nm just remembered that this wasn't on Big Machine mods delete post
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 19 June 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
xp jinx
“Cruel Summer” was recently released as a single.
― Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Monday, 3 July 2023 04:09 (ten months ago) link
ngl it sounds better to me now than it did at the time
― J0rdan S., Monday, 3 July 2023 06:50 (ten months ago) link
loved it at the time, was mystified as to how it wasn't a single then, better late than never I guess?
― Murgatroid, Monday, 3 July 2023 07:02 (ten months ago) link
i didn't know the song until now b/c i avoided listening to this album (thanks "me!"). it's good but i couldn't help but think of parts of other, better songs of hers? like idk i couldn't help but think of the bridge from "out of the woods" for instance. but yeah i guess it's been a fan fav for a while, i had heard mentions of it here n there for years
― dyl, Friday, 7 July 2023 04:17 (nine months ago) link
was mystified as to how it wasn't a single then
You mean a planned 'song of the summer' single for 2020 not happening? Hm, wonder why.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 July 2023 04:24 (nine months ago) link
I’ve never connected with a TS songIs it too late?
― calstars, Friday, 7 July 2023 04:35 (nine months ago) link
xp Eh, it was released in Aug. 2019 (and actually charted, in the Top 40, as an album track).
― Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Friday, 7 July 2023 04:36 (nine months ago) link
i think i’ve had the opposite reaction to dyl insofar as i hear “cruel summer” on the radio alongside “anti hero” and “karma” and think, so nice of them to show us what it would be like if those songs were good
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 July 2023 04:41 (nine months ago) link
oh and i guess this is the song whose writers were added to the olivia rodrigo "deja vu" credits due to a vague similarity in one line
― dyl, Friday, 7 July 2023 05:01 (nine months ago) link
"Cruel Summer," one her best singles, finally hits #1.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 October 2023 20:42 (six months ago) link
The bananarama cover?
― calstars, Monday, 23 October 2023 20:45 (six months ago) link
Otm
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 October 2023 20:48 (six months ago) link
nah, that's "Robert De Niro's Waiting"
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 23 October 2023 20:57 (six months ago) link
The stylistic variety of this album is very refreshing... in that respect, it's rivaled maybe only by Red in her catalog(?)
I think the album has also improved with time, or at least feels like less of a "mixed bag" than it did originally. If you take out "Me!" and maybe one or two other tracks of your choice ("The Man," "London Boys," "Calm Down" – depending on taste), it's actually quite strong. The remaining tracks may not have the highs of other albums (although "False God" comes close), and some of the production touches may be questionable, but the whole thing has a lightness and sense of "fun" that makes it stand out for me.
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Friday, 26 April 2024 23:10 (one week ago) link
It's hilarious to me that she premiered the "Me!" video at the '19 NFL Draft.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 April 2024 23:21 (one week ago) link
bad:you need to calm downme!
embarrassing but ultimately hilarious: london boy the man
i don’t like this song but ppl have made the case for it to me and im like “ok fine”:miss americana
mediocre but they work in album sequence:i forgot that you existedit’s nice to have a friend
the rest:great, some of her best work
― ivy., Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:44 (six days ago) link
the day this leaked was one of the happiest days of my life. i was on a week-long beach vacation and trying to sneak away from my friends to listen to this file-by-file on dropbox or something
― ivy., Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:47 (six days ago) link
the sequencing sucks and is insane but that goes without saying
― ivy., Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:50 (six days ago) link
(my worst take is that "you need to calm down" is good as hell)
literally my worst take! song SUCKS
― ivy., Saturday, 27 April 2024 03:00 (six days ago) link
I like “London Boys” but I couldn’t rationally “defend it” to a hater.
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Saturday, 27 April 2024 03:26 (six days ago) link
When i hear london boy all i can think is “i love a london boy, he’s a goy…”
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 27 April 2024 04:29 (six days ago) link
the opening line of “you need to calm down” is hilariousI also really like “me” and twee Taylor in general (shrugs)
― brimstead, Saturday, 27 April 2024 14:20 (six days ago) link
I love “paper rings”
― brimstead, Saturday, 27 April 2024 14:21 (six days ago) link
Lover is uneven but also her last “fun” record. She should make another one.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 27 April 2024 14:25 (six days ago) link
I will never, ever get enough of "Cruel Summer," my theme song for the long COVID summer of '20.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 April 2024 14:30 (six days ago) link
bad:you need to calm downme!embarrassing but ultimately hilarious: london boy the mani don’t like this song but ppl have made the case for it to me and im like “ok fine”:miss americanamediocre but they work in album sequence:i forgot that you existedit’s nice to have a friend the rest:great, some of her best work
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:11 (six days ago) link
lover is definitely an album that seems better in retrospect to me given that she actually articulates a vision for pop music production that goes beyond largely anonymous synth pop. i wouldn’t say it’s exactly a coherent vision, or even necessarily an exciting vision, but at least there are some *ideas* here about what taylor swift pop music could sound like
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:14 (six days ago) link
one does have to wonder if she deeply disliked the process of recording like a normal pop star — trying out diff producers — bcuz she has clearly opted out of that dynamic ever since. or maybe the pandemic just thrust her into this little insular creative bubble
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:18 (six days ago) link