#swiftie asks

[lightasthesun]

t.s Midnights ask game

1. Lavender Haze — Do you let other people's opinions of you influence you?

2. Maroon — Is there someone that holds the title of ›the one that got away‹ for you?

3. Anti-hero — What's an insecurity of yours that you have overcome?

4. Snow on the Beach — Are you crushing on anyone right now?

5. You're on your own kid — If you were given the chance to go back in time and change your past would you? Why or why not.

6. Midnight Rain — What dream are you chasing right now?

7. Question...? — Ask a question of your choice.

8. Vigilante Shit — Forgiveness or Revenge?

9. Bejeweled — Do you like being the center of attention?

10. Labyrinth — What's something that's been on your mind for a long time that you just don't seem to be able to escape?

11. Karma — Do you believe in Karma?

12. Sweet Nothing — What sweet nothings do you indulge in to enjoy yourself?

13. Mastermind – Do you have a story, memory, video etc. of yourself that you would show someone if you wanted to show them the real you?

14. The Great War — What's in your 'memory garden'?

15. Bigger than the whole Sky — Is there someone you've lost in one way or another that you keep imagining being with you at certain moments in your life?

16. Paris — When was the last time you played pretend?

17. High infidelity — Would you forgive someone's infidelity?

18. Glitch — What's your opinion on long-distance relationships?

19. Would've, Could've, Should've — Are you haunted by something?

20. Dear Reader — If your life was a book what would its title be?

[sourcherryandsprinkles]

What are your top 5 favorites from tortured poets?

The album has only been out for a few days, so it's too early to rank the whole album, but I do have favorites (they might change as I listen more)

Who's afraid of little old me?

Peter

I can do it with a broken heart

The Prophecy

My boy only break his favorite toys

[that-was-a-bit-stupid-of-you]

Saw a swiftie talking about how she reconnected with mh in 2020 before lockdown and how they wonder whether folklore also has some songs about him. Been wondering the same thing myself and now I can't listen to it without thinking about this.

damn I saw something like that in some ts-mh timeline, I didn't think it was true tho (to be fair I didn't read the whole thing).

While I was never into taylor and joe or any of her relationships tbh (evermore swiftie here), it is really sweet hearing about a singer you like writing songs with her partner and stuff. And honestly, I couldn't care less about what she chooses to do in her life, I genuinely don't give a shit if she's cheating on someone, cuz that's not my business.

But being in this fandom is that swifties are connected to Taylor's life rather than her songwriting or her music. They care more about a goddamn scarf, or a 27 sec breakup over the phone or wtv that shit was, than her work and that's just the truth. Every album is "oooh we're gonna get so much tea. "Random Taylor's ex" get ready for it hahah" and I'm just...???

But when you get connected to the songs, and EVERYONE around you is speculating and bringing up random "lore" from her past and you get bombarded with it... you cannot escape it. You will catch yourself wondering what song is about whom, what does this reference mean. And then you find out something shit, and boom- the experience is over.

And I do blame swifties for a majority of this, but Taylor's at fault too. Ofc she doesn't control her fandom's reaction, but she controls her marketing. She just CANNOT let things go. Her marketing is based (atleast some of it, if one gives her the benefit of the doubt) on her past, and the whole point of making music is not because the whole world can "find out the truth about your ex" but so that you can pass on these things you faced to the world, show them that these feelings exist, show them your art, your talent, and do what you love.

I didn't really believe that she did this as marketing up until the apple playlists, and this is just encouragement to that specific brand of swifties who can't let it go either. And I'm just... tired of all this tbh. I couldn't care less, but it is not fair that now everytime I listen to folklore (one of my fav albums) the image of one of my fav singers dating (cheating with) a racist, antisemitic, sexist pos, or atleast the possibility of that happening, will crop up.

How are you supposed to separate the art from the artist, when neither the fandom or the artist allows you to do that?

Damn it.

[muddyorbsblr]

B E S T I E... We have to talk about TTPD! 😱 Which are your favourite songs? What are your thoughts? Eeeep, I have to know! 😁

Greetings bestie 💖

I've only fully listened to the album once because I was hopping around all day, so right now purely from vibes it's…

Down Bad

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

I Can Do It with a Broken Heart

I'm gonna give it a proper listen a good few times this weekend so this might change 😳🫡

What about you, bestie? 👀

[taleweaver-ramblings]

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things or Bad Blood?

Love Story or Begin Again?

Crazier or Fearless?

Never Grow Up or The Best Day?

The Great War or Beautiful Ghosts?

Yay, thank you for asking! You did hit some songs I haven't listened to before or haven't listened to in a while, so thank you for a nice morning soundtrack.

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things vs. Bad Blood: Bad Blood if it's the album version (no rap) rather than the music video version (with the rap). If it's the music video version, I prefer This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things.

Love Story vs. Begin Again: Ohhhhhhh this is a tough choice. I think I'm going to say Begin Again, though, because healing and finding someone who appreciates you for who you are. <3

Crazier vs. Fearless: I'm less familiar with these two (never listened to Crazier before today; only listened to Fearless a couple times), but I'm going to say Crazier. I like the vibes.

Never Grow Up vs. The Best Day: The Best Day. (Love song for her mum! <3)

The Great War vs. Beautiful Ghosts: The Great War — though I'll admit it has an advantage because I haven't listened to Beautiful Ghosts before today.

Send me two Taylor Swift songs and I'll tell you which I like best!

[tolerateit]

meg did you see the tweet where someone photoshopped tom wambsgans as the TIME person of the year and swifties took it too seriously and started attacking them 😭😭😭

the noise that left my mouth was nonhuman HELP

[daenerys-targaryen]

kinda wish taylor would be like y'all are fucking embarrassing

[jeansyvesmoreau]

MELONE'S 2K FOLLOWER CELEBRATION

@skywalkcranakin asked: 🧡- good omens or soc/sab? (ft. the grishaverse swiftie server sharing half a braincell)

[blueskittlesart]

deeply refreshing to see someone critical of Swift who also like, genuinely likes her. Like i'm neutral to positive on her, but the online discourse has been absolutely rancid. flipping between "Taylor Swift has never done anything wrong ever and she's a fucking genius" and "Taylor Swift is the worst lyricist of all time and also a bad person" is exhausting, so thank you for like. nuance or something lmao

not to make it serious for a sec but i genuinely think that being able to like things that are bad is really important. like I think that it's an important skill to be able to look at something and see what you personally enjoy about it and then take a step back and acknowledge that objectively it's flawed. and to also be able to acknowledge that liking something isn't necessarily an identity or a moral stance. and i think that fandom space in general could really benefit from more people taking the time to learn how to do that. it's okay to like things that are bad

[sourcherryandsprinkles]

Hey ! Fellow Swiftie here and I must ask do you have any favourite Taylor song ? I love your pfp btww ! Thank you sm <3

I don't know if I could pick one favorite. My automatic answer would probably be All too well 10 minutes version, but is it really? So I'll tell you my favorite on each albums.

Debut: Picture to burn / Tied together with a smile

Fearless: The way I loved you / Fearless

Speak Now: Long live / Dear John

Red: (other than ATW10) The moment I knew

1989: Clean

Reputation: Dancing with our hands tied

Lover: Daylight

Folklore: My tears ricochet (this one changes all the time)

Evermore: Right where you left me

Midnights: Should've would've could've

What are yours?

[likedaylighht]

Ask Game: 2023 End Of Year Swiftie Edition!

🩷💛🤎🖤💜❤️🩶🩵💚💙

Favorite Midnights MV?

Favorite red carpet look from this year?

Favorite reaction pic/meme of Taylor from this year?

Favorite swiftie joke/clown moment from this year?

One song you still can’t believe isn’t on the set list for eras

If debut had a setlist where would it go/what would be on it?

Favorite eras tour outfit

Favorite eras tour overall era set (the lover set, the fearless set, etc)

Top 3 songs on the setlist?

Favorite stage/screen visuals from tour

Favorite silly goofy wackadoodle eras tour moment (bloopers/funny speeches, etc)

How were you feeling on April 8 (Joever)

Worst crime Taylor committed (ex: Ratty, no debut, etc)

Favorite candid pic/street outfit of Taylor this year?

Speak Now TV announcement or 1989 TV announcement? Which was your favorite

Rank the Speak Now TV Vault

Rank the 1989 TV Vault

Favorite football/KC Tay moment

Killa______ (fill in the blank or share your fav kills meme)

Karma is my _______ (what was your best part of 2023 aka your karma)

What Taylor song was your 2023 anthem?

*hunger games cannon* what surprise song/ surprise song duo hurt you the moment

If you could pick your top two songs for surprise songs what would they be?

BONUS: any predictions for 2024?

🩷💛🤎🖤💜❤️🩶🩵💚💙

[comradekarin]

are fans not allowed to prefer Taylor over Beyonce? why do you people always use the race card like do something else its getting tiring atp...

You are definitely allowed to prefer Taylor Swift over Beyoncé for… whatever reason that may be god bless your unseasoned soul. What you shouldn’t be doing is diminishing the work of Beyoncé and other black and queer artists in order to prop Taylor up. The fact that it’s the year of 2023 and we’re having these weird ass conversations of can Beyoncé even sing, dance, or put on a performance? You don’t even have to be a fan of Beyoncé to recognize the immense talent and impact that woman has on multiple demographics of people. Whether that be the Black community, other POC, or the LGBTQ community, Beyoncé has made an impact. And she actually does her research too and doesn’t use minorities as brownie points in her work (cough taylor’s vogue dancer cough). Beyoncé’s work only continues to improve, mind you. And to either deny or downplay that talent in order to prop up a mediocre white woman and her mediocre lyrics and her mediocre production is insane.

Prefer Taylor over Beyoncé? Ok. Love both? Ok. There is nothing wrong with that. As I stated in my previous post, I don’t like comparing female artists; it doesn’t do anything for me or those artists (especially since, from what I understand, they’re on good terms). However, if you expect me to believe that what’s considered the standard for Taylor is the same standard for Beyoncé (or, the standard for white artists vs the standard for black artists), it’s not going to happen. If you want an example, Beyoncé preparing for Coachella is more than enough proof; she had to destroy and completely reset her body after giving birth to twins in order to give the best show she could possibly give. Being the first black woman to headline the festival meant she had literally everything running on the line. We see this sentiment true with other black artists, too, like Halle Bailey, who had to undergo death threats, racism, bullying, and harassment despite having a perfect performance on the big screen and during her live performances. Halle had to prove she deserved to be treated with human decency, and had she even had a strand of hair left out she would have been crucified. I can even go on about the treatment of darker skinned vs light skinned/mixed women (those in closer proximity to whiteness) in the rap industry. We would be here forever talking about this.

And it’s not me pulling out the race card, it’s me simply recognizing that white women are celebrated for their mediocrity and black women are not. It’s me saying that Beyoncé’s fans calling out Taylor’s whiteness is in no where comparable to them calling out Beyoncé’s blackness, especially since Taylor’s whiteness benefits her in contrast to the way Beyoncé’s blackness punishes her. We can no longer pretend the struggle of white women are identical to the struggle of black women. Because, as we’ve seen with Taylor, her ally ship is performative, something she can hang up in the closet and forget about when she goes home at night. When it comes down to it, she will always adhere to her white womanhood to get her out of the shit she places herself in.

If you want to be ignorant and play colorblind to these issues, that’s on you. But don’t expect me to pretend that there isn’t an issue here—an issue that has always been here.

[that-was-a-bit-stupid-of-you]

I don't understand, what's going on with Taylor and Matt trash being a couple? Could you explain to me?

nothing is really going on at the moment tbh, cuz they broke up a pretty long while ago, but the issue is the album (if that's what you're referring to) and taylor swift herself.

[will add sources and more stuff when I find the links and if I realise I missed something out, cuz this is a general thing based off of memory]

Context: dating history

Basically she and matty had been friends for a few years (there are rumors of them hooking up ig in 1989 era maybe, but I don't really care enough to believe shit like that). Apparently he had also been pining for her (according to stuff he said in interviews and tweets) for years, but again, you can still chalk it up to rumors if you wanna.

The thing is that post her breakup with joe alwyn, she started dating him (in like april I think) [there had been dating rumors of them since 2014 tho, and again in March 2023] and the fandom kinda got divided.

Here is the link to their entire timeline

Context: what matty healy did

Matty healy (you prolly know this) is basically racist, sexist, antisemitic, homophobic and God knows what else I have missed out or not been aware of. He did shit like doing the nazi gesture on stage, mocking asian accents, tastelessly making fun of ice spice on her race and bodyshaming her, laughing and basically confirming that he watches violent rape porn of black women on a site that is known to be highly problematic and force their actors (gender neutral) to do things they dont consent to (there was also an actress who was assaulted or something but im not informed on it). Even when he was called out on stuff like this, he accused people (who were poc, btw) of overreacting.

Context: taylor and activism

Taylor had also, in the past (lover era, and miss Americana the doc) had talked about how she had been too quiet about political issues and politics itself for too long, that she understands her influence and power in society, and that she "needs to be on the right side of history" and even specifics such as that she thinks it's spineless to go on stage and say "happy pride month" and not acknowledge the political oppression that queers in USA were facing (something about a bill or the republican party idk man I'm not american, i dont remember but i did research when i watched the doc tho). She has claimed she was gonna be clear about where she stands (many republicans had considered her to be one, and many thought she's conservative or something, but she was always quiet about it, until the lover era). However, she just stopped that activism after the lover era, and went back to being quiet on where she stands (I've seen many swifties refer to the lover era as the activism era) and hasn't spoken about anything substantial really. She did some things like post a black square with 13 hearts during blm, and stuff that every celeb who wasn't openly a pos did, but that's kinda it. Even as a self proclaimed feminist, she didn't speak up on issues such as roe v wade, or about an issue regarding drag queens despite having them in yntcd, or talking about trans/queer rights until she was in a blue state (im not an American, I just like to keep up a little with stuff in usa cuz it's always up in my face sadly, and thus i cant be specific, but anyways, correct me if I'm wrong, or if I missed something).

So even after saying she'll be vocal, she was just... not. And that's basically her on politics or giving a shit about minority communities.

Context: Fandom's reaction

Swifties were extremely disappointed that taylor CHOSE to associate with a man like this, and there were fans calling her out, and she received backlash, too.

Most of these swifties were poc (myself included) and they felt hurt that an artist that they not just supported and developed such a deep connection with, but also financially supported for years, would have such disregard for them. Not just was she dating him, but she kept saying things such as "I have never been happier in all aspects of my life" or saying "I love you" or "uk who you are" in romantic songs on the tour, which was just adding insult to injury. She also did a collab with ice spice (which was completely out of nowhere, and the collab itself seemed badly made and rushed), which fans and others speculated to be a pr cover up for the fact that matty healy had mocked her (many ppl also believed that it was too quick for it to be a pr cover tho).

Now, in the fandom, when poc swifties were calling her out on dating mh, (mostly) white swifties started harassing poc swifties for doing so, or saying that they are hindering with her happiness or some bs about it being "just a fling" (again, myself included). They said it's the same as seeing a friend get out of a long-term relationship and make bad dating choices, and poc swifties should let it go (as if taylor is our close personal friend). In a mostly white fandom, poc swifties felt alienated and sidelined.

Ofc, taylor never addressed any of this backlash, and after she broke up with him, there were articles saying that sources say (which mostly means her pr team atp) that her breakup had nothing to do with his controversies or behavior.

The album release (lyrics, references and reaction)

Now, with the release of ttpd, contrary to what most of the fandom believed, most of the songs on both the albums are believed to be (and heavily hinted on) about matty healy. These include 4 songs- "ttpd", "but daddy I love him", "I can fix him (no really I can)", and "guilty as sin?"

Ttpd, the title track, talks about mh being "a tattooed golden retriever" (wtf) and about him love-bombing her, and her pining after him, thinking about marriage and shit. But daddy I love him and I can fix him, are basically that no one supported her dating decision and she's claiming that she loves him oh so goddamn much, but more importantly, her talking about her fans' reactions. Specifically, describing her poc fans to be "vipers" and "judgemental creeps" who hate her and them being hurt as "bitching and moaning", and basically took the side of the (white) fans who defended her, indirectly. She described his racist bs as "crazy" and said shit like she could "handle a dangerous man." She also has another song, "Guilty as sin?" and while I genuinely don't give a fuck about what she chooses to do in her private life, unless it is problematic, it is about her fantasizing about being with that racist man while being in a long term relationship with joe alwyn. She sings about how she wants him and wants to be with him... in multiple ways, iykyk. Again, out of context, I love this song so much, but that doesn't erase the context, right?

She also has a song "I hate it here" where she says the following lines:

"My friends used to play a game where

We would pick a decade

We wished we could live in instead of this

I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists and getting married off for the highest bid"

And while there are many reasons why this line by itself is racist (romantisization of a time that was extremely shitty to many communities, most of which she is not a part of, showing herself to be "oh look I'm so woke I still remember the bad things even when I romanticize bad eras in history" which is something you expect from an ignorant white high schooler maybe, not a 34 y/o billionaire who claims to be well-read, etc.) but taylor swift herself saying these is adding insult to injury cuz she has shown time and time again she has no problem with racism (she kept quiet when antonia gentry, a black actress, received hate and racist threats by swifties because of a line BY NETFLIX that taylor didn't like, and she shouldn't ofc, but it wasn't the actress' fault), or associating herself with them (matty healy, for example). It is hypocritical to write something like that after writing an album about pining after a man and his "dangerousness," which is just bigotry. Way to romanticise racism, sexism, and antisemitism, taylor.

Even now, after listening to the album, she clearly doesn't like mh anymore, NOT because of his actions, but because he broke her heart, showing that she still enables and is okay with everything he did.

And that's kind of it (ig) about her and matty healy. I'm not really sure exactly which part you wanted to know, so this is just a gist of it all. Hope it helps :)

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

Since we are *officially* in the lead up to 1989 (Taylor’s Version) I’m going to need someone to ask her to explain what the hell that Colbert interview back in 2021 was all about.

[jewishbarbies]

the 1830's line is a reference to emily dickinson, somethig, as someone who actually Loves emily dickinson, deeply, deeply irritates me

emily dickinson is notable for so many reasons but the main thing is that she wrote her poetry with new punctuation that made it more interesting to read and the punctuation actually took part in the way that the poem was supposed to be read. she was incredible and really paved the way for poets to play around with punctuation in their writing

so its just soooo deeply irritating to me that taylor definitely sees herself as some sort of revolutionary writer like emily was 😭

she wants to prove she’s some deeply intellectual poet of a songwriter so bad and every time she just ends up looking more immature and worse at writing. it’s embarrassing.

[islandofohara]

Taylor Swift demands Jack Sweeney stop tracking her jet - The Washington Post (archive.org)

^ Link to the article without paywall

This honestly does it for me. After all the TS oversaturation the past year (and yes, I did enjoy Eras and supported her music until Midnights; Lord knows I've listened to her since I was a preteen), I'm surrendering my [casual] Swiftie card. I've tried to like her as a person/brand (brand is the better word) but now I cannot dissociate her image from her music anymore (I can't "kill" the artist from the art anymore).

How she straight-up acted in the Grammys (the Celine snub then PR cleanup, making the awards show all about her, the strategic announcement of TPD, I could go on objectively but yeah) might just be the tipping point already. And who am I, right? What's one less listener? What's one less woman who denounces TS's white feminism and performative/selective activism?

I've ignored the M*tt H**ly debacle, the Ice Spice tokenization, the Olivia Rodrigo royalties issue which I knew against my will, the Person of the Year hot water, the brat pack upgrade featuring Republican Lana Del Rey, the 'self-made' origins myth debunked, the rubbing elbows with Mahomes, the ever-growing rabid fanbase out for blood, and so on, so on.

As a person of color I just want these things out. If 'feminism' is enabling this billionaire to get away with her crimes (yes, she's a climate criminal now for me, what with using her jet as a taxi to see her newest boytoy across the globe), then I'm not seated. If 'feminism' is shrugging off her response or lack of action towards the fan, Ana Clara, who died in the Brazil leg of the tour, then I am speaking now.

I guess, it's finally been exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero.