intellectualswiftie

[intellectualswiftie]

no offense but red and reputation got snubbed at the grammys because they reached a level of musical mastery, lyrical enlightenment, and deeply personal artistic realization that they honestly just weren't ready to acknowledge from someone they couldn't think of as The Man

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The day is March 21, 2020. You wake up to a world on lockdown, a global pandemic, governments in fragments, racism/sexism/xenophobia approaching new peaks. But the full Kanye phone call was leaked and Taylor Swift was telling the truth and now every self-isolation room in the world is playing the audio that proves TAYLOR SWIFT made Taylor Swift famous. Maybe 2020 will be your year after all?

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one of the biggest Mysteries of Taylor & Joe for me is: did he listen to her songs before they dated? did he like her songs? or pretend to be too cool? was he a hot-100 only or did he headbang to last kiss? has she made him take a lyrics quiz? etc

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my castle crumbled overnight

I brought an intimate knowledge of taylor swift’s discography

to a gunfight

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i worry about the alternate reality wherein a young taylor swift signed a record deal just to sing songs and not write them

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when 1989 came out I remember an article saying that it sounded SO different and new but also EXACTLY like a taylor swift song ... and sometimes I realize ... 1989 is not even pop like... it's it's own genre of music? and reputation is it's own brand of edgy synth percussion that sounds like modern music but also not at ALL like modern music? and RED was a country-rock-magic mix that exists nowhere else? NO other artist could get away with this and be successful EVERY TIME and that's because it's NOT about song and genres it's about TAYLOR SWIFT songs and the genre is ... taylor swift

[intellectualswiftie]

how does taylor write songs (dress, so it goes, false god, etc) and then be like: mom! dad! come check this out!

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thinking about how we invented an entire modern lexicon with calcium hydroxide & snickerdoodle bruschetta ......

god-tier creativity in this fandom i tell ya what

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my tumblr feed is back to life, the moguls of 2014 crawling back to their castles in quarantine

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"of course i love you!" // "but do you like me?" (lady bird 2017)

and

"women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts, and they've got ambition, and they've got talent, as well as beauty, and i'm so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for, I'm so sick of it! but—I am so lonely" (little women 2020)

get closer to the core of the female experience than any film by any man or anyone in maybe the entire history of film

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allow me to share my secret recipe to mimic taylor's camera for your own photos!

I have been OBSESSED with this pretty purple-orange warm, polaroid-style tone in taylor's photography since the days of swan and squad goals, and now we see it everywhere, in secret sessions photoshoots and outings with joe and afterparty pics.

I of course did a bunch of research & my best guess is that she uses an Olympus PEN E-PL7, which is, like, millions of dollars out of my price range.

SO I have concocted some recipes on vsco and instagram that kind of maybe a little bit? achieves a similar effect

I made some with both insta & vsco so you can try it, depending on which app you have!

and here's vsco! I think this one works slightly better cause you can play with shades a little more:

you might have to toggle with contrast/brightness/highlights -- but I hope you all can have fun with this!! message or tag me if you use any of the recipes -- I want to see your edits & connect with you!

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sometimes I listen to soon you'll get better and it's unbearably mournful and desperate and I can't listen because I know what it's about and I relate it to my own life and my own loved ones...

but sometimes I listen to it and it has this intense hopefulness and promise to it... this won't go back to normal, but you'll get better, and maybe you won't be better forever, but I swear I'll make it better for you... you will get better.

and then it actually makes me a melancholy kind of happy and determined...

and anyway taylor swift is the best lyricist and storyteller and artist of all time

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I say this as someone who loves the love that taylor & joe share and loves to pull apart lyrics and wonder about their story but I think we need to stop interpreting every one of joe's posts as an easter egg or something cause like I know he supports our girl but he also is an actor/professional in his own right and we should respect that he's not just playing a supporting role in taylor's life

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making painting the town blue your

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believe it or not, both of these quotes are by taylor swift:

she's clearly happy that there are so many interpretations of her songs, and she's probably been writing even more inclusively since miss americana and all. but she's been clear that she's not part of the lgbtq community - and even if that's not true, it feels weird that half her fans are trying to out her on the daily. plus, this is folklore - the song can be gay without us insisting it's proof taylor's been lying about her sexuality !!

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i haven't even heard the album and i'm so proud of how she is blazing a path for herself as a mature adult musician ... like ... imagine the rest of her career, just pushing forward in whatever direction she wants, dropping albums whenever she wants, writing whatever songs she wants, breaking into whatever genre she wants, & basically flexing on the world that has consistently doubted her that she can write 16 album-worthy songs in mere months, break records with overnight drops, and still protect her private life, maintain fulfilling relationships, & remain true to who she is ... an absolute role model since the very beginning & i can't wait for all the next chapters

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calling it now: this album is taylor swift in all her power, like we've truly never seen her before. this album is the taylor swift who owns her work. the taylor swift who talks about politics. who writes her own songs. who calls all the shots. who went through a hellstorm decade and came out unequivocally as its best artist. who puts her loved ones above all else. who has dedicated her life to her craft and still keeps working. who makes music she loves because she loves it. the taylor swift who just is, without apology or explanation or reputation. this is the taylor swift who wrote love story, all too well, blank space -- songs that defined a generation.

ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? this is the man:

this is folklore.