Let us go then, you and I/When the evening is spread out against the sky/Like a tight end playing in the Super Bowl -- The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift, April 19

Are we sure this isn't coming out on April 1st.

hoping The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived is a Dr Demento-esque novelty track

"Iommi" is the Black Sabbath tribute Swifties had no idea they deserved.

What is this that stands before me?
Figure in black which points at me
Turn 'round quick and start to run
Find out I'm the chosen one
Hell, yeah!

Some people say my love can it be true
Happiness is your eyes when I'm kissing you

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:qpqyay6mqatzyyet3jdgxiwi/bafkreigbosz33xvvalqcchln6kixpudbgqjzpdu5bezi2mimikejrpq6iu@jpeg

lmao

i don't know what she's going for but i'm glad she's going for something at least

But Daddy I Love Him is now trending on Twitter

The Smallest Hands Who Ever Lived

deluxe version comes with a pop-up book featuring Travis Kelce

super deluxe same but uncensored pop-up

Clara Bowling Alley

When you hear an Iommi song
I hope you spill your favorite bong

hoping The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived is a Dr Demento-esque novelty track

It'll be a parody of Weezer's The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived.

At least there are no football metaphors, like "Blocked Kick" or "Touchback" or something.

is it just a coincidence that she’s dropping her album on Bicycle Day?

If I could successfully seed this theory on the Swiftie forums Taylor could make Timothy Leary a footnote in history.

Swifties on acid is exactly what 2024 needs, stat.

You belong with LSD

If the Chiefs win the Super Bowl maybe she can call in some favors and do a new version of the "Super Bowl Shuffle," then add it as a bonus track to the special Target-only LP that has a different color cover.

So the suggestion has been made to do a precover of this…

With guests Chief Keef and Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.

(xp — although if someone wants to recruit them for the precovers, that would be cool too)

I think Taylor likes to give herself impossible challenges, like to write a song with the title “I Can Fix Him (Really I Can)” that isn’t terrible

Is the song called "Bonus Track:The Manuscript" or is it just an indication that "The Manuscript" is a bonus track? Becuz I really wish it is the former

"Fuck is this 'Bonus Track:The Manuscript'? Turn it up!"

"Three Minutes of Silence and then a Hidden Track" (Taylor's Version)

How you could list those but not "Fresh Out the Slammer"...

― Tim F, Monday, February 5, 2024 8:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

This is where I audibly said "Oh come on!" to my cat

And what did your cat say in response?

"Things done changed on this side."

"fresh out the slammer" is something they say in pog tournaments iirc. "fresh out" means "polish."

So it's a Polish joke?

I wish Taylor would have included her Jason Aldean diss "Try That in a Ball Gown"

ILM pre-covers when

Chat gpt write me a song called “so long, london” in the style of taylor swift

(Verse 1)
In a city of echoes, where dreams collide,
Beneath the city lights, our love did hide.
Cobbled streets whisper tales untold,
So long, London, the story unfolds.

(Pre-Chorus)
Big Ben chimed, but our time ran out,
Heartbreak's symphony, I can't silence the doubt.
Red buses passing, taking pieces of us,
Fading in the rain, like an old love fuss.

(Chorus)
So long, London, where love once gleamed,
A double-decker ride through our shattered dream.
Your rain can't wash away the memories we've spun,
In this goodbye symphony, the love's undone.

(Verse 2)
Blooms of Hyde Park, witnessed our embrace,
Now they wither, lost in love's grace.
From the Thames to the West End stage,
Our love story ends, turning another page.

(Pre-Chorus)
Towers of London stand so tall,
Yet our love crumbled like the ancient wall.
The Eye keeps turning, but we stood still,
In this goodbye story, we find our will.

(Chorus)
So long, London, where love once gleamed,
A double-decker ride through our shattered dream.
Your rain can't wash away the memories we've spun,
In this goodbye symphony, the love's undone.

(Bridge)
Notting Hill's romance turned to dust,
Our fairy tale, now just wanderlust.
Regent's Park witnessed the tears we shed,
Farewell, my London love, our colors bled.

(Verse 3)
Past the Royal Palaces, where our love was crowned,
Now it's lost, in the silence profound.
St. Paul's Cathedral echoes our goodbye,
So long, London, beneath the tear-streaked sky.

(Chorus)
So long, London, where love once gleamed,
A double-decker ride through our shattered dream.
Your rain can't wash away the memories we've spun,
In this goodbye symphony, the love's undone.

(Outro)
As the Thames flows, so does time,
In the city's heartbeat, a broken rhyme.
So long, London, to the love we swore,
A chapter closes on the Thames' tranquil shore.

Not bad!

There has to be a line about losing a scarf in a double decker

Chatgpt add a line about losing a scarf in a double decker

Lost my scarf on a double-decker ride,
Winds of goodbye, where love can't hide

Love how ChatGPT makes sure everyone notes it has been a good software who's studied its touristic map

Hoping "The Manuscript" is wordplay on "the man you script"

The Man U Script.

The Manus Crypt

pls go away

Not sure which song I'm more excited for "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys Down Bad" or "But Daddy, I Love Him Fresh Out the Slammer"

Okay pre-cover people, your time is now.

The Tortured Poets Department ILX Pre-Cover Planning Thread

I think Taylor likes to give herself impossible challenges, like to write a song with the title “I Can Fix Him (Really I Can)” that isn’t terrible

well, what would you title a song about Matty Healy

"Love It If You Fucked Off"

"Did You Give Me Crabs?"

"I Knew You Were Trouble (When You Were a Shit to Ice Spice)"

“Fresh Out The Slammer” had better be wall to wall slam poetry about the American carcel state (or a 45 second hardcore song)

Out on bail, fresh out of jail, California dreamin'
Soon as I step on the scene, I'm hearin' Swifties screamin'

I saw her ages ago, on the Speak Now tour, and thought she was fine and fun but also not somebody I was going to make a lot of effort to see in concert again. It's not her most natural or rewarding milieu imo. Happy to just listen to the albums.

I was about to say - Paramore were FANTASTIC and I say this is as someone who thinks they weren't a good band at all until their fourth album. They did nine songs including a Talking Heads cover, and nothing too rocky/emo which suits my personal tastes although I can appreciate thar was disappointing for others.

Hayley Williams owned the stage in a way Swift didn't. They performed without any props or staging, just the band and their instruments, and some screens showing close-ups of them. Her charisma, energy and personality were off the scale, and i would actively go to see them again, which was not what I expected at all.

I saw Depeche Mode do a 3.5 hr set at the start of the year. I would say I'm much less invested in them as a band than I am Taylor Swift but they were a far stronger live act. Their pacing was stronger, Gahan was lively and likeable, and even their mid-set ballads didn't feel like a slog. I'm not against a long set if it's wholly entertaining for the duration!

still haven't watched the eras concert, but taylor swift live hasn't been for me since she started dancing. everything's a little overdetermined

― ivy., Monday, May 20, 2024 11:34 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I've seen Taylor play several times - though not since 2015 - and the best remains when she performed in a nightclub here I think immediately before or after Fearlesss was released. She already had a bit of a theatre kid quality but it was very charming and disarming in that context, probably because of (rather than in spite of) the fact that she did not yet have the means to fully realise her visions.

I saw Depeche Mode do a 3.5 hr set at the start of the year. I would say I'm much less invested in them as a band than I am Taylor Swift but they were a far stronger live act. Their pacing was stronger, Gahan was lively and likeable, and even their mid-set ballads didn't feel like a slog. I'm not against a long set if it's wholly entertaining for the duration!

Someone who's been doing something for 40 years is better at it than someone who's been doing it for 15? Surprising.

She’ll have this performance thing down by 2050

Cool, I can totally imagine me at 81 paying half my remaining life savings to go see 61-year-old Taylor Swift. I didn't have any life goals for if I make it to 2050, now I do.

(If it happens, I'll find this thread and report back.)

Twenty Six Years Pass

Paramore being better at it than both didn't take them 40 years

Because Paramore rules, is why.

The time I saw them was at Bonnaroo, and it was the day that news broke about Anthony Bourdain's death. At one point during a breather between two songs, Hayley Williams sat down on the edge of the stage and talked about it and how much she loved Bourdain and how hard mental illness is and gave a sort of pep talk to anyone suffering (pretty sure she included the suicide hotline number). It was really affecting, the whole field of people got quiet and paid attention, and it was just striking the ability she had to talk directly and pull people in just sitting there talking. And then they went back to rocking.