“Look at you, worrying so much about things you can’t change. You’ll spend your whole life singing the blues if you keep thinking that way”
anti-hero is the saddest song in the world set to a fuckass synth like. what do you mean you think you're the villain of every situation you're in and everyone will eventually leave you and even your best traits are just a front to spin more people into your web and you're convinced your own family will kill you for your money and—
“When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the things that they hate, all that does is eat away at the soul. Define the things that you believe in based upon the pursuit of the the things that you love and then that love should be able to override all those things that you hate.”
— C. JoyBell C.
“we judged ttpd too quickly!” “ttpd was sooo underrated when it came out!!” “ttpd really grew on me” skill issue. i knew ttpd was a top tier album by 12:01 AM on april 19 2024 so don’t assume that your inability to recognize greatness is universal
sometimes i think about how terrifyingly easy it would’ve been for her to completely give up on herself and let all that grief and anger and uncertainty consume her. but she showed up for herself consistently, whether she wanted to or not, no matter how hard it was, and look where it got her in the end. i hope she’s damn proud of the way she kept going and pulled herself back out again
me too, so much
also imagine thanking a man for being so horrible that he’s the reason she felt all these awful emotions that turned into these songs like as great as the album is and probably my fav of hers u will never catch me thanking an emotionally abusive man who has a pattern of treating women like shit
yeah like i'm sorry but ttpd is my favorite album of all time and it's not because of the men who caused her to feel those things (they can rot in hell) it's because SHE distilled core womanhood musically in a way that spoke to my soul
I know for many of us, the words that Taylor shares before she sings Clean mean as much to us as the lyrics of the song do, because someone that we love and care about knows the struggles we’re facing, and she’s cheering us on – that’s why I wanted to compile all of Taylor’s Clean speeches together in the one place. It’s been an incredible experience transcribing all the speeches and seeing the positive and healing impact that Taylor’s words have had on myself and others. Thank you for your words, Taylor.
This post contains every Clean speech from the 1989 World Tour.
N.B. this post will be very long.
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re: ts12 - i’m just so fucking excited to hear about her from a strong perspective. like yes, there will be emotional depth, but she’s overcome the shit she used to struggle with. her life is so full and complete in every way rn (not just travis). she’s not being bogged down and continuously thinking of her trauma because she can’t escape a melancholy partner who couldn’t pretend to care about her. she’s so herself, and has just completely grown into her power from eras and everything else, and it’ll be so fun to hear that come across in the record too.
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