I think that when we tell teenagers that their lives will be over if they don't have the most perfect possible trajectory through the education system, that this is, perhaps, if I may be bold, not good for them,

Taylor Swift in the studio the day her and Jack Antonoff made 'Down Bad'

— June 29, 2023

Taylor calls herself crazy all throughout TTPD, but maybe I’m just as insane because I actually think she’s quite normal? Because if I ended a once happy 8 year relationship because the love was gone and we were both no longer in love to then get with a situation-ship who has been pinning for you for years only for them to abandon you when they finally got you, I’d commit full arson.

Taylor Swift and Florence recording "Florida!!!" (Via Spotify)

post listening to ttpd mood board

the album is brutally honest, satirical, a bit cringe here and there, depressing and experimental at the same time, I would not side eye anyone for saying "I don't understand this" or "this isn't my cup of tea" or even "what the fuck is this" because it's obviously not a 1989 or midnights kind of album for everyone. I understand why she said she "had to put this out" but while she is at the peak of her career, she released an album that is not for beginners nor really for overall critics, it's knees deep into the taylor swift lore and probably the most herself an album has ever been, that does not mean it is a masterpiece but it makes it so insanely special

CAUSE IM A REAL TOUGH KID I CAN HANDLE MY SHIT THEY SAID BABE YOU GOTTA FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT AND I DID

the wait for ttpd

Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me is for the Mad Woman enjoyers

wendy (by maisie peters) is about choosing to not stick around for peter

peter (by taylor swift) is what happens when wendy sticks around and peter doesn’t

alexander hamilton ass woman

The thing that is striking me the most about this album is just how messy and human it is. She’s not holding anything back or trying to appear one way or another. She’s just letting it all out regardless of what anyone might say. She found that trying to be polished and keep all the ugly, imperfect, human stuff in to be stifling and just said fuck it I need to do this for me. This album was an exorcism for her.

even though taylor likely finds an immense amount of comfort, meaning, and validation in sharing her experiences with us, embracing her raw, emotional truth in the public eye is also an extremely vulnerable process — one that, without question, perpetuates the pain she’s already lived through. sacrificing slices of your secret inner world — much like she has on tortured poets — takes so much courage and bravery, and she doesn’t get enough credit for doing so time and time again.