woops listens to tortured poets society (live blog)

[luka]

woops is listening to the new taylor swift in prepearation for writing hundreds of taylor poems over the forthcoming days.
he shares his insights here

 

[luka]

The songs introspect on her public and private lives, detailing tumult and sorrow via motifs of self-awareness, mourning, anger, humor, and delusion. Produced with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, the album is a minimalist synth-pop, folk-pop, and chamber pop effort with rock and country stylings. The composition is largely mid-tempo, driven by a mix of synthesizers and drum machines with piano and guitar, whereas the visual aesthetic draws mainly from dark academia.

 

[luka]

Dark academia is an internet aesthetic[1] and subculture[2] concerned with higher education, the arts, and literature, or an idealised version thereof. The aesthetic centres on traditional educational clothing, interior design, activities such as writing and poetry, ancient art, and classic literature, as well as classical Greek and Collegiate Gothic architecture.[3] The trend emerged on social media site Tumblr in 2015, before being popularised by adolescents and young adults in the late 2010s and early 2020s, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

 

[woops]

Track one. Fortnite. ts reveals shes a functioning alcoholic.

ttack 2. tortured poets. now she says she's not patti Smith. and that I'm not Dylan Thomas which is true. seems an odd pair to pick though.

3rd track. my boy only breaks his favourite toys. i like the chorus melody a lot.

 

[luka]

The standard edition consists of 16 songs; Swift wrote three of them herself.
he album is rooted in personal songwriting, exploring Swift's introspections on the events in her private and public lives.[18][19] She was inspired by her tumultuous relationship

 

[woops]

Track for. down bad. surprised how sweary taylor is. thought she'd be like will smith no profanity .

 

[luka]

Track one. Fortnite. ts reveals shes a functioning alcoholic.

ttack 2. tortured poets. now she says she's not patti Smith. and that I'm not Dylan Thomas which is true. seems an odd pair to pick though.

3rd track. my boy only breaks his favourite toys. i like the chorus melody a lot.

i saw a t-shirt today
born to play fortnite
forced to go to school

 

[kid charlemagne]

i saw a t-shirt today
born to play fortnite
forced to go to school

wow. love this. i almost brought up fortnie in a real life setting last ngiht.

 

[luka]

Swift mostly sings in her lower vocal register to deliver rap-like, conversational verses.[26][35][39] As per Murray's analysis, the album uses some of Swift's familiar devices such as one-note melodies and recitative delivery with a conversational rhythm.[40] The music is "downcast", departing from danceable pop, as per The Economist.[56]

 

[luka]

CNN's Oliver Darcy said he had judged The Tortured Poets Department quickly, stating that he reviewed it keeping in the mind its mixed critical reception, and found the album overlong and unimpressive in agreement with other critics, but a week later, "after spending more time with the two-hour sonic feast, more methodically touring through its subtleties and nuances, I am ready to declare that it is one of Swift's best works yet." Darcy opined that the album cannot be fully digested at "the speed of TikTok", and criticized reviewers who do not let music albums "marinate" and instead expect "instant satisfaction".[137]

 

[woops]

track five so long London. ironically she arrives tomorrow. good outro section.

 

[luka]

s part of the Eras Tour, Swift revamped the set list to include songs from The Tortured Poets Department in a new act, including "Fortnight".[13][14] For its performance, the stage features a "TTPD"-emblazoned bed and dancers dressed as nurses. Swift sings the song as she sits on a typewriter, across from a dancer.[15]

 

[woops]

track 6 is called but daddy i love him nothing that exciting about this one. ends on a fade out.

 

[luka]

seen that written on loadsa t-shirts recently didnt realise it came from her

 

[luka]

will you work backwards through all her albums?

 

[Benny Bunter]

Always find it weird she's apparently so massively popular all around the world, the only song I've ever heard by her out in the wild is Shake It Off. Apart from that I always thought she was just big in the US.

 

[luka]

we've met loads of fans of hers recently and every single one has been a white american female.

 

[luka]

she must have a global audience or the sales and streaming figures dont add up but we've only met americans.

 

[Benny Bunter]

She hasn't actually got any catchy popular songs apart from that one, and that's probably cos it was in one of those pixar films. Baffling.

 

[luka]

you do feel tempted to go but what do you actually like about her? why her?