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my ranking (based on how well they work as openers, not the individual songs) 
 
1. State of Grace
2. Welcome to New York
3. Ready For It?
4. The 1
5. Fearless
6. Mine
7. Willow
8. Lavender Haze
9. Tim McGraw
10. Fortnight
11. I Forgot That You Existed
 

The 1 is the one, periodt

Well... if we're gonna be ranking her album openers... (which would be a nice change of pace from ranking her track 5s which has been overdone to death)
 

Definitely didn’t seem shady at all lol. You can tell she knew it was a loaded question because of anything Britney being headline-worthy.
 
And she answered it honestly and in a way that can’t be twisted into a fake news article about Britney making a music comeback.

She wasn't shady I dunno why people are saying that 

I feel like the issue with singer-songwriters doing poetry books is that they sometimes forget how much the music can mask some of the faultiness that their actual lyrics have. Without the music behind it, the words need to stand by themselves on their own. I feel like Marina's gonna encounter the same problem based on what I've seen so far.
 
In all fairness though, showing your poetry to the world is quite emotionally taxing. Poems tend to be the most exposing type of written media imo, so for her to expose nearly 300 poems of hers to the general public is kinda commendable in a way. 

“You can fuck your way to the middle but you can’t fuck your way to the top”

Was the BRAT mural really smeared with feces??? At this point, I can't distinguish reality from stan lore. 

It's definitely not tour-sales related since the tour ended like last March. While I think while they overestimated the venues, the tour went well in general. 
 
Maybe it's her Ozempic use, or maybe it's fatigue since she's been working nonstop for a very long time. Either way, I wish her a speedy recovery. 

Heaven on Hearth is her magnum opus

i miss when she was independent  i mean she basically was for starfucker era they gave her $3 and a costco coupon in terms of budget wtf free cathy 

They really can't accept the album is mid...

It was such a great album. Just wish the album cover was better. It's her only album with a bad/meh album cover for me. 
 

I feel like the issue with singer-songwriters doing poetry books is that they sometimes forget how much the music can mask some of the faultiness that their actual lyrics have. Without the music behind it, the words need to stand by themselves on their own. I feel like Marina's gonna encounter the same problem based on what I've seen so far.
 
In all fairness though, showing your poetry to the world is quite emotionally taxing. Poems tend to be the most exposing type of written media imo, so for her to expose nearly 300 poems of hers to the general public is kinda commendable in a way. 

I think she needs something that will thoroughly disturb her comfortability in the industry. Some of her best works came from a sort of challenge (Red to 1989 being her first attempts to do a strong country to pop crossover era, Reputation being a product of her downfall + her Katy Perry feud, and Folklore/Evermore being a product of the pandemic). 
 
Whenever she's comfortable, she starts producing mediocrity such as this one. The marketing is great and I'm sure her visuals will be top notch...but the album itself sucks. Her lyricism here is some of the weakest yet (with the Charlie Puth line being her absolute career worst) and the entire album just sounds so one-note, but in a bad way. The latter issue is a Jack Antonoff issue, but Taylor still gets a bit of blame from me for that since she has some sort of control what she produces with that man. 
 
I'm hoping she considers a genre-shift for the next album. She's getting way too comfortable and I think a challenge will only do her good. 

I feel like the issue with singer-songwriters doing poetry books is that they sometimes forget how much the music can mask some of the faultiness that their actual lyrics have. Without the music behind it, the words need to stand by themselves on their own. I feel like Marina's gonna encounter the same problem based on what I've seen so far.
 
In all fairness though, showing your poetry to the world is quite emotionally taxing. Poems tend to be the most exposing type of written media imo, so for her to expose nearly 300 poems of hers to the general public is kinda commendable in a way. 

I feel like the issue with singer-songwriters doing poetry books is that they sometimes forget how much the music can mask some of the faultiness that their actual lyrics have. Without the music behind it, the words need to stand by themselves on their own. I feel like Marina's gonna encounter the same problem based on what I've seen so far.
 
In all fairness though, showing your poetry to the world is quite emotionally taxing. Poems tend to be the most exposing type of written media imo, so for her to expose nearly 300 poems of hers to the general public is kinda commendable in a way. 

I think she needs something that will thoroughly disturb her comfortability in the industry. Some of her best works came from a sort of challenge (Red to 1989 being her first attempts to do a strong country to pop crossover era, Reputation being a product of her downfall + her Katy Perry feud, and Folklore/Evermore being a product of the pandemic). 
 
Whenever she's comfortable, she starts producing mediocrity such as this one. The marketing is great and I'm sure her visuals will be top notch...but the album itself sucks. Her lyricism here is some of the weakest yet (with the Charlie Puth line being her absolute career worst) and the entire album just sounds so one-note, but in a bad way. The latter issue is a Jack Antonoff issue, but Taylor still gets a bit of blame from me for that since she has some sort of control what she produces with that man. 
 
I'm hoping she considers a genre-shift for the next album. She's getting way too comfortable and I think a challenge will only do her good. 

I wish she went for a rock album! I truly think that a change in genre will do her good. Whenever she jumps genres, she usually produces something pretty good. This one just feels like Midnights 2.0 but with more revealing, albeit clunky lyrics. 

couldn't agree more. to quote a tweet i saw: if the critics had been honest about midnights we wouldnt be in this situation rn.

I think she needs something that will thoroughly disturb her comfortability in the industry. Some of her best works came from a sort of challenge (Red to 1989 being her first attempts to do a strong country to pop crossover era, Reputation being a product of her downfall + her Katy Perry feud, and Folklore/Evermore being a product of the pandemic). 
 
Whenever she's comfortable, she starts producing mediocrity such as this one. The marketing is great and I'm sure her visuals will be top notch...but the album itself sucks. Her lyricism here is some of the weakest yet (with the Charlie Puth line being her absolute career worst) and the entire album just sounds so one-note, but in a bad way. The latter issue is a Jack Antonoff issue, but Taylor still gets a bit of blame from me for that since she has some sort of control what she produces with that man. 
 
I'm hoping she considers a genre-shift for the next album. She's getting way too comfortable and I think a challenge will only do her good. 

I think she needs something that will thoroughly disturb her comfortability in the industry. Some of her best works came from a sort of challenge (Red to 1989 being her first attempts to do a strong country to pop crossover era, Reputation being a product of her downfall + her Katy Perry feud, and Folklore/Evermore being a product of the pandemic). 
 
Whenever she's comfortable, she starts producing mediocrity such as this one. The marketing is great and I'm sure her visuals will be top notch...but the album itself sucks. Her lyricism here is some of the weakest yet (with the Charlie Puth line being her absolute career worst) and the entire album just sounds so one-note, but in a bad way. The latter issue is a Jack Antonoff issue, but Taylor still gets a bit of blame from me for that since she has some sort of control what she produces with that man. 
 
I'm hoping she considers a genre-shift for the next album. She's getting way too comfortable and I think a challenge will only do her good. 

This is not it, nothing stuck to me. Actually some moments felt like she tried taking Lana's poetry to extreme but it was just boring and way too much. Lana included very catchy phrases and songs on OB, but this is just all the same
Also: it is waaaaaaay too long. 31 tracks? 2 hours? Yeah I’ll be going back to sleep

It was such a great album. Just wish the album cover was better. It's her only album with a bad/meh album cover for me.