#ts midnights stuff

[chickawah23]

The recurring use of Koi Fish in the Midnights Music Videos + Speak Now

We all know the Speak Now Tour Guitar had the koi fish on it. So Taylor’s relentless references to speak now in these 3 music videos makes it clear this chick wants the concept of Speak Now (regaining her voice and her truth) to be the recurring theme of this whole roll out and I am loving it.

Taylor told us that Lavender Haze was the first video she wrote out of the 3 music videos released so far which helped conceptualize Midnights.

In LH Taylor used the koi fish at two key parts, pulling back the weather forecast curtain on the tv screen. Where she goes from being bored to seeing the koi fish as a way out. The next scene is her putting on a PDA show at a party with her man. Then the koi fish returned at the end of the video when she knocked down the fake room she held the party in and then went to sleep in that cloud surrounded by the koi fish. It’s almost like she used the man to get into this space where she could get to the fish.

So when she ends the video going into the cloud surround by the fish it almost looks like she’s inside the Speak Now guitar. Like she put herself in the best place to get back to her truth.

In the Anti-Hero mv, her outward persona and her inward self both have the Speak Now tour guitar with Koi Fish on it. The public facing wild Taylor destroys the guitar while the inward Taylor watches while laughing and playing hers. If we take the idea of Taylor being inside the guitar and apply it here then it looks like outward facing Taylor is doing everything she can to “free” inward Taylor by destroying her truth. Thematically after this scene we are first introduced to giant Taylor who is too big to just hang out and then we see outward Taylor teaching inward Taylor to change everything about herself or dislike herself to make living a lie more tolerable. Moreover, we are first introduced to outward public facing Taylor when inward Taylor is about to run out of the house she is trapped in. But outward Taylor keeps her inside and gives her different coping mechanisms. Almost like outward Taylor is pretending to help but is actually trying to keep inward Taylor trapped.

In the Bejeweled mv. Once Taylor wins the castle she goes to the balcony as Long Live plays and the Koi fish are in the top half of the stain glass window. The way that the stained glass is curved looks almost like she’s stepping out from inside the guitar. She also has the Speak Now barrettes in her hair. She started the music video in exile similar to the Inward version of herself who is trapped in the house in AntiHero mv. And she goes on this journey to reclaim her jewels and the castle that was once hers just to burn it down in the end.

As has been discussed at length by others koi fish represent perseverance and overcoming obstacles. Taylor’s biggest obstacle has been this journey to reclaim her past. She can’t speak until she has her truth. So the use of the koi fish and recurring speak now era themes is just an awesome way to lay out this journey.

The power of this koi fish Speak Now through-line is great. I love it. I can’t wait to see what else she puts out.

P.S. I am still patiently waiting for speak now tv lol

[cherylblossom]

Lavender Haze by TAYLOR SWIFT

[klainegifs]

You dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor

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[lunar-years]

my problem with taylor's a million and one ttpd variants is not that they exist (plenty of artists are doing this, it's not just her) or that they give her money (no one is forcing us to buy them) or that they mean she's chart hungry (she is and who cares) but that they're often marketed in bad taste by her team (namely with false statements of scarcity to heighten the feeling of "rareness" and thus desirability) and even more so than that, that by and large they're stupidly lazy! They're all cds because that's what easy to produce, some of them are only digital cds because that's even easier. The physical ones come without a cd booklet, because it would have been too much to slap a new photo on the cover and reprint them, so instead all you get is a slip of paper in a cd case. Including a live version takes zero effort. Including an "acoustic" version of each song also takes zero effort because Taylor doesn't have to have any involvement in them. All they're doing is pulling the same studio vocals and replanting them over a different or stripped down backing track. These are not lpss studio session style acoustic songs that are actually interesting, they're the same song sung the exact same way over slightly altered instrumentals. And again, no one is forcing me to buy them (and believe me, I don't buy them, lmao) so I'm by no means raging at her over it, I just think if you're going to try and entice more sales and keep your spot on the charts through "collectable items," you do come across better if you put a little more care into making them actually cool for your fans!

[abiglifeinsurancepolicy]

lmao anyone downloaded the eras tour for me to have illegally cus that would be great

if anyone has it on google drive or something and they don’t mind sharing the link that would be great <3 love you guys

[theredtours]

Thrilled to introduce my latest project: Midnights (Lavender Edition) digibook!

It's been quite some time since Swift released digital booklets with lyrics (yes, it's really been since 1989), let alone one for her Target-exclusive albums. As an avid digital collector, seeing that yet another album was released without one was... Disheartening, to say the least. So, I took it upon myself to create one using a scanner, Photoshop, and a LOT of manpower. A labor of love, I can now present to you a digital-format copy of Midnights (Lavender Edition)'s booklet. ✨🌌

Download it here!

Author's note: Apologies in advance for the watermarks; the last time I made an edit that got popular, someone posted it to Twitter and I never got credited, and after the time it took to make this, I refuse to let it happen again.

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pins i made a couple days ago! the photo isn’t the best, but you get the idea

also this is my late submission for day 7 (free day) of @acesidesweek!

[sprinkleofpixiedust]

♥ writing prompts based on Midnights by Taylor Swift ♥

“Meet me at midnight”

“Why is everybody so obsessed with the white picket fence fantasy?”

“I just want to stay,”

“How’d we end up on the floor anyway?”

“I chose you,”

“How the hell did we lose sight of us again?”

“Ain’t that the way shit always ends?”

“That’s a real fuckin’ legacy to leave,”

“I should not be left to my own devices,”

“It’s me,”

“I’m the problem, it’s me,”

“I’m the problem, everybody agrees. Don’t you?”

“Sometimes I feel like the attention is on everybody else, and I’m just there. I walk into the party, and the conversations stop,”

“My flight was awful, thanks for asking,”

“It’s fine to fake it till you make it,”

“I don’t even dare to wish it,”

“Can this be a real thing?”

“He’s gonna notice me,”

“I didn’t choose this town,”

“I waited ages to see you there,”

“You’re on your own kid,”

“From sprinkler splashes, to fireplace ashes,”

“You always have been,”

“I thought I’d be saved by the perfect kiss,”

“You’ve got no reason to be afraid,”

“You can face this,”

“He wanted a bride,”

“I broke his heart because he was nice,”

“What a picture perfect shiny family,”

“Sometimes we all get what we wanted,”

“He doesn’t think about me anymore,”

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?”

“Do you wish you put up more of a fight?”

“It’s just a question,”

“Everybody was making fun of you!”

“I’ve been dressing for revenge,”

“I don’t start shit, but I can tell you how it ends,”

“Where do you think she got it from?”

“I’ve simply had enough,”

“Someone told his whitecollar crimes to the FBI,”

“I’m going out tonight,”

“I polish up real nice,”

“I think it’s time to teach you a lesson,”

“I miss you, but I miss feeling like myself more,”

“You might have to wait in line,”

“We’re dancing all night and you can’t change my mind,”

“You can try to change my mind,”

“What’s a girl gonna do?”

“It only hurts this much right now,”

“You know how scared I am of elevators,”

“Uh oh, I’m falling in love,”

“Oh no, I’m falling in love again,”

“Oh, I’m falling in love,”

“Break up,”

“Break free,”

“Break through,”

“Break down,”

“You would break your back to make me smile,”

“I hate that everybody expects me to just bounce back,”

“You’re talking shit, for the hell of it,”

“Karma’s a relaxing thought,”

“Me and karma vibe like that,”

“Money isn’t the only price,”

“Karma is gonna track you down,”

“Stop flexing like a goddamn acrobat,”

“You still have that pebble?”

“Everyone’s up to something,”

“Everyone’s up to something, but I just want to come home to you,”

“Nothing was gonna stop me,”

“What if I told you I’m a mastermind?”

“Now you’re mine,”

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail,”

“No one wanted to play with me as a little kid,”

“This is the first time I’ve felt the need to confess,”

“You knew the entire time?”

“All you did was smile,”

“You made a mess of me,”

“I threw up on the street,”

“Love is a lie,”

“It hits different,”

“My friends say love is a lie,”

“Moving on has always been easy for me,”

“Because it’s you,”

“I always cry at the bar,”

“I don’t get invited anywhere anymore,”

“I cried over a hat,”

“Make it make sense,”

“Is it you?”

“Have they come to take me away?”

“I vowed not to cry anymore,”

“You were playing with fire,”

“Apparently I need to trust people more,”

“I really thought i’d lost you,”

“We can plant a memory garden,”

“War isn’t fair,”

“We will never go back to that,”

“I will always be yours,”

“It’s all over now,”

“Goodbye,”

“It’s not meant to be,��

“Did you see the photos?”

“I’m so in love,”

“Romance is not dead,”

“We were somewhere else,”

“No, I didn’t see the news,”

“I didn’t know you were keeping count,”

“I bent the truth too far,”

“Do you really want to know where I was?”

“It felt like I had to drag my feet down the aisle,”

“We were supposed to be just friends,”

“I think there’s been a glitch,”

“I’m not even sorry,”

“Did it matter that I was a child?”

“I’m scared of ghosts,”

“You made me feel important,”

“I wish you’d just left me wondering,”

“I regret you all the time,”

“I keep on waiting for a sign,”

“I wish I could take back my girlhood,”

“It was mine first,”

“If it feels like a trap, it’s probably too late,”

“Never take advice from someone who’s falling apart,”

“You don’t have to answer,”

[chickawah23]

Consistency is key. Lol Also the Bohemian rhapsody portion of this mashup was such an interesting choice for this anniversary post.

Especially since the song was Freddie wondering what might’ve been had he just been able to be himself his whole life. X

On the 3rd day of release week Tswizzle gave to me, wondering what might’ve been on Karlie’s anniversary. 🎵🎶

[kyrartfolio]

Made some Swiftie sticker sheets!!! Debut and 1989 are coming, there’s just been some technical difficulties behind the scenes lol. But I’ve been working on these for a few months now so I’m so happy to finally have them out!

ETSY LINK

[aroace-cat-lady]

I cant wait to tomorrow so i have 13 new TS songs to relate with my blorbos.

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[eeriss121]

eris is folklore and reputation 🖤☕️📓🐈‍⬛

alex could be red OR midnights im not sure

[abiglifeinsurancepolicy]

idk if anyone’s said this already but i think part of the reason Lavender Haze was on the denial playlist is because of the Great War line “somewhere in the haze i got a sense id been betrayed”

she knew deep down she’d been betrayed but she kept telling herself she wanted to stay in that lavender haze, and then The Great War is her finally realising and having to work through that

idk if this is anything

[lunar-years]

I know everyone wants her to play High Infidelity but idk I just don’t think she’s going to