Taylor Swift IS the new Arya Stark!

[GirlsAloudFan]

Think about it - a girl who was loved but now just wants to murder people at random...

Yup - two years from now she will be ridding a toy train on the throne.



Discuss.

 

[LemonMelon]

Taylor's List (incomplete):

Kanye West
Kim Kardashian
Kendall Jenner
Katy Perry
Joe Jonas
Taylor Lautner
John Mayer
Jake Gylenhaal
Harry Styles
Calvin Harris
Tom Hiddleston
Camilla Belle

 

[cobl04]

Would be impressive if the new song wasn't objectively atrocious.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

The song probably wouldn't even make top 50 Taylor songs. It's a continuation and even harder lean into the 1989 sound and mood (especially "Bad Blood") which was my least favorite thing she's done in her career.

Here's hoping some of the other songs on the album have some guitar on them?

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Taylor's List (incomplete):

Kanye West
Kim Kardashian
Kendall Jenner
Katy Perry
Joe Jonas
Taylor Lautner
John Mayer
Jake Gylenhaal
Harry Styles
Calvin Harris
Tom Hiddleston
Camilla Belle

Kendall Jenner is sooooooooo good looking.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Would be impressive if the new song wasn't objectively atrocious.

Ha, what would be impressive?

 

[bono_man2002]

If this isn't snippeted on the tour....

 

[BoMac]

Who knew Right Said Fred would be relevant again in 2017?

 

[Imperor]

I for one think it's good that Taylor is starting two months of album release hype with an atonal single featuring terrible lyrics about a year-old beef nobody gives a shit about anymore.

 

[LemonMelon]

Now that's what I call poptimism.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

What is the poptimism thing? I've seen it referenced since this song came out but don't know what it means.

 

[LemonMelon]

Basically poptimism is a response to people who think rock music is the only style with any value. It encourages the unironic enjoyment of pop music and tries (and has largely succeeded) to bring critical attention to pop artists like Taylor, Carly Rae Jepsen, Beyoncé, etc.

Impy's post had nothing to do with that, I was just making a stupid pun.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Hmmm, by that definition I am an old school poptimist. I've been encouraging that shit for a long time. Not sure if I actually want to label myself that, though.

 

[bono_212]

I think people like you and me just like pop and are glad the rest of the world is catching up.


Also, I'm glad that I listened to this Taylor song. With one sentence, I am now free. Old Taylor is dead. I can finally move on and stop hoping. Sweet sweet freedom.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

It is the sound of one woman chopping down the Speak Now tree

 

[cobl04]

I for one think it's good that Taylor is starting two months of album release hype with an atonal single featuring terrible lyrics about a year-old beef nobody gives a shit about anymore.

I keep thinking about this post. Sums it up so well ??

 

[corianderstem]

I finally heard the song today. Yeeeeeeeikes.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I'm just sad that nobody commented on my Dalton thread title reference

 

[bono_212]

I just noticed the similarities just now before I opened it [emoji38]

 

[cobl04]

What the fuck is she doing? The second single is better than the first one but it's one of the most unoriginal songs I've ever heard in my life

 

[cobl04]

Anyway, I'm seeing a real female pop superstar tonight.

 

[intedomine]

How was Grande? Into You is one of my outright favourite songs in the past few years. Love it

 

[cobl04]

Oh man!!

 

[the tourist]

Annoyingly still not on Amazon Unlimited.

 

[bono_212]

Hello.

I would like to say:

1) It doesn't sound anything like The National
2) It's good, not a classic.
3) There are definitely (classic Taylor, not new Taylor) poppy songs on here
4) She went the route of 90s girl singer/songwriter, I see.
5) I don't know what anyone who thinks this sounds like Lana is smoking. A girl singing ballads =/= Lana automatically. Just comes across as pretty damn sexist, IMO.

 

[LemonMelon]

She lifted the vocal melody and cadence of Cardigan right off the last Lana album, which had the same producer. Nothing sexist about pointing out the obvious.

 

[bono_212]

One song is one thing, but like, I've read it about the album overall, and not just her, but EVERY girl from here to Dua Lipa that does a ballad now is apparently copping off of Lana, who is of course only copping off of Winehouse depending on who you ask. It's just very frustrating to me that it's even counted as a criticism instead of being an influence.

 

[cobl04]

My partner is very upset that, as an avid National (and Bon Iver) fan, she has to listen to Taylor Swift.

 

[bono_212]

I mean, does she *have* to? .

Also, I did *not* love non-falsetto Justin Vernon, haha.

 

[intedomine]

Not really a Swift fan, but simply must give this a whirl with Bros Dessner involved.

Cardigan is good, but gives strong vibes of a particular song from the most recent National album which I can’t recall exactly