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oh LETS GO! a second time! 🥹
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post nut clarity does not properly convey the gravity of the pre nut insanity. like truly.
The Tortured Poets Department
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The Tortured Poets Department is a great reminder that women don't owe the world pretty. Taylor Swift doesn't owe anyone an easily digestible pretty pop album wrapped in a bow with short songs you can make TikToks to. She's allowed to present something raw, uncomfortable, and vulnerable to the world.
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“I used to sit in record labels trying to get a record deal when I was a little kid. And they’d say, ‘you know, you remind us of’ and then they’d name an artist, and then they’d kind of say something disparaging about her, ‘but you’re this, you’re so much better in this way or that way.’ And that’s how we teach women to see themselves, as like you could be the new replacement for this woman who’s done something great before you. I picked women who have done great things in the past and have been these architypes of greatness in the entertainment industry. Clara Bow was the first ‘it girl.’ Stevie Nicks is an icon and an incredible example for anyone who wants to write songs and make music.”
— Taylor on Clara Bow
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“they filled my cell with snakes” being a reference to the mythological Cassandra gaining the ability to see the future after snakes whispered in her ears AND Taylor’s cell(phone) getting flooded with snake (emojis)
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i love this omg
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Reese Witherspoon post 4/21/2024
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cassandra - taylor swift
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aarondessner : I'm so excited and honored to share that I have contributed to my dear friend and collaborator @taylorswift's brilliant 11th album -- a 31 song double album / anthology called The Tortured Poets Department. We started working on these songs over two years ago and it feels like they have kept us company and evolved in beautiful and unexpected ways through so much life lived during this process. It's hard to believe Taylor and I have now recorded over 60 songs together (17 across this anthology!!) in the 4 years since we began working together on Folklore in 2020. I am forever grateful to Taylor for sharing her insane talents with and trusting me with her music. I believe these songs are some of the most lyrically acute, intricate, vulnerable and cathartic Taylor has ever written and I am continually astonished by her skills as a songwriter and performer.
I also want to thank the incredible @jackantonoff for his open hearted and open door collaboration with me through all these many projects and all of my talented friends who continue to contribute generously to my work. I could never have made all this music without a village of friends supporting me -- especially the engineering talents @heyjonlow @bellaicecream and @sharp_stick and as always my brother @brycedessner made many vital contributions and other friends like @900x @tingalayo @lanzprojects and @mooserob who have helped me so much over the years. Thank you to @serbangheneamixes for mixing these songs and @randymerrill_sterling for mastering. And all of these friends for their amazing contributions: @glennkotche @jt_bates_ @notfastbutslota @lcorchestra @robertamesmusic @jeremymurphymusic @spacemoth__ @beaunoise
It's not lost on me how lucky I am that this is my job and I feel so grateful to be a part of creating this vast, magically detailed and symbolic world of songs Taylor has crafted that we all get to inhabit and enjoy. Keep searching and you'll find some new detail, layer or sliver of meaning with each listen.
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The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
- The Black Dog (Swift)
- imgonnagetyouback (Swift, Antonoff)
- The Albatross (Swift, Dessner)
- Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus (Swift, Dessner)
- How Did It End? (Swift, Dessner)
- So High School (Swift, Dessner)
- I Hate It Here (Swift, Dessner)
- thanK you aIMee (Swift, Dessner)
- I Look In People's Windows (Swift, Antonoff, Berger)
- The Prophecy (Swift, Dessner)
- Cassandra (Swift, Dessner)
- Peter (Swift, Dessner)
- The Bolter (Swift, Dessner)
- Robin (Swift, Dessner)
- The Manuscript (Swift)
CASSANDRA?!??!?!?!!
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The Tortured Poets Department
**this is not a leak, songwriting credits are available on Apple Music
- Fortnight (Swift, Antonoff, Post)
- The Tortured Poets Department (Swift, Antonoff)
- My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys (Swift)
- Down Bad (Swift, Antonoff)
- So Long, London (Swift, Dessner)
- But Daddy I Love Him (Swift, Dessner)
- Fresh Out The Slammer (Swift, Antonoff)
- Florida!!! (Swift, Welch)
- Guilty as Sin? (Swift, Antonoff)
- Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? (Swift)
- I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) (Swift, Antonoff)
- loml (Swift, Dessner)
- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (Swift, Antonoff)
- The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived (Swift, Dessner)
- The Alchemy (Swift, Antonoff)
- Clara Bow (Swift, Dessner)