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Taylor getting #1 + geolocking the release on uk the same week as Brat let us not talk about the Billie situation either just proves how much of an a$$ person she is. Keep the prize and your looks boo while Brat is still being the most cherished/talked album of the year until now. Bad Romance was also a #2 hit and its timeless.

Lana interacting with Maddy Morphosis and Kandy Muse was not on my 2024 bingo card lmao

The swiftie cult is so interesting to observe

sold my sisters era’s tour ticket to buy brat merch

but it will. it happens time and time again and the only recurring factor is taylor purposely releasing random & irrelevant variants just when another artist is on the cusp of one-upping her on the chart. it’s just crazy to me that someone who preaches about feminism and being a 'girls girl' will go to those lengths to block other women from getting their flowers at the top spot. it also irks me that she puts on the i’m relatable taylor! schtick when she is quite literally a billionaire putting on a front to milk as many pennies as she can out of her fans. it’s just created this unenjoyable atmosphere of 'X artist is the best because they sold X records' instead of actually caring about artistic output and the quality of their work. it also means artists like lana don’t get the recognition they deserve in the form of grammies (which i know don’t matter, but it would be so validating for lana) anyways said my peace on this taylor deserves lashings because it keeps happening and it pisses me off

anyway BRING BACK ALBUM TRAILERS

Ironic of you to say this when Brat has nearly 20 more points on metacritic and you stan someone who needs to literally sell voice memos because she cant make a good album.. like maybe she could’ve got that #1 without selling like 80 variants if she didnt make Midnights 2.0

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She's just very insecure and greedy there is literally no other way to describe it. It's pathetic and it makes her so called "success" feel inorganic and desperate—and ironically it's all at the expense of other female artists. It's worrisome how she doesn't seem to be concerned about a potential collective fatigue too. It's hilarious how she's doing the most for what's already an overlong album that was met with mixed/tepid reviews. The lack of quality control is truly astonishing. I was a casual listener of her earlier work, but she's become this unbearable, insane egomaniac and the music isn't even worth fussing about.

3 digital albums with already released bonus tracks + a live from paris tag + three different voice memos*** and brat did actually have a chance that’s why everyone is mad

I think the tepid reaction to her album announcement held more weight than we think. It's clear that Lana is second guessing the entire project so I wouldn't expect her to release it at all this year - and I honestly would rather her not to if she isn't passionate about it. We've seen Lana releasing projects before that she wasn't super ecstatic about and the rollouts/post-releases were non-events (Blue Banisters comes to mind). I think all the appearances of the past 6-12 months + the tour + rubbing shoulders with celebs and the whole rendezvous with Quavo is pushing her into exploring some new horizons. I don't think she's shelving Lasso altogether but she's clearly keen on transforming it and changing its direction and for all the "Lasso is Lust For Life 2.0!!" talk that's been circulating, it's actually very LFL pre-release of her to be changing the project halfway through. I hope she abandons the Alabama traditional country aesthetic (which she would slay regardless) and leans onto this southern gothic energy that's been brimming from her latest posts and overall aesthetic. It'd be the perfect sequel to Lizzy Grant, specially if she's been in the mood to write and talk about lighter subjects. Let her have fun and live the best life she can live - only then she's capable of doing the amazing art she's been doing for almost 2 decades now.

Can’t believe we’re still debating on if this is coming or not, pisses me off that when they talk to her about lasso they don’t ask the right question, like why don’t they mention one of these questions 1- Lana is the upcoming album still called lasso? 2- Lana is lasso still coming this year? 3- Lana when can we expect the album announcement 4- Lana when can we expect the first single? 5- and so on….. If one of these questions is asked, it will literally tell us enough about the album

With that being said, I'm not criticizing anyone for being disappointed by the likelihood of no Lasso... it's perfectly reasonable to feel cheated on yet again. It's just that personally speaking, I'd rather have Lana taking her time than seeing her churning out new material to which she doesn't feel connected or invested in. She released a masterpiece 15 months ago and she's still one of the most prolific artists working today. As stans we'll always win.

Taylor is the biggest loser ever it's hilarious actually, I'll never respect her as an artist... mediocre accolade hag all-over

taylor swift is literally the only artist who's going to this extent to keep her album at the #1 spot, and just because somebody can technically do something, doesn't mean they should, obviously there is just no justification for selling 50+ album variants which are hardly different from the original project, especially in order to prevent other artists from being at the top, her only motivation here is insecurity and greed, i'm sorry but i just find it insane how anybody's defending her on this... but we all know how taylor swift fans can be

if it were ANY other artist releasing nearly FIFTY "variants" of their mid, bland album, especially in order to prevent other fellow artists from hitting #1 on the chart, something arguable meaningless anyway, they would be dragged to hell and back by the entire world it's beyond embarrassing for any artist to do that and it's also beyond embarrassing to see people defend her and act like it's no big deal, it's pathetic (and that's not to say that charli or any other artist shouldn't want to be at #1 or shouldn't want to succeed, but it's just so silly and ridiculous to see how desperate taylor is to stay at #1 even though it really doesn't mean all that much, ESPECIALLY since it ISN'T organic, in the slightest, in that case, it's pretty much meaningless)

best believe there would be die hard fans who would buy those copies and the fact she’s making these as limited time offers and pushing the fomo agenda helps push the sales of the album. also, isn’t it weird she released that variant in UK only? this isn’t a new thing at all but the timing is just very in place. she deserves the judgment at this point, her “artistry” if you can call it that is degrading and making her more chart obsessed than ever. she’s becoming the mcdonalds of music atp. i like her songs and she’s one of the artists that made my childhood but the way she’s handling her business right now is just so manipulative that could affect how music is marketed in the future.

Taylor is so weird and i'm really tired of her fans defending her greediness "But charli released multiple variants too!" doesn't even make sense when it's picture discs and amazon exclusives etc as opposed to taylor having 50 re-releases of the same digital album with voice memos and acoustic 'first-draft' songs Charli obviously deserved and the way taylor's fans will make taylor out to be this victim but also put other artists down is insane

Kinda crazy how much money and fame she already has, she still feels the need to compete and bring down other women. It shouldn’t be like that, her album has been out for almost 2 months at this point. if she was really for woman she wouldn’t block people like charli and Billie who made amazing and acclaimed albums. They deserve their flowers too. It reeks of jealousy and I just find it sad for her

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i don't think the number of variants really matters (tho it is still crazy) it's more the fact that she continuously releases a new one to block artists from #1 like are we just gonna do this forever...at what point do we run out of phone demos or whatever...

She wouldn’t have released a 9 and a half minute long single in 2018 when the rest of the industry switched to making 2-minute tiktok hits if she was trying to top the charts, haha.

Lana is Trisha Paytas just in a different font so…

no

You know what scares me the most is not Taylor doing these disgusting tactics to block other successful woman, it’s Swifties defending her to death and writing wall of texts without making any sense. Truly a cultist mind set. and they are circle jerking each other…

the fact that she made it uk only just makes it so obvious like girl at least try to be subtle...brat still aoty anyways xx

brat is #2 fuck taylor swift

I think (hope) Interscope has learned that letting Lana be authentic and release what she wants has worked so far lol, it's not like Lana hasn't brought in money. They're not going to force her to release radio friendly pop music if she doesn't want to. In fact, that would probably make a lot of fans question what's going on.

I don’t think so considering I think it was in the Ivors speech that she specifically thanked Interscope for basically not giving a fuck or ever pressuring her and letting her do whatever she wants with her music, and everything about her output in the past decade about her seems to validate that any label at this point would have understood that in the long run they’ll win more by just letting Lana do her thing

Her streams are actually really good for someone who hasn’t released anything major in over a year. She is already doing better than artists like Dua Lipa and Beyoncé who just released albums this year. She is only behind artists like Taylor, Ariana, and Billie who also just released albums and have major promo behind them. I also saw yesterday that she is the only female artist along with Taylor, Rihanna, and Beyonce to sell 1+ million albums units in the US this year. Even if she were doing poorly, Lana isn’t someone who cares about charts or streams so that shouldn’t impact any project she is working on.

Lana has never been about topping the charts or releasing songs to break streaming records though…?

I'm honestly just baffled at this point like Billboard and the other charts hasnt stepped in and stopped this from over inflating chart points. Its one thing if zombie stans want to try to force a number one for another week themselves by buying the albums again or whatever, but the absolute desperation and insane amount of greed Taylor continues to exhibit..... for what? To just make a tweet that says yay we got number one again another week and move on to the next 56 albums coming out next week? I've just never seen a single artist stoop to such baffling, pathetic, calculated lows to intentionally exploit not only her fans but the entire industry inside and out just to break arbitrary records. And how does seemingly no one in the mainstream public / media see right through her shit and call it out for what it is? Its just egregious. When does the UK chart week end? I dont know how that chart works. I'd be interested to see if Charli / her team tries to respond with something to secure the number 1 or if in true brat fashion she just doesnt give a shit about the chart placement and will just end up saying something bitchy about it later on lol.

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Drew this 9 years ago…

they don't have to explain why she's greedy... taylor's actions speak for themselves

she took the number one in UK because she can't have the 95 on Metacritic anyways stream brat <3

The new Dan Auerbach being Quavo

When you switch on the news at six Do you believe what they say? Rock and roll heavy metal baby Like a broken record, it's all the same And sadly I'm mad I want you to take me tonight In blood diamond, blue velvet nights Jupiter rising, dawn past daylight Hollywood Jesus my own faux comfort Crying in your arms when I'm hurt I have ten million questions With no ease by your divine interventions I want to fly Beyond the veil where angels glide I want to understand Is there peace on the other side Is there peace on the other side When you switch on the news at six Do you believe what they say? Hollywood starlet overboard It's crazy they say And sadly i'm mad I want you to take me tonight In blood diamond, blue velvet nights Jupiter rising, dawn past daylight Hollywood Jesus my own faux comfort Crying in your arms when I'm hurt I have ten million questions With no ease by your divine interventions I want to fly Beyond the veil where angels glide I want to understand Is there peace on the other side Is there peace on the other side I can feel it coming in the air tonight See you walking on that blue Pacific I can see you bathing in the summer light Glimmering down it's almost mythic You got game boy You got game boy You got game boy When you switch on the news at six Do you believe what they say?

Just checked the photographer's ig and they've worked with Migos a Lot so this is def for Tough (or this happened after they've already worked together for Tough)

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mind you charli opened for her on tour and she still pulls this shit. disgusting tactics.

She should revamp Raise Me Up (Mississippi South) and drop it as a single with a southern gothic aesthetic… like it goes really well with the photos she posted on instagram the other day

the way it’s not even a vinyl or any real physical collectible item they’re 3 different digital downloads of the album, each with a different acoustic track/voice memo. and the fact that they’re GEOLOCKED when they’re a digital download that can just… be sent to literally anyone’s email… makes the greed for number 1 in a specific region even more glaringly obvious

I’m actually disgusted…..what an awful human

What if (big IF) Lasso is in fact done but she’s already moved on to the next project in her mind?

A part of me feels that we may be reading too much into some small bits here and there. I still wouldn’t be surprised if the album comes this year

meanwhile it’s charli that was predicted to go number one and miss swift got insecure and bitter and released another useless few digital downloads to force herself to number one for another week all the records she breaks seem so fucking meaningless now with the way she cheats the system, these records actually used to be IMPRESSIVE but now it’s just a greedy artist rereleasing the same fucking album over and over because she knows her deluded stans will buy them i like a lot of her damn music but jesus christ i feel like she is so close to starting a massive hate train again

5/5 for Brat!!