Taylor swift

[NorthernSoul52]

Having given the full once-over now, have to say... Lavender Haze might be the weakest on the record for me. It'll do gangbusters on streams over the next few weeks, likely crack the top ten over here, but there's far stronger material on there in my opinion. Each to their own though!

Have I missed an interview where she has disavowed We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together? One of her all-time biggies - survived Red to make the tour behind 1989, and then reared up again as part of reputation-era setlists, even if in a truncated form.

[Hotchilidog]

The Anti-Hero video is an absolute hoot.

[WestCountryGirl]

12 minutes ago, Hotchilidog said:

The Anti-Hero video is an absolute hoot.

Wish I'd seen this before putting together my Kate Bush outfit for Halloween.

[GeezLouise]

Can we talk about the 'sexy baby' lyric. I find it disturbing but think i'm supposed to. What do you guys think it means? 

I'm assuming it's a comment on a lot of the singers nowadays being so young and preyed upon inappropriately in the media. But...taylor being a monster on the hill. is she doing hunting? Plz help. 

Edited October 21, 2022 by GeezLouise

[WestCountryGirl]

3 minutes ago, GeezLouise said:

Can we talk about the 'sexy baby' lyric. I find it disturbing but think i'm supposed to. What do you guys think it means? 

The "sexy baby" thing is a trope, see here:

 

 

[GeezLouise]

9 minutes ago, WestCountryGirl said:

The "sexy baby" thing is a trope, see here:

 

 

I'd never heard of this before. But basically what I was thinking (sort of, if you squint), so that's good. 

Edited October 21, 2022 by GeezLouise

[Rose-Colored Boy]

7 hours ago, jparx said:

Karma is one of the standouts for me!

The cat line 🤢 She can get away with the awful ‘sexy baby’ line on Anti-Hero because it only appears once and the rest of the song is strong enough to overcome it. But the cat line is toe curling. Whole song sounds like the worst bits of Reputation. 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

5 hours ago, circus92 said:

Absolutely - I listened on good headphones last night and the production is superb.  Big respect to Jack Antonoff - BFIAFL last week and now this - the production is incredible on both albums.

Can tell he worked on both concurrently. Midnight Rain is pure 1975 album track vibes. 

[GeezLouise]

1 minute ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

The cat line 🤢 She can get away with the awful ‘sexy baby’ line on Anti-Hero because it only appears once and the rest of the song is strong enough to overcome it. But the cat line is toe curling. Whole song sounds like the worst bits of Reputation. 

Yeah, i found the cat lyric a bit jarring. 

I thought one lyric of Karma was 'Grease in my hair at the weekend'. Disappointed when i found out it was 'BReeze in my hair', it was the one time i found myself relating with Taylor. 

[Harmonic Prospector]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Boy, do I have a video for you!

 

Can't believe this the first time I'm hearing this! 

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, Harmonic Prospector said:

Can't believe this the first time I'm hearing this! 

Fun fact - this is how I discovered Taylor Swift.

[sisco]

2 hours ago, incident said:

Fri 23 Jun - ?
Sat 24 Jun - P!nk
Sun 25 Jun - P!nk
Fri 30 Jun - ?
Sat 01 Jul - ?
Sun 02 Jul - Blackpink
Thu 06 Jul - Bruce Springsteen
Fri 07 Jul - Billy Joel
Sat 08 Jul - Bruce Springsteen

3 dates left to fill. Doubt they'll run Sunday 9th, as it would mean 4 shows on a weekend which would rile up the locals further.

Hmm, thought it was Elton, Take That and Adele 

The person who always gets the info said they wanted to book Taylor but we’re waiting on her plans.  Maybe it just didn’t fit anymore

[Rose-Colored Boy]

22 minutes ago, WestCountryGirl said:

The "sexy baby" thing is a trope, see here:

 

 

think I need a lie down after watching that. Jane Krakowski though ❤️

[jparx]

16 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

The cat line 🤢 She can get away with the awful ‘sexy baby’ line on Anti-Hero because it only appears once and the rest of the song is strong enough to overcome it. But the cat line is toe curling. Whole song sounds like the worst bits of Reputation. 

Each to their own! Just a catchy, fun song for me. I don't get repulsed by individual song lyrics in that sense.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Just now, jparx said:

Each to their own! Just a catchy, fun song for me. I don't get repulsed by individual song lyrics in that sense.

Fair enough 🙂 

[Harmonic Prospector]

4 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Fun fact - this is how I discovered Taylor Swift.

I see that they've also done Hysteria, Two Steps Behind and Pour Some Sugar On Me together too! Where did this Taylor and Def Leppard Love-in come from? 

[circus92]

3 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Can tell he worked on both concurrently. Midnight Rain is pure 1975 album track vibes. 

Definitely.

Dear Reader also gives me strong 1975 vibes

Listen to "Me" from away back in 2013 (a favourite of mine).  Dear Reader has the same vibe, but with a combo of Jack Antonoff production, Taylors Vocals, and it even has some "Notes" elements to it.

In other words - perfection.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

if Anti-Hero is the lead single then that’s the first time since 1989 where the lead single hasn’t been one of the weakest songs on the album in question, so that’s nice. 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Just now, circus92 said:

Definitely.

Dear Reader also gives me strong 1975 vibes

Listen to "Me" from away back in 2013 (a favourite of mine).  Dear Reader has the same vibe, but with a combo of Jack Antonoff production, Taylors Vocals, and it even has some "Notes" elements to it.

In other words - perfection.

Yep. Jack has rediscovered his magic touch for sure. 

[NorthernSoul52]

5 minutes ago, Harmonic Prospector said:

I see that they've also done Hysteria, Two Steps Behind and Pour Some Sugar On Me together too! Where did this Taylor and Def Leppard Love-in come from? 

Was a TV show, over in the states? They did a few of hers too.

4 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

if Anti-Hero is the lead single then that’s the first time since 1989 where the lead single hasn’t been one of the weakest songs on the album in question, so that’s nice. 

Absolutely. Pleasingly strong cut out of the gate.

4 minutes ago, circus92 said:

Definitely.

Dear Reader also gives me strong 1975 vibes

Listen to "Me" from away back in 2013 (a favourite of mine).  Dear Reader has the same vibe, but with a combo of Jack Antonoff production, Taylors Vocals, and it even has some "Notes" elements to it.

In other words - perfection.

It's easy to see why JA has had his fingerprints on Being Funny in a Foreign Language next to this. The more I listen, the less it feels overtly like a Taylor Swift record and more a Greatest Hits collection of his production work with her, Lorde and all the rest. (No Bleachers, mind.)

[circus92]

Maroon into Anti-Hero is a hell of a 1-2.  Top Tier stuff

The rest is very good, but it doesn't really reach those heights again.   

[ls2408]

14 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

if Anti-Hero is the lead single then that’s the first time since 1989 where the lead single hasn’t been one of the weakest songs on the album in question, so that’s nice. 

Although look what you made me do isn’t the best song on Reputation, it was a very good lead. Did exactly what she intended and really gave us an idea of the era

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Just now, ls2408 said:

Although look what you made me do isn’t the best song on Reputation, it was a very good lead. Did exactly what she intended and really gave us an idea of the era

It certainly killed off any momentum from 1989 if that was the intention. Made her very briefly a laughing stock. 

[WestCountryGirl]

5 minutes ago, circus92 said:

Maroon into Anti-Hero is a hell of a 1-2.  Top Tier stuff

The rest is very good, but it doesn't really reach those heights again.   

Exactly my thoughts.

Until 'Would've'. Those three are just top tier, jumped into my favourite tunes she's ever done.

[WestCountryGirl]

Only just saw that Would've is a Swift&Dessner track. They can do no wrong.