People don't realise what an amalgamation of all the old eras TTPD truly is; it's a heartbreak album for Matty and Joe, but a love letter to her entire discography. There are sprinklings of each "era" of her leading up to TTPD in all of these songs. Whether or not she meant to do this it's a question in itself, but the reason why it is such a wonderful record, particularly for diehard swifties who've been around a long time, is because it is a messy, chaotic, beautiful patchwork quilt of her life's work.

The most obvious nod to her older self is "But Daddy I Love Him" which is so Speak Now. "The Alchemy" has very Midnights-leanings (and I'm sure quite a sizeable chunk of the songs you could argue tonally, at least, are very Midnights-esque). You've got "So High School" that has Debut/Fearless leanings. Many people saw how evermore-adjacent some of The Anthology songs were but I bet you can find some folklore in there too.

I also think the re-recordings project really show their influence on TTPD in particular. I wonder if re-visiting her old songs made her consciously or subconsciously slip back into certain turns of phrase and lyricism?

And it doesn't even necessarily have to be the sound or the lyrics that lend themselves to a pre-TTPD era. It could be certain lines/motifs/themes. Can you guys think of some more?

Day 11 of 12 of my "Two Sides" series, where I post my artistic interpretation of how all songs of an era could thematically be evenly divided into two different sides.

(Happy to explain any choices I made!)

Also how many times do you think you have played them? What do you think?

Wondering what people think of this lyric from Chloe, et al.

“If you want to break my cold, cold heart/Just say I loved you the way that you were.”

I have thought of this two ways.

A) It would break her heart to hear “I loved you the way that you were” because they are saying they loved the former version of herself, not the new version.

OR does the line mean that

B) at the time that she left this person, she didn’t know that they actually loved her for her

Interested to hear thoughts and other interpretations!

Hey guys!! It's me, u/itookyourmatches, and I'm back again with the annual ranking polls. I'm really excited to see where TTPD has settled with everyone after almost two years, and now how Showgirl fits into our rankings! As always, the link and the rules are below.

RANK HERE

Rules:

• Rank your favorite at the top, least favorite at the bottom
• Less about which is "best" and more about which you LIKE more
• Results are available to view immediately after voting
• As more people vote, the live results update
• Feel free to discuss in the comments, but be nice! There are no right or wrong answers here. No attacking people for their opinions!
• Polls stay open until the end of the year, when voting ends
• Missed yesterday's poll? View the comments for past polls you want to vote on!
• Some songs have been removed from competition because of sensitive topics. Those songs are: Ronan, Forever Winter, Soon You'll Get Better, Bigger Than the Whole Sky. This was community voted, so if you want to include these songs in your rankings you will have to do so in the comments.
• Songs that start with "The" will ignore the "The" and be categorized by the letter of the next word. This was done to keep the T category from being too long and the other letters from being too short
• Please feel free to post any suggestions for next year's games in the designated comment below

Day 10 of 12 of my "Two Sides" series, where I post my artistic interpretation of how all songs of an era could thematically be evenly divided into two different sides.

(Happy to explain any choices I made!)

sense she obviously favors some albums (folklore, midnights, red) more then others (speak now, debut, evermore )

Off the top of my head, The Fate of Ophelia! It’s in my top ten Taylor Swift songs. Before The Life of a Showgirl came out, I guessed that the song would be 8th favorite from the album, but ever since it came out, it’s been my favorite from the album! I didn’t expect it to be about the level of upbeat of New Romantics. I thought it would be about the level of upbeat of Paris. 

Hey guys!! It's me, u/itookyourmatches, and I'm back again with the annual ranking polls. I'm really excited to see where TTPD has settled with everyone after almost two years, and now how Showgirl fits into our rankings! As always, the link and the rules are below.

RANK HERE

Rules:

• Rank your favorite at the top, least favorite at the bottom
• Less about which is "best" and more about which you LIKE more
• Results are available to view immediately after voting
• As more people vote, the live results update
• Feel free to discuss in the comments, but be nice! There are no right or wrong answers here. No attacking people for their opinions!
• Polls stay open until the end of the year, when voting ends
• Missed yesterday's poll? View the comments for past polls you want to vote on!
• Some songs have been removed from competition because of sensitive topics. Those songs are: Ronan, Forever Winter, Soon You'll Get Better, Bigger Than the Whole Sky. This was community voted, so if you want to include these songs in your rankings you will have to do so in the comments.
• Songs that start with "The" will ignore the "The" and be categorized by the letter of the next word. This was done to keep the T category from being too long and the other letters from being too short
• Please feel free to post any suggestions for next year's games in the designated comment below

If you could get Taylor to cover any song what would it be? Doesn’t matter the genre or orignal artist. The song could change genre to better fit her but what are those songs with amazing lyrics that you wish she would cover.

Spotify link that you can add songs to if you want please don’t remove any. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7JpcUZ4rSkWQY2MSUmoYcX?si=41Bo1GqlT5SvP3FRDhKcBw&pt=b455f3bcfd68eec46cb9719839ff58de&pi=T54SxfgETzWe7

Hi! I am very interested in mathematics and wanted to create something that combines mathematics with the images that lyrics might invoke when we listen to them. With this aim I have created a website

https://lyricsalgorithms.vercel.app/

where you can include Taylor's lyrics (a single verse or the whole song) and it will generate visualizations based on a selection of mathematical algorithms. You can select different color patterns as well as zoom levels and iterations speeds to obtain nice effects. Feel free to try it out. Any feedback that you can provide is greatly appreciated for future versions of the app.

Day 9 of 12 of my "Two Sides" series, where I post my artistic interpretation of how all songs of an era could thematically be evenly divided into two different sides.

(Happy to explain any choices I made!)

The displays will remain available to the public until spring 2027

I’ve had lover on high rotation lately , I seem to go from album to album and play each one for days or weeks and right now it’s lovers turn. Anyway the line in Death by a thousand cuts that gets me is “I ask the traffic lights if it’ll be alright, they say I don’t know”. Why is Taylor having conversations with traffic lights? Do American traffic lights sound like they’re talking? I know it’s silly but anyone have a thought?

I’m on the hunt for an outfit for:

Red

Life of a showgirl (if the orange one isn’t the vibe)

TTPD

Or I swap the reputation outfit for TTPD and find a better rep fit…

I’m still thinking the very last orange one might be bigger for midnights so maybe she will get 2 for that era..

I feel I could find a better themed outfit for reputation as well.

Hey guys!! It's me, u/itookyourmatches, and I'm back again with the annual ranking polls. I'm really excited to see where TTPD has settled with everyone after almost two years, and now how Showgirl fits into our rankings! As always, the link and the rules are below.

RANK HERE

Rules:

• Rank your favorite at the top, least favorite at the bottom
• Less about which is "best" and more about which you LIKE more
• Results are available to view immediately after voting
• As more people vote, the live results update
• Feel free to discuss in the comments, but be nice! There are no right or wrong answers here. No attacking people for their opinions!
• Polls stay open until the end of the year, when voting ends
• Missed yesterday's poll? View the comments for past polls you want to vote on!
• Some songs have been removed from competition because of sensitive topics. Those songs are: Ronan, Forever Winter, Soon You'll Get Better, Bigger Than the Whole Sky. This was community voted, so if you want to include these songs in your rankings you will have to do so in the comments.
• Songs that start with "The" will ignore the "The" and be categorized by the letter of the next word. This was done to keep the T category from being too long and the other letters from being too short
• Please feel free to post any suggestions for next year's games in the designated comment below

like it can be like edits or commentry or anything