Taylor Swift - folklore (July 24, 2020) Album • Page 103

please don’t share that racist’s content.

 

Had to google who that was. Was that a sarcastic post?

 

This week’s NYT Popcast is a great discussion on folklore. They don’t all love it, but they all like different things about it (and Joe capes for us super fans so it’s all good).

‎Popcast: Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: Let’s Discuss on Apple Podcasts

 

it is kinda wild to me how many people objectively watch the bachelor (and, like, just look at her follower count to see how many people follow her specifically) but also how many people just know nothing about it

 

I have watched one episode of the Bachelorette and it’s all I could take. I’m always amazed at how much of my timeline it fills while airing though.

 

well, it’s good, so that’s why thanks

 

That bias tool is cool and my results seem pretty accurate (I swapped one or two things). I’m sure it’d change each time though - I really love every single track. More and more likely this ends up being my AOTY which I would never have imagined as a possibility lol


Seven
The last great American dynasty
Mad woman
Invisible string
Epiphany
Betty
This is me trying
Illicit affairs
Exile
Mirrorball
August
Cardigan
My tears ricochet
The 1
Peace
Hoax

 

Ranking this record is impossible. “exile” has probably fallen the most for me, but I still love it. “Betty” is still the one for me off this record and I think it’s an all timer. The bottom tier are the ones I would trim, gun to my head, but I still believe they are very good songs. It’s a great album.



betty
august
the last great american dynasty
_________
illicit affairs
invisible string
mirrorball
epiphany
peace
_________
the 1
exile
seven
this is me trying
cardigan
________
hoax
my tears ricochet
mad woman

 

exile
betty
this is me trying
the 1
invisible string
my tears ricochet
peace
cardigan
mirrorball
seven
august
epiphany
the last great american dynasty
mad woman
illicit affairs
hoax

or so the bias sorter tells me, it still seems far too early to be doing this sort of ranking for me with this album but i'm avoiding working

 

In the last couple years, I've watched pretty much every new season of the Bachelor and all its spinoffs, including the non-American versions. It's brainless fun haha.

 

All of these rankings are so different hahah. I love it. This album is unreal.

 

Mad woman at the bottom is wild

 

I feel bad for having ricochet so low because the “and I still talk to you” and the last minute are a couple of my favorite moments on the album but...ALL OF THIS IS GOOD

 

"hoax" seems to be near the bottom for quite a few people.

 

I like hoax but it’s one of the least compelling songs to me. Good as a closer though.

 

I think is a good song but it’s pretty solidly the weakest song here imo.

It features a quirk in her songwriting that she’s deployed a couple times (I can’t think of them off the top of my head). It’s like this backup commentary voice that is just nails on a chalkboard for me.

“And there’s nothing like a mad woman (what a shame she went mad)

No one like a a mad woman (you made her like that)”

it’s nitpicky but it takes me out of the song.

 

It's Wikipedia so take this with a grain of salt but it's showing Exile as the next single.

Definitely going to win the "record of the year" grammy. Remember this post.

 

Mad Woman kinda gives me Stevie Nicks vibes, reminds me of Landslide

 

That tool is awesome! Without it, I don't think I'd have a chance at putting a ranking together tbh.

the 1
cardigan
the last great american dynasty
exile
seven
august
invisible string
mirrorball
betty
peace
this is me trying
my tears ricochet
mad woman
illicit affairs
epiphany
hoax

 

Taylor reminds me of people like Ben Gibbard and Justin Vernon, where I just love their voice in a minimalist setting, especially in their more story like songs.

 

mirrorball > betty > invisible string > epiphany > exile > the 1 > august > cardigan > hoax > peace > mad woman > seven > illicit affairs > my tears ricochet > the last great american dynasty > this is me trying

 

the last great american dynasty reminds me of the great gatsby, i can very easily picture the story that song tells

 

yea and I'm a sucker for songs that give you a history lesson and/or include a plot twist.

 

This was my thought exactly. Some lines from The 1 as well (“Roaring 20s throwing pennies in the pool”)

 

I can see folklore taking aoty honestly. I definitely expect more grammy recognition this year. Would be funny if she sweeps but doesn't show up