taylor swift iridescent smoke bombs thread 2019 - lover

Brad's review of 'Red' is possibly the best piece of music writing I read this year.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-red/

if you'd told me there was a Chan Marshall credit on "Lover" I'd have believed you.

thank you nourry <3

apparently the "hey kids! spelling is fun!" bit is removed from the album version of "me!" lol

WTF?? That was the best part of the song!!!

I have apparently been schooled w/r/t my skepticism of this idea (when it was floated earlier): https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8527959/taylor-swift-re-record-old-songs-regain-control-scooter-braun

Pitchfork will have to review the albums all over again! LOL

Taylor been hanging out w/Jeff Lynne, Squeeze, and Prince's ghost, I see.

Sounds like she may have to wait 5 years from each album’s release to redo its songs (depending on the actual particulars of her contract): https://variety.com/2019/music/news/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-re-record-big-machine-songs-explained-1203309904/

LOL that would mean she can currently re-record everything through to 1989.

Look What You Made Me Do (Again)

Doesn't everybody leave their Christmas lights up until January?

“cruel summer” is amazing

her idea of pop music has been updated but is still kinda bland from a production perspective

I'm not sure Taylor Swift is who I ever would expect modern pop production from at this point

This album is definitely good and better than the singles portended, not sure where it ranks among her post-Red catalog yet

I think I have tickets for the “private” show here in Paris next month? she’s playing the Olympia, a 2000 seat venue. she’s only played one show here ever, on the Speak Now tour, besides promos (which this one is too, though they’re making a few tickets available for the public).

did it leak?

Not that I'm aware of.

For sure the production ain't fresh. "False God" sounds like it could've been recorded by Carly Rae Jepsen in 2011.

"if i was man / then i'd be the man" ... not really her best writing...

It leaked a couple of hours ago

this album gets good at paper hearts i think... too many H&M beats in the first half

Yeah, the bridge is really weak

I agree the bridge sucks, which is funny because I heard T.Swift say in a recent interview(?) that "Lover" is/might be her favorite song she's ever written, and that she loves writing good bridges and she was really proud of the bridge on this one.

I do miss the Cornelia Street Cafe.

Is that meant for this thread?

The album has a song called "Cornelia Street," observed from a car.

Oh, okay. I thought maybe you meant to post to Redd's Roster of Restaurants of the Old Weird New York

fucking hell "London Boy."

She sounds like Madonna in 2001 hitting a pub for the first time. The song is in part about being a tourist but lol.

it's really bad

it's too soon for declarations, but I'll make one: this album has a lot of tired-ass shit on it.

on first listen this has its moments ("cruel summer" was the standout) but it's mostly so so bland. it's not as dire as "me!" suggested at least but is pretty in line with how dull the "you need to calm down" verses are.

"Cruel Summer" and "London Boy" and I was almost thinking this was a tribute to the Terry Hall/Belinda Carlisle romance somehow in a roundabout way. I would think that.

"if i was a man / then i'd be the man" ... not really her best writing...

"If I Were a Boy" it ain't.

I played 5-6 tracks on the drive home tonight. I really dug the spunky, poper-pop/new wave style in "Paper Rings," it easily stood out. The rest kinda blended together.

power-pop* — obviously.

Okay now that I've HEARD "London Boy," I'm still trying to process my exact reaction.

as with reputation there's...potentially a listenable album somewhere in here but Marie Kondo needs to come in and clean out a whole lot of it

"I Think He Knows" and "False God" are both really good

London Boy; basically this (9:00 onwards)

https://youtu.be/5NnOAl7eU_4

I had to stop midway through the first chorus of “Paper Rings”

"I Think He Knows" and "False God" are both really good

― monotony, Thursday, August 22, 2019 10:13 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Definitely the closest things to good songs on this

pfft “soon you’ll get better” is wonderful

People comparing her Twitter to Hillary Clinton! Wow!

"cruel summer", "i think he knows", "paper rings", "soon you'll get better" and "death by a thousand cuts" are all quite good which is enough to put this above reputation for me

"false god" doesn't quite lean enough into its sophisti vibes to work for me, the production lets it down

I need to clear my head with the new Raphael Saadiq.

I'm far more interested in hearing about the Big Machine/Scooter Braun merger than her new album.

https://www.bigmachinelabelgroup.com/news/so-its-time-some-truth

I really want to read more about what Big Machine was offering Taylor to stay, and why she decided to leave. It is weird that Borchetta would be highly disclosive about so many little aspects of closing this merger, but not specific about what Big Machine was offering Taylor to stay. Like, he's posting a screenshot from the negotiation, but he's not getting specific about what Taylor turned down?

wtf is "London Boy"

It's no "American Boy"

Did someone give her the encyclopedia entry for London and say "write a love song about this" or something

"You said you wanted a banger."