Taylor Swift - Lover (August 23, 2019) Album • Page 105

I've been telling everyone I know that I want a glam record from her since Red and "Paper Rings" just proves to me that I was correct. It has some "Tiger Feet"/"Ballroom Blitz" shuffle vibe in there and I love it.

Also I'm amused watching non-emo-fans on twitter flail about to try and make an accurate comparison to her yell in the bridge of "Cruel Summer". The correct answer is Dia Frampton, guys.

 

lol remember when people thought that scream was Annie Clarke?

 

can't relate, I've heard "Don't Blame Me"

 

he looks up grinnin’—and I cannot stress this enough—the devil


been stuck in my head all damn weekend and into the work week

 

Is it not?

 

what '80s song does it sound like

 

I think Cruel Summer could've ended Old Town Road's reign if it was released as the 2nd single.

 

haha I would've never assumed you to be one of those people

 

I think either "Cruel Summer" or "The Man" would have done it.

 

Releasing Me as the lead single was a stupid game and she got her stupid prize

 

Related: she’s opening the VMAs tonight so are we doing a thread in music or General for that? I forget every year where we do it

 

I mean it doesn't have to sound like a specific '80s song to be a song that could've fit in the '80s, but early Madonna, "Walking on Sunshine", I could even hear a little bit of Wham! or a less rock/punk version of Blondie in it.

 

I'll be the one to disagree here... I don't think Cruel Summer would be a successful single and think it would have been a worse lead single.

I feel like Cruel Summer is peak fan-favorite type song, but wouldn't translate to the general public. It feels like Out of the Woods and Getaway Car to me. OOTW tanked and Getaway Car never got the single treatment.

As solid as Cruel Summer is, and as much as Taylor fans love it, I really don't think the general public would gravitate toward it as much.

Look at the success of Me and YNTCD versus Lover. Look at LWYMMD and RFI versus Delicate.

Anyway, I could be very wrong, but I just don't think Cruel Summer is the obvious smash hit that Taylor diehards think it is

 

Totally agree. Great album track, bad single.

 

honestly after having listened to the album, this is exactly the single she should've released.

I just would've changed the order of ME! vs YNTCD

 

Ready For It should’ve launched as a single the day reputation dropped. It had no business being a lead in single but absolutely should’ve been a single. Imagine the first time hearing that song is the day it drops and it changes that listening experience entirely.

I also firmly believe Getaway Car would’ve been a monster single (probably in place of Delicate, though—they can’t both be big singles in the same cycle).

 

Ready for It is so fucking huge, her performance of that in the live show on Netflix was something else.

 

Yeah I listened to Rep for the first time in a while on Saturday. That album hits so hard from the beginning, but it drops off hard for me after Getaway Car. But Ready For It is massive. I think it's my favorite opener of hers.

 

My version is so fucking good.

1. Existed
2. Summer
3. Lover
4. Archer
5. Paper Rings
6. Death
7. False
8. Afterglow
9. Friend
10. Think he knows ( sorta iffy on this one, maybe swap for Calm down?)
11. Daylight

 

Isn’t Delicate the most successful song from reputation though? Like it didn’t go #1, but it had the longest burn and was the one that stuck to radio the longest.

 

my fav Rep song is Dance but Ready for It is a close second

 

Cuts has some melodies that remind me a ton of Steel Train’s “fall asleep”.

 

Ready For It into I Did Something Bad took my tipsy ass to heaven in Atlanta that night