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I have been struck down by this insatiable desire and need to do my old trick and rearrange the tracklist of TPD on first listen EVEN THOUGH I said I wasn't going to do that this time because of my headass chronological album theory. Looking at the tracklist it really does look like, based on the titles alone, it goes in order and tells a story (watch me be so so so wrong) but if I really thought that or felt that way WHY on earth would I want to rearrange the tracklist .....

Well..........I only really want to move one song.....................

I just CANNOTTTT fathom the very first thing I hear off of Tortured Poets Department to be a fucking Post Malone feature like I'm sorrryyyyyy I don't even dislike him I just JDFIOGAJROIJEOIAJOGIJER I REALLY DON'T WANT TO START THE ALBUM THAT WAYYYYYY it's kind of BAFFLING to me why she's opening the record with a feature and maybe once I hear it I'll be able to understand it more and it'll make perfect sense!?! But I guess I'm just worried I'm not going to like it or it'll be weird or whatever and start the album off on a bad foor for me....I also sorta just don't wanna hear Post Malone on the first song of a new Taylor record to tell you the truth....I don't wanna hear anybody else I wanna hear TAYLOR........

The temptation really has been haunting me lately. Like I think about it while brushing my teeth, in the shower, on the treadmill, it follows me around, I just cannot believe it's the opening track - and the closer and closer release day gets, the more it plagues and beleaguers me...not the opening track......not that.............

All that said.......there is a bigger part of me that knows just somehow, intrinsically, to not FUCK with the tracklist this time around. Like this is an album that is meant to be enjoyed the way God (Taylor) intended it.....the angel on my shoulder says listen to it the way it's supposed to be listened to! The devil on my shoulder says put Fortnight last LMFAOOO

Now here's my question for the culture....are there any songs off of TTPD that you're sort of DREADING listening to? LMFAOOO of course all food is good food and we cheer for all the new songs...but Fortnight is my sleep paralysis demon.

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Asher Conniff

some sound a but cheesy. im SCARED of fortnight and down bad.

Amélie

I’m terrified because the world will not be the same again once the turkey is finally cooked

Asher Conniff

And like who puts a collab as track one?!

chappell roan

i am absolutely terrified for Fortnight and Loml. The rest could go either way. Honestly i’m terrified for this album in general. I have genuinely no idea. I loved midnights, but I just CANT do Midnights 2.0 with extra swear words. I just CANT. give us something more Taylor!!! I would even be happy for a pop rock album and that’s SAYING something

shannon

not on the original track listing but i don’t think the black dog is going to be good like something about it doesn’t sit right with my spirit

Asher Conniff

I think its gonna be like red and be all over the place… definitely some flops and some masterpieces

TiffK83

But daddy I love him and I can fix him make me cringe so hard, but I know the rule about cringe so I’m going to put all my trust in The Lord and Savior, Taylor Alison Swift

Ellie

i’m scared for Down Bad, i need it to be OOTW level track 4 and i’m scared its not gonna hit my expectation🙃 also The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived I just cant even imagine the song!!! Plus its so far down in the tracklist I feel like I won’t listen to it properly cause everything else will have been TOO OVERWHELMING!

shannon

the cover is gorgeous however…..

Michaela Wagner

Ksjs Read the lyrics and start w track two?

Asher Conniff

also yea im dying for a no collabs album from her again.

Beth

Fortnight is absolutely the song I am the least excited for Taylor Swift + Rapper is so rarely a good thing

Chloie 😝

Getting the notification for this was a jumpscare. But idk the Albatross is giving flop

Diego Felipe Tassara

fortnight is also my sleep paralysis demon…… same on why on earth is she opening the record with a feature ???!!!

CyrusNomadix

Closest feeling to dread would be either loml or Florida!!! Not a fan of that state and no amount of exclamation points are gonna change my mind.

bryan

i am both dreading and foaming at the mouth for florida!!! for no reason other than that’s where i’m from and anybody who knows me knows i’m very annoying about that. and i was at those tampa shows so… this song has the potential to be really meaningful for me and if it flops… well… I DONT EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT

JJ

now that I think of it she probably put it as track one to make it a single

Emily Sanders

This may be unpopular but I really am not excited for Clara bow🤷

Michelle Johnson

Post Malone is in the new JLo musical/movie 😭😭😭😭 I’m scared for it. It might be a skip

Asher Conniff

oh yea loml…. girl please just say Love Of My Life. its giving sabrina carpenter and not in a good way. but if it does a switch up then it’s warranted i guess. and yea thats something with olivia thats weird just how we use swear words more and more unnecessary. they lose meaning and value when they flood every song.

Cierra Neitzel

Yes!!!! I am reallyyyy dreading But Daddy I Love Him too! Like no thanks Mr. Swift, don’t need ya around on the album here

Sarah Bogue

Definitely Florida!!! The exclamation points just look so wrong to me. And I have a secret hatred of Florence Welch like she just sucks the joy out of me. For no discernible reason. Worst collab Taylor could do in my opinion. But maybe it’ll be the best song ever and I’ll eat my words. Fingers crossed

Michaela Wagner

Scared for down bad tho. And fresh out the slammer… logically feels like it should be a slay but at the same time I’m getting vigilante shit vibes There’s also… I can fix him… which I feel like I should be scared of but it’s giving me chaotic TIWWCHNT vibes so I’m excited instead!

Lydia

Just still waiting for her cats to feature. I still can’t fathom why there wasn’t a love song on lover for them. I will die on this hill

chappell roan

i agree although i do love olivia some of the swear words seem extra forced and also in midnights. it depended on the song. like i cringed hearing the f word in question (an otherwise amazing song), but in maroon? spiritual acension.

Madison G

Fortnight also terrifies me… as does Clara bow. feel like we might start and end with flops. im also on the chronological belief/delusion

kyla

fortnight, the alchemy, and (mildly) florida!!! have had me terrified for weeks. if this was 2016-2019 post malone then maybe i would be more accepting, but all of his releases have been subpar. and as for florida, i just hope taylor lets florence actually sing. i was so excited for castles crumbling until hayley’s vocals ended up being so… unexciting?

Asher Conniff

i would definitely recommend going in thinking its gonna be bad and then being thoroughly surprised! i did this with GUTS and it worked! i had HUGE expectations for speak now TV… and lets say it didnt go well… but for 1989 i was like yep its gonna suck, but i loved it! so my recommendation is to just pretend its all trash😭

Morgan Palmer

I'm scared Florence on Florida!!! Is gonna get the Lana treatment, barely audible in the background and post Malone is gonna eat a whole verse

Fatima

Honestly i’m not particularly excited for any of the bonus tracks

NicoleWithoutTheH

I am afraid that “But Daddy I Love Him” won’t be what I imagine it will be (Similar to “Slut”) and I will be disappointed lol.

thalia

not rly scared but have been intrigued by the i can fix him / loml / i can do it with a broken heart MOMENT….its a bookended three parter in my eyes bc of the “I Can” repetition, and loml being lowercase is sort of screaming that itll be weird interlude of some sort. like a break from the story. im with you on the chronological tin hat theory so im just like what is that what does it meeeaaannnn im kinda thinking its for the girls. long live 2.0.

Ellie

Im gonna try!!! i’m so excited for the album tho AGH! i didnt listen to guts for agessssss after it came out so was so happy with it when i did listen to it!

Lydia

Completely agree about a feature as an opener. It better be one big ass beautiful metaphor that makes sense and doesn’t make us mad PLEASE. I’m so excited for Florida!!! Smallest man who ever lived, loml and who’s afraid of little old me? (Me)

JJ

I feel exactly how you feel though lol. But I think I'd be scared of skipping a banger or smth important for the plot. If I listen to it and don't like it I'll probably not relisten to it, cause my play is to listen to most songs twice before moving on to the next

Lydia

Also think the manuscript will be meh. Hoping for deep brooding feelings for the albatross

Sydney Shepard

I wouldn't say I'm dreading any of the songs, but having a collab, of any kind, on track one is unsettling to me. Maybe it will make sense when we hear it, but like Track ones tend to be smash hits and set the tone so well that Idk how I feel about someone setting the tone with Taylor

Greg

I’m a huge Florence and the machine & Taylor fan. So I’m terrified of Florida, especially because Florence rarely reigns her voice in. She’s gotten better with it these past few records (like the bomb on dance fever), but I have a feeling Florida! will be super upbeat. Especially after the Lana feature being so fucking mid, I’m quivering in my boots. So this is either gonna make me diva up or diva dead. I hope it’s up lol.

Sydney Shepard

Unless he's just like a Markus Mumford in the background 😂😂

thalia

as for fortnight i hope post is just on backing vocals like you better not give him more than lana. but im praying for something like the male backing vocals of all too well og

Candace Tirado

I think you’re right that this is a very specific ordering of the track list. At least I’m hoping !!! The smallest man who ever lived is really giving me a vibe , i don’t know why, but i feel like it’s gonna be a weird one. I’m so ready for the food though.

Cierra Neitzel

Does anyone else remember their initial thought when reading fortnight featuring post malone? -i was straight up, like, what the fuck? Post Malone?!? The dude that sings “you’re my sunflower”???? What?!?!?

Abby

I'm kind of dreading florida!!! bc I love florence and although taylor's features usually let me down, I just can't help but get my hopes up for this one! so i'm just going to enjoy my delusion for now. my take on fortnight is that if I don't like it (likely...), at least it's over and done with quickly lol and then i don't have to listen to it again?

chappell roan

EXACTLY!!! and then like in olivia’s album i’m so happy some of those lyric changes were made. the AAB and obsessed ones were just needlessly explicit. I have no problem with explicit music but only if it fits. Tortured poets is starting to seem like it’ll be synth pop with extra swears, which I will still adore but i’m just craving something fresher. also the all caps title? i haven’t adjusted to it yet. this is going to be such a weird album it’s either going to be the best thing on this damn earth or quite the opposite.

Asher Conniff

im gonna ride with weird so that it surprises me :)

thalia

you’re real for this queen

Taylor L

im actually kinda excited to hear fortnight — i’ve seen post malone live and his acoustic songs were beautiful!!! he seems very genuine and gracious so i feel like he and taylor probably get along really well — but i know he’s not everyones cup of tea 😭 anyway, i’m nervous about the alchemy…. i kinda feel like it could flop based on the name, but i will be open minded

Maria

Lol Madeline you should do whatever you feel like and listen to whatever you want first. You can always listen to it the way God intended afterwards 😄

emeraldgreaves

i need florida to be good but i just know florence is going to be trapped at the back of the mix bc it’s the only thing that will contain her

Mad Esme at the Plaza Athénée

I try to go into a new album head empty, definitely no expectations sonically, although I do have some content ideas for a few "I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)" has to be about Matty, for example. But if there is one I might dread, it would be Clara Bow. I can't stand Timeless or Suburban Legends, so I'm hoping this isn't another case of cramming as many historical references into one track as possible to the point that it sounds like spoken word set to music.

Susannah Wallace

Sorry so off topic but BEYONCÉ JUST SAID ‘LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO’ in her song daughter on cowboy carter!!!

Becca C

I am always weary of the titles but she always comes through: I remember literally being like “this track list looks boring” when I first saw the folklore list and the ones I thought were the weirdest are now my favorite

Ruby256

I was looking back at track 6s across her discography, and almost every single one is intentionally placed as one of the most fun/lighthearted/more upbeat songs on the album. So I’m hoping this one maybe is gonna take a bit of an ironic tone and is comparatively a bop. Think it will be a reprieve from whatever murderous lyrics she hits us with on So Long, London

dom

my boy only breaks his favorite toys scares me so bad… i keep telling myself her track 3s are consistently amazing but still…. there is a fear in me. we have too many eyes on but daddy i love him and not enough eyes on whatever the hell my boy only breaks his favorite toys is gonna do to us!!!!!

Kelly Miley

my brain keeps skirting around 'loml' every time i look at it. like i did not ask for a cheeky acronym song and i just feel like it's gonna suck so fucking bad. is she actually going to say it in the song? el oh em el?? it's giving "hey kids spelling is fun!" so i'm BEGGING she doesn't say the letters out loud. but if she doesn't why is that the title??plus the first time i read it on that tiny ass font for ANTS i read it as "10 milliliters" and that's making it WORSE

Jed

Oooh Ive also been thinking about doing this. Just worried that if it's a slower album I'll be fatigued by the second half and not giving the backend a fair go haha

Jed

If The Black Dog flops I'll be devastated. But I'm worried that if she's using it as a metaphor for depression, it's a fine line between song of the year and coming off as insincere/half-baked. Fingers crossed!

Monika

If I had to pick one it'd be Florida!!! I like Florence I'm just not sure if I will like the sound.

Monika

I wouldn't be too worried about Fortnight, Post Malone said he hasn't even heard the song...or the sound. So I guess he just laid down the vocals- so it will be all her vision...wait maybe that will worry you lol

Monika

forgot about this one....it could really go either way

Elizabeth

What??? That’s sort of crazy. And that’s some trust on his part too.

Monika

I'm sure she explained it to him, but still very trusting. He does seem to be doing a lot of features lately (Taylor, Beyonce, Luke Combs) so maybe he's just in a different mindset

Lucy Ching

10ML 😂😂😂 now I'll only see that as the title

Leïla

I always listen in order (except TVs I usually start with the vault) so I will start with Fortnight and believe me I have HIGH expectations for this track 🥹

Roxrecords

I am dreading fortnight, loml and the alchemy

Laine Wagner

i’m going to start with the title track then listen to the album in the order god intended it. I have to know if the lines we got are lyrics, i can’t start with sir malone, and i think usually a title track holds all album themes. this is my compromise. i will die on this hill.

Laine Wagner

i’m excited for it… BUT it does not go with the rest of the titles. i feel like when i look at the tracklist it’s staring at me without my permission.

Tspd7

After hearing Post on Beyoncés album I’m fine with listening to it first.

Shanna Thomas

I'm hoping Clara bow will be a slay but I'm so scared it won't be.....

Madelyn

I think with this one you should listen to it in order the first time at least

Abby

😂 I think I prefer 10 milliliters

Kylee

Fresh Out the Slammer….it’s giving footnote

Kylee

I want this to hurt so good.

Sara Macc

I always get nervous before Taylor releases an album, and she always blows me away. You think I would have learned by now.

ImogenLucy

Okay hear me out, but kind of dreading “So long London” because I need it to rip me apart (All too well) but worried it will be forced and a bit meh (The Archer)

Ria

Not so much dreading but the song(s) I am least interested in/ feeling meh about before the first listen is Clara Bow and the Alchemy. Clara Bow because it will most likely be a song about her psyche as the most famous person in the world, and whilst I love any new Taylor song, I just feel like the subject matter is not relatable and that we have heard about it before ie from anti-hero and nothing new to name a few. BUT I am still seated and will have my heart hands UP in true swiftie fashion. And the alchemy just bc the name doesn't grab me like the others jjfhjidshfj. Watch me be wrong tho and end up loving these two songs

Leslie M

Idk ....maybe she pulled a snow on the beach and he'll be singing back up?🤷🏻‍♀️ It's going be hard for me not to jump strait to Smallest Man but I will try my damnedest to listen to it in order....if I get a jolt of Post right at the onset though, ala Bon Iver in Exile, I will be jumping immediately into track two.

Alba

I am really tempted on starting with who's afraid of little old me because I know it sill be a SERVE and I don't want to start with a feature for all the reasons that you mentioned... However, this is a new record so I should listen to it in order. It is my tradition since Speak Now and it was only been broken with the TVs. But then again, she never opened an album with a feature. As we know, being a swiftie is hard but God gave us this journey for a reason.

Liz A

the alchemy and Clara bow just feel so tagged on the end - like the story makes sense to me and feels very chronological until I reach those songs

Raphaëlle

I agree - loml is giving Charli xcx - who I don’t really care for

Raphaëlle

To be fair, castles crumbling is such a mid / quasi flop in and of itself that it’d have been hard for anyone featuring to slay

Jessa Jayne

He killed on Beys album and maybe he’s serving as a Joe stand in for her to leave behind

Anna Poltorak

im just going to trust the vision and let it happen

Lain Pierce

I guess I am lucky in that rearranging tracks is the one obsession I don't have.