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Sabrina Carpenter performing with Taylor Swift at The Eras Tour in New Orleans

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I love the new album by Sabrina. Is anyone getting a little bit of K-pop vibes from her? I didn't notice it before, but now I feel like I can't unhear it. I'm not musical, so I can't explain it well, but there's something about the phrasing and the layering of the song that's giving me Loona and Twice vibes. I feel like if she wanted to have a bunch of people sing it and a ton of aesthetic group choreography shots in a music video, it would work well. I'm not an expert in her discography either, but she hasn't made any kind of stylistic shift imo. I don't know that this is intentional.

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I genuinely cannot tell if this is ironic or not.

sometimes you find a reusable tupperwear in the back of your fridge that. well. you could wash but. goodbye. Remember the real problem is Taylor swift .

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Every Taylor Swift music video → Picture to Burn

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My whole life I've had a hyperfixation and I am not exaggerating. The first one was Sailor Moon which really dominated kindergarten for me. Then I read Harry Potter and that not only did that take me from below grade level to several grade levels as a reader, it dominated my brain so much. Then Lord of the Rings, then a very embarrassing Twilight phase followed by an even more embarrassing phase I wouldn't admit to even if you tortured me, then Supernatural, and my last one was Black Widow specifically from the comics.

Hyperfixations used to feel like a moon in the night sky to me. I love manga and comics still, and I read a lot of them as a kid but that love didn't come close to my actual Hyperfixation which really always had 30% of my brain power at least. But I really thought I didn't have any Hyperfixations anymore pretty much since I graduated college. I know maladaptive day dreaming was also a huge part of my life and I do have a ton of things I actively follow and enjoy. But I felt a little sad that I haven't really fallen in love with a franchise since Marvel.

And then I realized I have a hyperfixation on Taylor Swift. Not in a parasocial way, but literally connected to her songs. I think about her music all the time. I quote her constantly when explaining things. For some reason this realization has kind of shaken me. I think it's also put some of my reactions into perspective. When I hyperfixate on a topic I just constantly consume new information about it, because I love it. So like I read tons of articles, follow a ton of swifties on social media, obviously run a blog about her, and make an effort to read everything she puts out as well as listen to all her music.

And because of that I get really mad when people just don't know as much as me and still share information that is inaccurate. It's annoying when it's some rando but it's infuriating when it's a person who consistently comments on pop culture. I feel like if everyone knew the full information on every Taylor Swift headline they'd feel very similar to me. She's a person with consistent values who has a lot of valid fears about her safety and her ability to have a happy life, she's a little messy, and she is a really good artist who loves making music.

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I honestly do not understand why people are saying that taylor is releasing basically new versions of old songs to get at these other popular female artists. First of all, Literally all artists do this. Secondly, Female pop is having a really big renaissance, like she would not be able to Promote anything.If she tried to avoid when other female artists were promoting stuff. And finally, And this is the most salient point, Um, why do y'all expect a new remix for A random song to Get the number one spot? I am a lifelong swifty.I absolutely love taylor swift. I'm not out here Listening to "I can do it with a broken heart" instrumental. I don't think these songs are gonna be number one very long. If you remember midnights, Blondie was dropping a new play last or a new track every other week for months. And most of them were not number ones either. I honestly think it's really just to keep the buzz around the album for as long as possible. Now i'm not following billboard, But even though it's taylor swift, I don't think people are gonna be jamming fortnight (Asylum version) featuring sad tears. And if we are, Then maybe these other ladies didn't really deserve the top spot. Like, I think it really says something that people are willing to listen to like a dance club, boring bop.Remix of a song that's been out for like Three months, Over your new fresh a new track.

And here's the, I'm not getting any of these releases. I'm on tiktok just like everybody else. I feel like the charlie xcx song that has all of the stuff about her and lorde is really popular. Espresso and please please are doing great. I know billie eilish just dropped something. But to be honest, I'm not a huge Billie Eilish fan just cause i'm happy. Like i'm fully on swifty.Tiktok, and i'm not seeing a bunch of swifties being like Super jazzed over some, like new playlist, dropped on spotify. In fact, Most of the releases seem to be vinyls. And i'm poor. Or at least not rich enough to be spending like eighty dollars a vinyl, for something I literally cannot even play. So that's not like hitting the charts. Also, the vinyls are all just like releases of the main album, with like one of the anthology tracks. None of this is like hitting the top charts at all. I feel like she's releasing a new vinyl like every ten seconds.

It really and truly is just not that serious. This is like someone posted taylor swifts private jet usage over like the last year, sometime earlier this year. And if you look at it, It literally is just her going to tour stops and going home. And at least that, I kind of understand because like everybody's making the argument that it's like Killing the environment (even though it isn't and like literally any Climate scientist discussing this will tell you that it doesn't actually make that big of a deal, and literally the biggest polluters are so happy we're all talking about fucking taylor swift right now. Because like fucking exxon mobil's out there, ruining everybody's life 24/7, and nobody gives a shit. Also if she's transporting all her tour paraphanalia she's probably just doing the most efficient thing). But this is just a little ridiculous. Like suddenly, taylor swift hates women, because she's releasing vinyls on the same day that someone she's probably spoken to twice has released a single. Also fucking poor billie eilish, Everyone's trying to like make beef between her and taylor. Charlie XCX, Lorde, Billie Eilish, and most of the other female artists I've seen, have all been boosted by their proximity to Taylor before. Y'all really have to create drama from nothing.

At the end of the day, It is so weird and gaslighting to be a taylor swift fan. Because y'all bitches, Are always preying on her downfall. For no reason! Like I swear to god taylor looks at someone the wrong way and everyone is freaking out. Just relax folks. The reality is that taylor is a pretty unproblematic person that her entire life.Every single person on earth has tried to make her problematic.

Also here's my disclaimer: No I do not think taylor should speak up about political issues. The woman has one skill, it's called music. She shouldn't be commenting about global politics. She doesn't know what she's talking about. She literally doesn't even know who to ask. Y'all need to understand celebrities are really dumb. Like, they're really good at their one thing, But they're dumb about everything else. Not only did taylor swift not go to college, she barely attended high school. She is an amazing musician, but she put all of her brain power into that. I think if I sat donald taylor had a conversation with her, I would have a great time. But she does not have any background or experience in any relevant topics. So no, As an egyptian who literally was talking about gaza before many of you even knew what it was called, I would prefer if every celebrity just shut their goddamn mouth. There are many people posting on the ground in gaza. There are many experts discussing this situation. There are many journalists covering it. Taylor has gone to benefits for palestine. If she talks about it, Literally all of the news will shift From being about what is going on on the ground, To weather or not, taylor swift was right to say that. I hope and pray that she keeps her mouth shut about it. And anyone who thinks that she should put in any weight on any other politics, you are dumb. This applies to all issues.

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The 1989 Tour

July 25, 2015 - Foxborough, Massachusetts

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“What an absolute honor and a delight it is to get to say these words to you: Hamburg, willkommen zur Eras Tour! […] So here we are, all together, for my very first concert that I’ve ever gotten to play in Hamburg. Thank you so much for having us and spending your night with us. Here’s my theory about rain shows, because this is officially a rain show. I don’t know if you’ve heard this about us, but here on the Eras Tour, we absolutely adore a rain show. And I think that a rain show only chooses a crowd that is completely worthy and ready to party with us all night long in the rain. Are you ready for it? I thought so. And you’ve already had a pretty amazing night so far, because earlier on, you guys got to hang out with one of the best bands in the world. I am of course referring to the extraordinary Paramore! So you and I, we’re about to go on a little adventure, and that adventure is going to span 18 years of music, and we’re going to be doing that one era at a time. How does that sound to you, Hamburg? So here’s the thing. These are songs that I wrote about either my feelings, or something that happened to me, or something that I invented in my imagination. And maybe that’s what you think about when you hear these songs out in the world. But all that’s about to change after tonight, because after tonight, when you hear these songs, you’re going to think about us, and the memories that we made here tonight at the Eras Tour. I’ll be your host this evening. My name is Taylor!”

— Taylor before playing Lover in Hamburg, Germany on July 23rd

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I literally can’t stop thinking about how the literal FIRST lyrics we ever heard about Joe were “Knew he was a killer first time that I saw him” and then spends every song on TTPD about how loving him was literally killing her. Idk idk idk

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Anne Hathaway is at The Eras Tour tonight!

(July 19, 2024)

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throwback to Taylor swifts old Youtube page

this is so wholesome wth

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TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR YOU BELONG WITH ME

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please don't be in love with someone else please don't have somebody waiting on you 💜 ​​​

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I could show you incredible things 🩵