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Looking for UNPOPULAR OPINIONS... (Patreon)

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Leave a comment with your unpopular opinion for us to react to in a video this week. Heart the comments you want to see us react to and discuss (❤️). The ones with the most likes we will react to first. Thanks besties, can't wait to hear from you 👀

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M

I prefer the 5 minute version of all too well………

kaelynnnmae

oh my gosh, love this. can’t wait. 😭

Hana Hoffman

ATW is not Taylor’s best song and it’s not close.

Davi Binda

i wish taylor was more activate in social media like she was years ago, now we only see job-related stuff :(

Dara Sofia

The fact that you commented this first thing 😭 Bestie’s had time to think about it

JC S

I think Taylor should release Rep unannounced and free. It would be so fantastic during these times when we are all dealing with a narcissist.

Allison

Debut is her worst album....

Martha Tate

I’m more excited for Debut TV than Rep TV 🙃

Mal

taylor’s bottom 3 albums in order (sorry not sorry speak now i am sorry to fearless) 8. speak now 9. fearless 10. debut

Melanie

Unpopular opinion- i definitely believe Taylor was meaning to release Rep on the eras tour but after seeing the demand for it, she changed her mind to think of something even better

Ramell

Long pond studio session folklore is better than original production😬

George Kousparis

I️ wish she didnt have physical text on the cover of 1989 TV version like the others

charly

sometimes i stream the stolen versions🫣🫣 out of nostalgia and because the sound just hits different (for example style and if this was a movie)

Yasmin

Both speak now and 1989 TV’s are worse than the originals

milk vetch

yeule please! their softscars album is the best!

Alex LaMotte

I remember I used to HATE Cruel Summer when it first came out...idk why, I think I thought it sounded too mainstream or something lmao

Kami

Currently... TTPD is majorly mix mused

Georgia Double

Taylor should have released the final re-records during the Eras Tour and it was a missed opportunity to tie it all up with a nice bow before moving onto new chapters. Part of me even thinks she was planning to do this but Vienna and other factors changed her course.

Tyler Vallas

superman is a top song on speak now and dorothea isn’t as good once you find out that it’s a reused production from the nationals bobs burgers parody song “give it to teddy”. i used to love dorothea but now the parody song is all i hear. evermore will always be my #1 though

true

taylor shouldn’t release a new album until both rep and debut re-records are out!

Noah Dale

Girl At Home (TV) has better production than Girl At Home (stolen)

Dayle

Mine stems from the Track 5 video - I personally don’t understand the All Too Well obsession and think Red has better songs. Please don’t shun me 😂

Phoebe 🌷

Fortnight is a skip for me, everytime and it's the only one on TTPD

Giel

'a perfectly good heart' is a top song on debut and you two will fathom its superiority with debut tv

Yasmin

She needs to take a step back from her music videos and hire a good experienced director

Jazzyg

Although I love them together, and rooting for her happiness… I’m not excited to hear a fully Travis coded/Travis inspired album 🫣

YunWon

Rep tv cover won’t be as good as the original cover

Taylor J

We don’t talk about Taylor’s fake country accent during Debut and Fearless eras enough

Mika B

Castles crumbling is an amazing deep song and it is Insanely underrated (one of my favs)

Robin Howard

I totally love the “shade” lyrics in Paris

Kami

Curious reasoning, I believe it was because ttpd happened, but hyping demand definitely could have factored

kenna🪽

i think style (stolen) is wayyyyy better than style tv🫣 taylor’s version sounds like ai to me i am so sorry😭♥️

Sebastian

1989 Vault is the most incredible collection of songs ever… BUT it’s not the group of songs from the pop bible we were waiting for and the absence of Max Martin was cruel! The hype for “Slut!” deflated our expectations. We love it now. But it was a joyrney.

gaby

she should've waited to film/release the eras tour movie until after ttpd set was added 😭 or at least found a way to release it after the fact:(

Alexa

in the same way I used to write a blog post or post an instagram story with the sole purpose of one guy noticing me or thinking we’re meant to be, I think that some of her songs were written with an audience of 1 in mind and do not necessarily represent “truths” – but rather how she wanted to be perceived by her love interest at that moment in time.

Kristen Batye

It took me YEARS to fully listen to 1989 after being such a huge Red fan. I heard the singles and was like "yeah I'll skip this one, thanks" it wasn't until after Folklore that I went back and finally listened to it all the way through and it's amazing but still not in my top 5 albums (sorry Em) 😅

Genna Kopelman

fearless is no question the best title track and is the one that encapsulates the feeling of the album with a title track the best. that song is just THAT GIRL WHAT CAN I SAY???

Louise

taylor’s visual direction really should be so much better with the amount of resources she has. her desire to direct and theme EVERYTHING herself could be getting in the way of producing groundbreaking iconic art

Jenna

Robin and It’s Nice to Have a Friend deserve better, I absolutely adore their melodies

The Lyrical Guru Podcast

Thanks for doing this girls. I think it's a really cool idea and hopefully leads to good discussion. I think one of my biggest ones is that sometimes Taylor's fans can oversell her. I'm not saying she is not very impactful, talented, powerful, and leaving long lasting impact in music. But there are many other artists who have similar impact and talent as her. I guess my unpopular opinion to sum it up is that it's okay to acknowledge that Taylor is one of the greatest of all time. While also acknowledging there are other artist past and current that could be considered the greatest alongside her.

William Robertson

The outro on Fresh out the Slammer is one of her best outros ever and a MAJOR highlight on TTPD

Liv

People hold Taylor to different standards than other artists when it comes to her personal life. E.g. everyone criticised her for her private jet usage but no other celebrity got any criticism.

Yasmin

It was a little bit disappointing when she wrote a song like “ I can do it with a broken heart” but not a song like long live on TTPD. Wish there was a positive eras tour song

Daniel

Anti-Hero is one of the worst songs on Midnights...

ThePerfectJam !

Apart from ATW short film, I'm not the biggest fan of Taylor's self directed music videos☹️

Liv

I am ok with Taylor taking her time with this next album even if that means we don’t get it for a while.

Kami

I don't agree but I'll like cause I'd love to see them discuss this!

Rebecca

I'm okay with Taylor not releasing anything this year. Girly needs a break

gaby

the hype for reputation tv is so big and the longer she delays it, the more the general public won't fall into it like they did for red tv 😥

Hannah Gibbins

i go weeks without listening to taylor but doesn’t ever change how much of a fan i am (it also makes going back to her music so much better)

Luli Diaz

“Happiness” is one of my least favourites from evermore (which is my favourite album) 🫣

Liv

Then don’t listen to it lol

Carlee Unger

I want Harry to release something new before I am ready for more Taylor 😬

kenna🪽

it blends in flawlessly if you play “You Are In Love” right after it !!🤍

Annie

ATW10 is not the best song she’s ever written

Kami

Ooh could you elaborate?

Olivia Best

Was she faking her country accent in Debut era?

Josh G

Unpopular PERSONAL opinion: Olivia Rodrigo at her current state is not good or the best live vocally and performance wise. I also feel like she doesn’t have the same captivating stage presence that Sabrina or even Gracie has. Don’t get me wrong, I love her music and lyricism but in terms of performing live I think she just needs some time to develop as an artist. As someone who’s seen her live I also feel like there is a lot of room for improvement! She has some bangers and has proven to have some amazing songwriting talent but tbh I left her Melb concert underwhelmed ᴖ̈

Belle Murray

She’s never going to release a re-record of her Christmas album 😭🫢

Kevin

The Jack produced songs on Short N Sweet are the worst ones. There’s something missing in the production. I even skip please x3 cuz I hate how he produced the chorus. It reminds me of the shallow and muted production he gave to solar power and to that clairo’s album!!!

Chase

I wish she would make more of an effort to work with female songwriters and producers at this point in her career (I know she has in the past). She had such a huge impact in launching Jack’s career and it would be nice to see her highlight some female talent!

Kami

What themes are you more interested in?

Lexa

Taylor fans can sometimes fall into making comments about other artists in the same way that they criticize towards Taylor (*cough* *cough* swiftologist comments about Ed Sheeran.) Saying that all their music sounds the same when they have not actually listened to entire albums. Saying they NEED to try something new and reinvent themselves? I hate the hypocrisy!

Jackson

TTPD is her worst album

Racheal Aine

1989 og > TV because you can feel the absence of Max Martin. On that note, am scared for Reputation TV because it's my best Taylor album and its really production based, we need the man back😭

Meg

I can’t listen to Mean because when she says “all you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life” all I can think about is how she is being mean in that moment saying those words. Despite the whole backstory and purpose behind the song, it just has always rubbed me the wrong way.

Christina

I'm worried after all this build up that the Rep vault tracks might not hit, the bar is so high 🫠

Kevin

So true

kenna🪽

omg me with red bc i left after speak now era ended and came back full swing during lover era ! i realized how much i missed & regret it a lot

Carlee Unger

This thread feels like a Church of Taylor Swift confessional 😂🙏🏻

Luli Diaz

I can’t get into Lana’s music no matter how much I try. I find it slow and boring 😭 I respect her so much as an artist and want to enjoy it so bad but my brain won’t let me

Kristen Batye

Okay but that's like telling her not to drink water if she doesn't like the way it tastes, without water you die. @jazzyg just sip on the album when it comes out girl, stay alive.

kenna🪽

i need her to work with imogen heap again so bad they create magic !!

Christina

Emily will NOT want to speak about this hahahaha 😂 but I hope they do

Jasmine

Currently ttpd is not in my top albums although that might be because i haven't had enough time (midnights is one of my favs now but it really took a while). But honestly i really don't think it will make it into my top 3 solely because i feel like it doesn't have one cohesive vibe, i think the variety is great and obviously there are so many songs but the factor that makes an album perfect to me is cohesiveness. I prefer to listen to music as albums rather than playlists so when i feel like every song is well suited to the album i love it. However i will say i do prefer ttpd to albums like 1989 and speak now that are probably more cohesive because of the amazing lyricism.

SequinSmile

I believe there are more songs about TL than people talk about. And Castles Crumbling is one of her best songs, super sad and deep. I believe she wrote it after the Kanye thing and it was relatable to her again after the kanye recording.

Kami

I feel like this may not be unpopular, personally I totally accept it as fact 😂 I presume TTPD and other events disrupted.

moza

Ever since Taylor started dating Travis, her style has leaned a bit more on the tacky side, especially with the whole all over designer logo outfits. I really loved her style during and post midnights era

Georgia Double

You know what, yeah I think it’s probably not that unpopular 🤭 I’m just usually the type of Swiftie to say “mother knows best” but I don’t know if she does on this one 🥴

Sofia F

Can I ask why? I'm personally excited for it if we finally get an album that's actually happy, it would be something new

moza

It’s Nice to Have a Friend is such a good lullaby song

Josh G

another unpopular opinion from ME! I know brat is an acquired taste, but I feel like the hate is so forced sometimes and if you grew up appreciative of dubstep or similar styles of music back in the day I think it’s a really engaging and catchy project! I hope the massive success of brat and charli of late really pushes her to make more interesting pop in the future!

Phoebe 🌷

I think there's still hope of one! She wrote ICDIWABH before the tour ended, I almost feel it would be a little odd if she wrote a long live esque song half way through the tour, something like that is definitely what I would think you write upon reflection

Kat

If the Anthology was its own Album, it would be in my top 3 with folklore and evermore. But with the entirety of ttpd, it's in the bottom half of my ranking

Emily

Im still needing to fathom the Lover album (I hope I’m not the only one 🫣)

Ananya

Taylor Olivia chapter is kinda sour no matter how much we try to be deluded about it, and it makes me sad.

(Taylor’s Version)

Fearless is a great album, but it did not deserve to win AOTY. Lady Gaga’s ’The Fame’ should’ve won.

Giel

in 'so long london', The lyric 'it isn't right to be scared, every day of a love affair' refers to herself being scared she will cheat, because she is in love with someone else. It bothers me that people are getting angry at Joe because of this lyric, because it clearly is not about him.

Luli Diaz

Truly please burn it cause I hate myself for typing it

Steph

Can’t help but think it might have been a real slap in the face for Joe to find out through song that his gf of 6 years was falling for someone else while they were still together and then wrote an album telling the world about it 😅😅 I love Taylor for being so vulnerable and real and relatable in TTPD, its the perfect album, but just wonder how Joe feels about it!!

Raneem

Cruel summer is overrated 🫣

Kristen Batye

Honestly this tracks depending on the age you are when things came out, I was in highschool getting ready for college. Life was too busy to immerse myself into Pop Taylor at the time so I was like 'maybe later' then Rep came out and I all but forgot about 1989 tbh 😬

Ananya

I feel like with midnights Taylor made a point of how ‘lyrics can be perceived differently given the available info’. If people are smart enough, they’d end so many conspiracies based on this because some of the crazy gaylor theories do make sense if you dive in that rabbit hole😭 but like anything can make sense because that’s the power of lyrics: Anyone can relate! That’s the power of Taylor swift. It’s a subtle flex.

Racheal Aine

So true, herself directed music videos do not hit the same as the others, eg I can see you is just not a good music video

mm41302

I think she’s gonna gear up for an Eras Tour 2.0 after releasing a new album (maybe 2) and the final re-records. I also fear it might be her final tour before taking a long hiatus. But I’m also delusional

Kat

It pains me to say but the main album (except for a few exceptions like Clara bow, loml) just doesn't hit it for me

Kirrily Lewis

LOML is a skip for me but I respect it.

Silvia

there will be 🤞🏼🥰

Ananya

I don’t like ttpd title track. Just no!

kenna🪽

Fearless is her best track 1 and best album opener imo:)

Anna Wiechhusen

While I never would wants to miss lyrics we could get from Taylor - looking at it purely from a songwriting perspective many songs on TTPD are to long and have parts that could be cut.

S T

TTPD standard is a good and cohesive album with topnotch lyricism, storytelling and production. TTPD with Anthology is bad and messy with recycled sounds from folklore and evermore. The Anthology ruins TTPD for me.

Hayden Brice

Cornelia Street is near bottom of lover - there's a horrible lil high pitched beep that happens throughout the song that really ruins it for me

Kristen Batye

Same it's devastating and I'm not in the place in my life to be able to listen to it and relate

Ananya

Sometimes I wonder how a specific lyric is perceived by her muse in the corresponding song. I bet it hits on a different level. 😂

Phoebe 🌷

So true!! I wonder if this is why we also have so many fan made music videos for the Folklore and Evermore albums, we're filling the void

Spencer

There is no such thing as a “skip”, it just depends on what you like as a person and what you’re in the mood for. This can apply to Taylor’s music or any music

Kirrily Lewis

I am kinda over the female moment, there are superior men out there. I need reaction to Role Model & Post Malone please!!!

Kat

I'm more excited for debut tv than rep tv🤭

Fahmeen

Is this pop culture in general? If so, then I completely disagree with the majority public view of the Hailey Bieber -Selena Gomez feud. I think the way they come after Hailey, a post-partum mom, is absolutely disgusting and obsessive. If something happens to her, everyone will wonder what went wrong like they always do

Sara Rose

I don’t think the Eras Tour movie showcases Taylor’s best vocals. There’s parts of the movie where she doesn’t sound her best. And I KNOW she’s a superior vocalist, especially singing live. It’s just always bugged me.

Carissa

Reputation is Taylor’s worst album, I think it’s the best tour wise but it’s lyrically weak

Silvia

I don't really know how to express this idea and English is not my native language but here it goes: I love that taylor is so powerful and dominant in all aspects of her career but having her work circle so closed I feel she lacks a person to help her reflect on certain decisions and make self-criticisms. She does everything (💪🏻✨) but there is no one to help her regulate the content? it's on these occasions that bad decisions happen (fortnight being lead single from ttpd) I'm not saying this is always the case and it's just something I think, if you have similar opinions or if you know more about let me know 💓

Ananya

So true! Miley, Ariana, and many more.

Petra Koláčková

The 3 Travis songs on TTPD (BDILH, The Alchemy, So high school) are some of my least favourite on TTPD and I’m afraid that I won’t like the next Travis-coded album (unless they break up, then it would probably be an amazing album - although I want them to stay together).

Lydia 💕

Taylor did not choose the correct songs to be singles on TTPD

Kristen Batye

This is because everyones perception is their reality, even when the perception is delulu 😬😬😬

Kami

Yeahhhhh it'd have been perfection, and time appropriate. I've settled on it being a personal decision to publish/move on from TTPD thus pushing back the business moves but gosh eras/TVs would have been so satisfying.

moza

“This Love” is my favorite love song from Taylor!! It feels deeper bc it shows how love can leave and return, not just stay perfect. It’s more emotional and honest than “You Are In Love” and “Lover” in my opinion. Also I don’t how to explain this but the production/music matches the feeling, soft and haunting like waves

Fahmeen

Unfortunately, I do think Taylor was at fault with the Olivia Rodrigo situation. And that breaks my heart as a stan of both 😭😭

Ananya

I can’t listen to phoebe bridgers. I swear I’ve tried many times. But I loveeee nothing new.

Jazzyg

This is true! I know whatever it is, it’ll be new and different and I’m sure I will love it. I know that a whole album won’t just be about one subject anyway. To answer another question- I think there may be more to process with the breakdown of her relationship with Joe (and Matty probably). I broke off an 8 year relationship and just because I’m in a new and happy one doesn’t mean all the processing and fathoming is done.

SequinSmile

I don’t think Taylor really excels as a director. While her songwriting is top-tier, her self-directed videos often feel more like fan service or extended metaphors than strong visual storytelling.

Grace

Debut TV will be better received by fans and the public than Rep TV. All of the hype and mistaken clowning for Rep has inflated expectations to an almost impossible level that will be difficult for her to meet. I’m anticipating similar disappointment to 1989 with regard to production for Rep TV and I think expectations are too high for the vaults.

Yuli

As much as i trust taylor and know that whatever she does will be the most genius thing ever that no one else could’ve thought of - it absolutely baffles me that she did not wrap up the re-recordings project while on the eras tour. I feel like it would make the most sense to finish it while literally touring all of those albums as well as the new one and then the post eras tour era is a clean slate.

Emma

(Just heads up this is not a contribution to the unpopular opinions so ignore any potential likes on this) Okay so this is just to clarify for myself, Liking a comment means: I would like to hear the girls discuss and add their perspective to this. Liking a comment DOESN’T mean: I agree with the statement. Okay yeah good, thanks for the clarification myself cause it felt so wrong to like some of them and so opposite to how I usually scroll through comments and choose what to like but now that we’re on the clear with that I think I can go back to scrolling and liking. That was all ✌️ 🤣

kyra andrea

I think Taylors street and event style post Midnights/during Eras has been some of my favorite looks on her ever, I think recently shes had a youthful yet still elegant vibe and is so so flattering on her. Love looks good on her 🥰❤️

Kat

Never grow up x robin was the best eras tour mashup

Yuli

I hope this doesn’t come across as demanding anything i just feel like it makes the most sense to have finished the eras during the eras tour😭

Giel

Taylor ALWAYS writes from her present experiences and therefore needed to do a series of concept albums to hide the fact she was a little h*rny for Matty Healy: lover was about "all kinds of love", folkmore was "fictional", midnights was about waking nights "throughout her life". These concepts were not a lie, but by framing it this way she would be able to write songs about him while not making people questioning the songs

Ananya

I mean it’s an iconic version. It’s the main reason people wanted a 10 minutes version.

Anna Wiechhusen

You can clearly tell if Taylor actively tried to write a song for a specific purpose (me, YNTCD) or if the song organically just wrote itself cause it had to. The latter category is her better songs

Kristen Batye

Or maybe scared of the inevitable ending of the relationship after putting in years of effort and youth, but yeah not physically scared that's a stretch

Aaron D in SF

Folklore and Evermore are actually mostly fictional songs like she told us they were.

Lizzie Page

Lover should’ve gotten the treatment from the public (and the fandom) that Midnights got. There are just as many (if not more) smash hits and devastating songs on that album, and it’s on of her most underrated that is overlooked the most often because it’s sandwiches in between two of her most popular (rep and folklore)

Kami

Do you have more details on this? I missed it but I swear I saw a timeline recently and the lawsuit seemingly happened months before they were last connected 🤔 I've never gotten the full (unbiased) story.

Kiki

I'm not a fan of Taylor's recent 'drop everything on release day' strategy. Getting so many new songs barely a few hours after the main album dropped (mainly TTPD but also Midnights) was simply too overwhelming. Waiting at least a few weeks, or 2-3 months, would be better in my opinion. I need time to get and connect with songs, having 31 all at once made me overlook some absolutele masterpieces further down the tracklist

tbeckett

There will be songs about Travis on TS12 but it’s possible that one of them might be about his career and the sport that he plays. She might write about the fears of being a significant other to a person who plays this dangerous sport. Swifties might have a varying reactions towards it.

Emily

The re-recording process is taking too long. I think the over-saturation of her in the media in 2023/4 is the reason she stopped. No one but Swifties care about them so I don’t see the point of dragging them out

Ananya

I love Taylor’s lyricism and music. I’m gonna eat up anything she releases. But I’d love it if she explores a little more after a couple albums with songwriters (Liz rose, Julia Michaels), and producers.

Racheal Aine

TTPD standard > Anthology My reason is it's better first and foremost and secondly Aaron's production is becoming really stale, all the anthology songs blend in each other, even the songs that stand out on the anthology are the black dog and imgonnagetyouback by Jack that just totally different.

Ananya

I’m worried about Taylor’s 13th album.

Fahmeen

I think Taylor should make more songs like ‘nothing new’ and ‘blank space’ and about how society treats her and women in general. Kinda like what we had initially thought Slut was gonna be. And also would love to see more friendship, girls girl type songs.

Yuli

I genuinely don’t know if i believe we are getting an eras documentary (which confuses me considering all of the cameras that we saw???) but i feel like all of the prime times to announce one have past so im not super convinced. It also would be something completed and she wouldn’t necessarily need to do any press for it so it could just be released and she could still be on “break”

Ananya

I want a live orchestra performance at royal albert hall UK by Taylor. Raye, Dua Lipa, Adele have given iconic performances there, and I’d love to see Taylor there.

Shannon

I wish Taylor would get a new stylist — it’s not even just the design logo looks it’s pretty much all of them. Would also love for her to work with new producers.

ThePerfectJam !

Sometimes I feel like fans expect to much out of Taylor. Like for example, I remember how many people on social media were literally mad at her for doing nothing "special" for the final eras tour show. Feel like some people need to realize that's she only human! Also I would not be mad at her if she released nothing this year and just took a year off, it feels like she's been working nonstop since folklore came out

Yuli

I haven’t listened i can fix him no really i can in full since the album came out and i am surprised it’s even on the main album

kenna🪽

omg you are actually so right about this!! i was at the peak growing up in middle school and high school w red and 1989 and i was in college when rep happened and fell back in love HARD when she started the easter eggs in lover era! i found Bonny and Emily right when folklore came out🤍

Jazzyg

I guess the reason is I don’t love so high school and the alchemy, that’s all I have to go off! Ready to be proven wrong though 👍🏽

Beatriz

Idk what it is about Red for me because I do like a lot of the songs but the whole album overall I think is kinda overrated 🥲🫣

moza

I know “Dancing With Our Hands Tied” gets backlash for its heavy production but I think it’s intentional, the hard beat drop in the chorus mirrors the feeling of dancing in a club, which fits the song’s theme of trying to hold on to love in a chaotic world

Kami

I share the exact same issue with Tolerate it

Racheal Aine

My strategy is the more I disagree with an opinion, the more am intrigued so i immediately like it

Kristen Batye

When Taylor takes a hiatus, I take a hiatus from Taylor (not always her music, but like seeing what she's out and about doing, what the fan conspiracy theories are etc) so I don't crash from clowning and can get hype when she starts making moves again. It's not from lack of love for her it's from wanting to conserve energy.

Katie LaFave

so we all know how much we hate ranking because everything Taylor makes is superior but something just has to go at the bottom… well, like a lot of people debut is my least favorite album, but after that it’s reputation & midnights!! obviously i love both of those albums, but something just has to go near the bottom!!! also, I want to make it clear that I do think midnights deserved to win AOTY!! i’m not a midnights hater! I like every single taylor song

Yuli

If closure was acoustic it would get as much hype as it’s time to go 🧍‍♂️

Racheal Aine

I'm liking this comment because I absolutely disagree with it

Yasmine Ali

thank you aimee is taylor’s worst song. since it’s a kim k song, it got a lot of attention from non-swifties and i feel embarrassed that anyone outside of the fandom has heard it 🫣

Kristen Batye

This is so similar to my story!!

Giel

debut is her best album and Stay Beautiful is the most emotionally mature song in her discography. Also, Taylor should change the lyrics in Stay Beautiful (Taylor's version) to "Travy's eyes are like a jungle..."

JentaSarabia

I'll one up you: Taylor almost never chooses the correct singles 👀

Laura

Not all of ATW10 was written at the time of the original release, I'm convinced she added lyrics later on - "your lovers stay my age" is just too perfect... 🙊

Jordan

Taylor’s vocals are actually pretty strong and emotive. I think all the hate she gets for ‘not being able to sing’ is just misogyny for the most part. She can sing heaps better than MOST male artists

Katie LaFave

this is gonna hurt you Both, but long story short is my second least fav song on evermore!! obviously the lyrics are so superior, but I just don’t love the production!! Plus it’s evermore and every song is superior so something has to go at the bottom

Marisa

I don't want the rock album. And that's pretty funny because Rock is one of my favorite genres. But I tend not to like the way Taylor's rock songs are produced. They just sound like a big wall of sound with no room for any individual instruments to breathe. I'd be terrified of an entire album sounding like that. 🫣

Kami

Certain songs require the country twang and TSTV will be the most affected by it's absence. And I'm a little devo about it.

Katie LaFave

I don’t understand the Gracie hate from people at all!! She is an amazing songwriter and has a great voice!!!

Grace

Swifties too often view Taylor as all-knowing, all-loving, and incapable of harm. When people point out where she strays from these impossible ideals, swifties defend Taylor regardless of rationality. She is a human just like the rest of us. Fair critiques of her jet usage and impact on the environment (even with regard to merch/album variants) shouldn’t be dismissed as invalid or as ‘hating.’ It’s okay to want celebrities to take care of the planet. It’s okay to want celebrities to use their platforms to speak up. Whataboutism’s and deflections of responsibility only serve to infantilize Taylor.

Alana1989xox

Karma remix ft Ice Spice is the SUPREME version!!! Karma is your check about to bounce?!? Karma is a fire in your house and she about to pop up unannounced?!? Feening for that cash, thinking it'll save ya?!? Iconic!! Plus we got an iconic mv with a MAN WALL reference?! AND Ice Spice has been a friend that Taylor has brought to the superbowl twice?! Love that for our girl. But back to the song, I'll never understand why people hate on the remix. Sorry, not sorry! Thanks, love ya chickens 🥰

Racheal Aine

This! People like saying Jack's production is the same but it really isn't, Fresh out the slammer is far different from guilty as sin which is different from the black dog which is also different from imgonnagetyouback, I feel like Aaron is not a diverse producer

Carla

fresh out the slammer outro is one of my favourites on ttpd ... it's perfect and powerful

Willow

Cowboy Carter deserved to win AOTY. Most that said it shouldnt of won didn’t listen to it and didn’t take in the important message it was sending. The rioting fan bases over the Grammys because Taylor and Billie didn’t win anything was unfair. While they both easily deserved awards in my eyes, bullying cowboy Carter and Beyoncé is completely unjustified.

Yuli

cardigan merch only should’ve been for the folklore album IM SORRY (i have multiple eras cardigans but my point stands🤚🏼)

Erica Reynolds

I really hope she is planning to write a “tell all” memoir at the end of her career that reveals who all the songs were about, what things were actually easter eggs, etc for all the swifties to finally have closure one day 😅

Regina

All of the clowning is getting overwhelming and needs to stop. Taylor never intended on us needing to do multiplication to figure out her easter eggs, they’re always obvious.

Kristen Batye

I've always felt like this but then again with rerecording she said she would change something if she thinks it could sound better than the original so I'm sure she had to revise the writing before putting out 10 minutes worth of lyrics

Yuli

MAKES NO SENSE THAT 1989 TV GOT NO MUSIC VIDEOS

Kara Mills

Down bad is very overhyped, bottom of my ranking

Takara

If Bey didn’t win AOTY it def should’ve gone to Charli (this is not me saying Bey shouldn’t have won it was def deserved!)

Johanna

I love Jack and Aaron, but maybe it's time to switch things up as far as producers go for TS12. We all grow when we venture out and experience new things. While I think TS has grown tremendously as a lyricist since the beginning of her career, there is room to push the envelope sonically. Maybe give Benny and Finneas a call?

Athanasia Agora

I HATED reputation when it came out!! I was so disappointed that we waited for so long for new music and then the album dropped and I couldn’t get into it. It took me YEARS to finally find it tolerable 😆 It’s not her best album lyrically , a lot of lyrics don’t make any sense but the production quality is outstanding !!! Sorry don’t you all come for me 🤣

Yuli

I kind of wish taylor showed off her vocals just a bit more in the studio recordings of songs (especially singles!)

Kara Mills

Debut TV needs to be last. If it came next it wouldn’t be appreciated enough because everyone would move on too quick waiting for Rep TV. Having it go Rep TV then Debut TV would let both have their moment

Willow

This is a bit irrelevant to Taylor but I love Selena, but some songs on her new album is definitely somewhat left up to interpretation so that people connect it to the Bieber drama and it gets more attention…

Abby

people need to stop clowning so much for rep tv. we KNOW we will get it one day so there is no need and it often comes across as demanding/entitled/ungrateful bc taylor does so much for us but people are always expecting the next thing.

Tefi Riveros

I feel like this prompt is an excuse for people to be mean and negative I don’t like it🥲

Racheal Aine

If Gracie wasn't who she was (rich kid) and had better vocals like Olivia or Sabrina, people would be saying she is the songwriter of the generation, I think Aaron's production is holding her back.

Christina

Everyone in here will take the time to listen and appreciate them, but they might not be what we expect? Idk!! I feel for Tay after all the Rep clamoring and I loved that this is a safe space that has been patient.

Kat M 💜✨

Olivia Rodrigo shouldn’t be headlining Glasto yet, and Gracie being so high on the lineups for so many festivals this summer worldwide also feels too soon / so surprised there is enough demand there

Kristen Batye

I honestly like a Lana ai version I found more than the original sns 🤷🏼‍♀️

E$

So high school does nothing for me…

Kami

On the flip side to this, I also feel like Taylor is held to an unfair standard that isn't expected of other artist. Especially by swifties. But I largely think that's because she's cultivated such an incredible community that actually do care about these things thus that expectation has been set and applied.

Malika Brown

I’d qualify that by saying I’d be interested to hear her Americana rock/classic rock album (as an evolution of her country stuff), but I don’t think pop rock or metal would work very well for the reasons you mentioned.

Willow

Going to the eras tour several times is completely acceptable. This is coming from someone who went only once because of expenses at the time 🥲

Yuli

lmao i can actually hear Emily’s response to this “no actually Belle that’s just not a thought I’m even going to entertain j caaaant go there thank you!”

JentaSarabia

Taylor surrounds herself with pretty controversial people and it's making me question her character

Marisa

I usually just quietly roll my eyes and move on because I don't like the idea of craping on other people's joy, but I will say it now. I FREAKING HATE ALL THE CLOWNING. Even just scrolling past or mildly skimming half-baked theories makes me so exhausted. I wouldn't care if I never heard a single clown theory ever again.

Nat 🌸🌺

ICDWABH is a skip for me, I don’t like at all the production. Sometimes Jack’s production is a little bit too much for me. I need Max Martin again in some of the new songs or the TVs

Kami

I should clarify that I think the standard set isn't unfair, it's what we should be expecting of everyone but that we solemnly see other artists also being held to that standard along side Taylor.

Kristen Batye

A Julia and Taylor collab would end us all and I'm here for it

charly

i‘m still a matty/the 1975 fan, and he‘s my favorite ex of hers. they were so messy and fun and it was just so believable and everything about it really made sense to me. love travis and their relationship but i miss her and matty (i do see how he‘s a very small man tho)

Jennifer Ortiz

I mean I get why but I still wanted them!!!!

Ben Kearney

The Tortured Poets Department deserved to win a Grammy in some caliber. The fact Kendrick got record and song was baffling to me.

Katie LaFave

this is definitely unpopular!! YOYOK is near the bottom of my midnights ranking!! it’s not in the bottom 5, but it’s close!! I obviously love the lyrics/storytelling & that bridge is absolutely superior but before it builds up to the bridge, I don’t love the production!!

Abby

Do you not agree that it is perfect for the story though?

Yuli

I don’t get why?! She said it was her favourite re recording with her favourite vault songs i just feel like she would’ve wanted more visuals for the album but i guess not!

Tess Rossi

ICDIWABH and WAOLOM are both a little cringe but good sonically

Itcha K

I find it hard to connect with songs like the tortured poets department because the lyrics feel so deeply tied to Taylor's personal story. While I do enjoy hearing about her life and knowing tea, sometimes I wish some of her songs left a bit more room for listeners to relate in their own way. That song specifically frustrates me because the melodies are so offensive.

Ken Mazur

I'm finding it harder to separate my feelings about matty healy to how i feel about TTPD. it's not like i care one whit about joe or any other past boyfriend, especially as it relates to how much i enjoy her other records. but for some reason, matty healy realy rubs me the wrong way, and annoyinly that makes it hard for me to love TTPD like i do her other records. tldr - matty healy makes ttpd a less enjoyable record

Abby

Oh that is an unpopular opinion 😂 Can’t say I agree, but you rock girlie

Racheal Aine

Swifties sometimes carry the *indie record that's cooler than mine* sentiment in real life, I remember when I ranked the albums and I put evermore low and people came for me a lot saying I'm not a true fan just because I don't like the album, also the way they talked about BRAT (btw, I do not like the album personally) but some swfties saying Charlie isn't a good songwriter just because she isn't saying thesaurus words is just rockist behaviour

Nicky

I worry that Taylor being truly happy and content will result in lower quality music. Esp as we now know that the “fictional” songs were mostly autobiographical. Even in the early days with Joe it was riddled with anxiety and conflict, which gave us some great songs. I want Taylor to be happy more than anything but don’t want an album full of so high schools (even though I do really like that song)

Kristen Batye

Okay but can you listen to boygenius at least? 😬

Katie LaFave

I don’t have to relate to a song to like it!! I only relate to like less than 10 Taylor songs because I’ve never been in a relationship!! if i like the way a song sounds that’s all that matters regardless of if I relate to it or not

Izzzy Federgreen

Is this an unpopular opinion given what doctor Taylor swift has said about the making of death by a thousand cuts?

Vanessa

why would you want that for her

Takara

I admit I listen to lps way more often some of those songs versions are just superior!!

Yuli

That’s a fair point! I just feel like it does not add anything new to the story. Maybe if it was the final Matty song on the album i would see its existence as more relevant?

alexander

easter eggs planted by taylor has always been such a fun part of being a swiftie, more specifically connecting the dots and being right! however.... with the swiftie community growing and people now becoming content creators and looking for hit tweets or top engagement possible, i feel like theres a lot of over the top speculating. which, to be clear, isn't harmful in itself but when we start looking for how many times taylor blinked and somehow connecting that to rep tv and then being DISAPPOINTED in taylor when it ultimately means nothing, it can be a bit exhausting. overall i think easter eggs and fan theories are so fun but when we start projecting our disappointment of getting things wrong onto taylor thats when it can take a bad turn and i think taylor herself has possibly felt that and tried to tell people to chill in subtle ways. let me know what you think!

Joy Dukuly

Lover is Taylor’s worst album, I think lover is great album overall but looking at Taylor’s entire discography I think lover is her weakest album to date

Liv

BDILH isn’t about Travis….

Racheal Aine

I will never forgive or forget those *speak up now* swifties, so embarrassing 😭, or the people who were angry at her for Vienna even though it was out of her control

Raneem

If I’m looking at the standard songs alone and anthology songs alone, I actually agree that as a whole, standard version is more cohesive and more listenable top to bottom. However, the anthology does have some of my favorites overall from the whole album? I hope that makes sense 😅

Megan

I don’t think “love affair” in So Long London refers to cheating on anyone’s part. I think it was just a way to call her relationship with Joe that rhymed with “there” for the next line. “Love affair” is just defined as a romantic relationship outside of marriage, and they weren’t married.

Katie LaFave

I totally understand why Taylor didn’t put YOYOK or maroon on the setlist!! she didn’t know what would be the fan favs of the album when she was creating the setlist because midnight hadn’t come out yet!! Plus I think YOYOK is too slow of a song to be apart of the midnights set when there’s already a good amount of slow songs on the setlist with folklore & evermore!

Ale Martinovic

Poets need to find balance with their words. As much as I think Taylor is one of the greatest lyricists, I think she can occasionally overdo it. I absolutely adore BDILH but the first time I heard “sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I’ll never see” that is exactly where my mind went. Simply too much together. It’s almost cacophony (though I know it’s not the true definition). Granted, it doesn’t help that she used the word “see” instead of “hear” which could totally work melodically and actually make sense with a soliloquy which is by definition SPOKEN. That being said, I love Taylor and I could never dream of writing a song 1/10 of the quality of her worse one ☺️

Izzzy Federgreen

Wow I’ve never wanted patreon to have a downvote button like Reddit does, why would you say your opinion so rudely when the intention for these unpopular opinions is to be reacted to by Bonny and Emily? This is just mean and unnecessary. They’ve spoken about wanting to react to music that their audience likes, which is why they focus on Taylor and similar music. They’ve also asked people to be nicer in their patreon community, which you are certainly not being.

Kristen Batye

I feel like they have a wide range of taste in music but the stuff they put out is widely liked and recieved so that's what they keep putting out. The fans want what the fans want and that's how YouTube views work.

Izzzy Federgreen

Omg Tess it took me six million years to figure out what WAOLOM stood for 😂

Lia

Midnights is better than ttpd

Joe.with.a.Jay

'Lover ft. Shawn Mendes' is better than normal 'Lover'. Sorry not sorry tho 🙈

Izzzy Federgreen

👀 oop that is a take but tbh I respect it even if I only agree on occasion

Racheal Aine

It makes sense, it's the way I feel about Evermore 🙈, I can't listen to it in full as an album because sometimes it blends but my favourite Taylor songs are on that album (ivy and tis the damn season)

Izzzy Federgreen

Omg some of the math clowning especially is too much for me 😂

Alana1989xox

Unpopular opinion because not enough people know!! 'Matches' is the best unreleased song! It's petty (love). The fire imagery is perfect with all the other fire symbolism across her discography. The lyrics are chefs kiss: "Ain't it funny, you said honey, you meant sitting duck. I said cheater, liar, truck on fire, loser, leaver, deceiver, just a few I thought of". 🙊 ICONIC!! You can listen to it on SoundCloud - Taylor's 'Matches' rare worktape. Cheers ladies!

Izzzy Federgreen

She just won songwriter of the year lol are you sure

Daniel S.

“Robin” is not only one of the best songs on TTPD, but it’s integral to the themes of the album. Looking back at one’s own innocence through the lens of childhood, it provides a small reprieve from the decidedly “adult” topics of lost love and societal pressure as Taylor wistfully muses on Robin’s simplified perspective: “You have no room in your dreams for regrets (You have no idea).” One of her most beautiful and important songs.

Kami

You should give them a read cause I don't think a single one so far could be framed as mean or even negative. Simply critical and criticism isn't scary 🫶

Izzzy Federgreen

People are being so mean in the comments!!! I legit just saw someone use this as an excuse to put forward an unpopular opinion about the chickens and it’s like woah read the room

Courtney

I’m so grateful for everything we got to see on The Eras Tour but I feel that the Red era songs that were chosen as part of the set list were the ones I actually wanted to hear the least (outside of ATW10) 😭

Izzzy Federgreen

Tbh I always chalked it up to being so busy with tour but I do want them 😭

Jazzyg

Wow well this was unnecessary. Why don’t you just unsubscribe? And find another creator that suits your taste better?

alexander

people foam over the mouth for taylors thesaurus lyrics, which for the most part i agree with... BUT.. there will always be something so magical about conveying such a complicated emotion in the most efficient way possible. a perfect example of this is "so casually cruel in the name of being honest." or "i wish you’d left me wondering" ( honorable mention is "dear reader, you don't have to answer just 'cause they asked you". ) if you examine the actual words in these lyrics its nothing over the top artsy, but the talent taylor swift excels at is painting an entire landscape painting with just a few brush strokes. but very IMPORTANT brush strokes.

Izzzy Federgreen

I appreciate this respect being put on Fresh Out The Slammer! TY for your bravery

Noah Dale

I think she uses see because although soliloquies are spoken you generally see them being performed or read them in scripts like Shakespeare and she’s kinda referring to comments and stuff from haters and stuff

Izzzy Federgreen

Mmm hot take is that people excuse rude behaviour on patreon because they think paying for the chickens content makes them entitled to say whatever they want TO the girlies.

Saskia 🩶🤎🖤🤍

Taylor has not the best taste when it comes to choosing the main album cover 🫢

Rose Ellen

Livestreams got everyone why too entitled about the Eras Tour, especially with surprise songs. Some of us couldn’t even get tickets, it was like a slap in the face every time someone attended a concert and complained!!

Kami

I guess this is more of a prediction. But Taylor won't return to a normal tour schedule. She'll instead take longer breaks between bigger multi album tours.

Izzzy Federgreen

👀 that’s actually such a boiling hot take and I don’t agree but I DO respect it

annie

i absolutely hate the muse discourse and attaching each song to a man/the debates about what song is about what man etc, i actively try to avoid it as much as possible but it's harder and harder in swiftie spaces. not only do i personally think it devalues her work in a lot of ways—because the songs are so much more interesting than who they're attached to! and it limits people from analyzing recurring themes throughout her discography outside of songs that are "about the same thing"!—but I also think people conveniently ignore that TAYLOR HERSELF has said she hates people paternity testing songs. and yet it happens literally all the time. i'd just personally much rather know none of the lore, but sadly it's kind of impossible in this day and age

Kristen Batye

Yeah I think I saw that and commented on that one QUICK bc it wasn't factual

Tefi Riveros

Idk, almost 90% of answers are people being negative about something or someone and I just find it unnecessary to bring attention to it. And already saw some comments talking about her personal life or judging her character, even saying they don’t want her to be happy bc then she won’t write good songs?! I just feel it’s not our place to comment on certain things.

Saskia 🩶🤎🖤🤍

The fandom got too toxic. I bet the moment Rep TV drops they will demand something else again. Most fans can never be satisfied

Laila

Maroon first verse and chorus is in a positive light of the relationship and from the second verse onwards it's positioned as negative.

Izzzy Federgreen

I have nothing to say except Raye’s RAH performance was life changing

Hailey

You can’t be a real swiftie and support Donald trump

Tefi Riveros

Yeah it just gives people a place to say whatever 🥴

Rose Ellen

I actually was the same, although for me it was weeks/months rather than years. It was definitely a grower of an album for me.

Izzzy Federgreen

Loved Ariana releasing her deluxe now and giving us the time to fathom!!!

Kami

Legit just made a comment how no one here was being rude and you definitely ruined it. They've explained this extensively and have been very open about trying other thing that would intrest THEIR viewers. Can't please everyone, and the unplease are welcome to leave.

Rose Ellen

No body no crime is a top tier song. Not just on evermore but in her whole discography! It’s easily top 20 for me!

Banana

Seven overshadows August on Folklore

Izzzy Federgreen

Shoutout to those on patreon commenting things like this because Some of these comments are dreadful, I can have mad respect for a take I disagree with, you live your life Kat

Lucy sloane

Removing songs from the Eras set list (when introducing TTPD set) that she has never performed live before, in favour of songs (from red or 1998 for example) that she has performed countless times, was very annoying. Also not having at least one debut song there makes me struggle to understand how it was actually the full eras tour of her career! X

Nat 🌸🌺

I hate when people listen to a Taylor’s song for the first time and the first thing they say is: “it’s a Matty song or It’s a Joe song or a John et. They focus so much on men that it's disrespectful to Taylor's work. It's diminishing her lyrics.

Tiffany williams

Not an unpopular opinion but would love to hear what YOUR ones are, that haven’t already been shared. Maybe a marketing move of hers that didn’t land etc and just your thoughts that maybe unpopular to the fandom

Josie Bicknelle

I think but daddy I love him is entirely overrated by the fans and I’ve never been in love with it… just because it has that typical soaring chorus and bridge like an old Taylor song doesn’t make it a very good song, I feel like people mainly like it because of nostalgia and I think Taylor mainly made it for that reason because she knew the fans would go nuts for it, it doesn’t really fit with TTPD imo

Kami

No joke, I completely forgot that that was a thing

Lucy sloane

I don’t love the Easter eggs in the music videos! I wish she would leave the videos are fun visuals for the song and not got over board with Easter Eggs

Josie Bicknelle

I think ‘us’ by Gracie and Taylor had everything it needed to be a fan favourite among fans, and if Taylor had a longer section of solo singing on the song then people would love it, it’s an incredible song people just don’t like Gracie enough

Dayle

Agree with this take!

Izzzy Federgreen

As much as I agree that BDILH is most likely not about Travis, I think it’s still a valid interpretation

Izzzy Federgreen

This comment because even though I personally disagree I appreciate your respectful insight 💚

tbeckett

I think that’s the case for everybody in the public eye.

Josie Bicknelle

Haunted is my favourite Taylor song of all time but I honestly think she butchered it in the re recording … I listened to it straight away when speak now tv came out and I was so angry at all of the changes like the echoed vocals and the dulled down violins, she made it way less ‘Dracula’ and although I never listen to the stolen version, I always want to

Dayle

One of her only songs I MUST skip 🫣

Josie Bicknelle

I genuinely prefer all too well five minute version than the ten minute, I think the original was a perfect song for a reason and although the ten minute version is great as its own thing, it doesn’t have the same build and drama that the original structure and production gives

alex

I second this! The production and the lyrics complement each other perfectly and I will never agree that it needs to be acoustic

Katie LaFave

I don’t understand how people hated on the red set, but then loved the 1989 set!! both sets contained the albums singles! It made complete sense for 22, I know you were trouble and we are never ever getting back together to be a part of that set! those singles were huge! is it just the fact that people like the singles from 1989 better? the eras tour had to cater towards the locals!! it was a good balance because the locals don’t know folklore and evermore!!!

megsterg

I don't think Out of The Woods is a very good song 😬 (as far as Taylor Songs go, because obviously they're all superior overall)

Izzzy Federgreen

Alright note this is a take I can really get behind mostly because HS music videos are so good

Athanasia Agora

Thank you Aimee/ mean was my surprise guitar mashup and I cried cause I don’t like neither of the songs 🥲🥲

Jordan Bush

Closure is by far Taylor’s worst song

Kami

True, I hadn't really framed some of those that way and thats not great. But I think some of the things you may be framing as negativity are simple critics about a topic we enjoy discussing. And discussing alternative perspectives is pretty important to creating an ultimately safe and positive space.

alex

I completely agree!

Josie Bicknelle

thankyou 🥲 thought I was going crazy when it was everyone’s immediate favourite

Lilly Wall

I think the comment “she puts drugs in her music” is actually not a fun little thing to say because it kind of takes away from the fact that she’s actually just got so many fans because of her talent, not because she has drugs in her songs. I get it’s just a fun thing to say but I kind of think it disregards her songwriting skills. I also think the lyric in waolom is a hint to that, she’s saying the only way people can accept she’s this good is that she puts narcotics in her songs.

Lilly Wall

Evermore has better songs, but folklore is a better more cohesive album

Mika B

Taylor and her team did not handle Vienna's situation properly. As someone who was there and flew specifically with friends who had been waiting for this for over a year, we expected some kind of response within a day or two of it happening, it felt like total disregard. Obviously I still love her so much, but it felt so out of character.

Josie Bicknelle

I hate the evermore album cover and it changes my view of the album 🥲 folklore is such a gorgeous image and then she gave us what looks like an unedited iPhone picture of a shitty braid with an ugly coat… I understand the concept of looking back into the forest but it could have been done way better

cass

i like debut and fearless better than reputation, lover, and midnights 🫢

Izzzy Federgreen

Are there not 11 albums? I’m confused by this numbering

cass

i agree with this so much!

Steph

I’m sick of the acronyms, I can’t keep up 🤣🤣🤣

annie

also—trust me when I say that I wholeheartedly believe Taylor is the best songwriter alive. she has some of my favorite songs EVER and favorite lyrics ever and most of her songs are lyrically genius and perfect. BUT as much as i love her fully (or mostly) self-written songs....i think that even the best writers need an editor sometimes and I think some of her recent work could benefit from collaborators NOT to write for her or change them but just to sometimes maybe bounce off ideas or different wording here or there. minor things but ones that i think could vastly improve some already superior songs! some of her recent mostly self written songs, while still genius and amazing don't get me wrong, can seem a tiny bit overwritten or like some of the metaphors/turns of phrase get slightly muddled (personally thinking of songs like i hate it here or how did it end, which i ADORE in terms of concept but have tiny lyrical things that leave me like...huh). i just think collaborators can bring out the best in an artist at times, especially when an artist is already as genius as Taylor

cass

i’m way more excited for debut TV than rep TV

Kami

I just love the humour of the end where it just cuts off when she realises she can't. But otherwise yeah I don't stream it much either.

annie

agreed despite evermore still being over folklore for me personally

Sarrah Garcia

1. Gold rush is about Matty Healy and is one of the songs that's "in lowercase inside a vault." tell me you can't see the parallels in the tortured poets department and gold rush. "At dinner parties I call you out on your contrarian shit." to "You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not patty smith.This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we're modern idiots." The song ending by saying "it fades into the gray of my day old tea cause it will never be." Because at the time she wrote it she was still with Joe and never got to actually be with Matty despite thier years of floating in the same orbit and yearning for each other (Chloe et al) (fresh out the slammer). "my mind turns your life into folklore I can't dare to dream about you anymore" connects to essentially the entire teenage love triangle (the "I love you...." speech thing during cardigan on the eras tour, and does anyone else connect "you crashed my party and your rental car" to Betty, "I showed up at your party." "kissing in your car again."), the one, guilty as sin, fresh out the slammer, and labyrinth to name a few. I think Matty inspired a lot of folkmore. Here's an even hotter take that all the 1989 lyrics everyone says are 100 percent about Harry can all factually be about Matty, but that's an essay for another time.

Lilly Wall

Oh same, evermore is one of my top three

Thad

I would Taylor to take the lead in ceasing to release “deluxe” albums that only add 1 or 2 songs to an existing album. I understand the financial aspect of it, but for fans with limited discretionary funds it can really suck when a good song is added to something you purchased earlier. As an old guy, I still remember when Bob Dylan released a “greatest hits” album that had 1 really good song that wasn’t available on any other record. Thankfully, albums were only $1.99 back then - just sayin’

Kami

Wait actually that'd be an incredibly interesting concept of a song

Lilly Wall

I don’t love people saying a song especially on ttpd has to either be about matty or joe, I think a lot, if not most can be about both and I don’t love when people criticise you for your opinions if it’s not the same as theirs. People interpret things different and that’s ok, I just wish people would be more understanding and open to that idea.

tbeckett

Glad I’m not the only one!

Belle Murray

Hahaha I would LOVE to be so wrong about this!

Kami

Intrigued and scared to know what songs on Lover you think reference him. (To my recently educated knowledge, he didn't come back into the picture till just before Covid 🤔)

Josie Bicknelle

I feel like we are underestimating how much we can never predict what Taylor is going to do next. Everyone is just assuming the next album will be the ‘Travis’ album, just like everyone was confident we were going to get the ‘Joe breakup album’ - I just don’t think it’s as simple as that and we may be in for something completely left field For some reason I have this prediction (whether or not it’s the next album) that in conjunction with her feature film she’s writing/directing, that she’ll make a fictional album to go alongside it with songs from the characters perspectives

cass

I think they went out of their comfort zone in the last year way more than ever before. They are quite literally a Taylor Swift centered channel… duh they make Taylor content??? (Thank goodness btw!!!) They have reacted to more artists than they have ever before in 2024, they shouldn’t be forced to react to every little thing or a new genre (btw, ???) if they don’t want to or don’t think they’ll enjoy it. Such an odd passive aggressive comment.

Linnea Steen

I hate that a lot of people assume that I have a bad music taste just because I love Taylor. First of all: Taylor is superior, but they also makes the assumtion that I’m not listening to ANYTHING else or that all the other artists I listen to makes the same music as Taylor. You can dislike Taylor if you want to, but I’m SO sick of the people rolling their eyes as soon as I say that I like her. Her music has done so much for me and I just think that’s disrespectful behaviour.

annie

agree with this take but not necessarily this lyric! i get your point but the alliteration of sanctimoniously and soliloquies and see is sooo satisfying to me

Carla

TY Izzy, us fresh out the slammer stans need to stick together!

Lilly Wall

I hate when the minute you tell someone you like Taylor Swift they form an opinion on you, as if it’s any different to them saying who their favourite artist is!

Marisa

Yeah, I mean, if the album sounded like Cowboy Like Me I would be 100% here for it!

moon and saturn

THISSSS omg!! I thought I was crazy 😭

Kami

Yep same! The ones I'd like to see discussed most for good or bad I'll chuck a like. It's very confusing 😂

Mal

in my mind we still only have 10 albums lol but it would be 9,10,11 sorry !

Leander

Soon You’ll Get Better and Bigger Than the Whole Sky are skips for me because I just simply cannot deal.

Josie Bicknelle

I’ve never been publicly cancelled but you bet your ass I’m screaming look what you made me do as if I have been

Lilly Wall

Yesss and I think also because it’s not what I was expecting

Carla

Valid opinion although I personally disagree, but maybe find someone else's content who you enjoy watching instead? This comment isn't really necessary

Josie Bicknelle

personally I don’t really want to watch an hour long video of the two gals pretending to like rap when I know that’s just categorically not what they’re into. They’re fully grown women, they know what they like and don’t like, and just because I want them to enjoy an artist like doechi or Charli xcx, it’s just never going to happen, and to be honest to see them reacting to the kind of music I know they wouldn’t gel with would be a really uncomfortable watch and a waste of their time

Lilly Wall

Yesssss it’s giving selfish. Like giver her a break

Leander

Dude, that’s their brand and what they enjoy doing 🤷🏻‍♀️

Linnea Steen

I can’t skip songs, and I always listen to music album by album, all the way through, never on shuffle. If I don’t know what album I want to listen to, I go to my liked songs and put some in the queue until I know, and I don’t have any playlists because I can’t listen to music like that.

Mimo

Exile is personally a skip for me, since the beginning is so slow and it takes a while till the song takes off. One of my least favorites on folklore Evermore is the better Collaboration with bon iver!

Anna Miotello

People seem convinced that Taylor planned TTPD years in advance, because she does tend to work on a new album as soon as the previous one is out, and she is known to scheme and plot. However, just because she has these tendencies, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s what happened with TTPD. I am seriously convinced that at the beginning of the tour, when she filmed the karma video, she had no idea TTPD would manifest itself so quickly. If she hadn’t broken up with Matty and gotten together with Travis, she would have probably not finished TTPD and felt the need to close the chapter by releasing it. In my opinion, at the beginning of the tour, she was planning to release reputation and maybe even debut during the Eras Tour but then she changed her plans.

Josie Bicknelle

More of a theory I guess, but I really feel like the perfect way to end the re recording era would be with debut to come last, and the final track to be ‘you’ll always find your way back home’

Leander

Yeah, I scared! 🥲🤣

Tefi Riveros

I mean she has collaborators in most of her songs so she’s probably already doing that. There are just some songs that must feel too personal for her where she wants it to be just her, muddled writing and all. I feel like that’s actually the point of it, it’s raw.

Matthew Gordon

My unpopular opinion is that if TS12 ends up being a love album about Travis it’s gonna be bad… I love the most recent albums: tortured poets department, midnights, evermore and folklore because they are such deeper emotionally fathomable albums! I’m worried it’s going to be similar to Lover, however if it’s a happy love folk album like songs that are sonically similar to her folk songs like invisible string or even a dark synth I can def get on board hahaha! And let me be clear I don’t dislike Lover at all! it’s just not one of my fav albums of hers! Much prefer one that makes me down bad crying in the gym if u know what I mean LOL. Also just want to mention in case Bonnie or Emily somehow ends up reading this “peruse” is my new most used word when I text on my phone keyboard according to this app I have thanks to you guys and I couldn’t be happier knowing that haha 😂😂

hailey

TTPD and rep are my favourite Taylor albums. i cannoottt fathom how the public shits on ttpd, its a masterpiece in my opinion. BUT i think evermore is her best - i just find it has less listen ability as its a bit too sad for everyday listens

Leander

I agree with this but then I also think she built us this way 🤣 and we do a lot of promo for her so. I reckon there’s still a fine line between some fans demanding and being greedy and some just being silly and fun clowns.

Takara

Run is her best Ed collab song evermore the song > exile

hailey

i know this is an unpopular opinion bc i see it all the time but i LOVE dancing with our hands tied and think it has the perfect production😭

Laura carter

The second half of the TTPD album is better than the first and 'peter' should of been the main single and would of made a beautiful music video....much like cardigan

Delia

I think it's kind of disrespectful and unsympathetic that Taylor blasts Joe's psychological issues to the whole world, especially because she was with him such a long time. Some things should stay between two people I think 🤔

Mimo

Happiness and Coney Island are soooo underrated and easily one of the best songs from evermore. Champage problems cannot compare

Jalen O’Grady

epiphany is not the snoozefest track everyone makes it out to be, in fact it’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard, you either get it or you don’t

Kristen Batye

And Ronan too, no doubt. Songs about death or the possibility of it are way too sad for me too.

Jalen O’Grady

tortured poets is too long to listen to in one sitting, it requires a whole slot of time if you can bare it

cass

I loveee Taylor’s hyper specific music that is based off her experiences (but daddy I love him, WAOLOM, TTPD) and I think she knows the fans love it so she likely won’t stray too far away from that. However, I do sometimes yearn for the songs that are more relatable to the listener. There is so much beauty in the simplicity of songs like Forever & Always, Better Man, and Clean (I know, random picks lol). Each being so deeply personal to her while also being a very relatable experience for a large audience. Also don’t get it twisted, I’m not saying allllll of her recent music isn’t like that. I think So High School is such a good example of a recent song of hers that is such a relatable feeling and If this is a glimpse into TS12 I’m very excited! And I will obvs be happy with anything, TTPD is in my top 4 albums of hers <3

Jalen O’Grady

lover (the album) is her least cohesive album, how the fuck she going from London boy to soon you’ll get better to false god? It’s giving chaotic

Jalen O’Grady

Taylor needs to branch out into different production styles. A full rock album would be insane, think Haunted and I know places on crack.

j🪩

all the reputation theories are just pushing the timeline back further for when taylor will release it. i think she wants a real surprise and shocker to how the original announcement felt but in a new way

Mimo

How you get the girl one of taylors worst songs.

Josie Bicknelle

SAME!!! literally puts me to sleep… boy genius is the exact same problem for me.

annie

yeah I get that (and fully respect it don't get me wrong). but would still personally enjoy some work with other collaborators to see what could come out of it especially in this era where she's writing SUCH raw and incredible and vulnerable songs, if there's anyone she feels comfortable enough ofc because if not I fully get it. And I know she has either Jack or Aaron at least on most songs, but I feel like her relationship with those two is so close that they're more all working on the same wavelength as opposed to new collaborators who might look at things with fresh eyes. and that's not to say that i want her to stop working with jack or aaron at all!! just would love to see what would come out of it in this particular point of her career

Kami

Coming from a security girly I promise you they genuinely could not have provided much if anything in the immediate days following like big no no. But saying that they are a formidable team and I do believe they should have and could have offered something (special release, discounted merch etc anything) that could have eased the sting.

cass

I’m a bit bored of Aaron’s production and think he needs to experiment a bit more. I prefer the standard version of TTPD to the anthology for that reason even tho they’re both superior.

Nat 🌸🌺

I feel like there's so much anticipation for Rep TV that many people will be disappointed with the songs and vault tracks. There's a lot of hype and expectation that I think there will be more criticism than praise

Jalen O’Grady

Snow on the beach original is way better than the more Lana version. The production is superior and like Lana said herself, she felt it was an unnecessary addition

Jess

Welcome to New York and I forgot that you existed are SKIPS and I hate that they are album openers they do not set the tone at a high level for me at all… I do understand WTNY as a theme but it’s just BY FAR the worst song on 1989!!!!!

Mimo

I genuinely do not care who taylor dates, whether that is matty, travis or whoever! let the girl live. Im here 100% for her music and her story. The men she dates are just side characters in her life.

Nadily Perandin

The amount of versions released of the same albums on vinyl and other merch is unnecessary and financially unfeasible for many fans (especially international ones). I really don’t love this approach.

Jalen O’Grady

Don’t kill me! Who’s afraid of little old me is such a skip I’m so sorry. I just feel like it’s kind of juvenile. I literally can’t listen to it

Ellie

Maroon has such a deeper meaning than people think. My theory is that it’s not about just one relationship, but multiple. Seeing how Midnights was portrayed as midnights throughout her life, she’s essentially reflecting back and stating that her midnights, aka the hardships she has faced, were darker than people think. That’s the entire message of the album laid out in Maroon…

Josie Bicknelle

same! I feel like everything in the past five years has been such a rush that I would love her to slow down and really take her time to make her next project so that it’s a fully polished thing that’s just as cohesive and magical as something like 1989

angel (plnkblue)

Swifties are honestly a big part of the reason why the wider, non-fan audience still perceives Taylor as an artist who only writes about men and breakups—because swifties seem completely incapable of appreciating and discussing her songs without finding some way to tie them back to the supposed men who inspire them. Every song discussion just comes back to whether or not it’s “about Joe or Matty or Tom or Jake or John,” etc etc. Swifties are the ones who make men the center of her work, and by extension, it feels like swifties care far more about the male muses than they do about the woman who actually wrote the words they’re listening to.

CRB

rep tv and debut tv should be released soon before the hype dies and before ts12 so that she can start this new era afresh

j🪩

i can maybe understand this, but her lyrics + her direction gives you the absolute most clear vision of her music from her mind

Farrell Peka

1: The OG eras tour setlist is the better version of the show 2: The sadness on loml feels forced and doesn’t seem as genuine as my boy only breaks his favourite toys 3: Midnights is one of her best album and it doesn’t get the credit it deserves. The fact that we need TTPD to fathom it makes it more fun to me

cass

I hope sooo badly that if Taylor releases another pure pop centered album that her and Max Martin work together again. I think they worked like magic together in the past but I don’t see it happening for some reason. I think a lot of it is her loyalty to Jack, but I’m not asking for Jack not to be on it cause I love his production. All 3 of them worked on 1989 and it’s a perfect album.

Josie Bicknelle

i agreed with you until i remembered red exists and then I had to question myself

Ramell

Righhhttt!!!!

Clara Ericson

I’m more excited for debut tv than rep tv. The maturity of her voice paired with the nostalgia of the songs will be so special. And Debut is not her worst album!! I just think newer fans don’t get it the way older fans do who’s been there from the start 🤭

Jalen O’Grady

Sometimes I hate being a swiftie because of the bad rep so many of them give us, Especially on twitter. I see so much racism, hate for other artists and just in general other things Taylor would not praise

Lilly Wall

As an international Swiftie I sometimes feel robbed with the merch, especially with the eras tour book and any signed merch

Josie Bicknelle

it’s literally like a drinking game of how many f***ing times can that woman say ‘welcome to new York’ over and over and over again in one song lol

Lucy B

It’s not weird or disrespectful for people to rank Ronan / SYGB / Marjorie in TikTok / YT videos - Taylor put them on her albums which are commercialised and open for critique so people are entitled to rank them wherever they liked. If Taylor thought it was weird then she wouldn’t have put it on her album!

Mika B

I meant like even just a story with a "💔" or "i feel you" or smt like that from taylor, it is not dangerous. And yeah you're right they should have offered something like discount for the vienna fans

Mimo

CSSOM belongs to my top 5 taylor songs, it is sooo good, and explains the lore of taylor from 1989 tilll TTPD. That’s crazyy easily one of her most revealing and personal songs

Stephanie Davis

I think Taylor is taking a year long break and isn’t releasing rep tv or debut tv in 2025 😩

Chloé

I agree with that take so much !! That’s why I personally don’t want to see a folklore/evermore refathoming through a Matty lense or whatever, those albums are some of my favorite Taylor albums BECAUSE they were marketed as being stories from her imagination and therefore gave us a lot of space to interpret the songs in the way we want (Cardigan being about the fans, mirror being a metaphor for fame etc). I personally like to form my own opinion and interpret the songs with how it resonates with me, outside of Taylor’s personal life 🤍

Pippa

I love Jack and Aaron but wish Taylor would work with new producers for her next album 🫣

Lucy B

I have a theory that the whole Matty escapade was just a cover up for TTPD being all about Joe. I believe there was an NDA with Joe as they both knew so much about each other, so Taylor pretended to date Matty so that she could write a whole album about Joe without breaking the NDA (because I bet it included a clause saying she couldn’t shame him in a song!!!!) Joe and her were also on and off which fits the Matty narrative, and Matty doesn’t care about people not liking him

cass

As much as I’d love an Eras Tour documentary, I would 1000% prefer a Taylor’s Version documentary after all the albums are released. I neeeeed to see her thought process picking what to put on the album, how diving back into certain times in her life made her feel, and if diving into past Eras influenced certain sounds in her recent music.

Tina Lang

I agree! Marion is about the experience of love in general

Pippa

The outro of the og is superior!

Pippa

Yes and Eyes Open!

Kami

Sensitive topic, I would love a song about the conflict on whether or not to have kids and the different factors that she has to consider. Similar vibes to King by Florence + The Machine

maya zutra

This is we listen and we don’t judge (very hard version)

Lilly Wall

This is so fascinating

Kirrily Lewis

Awwww that’s sweet. I never thought of that. I think she’s just being truthful and the truth sometimes feels mean. But I don’t think she is being mean. Probably just petty by pointing it all out.

annie

YES thank you—i was already thinking that I unfortunately was gonna prob skip the upcoming evermore re-fathoming (and same with folklore) because I simply have no interest in seeing some of my favorite songs in the world associated with that man, whether or not that may be the case. looking at the lyrical content again in relation to other songs and lyrics before and after, amazing, but "through a Matty lens" or whatever....no thank you for me

Megan W

All the clowning is getting too ridiculous and out of hand that its no longer fun anymore

cass

I’m not a huge fan of her self directed music videos aside from ATW10. I think she did phenomenal on that because there was such a good vision and story to tell that she experienced and stuck with her and the fans for years.

Lilly Wall

The fact that there are people out there who think she is secretly in a relationship with Karlie Kloss is so beyond a joke and wild to me

Mimo

Im curious about your take on this: how do you think the emergence of AI has influenced Taylor‘s writing process? Or do you even think that it had an impact at all?

Lucy B

It makes sense right! Then some of the lyrics were adjusted for Matty to throw people off the Joe scent, like “tattooed golden retriever” or “jokes that he told were far too loud”

Chloé

Omg finally someone who feels the same as me 😳 I was too afraid to say it but So High School does nothing for me either like don’t get me wrong it’s a good song but it’s mid for me especially on an album like TTPD and I really don’t understand the hype around it 🙈 and if I’m being honest I don’t want TS12 to be an album full of So High School

annie

THIS. also the "let's thank X man for giving us this song!" like ?? Taylor wrote it not those men as far as i'm concerned (and tbh that goes for the william bowery songs too)

Mimo

For me, it was always clear that her storytelling songs from folklore and evermore always had a personal core to it and were based on real life feeligs. Like you don’t write songs like that if you have not felt those feelings at least one time in your life.

Lilly Wall

Coney Island is my number 2 on the album, so so good

Pippa

noooooo this is the worst take I've seen!

Lilly Wall

The last time walked so exile could run

Tina Lang

I want a Taylor-written musical before a Taylor-directed movie.

Pippa

not when superman exists!

Kami

I go back and forth on this cause I one hand I fully agree but on the other, his "issues" (don't love that word 🥴) are such a fundamental aspect on why they broke down that it's probably not possible to express her journey without acknowledging them.

angel (plnkblue)

seeing people sharing this opinion in this comment section is making me so happy ❤️ i always feel so isolated in my annoyance of this fandom habit, because you’re so right! her songs have SO MUCH depth and potential for analytical interpretation/personal projection, but so many people refuse to see past the framing device of irl men, and it makes trying to discuss or talk about her music as an art form so difficult sometimes. it also just feels like people want to be “right” about every song? like they need to know exactly who it’s about and where it falls in an arbitrary, projected timeline of events so that they can prove themselves more correct and knowledgable than others, and it’s like! that should not matter!!! multiple, varied interpretations are valid and should be welcomed, not shoved aside and shut down because it doesn’t line up with your personal rationalization of the lives of real people you will never actually know!!! sure, whatever, the “lore” may be fun for some people, but if taylor was really out her intending for her life to be some reality show people could interact with and comment on, she’d just spill it all to a tabloid magazine. she puts her experience into songs for reasons much more nuanced than just giving us tea about random men.

Kristen Batye

I'm liking this because it's so out of the box I thought it was fake but I mean live your truth, Giel

Mike Roach

Fortnight is an overrated song and was the low point of the TTPD set on the Eras Tour.

cass

you’re def not the only one

Samantha

I wish the re-recordings project had wrapped up with the Eras tour. I get that TTPD probably changed the original plans but it feels strange to have not wrapped up the re-recordings chapter on a tour celebrating her entire back catalogue!

Pippa

I always listen to TV but some of the OG recordings are better (holy ground, haunted)

claudia jones

The long pond version is what made me fathom !!!

Mona

I think she was wrong in the whole Olivia Rodrigo thing... Sorry I had to say it

Pippa

liking because you're SO WRONG! sorry, seven is a skip for me

Raneem

Thank you so much for this. I literally commented on the evermore ranking that these are my top two on evermore, so I feel incredibly seen.

Pippa

I heard a theory that Sweet Nothing is written from Joe's perspective and now I can't hear it any other way

Laura

😂

Gianluca

ohh the girlies won't like this comment 😂

Pippa

what a wild take 😂 you do you though!

Lilly Wall

Sometimes it’s truly just too much

Noor Sm

I hate that she doesn't do interviews She doesn't promote her music enough Trusting her fame and influence but as a fan I would enjoy listening to her point of view more💔

angel (plnkblue)

Absolutely. She’s also used “love affair” to refer to a mutual relationship absent of any cheating multiple times in the past—in All Too Well (just between us did the love affair maim you too?) and Sad Beautiful Tragic (what a sad beautiful tragic love affair). She’s using the word “affair” as one would use it to describe a situation, event or circumstance (a la, something like “the brunch was a pleasant affair”) and “love” as an adjective akin to something like tragic, lovely, etc. “Love affair” in all three contexts is simply a means of referring to the situation in the most clinical and distant way she can while still keeping true to the reality of what it is/was; there is no cheating involved in its usage.

Chloé

Same it’s at the very bottom of my album ranking 🙈

Jordan Bush

Babes I’d rather listen to delusion than two trash cans hitting each other

Kami

Strong agree on all of this. People reference her saying she started writing right after midnights and I believe that to be true the concept of the album just shifted heavily by the time the tour was in full swing.

maya zutra

NO idea if this is unpopular but I do think that the whole argument that Taylor has a worst album is so forced, like this woman has no bad album. She has some weak songs but not a bad album. And even then those songs are maybe 6 in total of her entire discography of 274 songs (a perfectly good heart, it’s nice to have a friend for example). And on the same subject saying that debut or lover are her worse albums is literally insane how dare you call yourself a swiftie Every song on debut is a banger (expect a perfectly good heart) and lover without soon you’ll get better and it’s nice to have a friend is a perfect album. And no one can change my mind , Thank you for the space to share

Tina Lang

I’m not a big fan of ATW short film because the cinematography doesn’t tell a story very well but feels just like multiple scenes put together and some scenes are filmed just to fit the lyrics. The fighting scene after dinner completely interrupts the tempo and build-up of the song.

claudia jones

Maybe not an unpopular opinion but I’d love for you to discuss how she will announce the last two re records… will they just be via instagram but also how else could she announce them now the tour is over

angel (plnkblue)

sameeeee lol i have never and will never be in love but i’ll be screaming those love songs in my car for years

annie

yess i'm so happy to see I'm not the only one <3 I just think it's so much more interesting to make connections throughout her whole discography and not limit the discourse around the songs the fandom agrees are about the same man or to what event in her life they can attach a song to....and I also simply do not care about these men and her personal life tbh i want to interpret the songs how I see and/or relate to them!!!!

Pippa

love this take - I hate performing but the lucky one is one of my faves

Tess7

BDILH does not switch to Travis at the end - her singing a few lines of SHS after it on tour, does not make it so 😁

moon and saturn

Recently rewatched couple of performances from rep tour (omg can’t wait for rep tv era and rewatching the tour with yal!!😭) and it made me so reminiscent and nostalgic, that I came to realize that even tho Eras Tour is my favorite tour of all times and certainly absolute favorite concert going experience (European Eras Summer, I miss u 💔), rep tour is my fav TAYLOR tour. Not to be that swifty from back in the day, but the vibes were just DIFFERENT. People being there to genuinely to support taylor and show her the love and her feeling that love after thinking it was over for her. There was no hype, no influencers, it just felt very special. Idk how to explain but the community part of being a swifty™ felt much more present and the tour was just her and us Not to mention the performances themselves when she isn’t bound by an era and doesn’t have to get through this many songs and switch so often in between and like giving some songs, that weren’t singles and hits their one magical moment in the show 😭 P.S. And don’t get me started on affordable tickets were and getting a ticket wasn’t something you literally had to move mountains for and on a side not, just generally speaking it felt like the obsessive predatory capitalism and cash grabs (which btw I agree are not only Taylor’s fault) were some much more egregious and in your face this last tour idk

Laura

Lol you're so unhinged, love it 😂😂

claudia jones

Also I think rep is first and debut last and I keep seeing people saying they have to be realised by august but I just can’t comprehend her rushing the last two albums in the next 4 months … maybe it’s next year for both now or debut this summer and rep next year (new years day maybe lol)

Noor Sm

I miss the old taylor she was more Fun

Anna Miotello

You can enjoy and love a Taylor song and relate to it, AND also recognize that it did not have to come out the vault because it didn't add anything new to her discography.

Pippa

it was for the fans in the end, this is how I feel about red and evermore too

Chloé

I’m a massive Lana fan… and that’s ok I can see how Lana’s music isn’t for everyone 🫶 one thing though, her music is better listened as albums rather than individual songs or playlists. Also Born to Die isn’t that slow, nor is Lust For Life

Giel

dbatc, the archer (about her feeling unsure about choosing joe or matty), paper rings (your friends were high the day we met is very Matty coded, and rings are referred to a lot on ttpd), afterglow (apology letter to matty for choosing joe en telling matty to wait for her), false god, and I think london boy is called London boy so it could apply to both of them

Pippa

I would love Emily and Bonnie's choice of 1989 vault video!

Sara Garrity

I love I Can Fix Him and It’s Nice To Have A Friend and genuinely don’t understand why people don’t (ICFH is my second top song from TTPD after So Long, London)

Bobhog

Truth! It’s a masterpiece.

charlie pomfret

fearless tv has the best vault and speak now has the worst i prefer the line change in better than revenge tv i dont care when rep tv comes out and would actually prefer ts12 before the rerecords closure is top 3 on evermore

Pippa

top two on ttpd (interchangeably)! It's a perfect song!

moon and saturn

this isn’t an unpopular opinion, but I’m just interested if it also took anyone else literally FOREVER to realize that the Midnights Era setlist is literally in the same order as album track list or am I just dumb🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️ (except karma ofc cuz it obviously had to be the closer of the tour)

Jenny

and no one would believe it was fictional bc apparently everything has to tie back to her personal life 😂 but that would be so cool!!

Kristen Batye

I'm liking this not because I agree but because I want to see the girlie's react, this one is very out of the box thinking, I commend you

Pippa

crazy take but I would live to hear it discussed!

Sara Garrity

Also I felt slightly annoyed at the end of the eras tour when people were disappointed (and angry in some cases?) nothing happened. She just finished the biggest tour of all time, re-releasing two whole albums and a new one during??? That’s huge and we should be more grateful??? I’m so excited for Rep TV tho lol

cass

this this this

Giselle

ME! should have been on the setlist of The Eras Tour, full production with lots of things like she did for the Billboard Awards performance with Brendon! That was superior and the “hey kids [name of the city] is fun” would have been so cuteee 💖💖💖

Anna Miotello

100%! I think a lot of the songs she was writing immediately after Midnights ended up being in the Anthology, while the main version has the freshest content. :D

Pippa

I'm fine with my SPITE and my TEARS and my BEERS and my CANDLES!

Kristen Batye

I hope she is honestly. She's been working nonstop, she deserves a break

Samantha

I completely agree with this! I wish she had a true creative partner/team to push her a little. Even just a new stylist (someone like a Law Roach) to elevate the styling choices for the visuals would help so much!

Chloé

Midnights is my least favorite TS album 🙈 production put aside (I don’t like the production at all but it’s my personal taste) I have a hard time with her songwriting on this album bcs I feel like it’s too generic and vague when usually her songwriting is known for being diaristic and confessional. I understand she was herself in a very confusing time in her life but I’ve come to realize that my issue with Midnights is the production as much as the lyrics. And don’t get me wrong there are still a few songs that I really like and are some of my favorite TS songs but as a whole I never listened to this album (I probably have 7 or 8 songs that I would listen to regularly)

Marissa

The Alchemy is/was originally written about Matty Healy 🫢

YunWon

her silence tells me there is definitely a doco about the eras tour and the re-recordings coming in the future

Chloé

It’s ok to criticize Taylor and not like everything she does or puts out and still be a die hard swiftie

Jenny

Even though I'm an evermore & midnights stan, I Knew You Were Trouble is one of her best songs and I will die on this hill

FarahScarlett

Don’t blame me is in my opinion the worst taylor swift song and by far, I hate the lyrics and the music the production, only taylor vocals saved the song even with that it still dose not feel like a taylor song at all. I don’t understand how everyone likes it i tried to gaslight myself that i like it so i could say that i love every taylor song but i just couldn’t its just bad😭😭😭

Kami

I can't speak on the advise given but in my experience zero acknowledgement is rule no.1, response was never an option. But I get that how you feel isn't likely to change because of what may seem like a silly rule. The lack of any support after it could be spoken of will always be a hurt I'll deeply sympathise with and be shocked by though.

Lene Strand

I really don’t like that Taylor captalized KIM in thanK you aIMee. I think the song is so much more impactful without that push to interpret it to be about the Kim-situation. I think more people would hear the message and apply it to their own lives without the capitalization. And maybe even more unpopular … I think the need that the fandom has to pin a song to a guy: «This is a Joe-song, this is a Matty-song» also sometimes kind of undermines how great of a storyteller Taylor is. I also think that people interpret her songs in a too literal way, they think of it as diary entries more than the craft that songwriting is. However, I realize that Taylor herself has encouraged these types of interpretations. I don’t think it always benefits her, though.

Gulce Akpinar

Her fashion sense is so bad when you think about what is at her disposal, the stylists she could work with, compared to other celebs with styles like Zendaya, Bella, Selena. She should find a better stylist. I am not talking about high brands or accessibility. I am talking about style. She or her stylist has the worst taste.

Samantha

I always took it as scared the relationship was going to end at any moment, rather than anything to do with anyone cheating.

Julie K

100% agree! Breakdowns often focus on finding out what event inspired Taylor to write it, instead of how it feels to independent listeners. I saw a reaction to Chloe et al. from Mending Mere, who was in a relationship with someone addicted to drugs. The whole song was so emotional to her and is so much deeper when you let go of forcing it on the Matty storyline.

maya zutra

I wish Taylor would give us one day an acoustic tour with no dancers and no stadiums just a smaller venue and a whole set of songs from all her discography And fans will get a chance for a ticket only if they answer correctly a quiz that can filter the real fans I will die for that Amen

Chloé

Yes I agree with everything you’re saying !! As a Lana fan too I can see the difference between both fandoms when it comes to interpretation. Bcs Lana never talks about what or who her songs are about everyone has different interpretations of each song and it’s so much fun to hear how everyone takes a song and think about a song in a new light sometimes and I feel like the question “who this is about ?” is overshadowing Taylor’s songwriting skills, reducing it to only a gossip column. I think like you said the pb comes also from a level of toxicity and intolerance from some fans

j🪩

i wish taylor would’ve kept the original lyrics to better than revenge for taylor’s version. there’s been worse things said in songs before (not specifically hers) and as much as i try to sing the new lyrics my brain just can’t unlearn something that’s been ingrained in me since i was 9 years old 😭 i understand her making the point of activism but i think we all are aware and can comprehend the culture of the time

Yuli

yESS OMG YOU GET IT!!!! SO ICONIC ONE OF MY FAVOURITE LINES IN EVERMORE

Kami

I'm discovering here that quite a lot don't like director Taylor and I am shocked. A shockingly popular unpopular opinion.

claudia jones

I think I’m more excited for Debut TV … to hear her matured vocals, to see Taylor embody the era… like I’m hoping for curly hair cowboy boots just pure summer country fun energy and I’m so curious to see how it plays out … hoping for Crazier TV, Shania Twain and a music video personally 💚🩵

JentaSarabia

I think it would be cool if Taylor gave a new spin of Debut TV, maybe as a "bonus" to a normal rerecording

Jenny

I get rlly uncomfortable with the Joe bashing when it's things like 'he's so boring' or 'he's never gonna make it big as an actor' or 'he was only relevant because of Taylor'. I actually think it's super disrespectful to him as a person and very fickle of people who thought he was amazing when they were together. It feels different to me than when people talk about John Mayer for example, bc being predatory is very different to just not being the right fit for someone. I'm not a fan of interpreting every previous song about him as being filled with anxiety and doubt therefore concluding that the relationship was doomed from the start - all just gives me a giant ick!

paulina ⭐️

God forbid women to run their businesses how they want and what they like.. they were always very open about being focus on taylor with then addition of few artists and from time to time taking suggestions. they already said they don’t want to sit in front of camera and listen to something they know they won’t like or vibe with because they like positive content. somehow they created this community BECAUSE of that choice 🤷‍♀️

Sarah Sandell

maybe not unpopular but i would give up atw10 and champagne problems to have debut on the setlist🫣

Chloé

It’s ok if you listen to the stolen versions sometimes. I personally became a fan of Taylor in 2020 so I don’t have an emotional attachment to the original versions but I can see how some people who grew up with her still need to listen to those versions and that doesn’t make them a “bad fan” and it’s ok to say you prefer the OG to the TV

Bobhog

Well, I for one subscribe and pay for the Taylor content, so I disagree.

Lia

Literally clara bow??? WAOLOM??? Even how did it end? at some degree. But daddy I love him?????

Alice Hannah

I prefer ATW short version to 10mins!! The instrumentation is better and the lyrics are more punchy. The cuts she made to the 10 min version were necessary I feel!

Samantha

I’ve thought this too! I wondered whether potentially they were just filming the last nights at the eras tour for a ‘Eras tour 2.0 with TTPD’ to be released on Disney+, rather than a full on doc.

Racheal Aine

Champagne problems is overrated, another thing just because a song is popular, it doesn't make it bad or overrated, mostimes it's just too catchy and too good eg Anti-hero and cruel summer

Hollie

The vast majority of her merch is overpriced and boring. There are far better fan made designs out there and she should be listening to these artists.

Eirini

I love a perfectly good heart!

Bobhog

Nooooo </3 its one of my favourites! I wish it was longer.

Eirini

I think August is overrated. Although a superior song, it’s not the best song she’s ever written, not even the best one on folklore, not even close

Teri M

This! I do not want merch with her face all over it. As much as I love Taylor...no thank you. LOL

claudia jones

I think it’s sad that people are now saying they aren’t even bothered by the last two re records because she’s “taken too long to release them”… she deserves a break and the re records are so much more than just us getting new music

Eirini

The Jack Antonoff hate and the dismissal of TTPD are outrageous to me! This album is top 3 for me

Petra Mufti

I’m not sure she’ll ever drop rep tv at this point 😭

Kim

I think The Tortured Poets Department (the song) is a skip. Sorry Emily🫢 The sound is not it, the melodies are off, half the lyrics are silly and for whatever reason I can’t connect to it. God knows I’ve tried but I just don’t.

Bobhog

Rep is one of my most listened to albums, but I do think she held back a lot. I really wish she would’ve gone more cut throat. It feels fear based and portrayed as a ”fuck everybody” come back album but it’s mostly love songs. Conceptually it is a bit confusing.

Joanne Blade

Call me a grandma, but the non-explicit versions of songs often have more creative lyrics…. Definitely with…. Ivy! 🙊

Eloise

EXILE is always a skip for me, i never understood the hype

Kathryn

👏🏼👏🏼

Sean A T

Beautiful Ghosts is one of her best songs 🤷🏻‍♂️ like it really is..

moi_la_desi

Oh, I will add my unpopular opinion here: I think 'The Alchemy' isn't about a man/a relationship at all, but about her career and her fans.

David

The re-recordings on 1989 TV are a mixed bag. Songs like AYHTDWS, I Know Places and Wonderland sound amazing but songs like Style and New Romantics are just not it. I still listen to the original versions for these two songs since they just go so much harder. Still a great re-record though and love the vault tracks.

Bobhog

The alchemy isn’t about travis (and it’s not a love song). I’m dead set on the fact that matty is the one joking ’He jokes that it's heroin but this time with an "E"’ - since he’s been addicted to heroin. If not, that line is too far. (Also don’t know if that is an unpopular opinion since I only get information through your videos)

Rachel McFadyen

A heinous confession from me but I was 16 when LWYMMD dropped and I hated it (and the insta blackout) so much that I just.......did not listen to rep......until literally after covid, like 2021 or something😭 I used you guys rep breakdown video as my literal first introduction to the album and I've been deeply ashamed ever since......0 fathoming was being done when I was 16

Lefty

Taylor needs to move on from working with Jack and Aaron. I strongly feel that she has long since got the best out of both of them and any more would be more of the same

Aleksandra Mazurek

Yees, I would love Max Martin and Shellback to work with Tay again

Ida Just

Lover was a cringey and desperate attempt to hold on to Taylors narrow idea of what kind of pop music she needed to make to stay relevant. And she was lucky the pandemic put a stop to her Lover Era. I can’t get passed the bubblegum overly glossy production, and singles like ‘Me’ and ‘London Boy’ being the songs she chose for singles/which then represented the sonic ‘voice’ of the album to the public. When she referred to Lover in the Miss American documentary as her “last chance to have a big pop moment” it became clear to me how desperate she was to hang on to her fame, and I think the music and the overall branding and campaign suffered from that. Don’t get me wrong the album did have brilliant songs, but I think it’s important even as a big fan to look at her work with a critical and transparent view.

Caitlin Boyle

Taylor won’t release anything now until 2026 …

Chez

Any song with Ed Sheeran would be better without Ed Sheeran. I can’t even suffer through End Game knowing this little ginger white man is about to rap at me about the 4th of July 🥴

Ida Just

Let’s please normalise that even as a big Taylor Swift fan, not every album has to appeal to you. I’m tired of getting called a fake fan because I don’t blindly love every album she does. It’s an unrealistic pressure we’re putting on eachother within the fandom.

Nathalie Richter

Cowboy like me, Coney Island, and it’s time to go are down there with closure as my least favorite songs on evermore 🫣. I just find them really boring. I’M SORRY TO BONNY ESPECIALLY.

Pippa

then please go back to them ❤️

Vilma🧚🏻✨💘💅🏼🫶🏼

I don’t know if it’s unpopular but I CAN’T STAND New Romantics TV🥲 It sounds like a baby that screams🙃 So I only listen to the og version, like I tried but I can’t stand TV

Chez

The electric guitar on OG State of Grace is better than on Taylor’s Version. I would never stream an old version but sometimes I listen to my original red vinyl just for state of Grace 😂 (Taylor’s version still slaps)

Zosia Dabrowski

I hate people simping for exploitative abusive billionaires like Elon Musk etc. and I think most billionaires should get on the guillotine, except Taylor who actually IS an ethical billionaire and major philanthropist. (This one is a very hot take and sure to stir up lots of debate if you're posting on Youtube so beware)

Mika B

I don't think it's a silly role at all, believe me. But the fact that there was no compensation like a discounted march or even a story dedicated to fans from Vienna (instead of the mention in the London post) is very strange

Fede

YES! I think I commented this on one of the YouTube videos - listening to "gold rush" after TTPD was like 🤯 I can't wait for the folklore and evermore refathoming videos!!!

L

Chez

I will not stand for any 1989TV slander. The sounds don’t sound worse… they sound MORE 80s and MORE synth. I have said from the start that with these Taylor’s versions she’s doing what she wished she had done from the start. Red is more country in places and more rock in others, it sounds less confused. Speak Now leans even heavier into the pop punk/rock sound of the time. 1989 leaned even further into the 80s synth sound, the songs that were just a pop song on the album are now an 80s synth pop song. I will ride to the death for Style TV and New Romantics TV

Monica

Exactly!!

Chloé

As much as I love Taylor’s work with Jack and Aaron I think she needs to start branching out a bit. And by that I don’t mean completely cutting them off but just adding new producers into the mix to have a fresh perspective. Similarly to some comments I’ve seen, I think Taylor needs to have new opinions instead of just working in a vacuum. I would also like to see her work with other songwriters (bcs Jack and Aaron are producers first and foremost) that would help her edit some songs and just grow and improve even more as a songwriter. It’s when you work with different people and get out of your comfort zone that you learn the most imo 🤍

moon and saturn

no song from TTPD was worth cutting out Long Live from the setlist 🫣 like especially for her first real European tour where fans that have waited literal decades to see her live and to be able to sing “I’ve had the time of my life fighting dragons with you” with her and other fans in the crowd, to whom this song means just as much, on a tour celebrating her journey that did in fact long live through our deep love for her music

Nathalie Richter

Oh also I think including so many songs on red tv was not the move. It makes an amazing refined initial album into a bloated glob of too many songs that makes listening to the whole thing all the way through too daunting for me to ever do. (I would’ve cut Ronan, forever winter, run at LEAST)

Chez

Well… it IS an unpopular opinion so you’ve definitely understood the task 🫠

Chez

Heavy on put bye bye baby… girlie take her back

Monica

Agree

Chloé

Yes !! Then people focus more on the gossip aspect of the songs rather than on the songwriting and storytelling. It’s frustrating bcs it confined the interpretation and you don’t feel allow to have a different interpretation than what the fandom has decided. Music is art and should be interpreted on its own, without the “lore”, and the listener should be allowed to take whatever they want to take from it !

claudia jones

I don’t know how to explain it but I think after hearing the manuscript and the ending of the eras tour I think there will be a clear difference between the music pre TTPD and post I think it feels like her saying the story isn’t hers anymore we are almost starting a new story or book with all her new music … I think all the red easter eggs for TS12 (maybe) proves this she’s not afraid to reuse the colour red… whoever you never now with miss swift !!

em ⊹˚. ♡

Unpopular opinion: I don’t think the Red TV recordings are good enough. She goes off key on ‘splashed on the news front page’ in the lucky one, the harmonies in everything has changed are SO off and there’s a weird glitch in the original all too well. For someone SO detail orientated I found this strange!

Chloé

Speaking of Chloe et al, bcs people are too focused on “who it’s about”, fans have actually missed the fact that all 4 names mentioned in the title are wine’s names and therefore this song could be interpreted through the lense of an alcohol/addiction metaphor

Nathalie Richter

I think Taylor does plan things far out and considers Easter eggs, etc. sometimes but I do think she plays up the “mastermind” of it all and all the things we credit as Easter eggs are not necessarily things she ever really planned on or though about

Simmy Pro

Maybe unpopular but she should close the chapter on the re-recordings and release them sooner rather than later… we can move into this next era of life which feels so powerful for her I’d love for her to step into it fully without those still lingering…

em ⊹˚. ♡

I honestly did not understand some of the fashion choices during the lover era, and I think Taylor should have switched up her stylist years ago!

Lucie S

People treat Taylor in a way they would hate to be treated, forgetting she is human : critisizing her without gentleness, demanding more, following her during private outings... that is one of the thing that I love about you guys : you share your opinions and excitment, you discuss, but you're always respectful and loving towards Taylor 🤍 I think being a famous artists should not come with all this pressure and being considered bulletproof !

Abby

yes i agree, i think clowning to an extent is fine and fun and of course we can be excited! but some people take it too far and put so much pressure on her and get disappointed when it doesn’t come

tomkov

I really don't like people saying these times, "Please, Taylor, do something; I'm bored." BORED. How can you be bored with 11 albums and multiple re-recordings, with her latest album being released ONLY a year ago? I find it disrespectful. Part of her fandom just makes me sick.

Tal

I think it's an unpopular opinion because most of the fandom loves Jack, but i'm tired of their work together. i'm aware it's not just Jack decidingwhat to do on a track. Taylor is the one deciding what she wants at the end of the day. . i'm just tired of his bleep bloop, mid tempo that goes no-where. there are bleep bloop songs I LOVE like reputation but Midnights as a whole I can't stand it. Midnight as an album is my least favorite album along with Lover. the 3am edition is what saves it for me. I want Taylor to work with new producers who will challenge her. I feel like Taylor and Jack are working on an auto-pilot because they work together for so many years. Jack can do 3-5 songs an album. but not an entire album like Midnights. enough of him. I know Taylor said they will work together till 2089. I just don't want a whole Jack album. I want Taylor to go back to live instruments too. ah. I LOVE guitars on a track. live drums. bass!! maybe because I was born in 1989 I grew up with older brothers so I LOVE Alanis Morissette, Nirvana but also Kelly Clarkson and Avril Llavigne. i just love the storytelling of Taylor with live instruments.

Lucie S

TTPD is my favorite album : her writing, the emotion in her voice, the very varied types of production that give me everything I need... I like all the songs and I am completely in love with most of them 🤍 I don't understand why so many people think it's not as good as her previous projects !

Karis Gorst

i don’t think taylor is releasing rep tv (or even debut tv) this year. ts12 is gonna come out this year

Emma Harley

dk if it’s unpopular but i prefer her street style pre nfl compared to what she’s wearing now it seemed more relatable compared to now when she’s just flashing all these designer clothing labels in out faces

Dorka

People need to stop talking about Travis. I couldn't care less about him. Some swifties idolise him as if he is your bf. It is cringe.

Isaac

Very unpopular, but I just can't be bothered clowning and easter egg hunting for Rep & Debut TV anymore. Will i lose my mind when they're announced? Of course! But i can't devote more time to hunting for little clues that she may or may not be leaving about their release. I swear 99% of the time the clues are only what fans see anyway.

Anna

The red vault is better than the original album

Amanda Laura

Sparks Fly should have been the opening track and lead single on Speak Now and not Mine. I like Mine but it lacks that wow factor for me.

Anna

You just haven't fathomed CLM yet, it'll happen one day 🫶

Lou

Oh wow everything is Taylor Swift related here

Gemma Lakin

everyone in the fandom seems to be obsessed with champagne problems but imo it's overrated

lauren

I kinda believe the theory that Rep TV was supposed to be announced in London but was postponed because of what happened in Vienna

Lou

My unpopular opinion is that I still have a crush on Joe Alwyn. 💙

Sofia F

debut tv being released in 2026, 20 years after it's release would just be perfect

Jess

TS12 won’t be a love album all about Travis - there may be elements, but she never does what we expect

Lara

Dear John is my least favourite Taylor song

Kiara Pugliese

Taylor’s Versions of songs are way better than the originals and “fans” who still listen to the SV majority of the times are lowkey fake and unsupportive because i’d rather give money to Taylor streaming than the men who put her through hell when it came to her work

Jessikah

Speak Now has the vault and 1989 did not live up to our super high expectations (understandably)

Brooke

WOAH

Lara

folklore and evermore are top 3 albums but their sets didn't do much for me (in comparison to the others). i thought they'd be my favourite when i watched the streams but seeing them live felt very different

Jessikah

She’s never releasing Need 😭

Brooke

the reason taylor wore red to the grammys is bc she wore a midnights outfit to the red tv grammys, a TTPD outfit to the midnights grammys, so now she’s ending the cycle by wearing red to the TTPD grammys. maybe no new album until the end of the year

Brooke

i think that the reason max martin didn’t return for the re-records is bc there might be a contract issue with big machine?? shellback is confusing me lol

Alberto

I think Taylor definitely should have released at least one more music video for TTPD. And I’m not saying that because I wanted to find easter eggs in it or because I think 31 songs isn’t enough (TTPD is i literally my favorite album), but because thinking back on albums like 1989, Fearless, Red, etc., the music videos elevate my understanding of Taylor’s vision for an album SO much, and it helps building a new “world”.

Rosanne

Yes i like this theory

Dorka

People need to stop the morality championship over the rerecordings. There are many personal reasons why someone would prefer the older version of some songs and they are not morally bad or not a swiftie for listening to the "stolen" version. (I hate that phrase). You get attached to certain sounds and not all her rerecordings are exactly the same, and it's ok to hold onto some of your old favourites.

Brooke

the only reason fortnight was the single from TTPD was bc of post malone. i think but daddy i love him or my boy only breaks his favorite toys would’ve made a bigger impact

Haya

Olivia Rodrigo is not good

Haya

She should’ve added fan favorites to the eras tour setlists; dbatc, getaway car, Yoyok etc etc

Hannah

I’d pin this as a popular opinion and that listening to the original/stolen versions if you want to is an unpopular opinion. I also think Taylor is fine with fans living her originals but very proud and happy about us support in listening to the TVs

Cara Elyse

I enjoyed the reputation concert more than the eras tour 🙈. Absolutely the same level of energy could not be sustained over 3++ hours, but also in terms of production I felt it was stronger.

Laura

Rep is my favourite album but I’m completely over all the Easter egg hunting and predictions for Rep TV. We’ll get it when we get it.

Ruth Van Malderen

I wish/think it would’ve been better if Taylor had released The Anthology a few days, or even a couple of weeks, after the main album instead of just two hours later. Don’t get me wrong, I love that we got 31 songs in total, but I was still taking in the main album when suddenly 15 more songs dropped. If The Anthology had come out a bit later—say, 2 days or 2 weeks (if we’re sticking with the 2’s :) )—it could’ve felt like a proper bonus just when we’d started to miss the excitement of release day. I think it would’ve given us more space to fully appreciate the first part, and then dive into the new songs with full attention.

Hannah

I understand the drive to want to understand the backstory of Taylor’s and any artists work to relate to it better, and Taylor has built her fandom and brand so strong from that type of storytelling. My unpopular opinion is that especially Swifties go to hard into deciphering “facts” in Taylor’s art and it destroys the point of art and that Taylor and other artists much more want us to relate the songs to our own lives. I think the majority of Tays work is takes in inspiration from many different feelings, situations and experiences even when telling stories that seem super specific.

Laura

If she announces it on her birthday and it comes out in 2026 that would be chefs kiss

marysia

Foolish one is the best song on speak now and potentially best vault track other than all too well 10

Laura

In Miss Americana Taylor talked about the pressure for female artists to reinvent themselves. I feel that the Jack Antonoff criticism that happens every album is another example of this pressure. If she’s comfortable working with him then I don’t care if they’re still working together in their sixties

Hannah

I know it has indisputable success but I still cant believe artists like Max Martin and Taylor Swift put out a song like Bad Blood no matter the marketability. It’s beneath their standard 🫣 Please don’t kill me

Iván (Taylor’s version) ❤️‍🔥

The Speak Now set list should have been completely different. I’d rather have Sparks Fly, Haunted, Better than Revenge, Mine or Mean ( maybe Speak Now or Dear John) than Enchanted or Long Live. I think that Enchanted is a beautiful song and the gowns made it impossible for her to sing such rocky tracks but I would let go of the gowns and put those superior songs on the set list.

Laura

I 100% agree with My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys being the lead single… or at least first in the track list. Imagine if the first thing we heard on the album was ‘oh here we go again’. Would’ve been iconic.

Hannah

Yes. If he’s so boring, please stop talking about him and watching every interview he’s in. I never say this but leave the man alone 😅

Alexie

Bye bye Robin 👁️👄👁️

Lia

Not sure if this is my unique opinion but are there any songs or lines that are too personal about others? I know her relationships are her experiences too and she has every right to write about them but I'm sometimes surprised at what she puts in songs, knowing that her worldwide audience usually knows who they are about (talking more about Joe's mental health here but maybe a few other people/lines I can't recall rn). I still deeply love all of her music but never hear anyone discuss this so curious on others thoughts!

Hannah

100% but I also kinda love that about her. Like how is it possible you dress this badly? Must love her commitment to doing whatever tf she wants 😌

Scarlet Woodland

I think she's paced/is pacing her rerecords perfectly.

Dominique Smaldino

i have loved stay stay stay since the moment it came out and it is still pretty high up in my ranking of all taylor songs 🫣

peachysxnrise

mbobhft should have been the ttpd opener (and lead single). it's way catchier than fortnight in that it has a better hook, it's easier to understand so people can connect w it more easily, and imagine waking up at 4am (in my case lol) and pressing play on the album, and the first thing you hear is "oh, hear we go again". HALLO that would have been DEEPLY concerning and sooo thematically accurate. don't get me wrong I love fortnight, but it doesn't stand out to me as appropriate for *that* purpuse

Hannah

Oh this is rouge

peachysxnrise

combining the folkmore set was the most devastating thing. in particular, cutting tolerate it. I truly believe tolerate it got the cut because of prop space, to make space for the fortnight bed. I'm sorry but I'd take tolerate it over fortnight anyday. when swift alert did a poll comparing every eras performance, tolerate it was in the semifinal round, whereas fortnight went out really early. (similar story w speak now). that was a crazy cut I was absolutely devastated abt it cos tolerate it is so special to me and the performance is so important. Scott was right 😭🙏🏻 but yeah combining folkmore was despicable behaviour

Scarlet Woodland

See I kind of like that because it's so real

peachysxnrise

the fearless and red vaults (except a select few like nothing new, atw10, ibytam) all blend into one for me. might be bc I became a swiftie between red TV and midnights but for some reason they're all the same to me 💀

peachysxnrise

I'm more excited for debut TV than rep TV

peachysxnrise

not sure if I personally agree w this but one of the blogs I follow on Tumblr who is usually right about things is CONVINCED ts12 is coming out this summer, fall at the latest (northern hemisphere terms) and that is so interesting to me

peachysxnrise

enchanted is not a good song. (sorry). nothing about it makes me want to listen to it 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don't get why people think it's a beautiful love song

Momin Masood

Love era is my least favourite era, mostly because it felt like she was trying a little too hard. Even in interviews it seems like every sentence was a bit too curated and planned. Not in a "calculating" or "manipulative" way. Just felt like she was thinking a bit too much about every move. Didn't feel as natural and organic.

Jed C

A perfectly good heart is one of the best songs on debut

peachysxnrise

I'm sorry but if u wanna listen to a stolen version track, buy the cd second hand. I'm SURE it can't be that hard.

Fahmeen

Nothingggg beats the 1989 and Red music videos for me

peachysxnrise

I can totally see why you would say this but I personally would counter that by saying its a joke about performance enhancing drugs. also based on travis' "bad boy" past, it would be totally believable to me that he has been into drugs in the past and cut them out to get into shape for his job and said/implied something like this to her

peachysxnrise

absolutely! her choice to sell the rights to making merch to that company was a big mistake. tbh this could be said about merch in general, I find it so hard to buy merch from any of the creators and artists I like bc it's almost always tacky.

Fahmeen

There’s a few tiktoks explaining it I think. I couldn’t possibly break it down in a comment. But for me, it ultimately comes down to this: Deja Vu sounds absolutely nothing like Cruel Summer. Let’s say Taylor and her team didn’t even ask for credit, if Olivia’s team offered her writing credits, Taylor should have refused. With the power dynamic and the clear difference in experience, she didn’t need to do that. She took writing credits she didn’t earn on a debut album of a girl that worshipped her. I can’t imagine how devastating that was for Olivia and that’s clearly reflected (imo) in The Grudge

Louisa Nordström

I absolutely love the song Robin and it breaks my heart to see how low people rate it.

peachysxnrise

I have a feeling that given an eras doc STILL hasn't been announced, if we do get a doc it'll be about the rerecords, and potentially talk abt the tour as part of the rerecording journey

peachysxnrise

this is a BIZARRE take I love how insane it is lol

Fahmeen

It was intended to be an unpopular opinion so I guess I invited this in lol. Clara bow and WAOLOM for sure. How did it end and but daddy I love him are still relationship focused, so imo they do not count. I want her to step out of that a little more. Not that I don’t enjoy that topic but I’d like her to explore a little bit outside of romantic relationships. And like I said definitely more friend related songs

Lucie S

This !! I love Stay Stay Stay so much it just makes me so happy everytime I listen to it haha it's quite high in my red ranking, above All Too Well 🫣

peachysxnrise

YES bc tell me why Americans have an abundance of eras books sitting on shelves in targets when the UK store sold out in 3 minutes ;-;

Lilly Wall

Same in Aus, so so sad

Scarlet Woodland

I fear you are correct. Have a tiny speck of hope in the rep vaults with different production but, yeah 😥

peachysxnrise

the general public still hates on Taylor, and by extension, swifties, FAR more than would be acceptable for any other artist, and that is a hangover from her being a lightening rod for slutshaming 10 years ago. she's just a scapegoat people use to express their bigoted opinions bc if it's Taylor Swift they won't be called out for it. the only people who will call it out is swifties and they don't take us seriously. Taylor & swifties are a huge example of how big a problem casual misogyny and even femicide actually are, and yet no one takes it seriously bc EVERYONE is buying into it.

peachysxnrise

not sure if this is unpopular or just kinda non-existent but the Alcott is 100% about Matty and it ties incredibly into labyrinth. obviously she didn't write it (just added some backing vocals etc) but she stated somewhere that when she heard it she deeply related it to something in her personal life. to her, the Alcott (the place) represents writing w Matty for midnights era. this realisation made me abt to fathom half the songs off ttpd that I didn't get.

Wahab

I’m sorry, but I don’t think Taylor Swift deserved to win album of the year for fearless and midnight if you wanna keep her four wins for album of the year I would replace them with reputation and evermore

peachysxnrise

personally I am an Aaron stan and I really prefer the midnights 3am tracks and the anthology over the original albums. don't get me wrong, I will always bow down to father jack he is a superior producer, Aaron is just more my style.

Jenna

False God is one of taylors worst songs

peachysxnrise

i personally would say it's the way swifties go on about it, make a big deal about it, reduce him to only that, that is the problem, and Taylor didn't actually write an unreasonable amount about it 🤷🏻‍♀️

peachysxnrise

yeah I agree. when she says she's been working on it for 2 years that doesn't mean she's had the concept for 2 years just that it's been 2 years since midnights came out and she doesn't stop writing bc she writes to process, not just bc it's her job, and she selected songs from throughout those 2 years to put on the album once she had settled on a concept

Bonnie Weber

You have just blown my mind in the best way!

peachysxnrise

omg girl you just insulted my entire phone iPad and laptop backgrounds LMAO 😭

Bobhog

I would probably agree with you if it was any other drug, but since heroin is a depressant I can’t really connect the performance argument. I would think it’s either a comment on something being euphoric or highly addictive. Using party drugs or performance enhancing drugs is more socially acceptable than heroin and since matty is known to have had issues with heroin, I personally think it’s a weird line to use if travis is making the joke. I don’t know about Travis’s past and if he’s also been using it, if he has, then go forth with the lyric, but since it’s something that’s known about matty (and this record is mostly about matty) it feels weird to me if it’s used in any other context. Interesting perspective though! It made me think about a bit more.

Jennifer Sweeney

I know midnights got album of the year, so it did get some credit, but midnights is superior and why is no one aware of this. I prefer midnights to TTPD.

Caroline Britz

I’ve always thought Better than Revenge was a super overrated song. I’m actually glad she changed the lyrics, but in some way, it made it worse for me haha, sorry! 🫢😅

daisy

the first half of TTPD is better than the anthology

K

I am saying this with all the possible respect and the knowledge that they are musical geniuses, BUT: Taylor’s producers should stop using so much computer equipment and start bringing in more people who play the actual instruments other than themselves and Taylor. Taylor needs a drummer for her albums, for instance, I know it was during covid but what is with the drum machine on folkore, it throws me off so much especially in the one

Dillon Hayes-Pelletier

Is it over now is my least favorite 1989 song. It has grown on me and now I like it but still my least fav off 1989

Kendall

The black dog should have been the lead single from TTPD 🙈🤓

peachysxnrise

agree!! it was my top songs of all time for a longggg time!

daisy

the speak now vault tracks are her best vault tracks (other than ATW10, foolish one and timeless are the best vault tracks)

Bobhog

Interesting philosophical question perhaps…if it’s actually possible to be an ethical billionaire?

Elli

I prefer All To Well (original version) over All Too Well (10) 🫣

💯

I think she could of cut more from the pre-Lover album sets for Part 2 of the Era Tour to add in TTPD and changed something in the Midnights set to bolster it. Midnights is still my fav album 💙

💯

Midnights stans rise!!

Bobhog

The 1989 vaults were not it. I have yet to fathom. Slut!, the lyrics are weird. Say don’t go, the chorus isn’t big enough. Suburban legends is cringe. Generally production and lyrics are just not doing it for me. Happy for the midnights sounds, but I really wish max produced them and that she’d rewritten parts.

💯

Respect, love and hate you as a Midnights stan :)

daisy

i heart? is one of the best songs she made when she was younger (i’m praying for it to be re-recorded for debut)

💯

Justice for evermore!!

💯

That is genuis!

maya zutra

This is a very brave comment

Clare Treanor

The production on Taylor versions don’t sound as good as the originals to me 😬 it’s maybe just a nostalgia thing and tbf I still choose to listen to TV 😂😅

matty67106

Idk where the community stands but I do not understand why So It Goes basically doesn't exist to Taylor/the fans. Like, it wasn't played on Rep Tour or the Eras Tour and it is a superior song. Is there a reason I have missed???

💯

Agree. My Boy slams into my soul every time

Sam

Peter is overrated 🫣 I think the bridge is good, but the melody of the chorus is grating to me.

Brooke Noelle

These popular songs are actually skips: Love Story Back to December Enchanted King of My Heart (one of her worst songs ever) Call it What You Want The Archer Daylight Betty Long Story Short The Great War Hits Different The Tortured Poets Dept But Daddy I Love Him Who’s Afraid? 🫣

Ken Lamoreaux

She never actually dated Matty Healy. It was all theatrics for TTPD and a red herring. The album is actually all about her complicated relationship with her fans and she uses Matty as metaphor of sorts.

Katie

It’s nice to have a friend is such a darling song on lover. The production is perfect and it is such a sweet concept

rachel long

Delicate is at the bottom of my reputation ranking but the live version is really good!

Wahab

I really like midnight but I think the nominees for that year deserve it more like guts , sos , did you know there’s a tunnel under the Ocean Boulevard

Shanna

I was about to post the same! My UO is that people who disregard Robin haven't fathomed the depth of this song in themselves and think too literal or too hard about the lyrics to be able to connect with it. TTPD is a healing album and embracing your innocence, your inner child is such an essential part. Robin has my heart ❤️

Amanda H

emails I can’t send is a stronger album than Short n’ Sweet

Jordan 🌻

I have yet to fathom cardigan 😩 it doesn’t scratch the itch in my brain the way the rest of folklore does

Verush

She should have given the eras who never had their own tour more songs/time on the eras tour 💔 the divide between the eras was very strange imo

Cathrine Ahm

They need to see this bc that’s definately an unpopular opinion 🫣😆

maya zutra

Ok last one and please don’t come for me But I struggle with album announcements on award shows i think it’s disrespectful for other artists in the room -to win an award and also promote new music. I think Taylor is so big that it’s not like she needs the platform of a big award show to do it and in general it just doesn’t sit right with me. Winning midnights was such a milestone and then announcing TTPD felt like a distraction from what just happened

Joelle

Red is my least favorite album

naz

I'm so sick of people constantly looking for easter eggs in every little thing she does, every week I see a new "theory" of when rep tv is going to be released and I'm honestly tired at this point. Trust me, she's not sitting there doing advanced math just so she can hint at an album release date. There are literal people out there, coming up with a new theory every time the last one turns out to be wrong and every time, it gets more unhinged. Some are more confusing than my calculus class. Yes, she's told us before that she likes to plant them in her outfits but that does not mean that she's thinking about that every time she goes out. Maybe she wore a bag with snake print just because she liked how it looked or maybe she wore black that night because she simply felt like it. I think people turned this into a competition of who can come up with the best theory and it's starting to take the fun out of it.

Feride Eron

Lover is her worst/weakest album and it's just a fact and we need to accept it lol

Ana Paula

I don't think it's "cringe" or boring to talk about Travis, at all. I've never been interested in Taylor's relationships because I've never found anyone interesting enough to TRY to keep up with. But, Travis has his own things going on, a steady career, several jobs outside of football - besides helping with several causes, his podcast and so on. I think, yes, most people only got to know him because of Taylor but it's totally normal to like him too. He’s a interesting person.

Ana Paula

I just can't stand Better Than Revenge. Sorry. 🫣

alex

This hurts my heart, body and soul (false god is in my top 5 favorite TS songs)

Ana Paula

I'd rather Debut TV come out before Rep TV, and that said, I'd like to have TS12 before both re-recordings.

ShaunaJ

Agreed. I find leaning into more explicit language can weigh lyrics down creatively. I prefer the non-explicit versions and I am grateful that TS gives them to us. I have been disappointed with the increase in her explicit songs over the last few albums.

Amanda Christon

I like several Lana Del Ray songs, but overall I think she’s overrated and don’t understand her appeal 🫣

Ariel

I love the songs on TTPD and am not complaining that we got so many. But I think the album is too chaotic to be a cohesive album. I guess it does represent the chaos of her actual experience. But when listening to albums as art, I really appreciate some cohesion in sound and vibe, like Folklore and Reputation have, for example. I would have picked 15 songs for TTPD and then released more songs separately that don't fit.

Honey

Taylor’s songwriting skills (particularly with Folklore on onwards) created a big surge in customer demand for singers to be writing their own music including myself. Artists I used to listen to years ago I now no longer resonate with/ connect with on the basis that they don’t write their own music but instead have credits along with ten other people typically. Even if all of Taylor’s songs aren’t autobiographical (which I don’t need them to be for me to be able to resonate with them), the fact that she has written them creates a level of authenticity behind them and showcases her mastery with the English language and songwriting, which makes me appreciate her and her music more than others that don’t do that.

Roxanne Metivier

Unsure it’s unpopular but here is my two cents, sorry if it’s a bit long. I don’t think it’s fair to go on a witch hunt against people who still prefer the original (yes, stolen) versions of some songs and want to listen to them (let’s be real, it’s 2025, everyone uses Spotify/ Apple, and not many people can still easily play their old cds, but that’s beside the point). A lot of us grew up with these songs—they hit differently. And while some of the re-recordings are spot on (Out of the Woods and I Know Places, I see you), others just don’t sound the same (Girl at Home, 22, the beginning of Style, anyone see my point?). You won’t convince me otherwise. To be clear, I’m 100% for streaming and supporting Taylor’s Versions. I’ve bought one of each and i believe she has the right to own her work. My issue is with people acting like listening to the originals automatically makes you a bad fan. Here’s something I’ve been thinking about: I wouldn’t be surprised if, by the end of this re-recording process—or not long after—Taylor ends up owning her old masters anyway. Once their value drops enough, whoever holds those first six albums may just want to offload them for whatever they can get for them, and it would be a smart business move for her to buy them back. But if that happens, I can already see the backlash brewing. People (read: haters) will bring back the tired “she’s calculated/fake/money-hungry” narrative, saying she used this whole thing to game the charts, profit off her fans, and swoop in to grab the originals at a discount. Which completely misses the point—the only reason she’d even be in a position to do that is because she re-recorded in the first place.

Cathrine Ahm

I thought this at first too, but then I realised if any of them actually said those exact words, she would’ve perhaps credited them on songwriting like she did with Joe before. So my theory is that she talked to Travis about Matty and heroin, and Travis might’ve responded “YOU are my heroin” and not even thought about how “heroin with an E” has a different meaning (but ofc Taylor did) and that’s where the idea came from 🙈

Julie

I’d argue she’s not actually a billionaire, but the face of a company valued at a billion - same as Selena and Kylie. And a lot of their assets they can’t borrow against like Elon and Bezos - which in my opinion is the whole problem with billionaires and how they avoid taxes.

Jenny

I agree that she'll buy the originals back eventually!!

ShaunaJ

I have been a TS fan since Debut. I get frustrated with a fan base that 'requires' all her fans to worship her, agree with every decision, and have all the same beliefs as Taylor. It seems to be widely accepted that if you disagree with a musical, political, moral, or even fashion choice of hers, you are no longer 'accepted' in the fandom.

Julie

Midnights-proper was written before folklore

Judith

Taylor loves Travis and he seems Sweet. They have fun and he brings her joy. But will this be enough for her?

Jenny

My perception on that song changed so much when I heard someone say that it would have so many more fans if it had been on a different album - example evermore. Made me realise how much my judgment of songs gets clouded by the other songs on the album and with Lover, Cruel Summer, Death By A Thousand Cuts, You Need To Calm Down, ME! all making such noise on Lover it made It's Nice To Have A Friend seem out of place and then I didn't appreciate as a song as much! But I agree it's actually such a lovely song.

lauren

Fresh out the slammer outro is actually perfect

SHAD

TTPD is her best album she has ever written and I don't think she will write another album like it.

Megan

Bc of how big she got over eras, we’ve lost the privilege of seeing a more authentic version of her. Now she has to protect her peace (rightfully so) and we get what she projects. Maybe that’s why people claw at the meaning of every song so much. We miss seeing a glimpse into the more real, less calculated version of her? Everything feels “on purpose”. I wish she just posted a pic of her cat on IG or something to make her feel more like a real person. Not that she owes anyone that 🤪

Litta Herpell

people that don’t like midnights need to get some headphones and smoke a joint, then listen to it again 🫡

Jenny

I agree with this so much

Alexandra Bennett

Karma ft Ice Spice is one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard lol

Leelou

The Anthology is better than the first half of TTPD.

Juliana Martinez

All too well is not my favorite song on red nor is it in my top 5 of that album. It is an incredible song no doubt, and an excellent track 5 but it bothers me that it’s always ranked #1 as if it doesn’t compare to other songs she’s made. It’s always put into a category of its own

Judith

Same 🩷

Alexandra Bennett

Reputation *era* is iconic but Reputation the *album* is not

Almq

Midnights is more pop perfection than 1989. And ootw might be on the same level as style when it comes to pop perfection.

Alexandra Bennett

First version of the Eras Tour was better. I hated how Folklore and Evermore were combined

Leelou

Chloe and the gang is the best track on TTPD.

Bobhog

Oooh, I haven’t thought about the credit! That’s a good point. Still thinks it’s a bit tacky considering the context of the album, but that’s a perspective I haven’t considered. I think, actually, for me, if matty isn’t the one joking about the heroin, I don’t like the song, and I really want to like it, because I did in the beginning.

Cassy

i do not like the song you’re on your own kid. and yes i feel on my own about that!

Jenny

Absolutely. And if people say similar things about Taylor (e.g. she's boring) they're deemed misogynistic and uninformed but it's somehow okay to say that about someone who isn't as famous. It also causes me to assume that everyone who's obsessed with Travis will completely turn on him if they break up so none of it seems genuine lol

Judith

Her merch alone is not ethical. So I think there is not much to debate 😅

Jenny

Reading through these I really hope you do the most controversial ones but I also feel like you're very brave if you do 😂😂😂

Jenny

ohhhh hot hot take !!

ArielStormborn

Rep and midnights are the best albums

Swiftie_triomixer

Aron has a clear style of production too (folkmore/ttpdta) and deserves to be discussed just as much as people drag Jack’s production bc “all his production sounds the same”.

NotNate8

It’s Nice to Have a Friend is one of the best songs from Lover, my haunting bop 💕

Jenny

Lol I love that nickname 'Chloe and the gang' 😂

Astoria

If The Alcott had been on Folklore or Evermore the song would be massive and appreciated way more, maybe even some peoples top fav on those albums 🤷🏻‍♀️

kayla ramoutar

This isn’t a hot take but I need to hear you guys talk about it anyway: we need a rock(/pop rock) album from Taylor. Paramore esq. Give us vocals and drums!!!!

Marcelo Gouveia

There are two stolen version songs that I sometimes feel driven to listen: The Story of Us and New Romantics

Kirrily Lewis

The Alchemy doesn’t deserve the hate it gets. It’s a vibe, it gets stuck in my head and I never want to skip it. I love that it is a confident girl in love vibe, it’s something really cool and different for her as a love song. My fav part “what if I told you I’m back, the hospital was a drag, worst sleep that I ever had, I circled you on a map” She’s Sassy, cool, confident - I love her!

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Folklore: Long Pond Studio Sessions is better then the original Folklore album...

Jenny

Castles Crumbling is one of - if not thee best - vault songs. I truly believe people who don't like it or think it's mid just haven't fathomed yet! And to clarify, I have very similar taste in most other Taylor songs as you girls!! Specifically the way Hayley sings 'they trusted me' and the line Taylor sings 'and here I sit alone behind walls of regret, falling down like promises that I never kept' is just top tier songwriting and the melody is stunning.

Astoria

That Taylor doesn’t care about her exes the way the fandom does. The only reason people tie Jake and Taylor together so often is because All Too Well was so huge, but if it hadn’t been, he’d be a forgotten boyfriend like so many others. How many people can even remember a guy they dated for like 3 months a decade ago?! Same with Harry Styles. He’s huge and in her industry. I remember when TTPD came out and people were tying some songs to Harry???? She only remembers he exists bc he’s still maintained success and fame in her same industry. Otherwise she’d have forgotten him

Michelle

I LOVE Taylor the artist but I don’t love Taylor the billionaire. While I am glad that she seemingly pays her direct workforce very well, and makes many spontaneous donations. That still doesn’t make her an ethical billionaire. I can see this when she allows her team to push out excessive amounts of merch lines for expensive clothes that is more so than not made of crappy fast fashion quality. She is definitely benefiting from the backs of low wage labor here. The other red flag was her team’s actions towards Olivia Rodrigo. While the exact details are speculative, It’s giving hinder the competition. She may or may not be trying to course correct with Sabrina and Gracie but either way the damage is already done. She has so much wealth that she can live her life of riches and also set up a systematic way to redistribute her wealth in meaningful ways, instead of hoard it.

Marisa

I was so with you until you used the word despicable. 🥴

No

Unpopular opinion: I don’t like 1989! I don’t know why I don’t like it. It just isn’t my favourite album.

anna

Reputation is not my favorite. I like what she was doing overall and I think it’s iconic in the sense of her comeback! & There are some really good songs of course, but a lot of the album falls to the lower range for me when I rank Taylor’s discography. It’s definitely an iconic era but just not her best production and songwriting in my opinion. While It’s helped me through some personal things, I just don’t know if it’s her best. I think Taylor shines with less intense production and more concise songwriting. That might just be my personal taste though, I think her best albums are folklore, evermore, red, and 1989

Jenny

yes !!!!!! I pretty much exclusively listen to long pond.

Laura

Bon & Em, in my opinion you can be totally and brutally honest about your opinion on anything. Sometimes I feel you're being super diplomatic and praising all of Taylor's content because you worry about the haters. But please don't, we love you 😍 and we know you love Taylor and it's so entertaining to hear your unfiltered opinions (such as Emily going off on the Behind the Scenes chat the other day, that was hilarious!!).

Jenny

this is the hottest of hot takes

Jenny

the line in that song that makes me agree with this is 'these kind of wounds they last and they last' lol

Paul

I would’ve cut YNTCD from the Lover set on the eras tour before The Archer, it might be my least favourite song on the setlist overall tbh, also being a gay man who’s theoretically supposed to be part of the target audience for that song, the lyrics are so hamfisted(“shade never made anybody less gay” as a lyric makes me sideeye ngl, the only part I like is the other verse where she’s like “comparing all the girls that are killing it”), overall I’m sorry it’s a terrible attempt at a gay anthem and the music video is similarly awful too and most other gay people I know irl are not fans of it either especially non swifties, lowkey even ME! would’ve been better on the setlist but I still wouldn’t put that song on it either, but just imagine maybe we could’ve had DBATC on the lover set instead originally!!! I mean that’s an loml.

liepa ♡

Renegade and Carolina are two of my absolute favourite Taylor Swift songs - I feel like they both give evermore vibes and I don’t think they’re appreciated enough since they don’t belong to any albums!

peachysxnrise

oh I'm so light hearted here its not that deep really! I'm exaggerating for comedic effect and it might have just not landed. obviously I understand why she did is and don't actually have anything against her for it ❤️

Jordan

I need to understand her thought process as to why the 1989 re-record is suddenly beachy and the whole NYC theme is gone… that city was a major inspiration factor to writing the album. Don’t get me wrong, I love the new aesthetic I just don’t know why she would’ve changed it when it was so integral to the theme of moving to NYC and finding yourself in your 20s. Also WHY did she put the title on the front of the album for 1989 tv but not on the other recordings? Now they don’t match and I kinda liked how there were no titles as a way to prove she doesn’t need to promote the Taylor’s version since this is a passion project. It was a cool way to claim the power of each album and not even advertise the title. I would love to know what you guys think of this!!

Renee S Smith

I just think a real perfect storm resulted in that song being so misunderstood. The whole thing was a victory metaphor and a decent one. Certainly not the best metaphor on TTPD. But using returning to an old love as a metaphor for returning to the stage would not have been so muddled if her personal life wasn't what it was.

Layan

Unpopular opinion maybe… but I don’t get the hate for Joe Alwyn. It’s like now that they’ve broken up, we’re making fun of his projects and calling him boring when no one was saying that while they were together😭 He clearly loved her and Taylor’s songs reflect her truth, but that doesn’t mean he’s the villain. This isn’t me defending every aspect of their relationship, but honestly, I always got the sense that Joe was a genuinely good person, unlike some of her other exes..

Beatriz

100% agree. There was a video where our chickens called him boring and uninteresting so many times that i had to stop watching cause it felt like a type of bullying i’m not confortable with.

Geneva

Okay. This might be blasphemous as I've been a fan since 2008. But I'm sick of people pretending that the full Kanye phone call coming out completely absolved Taylor of her actions. Yes, it corroborated that she didn't want to be called "that bitch". BUT, Taylor had talked about both the "I made her famous" part on stage as if she didn't know about it (which was proven in the phone call), PLUS put out a statement saying she instead "cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message", which was not true. Those were the parts people had an issue with because that's what she lied about. And no one talks about how that was still her mistake in that situation.

Renee S Smith

Maybe she'll find that again but right now everything is just so insane.

Kasey

1000x yes!!! She needed this kind of sound. It’s so different for her, like you said! It IS a love song, and she is exercising the way she executes that. It’s not gonna be playing at any weddings 😂 but Taylor is a literal genius for giving us this song. Not everyone’s cup of tea but my god it hit different from THE VERY FIRST listen and still does. I’m someone who needs variety and thank god Taylor gives me that.

tomkov

Oh my god, yes, thank you.

Marisa

I don't necessarily disagree. It could have originally been about Matty. Although I keep thinking about how Taylor straight up winked after she sang the heroine line on piano in the acoustic set.

Keri 🫶🏻

Counter opinion: bad blood is one of the only 1989 songs I actually like

Bobhog

Please tell me more! How did you interpret it?

Sarrah Garcia

Same girl, same. I can't even explain why

Bailey

All the girls you loved before is the best song on Lover 💗 if you don’t agree.. I’m sorry but you’re wrong lol 😆

Sarah Marie McLeod

debut should’ve been a set on the ERAS tour like what and speak now needed more than just enchanted !!!?? any idea why she made the sets so uneven? like sorry but red having all the main singles and then debut and speak now just don’t exist HELLO?!

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Haunted (piano version) is better then its original production.

Bailey

AGREED!! Never even thought of that but it 10000% fits the folklore vibes

Jennifer

The “it’s an album for the fan” feels like a backhanded compliment for Taylor’s artistry. If someone appreciates the album, it should be because the music is good, not because they’re a swiftie who “gets it”.

Jenny

I'm inclined to believe Taylor when she says folklore and evermore were largely fictional/inspired by stories, characters etc. In the same vein, I'm inclined to believe her when she says midnights is a concept album of thoughts that keep you up late at night. I absolutely agree that *of course* her real feelings and thought process will find their way through but the idea that everything must be reinterpreted after a break up is nonsense to me. Specifically I think that treating Matty as a *main* folklore muse is soooo far fetched. I have more understanding of midnights as a 'relationship breakdown' album but still think fans take it way too far - I think bejeweled could be reflective of MANY of her exes and how they handle her fame, and it's way too simplistic to be like 'so this is definitely about Joe'.

Keri 🫶🏻

It needs to be a larger know fact that taylor has no control over merch quality/quantity/price and i highly doubt she even approves designs

Sarrah Garcia

Literally my favorite song on lover!! I didn't realize how much people don't like it till she preformed it as a suprise song and everyone voiced their disappointment. It's so whimsy and wholesome + " call my bluff. call you babe." is one of my favorite lyrics off Lover. I feel so seen rn

Kasey

*prepares to run for cover* I do not like the red era. Album OR aesthetic. Now, I try to make myself like it more than I do but I just can’t. When Red came out, there was something different happening but it felt chaotic and so confusing. Looking back now, I appreciate the era as the transitional phase it was for Taylor. sadly I feel like I missed falling in love with some really great songs from this time because it was sonically confusing.

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Yaaaas Its so overwhelming and hurts my brain 😭

Jenny

this comment made me laugh so much 😂😂😂

Johanna

I’m sad debut TV will have her more grown up vocals. That young innocent girl-sound will no longer be there and it hurts my feelings.

Dariel

I think she’s aware of things, but she’s not 100% involved

Jenny

so interesting!! does this apply even to all too well??

C

you're right and you should say it

Jalen O’Grady

Hard bangers like Dancing With Our Hands Tied and So It Goes… are soooooo underrated. They pump me tf up. I’m also a lil scared for the tv production

Brandon

Unpopular opinion: one of my least favorite songs on TTPD is So Long London😳🫣 don’t get me wrong, it’s still an amazing song, but sonically and lyrically I have to be in a specific mood for it so I tend to skip.

Bailey

Karma ft. Ice spice is a HORRID song. And Taylor featuring Ice Spice on a song and her hyping it up with the talk of “she’s all I’ve been listening to. I’m blown away by her. She’s the one to watch.” And then we get her verse… Karma is your chеck's 'boutta bounce (Damn) Karma is a fire in your house (Grrah) And she 'boutta pop up unannounced (Like) And she never leavin' you alone (Damn) Watch her put ya opps on a throne (Damn) Got you wavin' pretty white flags, feenin' for that cash Thinkin' it'll save ya, now you switchin' up your behavior It's okay, baby, you ain't gotta worry, karma never gets lazy So, I keep my head up, my bread up, I won't let up (Never) Promise that you'll never endeavor with none lesser (Ever, ever) I be draggin' that wagon, karma is a beauty winning that pageant, grrah IM SORRY BUT I DISLIKE THIS SONG SO PASSIONATELY!! Like wtf is with the “grrah” sounds on Taylor swift song. lol and when they were on stage together at the eras tour, you can see Ice just standing there trying SO HARD not to shake ass😂😂

Annie

That’s like legit a horrible thing to say lol . Kimye illegally recorded her and then edited the video, released it and then lied about doing so. Someone in Kim’s team later released it without Kim even knowing. Kim has never even admitted to her illegal behaviour w the phone call. Nothing for Taylor to be absolved of.

Kayla Stickle

I will die on the hill that Gorgeous is about Tom Hiddleston. You cannot convince me otherwise.

Bailey

Never thought about this.. but you’re sooooo right!

Rossella Promontorio

Midnight is the best album she has ever put out, period, end of story! and yes it surpasses the TTPD i am sorry Midnight is just superior to everything else in terms of depth, lyrics, sounds etc

Annie

Girls no. This is horrifying and so are the comments lmao. I hate these kind of videos so much 😭😭

Geneva

"That's legit a horrible thing to say" is kind of extreme, yeah? It's "horrible" to say that Taylor also made mistakes in that situation? You're proving my point that no one actually allows fans to talk about this. The fact that it was illegally recorded has no bearing on my actual point. She knew about some aspects of the song but then pretended like she didn't. There's no way around that

Kayla Stickle

“Midnight Rain” is about Taylor Lautner. In “this is me trying” she says “that the curve became a sphere”. “Suburban Legends” is my least favorite vault track. Ever. I miss the tape recorder sounds at the beginning and end of “I know places”

Jenny

That's interesting! I don't know if I agree that it's disrespectful but I will ponder that - but one thing I've thought before is it feels like it hits weird in the room versus online. Online we're obviously all freaking out but it doesn't feel like it has the desired effect in the room. Maybe that's selfless on her part bc she knows the fans love a live televised announcement, I don't know. And also I could be reading that wrong because I'm obviously not in the room 😂.

Helena

I think the line « I have a boyfriend he’s older than us » only makes sense if the song is about Joe 🤷‍♀️

Sophie Santarpia

The Eras Tour surprise song section should never have had surprise guests, if there was gonna be one she should have only added the song to the set list.

Marisa

Same! I'm a Tayvis Stan, but that song just as a song is meh.

Sofia Sanchez

I always cringe so hard when she sings: “cause we’re…… craaazy” in tpd And sometimes because of that part i don’t wanna listen to the song it reminds me of the meme she’s so crazyyy love her!

Jess

I think this is reflective of Taylor saying ‘it’s the worst men I write the best’ with the majority of the album being about her relationship with matty - I think Taylor feels the relationship with joe was a mismatch but never speaks badly for him or how he treated her

C

PERIOD They're not the "stolen" versions, they're literally the original versions of her work. The original Taylor's versions, one might say. And some of us grew up with them. Re-recordings inevitably sound different, and art is deeply personal, and like you said it's really weird when people get defensive over this and act as morality police. Sometimes parts of this fandom make me feel crazy for mourning the original work and for not just replacing it like it’s nothing, as if Taylor’s albums and eras didn’t create the chapters of my own life, as if alllll of her music wasn't the soundtrack to my childhood and everything since. Taylor is doing this to own her work and prove a point, not to ensure no one ever listens to her original music. A lot of people deeply misunderstood the mission of the Taylor’s versions project and feel like they need to attack and pull apart the original versions to please Taylor--imagine having your own fans try to appease you by saying your original work actually sucked....like shit, some of us liked the work the first time around

Caroline

Sabrina wouldn't be that big in 2024 weren't for the Taylor effect.

Courtney

She did the red era so dirty on the eras tour

Laura

Couldn't agree more! Just the other day I commented on the Midnights refathoming video that I believe Hits Different is fictional, not autobiographical. Let's give Taylor's imagination some credit! 😉

C

Taylor with live instruments yes!!!! We been needing another Speak Now-esque album (as in, Taylor singing over a big production of live instrumentation)

C

exactly, taylor should not be your only hobby.....read a book.....do a puzzle

Eliza DeCarlo

Whoever the songs are about is not nearly as important as how the song makes me feel. Whenever a new album comes out and we reinterpret everything, I understand and of course it can give us insight to how she's feeling, but it's not nearly as interesting to me as what the song makes me feel or think of related to my own life because that's what music is about.

C

They also forgot to remove a metronome in New Romantics TV lol (and another song on 1989 TV but I forget which)

Marisa

Why are we convinced that is how he found out? That is how WE found out.

Starsonscars

The whole TTPD set in the Eras Tour was over the top! Theatrics beyond and completely self serving and dramatic. I hated the entire bed-spinning deal (I’m not a fan of the song either). I could do without that whole performance, frankly.

Courtney Santoro

I love Taylor sm but sometimes when I watch her I’m nervous she’s gonna do something cringey in the way of coming off like she’s VERY aware of all eyes on her and she ceases to be genuine. There’s a perform-y vibe that’s not always there but sometimes comes out and distracts me from just enjoying watching her. Honestly tho it’s relatable at the same time. It might be the “no one wanted to play with me as a little kid” still playing out. I also think this is somehow linked to why she often picks the wrong lead singles

Sofia Sanchez

I think Taylor shouldn’t have gone after the credits of Deja vu

C

I think you like bigger, mostly live production (even though we don't have a lot of live production in recent work, TTPD feels closer to that than we've been in a while)

Marisa

That is my beef with the song too. She says that he can't lead her down that road but then she goes down that road! But boy is that song one of the catchiest songs of all time or what? 😅

Laura

I totally agree!

Cathrine Ahm

Exactly. I just find it really hard to believe that someone like Taylor (the greatest songwriter of our generation, who writes hundreds of songs and often masterpieces in less than an hour) would reuse a love song about “the smallest man who ever lived” and just make small changes to fit her current bf 🫣 and for anyone who says that she mentioned “alchemy” on Eras before she met Travis, I think she just had the idea and wanted to plant it as an Easter egg if she ever decided to use it in the future. Like she had “meet me behind the mall” in her notes for years before she used it ☺️

Sofia Sanchez

The rerecordings are taking too long

Sarrah Garcia

I'm so glad I'm not so alone!!! I feel seen!!

Katey Koch

Here's a true unpopular opinion: I am glad Taylor didn't win a Grammy for TTPD. Obviously I would have been thrilled for her if she had, but it really wasn't an album for outsiders. It was an album for her and for Swifties and while it was a superior album as a whole, it didn't have those stand out radio hits that albums like Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan or Short and Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter did. Comparatively, TTPD was a lot less commercial friendly, which is fine! She's big enough that she doesn't need to appeal to the masses, she can just produce the kind of music that she loves and we'll all be here for it.

Kelsi Ford

I don’t like when she wears wigs… (bad blood and IKYWT especially just take me out of the fantasy lol)

Leanna Price

I stood alone for yearssss that I thought he was boring and I felt like he was riding her coattails. (A thought which I kept off the internet and was just a conversation with my Swiftie friends) … now that they are broken up I stand alone in leaving that man alone. I do not understand why EVERYTHING that everyone feels needs to be a comment on the internet. I wish that people could see Taylor AND Joe AND every one in her orbit as real people with real feelings. Fan videos of people swarming the restaurant or hotel etc that she’s at makes me so upset. (Sorry for rambling) 🤍

C

(that's the point...she's experiencing a manic episode on this album)

C

I don't say this to argue anything, you're entitled to not like the song! just sharing context :)

Marisa

I feel like our relentless obsession with the lore sometimes cheapens her art. Constructing an intricate cinematic universe that captivates the attention of millions of people is it's own special and unique talent that deserves recognition. But I get the vibe that the fandom as a collective mostly wants new music just for what she's going to tell us about her personal life. I think lore could add a layer of enhancement to a song. But at the end of the day, I think a song needs to exist on its own merit first.

Lou

Thank youuu💛

Kelsi Ford

i agree about the aesthetic, i hated her 50s housewife phase and thought IKYWT was a lana rip off (video monologue) so i think because of that i missed out on actually listening to all the AMAZING deep cuts and non singles off this album. I am appreciating red now though in hindsight ❤️

Lou

Interesting idea! If she like it or not, I think no matter what she does at this point she will always steal somebody‘s spotlight ..

Lou

🤣 love that

Kelsi Ford

i’m fine with her waiting to release TVs and think she’s smart to lay low for a bit and let people miss her. and the clowning of this fanbase is sometimes overboard cringe lol SORRY 🩷

Marisa

I hope she works with Jack until the end of time. I love how versatile she is as an artist, but I don't need her to keep changing anymore. I think between folkmore and Midnights, she's found a sound that is mature and suits her so well. Sort of as a side note, if she, Jack, and Aaron started a band, it would be my favorite band of all time. 🤣

Kate Johnson

Joe Alwyn is a sweetheart and the swifties have been cruel to him. Also, he is beautiful.

jillystein69

I never partake in merch drops any more. It feels like she/her team exploit us for being so obsessed with her and take our money for sub par quality items made un-ethically. It does bother me how she / her team doesn’t want her merch to be sustainably made. She has all the resources. Make it happen.

Annie

yes!! i think most of the songs people try and paternity test are about multiple feelings and people anyways. the "who" is irrelevant because they are just the catalyst for Taylor's feeling/perspective that she writes from. Her saying that she treated her midnights writing like a creative writing prompt makes so much sense as well. Her first albums were from when she was feeling things and experiencing them for the first time ever and were most specific because of that. Now that she more experience her writing style has obviously changed, and I think that is a bit under appreciated and often to complex to be about a singular thought, situation or person.

Hanni

I think the All Too Well short film is not a masterpiece and was hyped up way too much. Dont get me wrong, I obviously enjoy watching but people were discussing Oscars which is just delulu for me

Kiki

I'm convinced that her original plan was to do just that. But the Joe breakup + Matty situationship changed her plan.

Mia Morgan

epiphany is a criminally underrated song: sonically haunting and it is insane how she links WW2 and Covid frontlines, shifting perspectives.

Kristin Kline

Also, if you watch her sing those songs, they are vocally tough on her. The chorus of Maroon especially! She struggles with her breath and I think didn’t want a song that was so hard to sing on the setlist.

Allie

I loathe that people call him Yogurt Boy. They demean working class people every time they use his first job as an insult. It’s incredibly childish to make a nickname like that for somebody. The reason they even know about it is because of Taylor’s song so now they’re using her lyrics in a negative way against him. And lastly, not to get all political, but it reminds me of Trump who has derogatory and denigrating nicknames for a bunch of people.

C

Fans who came out of TTPD thinking Taylor was genuinely in love with Matty, and had been pining for him for years and years, deeply misunderstood TTPD. She told us it was not a love affair but a mutual manic phase, and yet parts of this fandom are so entrenched in theorizing and easter eggs that they grossly misinterpret what Taylor makes so clear in the art she puts out.

KC

I wish Taylor would do more interviews 😭 I fully understand why she doesn’t but I hate that I’ll never catch her on an armchair expert or something of the like

Tal

Not even Speak Now (which is in my top 3). Folklore and evermore have live instruments. It doesn't have to be an upbeat song. I just miss Taylor with live drums, live electric guitar, bass

E

TTPD would have been a much better album if it was cut down to 12-15 songs (and maybe a couple bonus tracks released a few month later) OR release TTPD and the anthology separately (still a double album but with more space in between releases). the production, writing styles, and even vocal performances are different enough on each album that i think they’re both stronger individually

Katherine Smith

I will never understand how her or her team choose what songs to release as singles. I’m sorry but in my opinion they’re usually some of the worst songs on the albums (excluding 1989 ofc because it’s a perfect album). And why does she never pick a slower/sad song as a single? Theyre plenty of sad song singles out there that perform well as singles by other artists and if it encapsulates what the album is about then why not? TTPD really missed the mark on that one (so long London, loml)

kiera 💕

the eras tour was much better before ttpd was added

Josh G

THIS!!!

Leanna Price

Exactly. I prefer Taylor’s Versions of some songs and original versions of others. It’s so subjective. Taylor is a billionaire, she’ll survive if you stream an old version of a song.

Adolfo Ocadiz

I find it BANANAS that people argue The Alchemy is about Matty. Like yeah I'm sure when Taylor thinks of Matty the first words that come to her mind are "TOUCHDOWN, TEAM, WINNING STREAK, BENCHES, CHEERS CHANTING, AMATEURS, CROWN, TROPHY, BEER...." like it couldn't be more OBVIOUS as a Travis song to me, cmoooon.

Jess Wilson

I love Bye Bye Baby, especially the intro😌🤣

Jess Wilson

I hope Taylor doesn’t get a bob ever again

Fede

ooooh 🙊 I need the girlies to talk about this! I've always seen it as a Joe song but now I can feel my brain rearranging. still a gorgeous song either way 🫶

Allie

Isn’t the Olivia thing being credited for the songs that were used? Honestly, my unpopular opinion is that this is just purely misogynistic.

Leanna Price

Yes. I said this in another comment but those videos of people stalking her location and mobbing outside of the restaurant she’s at, her hotel, Travis’ hotel, or JACK’S WEDDING!!! make me so upset. If I saw her on the street I’d internally die and keep walking without saying a word. People shoving their phones in your face 24/7 is such an inhuman experience

Tyler Finch

Unpopular opinion… Kansas anymore by ROLE MODEL is actually one of the best albums to come out in 2024!!! Each song is 🔥🔥 please react ❤️

Leanna Price

When fans attribute random things to “her mind”. I saw a TikTok saying “we never figured out why she gave us the gold body suit in Miami” and a comment said “because she ended with the red one in London which is Joe’s hometown and she used to believe love was burning red but now it’s golden”…… like???? She got a new bodysuit because the other one was literally falling apart and the toxic fans were roasting her online for MONTHS for wearing the same one every show. It’s that simple.

Marisa

I was today years old when I learned I wasn't the only fan on planet earth who thought that.

Snoopy

So Kanye calls her, she clearly very reluctantly and nervously agrees to part of the lyrics (because what else is she supposed to say in that situation) and then says she’s glad he’s at least not calling her a bitch. Then he asks her to promote it on her Twitter when it comes out and she refuses because of the message it sends. Then he changes the lyrics and calls her a bitch anyway. Later she goes on stage and tells the audience to not let other people take credit for their fame or work. Is that really so awful for her to say Geneva? After that entire situation? This triggered Kanye to have a twitter rant about her, Kim to do interviews about her, and Taylor responds by confirming he did call her while she was in the middle of a family vacation. This causes Kim to release a recorded phone call and results in Kanye making a naked sex doll of her and pretending to sleep with her for a music video. Weirdo behavior.

Kiki

Etsy is the way to go, I can only recommend getting fan-made merch!!

emma

people who categorize the albums/songs by muses are very annoying and frustrating. like, referring to lover as “joe’s album” or to red as jake’s. they were all created by taylor and are all much more complex than simply being “about” a person/muse

bella diana

Midnights, Til Dawn Edition is Taylor Swifts best album

coaster_nate

The second verse of TTPD (title track) ruins the song for me. I'm sorry, after almost a year of listening, I just cannot get past the cringey-ness of the chocolate/Charlie Puth/golden retriever line and the fact it has no rhyming sequence whatsoever. Love the song otherwise but that verse alone makes me want to skip it. I also think the track list order at the beginning of TTPD should be different. I think she should've done 1) MBOBHFT 2) Down Bad 3) Fortnight 4) TTPD 5) So Long, London 6) Fresh Out The Slammer 7) But Daddy I Love Him, and the rest the same.

Cecilia S

Dancing With Our Hands Tied is extremely underrated and i personally do prefer it to King Of My Heart

Casees

My hot take/unpopular opinion is that vault tracks are just songs she has in her back pocket to release & are not necessarily from that era! It makes the most commercial sense & Taylor is an incredible businesswoman & imo will always release what she thinks will do the best. 1989 TV vault tracks had Matty all over them for example (imo)!!

Dominic Cuomo

So It Goes… doesn’t get the love it deserves

Kiki

I have the complete opposite opinion 😅 And hearing Taylor's speeches about the re-recordings, and how much it means to her how we supported and embraced them cemented that even more. I will not listen to her stolen lullabies once a Taylor's Version exists 🤷

Megan

Totally!! Not her fault either 🤗

LindseyMarie

Maybe unpopular, but this comment section just makes me sad and/or angry. The vibes just feel bad. This Patreon is my one online escape from all the negativity, I can’t watch or support a negative video. There are a few ideas here that are fine and focus on music, but some getting the most likes are so negative and/or about her past personal life outside of any song theories.

Fede

not only is evermore my n.1 favorite TS album, but also "marjorie" and "seven" are absolutely among my top favorite TS songs 🤭

Mandy

I think 1989 sounds way better than 1989 TV…especially Style 🙂

Kiki

Same ... It's easily in my top 3 on rep 😅

Leanna Price

I’d love if she did a similar vault track reveal like she did with Midnights Mayhem with me. That felt very personal 😊

Adolfo Ocadiz

Exactly! I find it sooo depressing/funny when I see TikTok edits for all her albums with iconic visuals for every era and for TTPD the only clips are from the Fortnight MV 😭😭😭

Kristen

Fifteen is a skip 🫶

Kristen Batye

Chloe!! My Lana bestie from discord! (I don't have discord anymore, but love you lots)

Kiki

I don't understand the instant "All Too Well (10min version) = #1 song on every list" talk either ... I can name at least 20 songs that are better written 😅 maybe it's nostalgia 🤷

Micah

I’m convinced haunted was written for the twilight soundtrack

jc (indy n1)

Totally, 100%, truthfully agree

Geneva

I'm not saying it's not weirdo behaviour lol. I literally could not hate Kim and Kanye more if I tried. All I'm saying is I don't like that she lied. And you can tell why it's a hot-button topic lol

Juliana Martinez

it does hit home for a lot of people as it’s very relatable. i was gagged when the 10 min version came out don’t get me wrong!!! but i think i prefer the 5 min version as its a better song overall (structure, cohesiveness, length, etc). in fact during the eras tour movie in theatres i went to the bathroom during ATW10 (granted i went as fast as i could and came back before “fuck the patriarchy” but still it was my bathroom song)

Hannah

Well now that I feel is an equally unpopular opinion 😅🫶

Juliana Martinez

agree her song style is not for me. i prefer pop bangers and faster melodies

Juliana Martinez

wow this is unpopular 😭😭 it’s my fav on speak now

Daria

I absolutely HATE the fact that 1989 Taylor’s version is the only re-recording (as of now) that has it’s title on the cover. It would’ve been perfect without it and I don’t understand the choice to make it different from the other re-recordings.

Lauren

I fear her relationship with Matty is not the first time she had a situationship. It’s very clearly about Harry, especially if you’re familiar with his music around that time. I will give Matty credit for some of the sonic influence.

Kiki

I loved it, but it feels more like an extended music than a short film.

Cecilia S

As a left wing person from an european country I sometimes struggle with taylor's liberal views on poilitics. Even though I completely understand her position and how she must protect her security and of those around her, I sometimes feel like it's not enough. She has been more political in the past and that's why we expect her to still be now... I do think that most american celebrities are like this and could do more and that's just how that country works i guess... but still I miss that part of her.

Leanna Price

Now THIS is an unpopular opinion and I hope it is discussed!

Diamond

This! I think some swifties are too wrapped up into trying to make every song fit like a puzzle piece into her life. Same with the whole “Joe isn’t William Bowery”. I don’t think she “lies” as much as some swifties are convinced she does.

Micah

Closure is one of my favorite songs. I’m a big bon iver fan and it reminds me of the sounds on his album 22, A Million

Lauren

Half of her work with Aaron is incredibly melodically uninteresting. He gave her freedom to explore her lyrical genius, but it often sacrificed her melodies.

Miles Hinshaw

Superman is an amazing song and not the skip that most people say it is😔

noah

people are too obsessed with taylor’s boyfriends

✨️Tessa✨️

I really don't reaction-channels. Ahem, I love to watch authentic passion, curiousness and intrigue for reactions (a' la Bonny and Emily ❤️) but I can't stand reactionchannels just casually reacting to anything popular or trendy just to get more views.

Krystal

she released TTPD at a "wrong" time.

Jenny

seven is one of her best songs ever 100%

Jenny

momentarily forgot this song title has '...' in it and thought you were just trying to build suspense into your comment 😂

Emma Cooley

My hottest take is that I think Cruel Summer and Hits Different are both about Harry Styles 🤠 and more generally I think a lot of the fan base underestimates the length/intensity of Taylor and Harry’s relationship and there could be wayyyy more songs inspired by him than just I Knew You Were Trouble and 1989. I think the themes/motifs in songs about their relationship are pretty consistent and pop up elsewhere on Red and most of her later albums, as well as Harry’s 1D and solo stuff. Theres always been more to Taylor’s music for me than obsessing over which person a song might be about - I just think that there’s a lot of depth to her relationship with Harry as musical muses for both artists over the years

Adolfo Ocadiz

To be fair, we don't know if the movie she's directing is a musical 😅

✨️Tessa✨️

Midnight album covers are... boring and gives absolutely nothing of vibes at all.

Lauren

Tree Paine is bad at her job. 2016 doesn’t happen if she is even decent at her job. Half is bc people hate women. The other half is because tree is not good at anticipating a negative narrative and fixing it. Private jets use? Where are the articles discussing Taylor’s huge security risk and job requiring her to be places all over the world? She was called a neonazi for years in the 2010s and never once put out a statement to denounce it. After Brazil when people were calling Taylor selfish she just puts out tayvis fan fiction. In 2016, right as trump’s campaign was gaining steam, she had a huge Taymerica party.

imogen

Evermore (song) >>> exile

Hannah AC

people put too much pressure on taylor to fix all of the worlds problems - she still gets hate for not being politically active enough when its very clear the danger she has to put herself in to do so (aka vienna) she cannot influence political outcomes we just saw it when she endorsed kamala it didn't move the needle so people need to actually leave her alone about this now

Cecilia

I know you guys as Australians have a different viewpoint of this, but speaking as an American, Taylor has a RESPONSIBILITY to be more vocal about our current government regime. Trump/vance/musk are literally destroying our democracy and using some of the richest people in the world (tech billionaires and musk) to do so. As an extremely wealthy person I feel strongly that Taylor needs to be more vocal about fighting against their literal facist regime. There are maaaaany other celebrities with her level of international fame that have spoken up to protect democracy/women’s reproductive health/lgbtq+ rights/climate change/protecting immigrants from being disappeared (the list goes on and on). I was so disheartened by Travis saying he was honored that trump was attending the Super Bowl, and even sadder that Taylor has been radio silent since her one (too late) post about Kamala. This isn’t left versus right any more, this right versus wrong and as a Taylor fan since debut when I was 6, I’m incredibly saddened by her complacency :(

Linzie Wilkins

So long, London is really boring sonically. And the lyrics also give us nothing new and you’re losing me is a much more vulnerable “break up” song 😬🤍

Jordan

The green Folklore dress is overrated.

Diamond

I thought I was the only one. Short n Sweet is good but emails I can’t send shows Sabrina’s artistry so well. And I think it does a much better job at showing both her silly unserious side as well as the serious side of her that can write heart-wrenching songs. it’s truly skipless.

lyntara

sorry but have you forgotten that white horse, back to december and begin again were singles? if you want a more recent single, cardigan is a slow song and the lead single from folklore...

Kiki

Taylor might not release any music at all this year. In all honesty, I was clowning basically every other week for another re-recording during the eras tour because I was so stuck on the belief she'll surely finish them before the tour ends. Now, in hindsight and without seeing Taylor several times a week, it became clear to me that we all need to slow down and get a break. Taylor is so insanely productive, we literally got 5 brand new albums (6, if you count the anthology) within 5 years ... plus 4 re-recordings. There will be way more hype and appreciation (also from non-swifties) if there's more time until her next album/re-recording arrives

Amanda H

I think that’s a popular opinion🤣

Lauren

Not unpopular: her hair stylist and red carpet stylist are awful. Jemma always has her hair looking a mess or not elevating her look. Joseph has no idea how to dress her body type.

Linzie Wilkins

I think this is a very popular opinion haha!

Jenny

I feel like people don't really talk that much about the links between midnight rain and the way I loved you, given that it's 'midnights throughout her life' it's possible they had the same inspiration or even that the way I loved you inspired her to right midnight rain regardless of the muse/s

Sydney

I’m learning that Robin is underrated. You have to let her sing to your inner child for this one. But then again Never Grow Up and Innocent have always fucked me up.

Claire Williams

When TTPD was announced the track list got leaked and I thought it HAD to be fake. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, I was imaging a tiny little man I was laughing lol Fortnight, for obvious reasons (the video game)…So Long, London, I didn’t know if she would be so bold like that. etc. But then the tracklist was announced by Taylor and I felt so bad for laughing at it….and TTPD is in my top 3 albums but the names on the surface still make me giggle

noah

the giver by chappell roan is boring compared to her other music

Lauren

She didn’t! They were given to her after someone from paramores team sued Olivia. I do wish she rejected the credit.

Lauren

She was such a mess at the 2024 Grammys. It’s clear she was nervous, but it came off as too intense (which people interpreted as fake).

Claire Williams

The bridge of I Can Fix Him makes me cringe so bad I can’t do it I have to skip…sorry Taylor ILYSM but I can’t do that one girl

Katariina Blom

I kinda think Red as an album gets a bit overhyped… listen, the album absolutely has some of the best songs in her discography (atw, state of grace, red, treacherous…) but there are also way too many skips for it to be her ”best album”, like girl at home, starlight, stay stay stay, and I almost do (I get that people do like that song but I just find it so dull).

Jenny

cardigan took me a while too but I love it now!! when the album came out I was very 'meh' about it

leslie griffin

Clowning is hard and I can’t keep up!

Amy

Even though I love Travis and Taylor together, I have to be honest that I was very sad and disappointed by his comments about Trump attending the Super Bowl. His other teammates were asked similar a similar question and they didn’t say they were “honored”.

JULIETA LOPEZ MONTEIRO

I like All too well (5 minute version) more than the 10 minute one. When I'm listening to it, I just miss the part: "And there we are again, when nobody had to know, You kept me like a secret, but I kept You like an oath." But then I think that the 5-minute version is just a better song overall. Very unpopular, sorry.

Katariina Blom

Agree, I’ve loved it since first listen! I feel like a lot of people didn’t even give it a chance!

Annie

yes! thank you for saying that.

noah

the concept of midnights is better than the album itself

jc (indy n1)

Not entirely sure if this is an unpopular opinion but taylor is so smart to include her fashion/clothing as one of her easter eggs/hints about future events in the TSCU because she knew that part of becoming famous is endless paparazzi and ppl taking her random photos almost anywhere in public, which imo should be stopped but her using that as an advantage and making an iconic idea out of it is SUCH A MASTERMIND MOVE. And her Bleachella era was her best look overall, in terms of fashion, hair and aura.

jc (indy n1)

yassss my top 1 song in evermore album

Mariana

Cruel Summer is a skip

Annie

I think all the chiefs players answered the same "honored by the president attending" nothing about trump specifically. the Chiefs owner, and most NFL owners/teams are VERY conservative/trumpy very unfortunately.

Mariana

Chloe et al is the best song in TTPD

noah

1989 tv should not have the album title on the cover so it would’ve been more cohesive with the other taylor’s versions

Katariina Blom

Agree! Mostly I see people being like ”I don’t care about a song about someone else’s child” - but for me what’s so special about Robin is being taken back to when I was a kid and everything was so much easier because you weren’t yet aware of the world and all its problems. You don’t have to be a parent to relate to this song, I think anyone can!

Yuchen Tao

The instrumental interlude (pre-bridge) of How Did It End? is the best thing I’ve ever heard and highlight of the song but no one talks about it

Mariana

Tattoed golden retriever is an horrific lyric ahah

@itsmnhi_03

I’m not sure if this is considered an unpopular opinion, but I just hate how non-Swifties are so adamant and persistent that Taylor can’t sing and do not have impact. I get feral when (sometimes) when I see other stans out there spewing hate because they think of Taylor like that, which is so insulting to Taylor’s artistry, as a musician, and her impact. I guess they just don’t get it. But it is super annoying and UGH when others hate like that.

Hannah

I have a feeling she has not really been speaking up much because of safety concerns. Our current political climate has gone to another level and, after the terrorist threats last summer, I wonder if she’s scared to say anything.

Claudy

People act like they’re excited for rep tv, but most of them are just excited for the vault tracks and not for the ‘actual’ Taylor’s versions. They probably are gonna treat it like 1989 tv and will complain that it sounds different. Like no shit…

Sydney

I just did a quick little google and there are beaches in New York. Coney Island is not that far.

Katariina Blom

My unpopular opinion is that I think people are too quick to disregard a song because they ”don’t relate to it”. As someone who has never really been in love, and thus never experienced that kind of heartbreak, guess how many Taylor songs I can ”relate” to? 🤪 but that doesn’t mean I can’t love the songs just as much!

Cath

ttpd is her best album to date

Hannah

I loooooove those 70s photo shoots though!

Ana Paula

yes!!! it’s so bad 😭

Sydney

I was the exact same way until Taylor’s Version came out. Something about it is different with the clean vocals and different production that make me like it. I myself am also more mature now. I will forever and always skip Welcome to New York without a doubt though.

Claudy

Oh and the glitch in all too well (Taylor’s version), the short version, pisses me off. I cannot physically listen to it. It’s either ATW10 or ATW stolen version

Jenny

!! yep and I have a friend who is not a swiftie at all but she is an artist, and says her main soundtrack when she's drawing/painting is just TTPD on a loop. I get why people say it's 'for the fans' through the lens of the lore but I don't actually agree, I think that's just a phrase a lot of people have adopted tbh.

Linds K

I’m far more excited for Debut TV than Rep TV… don’t get me wrong, Reputation is more of a fav album of mine than Debut and I absolutely am excited for Taylor’s Version, but I can’t understand how there’s so much hype for Rep TV compared to Debut. Cold as You with her mature vocals and current-day production technology??? Are you kidding me??? My soul need this album to come out immediately!

Hannah

I agree, except ☝🏻 I REQUIRE the haunting back up vocals of My Tears Ricochet studio version 🩶

Annie

same. I cannot stand the "unpopular opinion" thing because it seems like people are just fishing for validation on their mean and personal commentary on her. She is legit one of the most hated people with her "snark" pages (multiple), twitter, social media, the general media, etc. this seems so uncalled for in a generally kind community... I couldn't stand the rude comments about her fashion and had to stop the first video they did. I think I am too soft for all of it. 😭

Diamond

Same. I liked the album a lot more before ppl made every song about him (as well as now a lot of her previous songs too). I don’t care about her exes but there is a difference in being a bad bf vs being a bad person and I’m so tired of hearing about him

Hannah

The song ME! is a good song and people hate on it too hard.

Cecilia

I think you’re right and she probably is scared bc of that. I do remember that Ariana grande had an actual bombing at one of her concerts and she has never stopped speaking up and has been extremely vocal esp about lgbtq rights. While I understand her fears around that, I think it’s fair to say we are all very scared of the ramifications of standing up for what’s right, but that doesn’t mean we should just let trump become a dictator. Fear and silence from us I s exactly what feeds the maga movement. And at least Taylor has a robust security team at all hours, unlike the rest of us.

lisa f

Would love to watch a reaction to Shania Twain album. Any will do, my preference is Come on Over. I mean do we bring some 90’s flair into the channel 🤩🥰

Jenny

this is wild 😂😂😂 (I say this lightheartedly not in a mean way!!)

Annie

Jack said they didn't and they didn't even know about it..., it was the pissed off guitarist from Paramore. they gave credits proactively to cruel summer after that.

Jenny

The Great War is truly one of her greatest songs of all time and I am forever in Aaron's debt for that

Hannah

Probably true! I think she never really does the same album twice. Even with folklore and evermore, they are sisters but noooottttt twins ☺️

Jenny

1000000%

✨️Tessa✨️

I'm sure a lot of peple do 😁 They are just not giving me THE VIBE you know. Midnights is such a great album with vibes through the roof ❤️

SHAD

State of grace acoustic version is her worst songs its just way too slow along with the moment i knew but i get that its like slow motion

Katariina Blom

She literally could have cut ANY song and she chose to remove a song from the already shortest era… I will never understand that. Surely, she could have cut a Midnights, Red, or 1989 song? She could even have cut another folklore song and I would prefer it 🙃

Lis Strummer

I think Taylor should pause temporarily her solo career and form a band, maybe a collab group with some friends just like Big Red Machine or boygenius and give us some indie rock 😍. I’d looove to se her in that setting for one album/tour and then back to her solo work after that.

Cléa M

TTPD is not an album as strong as many other Taylor's albums. If we rank her best albums, I think it's in the bottom tier

Katariina Blom

While I think I have kind of gotten used to New Romantics TV, it just doesn’t hit the same, I’m afraid. I usually don’t let it affect me much, but with this one I had a hard time to move past the differences… Sparks fly also lost so much of its original magic for me 😕

Hannah

Now that IS a controversial opinion right there 😂

Jenny

I agree Hannah bc she's said she never expected fans to care as much as they did and I don't think she was ever holding us to that moral standard. I don't really have an opinion on which version people listen to but I think fans constantly demanding more from her is worse than listening to the original versions of the songs. The crowd chanting more, more, more (rep tv, TS12) is so dehumanising in my opinion and not talked about enough 😂

Cath

not every single song is about a boyfriend. taylor has had a lot of relationships that we don't even know about. her sexuality is really not ours to speculate on, but clearly her relationship with karlie meant a lot to her and obviously they had a falling out of some sort and it makes complete sense that taylor would write about that, specifcally on 1989 and rep. she also is probably inspired by her friends' lives and writes about them or uses some of their story in her lyrics more than we think.

Cléa M

1989 tv should have been City/ NYC themed ! The beach theme of the album is certainly present, but it's nothing compared to the importance of the city vibe on the album.

Kasey

Not really! I think at the time I didn’t get to know ATW Awell enough. So my relationship with it now is that it’s a great song, but I’ve never connected with it like the rest of the fandom- which makes me sad for me! lol. I do enjoy it, I listen to it and the 10MV when it comes on my shuffle, I don’t hate it or even have any negative feelings towards it.

Sofia Sanchez

call me when you break up it’s much better if you see it from a girlfriends pov - like Selena to Taylor when she was with Joe

Sebastian

If you relate to a breakup experience with saddness and melancholy rather Than anger is undersandable

Hannah

Hear me out okay- “the idea you had of me WHO WAS SHE!? A never needy, ever lovely jewel, whose shine reflects on you.” All versions are perfect, but I neeeeed to yell through both bridges.

praveen

unpopular opinion - karma ft. ice spice deserves WAY more recognition than it gets

Jenny

Cali I'm howling. So true 😂

Cléa M

Dorothea is one of the best song on Evermore ! I don't understand why people hate it

Claudy

I do not believe that ATW10 as we know it now is what she wrote back then.

Katariina Blom

Don’t get me wrong, I like The Alchemy and how she uses it as a metaphor there, but I just really feel like it was such a missed opportunity to have it be a metaphor about her relationship with Joe. She thought he was golden, but in the end, she was the one who had tried to turn him into gold (by alchemy), always trying to portray him in a good light and even telling herself everything was so much better than it was.

Amy

I know it is so sad that’s the reality 😭 even though I wish he could have said it differently I take comfort knowing he is not MAGA and is a good person.

Kasey

Yes! And honestly the viral goat video with INYWT made me be like ok I can’t hahah I know that wasn’t her but I was already not loving the singles (I mean I still loved and listened to them as a Swiftie but I felt something was different and still feel that). Now I really appreciate the deep cuts but fear they will never mean as much to me 🥺 I always wonder how people who weren’t at the era connect so well with the previous albums because I want to channel that energy into red. To me, being there WAS the experience so idk how to do it any other way.

Hannah

I think saying Taylor didn’t “deserve” it isn’t really fair. She’s an incredible writer and has earned every bit of credit she gets in my book.

Kiara Pugliese

So true. LET HER HAVE A BREAK EVERYONE 🤣🤣 I just don’t think it should be normalized that’s all, the amount of popular tiktoks i’ve seen this week with the original you belong with me is just crazy and i feel as if some people forget how bad it was and how those men really were just being pains towards her. But again i would feel this way about any artist who would have to publicly re-record anything to have rights to it, it’s more about the respect to me but yessss to each their own!!!!!

Jinx

1) I hate it when artists do covers of other peoples songs on their own albums. I’d always prefer a self written, new song over a cover on any album, any day. 2) features are also overrated to me, tbh. I like all of Taylor’s features and wouldn’t wanna miss them. But as a general concept I find them overrated and usually never „crave“ them. And especially if there are more than 2 features on an album or even a whole album centered around features

Maria Fernanda Valença

False God is one of the most underrated songs ever. Honestly top 10 of all time for me. I mean the SOUNDS and metaphors in this song are superior and it deserves more recognition. It’s different from everything she’s ever done before and i wish we had more songs like this. I’ll always be a false god stan ✊

GigiLou

I used to agree with this, but I think the last election showed us that celebrities have no impact and may be a deterrent. Personally, I hope she’s donating to good causes (which she never talks about herself), but my unpopular opinion at this point is that people want her to be more vocal to prove over and over again that she is a “good” person. Because when it comes to actual impact, wealthy celebrity opinions are creating backlash in this environment so I don’t think her speaking out is necessarily a win for the county.

Takara

Best song on lover

Jenny

COMPLETELY agree about state of grace acoustic I am almost falling asleep during that lol

GigiLou

Swifties are obsessed with her “muses” to the point that it’s insulting to her art. Yes, she created this monster in her youth, but I think her adult songs are more complex than literal feelings about a single muse. I think she creates stories that capture an emotion but aren’t at all a literal retelling of events, and swifties who interpret it that way make me cringe.

Takara

Unless she does text for Rep and Debut also it won’t make sense but I think there’s a good chance they will. So half w text half without

Takara

DWOHT regular > acoustic - the sounds in the regular album version are superior!

Jenna Rose

Bad Blood has the laziest melody she’s ever written.

Laurie

Not directly Taylor related, but I wish we had another big music interviewer than Zane Lowe. His interviews are one of the only way we can really get insights into an artist’s intent and message, but they are mostly uninteresting. his takes always align with what the artist is saying, if he feels like the person he’s talking to doesn’t agree, he always changes his position, which makes it boring. I wish we could have in depth and challenging interviews, where artist can truly explore what their art means to them.

Cecilia

I understand where you’re coming from, probably a lot of misogyny towards Taylor caused some backlash to her endorsing Kamala. However I’m just curious, if you think it’s a bad idea to utilize the influence and wealth of celebrities to make the country understand that the trump regime is unacceptable, what other strategies should we use to defeat him and protect our rights? MAGA Republicans use wealthy conservative elites to push their agenda, why shouldn’t we do the same?

Layan

I totally agree with you when it comes to hateful or mean-spirited comments...those shouldn’t be given attention or space here. But I do think there’s a difference between being hateful and sharing an opinion, like not liking a certain outfit and not agreeing with certain things. At the end of the day, we’re all Swifties with different tastes and povs, and that’s what makes discussions interesting! The really negative stuff should be left out, but respectful conversations and differences in opinion are valid. ❤️

libby

dear reader is top 5 on midnights

Celia

I love midnights, I think it’s on my top 5 of her albums most days. HOWEVER, it would be 10 times better without the weird electronic sounds that jump scares you suddenly. Like in the beginning of lavender haze and in like labyrinth. It’s so unnecessary and I don’t like it at all. It sounds like it’s featuring a seagull or something 🥲

libby

i like the original “Welcome To New York” better than taylor’s version😖

Drey Szabó

All, and I mean ALL of Taylor’s songs sound better than the studio recordings when she sings them live with just a piano or a guitar

LindseyMarie

I trust the girls, I just hope they use their own discernment to pick the topics rather than selecting the topics with the most likes. I don’t have a problem discussing aspects of outfits or music we prefer and why, but I do have a problem digging into what the “correct” opinion Swifties should have regarding past boyfriends.

libby

the midnights bodysuit with the “abs” was BEAUTIFUL

libby

i skip “thanK you aIMee” every time

Elli

Yes, I get that!! And I think atw 10 is amazing and I was so obsessed with it in 2021. I can appreciate it as a lyrical masterpiece and I know what it means to Taylor and the majority of the fandom. Personally, I just prefer the og version :)

victoria

A lot of things that Taylor does have been influenced by Beyoncé but majority of her fan base doesn’t realize so they think she’s the first for everything

sebastián

i don’t wanna name anyone but this one girl has posted like 7 comments being so mean like damn! if they weren’t here you’d think she was literally a twt hater 🫨

GigiLou

It would benefit Taylor from a PR standpoint to put out some authentic content that helps people, including fans, see her humanity again. Maybe this will be a documentary but even just cat photos or something talking about her art. We’ve gotten to the point where even fans are talking about her as if she’s not a real person and I think some of this would be so easy to mitigate without invading her privacy.

Dominic Cuomo

I understand the confusion but I need to put the full name even the punctuations 😂😂🤣🤣 no one will recognize the song if it doesn’t have those punctuations 😂😂🤣🤣

Celia

Fresh out the slammer is one of the best songs she’s ever written and absolutely top 3 on TTPD, and if you don’t agree it’s simply not your time yet. You will get there

Celia

I’m sorry, so high school is a great song, but it’s not top 30 worthy…

Marie S.

Matty Healy is good looking also Tom Hiddleston was END GAME for her... if not for the climate/situation that happened in 2016

Tara Rose

I like “thanK you aIMee” as a concept but the production of it sounds like I’m on a safari and it’s an always-skip

alex

I‘m so happy to see false god stans rise! This is in my top 5 TS songs ever and I still can’t believe that I got it as one of my surprise songs with sl*t 😭

alex

This song actually kills me everytime and the sadness it holds is so overlooked!

Kristen Walker

thanK you aIMee is my least favorite TTPD song 😬 don’t get me wrong, the idea that she acknowledges how something as bad as Kim’s frightful role in all the drama resulted in something as iconic as Rep is a nice concept, but the song just misses for me! I guess in general petty Taylor is very hit or miss for me…I feel similarly about Better Than Revenge, This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, and I Forgot That You Existed 🫣 but I love Mean, Mr. Perfectly Fine, and Bad Blood 🤷🏼‍♀️ How does everyone else feel about petty Taylor songs?

Jimmy Qin

Taylor’s self-directed videos are not as good as her former videos directed by others (especially Joseph Kahn’s ones), the editing of her self-directed videos are dull and the visuals are less enthralling, some of her recent self-directed videos are too focused on demonstrating what lyrics literally are and less creative (compared to her previous masterpieces). Speaking of videos, I think post-1989 eras all deserve to have more videos! From ts2 to ts6 there are usually 5 to 6 music videos for one album, but since reputation one Taylor album has at most 4! Especially for TTPD, I would love more videos conveying the album concept visually (manifesting MBOBHFT & Down Bad music videos). And I will never forgive Taylor for never shooting a Cruel Summer music video.

Julie

Most songs are probably inspired by friends/movies/tv/books rather than her real life

Marissa

I love Taylor and I think she’s a genius, but I do think she has to do more editing in her next project. And be more selective in which songs she puts out (and what lines make the final cut). I don’t know - sadly I haven’t been in the room 😂 - if that means she needs to surround herself with more people that challenge her and dare to be critical or that she has to become more receptive to it. And be more critical towards her own work. (I know she already is, but maybe in a different way). I love Tortured Poets, to me it’s a classic, one of a kind album and one of its major strengths is that it is unfiltered in every way. But do I think it would have been an absolute smash (to not just Swifties) and a more cohesive, narratively stronger album if she had been more selective when it comes to which songs made the album? Definitely. Songs like I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can), Robin and thanK you aIMee are not bad, but they are unnecessarily distracting. Again I am a Tortured Poets enthusiast but I think for her next chapter it would be great if she sits with the music and the writing a bit longer and surrounds herself with people that dare to challenge her in every way.

Marissa

To clarify: TTPD is one of my favorite albums, I adore it. It’s just that if she had been a bit more selective, nothing would have distracted us from the masterpieces and the (to me) razor sharp narrative at its core. Also not calling for an Aaron or Jack boycot at all because I would follow those men to the ends of the earth. Please stay forever.

kenzy

I'll always love taylor, but i feel like ever since december I haven't been listening to her at all. I've been listening to charli xcx, tate mcrae, and ariana. Me a year ago would be so offended and shocked bc im always in the top 0.05% of spotify listeners and I even went to the eras tour. Is this just like user error or can anyone else relate.

Jack

Sabrina has surpassed the other pop girls and it's not particularly close anymore.

kenzy

robin, thank you aimee, the manuscript, and i look in people's windows are skips for me. I get the art and meaning behind all of them, but sonically I don't enjoy the songs and can't relate to the lyrics.

angel (plnkblue)

truly, i think so many people just project their own personal experiences of not feeling seen in relationships onto their own false interpretation of a cariacture of joe. cause we don’t know shit about the real human being joe alwyn, and taylor’s songs are not a vivisection of reality. people talk about him (and other potential male song inspirations) like he personally came into their house and slighted them. like yall sure have a lot of feelings about a man you don’t know and will never meet and it’s not a good look!

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Those backup vocals r superior for sure 🤌🏻🫶🏻

kenzy

it would be a really bad decision to not release another documentary--eras tour related or not.

superscarf

Lol I just did this with 1989 so I can hear style again (pls don’t judge me) 😬

Jack

Having a platform as big as hers and not using it to consistently advocate for positive social change is immoral. Advocacy isn't just about endorsing individual candidates.

Marie S.

i hate the acronyms lol !!! lets just call it "chloe" or " but daddy" what do you mean BDILH ?? COSOSOM ? WAOLOM its confusing haha

Dorka

I can also stream them, it is still her song, her story, her childhood, lol me streaming 1 song maybe 2x a month is not going to hurt anyone. No one needs to feel superior for doing your own thing. And they are old versions, it is the Taylor many of us fell in love with. She makes way enough money to counteract the streams of some of the older songs

Chelsea Brown

I think the official lyrics for Paris are wrong. Why would you waste cheap wine if you’re savoring it and pretending it’s champagne? “Stumble down pretend alley ways, cheap wine…make believe it’s champagne” makes so much more sense to me than “Stumble down pretend alleys, waste cheap wine make believe it’s champagne”. If we’re pretending it’s champagne we’re not wasting it! Small gripe 😂

Marissa

My hot take: she wrote it about Matty first, and changed part of the lyrics after she met Travis to match her feelings in the present moment. (Heroin but this time with an e - I circled you on a map / I haven't come around in so long / But I'm coming back so strong - Cause the sign on your heart / Said it's still reserved for me )

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Haha I love this theory. It so goes with the vibe.🫶🏻

Dorka

Exactly!!

Morgan Light

The Alchemy is a song more about falling back in love with the U.S. and American men than it is about Travis specifically or Matty Healy. For example, the lyrics “that child’s play back at school is forgiven under my rule” can be about the last American men she dated before Travis instead of being about the 10 year Matty situationship.

Chelsea Brown

I think a majority of the songs on TTPD could be about both men at once and that makes it more dynamic and interesting to me. All her emotions and hopes colliding together, and drawing comparisons between the two relationships and heart breaks. E.g. My boy could be about patterns in her relationships in general.

Chelsea Brown

I think debut should come before reputation so we can still hype it up.

GigiLou

I don’t fully disagree, but my only problem with this is that people would get rid of songs that I love! I think I agree just in general getting out of a comfort zone can always be interesting and productive, but I’d always prefer to be given all the songs available and let me make the decision on which ones to listen to.

Hannah AC

Maroon is not about Matty its about Jake Gyllenhaal and I will die on this hill lol

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Yaaas play these 2 everyday. I just love them so.

Jana Fuller

Debut doesn’t need help with hype

Sabina Vitola

I rarely like Taylor’s production on her songs 🫣🫣 I feel like the only time I truly connect to her songs right off the bat is when she’s playing them acoustic and I’m like holy shit THATS what was hiding under all the beepboops?!?! —there’s of course some exceptions but I just feel like her and her guitar/piano is how those songs were meant to be shared

Jana Fuller

Fortnight was the wrong single choice

alex

If this was a movie should’ve never been kicked out of speak now TV and I will never forgive her for this because it’s my favorite song on that album and will always be 🥲 people need to fathom

superscarf

All reactions on YouTube & TikTok going back through Taylor’s discography that started during the eras era are faking it for engagement/income. 🫣

Sabina Vitola

And just to clarify this is NOT a dig at Jack or Aaron. I think it’s just the style of production that she enjoys (which is great for her just not great for me 😂).

Marissa

I understand what you mean, and there is something to be said for “putting all of it out there” to allow people to create their own perfect album. That’s how I’ve been interacting with TTPD myself and some of the Taylor’s Versions vaults. But I think I personally do prefer Taylor as my curator who creates the “perfect” story A to Z. That said, I would never want to part with the songs she already gave us. 🤍

Sabina Vitola

THIS. Totally agree and think this is especially true in her later albums—why would she confine her stories to only facts when she’s so talented in storytelling…

Jana Fuller

I Hate the abbreviation Chloe et al

SomDrum

(said with the most love possible) Rep stans are kind of the worst. They are so often single-minded in thinking reputation was MILES better than any other Taylor album, and the constant rep TV theories kind of ruined the vibe in the last few months of the eras tour

Kristen Walker

1. Lavender Haze is the best album opener and is NEVER a skip (and is in my top 20 😍)! That being the introduction into the entire sound of Midnights is ILLENING. What do you mean she starts Midnights with “meet me at midnight?!?” Also, I love all the filters on her voice throughout Midnights! 2. Not an unpopular opinion, but I would LOVE for Bonny and Emily to rank what they think the best re-recorded songs are once we get all the re-records! I personally think Back to December and Clean are the best 2 so far. Sonically, the melodies are just so enhanced and her voice sounds INCREDIBLE in those. But, I’d also love to know what y’all think about the songs that sound exactly the same vs. the ones that sound different from the original and if you have a preference!

GigiLou

I understand and think that's valid! I do think she may do that on the next album after the criticism on from TTPD. And then people will probably complain that we don't get enough songs lol

Laura

Lover album needs more love. Yes she was probably trying too hard but it was her FIRST album she would own outright and she felt like she had so much to prove after Reputation. If she released Lover now, it would probably do better. It’s an easy album to hate on but I stand by it. Sometimes we all get a little delulu in life and we learn and grow. I ❤️ Lover.

GigiLou

Many people who don't want to criticize Taylor (or focus on criticism from others) aren't living in some delusion that she's a perfect person. Many of us are just adults who are struggling enough in life and use fandom for joy and positivity (which is why Bonny and Em are so great!).

Enzo Reis

Stay Stay Stay, Run, Stay Beautiful, Superstar, Closure, London Boy, Paris, Thank You Aimee, Robin are top Taylor's worst songs.

Enzo Reis

Daylight is an overated song! The lyrics are very forced, chatgpt Taylor and don't make any statement. Also, I think it's an forced ending to the record. The only reason I think the fans over hype this song is because of the audio in the outro.

Phia

I really don’t care that much about Travis. I’m so happy that Taylor is happy, but the outer world’s obsession with their relationship is distracting from her artistry!

Gabriela

Run is a great song!!!

Emmy c

I loved Taylors country era and I think one of her next albums should be back to country

Marissa

You’re so right, that probably will happen. 🥲

Janna Patty

taylor needs to do album roll-outs again. i’m tired of buying her albums on pre-sale without knowing what they sound like.

AmberB

I always loved the blue Fearless dress and still do 🤍💙

naz

I agree and I also think this is part of the reason why so many people struggled to connect with The Alchemy. I think it's a great song but everyone was so convinced it was about the gold, way before it came out. It surprised people and let some down. We would love the song more if we never did that research.

Izzzy Federgreen

Didn’t everyone get special bracelet gifts?

Gabi

Fans get way too comfortable saying that they know exactly which muse a song is about. In reality none of us know whether something is “a Joe song” or “a Harry song,” even if there are hints that may imply that is the case.

sierra

midnight sun is a supeeeeerior book

Jana Fuller

I’m more excited for debut than rep lol but h love both I’m just a debut girl at heart forever

María Amelia R. Águila

Evermore, the song, is ruined by Bon Iver. Sometimes I listen the normal version and skip his part. I loved the eras tour version but its hard to find.

Sean

ATW 10 is fine, but ATW 5 is perfect

smolberry

More excited for debut than reputation tv 😬

Breezy Bumbles

I think Taylor should take a long break. Only because I constantly worry about her and her safety and the hatred and negativity towards her has been escalating and I NEED her to be protected at all costs.

sophie

When i listen to folklore and evermore I see the songs through the whole joe cage/matty longing sort of thing even though they were written literally a year after lover

Sean

Swifties need to know the difference between fan theories and objective reality (see Karma, the scarf, boyfriend speculation)

naz

I normally never think about who the song is about while I'm listening to Taylor's songs. I think about it when I first hear the lyrics or hear someone talk about it but that's it, I just enjoy the song. It was never something that took away from my experience of listening to Taylor's music, until But Daddy I Love Him. It's sonically such a great song and I want to listen to it but every time I try to, her defending Matty Healy with her life distracts me. I just can't take her seriously I'm sorry. If it wasn't for the lyrics, it might've been in my top 5 on TTPD but I skip it more often than not. Idk why this is happening to me with this song when it's never an issue with any other.

Mika B

No :(

A R

Taylors self directed music videos are some of my least favorite🫣

sarah

1989’s repackage to be a beachy album is a little aggravating. welcome to new YORK!! not the BEACH!! p.s. i know we have beaches here but most of them are filthy 😅 not something i want to be picturing..

sarah

yes!! and unless she’s singing about long island our beaches are NASTY

schicken

I want debut to be last. I want this because if debut were to come before rep everyone would move on from debut so fast and be ready for rep meaning debut wouldn’t have its moment. This way we can get rep out of the way let it have its moment then everyone would be anticipating debut more.

Maggie

So true! There has become such a lack in critical analysis of artistry over the last decade. This was especially apparent with Lowe's interview with Katy Perry and the 143 album release. People seem to forget that you can provide criticism without being a piece of garbage to that artist or person, and he definitely could have pressed or even asked about dr. Luke since that was so top of mind with the 143 release. Even Alex Cooper shyed away at pushing further into that after she was given a bs answer from Perry. Music commentary from so called journalists is so muted and does not provide any real insight to the art or artist, just surface level platitudes. Taylor was definitely harshly criticized as we all know early in her career, which the level of mean was unfair. it did however ultimately make her a better artist because she took that criticism and said f**k you I'm going to make myself better/do better and she did. Of course I'm not saying be mean or harsh to make people better that definitely does not always work and can cause more harm but sometimes people need to hear some valid feedback to grow and be better and the current climate, I think, does not do that. Too much pandering to people with curated lives that don't live in the reality that most of us do. End rant.

Kami

Music isn't singular, there's so much to listen to diversity is fun.

Kami

I'm so greedy that I want all the songs. But I do agree with this statement in regards to the standard album. I like perfection there. I think deluxe, vaults and things like the anthology are fair game to dump everything and anything that doesn't fit to the core but is adjacent storylines and I wouldn't want to give access to those up.

The Renn Domino Experiment

This has to be said. There is a difference between a criticism and an insult. Unfortunately, some dispositions are too sensitive to know the difference. I took your suggestions and cancelled my sub. I now have an extra $18 in my wallet every month. In case you haven't noticed, C&R has lost over 2,000 paid subscribers. People are leaving. They should have at least 500,000 paid subscribers but they don't because their current subscriber base rips to shreds anyone that is critical or shares an opinion they don't like. I don't want to see them go back to the 9 to 5 grind, and if you want to help their channel grow, you will encourage growth, not smash it.

Floran

Midnight rain and mastermind did not belong on the setlist

Kami

I support petty Taylor, especially when she does things like change the highlighted letters to take a dig at Kanye lol. I'm pretty detached from the situations you mentioned so my enjoyment of the songs is based on their individual merit.

Ninchen20

The owner family of the Chiefs and many players are pro Trump. What do you expect him to do say that ge hates Trump and that he can go f*ck himself and piss of the president of the country you live in you’re teammates and the family which pays you’re Million dollar Salary? And get yourself and the people you love in danger I in his shoes would have said much more than that I’m honored. Profi Sports is not Ponyland in which you can say and do whatever you want.

Maggie

My unpopular opinion is i hope Taylor takes the rest of the year off and gives us nothing. She could even take 2026 off and that'd be fine with me. The Easter egging has become too much, there is so much overly saturated taylor swift content and all of these people and their theories that something is being released every day has become too much. The Eras Tour really exposed this. Even the iheart radio never before seen mirrorball performance. The fact that people were mad because they already saw the performance via livestream or in person... next level selfishness.

sarah

typing this from nyc and all of the beaches here are nasty unless ur 6 hours deep into long island 💔💔

Kami

Though agreement here. I don't want her to feel like she has to do anything to appease or be at the mercy of the masses but it genuinely would help a lot. We see this after events like the grammys where her humanity is beloved.

Hanni

Thank you! This needed to be said

Elvira✨

when we do get rep tv, I don’t think I want Getaway Car (Taylor’s Version) as a music video 🫣😣Don’t get me wrong, a MV for Getaway Car would be superior, but since we haven’t gotten a new MV of a song on a re-record that existed before, it would feel too strange imo. Instead, I like getting MV’s for vault tracks as they fit more into the era that they were released in (a re-record era)

Kami

Tough* as in I don't want to agree but do 😅

Kristen Walker

So valid! When I’m in the right mood they’re so much fun, but I’m more likely to skip past some of these than others.

Marissa

I actually agree with that, this would be the perfect middle road!

Kami

I don't ever relate (i just dont care to, im sure theres plenty i could) to songs so I always find it so fascinating that it's such a sticking point for so many people. It's a fascinating concept.

Kami

Do you mean 23? Generally people were loving her up this year, but there was a lot of random backlash last year.

Riley Swain

Yeah I kinda feel like we would’ve had an announcement for the next re-record already if not for all the theories and hype, but idk

María Amelia R. Águila

Not ok to have so many different versions of the same album. And make your fans pay for "bonus tracks" that are going to be available from day one on Spotify... Not good for the planet and looks money hungry

Kami

I gave Taylor a pass on not injecting herself in US politics right when the president publicly declared his hatred for her and Elon threatened to impregnate her. She's already cultivated a community that vastly stands on the right side of history, that I'm okay with her prioritising her personal safety.

Sean

The album variants are fine. They're collectors items. You don't have to buy all of them. Pick your one favorite, and go with that one!

Sean

(unless there's exclusive songs on them, but that's another topic...)

Meghan C

A lot of fan favorite songs are at the bottom of my album rankings: Enchanted, mirrorball, New Romantics, right where you left me, etc 🙊

Gabi

People want Taylor to be happy in a relationship so badly, they say we’re fake fans if we criticize the way that her relationship with Travis HAS often contradicted her lover era promise to be more politically engaged. I do think that it made complete sense for her to stay more on the DL after the threats of terrorism—but T&T being friends with the mahomes legitimizes the white supremacy and transphobia that they, and many of the other chiefs players, stand for. People were so quick to say “just because they’re friends with the mahomes doesn’t mean they share the same bigoted ideas,” but that’s not 100% true—the people you surround yourself with DOES say something about who you are. And then Travis said he was honored to have the rapist fascist president at his game. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck—it’s probably a fucking duck! It’s obviously a nuanced issue, but personally I don’t fw Travis. I love Taylor’s music in my soul but her WAG era was really not for me.

Lauren Levitt

Mastermind had the best choreography on the eras tour and I will always be appreciative of it being on the set list for that reason

Christine Violet

LMAOOOOOO… I guess they really didn’t specify if the opinion has to be about Taylor or not hahahahahaha

Ninchen20

Im so done with Swifties projecting they’re own believes on Taylor like „She doesn’t want kids“ first of all none of us really know what Taylor thinks but she’s 35 and in an relationship with someone who publicly admitted that he wants to have kids someday and I don’t think that she’s so cruel to be with him when she doesn’t want the same things as him. In her discography she often talked about kids and family like in loml „You sh*t-talked me under the table talking rings and talking cradles I wish I could unrecall how we always had it all“ I don’t think she would refer to marriage and kids as „all“ If it wasn’t something desirable for her.

Renee S Smith

Its not really about MH though. That may have been a breaking point but its really about her wider struggle with fan boundaries.

Kami

It's actually kind of fascinating cause Taylors go to method is shove it under the rug. And it works for the most part but there are obvious examples as you've listed where the backlash was so uncalled for and likely avoidable.

Christine Violet

Ooh interesting!! Or it could be a reference to the song Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince!

Christine Violet

Totally agree! Also it depends where you look, different platforms have different lyrics

Ariana B

I definitely thought it was the first and will continue to believe that.

Renee S Smith

Something about that song. She has mashed it with a bunch of songs attributed to diff people. But to me cheap rose and Brooklyn broke feel connected lol.

Kami

I like vigorous discourse and this feels like a good/safe place to have it because we know that the people here ultimately love to be here. (Bar a few baffling examples that I can't fathom why on earth they're paying to be part of this community)

Laurie

Yeah and I don’t even need an interview with plain criticism or pushback, just a deeper reflection and consideration of the art, so that the artist can touch on different aspects of the creative process and speak from their heart instead of staying on the surface

Celia

And jack antonoff agrees with me 😌

Christine Violet

I also hate that they aren’t the same, but personally would much prefer they all have the titles on them! They don’t need to have her name on them, she is lengendary and therefore you don’t need that, but I really bothers me that some albums have the title and some don’t!

Energy Yellow

The truth is Taylor would most likely burn her own fans before turning against Travis his family and friends and it’s not only the Mahomes the Haims sisters are also pro Trump Taylor can be friends with whoever she wants to it’s none of our business and she doesn’t care what we have too say anyway „I'd rather burn my whole life down Than listen to one more second of all this bitch*ng and moaning“

noah

speak now vaults did not age well

Demons

Maroon, glitch and Chloe etc. are all about Matty. Also people are upset because people want to connect her songs to someone in her world, I’m not going to stop. It brings me joy and no matter what I always connect to it in a personal way, so who it’s about doesn’t really matter but it’s fun to connect songs to one another 🤷🏻‍♀️

noah

kenzy i totally resonate with you. last year she was pretty much all i listened to. i haven’t found myself connected to taylor or her music in a while. to be honest im only here because i like the girls and i like discussing pop culture 🤷‍♂️

noah

so true

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#streamfreshouttheslammer

GigiLou

Yes! I don’t *need* to see her, just genuinely think it would be helpful once in awhile for perception purposes (in a way that football appearances or pap pics aren’t). And it’s only because she’s so likable that little authentic displays of self work for her.

Will McNally

I have to put this because of some of the other comments. I love Chloe et al and COSOSOM as abbreviations because they're so unhinged, I genuinely giggle every time I read them

Mariana

The debut era being out of the Eras Tour was not discussed enough by the swifties!

Erin

I prefer Taylor’s look when she’s most cozy and natural. Like I love the sweatshirts and tank tops at Chiefs games way more than being dolled up!

David S 🎃

Lover has the most polarizing mix of absolute bangers and cringy songs I always skip 🤷

Maggie

A crime against humanity was committed with no Debut on the Eras Tour 😢

Beatriz

i cant really think of an unpopular opinion. I can only think about how i think she should rest now, and maybe keep us waiting a bit more for something new, but i dont think thats unpopular soooo yeah. Love you chickens !

TiffK83

I mostly agree. I do like This is Why we can’t have nice things now though, but mostly because my kid thinks it’s fun. I don’t really like Thank you, Aimee. If she was going to include a song abt Kimye, Casandra is far better.

Nicole

speak now is her best album

Liz

It is cheeky of Taylor Nation to constantly tell fans to vote for awards that Taylor doesn’t really care about and has no intention turning up to the awards show. Leave these awards for up-coming artists!!

intandem

But daddy I love him is a song about being in a relationship with Matty Healy to the public telling us to mind our business lol

Isabel Victoria

I listen to Fearless the least 🥲 it’s her weakest album in my opinion. Followed by Lover 🥲🥲🥲 don’t kill me

TiffK83

I think she means the one where she announced TTPD

Jack

lover could've been so much better if was a different vibe. ig it was on brand for 2019 though lol. But something about those photoshoots and the album cover even, it all seems really rushed🤷‍♂️ Obviously Lover is still offensive

annie

so agreed, it's at the very bottom of my ttpd ranking unfortunately. sucks bc there are parts of the song that I love and that i feel like i SHOULD like more than i do but as a whole it just does not click with me

TiffK83

When a person reaches billionaire status and their estimated net worth is largely made up of their art—while owning no other brands—they should not be included in billionaire discourse. Take Taylor, for example. She has no real control over the value of her discography. It’s valuable because it’s good, popular, and she’s successful. She will never sell it, so she doesn’t have that money in hand. Only a few artists have reached this level of success while they were alive. Artists like Michael Jackson, Prince, and Elvis would all likely be billionaires if they were still here. The only living artist who comes close is Paul McCartney, and his most valuable work isn’t his solo material. Beyond that, we know Taylor pays her people above industry standards and frequently gives away money. There are undoubtedly many times she has donated anonymously or done things for her crew that we will never hear about. Lastly, in this same vein, nothing could make me care about her plane usage. Flying commercial would not be practical for anyone in her position. Plus, the amount of CO₂ her flights emit is inconsequential.

Laura

Seriously? OMG 😂

superscarf

Probably more unpopular among swifties, but I don’t get why people like the bleachers. 😬

Mads

Red is my least favorite album and I prefer the shorter version of ATW🫢

sharon teles

we will not hear from taylor this year and the rerecords are going to take 5+ years to be finished

Connor Tabor

I cannot stand when swifties use acronyms for song titles or lyrics. My adhd brain does not work like that (“chloe et al” is totally fine. I mean like ICDIWABH for I can do it with a broken heart is illegal!) 😂

Katie

I wish Taylor would grow out her bangs or do something different with her hair

Katie

These comments are hurting my feelings LOL

Erica Olson

And the 7 bars of chocolate is not about chocolate. It means something else in 1975 discography.

Gina Bina

I think it is probably a combination: some of it probably came from the original, but some of the lyrics seem like she needed time to process/come to those conclusions.

Imagine

1. Although a majority of the Swifties would say Red is her best album, I wouldn't say the same. Objectively the album isn't very cohesive and there's a lot of skips in the album for me. But since it's a longer album there's still plenty of hits in there that we forget the one's we don't enjoy as much. I also think ATW is a reason why many people will say it's her best, regardless of how they feel about the rest of the album. 2. I feel like as a fandom we get so caught up on the words she chooses to put into a song when sometimes she might choose it because it flows best with the melody and not necessarily because it is true to her. While the general story of her songs are autobiographical, it doesn't mean that every single word or sentence in a song is. 3. We have become so obsessed with interpreting each song a certain way, and if other people don't interpret the same way then it's "wrong." At the end of the day we aren't close to her to know if what she shares with us is literal or not.

Adolfo Ocadiz

Heroin is a known substance used in American Football, also "this time" because last time (with Matty) it was the ACTUAL drug. "I haven't come around in so long" = to America = dating Travis after so many British boys in a row.

JA

floran i will unfriend you

Floran

It’s not what it looks like 😭

naz

yes I agree that it's wrong to reduce it to just him, I think confronting the public was very necessary and she probably felt like this before too but we know how wild it was in that time and I just can't help thinking about it in this way. i don't think it makes sense either

Amanda P

Idk if it’s unpopular but our girlie needs to fire her stylist Joseph & hair stylist Jemma lol they do her such a disservice half the time (not only with the style but also fit), it should be a crime!! I admire that she likes to hire the same people for a long time but it’s time for them to go 🫢 (there is a reason no other celebs work with them 🫣)

Maria Fernanda Valença

Soooo i skip YOYOK almost every time 🤷‍♀️. I get the importance of it and what it represents, but it’s just not for me…

Alyssa Thomas

I 100% agree with everything you said here.

CK

Out of the woods is one of the weakest 1989 songs. The bridge carries it, but the chorus is too repetitive. It’s a skip for me ✊😔

Nadja Peedu

We have to take a step back with theories and it has kinda ruined a bit of the fandom, everything is not an easter egg and sometimes the factor of surprise is disrupted with theories. I love Taylors cheeky easter eggs like the lover sign in ME! MV but the numbers and mathematical equations neeeed to stop

Olivia Haddock

I almost do is her most underrated song, it hits me just as hard as all too well does.

Grace

The alchemy is not about travis kelce

Joseph Laurite

ttpd is a better album than midnights and more importantly, ME! is not a bad song people just dont know how to have fun. i will never forgive people for bullying that song so much that she didnt include it on the eras tour. it wouldve been so much fun and she had so much fun and was so happy writing it!

Leney

The only reason why people don't like Lover as much is because of the marketing and aesthetic, not the songs.

Chloé

This !

Leney

If Taylor had a more on trend style/"cool" personality she would be more liked by the general public, however her fans wouldn't be as loyal because her dorkiness is what we love about her.

MarkH

i think this is just the truth, not an unpopular opinion!

Caroline

Florida!!! is not my cup of tea but what I can absolutely never forgive from our lord and savior and English teacher Taylor Swift is the grammatical error in it. “Little did you know your home’s really only the town you’ll get arrested (in!!!!!)”. More correct would be “in which you’ll get arrested” but I know that’s not how people talk lol. This one bugs me to my CORE!!!

intandem

I always question it bc I always feel like people connect it to Travis! 😂

MarkH

The re-records are done and she is just waiting for the right timing to release them. She is strategically staying out of the public eye.

Lorenzo

I know Taylor has reached the point in her career where she doesn’t need to “promote” her albums, but it would be much more engaging for her to post more about them on her socials after the first week of release or push multiple singles again. She hasn’t posted anything since December, when she could have used this time to promote TTPD (which is an amazing album that deserves to have more flowers). No need for new music (we have had so much in the past few years), but just more social media promotion or a new single would go a long way. TTPD’s numbers could be much bigger than they are right now.

lilymae

I feel like Taylor wanted to conclude the Eras Tour without any announcements and didn’t want us to anticipate something that would come for a reason. I believe she wanted us all to take a break and digest the tour, but she also wants to leave a few months, possibly even a year, between the tour’s end and her announcement. I think this is because, for me personally, since the tour ended, I haven’t listened to her as much. We don’t see much of her, and she hasn’t said anything for a while. I think she wants us all to just carry on so that when she does come back, possibly with a special TV announcement, the fandom will revive, and the positive vibes and community that existed during the tour will be rekindled after the long break of not having anything from her. I personally think this is a great strategy if that’s her intention. Because I know when she does come back with something new, it’ll be even more exciting because we’ve all had time to relax and be excited to really push with streams and talk about whatever she announces. None of us will be tired of her or her music (not that I think that’s possible for me, but you get the gist). Because of the break we’d have had to explore other artists and not have had an album release to countdown to.

MarkH

Taylor's monthly listeners on Spotify have dropped from her peak of 116 million down to 82 million. The reason for this is that she is not doing anything. That is also the reason the C&R numbers are down. As soon as Taylor does something, the numbers will climb again. The numbers have little to do with anything else.

sophia molina

As someone who’s favorite Taylor album is 1989 I was a bit disappointed in its lack of promotion and wish it got the Red TV treatment. I think 1989 has without a doubt her best string of music videos and it would have been nice to see a music video for one of the vault songs with that same energy. Similarly I have to admit that I wish the vault tracks sounded more like the main album. I was expecting more fuller pop production but instead got songs that sound more like midnight songs than 1989. #BRINGBACKMAXMARTIN Edit: I also am gonna be honest, I did not care for the 1989 tv album cover. The polaroids were such an important part of the original album and so was the New York city vibe. To have that completely erased and only focus on the beach aesthetic did not encapsulate the full album at all.

sophia molina

I’m scared without Max Martin the Rep tv production won’t hit the same.

Energy Yellow

Before she sang it as an Surprise Song in Paris for she extra announced that it was the 87th Show but of course you know more about the song and who it is about than Taylor but some people are just incorrigible 🙄

Chloé

I agree though I have to say I prefer the long pond studio version better than the studio version we got on the album !

lilymae

i feel the same way. i think part of it is because rep is quite fresh when you compare it to debut (i know rep is almost 8, but debut is almost 19) .. lots of us were here when the OG rep came out, and a lot of us have had an experience with hearing that album for the first time, and in a way, had a rep era. the majority of the taylor fan base didn’t know of taylor when debut dropped. there’s only a small majority of the fandom who have experienced a debut release. also, debut is a country themed album, a genre taylor hasn’t had an album in for years. she’s tested out with pop and folky music, and a lot of the fandom don’t listen to debut much because they became fans during eras a lot later on from that. there’s a lot of anticipation of what debut will sound like because taylor only ever knew country twang when she released that album first time, and her voice has changed quite a lot. not to discredit rep, i love it, but we’ve had a lot of rep themed music through other albums, such as ttpd. the genre of rep is familiar, debut, not so much. and i feel that’s what makes it more exciting.

Sarah

I totally agree about the ttpd announcement I also think it would have been way more fun for her bc the reaction of the fans would have been off the charts instead of the (understandably) lukewarm reaction at the Grammy's, it just didn't feel like the right audience to announce it in front of.

Chloé

Me with Midnights 🤷‍♀️

• Sammy 🐍🖤 •

I am a Rep stan and even I admit it was exhausting and couldn’t keep up / gave up 😂 Rep is my baby and will be forever. But the complete breakdown I had over the superior endless melodies and literal goosebumps I still get from TTPD! Should’ve Said Naurrr is still my #1 since the first time it came out. The blinders for Rep TV were on (and still on sometimes) and I just scroll most times cause I’m exhausted 😂 until THEY give us something, I’m chilling 🫶🏼

Steph

I left this same comment 🤣

Sarah

Yeah I've been taking the time to explore other artists that I've never listened to before! it's been nice to get back to some more variety after my deep dive obsession with Taylor's discography in the past few years, whenever she drops the next thing I know she'll be back at the top of my rotation!

Sarah

Lol a safari why is that so accurate haha I can't unhear that now 😂

Emily Haggard

I totally agree! Especially with that show the Pitt that’s coming out on Max all about the PTSD that’s medical workers have from Covid ugh it’s such a beautiful song!

Grace

Referring to her relationship with Matty as a “manic phase” trivializes the very real and harmful effects of actual mania. I also strongly dislike her references to psych wards and asylums in TTPD lyrics and imagery. In some ways it felt like she was using mental illness as an aesthetic choice.

Sarah

Yes!! False god is my fave song from Lover, nice to see other false god stans!

Chloé

Finally someone who agrees with me on Midnights lol 🙈😂 I really gave the album a chance but it’s really not for me and yes the 3 am tracks are the best part !

Sarah

Completely agree and Rep is the album that made me a fan but I'm just sooo excited for her vocals on debut!!

sierra

they did not 😌😂

Bella

100% agree on all of this

Bella

I don’t even know if it was on brand for that time 😩 I feel like she was not being genuine to herself in that era (going off what she said in Miss Americana about trying to stay relevant), so she tried to do something different with Lover and idk if it landed very well. Even though there are some absolutely offensive songs on that album

Dawn

The little braids era meant something

Bella

Absolutely agree

Bella

Hard agree with this

Dawn

Taylor mistreated the 1989 TV era, the songs are amazing, but she should’ve released more of them, done music videos, features and more of the aesthetic

MarkH

I think that Taylor often writes songs to understand and cope with her own feelings, especially on TTPD. So I think that sometimes she herself does not actually know where they are really coming from. She writes the feelings down, then she polishes the song up until it is a lyrical diamond, but even she does not necessarily know what real-life situation the song is about, if any. We sometimes act like songs are factual narratives, but they are not.

Seraphina

Not everything is boy or romance related

Dawn

Honestly never a skip

Seraphina

How ppl forget it takes two in a. Relationship and Taylor is just human too. So we shouldn’t be giving all this hate to the ex’s and act like she’s an angel when it comes to certain relationships (not saying they don’t do her rly dirty but sometimes ppl act like she can do no wrong and everyone except Taylor Lautner is horrid)

Bella

They wrote the song together though so it wouldn’t exist without him- I am biased as I’m a massive Bon Iver song but I love it as it is!

Kat Cooley

cruel summer and hits different are about sneaking around with Harry Styles pre-Calvin

Kasey

I like all 3 points.

Kasey

😂😂😂

Christine

I think YOYOK may be about Taylor’s relationship with Matty ending and her realizing no matter what she has her music and her songs help her get through any adversity in life

Ang ⋆｡°✩

Imagine if the anthology came out like a week after standard ttpd…. Or even two weeks (a fortnight). I think it might’ve not overwhelmed people as much

ton

I don’t really like Guilty As Sin and Cowboy Like Me at all.

Bella

Hahahaah I agree I can’t stand the production and the whole song sonically

Bella

Agree, people have forgotten how insanely influential Beyoncé has been over the last 20 years

Bella

Agreeeee

ton

Thank you

ton

I tend to see the Eras tour as paying tribute to who other tours … Debut didn’t have a tour so always made sense to me tbh

em ⊹˚. ♡

Sorry it’s a dramatic take, I’ve been a swiftie since 2009 so these details are very dear to me 😅

Bella

Omg disagree I find You’re losing me very boring sonically in comparison

Valerie

Thank you so much for this, I vote for shortened titles instead like "broken heart" or "my boy"

Valerie

Please don't be mad girlies and everyone, but cardigan is boring sonically... love the lyrics and idea behind it, but I always skip 😅

Bella

@Jack, I honestly think the opposite, celebrities are often so insanely out of touch with the average person that I really don’t care what Selena Gomez or Beyoncé or Taylor have to say about political/social issues. They don’t even know what it is like to shop for your weekly groceries so I’m not sure we should be listening to them when it comes to global change. If they do speak on it, it needs to be so carefully curated that it feels disingenuous anyway

Bella

Yes I literally have a 7 tattooed on me 🫶🏻

Krispy

I am more excited about debut then Rep, but that’s because debut is one of my fav albums. I have 6 debut songs in my top 50, and my number one song of all time is our song. The album is very deep in my bones.

Javeria Rashid

An unpopular opinion about Taylor Swift and "The Tortured Poets Department" (TTPD) might be that some listeners believe her emphasis on emotional vulnerability and personal storytelling can come across as melodramatic or self-absorbed. While many fans appreciate her openness and the depth of her lyrics, critics might argue that this focus on personal pain and romantic turmoil can sometimes detract from the broader artistic message or limit her exploration of diverse themes. They might feel that her songwriting could benefit from a more varied perspective, rather than consistently centering on her own experiences.

Krispy

Me too. I love debut!!!

annie

Midnights is Taylor's best pop album, and this is a hill I'll die on

Bella

Agreee with this I get so sad with the Joe hate, nobody knows him irl and there is no reason to crucify him

Kami

Oh MY GOD we're in 2025 right I realise now. 😅 TTPD announcement grammys yeah, I can see that

Paige Jacobsen

How did it end in general is just the best thing I’ve ever heard

Bella

Agree and this would make sense as to why she just randomly brought out the gold rep jumpsuit later on (for no apparent reason)

Kami

Gabi I hate to break it to you but many of Taylors long time friends are Trumpers. Haim, the Tellers, Lana etc I personally don't care much but Im guessing you might. The Kelces at least are well known Democrats so I'd take that small win if that's something you value in how you perceive Taylor. Unfortunately her very strong advocacy period was very limited to that one era and ceased long before Travis was in the picture. She's not completely silent and I've never questioned where she stands on anything which is personally good enough for me.

Kami

He was simply a bad boyfriend not a bad person. I don't hate him cause that's ridiculous and I don't understand that. But I also don't have any loyalty to him and don't overly care if people speak of him disparagingly so long as they're not harassing him.

Courtney

The green Folklore dress was ugly... The design of the bodice always looked really baggy and unflattering to me, and that shade of green wasn't flattering on her either.

cass

I think this would be the best case scenario! Fingers crossed

Jessica

Unpopular opinion: I hate the production of 1989 TV. I’m not saying it’s bad per se, but it just doesn’t pack a punch the same way the original production does. I def miss Max Martin on it.

daisy

ts12 is going to be a red coloured album (maybe orangey) but we aren’t going to get it until after rep TV and then after ts12 we will get debut TV and after that we will get ts13 (maybe even called thirteen/13) and after that she will go on a big break

Hannah Grace

I get the reason for this post to give you guys conversation points, but i havent enjoyed going through these comments. what a down buzz

Mavi💖

Personally, I couldn't care less who Taylor dates; I'm here for her incredible artistry. I really don't understand the obsession with her and Travis (and honestly, any of her past relationships). It's insane how many people claim to "love" Travis when they know nothing about him besides him being Taylor's boyfriend. When news first broke that he was pursuing her, everyone was asking, "Who is this random guy? Then, as soon as they were confirmed to be together, suddenly everyone acted like they knew him and "loved" him. The other day a video came up on my feed of someone calling Travis "Trav," and it made me cringe – you don't even know the guy! This means no shade to travis at all!! Honestly have 0 opinions on him as I don't know him lol

Holly

I think her vocals in the beginning of seven are AWFUL I can’t listen 🫣

Madeline

I’m personally a little bit nervous for Taylor’s feature film that has been talked about quite a bit. Taylor is an incredible writer and creates amazing worlds (that’s why I love her) but I find with the exception of Anti-Hero I prefer her music videos prior to her switch to directing them. I think it has something to do with the stylistic visual choices so I’m keeping my expectations low 😬

Meghan C

Forgot to mention seven and champagne problems

Kirrily Lewis

Awww noooo that sucks for you to miss out on seven xx

Holly

I know 😭 I love the lyrics and melody but something about the intro irks me

Amanda Christon

Midnights has fallen a lot in my album ranking, and besides the few singles, I don’t think it has staying power like her other albums.

Kami

The ethical billionaire thing is a trip when the ethics of 500 million and 1 billion aren't different if the access to cash isnt there. Which is what I think Julie is referring too.

Kami

That's not to say she doesn't have the capabilities to be doing more with her company then she is and merch is probably issue number 1 imo

Kami

Homie you can be critical and have recommendations without all the snark. That's just rude and nobody is going to respond well to that.

annie

omg possibly my fave outfit from the whole tour! loll

Stacy Schindler

My unpopular opinion is I was tempted to make up an unpopular opinion just so you two would reference me 😬

Ananya

I swear I’ve tried many times but I just can’t bring myself to like brat. I think lyrically Charli is good so I wanna listen to what she has to say, but that music isn’t for me. And it’s not like I hate edm but idk why I just can’t.

Ananya

Actually sometimes I skip it too🙈

Ananya

Ton nooo😭 But it’s okay I get it. 🫂

bri

I am a Change STAN! Idk there was something about that song when it came out when I was 9 years old that made me feel so powerful and like I could do anything. Because it has that nostalgia for me, I can never hate it.

Kate Reinwald

I know Taylor has reached out to a point where she doesn’t have to say anything for her work to succeed, but sometimes it’s nice to hear from an artist and to see their excitement. She doesn’t owe us that, but I miss the excitement of her earlier albums.

BridgesNotBurned

I’m a 51 year-old guy who fell into the Taylor Swift rabbit hole about five years ago on a suggestion from my daughter. I watched the reputation tour and the next thing I heard was folklore and I was hooked, and since then I have gone back to the very beginning and listen to every album and watched every live performance I could find every interview I could find and it has been life altering, including the community. I love so many different songs and so many different albums for so many different reasons at different times, but my unpopular opinion and one that I am completely hyped for the last re-recordings is… DEBUT IS CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED!!! And I will die on that hill 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Ananya

I'm gonna give boy genius a try. I really wanna get into some of the artists but idk why im unable to. Trust me I really wanna like Phoebe, Charli xcx, and several others

Ame

I was most looking forward to and then most disappointed by Style TV. 🫣 I still STAN, but for some reason expected production to pack more of a punch.😬🙈

annie

SAME i love it so much

Shannon

Completely agree. At least give it the speak now cover!!

Ame

I don’t enjoy TTPD as much as I want to because of who we think most songs are inspired by. 😬🫣

Mariana Sánchez

I don't know if it's unpopular, I'm pretty sure it isn't but I'm convinced that "Gold Rush" is in reference to Matty and how a bunch of Folklore songs are about him too. How she "turned his life into folklore" and "can't dare to dream about him anymore" cause she is whit someone else and how the final lyrics say "Eyes like sinking ships on waters so inviting I almost jump in..." and on TTPD, that metaphor is retaken in "Guilty as Sin" as she "dreamed of cracking locks, throwing her life to the wolves or the ocean rocks..."

Shannon

I never noticed that’s what it says in the lyric video. Neither Spotify nor Genius have ‘waste’ in the lyrics!

Ali ❤️‍🔥

I think the alchemy is Taylor confirming that she still resonates with the “gold” metaphor for love. Even though it didn’t last with joe, it was real for a little while. Also, not unpopular just not talked about enough: so it goes is one of the best songs on rep. That is all!!!

Shannon

She shouldn’t have announced TTPD at the Grammys.

Sara Kolsan

I don't really like the acoustic version of State of Grace because to me it just sounds so incredibly slow and like there's barely any music, and I think it really goes against the vibes of the lyrics because it's such an energetic and powerful song ("I'm walking fast through the traffic lights" sung so slowly just irks me). Also, to a much lesser extent, I don't think the piano version of Forever & Always is the better version because even though it's so beautiful, I feel like the slower vibe doesn't fit as well with the angry, stream of consciousness lyrics. Basically I love how that version sounds but I just don't think the vibe matches the lyrics as well as the original, but for State of Grace I think the acoustic version don't match the lyrics and I personally don't really like how it sounds (State of Grace is in my top 10 Taylor Swift songs though, I love the original and really just don't like the changes in the acoustic version) (and of course when I say original I still mean Taylor's Version lol, just the opening track instead of the acoustic version)

Gabe Thornett

The Vocals on Enchanted TV don't sound rlly good too me

Ileana Isabel

Let me preface by saying that I love seeing videos of people getting into taylor and all of her albums but damn I personally think reacting to ATW10 before listening to the original ATW is the incorrect way to experience it. Like you cannot understand the intricacies of ATW10 regarding not only the song itself (new verses, melodies, addons, the build up of the original version and how different it feels with ATW10, etc etc etc) but also its relation to every song on the album without first listening to ATW original version and also the entirety of Red. Like if you only experience ATW10 then you won't understand the significance, at least not until much much later

Laura R

Try as I might, I can't get on board with Glitch, False God, and The Alchemy. I recognize that they're technically good songs, and, yet, they are skips for me.

Karen Valentino

Agree. There’s a great dissection of this by Madeline of Evolution of a Snake.

ton

So my unpopular opinion might be that it makes sense on Fearless for me

Laura R

A "fortnight" double album announcement would've been sick! Never even crossed my mind before.

Laura R

I think it was "I'm combing through the braids of lies."

ton

The height of feeling decadent IS wasting champagne. I think you’ve missed the point of making believe you’re being frivolous in France where they do waste champagne perhaps?

Emmaline Armstrong

Some comments are too harsh to read. 🥹I didn’t realize that so many swifties had very different opinions about her music. Yes, there’s a few songs that I skip like Majorie, never grow up and soon you’ll get better but it’s because they are too sad, not that I hate the song. I don’t think I hate any TS song…

Laura R

For me, it's the grammar choice of "I built a legacy, WHICH you can't undo." The use of "which" makes it read that the building of the legacy is something they can't undo. VS. The use of "that" would make the legacy itself the thing they can't undo. I just think "that" is stronger. Copyeditor rant over.

Laura R

AH! This one hurts my soul! Lol

Hayley

Taylor has been strategically emulating a snake since December🐍 (by not posting on socials and staying out of the public eye). Snakes go into brumation, which is kind of like hibernation, for the winter months. As temperatures rise in the spring, they will emerge from their dens or burrows and become more active. They are most active in the summer months straight through October. I think she’ll start moving very soon and we’ll get rep this summer or early fall 🖤

Madison

I am convinced that in TTPD (title track, not album) when she sings "At dinner, you take my ring off my middle finger and put it on the one people put wedding rings on and that's the closest I've come to my heart exploding" ... that it is sung with emphasis on 'the one'. Changing the meaning of the words to be he took the ring off her middle finger and put it on THE ONE, as in his 'the one'. Not Taylor. And that is why her heart is exploding. Not out of love but out of despair, torture(d poet). It's an unpopular opinion in my group of switifies but I think worth considering! - Love you both!

Laura R

I desperately want a vinyl with only the anthology tracks... like I already bought the og TTPD vinyl, so um... I just need the second half of the album now. Don't make me buy the whole thing!

Laura R

Interesting, since he got engaged within the year. 👀

Courtney

Taylor peaked at 1989 and hasn’t been able to achieve an album start to finish like that since.

Gina Gould

Although the performance and photos were absolutely iconic, the Stick and Roomba for Who’s Afraid during Eras Tour was awkward and weird. They could have at least decorated it like a street light or something 😅

Courtney

Didn’t think when Fearless was released in 2021, I would be sitting here in 2025 not having heard them all yet.

Samantha

Yeah some of these comments are straight up mean

Hayley

I had to pick my jaw up off the floor after I read this one Valerie 😂 But music is subjective so I get it!

Gina Gould

I completely disagree as I’m in love with her directorial talents, but I’d love to see a little chat about this

kaelynnnmae

wish I could like this more than once. 😅

Gina Gould

I don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion, but 1989 vault tracks are the best so far. I’ll die on that hill, even against All Ten Well.

KC

This is so funny, sometimes I skip part way through because I feel like there’s too much happening in the background 😂

Madison

I'm just sayinnnnggggg. I also think that 'your wife waters flowers' is equal to "the flowers that we grew together died of thirst" like his now fiancé watered the flowers as in the love

Celena

I think the Joe split happened shortly after the lock down ended.. the last pic of them in public they where walking beside eachother, not holding hands, eating in public, not running, ducking from cameras... you know the normal thing that happened when they where together. I think lockdown was the last push to try and make it work, and it did for a bit... but then it didn't. They where done in 2021. If you know about celebrity divorces (I know they weren't married) there is strategy in releasing a breakup to the public. And with him as a co-writer on midnights songs, I can see why it was kept under wraps until after the tour kicked off and she had time to heal in private.

Valerie

I actually agree with this. I wish she stuck with her original plan of announcing it on tour

Maddison Dinkins

I like the line “he was my best friend and that was the worst part” more than “down at the sandlot”

Jenna Bolmgren

Hard agree, but it’s one of the songs that’s she’s adapted to be about/for him. It’s too early on in the album, and there are sooo many Matty references that appeared in other songs. I think it’s a Travis song now, but it wasn’t written for him originally.

Jen B

Also, they released the announcement of their breakup on Matty’s birthday which was for sure on purpose. 😂 Listening to evermore and folklore, it is very clear to me that Matty has been a big part of the picture for much longer. And, Joe and Taylor were ROCKY maybe since forever. I have a feeling Joe and Taylor were trying to make it work, I think the love was real, but toxic. To me, it seems like they both were at least emotionally cheating on the other (she basically says it multiple times throughout her discography) or, perhaps had an open relationship here & there. But either way, I think Joe was perfection when wanting to escape in the rep era, boarded up, locked away…but then her unprecedented comeback/fame was weaponized against her throughout their relationship as reason to not spend time with her. All to say, I don’t think they were officially split in 2021, but perhaps The Great War happened by 2020ish and they were hanging by a thread for a while. But maybe both in deep denial for a bit too. I’ll bet they split in end of 2022 more officially before announcing it. I don’t think So Long London or How Did It End makes sense with such a long time being split.

Hayley

You must elaborate lol

Kasey

🤯🤯🤯

Jenna Bolmgren

I think Swifties of any kind, who truly see themselves as Swifties, should be allowed their opinions without being hated on. Granted, I am 43 and was three years out of college when I first had Tay on my MySpace in 2006. At this point in my life, unless you are breaking laws or being disrespectful, say what you want. (You’re prob wrong, but I’m not gonna argue with you about it 😅)

Jenna Bolmgren

I think there are MH songs on rep and lover 🫣

kaelynnnmae

I don’t think the similarities between imgonnagetyouback and get him back! are a coincidence. 😬 I completely understand and respect why you wouldn’t want to talk about it, but I would love to know what you think truly happened between Olivia and Taylor. personally I don’t believe that Taylor sued her or any of that, but clearly something did transpire between them and I would so enjoy hearing what you guys think. specifically I would love to hear your opinion about the get him back!/imgonnagetyouback of it all. because yes having similar concepts for songs across different artists is for sure going to happen, obviously, and I honestly love it when all the girlies seem to be on the same page about frightful men. but this feels way too on the nose to be purely coincidental. all this coming from a girlie who deeply enjoys both Olivia and Taylor’s music/song writing. 💛💛💛

Jenna Bolmgren

I think the joke, either way, is how people say “it’s only champagne if it’s from the Champagne region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling wine.” Which also could be a nod to “your roommates cheap ass screw top rosé…” 🤔

Jenna Bolmgren

These comments are BRUTAL. Even though I commented that self-proclaimed Swifties deserve their opinions, after reading some of these, might have to revoke that 😳😥

ton

My unpopular opinion is that she doesn’t need to change music styles. The expectation for … country, rock, do something different with other producers…. etc creates complaints that her music isn’t changing enough

Jenna Bolmgren

There is a reason she wanted it that way, so I don’t question it 😅

Jenna Bolmgren

And that is your subjective opinion hard at work

kaelynnnmae

this actually hurt my heart way more than I thought it would, debut does not get its flowers. 😭 she deserved her moment!

ton

🤣 I think I worked out it’s the messy top lip kiss, and hanging from the lips like Babylon. Makes me think of a bad kisser 🤣

Jenna Bolmgren

I had to stop reading comments because some were so unapologetically hateful and critical. I know I’m older in the fan base than others, but holy sh*t you guys are monsters.

kaelynnnmae

THIS!! personally I also just can’t keep up with the abbreviations (my brain doesn’t work that fast) but with this specific song I think COSOSOM works perfectly. also Chloe and friends is great too. but Chloe et all?? hate it. hate it so much.

kaelynnnmae

hearing this take is what made me fathom call me when you break up, changed the whole song for me.

Erin

It’s Nice to Have a Friend is such a good song! We love Taylor’s Easter eggs and to dig deep into her songs, but this is just one that is a beautiful and simple depiction of love. I would actually argue that this is a love song that has no tinge of anxiety which I know has been mentioned when discussing So High School. I get such a feeling of pure love when listening to this song.

hannahxxbishop

I think the significance IS that she built her own legacy. Obviously her legacy is incomprable but the more impressive part is that she did it on her music and hardwork alone. If we assume she's talking to kim (obviously), who has a rich high profile lawyer father and got carted to fame with her family, then here Taylor is gloating (in the best way possible) that kim could never take away her talent and work ethic. she can attempt to ruin her name, her reputation, and her legacy but taylor can just build it right back up again, exactly like she has done since rep.

hannahxxbishop

Ronan is her best song ever written. Don't scream! Walk with me for just a second. I'm defining the best songs as ones that immerse you in a new world - songs that make me feel EXACTLY the feeling Taylor is writing to convey. So, for example, Blank Space is fantastically written because it makes me feel like a psycho girl chasing men (but in a cheeky way) when I sing it/listen to it. Ronan makes me sob every time I listen to it. I've never lost a child or a little one close to me. But every single line pulls on the exact heartstrings it aims to. The song is incredibly poignant and perfectly encapsulates the devastating feelings surrounding that scenario. There are so few artists who could authentically capture that horrifying feeling without being insensitive and Taylor does it beautifully. With every line, a movie unfolds in my head and absolutely crushes my heart. I can't and shouldn't listen to it every day (for the mental health) but when I listen to Red on long car rides I never skip it. I let Taylor walk me down that deeply emotional aisle. Thank you for reading if you have! This has been my unpopular opinion (Also! I would've deeply appreciated an eras tour performance of Ronan, Soon You'll Get Better, Forever Winter, and the full version of Marjorie however I do understand why Taylor didn't play those songs in the acoustic set. I fear I'm just an absolutely devestating song stan!)

Linda's World

Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or just a hot take, but I believe “The Alchemy” is about Matty, not Travis, because of the timing of it all.

Linda's World

I couldn’t agree more! “The sandlot” works better with the childhood motif with the toys, but “that was the worst part” is just so perfectly raw and painful…which is probably why she changed it. 💔

Linda's World

I prefer the new “Style” to the old one.

Emily Eyrich

Sad Beautiful Tragic is the worst song on red and is around the bottom 10 of her whole discography

Emily Eyrich

Mine , Look What You Made Me Do and Blank Space are taylor’s top 3 best music video’s

Emily Eyrich

only the young is her worst song

schicken

exactly! i want debut to have its moment without everyone moving on fast because they want rep!

Sarah

Agree! I always end up singing "and that was the worst part" instead when I'm listening to it, totally get why she changed it tho

Racheal Aine

Me too, I can't stand the production 😞 but I'm happy got recognition

Racheal Aine

Say that shit with your chest 😎

ton

Pretty sure she has many people who vote for republican in her life and thankfully is able to judge people on who they are really than getting sucked into Trump era “them and us” narratives based on politics alone

Racheal Aine

This is a good point, my example will be Ariana's eternal sunshine since it was favourite album of last year, she is talking about personal experience but it's still broad and allows one to put their own story because of the writing she did on that album, I love ttpd, but I agreed with most of the critics the album was given 🙈, sometimes saying less says more, which is why my favourite Taylor albums are Reputation, folklore, speak now, she doesn't say too many words in those albums because she is painting broad stocks

Racheal Aine

This fear keeps me up at night too😭

Racheal Aine

He stylist sucks, also another point is she needs to experiment more, bleachella is my favourite Taylor period because she did something really different with her looks

Racheal Aine

Say it with me, RED (TV) is the most overrated Taylor album, overrated in a sense that people really forget the LOWS on that album, the commercial stay stay stay

Jenny

I used to feel similarly about her using ‘The Great War’ to describe fighting in a relationship because that’s what they called WW1. I’ve actually changed my mind on that and the Great War is one of my favourite songs now but just to say I totally understand the perspective!

ton

Absolute fave for me too!

Racheal Aine

Twin are you ME!!!!!!! What if I said even Evermore, a fan favourite album is in my bottom ranking 🙈😎

Racheal Aine

Lover is the forgotten middle child sandwiched between two fan favourite albums (Rep & Folklore) but it's really showing longevity which am happy to see as a lover Stan☺️

Racheal Aine

That's alright, I also have been listening to Tate Mcrae (obsessed with her album), Ariana (she is my number 2), Olivia, SZA, one direction, Gracie, Beyonce, Sabrina and lots of afro beat artists, I always take a distance from listening to Taylor so that I give many other artists a chance, my latest obsession is Carly Rae

Racheal Aine

I love Swiftologist's opinions, btw I don't agree with most stuff he says but his video essays provide context about the points he is making, I also like that he isn't scared of any stans coming for him about his opinions, I also like that he doesn't like everything Taylor does, is his delivery harsh, yes, but he stands on business which is something most commentators are losing

Racheal Aine

Me too, I hope they pick the really controversial ones because people did not hold back which is good

Lea

100% agree

Racheal Aine

No😭, OPINION VALID but still NOOO😭

Lea

Guys, saying that you „like“ something or that something is „underrated“ is NOT an unpopular opinion…

Emily Eyrich

the fans non stop east egg hunting in everything needs to stop

Clive

100% I will be glad when RepTV comes, just for the constant clowning to stop.

Cooler Fan

She needs to let go of Everlore and TTPD writing for her next discography.

Cooler Fan

All Too Well 10 has gotten boring and hopefully the Eras was the last time she will ever sing it fully (if at all)

Cooler Fan

Taylor needs to give the fans more than an announcement. Talk to us. We miss you

Cooler Fan

Debut TV needs to come out this year, legally speaking because her TM is gonna end

Clive

The stick was just something for Taylor to hold, so she didn't fall off. I think it was supposed to be as unobtrusive as possible. Also probably why the Roomba was mirrored

Grace Olivia

Taylor will announce a back for one night only eras show in Nashville and play more of the songs she hasn’t played for surprise songs (That’s when) and announce debut in her home town too please xxxxx

Cooler Fan

Well, now you’re telling Taylor how she was supposed to and not to feel. If it was manic for her, who could tell her otherwise?

Clive

That's not an unpopular opinion. As a newbie I love the storytelling of TTPD, but I understand people's opinion is coloured by their distaste of Matty Healy.

Cooler Fan

Let me guess, you think SHS is not about him either? Weird

Vilma🧚🏻✨💘💅🏼🫶🏼

I tried to get used to it lol but I cannot. I usually like the TV more since the production is much better and they sound newer. But after hearing New Romantics live and experiencing the vocals that she could have put in to it, it just doesn’t hit the same

Clive

I think the thing with Travis is he treats Taylor a lot better than her previous boyfriends. Fans of Taylor want her to be happy, and to find "The One" . We are hoping Travis is that one, because we don't want Taylor to be heartbroken.

Cooler Fan

Please speak louder for the people at the back! They think because they are alone and childless that they can cling onto Taylor for validation.

Cooler Fan

I think Midnight rain was needed for her to change but mastermind hard agree!

Clive

That's completely correct. Ronan, Soon You'll Get Better, Forever Winter. etc. But a lot of artists, men & women, sing about romance, probably because it resonates with the listeners.

Clive

I think Bonny & Emily made an excellent point on their reaction to TTPD. Smallest Man is the end of Matty Healy, and The Alchemy is the start of her new chapter, with Travis. It's one reason why TTPD is such a great story.

Clive

100% For me the only Travis bit is the end "Dancing with my dress in the sun, and my daddy just loves him"

Rosie

Speak now >>> Red and Red is a boring album. It is only popular because of All too well.

Josh

Speak Now is Taylor’s best album and Reputation is her worst

ezero

ımm... youre losing me production is so bad and lifeless and taylors voice sounds like a robot and i dont get it because its an emotional song. i think people like it because of the tea...

Lauren

The people that say she should stop working with Jack just don’t get it, they’re not real Swifties. The real ones know that he helps facilitate her best work because it’s the person she feels most comfortable around. Anyone else wouldn’t bring her rawness out in the same way, whether you like his sound or not.

Emelie

I vaguely remember her telling us in one of the champagne problems speech of the tour in 2023 that all of the re-records were done already!

Frederique

very unpopular opinion here: taylor should stop working with jack antonoff. Before you hate me, i'm not saying that he makes bad songs, not at all, but i wish taylor experimented more with sounds and instruments.i feel like jack songs don't hit as hard sometimes because he uses that synth all the time. for example the 1989 tv album did not get its recognition because of that synth and because it wasn't max martin who produced it. for me, style doesn't hit as hard now BUT i'm not saying i hate all jack songs, i love them actually, i just would like it if taylor changed it up a bit more

Cooler Fan

Yeah but you have to think of her age also. She’s 35 not 25. Taking too long of a break at this age is not suitable for any artist when they are in their prime.

Swiftie_triomixer

I think people who “demand” Taylor to speak up about every other issue forget how dangerous it would be for Taylor and people associated/around her. There are few celebrities that gets hated on for being themselves, rather than their actions (hating Taylor Swift bc she’s Taylor Swift, and only a handful of arguments actually has some validity to it) Keep in mind that the Manchester bombing of Ariana’s concert were fully unprovoked in the sense that no major issues had been publicly addressed by Ariana prior to/during her tour (not that it would make it any more okay if she had ‘provoked’ it). And I feel that especially after the horrifying terrorist attack attemt in Vienna, people should be way more cautious with demanding entertainment celebrities = activists Also, let’s not pretend that should Taylor had spoken about something that at this time is super polarizing while on tour or shortly prior to, the same people who demanded her to speak up would turn on her should something horrific happen to the crowd of people coming to see her bc “she’s irresponsible for knowing the amount of people attend her shows, and she should’ve just known better”

Swiftie_triomixer

I’m not disappointed that TTPD didn’t win for aoty (she could have won for any of the other submissions she were a candidate for tho) bc (writing and making) this album was meant as a floating device for Taylor and I believe TTPD was intended to be listened to by people who value lyrics, poetry and the lore rather than for awards, radio play and general public. Also delux version isn’t possible to submit for the Grammys and that’s why she submitted the standard edition

Yasmin

It’s really amazing to see how many Swifties welcome creators who are new to or less familiar with Taylor's music and content, offering their guidance. However, too often these creators can be swayed by the vast amount of information shared by Swifties, much of which is based on speculation and personal opinion. This can sometimes shift the attention towards the 'who' rather than the experiences she is sharing with us, as storytelling is something that holds significant importance for her. For example, I think it's unfair to state (on her behalf) that certain songs are about specific people or events without official confirmation/evidence; rather, there is significant context and clues that strongly suggest this. Although these creators should exercise judgment, it's equally important for us as guides to communicate this to them as well.

Claudy

Yeah I agree. For example the first new verse, I think that’s something she wrote back then, but the new 4th and 6th verse? Her writing style just was different back then. But that doesn’t make the song less perfect ❤️

Claudy

Yeah, I liked GOT, we went to the eras tour after his reactions, but the rest are def doing it for engagement

Yuli

Yup!!!!!

Claudy

Jason > Travis 🙊

Jack

Mastermind needed to be on there!!! Best choreography in the whole show for 1. And 2 I think is absolutely insane and vulnerable for her to sing ‘no one wanted to play with me as a little kid….’ etc in the second to last song of the biggest tour of all time. I think it was a personal song for her, and speaking to us as the fans who came to see the show. Mastermind they could never make me hate you

anastasia

Sabrina Carpenter's hypersexualized image isn't empowering, but in many ways, it aligns more with the expectations of the male gaze than with genuine self-expression

Jack

Robin is not one of her worst songs!! It’s trending on tiktok rn which I hate but it speaks to her younger self and reminding herself of all the people who got her to where she is today. I think it shows that the right person was made famous.

SomDrum

Yesss love this. And obviously the people who are loudest online don't necessarily represent all Rep stans fairly!

Rose Ellen

Pretty sure Jack didn’t produce Style! Also I think if you looked at ALL the Taylor songs Jack has produced you’d see a huge variation in sound. Yes, a lot of them have some similar sounds but his range is so much bigger than people give him credit for!!

Lish Marie

I think she’s going to wait until debut’s and rep’s 20th and 10th anniversaries to re-release them (2026 and 2027) and her next release will be TS12

Rose Ellen

You’ve just described the literal point of the song…it’s meant to sound that way

Mika B

Wait why is it meant to sound that way?

Ame

Phew! 😅 I feel guilty as sin saying it. (STAN song btw!)

Cassy

i would love to know which ones you think are! i think he goes all the way back to 1989 so i wouldn’t be surprised if he inspired anything on rep and lover

Anyana

I love Taylor but I don’t like that the “acoustic” versions of her songs are just the same vocals on an acoustic track 😭

Drey Szabó

No it’s all of the girls 💀

Drey Szabó

But Daddy I Love Him is FULLY about Matty, it makes no sense to bring Travis into the narrative so early and while the songs are not 100% chronological, they do follow a rough emotional and physical timeline

bella diana

The Last Time, is better than Exile. I love them both but you can’t outdo the doer 🥲

lumera

that’s so true

Racheal Aine

Absolutely not, it closure😎, the fact that all of us have different answers is funny

Meghan C

Same! thanks for validating me lol…Debut, speak now, and evermore are of course offensive albums but they’re at the bottom for me because the rest are just more superior

Racheal Aine

Lol that's not true, You can be a Swiftie and still say that her work with Jack is becoming stale, no one is arguing they don't have chemistry, but after 5 albums, the sound gets tiring (ps; I love Jack and his music is among my best always on her albums) but what is Taylor's sound without Jack/Aaron???

Lauren

I would love to hear what some other producers could do with her lyrics/music too of course - that would be so fun - but I disagree hugely with anyone that says it’s becoming stale, I think there’s so much sound variety, and he (along with Aaron in many ways) are her comfort in an industry where she likely feels as though she doesn’t have many allies!

Hayley

Me too 🫣 Ready for it, dancing with our hands tied, death by a thousand cuts, possibly more.

sebastián

pretty sure jack only worked in the songs he originally produced (+vault tracks) in 1989 tv 😀 this argument is hollow in my opinion. it’s just repeating what people on twt say without any real substance bc how can we say that lavender haze, august and the black dog sound similar to each other 🌚🌝

Dominika

The Alchemy is one of the best songs on TTPD and it's not about Travis as much as people think it is. She mentions him, yes, but the song is about Taylor and her fans - the big comeback that was Eras Tour, the alchemy between her and the crowds. "I'm making a comback to where I belong" - to performing, "the sign on your hear say it's still reserved for me" - she hasn't perform in many years, but in eras tour she realized her fans still love her. In verses she summarizes those last few years with Joe (the hospital was a drag) and Matty (that child's play back in school) - this is why it's a perfect album closer (not counting Clara Bow but it touches on a different subject) and a perfect song to be played after Eras Tour

Ana Paula

i don't know if this is an unpopular opinion but I would like to you girls to continue the reaction to the surprise songs where you guys left off. 🙂

Mads

Celebrities are literally just people and treating them like they are anything other than that, like they personally owe you something more than you would expect from any other stranger, is weird

Nina

I think it would be really cool to get a completely self written and self produced album at some point. I know working with producers and cowriters is creatively inspiring but I believe Taylor has the chops to be able to self produce an album completely on her own. Smaller independent artists do that all the time with wayyy less access to studios and gear, often times also working full time day jobs, so I definitely think she could do it! I just think it would be really cool to hear a project that is like 1000% from her mind.

Jule

I actually prefer a lot of the singles on Red to the rest of the album 🫣

hannahxxbishop

I forgot to mention! I say this in contrast to some other songs, I love state of grace, tell me why, cruel summer, betty, and many more iconic taylor songs however I just am bopping too much to feel the feelings of the songs. I can kinda ignore the meaning of the lyrics that I'm singing and just stay entertained in the production and the ~vibes~. Even angry songs like would've could've should've or mournful songs like my tears ricochet can coast on only vibes. Those songs are both super impactful and I can feel the lyrics deeply if I choose to, however Ronan's production and lyrics just demand your full emotional attention. The song immerses you into that world (against your will allbeit) every time. It truly shows me the strength of her storytelling and her screen writing potential.

Noah Hanson

The re-recordings on Red (Taylor's Version) are definitely the worst re-recordings so far. Like I Knew You Were Trouble is so bad.

Emma P

IF the reason Taylor and Joe broke up is that he didn't enjoy her level of fame, that isn't a character flaw on his part. Not everyone is built to handle that kind of spotlight and she clearly didn't want it for awhile either. He isn't a monster for not dealing well with it or for struggling with anxiety/depression. It's SO WEIRD that people act like he's the devil now for just being a normal person who loved someone but had his own issues and couldn't be what their partner needed anymore.

Bryanna Terrell

- Fearless TV is the best Taylor’s Version so far, Red TV has the best vault - I don’t like the production in Clean. Either version (sorry Emily 😢) - this isn’t unpopular. Out of alllll the female rappers she could’ve picked to do a collab with…..ICE SPICE?! - I want another collab with Lana but on one of her songs esp with her country album coming out 🙏🏻 - I think Rep TV will be a darker theme with red, inspired by the Karma MV Rep reference. Also the Rep set on the Eras Tour had Red through it. Also some Rock elements to the vault tracks. Esp with the Green Day hints from last year - the 2000s soft rock that I’m literally PRAYING is the sound for TS12 is going to eat so hard. The So High School sound is the move. 👌🏻 If Green Day isn’t on Rep I would LOVE to hear them on TS12

Bryanna Terrell

Yes! Lavender Haze acoustic is so good though. Its my only exception lol

Bryanna Terrell

As soon as I hear it, my head goes straight to Any Man of Mine by Shania Twain lol

Bryanna Terrell

Also, pre sales to a tour for an album that you haven’t heard yet

Swift and Swigs with Sibs Podcast

thanK you aIMee is NOT about Kim Kardashian. I feel like Taylor is way too smart to include the name of the subject in the title the way that she did. "And so I changed your name and any real defining clues" kind of gives it away, because putting Kim's name in the title IS a defining clue. And Taylor is saying she changed the clues.... Also, "a song that only us two is gonna know is about you" implies that there is something more secrective than what the public knows. Thoughts?? Also, SO excited for this video!!!

Jenny

omw that would be kinda iconic if true lol

Valerie

Interesting! I'd love to know if that means you loved how the Red set on eras tour was done which would also be unpopular

Cher

Fully agree and I will not stand for any slandering of Robin. Although I do understand as a mom of a 5 year old boy that it’s obvs more meaningful to me than to others without that experience.

Jenny

I guess bc the relationship was lifeless so the music reflects that? Similar vibe to the anxiety in out of the woods repetition represents the anxiety of the relationship. Just my guess!

Cher

100%. I always respect his opinions and analysis even when I do not agree. Really appreciate his honesty and well researched explanations.

Jule

I did really enjoy it! I think it might just be a nostalgia thing for me because Red is really when I started loving Taylor. Don’t get me wrong there’s plenty of songs on Red that I wish had been on the set but I was jamming to the singles and ATW10.

Luli Diaz

I am 100% an album girlie so I’ll definitely be listening to those you suggested with an open mind 🫶🏼

Marisa

I think my new unpopular opinion is that I don't like this idea anymore and hope we can just delete this post and forget this was ever an idea. ☹️

Marisa

Oh, she is 1000% capable and I would love to see this too!

LindseyMarie

AGREED! I just can’t with the negativity while the world is on fire, it’s too much at the moment 😭

kaelynnnmae

fully agree. I think if you have a platform and you want to use it to speak about political views and issues then you absolutely should, by all means use the tools you have at your disposal. but I don’t think any celebrity should *have* to speak out if they don’t feel comfortable doing so, for safety reasons or really any reason at all. because I also think fandoms (meaning all of them, not just this one) have a tendency to blindly follow what their favorite celebrity thinks instead of doing the research themselves. if your political stances are solely based off a celebrity, then I don’t trust your opinion.

Claudy

Yeah, I lowkey hope that’s true. That would be so funny

Frederique

That's my mistake sorry! The thing is, sometimes the instruments he uses are a lot of the time the same, which can put me off because of the synth. I just prefer real instruments but that's my opinion. Please don't get me wrong, I love his songs but it would be nice for a change if Taylor collaborated just once with someone else 😄

Christine Greig

Maybe not unpopular BUT Fortnight was the wrong choice for lead single off TTPD. Sonically, it does not represent the album. Casuals have no idea how AMAZING TTPD is because they think the whole album is Fortnight. IMO WAOLOM would have been legendary!

Sarah J

I’d love to see you guys do more refathomings if that’s something you’re interested in doing! Especially now that the tour is over and we all miss it SO MUCH!! 😭🤍🤍

Cooler Fan

Yes, waiting for Evermore’s re-fathoming (which I think is the next video?)

Cooler Fan

I think it represents the album lyrically at least, but agreed. She hasn’t been doing well with lead singles which idk why

Cooler Fan

Oh yes, her lead singles have not been her bangers. She knows her fan base and her songs well, but why does she miss the mark choosing her singles that much?

Cooler Fan

Help me, who would it be about? A relationship or a random enemy?

Cooler Fan

Everything agreed! (Apart from Clean that hurt me)

Cooler Fan

I don’t think it was the reason. I think it’s because he didn’t appreciate her in the relationship (Tolerate it etc) and I think thats a big character flaw at least.

Cooler Fan

Oh Speak Now the album that you are…

Cooler Fan

Who are we to fight the alchemy is between her and her fans??

Cooler Fan

Agreed, but the last lyrics could be about him at least, is what people think, from what I have heard.

Cooler Fan

Trademark wise, she has to use them this year or lose them (unless she re-names both albums…)

Cooler Fan

VERY unpopular opinion, yes.

Carly

this!

Emma P

hmm I always viewed Tolerate It as one of her more fictionalized songs, I thought she'd said she based it on Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I could be wrong though! I obviously have no actual clue what kind of person either of them are in their personal lives (none of us do of course, we don't know them! only their public personas) but I do find it interesting how quickly everyone vilified him and how aggressively.

Cooler Fan

These blokes on the benches be on a winning streak, greatest in the league, shirts off friends pick you up over their heads, where’s the trophy. All of these lyrics are about matty?…

Cooler Fan

Pop wise, Midnights comes close. But yes the amount of bangers on that album is unbelievable!

annie

i've thought this the whole time lol. i think it also *applies* to kim, and that she capitalized the letters just to give her an extra whack lol but i've always thought there' s a chance it's primarily about someone else

Lish Marie

She can just file a new application for the trademarks. She does it often (granted it’s for smaller projects like the book she wrote when she was like 13). I will be THRILLED if she announces them both this year. I just don’t think she’s going to.

Cooler Fan

Her not having more Evermore dresses was just annoying

Carly

Muse discourse has taken so much fun out of the community. It shouldn’t matter if a song is about Matty (or Jake, or Harry, or Dianna Agron if that’s what you believe) to objectively discuss the lyrics and musical quality

Nicole F

I agree it's not about travis but I also think BDILH is more about her relationship with the media and fans than about accurately depicting her relationship with matty. the point of the song is that she's going to date whoever she wants

Hayley

That would be kinda cool if it were about someone else but, “bronze spray-tanned statue” really gives Kardashians among other references. Plus, it’s the first positive song we got about that experience. We haven’t had that yet. It was necessary for her to write this about Kim. She’s telling us she’s over it and almost glad it happened. Sometimes the most terrible things that happen to us end up being the best things in the long-run.

Hayley

I understand what you’re saying but I don’t think it’s necessarily fair to say it’s taking the fun out of the community. Taylor has been training us since day one to decode her lyrics and who they’re about. It’s fun for some swifties and it’s not for others. We should just let people enjoy being detectives if they want to. I wouldn’t let it take the fun away from your relationship with Taylor’s music.

Noa

I don't care about taylor's jet use at all. Nore do i care or want taylor to speak about things it only opens her up to hate. From her own fandom too

Dominika

Why not? The concept of "alchemy" doesn't have to be interpreted as romantic/sexual - it is actually defined as "seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination" so it can be very well describing her relationship with her fans

No

Can I say something, unpopular opinion: I actually liked Matty Healy and Taylor together. I did, and I’m sorry I did. I feel disgusting that I did and that I still do, and that I kind of want them to get back together. Don’t kill me, hate me, or kick me out of the fandom, please!!!

caila

my thought process has always been that putting kim's name in the title, even if that's not who it was originally about, kind of makes it about kim either way? she knew that people would think it was about kim, and she is okay with that. i do agree that it could definitely have been written with someone else in mind and she threw kim in at the end, but hey, if the shoe fits...

Feride Eron

Only re-records i don't prefer to the original (and still try to not stream but listen on my records), are Holy Ground and Dear John. With Holy Ground, vibes are just not the same. With Dear John, the entire song is good BUT WHAT TF is happening with that start of the songggg??? What is that guitar, are we about to listen to like some stay stay stay shit haha idk i guess this is an unpopular opinion 🤷‍♀️

Ryan

the canonical tortured poets album cover is not the original standard album cover or the anthology cover, it's what you get when you combine the two – the black dog vinyl variant cover

Cooler Fan

Understood. Re. Tolerate it — now that we are looking at the breakup of her relationship w/ Joe, it doesn’t seem as imaginative as her other songs in hindsight

Maggie

I like Girl at Home TV 🙈, possibly more than the original 🙊

Cooler Fan

Who is fighting against the alchemy tho? Taylor and the Swifties aren’t. Where’s the trophy he just comes running over to me, is a fan lyric?…

Cooler Fan

There’s only so many extensions and she has exhausted that (I’m not arguing just saying legally there’s not much she can prologue it before the WTO puts the application to the bin)

isla 🇬🇧🇦🇹

I always thought “a song that only us two is gonna know is about you” and “any real defining clues” were just sarcasm because it seemed so obvious who it was about

Christine Greig

Agree on a good lyrical lead off. I actually like Fortnight quite a bit. I just hear so much from friends that are only casual listeners that Fortnight didn’t intrigue them enough to delve deep into the album.

Hayley

Lol no one can kick you out of the fandom but I’m interested to hear what you liked about their relationship…

Terah Moxley

OK, bear with me. While All Too Well (in all it’s versions) is an objectively phenomenally well written song, it does not rank in my top 10 (in any of its forms) because I don’t have an emotional attachment to it because I was not a Swifty when Red was first released.

Dominika

No one is fighting the alchemy, it's a just a saying, it's not literal ... And I didn't say it is not at all about Travis - I said it's mostly about the fans & Eras. When she says "he" she obviously means Travis, but my point is that the song as a whole is not about him. Also songs can be interpreted in many different ways, you don't really need to agree - it's an unpopular opinion, that's the point ;)

Renee S Smith

Taylor herself always starts with the emotions particular situations evoke. That is where I try to start as well. From there, the who of it all can be fun but shouldn't replace the emotions of the songs

Shay

I’m disgusted by how some of yall are speaking abt Taylor in these comments. Yall should honestly be ashamed you took something that could have been fun for everyone and turned it into a dumpster fire of bitching and entitlement.

Renee S Smith

Quiet resentment has nothing to do with her "level of fame" though. That is a feeling that builds even when they are just home. Taking atleast that emotion as being factual.

Renee S Smith

Taylor's life kind of led to the Alchemy being so misunderstood. The metaphor is a sports victory. And because that situation materialized in her real life people just didn't read it as a metaphor. The sports victory is a metaphor for victory over the heartbreaks and yes returning to where she belongs on stage with her fans. At the same time, yes she does touch on romantic victory and a new relationship and someone who treats her as more of the prize towards the end. How does Taylor start the Eras Tour, its been a long time coming? And then when she added TTPD she adds "what if I told you I'm back" to the opening. This song is an anthem. It is a victory rally song.

Alicia

She has to use them or file an extension by April 30, 2027. “Using them” doesn’t have to mean release TV. She just has to sell something with that name to satisfy the trademark.

Hayley

But, you don’t have to buy them though… she’s not “making” anyone do anything. Y’all can choose what to purchase and what not to purchase, lol.

Alicia

I wish she would’ve never sang “Swirled you into all of my poems”. I dislike that we now have to relook at songs through a possible Matty lens. I think his public persona (possibly his true self too) is a bad person and I don’t like associating him/bad vibes with Taylor and her music.

Nina

Loooove Speak Now! I’m mainly suggesting a self produced album since that’s something she’s never done☺️

Leney

If Chappell Roan sang Girl at Home everyone would love that song.

Dominika

Yes! 100% agreed

Ale Martinovic

I don’t think she’s missing the mark. I think it’s very intentional. For example, with TTPD, she knew everyone thought it would be a Joe-break up album, so she went for a lead single that said nothing to the contrary. She wants people to stream and buy the album so the single won’t tell you what you need/want to know… At least that my take. À person who chose all the single bangers she chose until reputation doesn’t stop recognizing them overnight 😄

Marissa

I don’t think it all adds up to Travis without too much of a stretch - definitely not those lines - so that’s why I personally believe it’s a blend, like possibly some other songs on TTPD as well. But your opinion is also valid and could very well be true. We don’t know, and that’s the fun of it. :)

Cooler Fan

I only say it because the general public have not really reacted well to her singles, and that includes Swifties. I think the lyrics showed what TTPD was generally about, but for simple people the meaning is not enough to stream, unfortunately.

Hayley

Chickens, I hope you don’t think that this was a bad idea. I love it and I think it’s such a great way to interact with us more. 🫶🏼 Guys, people are going to have their opinions you may not agree with but we shouldn’t let it ruin the conversation and fun. They are just opinions, and they’re unpopular, lol.

Cooler Fan

Not hating, just wondering how to process your opinion :)

Ame

The Prophecy is a skip. 😬 Lyrically it’s beautiful… it’s the melody I avoid.

Sarah J

Also eras tour surprise songs! I just miss the Eras tour so much 😭😭.

Renee S Smith

But there is a good argument that song is not even about MH which would change the meaning of that lyric.

Cooler Fan

Haim are trumpers? I need evidence for this one…

Cooler Fan

I can say the exact same tho, why do you not think he is a bad person? You don’t know him (I don’t hate him)

Geneva

Completely agree with this. It leaves a sour taste in my mouth lol

Cooler Fan

Another one: Taylor needs to end the lors once and for all. Needs to be done because Tree doesn’t do her job (in this instance).

Cooler Fan

Taylor is such a Queen to do that. Amazing

Lisa

The hype around Tayvis in the first few weeks/months of their relationship was way too intense and a bit scary, not just from Swifties but from the entire world. Especially back when we had no real evidence of them dating a while before she went to that first game. Within a week, there were entire fanfic novels written about them, supermarkets were selling condiments titled "Ketchup and seemingly ranch", and it all got a bit stalker-ish.

kaelynnnmae

em and bonny I really hope you don’t get discouraged by nay-sayers in the comments. I think this is an amazing idea and I am genuinely so excited for this video. 💛💛💛 it feels like it’s going to be a fun girlie chat and I can’t wait to have a glass of wine while we all clown together for a little bit. ☺️ I think people are so used to being in defense mode when it comes to Taylor specifically, but this is the space where we can all chat without judgement and share our unpopular opinions. that was literally the prompt you guys. 😂 just because it’s an opinion you may not agree with doesn’t mean it was said with hate or malice. I know when I start to gab with my friends (which is what this feels like sometimes) I tend to be hyperbolic and dramatic. it’s part of the fun. personally, the comments saying this was a bad idea and that they should delete this post are the ones that are making me sad. these two lovely little chickens work really hard to make this channel a place for all of us to connect and I think some people are being a little sensitive (said with so much love, from a girl who cries over everything. like I said, dramatic. 😂) if you feel some type of way, maybe just don’t read the comments anymore. again, all of this said with so much love. 💛💛💛

Lish Marie

Excited to find out soon if she lets it lapse and has to start the process over or if we get both in the next 4 months! I would imagine her plans may have changed along the way since she first started the trademark process in 2021. I don’t think she was anticipating TTPD and originally planned on releasing rep and debut in 2024. Maybe not. She likes to keep us on our toes. But it does seem poetic (ha!) to have had all remaining re-records released during Eras.

Chloé

Oh same I would love a Taylana collab on a Lana album it could be really interesting and fun for Taylor to get out of her comfort zone and just try a more formless kind of songwriting !

Laura

😂

Izzzy Federgreen

The only reason I think this isn’t the most amazing idea is that people have put comments about their unpopular opinions ABOUT the chickens, and that’s just not a reasonable thing to comment when the sole purpose of these comments is for the chickens to read and react to. I’m here for some fun roasting / reacting to hot takes but I don’t like that some people have used it as an excuse to just ruin all the vibes of this community

serena

idk if this is unpopular but when i listen to TTPD i totally understand her getting with marty, and support it (AT THE TIME) but now after his shitty had been revealed we hate him lol. But like when she says that they are both “crazy” i totally understand the high of that type of relationship and th backlash was super unnecessary, as she can make her own decisions and doesn’t need to validate us.

Hayley

@Izzzy who said something bad about the chickens? But also, just because some people can’t understand the assignment doesn’t mean we let them ruin it for the rest of us and tell the girls to trash this idea and never do it again. It’s like when someone doesn’t follow dress code at school or work so then everyone is forced to wear uniforms because of it. Doesn’t make sense. 😛

kaelynnnmae

so valid, the few really do ruin it for the many. I guess my initial comment was coming more from a place of feeling like intentions sometimes get lost in translation when you’re just reading words on a screen. everyone is entitled to an opinion, especially when that’s what they asked for. and unpopular opinions specifically are going to spark some discourse, which can be fun when you approach with an open mind. but anything bad said about bon and em is absolutely uncalled for. it just makes me sad to think they’d be discouraged to do more videos like this because of a handful of people, especially because we know how seriously they take this platform. the idea of hating on the creators of a patreon that you literally pay to be a part of is a wild concept to me. I choose to believe that they’ll eventually weed themselves out. 😂

Geneva

Wait which posts are hella negative?! I'm still scrolling

H29

As a massive massive Taylor fan from debut -speak now, I lost my love for Taylor during the red/ 1989 era in particular, I think having to defend myself for loving Taylor and that she was more then some of those big hits and being made to feel embarrassed for loving her and her music I think just took a toll as a young girl and I wish that wasn't the case for many reasons, I guess my unpopular opinion is that what you girls are doing is so important on a deeper level, you've made me find my passion and joy again with Taylor and that it's okay to be excited about her and her music, you girls have given me back my girlhood and it's so amazing 🥹🫶🏻

Geneva

Dude everyone keeps saying this but I'm trying to find the truly horrible ones

Geneva

Let's be real Mariana, it doesn't make sense for her to ask Matty Healy "what must it be like to grow up that beautiful?" 😂

Geneva

Omg I think Guilty As Sin is bad too but I'm deeply biased cause I hate MH lol

Caroline

Pickles on burgers are the best. If you don’t like pickles on your burger you should order them anyway and give them to your pickle-loving friends 🥒 Glad I got that off my chest. Love to all the chickens here 💕

Kami

Nailed the unpopular prompt. Curious why you feel that way, I can kind of get it in retrospect but wanting her to go back to him after TTPD is super curious.

Hayley

YUP. My friend and I always get EXTRA pickles on our burgers. 💕

Kami

I finally had the chance to speak to an IP lawyer about this and she said that Taylor most likely will adhere to her extension limit but that there's literally nothing stopping her from starting again and getting more extensions. So it's not necessarily a guarantee to come this year but just very likely.

Kami

I'm of the opinion Debut will wait for it's 20th anniversary cause that's a career milestone too and a bit of paperwork isn't going to get in Taylors way lol. I don't think Rep is significant enough to hold onto so predict it's arrival within the next 12 months.

E

i need sweeter than fiction tv on streaming nowwwwww

hannahxxbishop

Long Live should've been on the set list for the WHOLE tour. It's incredibly sad that one of the most meaningful songs in her discography was only played at like 50 shows. I love enchanted but long live is the correct choice if speak now was only going to be 1 song. If we view the eras tour as a greatest hits tour I understand keeping the red and 1989 singles, however enchanted was likely included due to its recent tiktok succes not its long lasting legacy as a stellar speak now single. Long Live deserved the permanent spot.

Kay Kay

People always acted like it was a sweet thing that Joe wanted to be with Taylor at her lowest and I personally always thought it was a huge red flag. Have you ever had a friend who went through something tragic and suddenly she has a boyfriend and ur like wait why would he want to be with this sad dulled-down version of her? this isn't even who she really is? ALSO: the second I heard the line "trust him like a brother" I knew in my soul her and Joe were not going to last simply because I feel like if you can compare the romantic love of your life to any type of sibling love/trust -its probably more of a comfort thing and not a we are so in love type of thing

Laura Griffith

I knew you were trouble should have been replaced with Red during the red set!❤️

Laura Griffith

Closure’s jarring production makes it a skip 99% of the time🫣

Hani

I feel like Taylor and Beyoncé are going to make a single and end it all in the Rock genre as they have both been experimenting. And I and my friends know they are both supportive of each other and deep in my heart I feel like they are each other’s soundboards and rock is the perfect genre for them to collaborate because it’s neutral ground for both

Nicole

I wish I could put 13 hearts on this. Girl at Home is not a bad song. I even like the pop style on TV....

Nicole

I know I'm in the minority but I just am not obsessed with Guilty as Sin? like everyone else seems to be. It's a good song but there's SO many others on TTPD I prefer over it. Maybe it's just my asexual side showing hahaha

Nicole

We had Green Day hints and I didn't hear about it??? Would LOVE to see that come to fruition!

Nicole

While I think Taylor absolutely knows how she wants a lot of songs to sound, I think the bigger barrier would be the technological tools/use. While I'm sure she understandsa lot of it, I don't know if she would have had the time to learn how to do all of it herself. I guess she could do a very instrumental album without more heavy production. But I feel like she would probably still have some sound staff to help for simplicity.

Amanda H

same… I haven’t seen any nasty ones?

Amanda

Your Norman F*cking Rockwell lyrical analysis was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen! I love them all—but I’d really love it if you finished the Lana album reactions before her next album comes out. I am a newer Lana fan and I love seeing your excitement. ♥️

Brittany Diamond

Some women find expressing sexuality empowering, some don't. It depends on how Sabrina truly feels about it, which ultimately we'll never know because she wouldn't ever voice any discomfort publicly (until far off in the future, anyway). If she genuinely chooses to express her sexuality as part of her work and finds that empowering, then that works for her.

Brittany Diamond

I imagine some of the worst ones have been deleted, and on Patreon removed comments fully disappear without saying anything like 'this comment has been deleted.'

Brittany Diamond

I agree with the comment above. If someone says they went through a period where they felt fully manic and/or unstable, it's not up to anyone else to judge whether or not she was 'manic enough' to 'justify' their use of the word. That kind of conversation is only appropriate between the person and their psychiatrist.

Brittany Diamond

I assumed they don't work with anyone else because styling Taylor is a full time, well paying gig all by itself.

Brittany Diamond

It was understandable, unfortunately. Speaking generally, most fans ignore debut so it doesn't serve her to pay any attention to it on a setlist (especially one so crammed full of songs that many of them were abbreviated). Swifties didn't talk about it enough because not enough of them cared all that much. People joke that Taylor hates Debut/Speak Now/evermore but the truth is they're her least popular albums and she has to give the most attention to what gets the most engagement.

Izzzy Federgreen

@Hayley I don’t care to repeat the bad vibes but I saw more than one comment negatively directed towards the lovely silly chickens taste in music and / or quality of their patreon content.

Brittany Diamond

I'm not a big fan of her directed videos either, except for ATW10. But it's also been her first projects as a sole director, and every director needs time to learn and grow into the job.

Brittany Diamond

I guess it depends on if/when someone finds a little pettiness to be a valid response. Personally, I always appreciate well placed pettiness--Nice Things is endlessly satisfying to me because it was 1000% earned.

Brittany Diamond

I know of at least one time in 2016 where neo nazis where trying to claim she was on their side and her lawyers shut it down. And in 2016 nobody liberal thought Donald was going to win, like at all, so nobody took it seriously or thought anything was really wrong--not even political professionals. Sure, there are some PR silences that seem curious, but at the same time it's impossible to shut down a million people saying a million heinous things (and sometimes an attempt to shut it down just brings more attention). Then things get even more complicated when legal processes and/or behind the scenes systems are involved, like Brazil and Vienna. I tend not to judge a lot of Tree and Taylor's PR game because I know 2% of what they do. 'Why didn't they just say ____' can usually be answered with 'because of XYZ factors the public will never know about.'

Amanda P

Probably! They do seem to work with other people, just kind of no one “recognizable” 🫣

Brittany Diamond

I don't think I'd be as big a fan of hers if I thought she would just blatantly and repeatedly lie about songs being written from a specific for the marketing angle. She's always displayed such integrity that would just be a shitty thing to do to people. It would also be crazy reckless since it would do *massive* damage to her career if it ever got out (and thousands upon thousands of people in the media and the industry would kill to find dirt on her like that). She makes savvy business decisions but she's always walked that balance of business and art/authenticity. We don't have any reason to think she'd be that disingenuous and cold blooded.

Brittany Diamond

She hasn't had any say over merch since she left Big Machine, she had to trade it away in order to own her masters going forward. This was confirmed in court documents, but I can't remember what the legal issue was. All of the merch complaints (which are totally valid) are at UMG's feet, they take the same shitty approach that every other label does and Taylor really has no means to change it.

Brittany Diamond

This is exactly why I only listen to the original recordings (I don't stream my music)

Brittany Diamond

Exactly this. She's had zero power over merch since she left Big Machine. They might listen to her about a few design concepts but she has no say in production etc.

Brittany Diamond

She doesn't have any say over merch practices, and hasn't since she left Big Machine (which was when the quality and practices went downhill, easily the worst thing about her new label).

ton

To be an Aussie burger… think BEETROOT 🤣

Brittany Diamond

Plus it explains why she held onto I Did Something Bad as a surprise song for so long and then did it in London at a perfect announcement time.

Brittany Diamond

She doesn't hate debut, evermore, and Speak Now, they're just her least popular albums so they get the least attention. No artist spends a lot of time on the work the least amount people care about, especially as their discography grows.

Sarah

I prefer the bleachers remix of Anti-Hero!

Jamie Gibson

I have always said that "trust him like no other" should have been the lyric. Means so much more imo.

Ceeeeeelia

Taylor’s always been a mastermind when it comes to making good choices, but then there’s Lover. Don’t get me wrong—there are bops in there (I mean, it’s Taylor, duh!), but the whole album concept? Kinda basic for her. It’s like she went from serving a seven-course gourmet meal to dishing out heart-shaped pancakes. Still tasty, but you just know she’s capable of more!

Tess Rossi

Girl at home is way better on red tv that sv. (I only became a fan after Red TV was out so maybe that is part of the reason i prefer it as i never really listened to the OG)

Honey

I really dislike the notion of someone claiming others are not “real swifties”. Who sets out the criteria of what constitutes a fan or not? Having an adverse opinion to the masses doesn’t mean that at all. And comments like “they’re not real swifties” is akin to censorship because you’re berating people having a different opinion to you. I don’t have an opinion on Taylor working with Jack at all. But just don’t appreciate that because you disagree with people’s thoughts on this, you deem them lesser fans… a strange and potentially dangerous line of reasoning in my opinion.

Bryanna Terrell

Yeah, if I’m remembering right, they posted some National Donut Day posts around the same time as Taylor Nation. Which is Friday June 6th btw 👀 🤡 😂

Heida

1. This is more Swiftie related but I hate how some Swifties either glorify everything Taylor does or criticise her for everything she does (or doesn't do). Why can't more people be in the middle? Not necessarily glorify but praise her when she does good things while also criticising her if she does something you disagree with? I LOVE the fact that Taylor called out TOXIC fans in But Daddy I Love Him. We can have our opinions on who she dates/is friends with but calling her racist because she (barely) dated a guy who may be racist (honestly I don't know the lore on Matty that well and I don't care) or saying she can't be friends with Brittany Mahomes because she supports Trump (who I loathe btw) is insane to me. Also, if I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) is about Matty, we don't really need to ask ourselves why she would date someone like that anymore. Speaking of, people being mad/confused at the 1830s reference in I Hate It Here when it's immediately followed by "without all the racists and getting married off for the highest bid" and later "seems like it was never even fun back then" is absurd and makes no sense. 2. I don't think there's anything wrong with speculating who the songs are about as long as you're not asking Taylor about it directly. She has been in many high profile relationships so of course people are going to wonder. For me it also helps knowing who is a good guy (Taylor Lautner) and who is a bad guy (John Mayer). 3. Debut is so unbelievably underrated. I get why people are more excited for Rep TV, for obvious reason, but I feel like people just don't even care about Debut TV and that makes me sad. I generally think Debut, Fearless and even Speak Now are underrated. To have NO Debut Era On the Eras Tour was diabolical. 4. Long Live should have also continued (and always have been) to be on the Eras Tour. Speak Now in general deserved more. The fact that singles like Back to December, Mean and Mine weren't there is absurd. 5. I LOVE Reputation now, but when it first came out I didn't get it. I thought Look What You Made Me Do was a cool song/video but the chorus was too repetitive and simple (diabolical I know). I generally preferred the slower songs over the faster upbeat one. 6. ME! is WAY overhated by the fandom and I'm still pissed that they made Taylor not wanna sing THE LEAD SINGLE off of the Lover album on the Eras Tour. I love Cruel Summer and I think it definitely should have been a single, but not necessarily the lead single. The album in general doesn't get enough love (which is ironic). 7. I disagree that Taylor and Jack have done all they can together music wise. Also, Taylor writing with people she is more comfortable with matters more to me than whether I personally like all the songs or not. 8. Don't know if it's unpopular but Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? is one of Taylor's best songs.

Adam

Lover is her worst album. The whole “I am in so love” gimmick that she tried to play off during that era felt very fake. Because Reputation was so dark she obviously just wanted to try make people think she is now healed by putting out a super happy bubblegum pop album. Some of her most cringiest and childish lyrics come from Lover.. sorry 😬

Kirrily Lewis

Not sure if it’s unpopular but Deeper Well is deeply underrated. Especially since the deluxe version came out. I am obsessed with it, every song is so good and great singalongs. Not enough people are talking about it 🩷 And Kacey even put out a making of video on YouTube. Would love a reaction please 🙏

Adam

I knew you were trouble is clearly not about Harry Styles!! Lyrics such as “flew me to places I’ve never been till you put me down” and “pretends he doesn’t know that he’s the reason why your drowning” are clearly referencing Jake… also the song was released in November 2012 but Harry and Taylor only broke up in January- February 2013. The timelines don’t add up.

Kirrily Lewis

Love love love all of this. ME! came on today and I was like this song deserves more love. It’s a fun time!! Would have been an epic time on the set list too. 100% agree about debut and speak now. Some songs could have been cut to fit it in. Or even some mashups on the setlist could have worked.

Heida

Exactly! Btw I edited/added some to my comment!

Cooler Fan

She knows people clamour for Evermore.

Laila

Same, I don't get the hype over it. Now, what I am obsessed with is Fresh Out Of Slammer and don't understand how so many can overlook this song?!

Lauren

That was potentially the wrong wording because I didn’t mean it like that at all. I agree with you on this sentiment wholeheartedly. I just mean that they don’t fully understand their personal relationship and appreciate how important that is to her, aside from the music.

Tayllie

Robin is a very important song: If I remember correctly, I heard you guys say that you're confused why a song like Robin exists on an album like The Tortured Poets Department and I just wanted to clarify my take on how deeply necessary it is to be track 30 just before The Manuscript. I believe Robin is about Aaron's son and it obviously speaks about children's youth and how carefree it is to be innocent. I think Taylor saw herself in Aaron's son, she saw what she once was, tame and gentle and always seeing the world on the colorful side. So she wrote Robin with Aaron to express this young precious thing innocent children have and THEN she follows Robin by The Manuscript where she expressed how that youth was stolen from her as seen in the 2nd verse. Basically Robin represents "my girlhood" and the Manuscript is "give it back to me it was mine first". And what better way to prove this theory other than looking back at the surprise songs session Robin was in, and guess what, it was mashed up with Never Grow Up. I really believe Taylor wrote Robin with Aaron as a sweet thing for his son but I also believe she saw her little old self in him and if you exclude the fact that it's called Robin, you can picture the entire song being Taylor talking to herself like the yoyok bridge and the long story short bridge. It's like the start of her childhood And then comes the Manuscript which is the end of all the agony she went through. Thanks for reading this one besties, love you so much Bon and Em ❤️

Noa

Fortnight IS a good lead single, i'ts vague for a reason.

Heida

Hard disagree. I know they weren't married but the vow "in sickness and in health, for better or for worse" applies to relationships in general. If you are not ready to be there for someone at their worst then you don't deserve them at their best. Regardless of whatever happened later on, I think Joe is exactly what she needed at the time.

Honey

Ah totally fair! And you’re not the only one to have used that wording before. It’s just frustrating because it can put off people contributing in spaces such as these which I totally appreciate wasn’t your intention at all. Appreciate the response back x

Chloé

I think they reacted to all of the Lana albums they hadn’t heard. The only albums that don’t have a reaction are Born to Die/Paradise, Chemtrails and Blue Banisters but they already knew those albums before starting on YT 🥰

Alicia

IMO, the lyrics are very much about leaving Joe and starting up again with Matty, but I’m open to hearing your thoughts!

Racheal Aine

Me too lol, we've all been there, pinning for an embarrassing guy/girl and you tell people "you guys don't get it"

kenzieswiftly

im MUCH more excited for debut taylors version than rep, and i think everyone is going to hate on rep when it releases because of how much they've overhyped it before its release.

Racheal Aine

Absolutely, there are some opinions that made me question my taste lol, but I would never call it hate because we all have different tastes and that's what makes being a Swiftie fun (most times anyway), I don't want to act like boomer but some people are too sensitive

Racheal Aine

Now this is an unpopular opinion, you understood the assignment

sebastián

respectfully disagree. this is like saying you deserve love as long as you’re not depressed and nothing bad has ever happened to you. people come with baggage and they deserve love at any point in their lives

Green Wolf Gaymer

Electric Touch sounds unfinished to me, especially the chorus. She just hmms instead ending the chorus properly.

Maggie

Dying for a born to die chat from the girls... really all Lana content they haven't reacted to or chatted about

Jenny MacRunnel

As long as they put it on the side. Otherwise, you get the pickle juice all over the burger, which is gross for people who don’t like it (I love pickles, my hubby hates them )

Jenny MacRunnel

I’m not mad at Joe for that—I am mad that he wasted Taylor’s time in the last few years. I don’t think he was an awful guy, but I think there was some dishonesty on his part—whether intentional or not, I don’t know. I also feel like he could have tried harder—but really all speculation, we don’t know enough to know the full picture.

Jenny MacRunnel

I really don’t like it when Swifties argue over who a song is about. There’s nothing wrong with anyone’s opinions—because we don’t know what’s exacting on in Taylor’s head when she writes. My biggest example of this is The Alchemy. Swiftologist has been beating it to death that this song is about Matty, and everyone else is wrong. While I appreciate his opinion, he doesn’t also get to say everyone else is just wrong. He has no inside link either, so in the end it’s just all opinions, which everyone can have.

anastasia

fair enough! it's definitely a nuanced conversation. her personal experience does matter, and if she (or even her audience) feels empowered, that’s valid. I’m not trying to judge her as an individual, but rather question the broader system that can push women toward certain choices to be more marketable or desirable. same old patriarchy once again lol

Kayla

Speak Now was the most disappointing rerecord so far because it was the most noticeable album where she lost the personality and youthful defiance of the original record.

Lucy

Not sure if it’s an unpopular opinion or just an opinion but I think similarly to how albums are colours; fearless = yellow and speak now = purple for example, she ran out of colours and tried to make Midnights aesthetic stripes (which I didn’t see anyone noticing) and TTPD plaid. If you look back at midnights imagery including Midnights Mayhem with Me she’s always wearing striped clothes and lots of stripes in the background of things. Then in TTPD that line where she says ‘I was a functioning alcoholic until nobody noticed my new aesthetic’ and Posty says ‘soon they’ll know’ and then TTPD is very clearly plaid. My unhinged opinion that goes with this is TS12 will be 60s mod grove flower power themed eeek I’m so excited!

ezero

nope thats not it... it just feels like they recorded and finished the song in like five minutes and didint really care how it sounded. but a song like so long london is actually depressive and lifeless and you can feel that in the music, i just dont get that with youre losing me.

Sammi

Mine is that “taycapitalist” is bullllll. This woman is the only artist without a makeup line or perfume or clothes or tequila etc. she doesn’t even have a shade of red lipstick she could make bank off of. She’s the least capitalist of all the celebs and I’m OVER pretending like she’s not

Sammi

Eyes open is the best re-recording. Please fathom/discuss.

Theo DePina

Guilty As Sin? is a perfect song, but it is no one near her all-time best and I think people kind of give it too much praise. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great pop song and I love it, but she has better in my opinion.

Mona

I hate the rebranding of 1989 (Taylor's Version) why was there a photo shoot on a beach?! that album was SO New York and that was one of my favorite thing about it... still love it though obviously

Maggie

I think guilty as sin, down bad, my boy or so high school would have been great lead singles or singles compared to the ones we got. They are all sonically pretty different than what she has put out as singles previously and give a different perspective of her than what the general public gets with songs like I can do it and fortnight. I like who's afraid but I think people would have crapped on her for some of the lyrics

Jenny

I relate!! I used to call Taylor my 'guilty pleasure' music until I suddenly realised, I don't need to feel guilty about this 🤣

Maggie

I think there were a couple about the girls that crossed the line, but it looks like they were deleted. Imo most just look like "unpopular opinions " that are typical of the troupe with some being more critical than others. I have not read every single comment but also spent time looking through to see what people meant as I was initially confused.

Maggie

Soft rock/ rock taylor would be my favourite taylor album for sure 😍. Would also die if green day got into the mix. The little punk/emo girl in me would feel so seen.

Jenny

Is the same not true of her though, if people think she was thinking of Matty the whole time then she was also dishonest & wasting Joe's time? (to be clear I don't think that she was I just think the argument has to go both ways)

Estelle

Call It What You Want was hard to fathom 🫣 BUT I was finally able to just recently

Vaxstiel

React gently, but my only skip on the TTPD because it feels really musically generic, like it could have been given to any pop star to sing is...Guilty As Sin?

Julie

I agree. Every time I see sarah from Taylor swift Style post what the confirmed lip colors that tay wears, I buy at least one. If taylor herself sold one....it is all I would wear. And I'm not alone. 💄 👄

Wendy Davis

He's ridiculous considering it's full of football references.

Bridget Mac

my friends refuse to agree with this one despite my pretty solid reasonings! i think the alchemy was written with matty in mind first, and then finished with travis in mind. the "that child's play back in school" / "sign on your heart said its still reserved for me" / the heroin(e) moment there is obviously SO much travis lore though: referring to how "the hospital was a drag" ie. when she was with matty / touch down / cut em from the team / YALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. just think she began writing it, or at least began collecting lines that are in the song when she was with matty, and then finished it when she was with travis. lol. maybe u guys already think this too.

Kira-Marie Lazda

Tear drops on my guitar is Taylor's worst song (in my opinion) (but also still better than literally everything else on this planet lol)

Starbuck1234!

Well this may be unpopular but I think I forgot that you existed is the one and only Calvin Harris song. Line by line, there is nothing that says Kanye West to me. The first verse honestly could be either, but really we know she didn’t forget that Kanye existed, she’s been singing about 2016 ever since. Did she think not having Kanye in her life would kill her but it didn’t? She wanted to leave him, she needed a reason. Would she have been in the front row of a Kanye show? I mean, I doubt it. But I do think she would have been in the front row to see Calvin. I’ll be there when you strike out and you’re crawling home. We know she forgot that he existed because those are the only crumbs she gave him besides Getaway Car. But, Kanye, she will never forgive or forget what he has done to her her entire career.

Ava

I'm so much more excited for Debut than Rep TV because Debut is going to sound so different to the original. I'm really keen to hear how her vocals have matured, whether she puts on the country twang, the new sound clarity (particularly the clearer instrumentals and background vocals), whereas I think Rep TV is going to sound really similar to the original, vocally and musically. However, I'm more excited for the Rep vault songs (partly because I think a lot of the Debut vault will be songs we've already heard)

Ava

Enchanted is a bit overrated and I wish Long Live had been on the setlist instead. Also Better Than Revenge would have been an absolute bop (but I respect that the vibe she had for Speak Now was her entirely alone on stage, no dancers, so I see the vision and understand why the Speak Now set didn't have bops like Mean, BTR etc.)

taylorswift

i love taylor but i think getting the credits for deja vu was unnecessary. apart from the fact that they dont sound very similar, olivia always said that taylor‘s music was such a big inspiration for her, and getting the credits was very unnecessary considering she is the biggest popstar in the world while getting credits from a new artist.

charlotte

Personally enchanted is a skip everytime it comes on for me.

taylorswift

all the clowning for rep is getting very annoying. her erster eggs are not mathematical equations, i do not understand why fans are not letting it go and giving taylor a rest from the tour. i bet even she is annoyed how fans even get angry at her for not announcing anything

taylorswift

she should have picked another single for ttpd. fortnight is a good song, but absolutely not as validating as the other songs from the album. i think she just picked this song because it was with post malone and therefore had better chances for charts and awards, but my boy, down bad, but daddy i love him or who is afraid would have been better options

Esther Michaut

I don't like music videos directed by Taylor. I don't think she has a good vision of what she wants, it is very one dimensional. Yes even the short film for ATW. But especially the one for midnight : they are FUN but are they good ? do they add any value to the song ? no I don't think so. Lavender haze is just taylor + the color purple. Bejeweled is just easter eggs. I mean think about the OLD musics videos.. You belong with me ????? Blank space ??? they all made the songs ICONIC. Now I feel like they are extremely boring.

Mia

I simply do not get Taylor's music video rollouts. Midnights got 4, TTPD got 2. Red TV got 2, Speak Now TV got 1, but then Fearless TV and 1989 got none. Gurrrrl make it make sense.

Laura

That's true, but wasn't ATW10 specifically marketed as "THE original version" which she had to cut down at the time? Anyway, this is just something I wonder about in general about the vault tracks, what was already there and what wasn't. Guess we'll never know...

Laura

How about the Live from Paris version though? I love how rare and passionate it is, stripped from all the production.

Beatriz

Do you guys think it would have been fun if we got ttpd like we got folklore and evermore ? Ttpd on april an then, six months after, the sister album. Dont know what taylor would call it but it would be the most perfect name ever i am suuuure ! I would love to know what Emily and Bon think about this. Love you girliesss ❤️

Hayden Brice

I've barely listened to the live to Paris versions - I don't generally enjoy recorded live audio - but I'll give it another shot

Nina

Yeah for sure! I mean Jack and Aaron use an audio engineer and I’m sure they have other people doing the mixing and mastering. I’d be shocked if Taylor didn’t have a pretty good understanding of how to use pro tools or logic at this point. I would think after recording 15 albums (including the re-records) anyone would be fairly comfortable with recording equipment and software, just by being around it so much! Regular people teach themselves these softwares all the time, so she could definitely do it. I’d just be really interested in knowing what instrumentals/production choices stem from her brain because with all of her music thus far we don’t *really* know how much is her vs how much of it is Jack/Aaron/Max etc (except with folklore since we know she wrote most of that album to tracks that Aaron already had).

Claudy

The Fearless octopus eras tour dress was cute.

Matilde Nordhus

I feel like the rerecords startet out as something she did because she wanted to own her own music. But with her dragging it out as much as she is doing, it feels she is trying to make as much money as possible. I LOVE that she is a boss business woman, just not with the rerecords. They have become more of a commertial stunt than her desperatly wanting to reclaim her art.

OurSong13

I saw a tweet where someone said the Anthology ends with a series of songs that reflects on the naivety of youth and how the experiences you have in your young past shapes the adult you become. The last 4 songs I'm referring to being: Peter, The Bolter, Robin, The Manuscript. People hate on Robin but it being a part of these last 4 songs on the album is important and ending with these songs about childhood or experiences of your past selves teaches you about how to handle difficult things in your current life. As Taylor says, looking backwards might be the only way to move forward. Which is exactly what she is doing in these last 4 songs on the album

Madison Boone

i honestly don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but debut should have been on the era's tour setlist! I do not understand why it is the only era left out when she had the ability to make room for ttpd. Imagine a section with tim mcgraw, our song, should've said no, picture to burn, teardrops on my guitar like SO MANY HIT CHOICES

hailey

definitely an unpopular opinion looking at all the comments but i love the theories and the easter eggs😭BUT only when its for fun and doesn’t come across as greedy or expecting more from Taylor- she clearly gives us more music than most artists would everrr do. i just find the theories fun- just a little silly fun thing to get caught up in every now and then

sebastián

i think that trying to connect all her past songs to matty is reaching and forced 🤺

Julieta

Mine is definitely unpopular, and that is that people who haven’t heard a single song written by Matty (in which he expresses his troubles with his own mental health, addiction, manhood, etc) don’t have enough context to judge him. He’s said cuestionable things and that is irrefutable. I also believe he’s not a bad person, but then again i don’t know him, I just know his work and I understand how his mind works. As one of you said, please don’t hate me or kick me out.. i like it here :)

izzy

NOOOOOOOOO i cannot react gently 😭😭

izzy

fresh out the slammer is my TTPD number 1 (including anthology 🙈🙈)

Renee S Smith

And even if we did listen, we probably still shouldn't judge

Renee S Smith

I def think anything beyond Evermore and Folklore is probably a reach

Renee S Smith

But the OG Red had a few videos right? Same with Fearless and 1989?

Renee S Smith

In terms of pop songs? Style and Blank Space are 1 and 2. Those are pop perfection.

Renee S Smith

The football references don't make it about Travis bc they are part of the victory metaphor of the song. But its not about MH bc its an anthem. Its a victory over heartbreak anthem.

Theo DePina

Yes, but also just overall. People rank it super high in their rankings and I just don’t see it in the same way as a lot of people seem to do.

Imagine

I think if we all didn't know the song was referencing Robin, Aaron's son, people would've perceived the song differently! I 100% agree that she sees herself in him and I think is mourning and reflecting on that childhood innocence that she can now see was protected by the grown ups in her life, the same way she says they'll "keep it, for you, in sweetness." It's something that goes unnoticed, the "performance" adults have to do in order for children to view the world in a perfect way.

Phoebe 🌷

Wow that's such an interesting and true way of looking at it

Mia

Yes it did! But since folklore I just dunno what girlie is doing anymore haha

Jenny

I 100% agree, and I also believe this is truly an unpopular opinion lol

Starbuck1234!

My latest unpopular opinion is that Niceboy Ed may be Joe’s friend, but that Joe is involved and I think he is writing or helping to write those lyrics kinda from his perspective. Life You Lead, the first single, and Taylor used this song, i believe Joe wrote the song and it is about their relationship. I also think Moonlight is about her as well. A lot of the same wording, metaphors. And, she used the song in the Eras pre-show music, and then took it away when they broke up. The lyrics to Moonlight seems like a direct conversation with Taylor about their relationship. “Spinning ‘round in the living room Feel my heart, heart, heartache Do you think we’ll become everything we said we would”? then second verse he changes it>>>> “Spinning ‘round in the living room Feel my heart, heart, heartache What if we’ll become everything we said we would”? The lyrics to Heaven sound like he’s going through pain and how the best times are behind them. And the relationship is not doing well but he is coming back from being away and wants her to be home waiting on him. But, he knows she isn’t.

Ali ❤️‍🔥

Now I’m watching the evermore refathoming and seeing the comments and finding that this seems like an unpopular opinion: I think that there isn’t as much MH on old albums as some think. She “swirled him in to all her poems” I don’t think that’s to say that she wrote TONS of songs about him, more that she was inspired by the feelings she had thinking of him. Gold rush, rwylm, etc. definitely seem inspired by him. I think also, it’s possible that she was making songs about joe but maybe sprinkling feelings about MH in with them. In long pond, she talks about for the first time, allowing herself to write about her feelings about multiple people in one song. That’s something she carried with her, and I think that there’s a grey area a lot of people are missing.

Ali ❤️‍🔥

Also want to say - I’m not criticizing you girls, I just don’t necessarily agree with some of your opinions on song inspiration 💜🩵❤️

Mads

Hard agree, the Bleachers remix is the only Anti Hero that exists to me, and I LOVED the original before it came out

Racheal Aine

As someone who is a swiftie and a livie, I feel sad we as fandoms were robbed of the united power we would be having, I like to ignore it all because I end up feeling bad for Olivia 😞, it's a sad chapter in the TCU (Taylor cinematic universe)

Racheal Aine

The fact that this is an unpopular opinion instead of the *norm* is actually very sad😥

Andrea

Okay not quite an unpopular opinion and more of a theory BUT I heavily believe TS13 will be a return to country Taylor… she’s definitely been experimenting with more country sounds (cowboy like me, I can fix him, but daddy I love him) and given that her 13th album will have to be something extra special, I can fully see her going back to country/country pop (also, if rep tv is the next re-record, preceded or followed by ts12, that would perfectly lead debut TV into country TS13) again, more of a theory than an opinion but I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!!!! <333

Katie

I agree that Ari is a terrific singer ... but I think she makes terrible music. 😬 Not catchy, not bops, not insightful.

Johanna M

Nah, I think every song from 2014 onwards is fair game for analysis.

Johanna M

I wouldn't say boring, but I agree. They don't elevate the songs visually as much as the older MV's did, or transport the listener to another world as much.. Taylor can be obsessed with narrative and the MV's that she directs are full of those stories and easter eggs instead.

Anna.98

Original haunted is better than tv, I'll even listen to the live version from speak now tour over tv. Also im not a fan of Labyrinth production on the album, but when she did it as a surprise song on piano it felt like hearing it for the first time, its the only way i like that song.

Claire

I really wish the fan girls would understand that not every song needs words straight out of a thesaurus. I hate hate hate when some people try to act like if it’s not giving poem then the lyrics are not impressive.

Jenny

Obviously I have no idea and this is total speculation but I wonder was it because she always knew she was going to make room for ttpd/a new era! I wonder if she decided that it would be best to have no debut set than to have one and take it away bc the uproar probs would have been crazy lol

Seth H

I think people simply overthink everything with Sabrina's sexuality in her lyrics. She thinks sex jokes are funny so she makes sex jokes. That's the extent of it. Nonsense, Bed Chem, and Juno are all basically comedy songs. The Juno position is a joke, nonsense outros are jokes. How that makes her hypersexualized is beyond me. And I hate how every woman is expected to carry the entire mantle for women. A man can be 10x more sexual on stage than Sabrina would consider and nobody ever questions what it means for other men, and nobody questions their motives for doing what they do. But a woman does it and we have to debate her entire existence for months/years on end.

Seth H

Part of the issue i think is that Americans generally have a weird relationship with the wealthy. We've been propagandized to see wealthy liberals as pandering and out of touch, and wealthy conservatives as geniuses who want taxes to be cut to benefit the poor. Even if that's ridiculous, its what a lot of people think. And so Taylor might actually hurt the cause if she does more than what she's doing, they'll discount her as another Hollywood elite who doesn't know what it's like to be poor in america

Claire

Being a billionaire is completely terrible no matter who you are and how you acquired that wealth. And while i believe that private jets are irresponsible for anyone to have i realize that there really aren’t any options. The real issue i have is the extremely short flights. Taking a twenty minute flight from one part of the state to another when she could just take a car ride is indefensible to me

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Racheal Aine

Absolutely, songwriting is everything including melodies. I praised Ariana's writing on Eternal Sunshine because it's simple but communicates everything and I was bamboozled with other fellow swifties saying I can't read since I don't understand TTPD (ironically it's becoming my most streamed album of all time)

Cooler Fan

What’s wrong with the 90s trend lyric, she was born in 1989 and grew up in the 90s?..

Cooler Fan

He’s still the smallest man so there’s that

Cooler Fan

Or, it could be that she’s dragging it out because people say her tvs have some sound issues.

Cooler Fan

I agree to an extent. Tbh, within and since the pandemic it was hard for her crew to materialise what she wanted. I think Lover videos were quite good and maybe she will do that going forward.

Cooler Fan

Heroin was about matty but heroine (with an e) is about Travis. That was intentional.

Julieta

We’ll agree to disagree :)

Sarah (not in her sunday best)

The clean version of Down Bad is so much better than the explicit version! The question of “what if I can’t have him?”

Esther Michaut

I agree with the first part- but disagree with the opinion about the original.. I think the pose doesn’t need to be dark, especially when it is such a sexy album !!! We don’t see her face like she lost herself no i love it . But what i HATE is the borders of both covers…. they are soooo unnecessary !! especially on the anthology one..

Marissa

I think the last few years have shown that we can take what Taylor says in her lyrics a little more seriously or literally, even if it doesn’t match what we think we know about her life. I so remember in your reaction to Folklore, Bonny says at one point “Taylor and Joe are alright…right?” And everyone was immediately like “Noooo, not possible!” But look at what we know now in hindsight. 😂 Like we all kind of gaslit ourselves for so long that Taylor was truly happy in her life and relationships, when her music was clearly saying the opposite. I feel like the same thing happened when she made references in her songs to alcoholism or her own depression, I feel like we kind of swept all that under the rug… It’s just something to think about, that maybe we can trust our own interpretations as listeners, and not really feel the need to base everything on what we think we know about her life (which is always going to be incomplete or wrong anyway!)

sarah

@Bella unfortunately this is just ur opinion 🫠🫠 i personally agree and don’t care what larger celebrities have to say because they are not the average person, but voter turnout and registration saw crazy numbers when certain celebrities encouraged it (ex: olivia rodrigo)

angel (plnkblue)

I think a lot of people miss that the 90’s trend line is the second half of a previous lyric—the full thing is “They count me out time and time again, but I come back stronger than a 90’s trend.” It ties in with the whole theme of Willow as a song about yearning for control in a situation where she feels like she doesn’t actually have any. She’s casting a spell in the hopes that the subject will fall in love with her, cheating at games to win the prize (him), doing all of these things to keep a sense of control/convince herself that she is doing all of this of her own volition, despite all the evidence that says otherwise (life was a willow and it bent right to your wind, the more that you say the less i know, wherever you stray i follow, i’m begging for you to wreck my plans). In this sense, “I come back stronger than a 90’s trend” is her trying to convince herself that she is genuinely the one with control over her heart here, not him. It’s a self-affirmation that even though she feels like this person is tripping her up emotionally and romantically and making her act irrationally/do things she normally wouldn’t, she still has the power to stand up and take control of her heart whenever she wants. It’s not a line that’s directed towards the muse or to the audience; she’s talking to herself.

angel (plnkblue)

I agree SO HARD oh my god. I need to meet this op because I literally have my own essay planned about the thematic cohesion of those four songs, and how they perfectly summarize the core emotional themes of TTPD as well as the evolution of those themes across her past discography. Truly, the final four tracks of TTPD are SO masterfully written and structured, I cannot succinctly explain in a simple comment. I genuinely think it’s one of the most genius tracklisting arrangements in musical history.

angel (plnkblue)

I would argue that she actually adores Speak Now (and all of her albums, because they’re her life’s work and passion, and her public acknowledgement of them has no real bearing on that. Plus we all know she just avoids talking about things she assumes fans don’t care about) but she just shows it in a much more obscure way. Like the entire Midnights rollout was all about Speak Now, and she continued to sprinkle Speak Now into TTPD’s rollout as well, but nobody notices them because they aren’t front and center.

Lia

THIS!!!!!!!

OurSong13

I know! It is genius and I think the genius goes over a lot of heads. I can try to find the original post

Vanessa

My unpopular opinion is: I like and do listen to Both of us by B.o.B and Taylor.... 🙃

Jennie 🐍🖤

I think this is a fairly popular opinion haha

Jennie 🐍🖤

I’ve never thought of the Alchemy as LITERAL. I think people tend to take every line she sends too literally. Yes, she ended up with a football player lol so it seems obvious (maybe too obvious..) that it’s “about Travis” but I just feel like Taylor is a much better writer than that lol. I always took the entire thing as a metaphor for victory. Using sports as a theme - she mentioned in folklore “wanting to write a sports story” or something of the sort so it isn’t far fetched for her to refer to her and matty finally getting together as similar to a victory in sport. Vinyls are printed so far ahead of time so anything on the standard edition of TTPD being about Travis sort of just wasn’t even an option in my mind. Anthology vinyls came out way later so having a few “Travis songs”is plausible. But I dunno those are my thoughts haha

Julieta

i asked chat gpt because i hadn't heard of that before, and this is what it had to say: "There is no credible evidence that Matty Healy, frontman of The 1975, ever said, "Don’t jump the barricade, I know you're Mexican," during a concert. A thorough review of reputable news sources and official concert footage reveals no record of this quote. While Healy is known for his provocative onstage behavior and controversial remarks, such as criticizing Malaysia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws during a performance and being interrupted by bandmates before making a potentially racial comment , there is no substantiated instance of him making the statement in question.​ It's possible that this quote originated from a misinterpretation, meme, or satirical content that was taken out of context. Given Healy's history of viral moments, such as eating raw meat on stage or kissing fans during performances , fabricated or exaggerated quotes can sometimes circulate online.​" I couldn't find it anywhere else but a tweet some seems to be deleted. If you find it, could you send it to me please? Thanks :)

Persef

Evermore is my favorite album but champagne problems is my least favorite song on it. I skip it every time.

Julieta

yes, of course! i guess that's why i chose to share this as my unpopular opinion, because it's unpopular haha .. i know he's a divisive person 😬

Julieta

yeah, i get it .. i don't think he's a bad person, i think he can't help ruffle a lot of feathers .. i don't know when will he finally learn 🙈

Julieta

haha yeah, i know, he makes it hard for/on the people that still believe there's good in him .. anyway, good constructive chat *mint* :)

Ashley

depression isn't purposful

Ashley

She created this magic. this whole world and its HUGE and sucessful! Why fight the success she created!

Ashley

yessss and like "he jokes that its heroin" line could literally be any man (jack, her dad, her brother), that these fans are ADDDDICTED to her!

Lisa

But that's the thing... We don't HAVE to re-look at songs. We DECIDE to😂

Sofia sepulveda

Tortured Poets Department is overrated, there are like 5 songs that are good on both albums, there i said it

Sofia sepulveda

jajajaj same i feel like that song is overated

Sofia sepulveda

the music of Chappell Roan is not good, I don´t get the hype, and only the chorus of hot to go is good the rest of the song is so bad

Emzies

I did the same. I actually ended my Patreon membership for well over a year because of it.