#I would've cut from red era to be honest if an era needed to only be 1 song it should've been red because of atw 10 minutes imo

[aberooski]

thoughts on paris night 1? IM SO SAD ABOUT THE SET CUTS 😭😭😭😭

OOOOOOOOH BOY PARIS N1 !

I was getting the twitter notifs as it was happening and I was SHOOK! When I heard she cut The Archer I knew none of us were safe ✋😭 DEVASTATED by the tis the damn season and tolerate it cuts especially, I'm so happy I got to go last year Chicago n3 and got to experience them! And don't get me started in the Long Live cut that is FOUL of her 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

BUT ALL THE NEW OUTFITS????????? THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL! THE BIBLICALLY ACCURATE FEARLESS DRESS!?!??! BE STILL MY FEARLESS GIRL HEART! The way every era had a new outfit but Rep is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen especially as not the biggest Rep girl out there aksksksk BUT I'M NOT OVER THE MULTICOLORED 1989 LOOK EITHER IT WAS STUNNING AND THE TORTURED POETS OUTFITS!?!??!?!?!?!?? I'M DEAD

FOLKMORE !!! REUINITING THE SISTERS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Also I didn't think she would add a whole ttpd set before but as soon as I saw she was cutting songs and rearranging things I was like oh yeah, there's a new segment and so I was expecting it at that point but I was N O T EXPECTING SO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LINEUP AND THE WAY TRAVIS WAS AT THE SHOW TONIGHT AND SHE WAVED TO HIM DURING THE SONG I'M SICK 😭😭😭😭 AND THE VISUALS AND THE STAGE AND EVERYTHING FOR WHO'S AFRAID OF LITTLE OLD ME AND HER V O C A L S WERE INCREDIBLE I SAW A FEW CLIPS AND I'M SICK I'M SO UPSET I DON'T GET TO SEE HER AGAIN 😭😭😭😭😭

also her playing loml as the piano surprise song I am truly unwell that is a major loss and none of this even affects me this leg of the tour I already had mine ✋😭 DREADING the day she plays Peter that is my favorite song off the album and honestly one of my favorite songs in the last few years and I don’t just mean of hers either. I don't know why but that song has me in a CHOKEHOLD

BUT BRO PARIS N1 OH BOY WAS IT EXCITING AND ALSO SCARY AND DEVASTATING AND I WASN'T EVEN THERE AKSKSKKS

[swifterthancivility]

It's very weird to me that people don't believe Taylor's vault tracks were written at the time of the album or like the era of the album.

I mean first of all Taylor never said these were fully recorded and produced songs ready to go that got cut at the very last second. I think that's what people envisioned but the truth is there were probably a lot of times during the process where songs were cut or added. And maybe some of these songs were cut because 2014 Taylor couldn't finish working on them. Maybe some of the songs were not whole ideas yet or fully realized. That doesn't mean that she is lying when she says they were attached to this era.

And maybe I'm just not a talented writer but if you asked me to write a poem in the style I was using in 2014 I physically could not do it. Like it just wouldn't be possible to get into that mindset again for me. And I don't think Miss "I've never been a natural all I do is try try try" Swift is that different from me in that regard. I think she could edit a song she'd started on a few years ago, but I don't think she has it in her to fabricate songs whole cloth from an era she has left behind.

And finally all the vault tracks have been pretty of their era. I'm going to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of fearless and I wasn't a huge fan of most of the vault tracks. I really only liked Mr. Perfectly Fine. On the other hand I love Red and I loved all the vault tracks. Same with Speak now. And I mentioned before I kind of missed the 1989 era due to personal tragedies but now that I'm listening to it fully through it might be my first no skips Taylor Album (if we're going in order of re-releases) and I am obsessed with the vault tracks. All of the vault tracks fit perfectly into the albums in my opinion.

Fearless was kind of heartbroken and self indulgent so you get "you all over me" and "don't you". Red was as Taylor says, about a heartbroken person so we get "nothing new" and "forever winter" but we also get the other side of Red in "I'll bet you think about me" where she's kind of joking about her ex in a way she couldn't on previous albums. Speak now is all dramatics and magic so we get Timeless, Emma falls in love, and Foolish One, even Castles Crumbling. And 1989 is a nihilistic acceptance of the burdens of fame and how it ruins a normal relationship so we get "suburban legends" and "now that we don't talk".

The songs fit so well thematically into each album to the extent that I can actually kind of see where in the album the song would go. And maybe Taylor truly is the mastermind and she's writing all these songs on the fly but honestly that would be more impressive. I can also honestly see why some were left off. Most of them, I think, were taken off the album at the original time because they would've been damaging to her relationships. I mean imagine "Forever Winter" dropping at the wrong time and having that person hear their mental health struggle become news? Imagine Suburban Legends dropping while Harry Styles fans still hated Taylor. Imagine Mr. Perfectly fine dropping after her break up with Joe? I think Taylor wanted to be kind and not bring those aspects of her life any more into the public than it already was. And even songs that wouldn't have done much were just repetitive. On 1989 I think I see that the most. You don't need "new romantics" and "Suburban Legends" You don't need "wildest dreams" and "slut" they both tell the samr story. Don't get me wrong I love them all, I just see the creative choices in leaving them off.

Anyway that's why I think the vault tracks are genuinely from the vault and not some scheme from Taylor to, idk, get people to be more interested in the most anticipated rereleases of all time. It doesn't make sense.