Taylor day. It was a weird day. I had the BEST MEETINGS in the morning. My team meeting was literally everyone showing off their summer vacation photos. It was so cute. Totally uplifting.
But then I got into a weird mood in the afternoon and couldn’t shake it. And I went on a 2 mile walk because of my workout ban, and my incision is freaking bothering me. Gah.
But it IS TAYLOR DAY. And N and I spent ALLLL day going back and forth.
And the sunset looked just like 1989 album
I argued with G. Got him home 30m earlier and got him to agree to plug in his phone downstairs.
Did a face mask and settled in…
Here are my notes!
The Fate of Ophelia
The snare drums, the jazz, the piano.
You want to see me all alone
Light the match to watch it blow.
I swore my loyalty to me, myself, and I.
So poppy. Hard to hear some of what she’s saying.
Love was a cold bed that stole her sanity
Such a fun vibe. I want to be dancing in a club to this.
I don’t care where the hell you’ve been, cause now your mine.
LOVE the ending bridge. The whisper. Locked inside my memory and only you possess the key.
Elizabeth Taylor
Weird start. Love the Italian vibe. Portafino. Is that even Italian? Spanish?
If your letters ever said Goodbye, I cried…
I can’t have fun, if I can’t have… YOU
All my white diamonds and lovers are forever. Don’t you ever end up anything but mine.
Opalite
Life is a song, it ends when it ends.
You were dancing through the lightening strikes!
This is such a Travis song. I can see him dancing through the house.
It’s alright, you were dancing through the lightening strikes! Sleepless in the onyx night but now the sky is opalite! Never met no one like you before. You had to make your own sunshine, now the sun is opalite.
Thunder like a drum, this life will beat you up. This is just a temporary speed bump.
The harmonies made me smile!
I’m loving this chorus! Oynx! Opalite! Love the imagery back to her other songs.
Father figure
Love this drum starting.
I’ll make deals with the devil because my dick’s bigger. Did she say that. I’m dying. I need to listen to this again.
I like this less than the others but it’s hilarious.
Turns out my dick’s bigger! HAHAHA
You’ll be sleeping with the fishes .
This empire belongs to ME, leave it with me.
Okay, I do love it but it’s such a scorcher.
OH GOD, going into Track 5!!!
Eldest Daughter
But I’m not a bad bitch and this isn’t savage. I’m never gonna let you down. I’m never going to leave you out.
Ahh her voice is so haunting here and beautiful.
Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter so we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.
Slow and beautiful but uplifting a bit.
I thought I would never find that life from back when we were young. So haunting.
So far Ophelia and Opalite are the ones I’m thinking about.
Ruin the Friendship
It was not an invitation, should have kissed you anyway. It was not convinient and your girlfriend was away.
Staying friends is safe, doesn’t mean we should.
And then he died. DAMN.
This was a weird song. So confusing.
But I whispered at the grave, I should have kissed you anyway. Wow.
Should have ruined the friendship, I’ve regretted it. haha. Wow.
What a trip. Definitely need to hear that one again.
Actually Friendship
haha! The start of this! Boring barbie!
It’s actually sweet all the time you’ve spent on me. It’s honesty wild, all the effort you’ve put in.
No man has ever loved me like you do.
“It’s kind of making me wet”
How is this about Charlie XCX and it’s a diss track. I need to go read Reddit for this.
Wish List
Yes, we all want that life. Well, maybe not an Oscar.
They should have want they want, they deserve what they want, I hope they GET WHAT THEY WANT.
I JUST WANT YOU.
Love the fuck you tones to this.
Got the whole block looking like you. Got me dreaming about a driveway with a basketball hoop.
I just want you. LOOOOOVE this vibe. She is hilarious.
Wood
Oh man, this is like a 90’s vibe. What song is this calling back to?
Not super loving this. It’s okay. Not loving how she sounds when she says knocking on wood.
Love was the key that opened my thighs. Okay… I’m dying. To be a fly on the Chief’s locker room wall tomorrow… haha
CANCELLED
Good thing I like my friends cancelled. So is this about Blake? Are they still friends?
My friends are the ones with matching scars. It’s easy to love you when you’re popular.
Fun to listen to but not a big favorite.
The synths in the middle are a little dramatic.
Shattered glass is a lot more sharp. Still some good lines.
Honey
The piano sounds lovely starting here.
When anyone called me sweet hot, it was passive aggressive.
Good beat but not loving the lyrics with it.
haha, the ending though. Screwing with my mind.
But you say it like you’re in me….
I cried the whole way home. But you can call me honey if you want. Yet it was all fucked up?
So strange.
Showgirl with Sabrina
This is a nice groove. Loving their voices together. LIke how they are referencing the bouquets. Taylor would send everyone flowers.
Here is the ice in your veins lyric that’s around all the pop-ups.
I’m immortal now, babydolls.
I’m married to the hustle! Wouldn’t have it any other way!
**
Oof. Well at first glance I’m liking Ophelia, Opalite, and SHOWGIRL is so good.
I don’t now if I’m being super nostalgic but I’m MISSING the poetry of Tortured right now. I need to go listen to LOML, Prophecy, Guilty, and Down Bad.
It’s like she stepped back and is at arm’s length with this album. I’m missing the peek into her brain.
Where is the Showgirl aspect? Where is the “I can do it with a broken heart” bitch vibe?
It’s very indie pop and not that it’s a bad thing.
Nicole was feeling the same…
Sammie facetimed me immediately after we listened to it. She said we are all haters after the first listen but she LOVES Wish List and Showgirl.
We all need another listen but I’m still waiting for the Karma door! 6 minutes to see if anything happens….
Damn, nothing.
Well, this was an amazing album. Slightly weird and I need to listen again but so happy to have new lyrics from my favorite again!
And see the movie on Saturday with my babe!
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