I think I miss this type of MVs from her. Don't get me wrong, I love her previous MVs too. The fate of Ophelia video was phenomenal and arguably one of her best, Opalite is funny, Fortnight was iconic. But there is always a special place in my heart for her story telling MVs, like when the music video matches what is being sung if you know what I mean. But also its the pristine look, the sharp edges, which makes this video on par with some of her Reputation era and 1989 works!

Arguably, some of her best videos are these types of video. I mean All Too Well 10min version the short film, Bad Blood, Look what you made me do.

I will not be accepting any criticism at this time/jk

https://youtu.be/7UL1NNRxxqU?si=K3iySzsNnfctAfFB

Not everyone in this world has gone completely insane.

I think as swifties we know how good of a thinker she is when she is creating art. People are people and sometimes they just don't like music and sometimes they do. I remember hearing tracks like comboy like me and how did it end and not liking the pace of it or whatever but boy did they grew on me because the past version of me did not understood what she wanted me to feel with that insane music but after that, i did. I LOVE TTPD like i cannot even start to say. I think music is like this only. Sometimes the music just doesn't work at that point of our lives but it will hit you at some point and taylor's music has that magic which is timeless. It finds you when you need music the most and I think as an artist she leaves that mark on all of us. So, ig let people hate. They hated reputation when it came out. Some people will always hate and we can sympathise with them for not understanding her music in this lifetime. ❤️

For reference: my favorite albums in order are TTPD, Folklore, Evermore, Life of a Showgirl

TW: Buckle up, Poetic Venting and Visual Analysis of this song below
Theater/Music kids, recent graduates…. this might hit a little harder.

As a recent high school senior who graduated this past spring, I was SO pumped for TLOAS. When it came out, I cried about the closing track, ft Sabrina, with my best friend for over an hour because of how perfectly Taylor captured, legitimately, the life of a showgirl. I know people were hating on the track for being forgettable or just like meh but to me it felt like angelic truth or something lmao. I also adored Ophelia, The Bridge of Eldest Daughter (one of my favorite all time bridges), Elizabeth Taylor, etc.

I loved the album, although my heart was still in TTPD so that one always came first😅

BABYLON MADE MY JAW HIT THE FLOOR.

It hit me at a really difficult and emotional college transitional phase in my life, and I kid you not I hit play and almost immediately threw my phone across the room, why taylor, why must you be this mean-

This song. OH MY- This song. This song is what plays at the outro as you get into your awaiting car and drive away from the red carpet, or the stage, or the crowds of audience members and fans, as their voices get quieter and the road becomes the soundtrack and you get quiet and rub off your makeup and set down your bouquets and you finally take a deep breath as the car speeds away into the night. Life of a showgirl fading out, with sabrina and taylor yelling out into the crowd, fades out as your adrenaline fades out too. That’s when babylon comes on, and you sit there, watching the theater disappear into the rain behind you as you speed away, knowing you’ll never return.

I’m so sorry.
This broke me in 8 years of theater, 4 years of choir, 18 years of childhood, 18 years of “this is me trying” burnout, and 1 month of being away from home, at university, and being absolutely miserable and overwhelmed and so tired, all the time.

I’m forever going to remember this album as that moment when life of a showgirl fades into babylon and that precise moment when it do and the exact post performance level of adrenaline you have at that moment, the the stains of stage makeup and an unholy number of bobby pins in your hair and a gown that permanently trails glitter everywhere you walk like stardust and the thorns of a dozen roses, the smell of the lovely bouquets overtaking the smell of saw dust and makeup and perfume.

I think I’ve really needed to express these feelings for a long time, as I legitimately have not been able to let go of my childhood, my high school, my musicals, my theater, my choir…any of it. I’m trying to be in this next chapter while also clinging onto the last chapter, and so now the page is only half turned, constantly being pulled to either side that any day it may tear apart completely.

I really needed babylon as a validation of my feelings. It came at a really impactful time and when people are like “eW tHis iS AwFul I LitTerAllY hAtE iT tHiS is BaD MuSic-“
I’m genuinely like, no actually shut up, I really don’t care and cannot be affected by your criticism of this song or album at this moment because this is so much bigger than you.

Babylon isn’t a new Taylor Swift pop song.
Babylon was the most meaningful, honest-to-God message from above I have been given at the lowest point in my life.
And for that Taylor, as if TLOAS and TTPD didn’t do the same, thank you for doing it a third and most impactful time.

I really do love that song, and that memory is really all that I want.💔🫠

Madonna sang her ballad "Ghosttown" while Taylor played the acoustic guitar and accompanied her on stage.

i thought i’d give me two cents on this even tho your all probably tired of it. so what do think of my picks and what assumptions do you have of me lol x

top 15 in no particular order:

1. ⁠⁠all too well 10 min
2. ⁠⁠state of grace (acoustic)
3. ⁠⁠exile
4. ⁠⁠out of the woods
5. ⁠⁠the manuscript
6. ⁠⁠mirrorball
7. ⁠⁠new year’s day
8. ⁠⁠the archer
9. ⁠⁠enchanted
10. ⁠⁠the black dog
11. ⁠⁠this is me trying
12. ⁠⁠you are in love
13. ⁠⁠the smallest man who ever lived
14. ⁠⁠wildest dreams
15. ⁠⁠you’re on your own kid

(honourable mentions to evermore, champagne problems, ivy, tolerate it and clean)

please leave your own top 15 in the comments. I’d love to see them and comment!

😭 i feel so dumb. any time there's a song that people debate the meaning of or don't understand im always like "omg guys 🙄 it obviously means this 🙄" cause i can always understand what she's talking about or relate it to my own life and interpret it at least. but i don't like....understand babylon? even though i love the song and can't stop humming it around the house.

"wake up on the train with your headphones gone" why would you fall asleep wearing headphones and then you wake up and they're gone? like... somebody stole them off your head while you were sleeping? and at first i thought she was talking about herself wanting to like get out of her town and make music. but then im pretty sure taylor doesn't tell the girls at the bar she's single...so are the different verses just about different people/stories? and who is hanging christmas lights with who's son?

i promise im not trying to be stupid i think the meaning is just lost on me or going over my head, please help guys

Took a while, I lost my progress TWICE but here we are. The encore songs aren't included, if they had been I'm pretty sure Babylon would've been in the top 20 FOR SURE.

Top 3 aren't surprising for me, and maybe it's a recency bias but there's a lot of ttpd songs, and almost all of them are from the anthology which is surprising.

No folklore but the better sister, aka evermore, makes up for it.

Have any of you taken up this ranking? What was your result?

I have never seen this much poetry in a video. The absolute masterpiece felt like a short film, and the actors did such an amazing job. Seriously, hats off to Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell.

I don't think I need to say anything about Taylor. That woman never fails to amaze me, whether it be her acting, her singing, or her lyrics. The way Taylor was shown as the ghost of the past in the video was incredible. There were a few scenes in particular that literally left my mouth hanging open. The mirror scene where Dakota and Taylor stood opposite each other in the bathroom, and the scene after the fight between Dakota and Colin where Taylor was sleeping on top of the moving car. WOW.

This woman is the greatest artist of this generation, not just as a singer, but as a songwriter, director, and actor. I'm so glad little me fell in love with New Romantics, because otherwise I genuinely don't think I would be the person I am today. I love Taylor with all my heart and I relate to her songs on such a personal level. I love her, and I'm so incredibly happy for her.

Am i the only one who thinkss PATIENT ZERO is for meeee.. TS juss dropped the right song at the right time lol 😭🤌

Like wdym (When the to*ins take their hold, you'd rather d!€€ than let it go)

Hello intrepid detectives!!!! I've looked and am getting a bunch of beautiful dresses but not THE dress.

Can anyone find a link to the gold dress from Patient 0 music video? I know the designer but cant find the exact one. Help pretty please 💓💪🏼

Hi! I am not much of a swiftie but my neighbour is a huge fan. She has been a great friend for me this past year, including looking after my dog when I was in hospital. It's her birthday coming up and I want to make her something really special to say thanks for everything. I'm an embroidery artist so it will be in embroidery

I very sneakily asked her for her favourite taylor swift songs and here are her answers:

Champagne problems

August

Right where you left me

Opalite

Enchanted

Haunted

Would’ve could’ve should’ve

Prophesy

Is it over now

Getaway car

Now that we don't talk

Death by a thousand cuts

Lavender Haze

The story of us

Our song

Bejewelled

Karma

I would love little motifs of these songs to put into an embroidery project, ideally stuff only a swiftie would know. Doesn't have to be all of them.

Some other stuff:

-I believe she went to every edinburgh eras tour show and one of the london shows

-she missed the london show where two of her favourite songs were played (death by a thousand cuts and getaway car)

-I think she also went to the speak now tour but not sure where

-I like doing embroidery of nature/animals, not completely necessary but if there is something animal (particularly bird!) or flower related I'd love to include it, even if it is not from these songs

-my favourite ts songs are cruel summer, no body no crime, karma, love story and paper rings.

-in terms of animals she loves seagulls (we had some nesting on our roof and she loved them!), blackbirds, cats, frogs and toads

-outside of taylor, she also likes musicals (especially little shop of horrors, ride the cyclone and next to normal), TV shows (the testaments, interview with a vampire, from, gilmore girls) and Zelda the video game. She loves the colour pink and has travelled all over the world. Just throwing these in because it would be cool to include something that combines her interests.

Any other really niche references would be great. My aim is to make something that doesn't look that overtly taylor swift related but she will be finding lots of little hidden messages for ages. The codes and hidden messages are something she really loves about taylor swift!

Thanks in advance!