#literally

Please, not only is it incredible that she has everything, but that she has it at the same time, many of the things that are here are only achieved by an artist once in their career or never achieved, not to mention that probably no artist It will be POTY again, we have seen it all and with the release of the new album she is about to reach a new level. We are literally witnessing history

https://twitter.com/tantaytay/status/1754609620243427348?t=UK6kQXthmsVplMWA26-qJQ&s=19

@staff a very large blog @cages-boxes-hunters-foxes was apparently accidentally terminated tonight 12/1. Accidents happen, but please restore the account, there was no violation of the TOS!

*please reblog to get tumblrs attention*

Getting parasocial on main again but the fact that she started this tour as the relationship she wrote those songs about was ending while she was embarking on this career-defining journey and EVERYTHING that has happened in the last 20 months both professionally and personally, and now she’s ending the final US show singing those same songs, reframing them to tell new stories about the memories she’s written about, is just so fucking cool and SO creatively fulfilling. She was terrified of if he ever walked away, but as she was leaving it felt like freedom. It’s death by a thousand cuts if we survive the Great War.

Everything changes, nothing stays the same, things you think are going to kill you end up leading to something new that changes your life. It’s pain and it’s joy and it’s loss and it’s growth. It’s just so, so special to see this happening in real time.

your honor I would die for her

they had so much fun with this one

We Swifties need to set the score right

There's SO much discourse around Taylor Swift on this site and it fascinates me, so I making a poll to see what the overall opinion of her (and her music) is.

I am specifically not tagging this with her name because I don't want the audience to be biased towards people who follow her tag, because they're more likely to be fans. Would appreciate it if people of all opinions reblog the poll to get the best sample possible.

A Guide to Red - The Quintessential Taylor Swift Album

After the release of The Manuscript, the role of Red and Red (Taylor’s Version) in Taylor’s life and discography has been highly discussed. A lot of people have referred to it as her magnum opus and most formative album. I have decided to compile a condensed list of about a dozen key interviews, performances, speeches, posts, and videos from 2011 all the way until 2024 that illustrate the importance of this record for Taylor’s personal life and career. I’m putting the list under a cut because it got pretty long. You don’t have to go through all of these, obviously, but I would suggest at least one per era. The bolded ones are essential in my opinion.

Pre-Red - These interviews hint at Taylor’s emotional state at the time and thus the content that will be explored on the Red album

2011 The New Yorker profile

Taylor Swift reveals new album is all about heartbreak - Extra TV

Bonus: an article going through Taylor’s arm lyrics on the Speak Now World Tour, which she described as mood rings for any particular show

Lover diary entries from the making of Red (credit to @cabincreaking for the scans)

- All Too Well lyrics first draft (February 2011)

- Random bursts of happiness and anxiety during the Speak Now Tour (June 17, 2011)

- Red (September 8, 2011)

- Holy Ground (February 2012)

- Nothing New (March 2, 2012)

- Working with Max Martin (June 10, 2012)

Red era - Listen to the original sixteen songs on the Red album at this point.

Red announcement livestream + Q&A

Red prologue

2012 Rolling Stone interview

2012 The Guardian interview

2012 Billboard interview

2012 Esquire interview

Sirius XM Town Hall - an hourlong interview from the day Red came out

Good Morning America - this is the first mention of the ten-minute version of All Too Well

Red track-by-track descriptions

Random interview where she discusses the connection between writing Speak Now and Red

I Knew You Were Trouble music video

Diary entry about how love is fiction and she might move to New York after all (January 6, 2014)

Diary entry from Grammy night (January 25, 2014)

Red Tour London performance of All Too Well - any performance of this song from 2013-14 will work here, but this one has a pretty comprehensive speech

Final performance of All Too Well on the Red Tour - just listen to the speech here

Post-Red era - Over the course of these interviews, you’ll see her relationship to the album evolve.

Taylor’s description of Clean (skip to 11:18)

2014 BBC Live Lounge interview

1989 World Tour interview where she mentions thinking she’d never sell as many albums as she did with Red before 1989 came out

Clean speech - a lot of these will work, but these two best describe her relationship with the Red era and heartbreak in general

All Too Well (The 1989 World Tour live)

2015 GrammyPro interview

All Too Well Super Saturday Night performance

Reputation Tour All Too Well speech

Red into Daylight performance - 2019 City of Lover concert in Paris

Re-recordings era - at this point, listen to the red vault

2020 Rolling Stone podcast

Red (Taylor’s Version) prologue

2021 Saturday Night Live performance

All Too Well: The Short Film + Behind the Scenes

Seth Meyers interview

2022 Tribeca film talk OR TIFF (both are equally good. I have a slight preference for the former, but there are some interesting new details in the latter). You could also watch directors on directors from the same year as a bonus, but it’s less comprehensive.

2022 Graham Norton - How All Too Well (10 Minute Version) came about + how the re-recordings inspired Midnights

Also listen to Midnights

The Eras Tour

All Too Well speech (Glendale Night 2 & Atlanta Night 1) - any of the speeches from March and April 2023 will work, but these two really illustrate how she feels about this time in her life now and how the fans changed the Red album for her. Obviously credit to @cages-boxes-hunters-foxes for the transcripts!

Maroon first ever live performance (‘This is a song about something that happened a long time ago, but it took place in New York’)

Aaaand finally listen to The Tortured Poets Department, especially The Manuscript

This is a lot, but it’s worth it. Enjoy!

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm...

I Wish You Would, Back to December, and All Too Well...

I'm going to have an amazing year, you guys!!!

the first 3 taylor swift songs you see will describe your 2024

Any one else walking fast through the traffic lights, busy streets and busy lives, and ᵃˡˡ we ₖₙₒ𝓌 is ᵗᵒᵘᶜʰ and 𝓰ₒ we are alone with our changing minds, we fall in love ‘til it hurts or bleeds or ᶠᵃᵈᵉˢ in ₜᵢₘₑ 🎸🎸🎸 and I 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 saw you comiIiIiiIiiIiIiiIiiIn’…🎸🎸🎸…and I’ll 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 be. the. sAaaAaaAaaAaaaAaaame!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸…🎸🎸🎸….you come around and the armor falls—PIERCE the room like a cannon-ball now ᵃˡˡ we ₖₙₒ𝓌 is ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ let 𝓰ₒ we are alone—just you and me—up. in. your. room.—and our slates are clean—just ᵗʷᶦⁿ fire ₛᵢ𝓰ₙₛ…ᶠᵒᵘʳblue ₑᵧₑₛ….SO. YOU. WERE. NEV-ER. A. SAINT. ANDI’VELOVEDINSHADESOFWRONG. WE. LEARN. TO. LIVE. WITH. THE. PAIN. (MOSAIC BROKEN HEARTS.) bUT THIS LOVE IS BRAVE AND WᴵᴵᶦIᴵᶦᶦᴵᶦᶦLˡᵈ!!! and I 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 (oh oh oh oh ah ohohohoh). saw. you. comiIiIiiIiiIiIIin’. and I’ll 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻. be. the. saAaaaaAaaAaaame!!!! this is a state of grace~ this is the worth-while fight~ love is a ruthless gAaAaaMe unless you play it. good. and. right. these are the hands of fAaAaaAaate, you’re my Achilles…hEeEeeEeel…this is the golden age of something good. and right. and…real.