just saw the eras tour concert film the past weekend and my fav part was reputation! up until folklore came out, it was my fav album of taylor’s simply because it felt like she was playing a caricature of herself purported by the media. i love the framing of it as a romantic album, and delicate remains one of my absolute favorite songs of her for many reasons, but it’s all within the line “my reputation’s never been worse so, you must like me for me” -- it isn’t that her true self hadn’t been in previous albums (hellooooo all too well) but in the disguise of the caricature it ironically felt more raw to me
I totally agree, and all of this is said so well. With a lot of her albums/singles, I think it’s come down to the wrong marketing, or the wrong people handling the marketing. It seems like for most of her albums the wrong single gets picked and the entire point of the album’s story gets misrepresented. Rep is one of if not my favorite album, but it had so much more potential. I wish it got to have some of that residual 1989 era where she was railing on the electric guitar and screaming (her version of screaming at least)! Also nervous for the TV release because I doubt it’ll have the same level of rage as the original (which still could’ve had way more) but we’ll remain cautiously optimistic lol
perfectly articulated what’s been circling in my mind about her imagery regarding reputation. it’s largely a great album, but could have been so much more
i think i know what word 🤭
I’m Australian and I can’t think of it 😭 what’s the word?
just saw the eras tour concert film the past weekend and my fav part was reputation! up until folklore came out, it was my fav album of taylor’s simply because it felt like she was playing a caricature of herself purported by the media. i love the framing of it as a romantic album, and delicate remains one of my absolute favorite songs of her for many reasons, but it’s all within the line “my reputation’s never been worse so, you must like me for me” -- it isn’t that her true self hadn’t been in previous albums (hellooooo all too well) but in the disguise of the caricature it ironically felt more raw to me
I totally agree, and all of this is said so well. With a lot of her albums/singles, I think it’s come down to the wrong marketing, or the wrong people handling the marketing. It seems like for most of her albums the wrong single gets picked and the entire point of the album’s story gets misrepresented. Rep is one of if not my favorite album, but it had so much more potential. I wish it got to have some of that residual 1989 era where she was railing on the electric guitar and screaming (her version of screaming at least)! Also nervous for the TV release because I doubt it’ll have the same level of rage as the original (which still could’ve had way more) but we’ll remain cautiously optimistic lol
perfectly articulated what’s been circling in my mind about her imagery regarding reputation. it’s largely a great album, but could have been so much more
omg someone else who still masks and avoids unnecessary indoor events :”) just became an even bigger fan of you than i already am!!