#but it’s important and powerful and an incredible excavation of all kinds of trauma

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

I find TGI easy to digest and am still struggling with TTPD in parts. I relate to both in different ways.

I can see that tbh! TGI is so heavy, but I think the themes and the way they’re presented are fairly straightforward. Particularly the existential crisis in relation to confronting mortality— it’s in your face and making you really sit with the discomfort from the outset. (Which makes sense given the incredibly painful circumstances of the album.)

TTPD I think is obvious in a lot of ways, but it’s also layered under metaphor, allegories and general storytelling. Neither one is better than the other, but just reflect different ways to tell a story. In Taylor terms, I’d liken TGI to an entire album of “Soon You’ll Get Better”s and “Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve”s: powerful and raw and not for the faint of heart.