#TTPD girlie

[khruschevshoe]

You know, it's rather interesting to me that Taylor Swift's parasocial relationship with her fans is honestly more akin to a YouTuber than a writer's. When I scroll through her tag on tumblr/Twitter, it's far more regarding the connection to her personal life/relationship developments than the actual metaphors/fictional story she might be telling. Everything comes back to how her songs reflect back on her relationships with Joe/Matty/Travis/Jake/insert ex-boyfriend here. And what fascinates me about it is that even though she complains about it, she leans into that very perception because it strengthens the parasocial bond.

The marketing for TTPD so clearly being about Joe Alwyn and the songs to Matty Healy. The marketing/video for Red TV so CLEARLY being about Jake Gyllenhaal, with so many of the new lines in All Too Well specifically being digs at him (I'll get older but your lovers stay my age, casting an actor that looks like him for the video, specific lines in I Bet You Think About Me). The fact that songs like Getaway Car and Bejeweled and Gorgeous and London Boy and Lavender Haze being picked apart at time of release and long after for signs of relationships crumbling. The way she uses surprise songs in relation to her relationship development with Joe/Matty/Travis. The damn TTPD "stages of grief" playlists where she deliberately undid/changed the meanings of old songs just to keep her audience speculating on her love life.

It's not sexist to point out that her wielding her love life is a marketing tool and that the strongest connection to her audience isn't the strength of her writing/the composition of her music- it's her deliberate crafting of a connection between her music and her personal life, leaving the audience invested in her music as an extension of Taylor the Person/Girlfriend rather than Taylor the Artist.

[nymika-arts]

i can do it with a broken heart

[jessmalia]

Foolish one, stop checking your mailbox for confessions of love that ain't never gonna come. You will learn the hard way instead of just walking out.

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

Having thoughts about Taylor writing “Imagining your future might always take you on a detour back to the past” in the prologue for Red (Taylor’s Version).

[madrewrites]

taylor really said 'oh you miss folklore and evermore? well here's part three' with the anthology

and at what cost to my mental health taylor. what cost.

[lavendarneverlands]

Haven’t checked stats fm in a while but thought this was the perfect time!

… I don’t nesseccarily reccomend all of these😅 (Guts is pretty triggering, but I’m in therapy right now, so things are a lil raw)… and thanks to bestie/sis for the “spoiling me” rec… otherwise yes I’m a basic bi bitch with the worlds best besties & a fair amount of parent problems😅😭😂 and TTPD is always amazing and like 7 out of 7 if I didn’t filter lol

Welcome to all! No pressure tags: @mysterylilycheeta @ladyylesbian @romantasyreader28

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟtop seven songs of the week ♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬

Thank you for tagging me @perolesims 🤍

It’s an odd mix with a bit of Christmas favorites in between, but here we go🤣:

I’m tagging @evenifitshandcuffed @changingplumbob @abbysimsfun @kieraplaysthesims @eurosimmer @deardiaryts4 @guineweree @victoriaplaysims @sharona-sims No pressure to do it, and if you’ve already done it either do 7 more or ignore my tag🤭 If I haven’t tagged you and you want to do it then go for it!

[mmemirrorball]

a couple ttpd girlies on their local bookshop/coffee shop run 🤍🫶☕️

[cherriesandwinegirl]

Jean Shrimpton photographed by Bert Stern, 1967

[berryberrytaeberry]

Wei Wuxian *entering Cloud Recesses*: yOu wOuLdN't LaSt aN hOuR iN tHe AsYluM wHeRe ThEy rAiSeD mE

Lan Zhan: You were here for only a few months

...

Lan Zhan: And I've lived here my whole life what do you mean--

Lan Zhan: And wouldn't that lyric be more fitting at the burial mounds???

Wei Wuxian: WHOS AFRAID OF LITTLE OLD MEEEEE

[stiles-o-dylan24]

the way she S C R E A M S “who’s afraid of little old me” tho

[heartshapelocket]

“I’m so obsessed with him but he avoids me like plague”

[vanillablunts]

[haileeguerrero]

[j-doredior]

TTPD

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

I really love how THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is so in the moment and processing things as they happen while THE ANTHOLOGY is more reflective and takes a step back to look at specific moments and feelings. Both methods work really well together and her designating them to certain “sides” helps strengthen those ideas.

[emjava-art]

working on drawings for new stickers! ❤💕💖