#ttpd prep

[danceundersparklinglights]

thinking about tim mcgraw as almost a self-fulfilling prophecy wherein there are millions of people around the world who do think of her whenever tim mcgraw is mentioned, but also there are millions of people to whom she is the tim mcgraw (i.e. people think of them when taylor swift is mentioned) and that was the FIRST SONG she ever released so it’s all so 🤏

[shinybugpoem]

i encourage all of you to listen to midnights on the last day of her era because it's just such a good album omg

[cardsharksplayingames]

Thinking about Taylor saying “I’m sure I related to it when I wrote it, but I think I relate to it more now 20 years later” before playing A Place In This World at Houston N2, and how Debut and Fearless seemed to be such a safe and relatable place to land emotionally from like April through June for surprise songs while she was most likely in the trenches of writing for ttpd at the time

[my-ny]

Also one could choose to hear hoax (especially the end starting at "darling this was just as hard") in a very.. reserving yourself to the fact that this is How It Is whether you like it or not. You accept the love you think you deserve etc. And I think ttpd will explore realizing it didn't have to be like That

[bhumika-taylors-version]

[vgukly]

all is fair in love and poetry (2024) 🤍🖋️🥀

[now-that-i-saw-you]

I've been listening to folkmore and I noticed each track contrasts its sister track on the other album

Track 1: wishing a great love would've lasted forever vs wishing a great love will last forever

Track 2: a girl who was left vs a girl who had to leave

Track 3: a biographical story of a real person, a life that happened vs a life (and a love) that never happened

Track 4: meeting an ex-lover and either walking out or letting the moment take you and rekindle the flame even if it's just for a weekend

Track 5: walking out of a loveless relationship vs staying in one. There's also something to say about how the speaker in my tears richochet is so much more active. "When I'd fight you used to tell me I was brave" or "I didn't have it in myself to go with grace" vs "I sit and watch you"

Track 6: this is a little hard for me tbh. Could be about killing parts of yourself to change and please others vs killing someone for your own desires ('cause Este's husband didn't really need to die it was just revenge).

Track 7: childhood love that lasted forever even if the two are no longer in contact vs adult love that didn't last. "Hit my peak at seven" vs "it's the price I pay for seven years in heaven. Accepting change vs struggling to accept change

Track 8: a love that was never yours vs a love that used to be yours. "You were never mine" vs "you know, you'll always know me"

Track 9: trying to fix your mistakes vs regretting not fixing your mistakes soon enough

Track 10: the mistress vs the cheater. A love affair that kills you vs a love affair that brings you back to life.

Track 11: they're both so similar, looking at the past and what brought the speaker and her lover together. But invisible string is happier and more "naïve" whereas cowboy like me is a little more pessimistic "all along there was some invisible string tying you to me" vs "forever is the sweetest con"

Track 12: "my cannon's all firin' at your yacht" vs "I dropped my sword, threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door"

Track 13: her grandfather vs her grandmother. epiphany tells the story of the moment her grandfather lived in WWII while marjorie is taylor recounting her memories with her grandmother

Track 14: not being able to give your partner peace vs your partner giving you peace. I'd never give you peace, I'd always make things hard for you vs you saved me, you were the light at the end of the tunnel when things were hard

Track 15: "this has frozen my ground" vs "did you hear about the girl who got frozen?"

Track 16: wanting time to stop moving vs knowing when it's time to move on

[all-at-once-you-are-the-one]

I feel like we don’t talk enough about how MATURE Stay Beautiful is for a teenager?? Like…I hope you love me back, I hope we work out but if not, I still wish you the best and I want you to know how great you are anyway

This one was truly for all the unrequited love girlies out there (yes I was one of them and yes Stay Beautiful was one of my favourite songs when I was 16-17)