Taylor Swift

[crazyforyou 4,058]

45 minutes ago, TrashMagiq said:

Her calling out the gaylors for sexualising her friendships in the prologue ouu let’s hope these weirdos will stop now

really? what does it say, i’ve wanted her to say something against them for so long, i’m so glad she’s standing up for herself. 

they’ll never stop though lmao

Just now, Veinsineon said:

I'm just saying i would stop getting excited if Lana dropped a new album every 5 months  nothing personal against her , chill !! omfg

it’s not brand new albums though, just a few new songs… and i am chill? i was just answering your question 

[rosemead ramada 5,734]

2 minutes ago, crazyforyou said:

really? what does it say, i’ve wanted her to say something against them for so long, i’m so glad she’s standing up for herself. 

they’ll never stop though lmao

it’s not brand new albums though, just a few new songs… and i am chill? i was just answering your question 

PROLOGUE

Spoiler

 

When I was 24 I sat in a backstage dressing room in london, buzzing with anticipation. My backup singers and bandmates gathered around me in a scattered circle. Scissors emerged and I watched in the mirror as my locks of long curly hair fell in piles on the floor. There I was in my plaid button down shirt, grinning sheepishly as my tour mates and friends cheered on my haircut. This simple thing that everyone does. But I had a secret. For me. It was more than a change of hairstyle. When I was 24. I decided to completely reinvent myself.

How does a person reinvent herself, you ask? In any way I could think of. Musically, geographically, aesthetically, behaviorally, motivationally. And I did so joyfully. The curiosity I had felt the first murmurs of while making red had amplified into a pulsing heartbeat of restlessness in my bars. The risks I took when I toyed with pop sounds and sensibilities on red? I wanted to push it further. The sense of freedom I felt when traveling to big bustling cities? I wanted to live in one. The voices that had begun to shame me in new ways for dating like a normal young woman? I wanted to silence them.

You see-in the years preceding this, I had become the target of slut shaming -the intensity and relentlessness of which would be criticized and called out if it happened today. The jokes about my amount of boyeriends. The trivialization of my songwriting as if it were a predatory act of a boy crazy psychopath. The media co-signing of this narrative. I had to make it stop because it was starting to really hurt.

It became clear to me that for me there was no such thing as casual dating, or even having a male friend who you platonically hang out with. If I was seen with him, it was assumed I was sleeping with him. And so I swore off hanging out with guys, dating, flirting, or anything that could be weaponized against me by a culture that claimed to believe in liberating women but consistently treated me with the harsh moral codes of the victorian era.

Being a consummate optimist, I assumed I could fix this if I simply changed my behavior. I swore off dating and decided to focus only on myself, my music, my growth. And my female friendships. If I only hung out with my female friends, people couldn't sensationalize or sexualize that-right? I would learn later on that people could and people would.

But none of that mattered then because I had a plan and I had a dembanor as trusting as a basket of golden retriever puppies. I had the keys to my own apartment in new york and I had new melodies bursting from my imagination. I had max martin and shellback who were happy to help me explore this new sonic landscape I was enamored with. I had a new friend named jack antonoff who had made some cool tracks in his apartment. I had the idea that the album would be called 1989. And we would reference big 80's synths and write sky high choruses. I had sublime, inexplicable faith and I ran right toward it, in high heels and a crop top.

There was so much that I didn't know then, and looking back I see what a good thing that was. This time of my life was marked by right kind of naiveté, a hunger for adventure. And a sense of freedom I hadn't tasted before. It turns out that the cocktail of naivete, hunger for adventure and freedom can lead to some nasty hangovers, metaphorically speaking. Of course everyone had something to say. But they always will. I learned lessons, paid prices, and tried to…don't say it don't say it. I'm sorry, I have to say it. Shake it off.

I’ll always be so incredibly grateful for how you loved and embraced this album. You, who followed my zig zag creative choices and chbered on my risks and experiments. You, who heard the wink and humor in "blank space" and maybe even empathized with the pain behind the satire. You, who saw the seeds of allyship and advocating for equality in "welcome to new york". You, who knew that maybe a girl who surrounds herself with female friends in adulthood is making up bor a lack of them in childhood (not starting a tyrannical hot girl cult). You, who saw that I reinvent myself for a million reasons, and that one of them is to try my very best to entertain you. You, who have had the grace to allow me the freedom to change.

I was born in 1989. Reinvented for the first time in 2014, and a part of me was reclaimed in 2023 with the re-release of this album I love so dearly.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the magic you would sprinkle on my life for so long. This moment is a reflection of the woods we've wandered through and all this love between us still glowing in the darkest dark.

I present to you, with gratitude and wild wonder, my version of 1989.

It's been waiting for you.

 

 

[Veinsineon 71,069]

Just now, rosemead ramada said:

PROLOGUE

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When I was 24 I sat in a backstage dressing room in london, buzzing with anticipation. My backup singers and bandmates gathered around me in a scattered circle. Scissors emerged and I watched in the mirror as my locks of long curly hair fell in piles on the floor. There I was in my plaid button down shirt, grinning sheepishly as my tour mates and friends cheered on my haircut. This simple thing that everyone does. But I had a secret. For me. It was more than a change of hairstyle. When I was 24. I decided to completely reinvent myself.

How does a person reinvent herself, you ask? In any way I could think of. Musically, geographically, aesthetically, behaviorally, motivationally. And I did so joyfully. The curiosity I had felt the first murmurs of while making red had amplified into a pulsing heartbeat of restlessness in my bars. The risks I took when I toyed with pop sounds and sensibilities on red? I wanted to push it further. The sense of freedom I felt when traveling to big bustling cities? I wanted to live in one. The voices that had begun to shame me in new ways for dating like a normal young woman? I wanted to silence them.

You see-in the years preceding this, I had become the target of slut shaming -the intensity and relentlessness of which would be criticized and called out if it happened today. The jokes about my amount of boyeriends. The trivialization of my songwriting as if it were a predatory act of a boy crazy psychopath. The media co-signing of this narrative. I had to make it stop because it was starting to really hurt.

It became clear to me that for me there was no such thing as casual dating, or even having a male friend who you platonically hang out with. If I was seen with him, it was assumed I was sleeping with him. And so I swore off hanging out with guys, dating, flirting, or anything that could be weaponized against me by a culture that claimed to believe in liberating women but consistently treated me with the harsh moral codes of the victorian era.

Being a consummate optimist, I assumed I could fix this if I simply changed my behavior. I swore off dating and decided to focus only on myself, my music, my growth. And my female friendships. If I only hung out with my female friends, people couldn't sensationalize or sexualize that-right? I would learn later on that people could and people would.

But none of that mattered then because I had a plan and I had a dembanor as trusting as a basket of golden retriever puppies. I had the keys to my own apartment in new york and I had new melodies bursting from my imagination. I had max martin and shellback who were happy to help me explore this new sonic landscape I was enamored with. I had a new friend named jack antonoff who had made some cool tracks in his apartment. I had the idea that the album would be called 1989. And we would reference big 80's synths and write sky high choruses. I had sublime, inexplicable faith and I ran right toward it, in high heels and a crop top.

There was so much that I didn't know then, and looking back I see what a good thing that was. This time of my life was marked by right kind of naiveté, a hunger for adventure. And a sense of freedom I hadn't tasted before. It turns out that the cocktail of naivete, hunger for adventure and freedom can lead to some nasty hangovers, metaphorically speaking. Of course everyone had something to say. But they always will. I learned lessons, paid prices, and tried to…don't say it don't say it. I'm sorry, I have to say it. Shake it off.

I’ll always be so incredibly grateful for how you loved and embraced this album. You, who followed my zig zag creative choices and chbered on my risks and experiments. You, who heard the wink and humor in "blank space" and maybe even empathized with the pain behind the satire. You, who saw the seeds of allyship and advocating for equality in "welcome to new york". You, who knew that maybe a girl who surrounds herself with female friends in adulthood is making up bor a lack of them in childhood (not starting a tyrannical hot girl cult). You, who saw that I reinvent myself for a million reasons, and that one of them is to try my very best to entertain you. You, who have had the grace to allow me the freedom to change.

I was born in 1989. Reinvented for the first time in 2014, and a part of me was reclaimed in 2023 with the re-release of this album I love so dearly.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the magic you would sprinkle on my life for so long. This moment is a reflection of the woods we've wandered through and all this love between us still glowing in the darkest dark.

I present to you, with gratitude and wild wonder, my version of 1989.

It's been waiting for you.

 

 

oh girl.... 

3 minutes ago, crazyforyou said:

 

it’s not brand new albums though, just a few new songs

even crazier to me then 

[rosemead ramada 5,734]

Why do I feel like the prologue sounds so fake even though there are pictures of it online

I mean the pictures could be fake too but

[Embach 22,393]

2 minutes ago, rosemead ramada said:

Why do I feel like the prologue sounds so fake even though there are pictures of it online

I mean the pictures could be fake too but

At first I thought it was a Chatgpt attempt

[honeymooncd 3,637]

6 minutes ago, rosemead ramada said:

Being a consummate optimist, I assumed I could fix this if I simply changed my behavior. I swore off dating and decided to focus only on myself, my music, my growth. And my female friendships. If I only hung out with my female friends, people couldn't sensationalize or sexualize that-right? I would learn later on that people could and people would.

Oh my god. She is the moment. I wonder how they're going to twist this now....

idk if it's real or not, but the speak now one was leaked b4 to, so I believe it.

[Aeryx 2,356]

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[CinnamonGay 10,513]

 the prologue screams wannabe Lana 

[DemonMic2003 3,589]

2 minutes ago, CinnamonGay said:

 the prologue screams wannabe Lana 

omg stop with the lana comparisons

[Dominikx4 25,029]

so did it leak

[Aeryx 2,356]

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[Aeryx 2,356]

Jack produced every 1989 vault track 

[rosemead ramada 5,734]

11 minutes ago, Dominikx4 said:

so did it leak

I don't think so, just some snippets of the vault songs

I'm waiting till midnight though, snippets don't interest me

[taco truck 29,128]

Her calling out gaylors oh this is the best day ever 

Spoiler

Also suburban legends snippet sounds like a midnights track…

 

[histories 61]

37 minutes ago, rosemead ramada said:

I don't think so, just some snippets of the vault songs

I'm waiting till midnight though, snippets don't interest me

It's a worldwide release I fear

[honeyslow 3,710]

heard some snippets of slut, suburban legends, and is it over now which seem to be legit since they match the leaked lyrics but tbh they sound kinda underwhelming  

 

granted you can't really tell what the whole song will be like from one snippet but still... I was expecting something more 

[rosemead ramada 5,734]

7 minutes ago, histories said:

It's a worldwide release I fear

Yeah it's annoying

I woke up today thinking it would be out in New Zealand already and I'd be able to listen to it using a VPN but nope

[taco truck 29,128]

Just now, rosemead ramada said:

Yeah it's annoying

I woke up today thinking it would be out in New Zealand already and I'd be able to listen to it using a VPN but nope

taylor will never do a ww release because it's not good for charts

[taco truck 29,128]

according to atrl it leaked in full

[Dominikx4 25,029]

welcome to new york is so butchered oh my god

gotta find the full zip now