W A BANGER.

My misheard lyric for TTPD was in Guilty as Sin. I thought she said "he's a pair of docs." as in Doc Martens. Rather than the actual lyric "he's a paradox." I was trying to figure what the metaphor was for referring to Matty as a pair of Dr Martens lol

SCREECHING NOISES EKNDKEIROFJCOEI

about the humor that peeks out of the sadness, Black Dog is so tender and mournful and then she gets so real with And I hope it’s shitty in The Black Dog. Still gets me every time because who hasn’t felt that way when an ex moves on you kind of hope it sucks for them.

It’s 100% the distilled feeling of “I don’t harbour any resentment and I hope you have a nice life and that’s all I have to say” *takes a beat* “… BUT ALSO!!!!!!!! I hope it’s shiTTTYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!”

Hi Sarah. Is it okay to feel disappointed that the album isn't more about her long-term relationship? I lost my partner of a decade at the same time as Taylor's breakup was announced, and I was really looking forward to an album full of So Long London, etc. I know Taylor's life is obviously not unfolding for entertainment. And I am so thankful for this album! I feel like it's wrong of me to feel this way, and I think you have a really good head on your shoulders so I'm seeking your opinion.

Hi! I think it’s normal and understandable to want to seek out and find comfort in art that you can relate and apply to something you specifically went through. That is a nice feeling and one of the best parts of art! And so to not have quite as many pieces of content to relate to a specific experience you went through can feel like an expectation shift to get around.

Also, Sarah, I know Taylor loves a bait and switch moment. Do you think that was what the album promo was? All signs pointed at one thing, and we got another. It was beautifully done and I'm in love with the whole thing. But do you think that was intentional on her part? Like sort of "you don't actually know as much as you think you know, guys."

Hi! Yes. I talked about this very thing pre-release as it related to reputation and if Taylor was in fact going to do that again thematically with TTPD.

do you think the initial tour movie cuts were our clues??? Goodbye to the archer, wildest dreams, cardigan, speak now, TTDS? that's 5, replace with 5 TTPD....

Hi! I theorized that awhile ago prior to learning that TTPD would be in the setlist but hope not / don’t entirely believe it.

This quote wow

“When you’re going through loss or embarrassment or shame, it’s a grieving process with so many micro emotions in a day. One of the reasons why I didn’t do interviews for Reputation was that I couldn’t figure out how I felt hour to hour. Sometimes I felt like: All these things taught me something that I never could have learned in a way that didn’t hurt as much. Five minutes later, I’d feel like: That was horrible. Why did that have to happen? What am I supposed to take from this other than mass amounts of humiliation? And then five minutes later I’d think: I think I might be happier than I’ve ever been.”

Sarah, I started TSS bingo. I have a STRONG suspicion if you replaced spot 2 with "Florida!!! was a grower for you" there is at least one Bingo on your card :)

This has been so fun and I love seeing other people's guesses and you willingly going along with a game perceiving you. I really fucking love you Sarah! 💚

Can't believe I haven't seen someone say this already but I think How Did It End? is a favorite of yours

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"Willingly going along with a game perceiving you" is somehow being perceived about being perceived and truly a meta feat that only an insightful and thoughtful TSSer could manage and for that ... I cry. (*FUCKING* love you too! *weeps* 💚)

The bingo chart is almost complete. Any final takers or things I should swap out?

"lilac short skirt, the one that fits me like skin

did your research, you knew the price goin in"

this is a Sarah TSS shoutout TO MEEE

YES!!!!!!!!!!

we'll be doing lyrical analysis on this album(s) for probably ever, but today I'm stuck on the journey from King of My Heart (I'm your American queen) to "My boy only breaks his favorite toys/I'm queen of sandcastles he destroys" and like all the Castles Crumbling of it all, PLUS the High Infidelity/YLM connections to killing someone you swear you love.... LAYERS!!!! like.. I thought I was your FAVORITE TOY??

And also "Once your queen had come you treat her like an also-ran"!!!!!

Sarah I feel like if a TTPD set is added it will be these songs:

Fortnight, Down Bad, BDILH, The Alchemy, ICDIWABH

Tbh, fortnight fits the least of the Eras vibes to be but she is a single!! So many thoughts!!

I really just cannot shake how good "My Boy ..." would sound in a stadium.

Thinking about how almost a year ago, my mom thought it would be fun to try to get Eras tickets in Paris, since she wasn't able to get them stateside and NOW THERE'S POSSIBLY/PROBABLY GOING TO BE A SETLIST CHANGE and I AM NOT PREPARED FOR THIS!!

p.s. I was inspired by you to get some black ankle boots for our Paris trip. Would you mind sharing what you normally wear with them socks- / tights-wise? I only have white athletic socks and I feel like that will look weird?

OH MY GOD I will be thinking of you on the day and hope you have the absolute best time of your life at the show and also in Paris?

P.S. Depends on the height shaft of the boot but I would wear socks that do not peep over the top personally.

I have a misheard-adjacent lyric in Down Bad that I just can’t get past. Logically, I fully understand where she’s going with “I lost my twin” - twin flames, that person who you are so connected with, etc.

But since the very first listen, each time I hear it I immediately flash back to that first day we learned about Joe in 2017, reading an article with photos of them side by side at the top, and thinking “wtf… they look related…”

*face palm of shame*

My best friend quite literally asked me point blank if I ghostwrote that line because (amongst friends) it's a running gag that one of my favourite 'games' is Siblings Or Dating.

My guess is top hats choreo is going to be for fortnight. I have no explanation, just a vibe.

There will be no further explanation there will just be ~*~vibes~*~