Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024) Album • Page 99

Chad Kroeger couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing. So he made the number 1 song of 2002.

 

I always think of love story or you belong with me when I think of like THE Taylor iconic hits but maybe cause those were her big breakout songs. But even if I was thinking about a Taylor Swift Halloween costume or something after one of her videos, the you belong with me T-shirt she wears in her room would be the most iconic to come to mind.

 

Only 5 hours left to shop you guys!!

(This email caused me to unsubscribe from her mailing list.)

 

I've also reached my breaking point on her emails and thinking about unsubscribing. Her frequency of emails is worse than any other artist i'm subbed to. :(

 

It’s not even the quantity for me, it’s that every email is trying to get me to buy additional copies of the album I already bought. The answer is no!

 

Complains about too many emails, then double posts! The audacity.

 

I only need to post the same message in a row a dozen more times to replicate Taylor’s strategy for re-selling this album to her fans over and over again!

 

I hadn’t realized that the majority of the second batch of songs were the ones with Aaron. They basically could have a side project together. IMO it is cool that she sees them as valuable enough to put out.

I think that a lot fo these songs were starting during lockdown and completed in the last year or so. I think she is releasing albums from a very specific time of inspiration around the time folklore was being made and a proper next giant pop album will come after the era’s tour. No evidence to say this is true other than that I hear a lot of Folklore esque essence on this one with more programmed music rather than guitar and drums.

 

Get a load of all these collectors editions!

Taylor Swift Official Store - Taylor Swift Official Online Store

 

I got the Bolter vinyl, but really wanted Black Dog.

 

You could still have it for the low, low price of $35! (But only for the next five hours.)

 

Target sells it for $45 I believe, shocked her store is lower.

 

I actually saw a TikTok about this: UMG requires sellers who aren’t them/the artist to sell for $10 higher.

 

that's fucking stupid, although i guess buying it in person offsets shipping costs?

 

These new deluxe CDs are so haphazard and obviously rushed, the bolter pack doesn't even have photos of the contents because they likely aren't done yet

 

aren't these the same collector's editions she dropped with the announcement of each new variant though?

 

I guess I didn't realize those came with a patchy, second art CD thing, and other stuff

 

no worries. i think each one sold out super quickly, especially since that was the only way to get a high quality rip of the bonus tracks at the time, so their unavailability probably factored into them being forgotten about.

 

If it's any indication that there are way, way, wayyyyyy too many versions... I guess there are two more CD versions, with acoustic Fortnight and acoustic Fresh Out The Slammer

 

I also want to point out, but specifically mention this is unfortunately COMMON practice these days, but the acoustic "But Daddy I Love Him" doesn't have newly recorded vocals, it's the same vocal track. Furthermore, the music on the acoustic version is gorgeous, really beautiful and could have led to a fantastic version if it was with vocals that matched, but instead the vocal track is really weirdly edited and it doesn't work, it sounds so bad. Again, many artists do this these days with "acoustic" to bump up their numbers, but that doesn't make it any less dissapointing.

 

I do wish she and her label would just let the music speak for itself instead of all these additional versions of songs.

 

And leave chart positions to chance?!? Not an option!