thank youuuuu!!!! The last day I've felt crazy because I've seen no criticism of the snippet, only endless praise claiming it's a thousand times better than the original. I've seen countless people on twitter saying we shouldn't critcise any of the re-records because this is a project that's so important to Taylor so we should just be grateful to be getting it, which is so ridiculous. Taylor can handle criticism, she's been in the industry long enough to be used to it. And constructive criticism is SO important, which Swifties seem to forget.
Reputation is by a long shot my favourite Taylor Swift album, and LWYMMD is a song that's really special to me. But I completely agree this rollout is getting ridiculously drawn out. The last LWYMMD snippet was, as you said, 2 years ago, and it was also quite a while ago we got that snippet of Delicate TV. I worry that by the time Rep TV does actually arrive, people's expectations will have built too high. It reminds me of how we got Wildest Dreams and This Love TV long before we got 1989 TV. And after Reputation, there's still Debut TV as well. Honestly, if you had told me in early 2021 when Fearless TV came out that by 2025, we'd still have TWO re-recordings left, I'd be shocked. For me, the part of the snippet I hate most is the "the world goes on another day, another drama drama" part of the second verse. The layering of the vocals feels so wrong and flat, it honestly feels like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. And you're right, she's had so much time at this point to perfect it, so why hasn't she? There's no point pretending there hasn't been fumbles, like some Swifties insist. I'm still not over the crimes committed with Style TV.
Sorry for leaving such a long comment, but I definitely agree with everything you said!! The lack of criticism is one of the most annoying parts of being a Swiftie sometimes, as much as I love other parts of the community
Thank you so much for reading, and honestly I love that you took the time to leave such a thoughtful comment! It's nice to see other people feeling the same, the constant praise online has really gotten to me, it almost feels like people are either pretending or they're just hearing something completely different to me. I'm so with you on Style TV, I was so let down by that and Blank Space TV. It almost feels as though she's too confident in those tracks, so they got paid less attention. I think it's so healthy to have discussions about the project, even when there are disagreements. Some constructive criticism is so necessary, and I think it's such a shame that the fandom cannot tolerate it.
To be honest I didn’t even give much of a thought to the song itself and its production, I just got so excited. But you have yet another point, not only the original one about the re-record boredom, but about how it is kinda dragging and we might be disappointed just because it is too long and too much clowning. Never thought of it like that and it makes complete sense, obviously, she doesn’t owe us anything, but she is making us nuts for such a long time. Also huge Swiftie here, but a bit of critical mind can only help us in the wait 😅 thank you for the article, beautifully written
Thank you so much for reading, I'm so glad it made you think! I just think we need to wrap up the TV project, and the long wait will probably harm rep tv in the longterm- I don't think it can ever meet our expectations, we've had too long to think about it!
I refuse to listen to the TV’s of any album (other than the vault tracks) as a silent protest to the fact that she’s repeatedly fucked up her biggest hits and everyone praises her endlessly for it.
There doesn’t seem to be any genuine care or respect for the actual music from Taylor or the producers on any of the re-recorded albums. It’s painfully obvious that she does not care about the music being perfect—or in some cases even similar—to the original because she knows her fans will eat it up and bite anyone who doesn’t want to. And I really, really hate that. I hate swiftie culture in general now because it makes me feel like I’m losing my fucking mind.
I feel like a hating, angry, unhappy buzzkil whenever I express my negative feelings towards anything she does and it drives me crazyyyy.
Anyway was really well put and I’m sorry for that rant😭😭 lovely as always!!
thank youuuuu!!!! The last day I've felt crazy because I've seen no criticism of the snippet, only endless praise claiming it's a thousand times better than the original. I've seen countless people on twitter saying we shouldn't critcise any of the re-records because this is a project that's so important to Taylor so we should just be grateful to be getting it, which is so ridiculous. Taylor can handle criticism, she's been in the industry long enough to be used to it. And constructive criticism is SO important, which Swifties seem to forget.
Reputation is by a long shot my favourite Taylor Swift album, and LWYMMD is a song that's really special to me. But I completely agree this rollout is getting ridiculously drawn out. The last LWYMMD snippet was, as you said, 2 years ago, and it was also quite a while ago we got that snippet of Delicate TV. I worry that by the time Rep TV does actually arrive, people's expectations will have built too high. It reminds me of how we got Wildest Dreams and This Love TV long before we got 1989 TV. And after Reputation, there's still Debut TV as well. Honestly, if you had told me in early 2021 when Fearless TV came out that by 2025, we'd still have TWO re-recordings left, I'd be shocked. For me, the part of the snippet I hate most is the "the world goes on another day, another drama drama" part of the second verse. The layering of the vocals feels so wrong and flat, it honestly feels like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. And you're right, she's had so much time at this point to perfect it, so why hasn't she? There's no point pretending there hasn't been fumbles, like some Swifties insist. I'm still not over the crimes committed with Style TV.
Sorry for leaving such a long comment, but I definitely agree with everything you said!! The lack of criticism is one of the most annoying parts of being a Swiftie sometimes, as much as I love other parts of the community
Thank you so much for reading, and honestly I love that you took the time to leave such a thoughtful comment! It's nice to see other people feeling the same, the constant praise online has really gotten to me, it almost feels like people are either pretending or they're just hearing something completely different to me. I'm so with you on Style TV, I was so let down by that and Blank Space TV. It almost feels as though she's too confident in those tracks, so they got paid less attention. I think it's so healthy to have discussions about the project, even when there are disagreements. Some constructive criticism is so necessary, and I think it's such a shame that the fandom cannot tolerate it.
To be honest I didn’t even give much of a thought to the song itself and its production, I just got so excited. But you have yet another point, not only the original one about the re-record boredom, but about how it is kinda dragging and we might be disappointed just because it is too long and too much clowning. Never thought of it like that and it makes complete sense, obviously, she doesn’t owe us anything, but she is making us nuts for such a long time. Also huge Swiftie here, but a bit of critical mind can only help us in the wait 😅 thank you for the article, beautifully written
Thank you so much for reading, I'm so glad it made you think! I just think we need to wrap up the TV project, and the long wait will probably harm rep tv in the longterm- I don't think it can ever meet our expectations, we've had too long to think about it!
I refuse to listen to the TV’s of any album (other than the vault tracks) as a silent protest to the fact that she’s repeatedly fucked up her biggest hits and everyone praises her endlessly for it.
There doesn’t seem to be any genuine care or respect for the actual music from Taylor or the producers on any of the re-recorded albums. It’s painfully obvious that she does not care about the music being perfect—or in some cases even similar—to the original because she knows her fans will eat it up and bite anyone who doesn’t want to. And I really, really hate that. I hate swiftie culture in general now because it makes me feel like I’m losing my fucking mind.
I feel like a hating, angry, unhappy buzzkil whenever I express my negative feelings towards anything she does and it drives me crazyyyy.
Anyway was really well put and I’m sorry for that rant😭😭 lovely as always!!
I also just really really want this shit to be finished. We know they’re done so please just release them because I’m so over it at this point