lanasozempicpen 3,486 Posted April 18 It would be completely different if she did the variants without a limited sale. Her doing one variant a week and only up for a few days is so scammy. She knows what sheās doing and so do the fans. You can drop them all at once, but if a swiftie buys them all at once, itās one sale in terms of record numbers. But you do it one a week, now that fan has increased record numbers by 4. Itās 100% shitty. But oh well. We canāt do anything about it.Ā 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lana Del Dufrene 10,642 Posted April 18 2 minutes ago, ttulsa said: tbh i don't think taylor would want rep tv to overshadow ttpd I could be wrong though I'mĀ pessimisticĀ ever since taylor ruined new romantics tvš the drums are unaudible This, I wonāt listen to New Romantics tv or yail tv 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rosemead ramada 6,715 Posted April 18 Just now, taco truck said: I said only 4 because Dua Lipa just released like 13 different variants for her new album and so did Olivia and Ariana. Beyonce released like 4-5 variants and revealed the covers one by one and no one called her queen of capitalism for it š. I do think itās wrong but itās just not a Taylor-only thing and itās an issue with the industry as a whole. This annoys me to no end. Taylor constantly gets mocked for all her variants when literally every major label artist does this now. Taylor's variants seem to be a pretty average amount. Even Lana has out-varianted Taylor on every one of her albums since NFR. It's so ridiculous! 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lanasozempicpen 3,486 Posted April 18 3 minutes ago, taco truck said: I do think itās wrong but itās just not a Taylor-only thing and itās an issue with the industry as a whole. Never said it was just her and I see people complain about every other artist doing it too.Ā 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NikoGo 60,797 Posted April 18 1 minute ago, lanasozempicpen said: It would be completely different if she did the variants without a limited sale. Her doing one variant a week and only up for a few days is so scammy. She knows what sheās doing and so do the fans. You can drop them all at once, but if a swiftie buys them all at once, itās one sale in terms of record numbers. But you do it one a week, now that fan has increased record numbers by 4. Itās 100% shitty. But oh well. We canāt do anything about it.Ā donāt get me wrong, I absolutely agree, but at this point itās just part of being a fan of miss swift. Sheās a very smart business woman and knows how to play the game, and it absolutely is a bit scummy, but at least the music is worth it! I bought one physical and Iām satisfied with that. If these fans want to blow their money on the illusion of an exclusive song thatās on them 2 Quote "Donāt forget me" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ttulsa 402 Posted April 18 1 minute ago, rosemead ramada said: This annoys me to no end. Taylor constantly gets mocked for all her variants when literally every major label artist does this now. Taylor's variants seem to be a pretty average amount. Even Lana has out-varianted Taylor on every one of her albums since NFR. It's so ridiculous! taylor has always been like a target for criticism ig cause she's so big and everything i think some people are still bitter that taylor made it so that you can only rent the eras tour movie, called her captilistic and everything, dunno if it's still like this rn 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lanasozempicpen 3,486 Posted April 18 2 minutes ago, NikoGo said: donāt get me wrong, I absolutely agree, but at this point itās just part of being a fan of miss swift. Sheās a very smart business woman and knows how to play the game, and it absolutely is a bit scummy, but at least the music is worth it! I bought one physical and Iām satisfied with that. If these fans want to blow their money on the illusion of an exclusive song thatās on them I agree. The fans allow this to happen. 10 years ago, everyone would have clowned at this. If it works for her, thatās great. But you will never find me buying 4+ versions of the same album that would have had every song on a single deluxe variant a decade ago ššĀ Target deluxe is different because that shit doesnāt go off the shelves in 6 hours after being releasedā¦ like her websites variants.Ā 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NikoGo 60,797 Posted April 18 11 minutes ago, taco truck said: Ya tbh I have just literally never cared about the physicals discourse even as someone who collects vinyl, I donāt think she was the only who made multiple variants the standard either. The whole variant craze happened because of things like the UO Honeymoon vinyl. That vinyl goes for $400 dollars on Discogs because itās ārareā. Record companies realized how lucrative this isĀ and now made all their artists put out multiple variants of records so their fans will think it will beĀ rare or worthĀ something in the future. I donāt think itās good but I also think itās labels fault.Ā not to mention how LFL and UV both recently got āexclusiveā re-releases that all sold out! And Chemtrails omg TunnelĀ just getting the ālimited editionā festival vinyl. Like yeah Taylor plays the game but all these artists (even our main fave Lana) does too! 3 Quote "Donāt forget me" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taco truck 32,989 Posted April 18 Just now, lanasozempicpen said: Never said it was just her and I see people complain about every other artist doing it too.Ā That second part is just not true, I am an Olivia fan as well and everyone thought it was super fun and cute that the records each had a different deluxe track on them. 90% of people were notĀ throwing money-grab accusation against her or acting like it was some moral failure to āwithholdā tracks. It the same with the jet stuff. So many celebs use their jet way more than Taylor and get no flack for it. Beyonce and Dua Lipa both recently posted photos in their private jet and everyone was just like āyasss queenā. Taylor gets a disproportionate amount of hate about these things because sheās so controversial to people they will cling onto anything and everything. Again Iām not saying itās not bad, because it is bad. 6 Quote āā ĖĀ°Ā ā.ą³ąæĀ this is my idea of funĀ Ā°ā.ą³ąæ*:ļ½„ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lanasozempicpen 3,486 Posted April 18 Just now, taco truck said: That second part is just not true, I am an Olivia fan as well and everyone thought it was super fun and cute that the records each had a different deluxe track on them. 90% of people were notĀ throwing money-grab accusation against her or acting like it was some moral failure to āwithholdā tracks. It the same with the jet stuff. So many celebs use their jet way more than Taylor and get no flack for it. Beyonce and Dua Lipa both recently posted photos in their private jet and everyone was just like āyasss queenā. Taylor gets a disproportionate amount of hate about these things because sheās so controversial to people they will cling onto anything and everything. Again Iām not saying itās not bad, because it is bad. I fear you just see Stan Twitter and not real people talking. So many of my friends bitch about everyone and not just Taylor. Taylor is a big ass name right now so people are going to talk about her more than anyone. The emissions with Taylor is just so stupid. People donāt realize theyāre contributing to poor emissions just replying and talking shitĀ on social mediašš 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyforyou 4,321 Posted April 18 i know theres a lot of vinyl discourse right now (it comes up on this thread every other weekĀ ) but here is my personal album rankingĀ 1. Red 2. Speak NowĀ 3. The Tortured Poets DepartmentĀ 4. evermore 5. folklore 6. 1989 7. Midnights 8. Lover 9. reputation 10. Fearless 11. Taylor Swift Ā 5 Quote Your wife waters flowers,Ā I wanna kill herĀ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NikoGo 60,797 Posted April 18 1 minute ago, crazyforyou said: i know theres a lot of vinyl discourse right now (it comes up on this thread every other weekĀ ) but here is my personal album rankingĀ 1. Red 2. Speak NowĀ 3. The Tortured Poets DepartmentĀ 4. evermore 5. folklore 6. 1989 7. Midnights 8. Lover 9. reputation 10. Fearless 11. Taylor Swift Ā reputation sis Iām so sorryĀ 2 Quote "Donāt forget me" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rosemead ramada 6,715 Posted April 18 When 2am comes and goes and nothing happens 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyforyou 4,321 Posted April 18 3 minutes ago, NikoGo said: reputation sis Iām so sorryĀ in 2017 i defended it like my life depended on it (even lwymmd) so that must count for somethingĀ 2 Quote Your wife waters flowers,Ā I wanna kill herĀ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ttulsa 402 Posted April 18 so far the only consistent thing is debut being last or second last š 1. evermore 2. 1989 3. speak now 4. folklore 5. rep 6. lover 7. fearless 8. red 9. midnights 10. debut ttpd probably below lover above fearless 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyforyou 4,321 Posted April 18 Just now, rosemead ramada said: When 2am comes and goes and nothing happens when 2am comes, nothing happens, you go to sleep, and at 2:01 the signed stuff is back in stock Just now, ttulsa said: so far the only consistent thing is debut being last or second last š 1. evermore 2. 1989 3. speak now 4. folklore 5. rep 6. lover 7. fearless 8. red 9. midnights 10. debut red below fearless, lover, and redĀ 3 Quote Your wife waters flowers,Ā I wanna kill herĀ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ttulsa 402 Posted April 18 1 minute ago, crazyforyou said: when 2am comes, nothing happens, you go to sleep, and at 2:01 the signed stuff is back in stock red below fearless, lover, and redĀ red below red?? š 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyforyou 4,321 Posted April 18 1 minute ago, ttulsa said: red below red?? š i meant rep sorry 2 Quote Your wife waters flowers,Ā I wanna kill herĀ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coney Island King 26,002 Posted April 18 2 hours ago, Veinsineon said: 2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ttulsa 402 Posted April 18 in my defense... babe is my 30th most streamed song this month on spotify pretty high ā¤ļø 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites