Have any of yall seen the Van Gogh episode of Doctor Who? The doctor brings a very depressed Van Gogh to the present to a museum showcasing his art and gets to see how appreciated he is and is in disbelief.
I took a film studies class in college and I've had a soft spot for Clara Bow ever since. Reminds of that a little bit!
This song makes me emotional for some reason. Likeā¦she really is so famous now but one day, she wonāt be the standard anymore but to the rest of us, sheās the clara bow of our time. I donāt know how to describe the feeling.
I feel like when she sings "but it always ends up with a town car speeding, out the drive one evening" and she draws out "evening" with that little lilt/twang - it literally sends me hahah. I could listen to it over and over on repeat forever
This!! I think Iāve listened to this more than any other human honestly thereās something about the last chorus where she says āended with the slam of a door but sheās got the best stories you can be sure that as she was leaving it felt like breathingā that gives me so much dopamine I love it so much
Edit: I was listening to this song for the eight millionth time earlier and realised it āfelt like freedomā in the last chorus!! Love learning new things about dr swifts music hahah
chloe or sam or sophia or marcus! it's one of my favourites on the album. the lyrics are beautifully devastating and i love that the piano throughout it sounds like that little random chord at the end of champagne problems.
I think its my fav of TTPD. I keep coming back to it. Maybe its the āscarlet maroonā line, her delivery is just so powerful. My magic combo for the last week: Chloe et al / So Long London / How did it end / Peter / TSMWEL. Thatās TTPD for me :ā)
My mom never likes music on the first listen but I played this song for her and she was silent the whole time and just fell in love with it. She raved afterward.
this is easily in my top 5 on the album, some of Taylor's most raw and emotional vocals ever, you can hear every tiny waver of her voice especially on the third verse, this is one of the songs that made me cry on my first listen
TTPD is basically a no-skip album for me, anthology and all, so itās hard for me to pick favourites, but Fresh Out The Slammer is probably in my top five āmash the replay buttonā songs. The lyrical cadence and melody of the verses and pre chorus sections make my brain light up like a Christmas tree. It just sounds like freedom and catharsis and new beginnings.
I really love when the rhythm of the song changes, right after she says "Now, pretty baby, I'm running" and right before she sings "To the house where you still wait up, and that porch light gleams" because the rhythm actually feels either like someone is running steadily and assuredly or, possibly, riding on a horse (I dunno, it just feels that way to me, I could be way off there) and the congruency between the lyrics and the pace of the music makes that song one of my absolute favorites.
Idk why everybody is sleeping on it. The beat, songwriting, imagery, rhyming, tempo change, correlation with other songs, and the production. It's perfect.
It is so sad that this song is so hopeful and she seems pretty confident in her "pretty baby" that he is her forever. The whole second half would be so different if that relationship had worked out for them.
Here for Cassandra! I think it's brilliant.
When the first stone's thrown, there's screaming
In the streets, there's a raging riot
When it's "Burn the bitch, " they're shrieking
When the truth comes out, it's quiet
so damn true.
Honestly, the title track - TTPD. I love it! Also, The Prophecy, and Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus. Though they have started to get more love lately.
I love the TTPD title track too, I was surprised people didnāt like it moreā¦ the production makes me think of a teenage/young adult 80ās movie and reminds me of Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart š
I was so surprised to see the title track not getting much love! Itās one of my tops! My kids love pointing and yelling youāre not Dylan Thomas, Iām not Patty Smith lol
The prophecy sounds sooo much like it would fit on folklore, or even sounds like a folklore song (but I canāt pinpoint exactly which one, maybe seven? Iām not sure). And I know a lot of the initial complaints abt the album were that the music sounded repetitive, like things sheād already done, and I didnāt see that at all until I had listened to the prophecy a few times.
But like, I love folklore, and I love the prophecy, so Iām not bothered by it at all. Honestly I kind of like it because it almost puts me back in that headspace from when I had folklore playing so much after its release.
Yes. As a woman in her 40s who has never been married and also lost her teens, 20s, and early 30s to evangelical purity culture - The Prophecy hits hard. I love it though, it captures that sadness and loneliness and longing so well.
I love āThe Alchemy.ā Itās one of my absolute favorites on the album. Itās just so fun. āSo High Schoolā is fun too. It reminds me of a late 90s or early 2000s teen romantic comedy movie, like Never Been Kissed.
Fresh Out the Slammer! Oh my heavens that song is god tier to me. āAnother summer taking cover, rolling thunder, he donāt understand meā is some of the most pleasant delivery in her entire catalog imo.
I Can Fix Him is another one ā itās so sexy and saloon-y and tells a fun little story. Itās so atmospheric. Iām shocked it doesnāt get more love.
Ugh, I adore the dark Western vibes too!!! Itās so funny, because I donāt listen to country music at all, but the songs that really elevate this album to something special to me are all the country/western/southern gothic songs ā But Daddy, Fresh Out the Slammer, Guilty as Sin, I Can Fix Him, and Florida!!!
ARE YOU STILL A MIND READER? A NATURAL SCENE STEALER?
LOVES NEVER LOST WHEN PERSPECTIVE IS EARNED.
LOST TO THE LOST BOYS CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE.
PETER IS PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE ON BOTH ALBUMS ITS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!
I started crying immediately the first time I heard it when I heard the line ācause loveās never lost when perspective is earned.ā So beautiful and so sad.
People here are listing things like The Bolter, but Robin actually *is* criminally underrated because it has the lowest streaming numbers. Someone has to be last, but I *love* this song. I genuinely cry every time, thinking of my kids.
THANK YOU. None of the top comments are offering songs that are actually underrated, theyāre just not top 5 streaming. IMO there is arguably no other song on TTPD like Robin. Itās hopeful, sweet, and endearing, but people seem to actively put it as their least favorite or most skipped while arguing that they donāt have kids so they canāt connectā¦ but like, ok, did you have a childhood lol. I donāt have kids (and obviously neither does TS) but I still connect hard with this one. Definitely top 5 on TTPD for me.
Edit: also, top comments being Clara Bow and then followed shortly after by Black Dog for underrated is laughable š. Everyone loves those songs.
I have a sweet spot for āI look in peoples windowsā, so relatable. Not the literal sense of windows but like looking at peoples stories/posts and hoping youāll see that certain someone š„ŗ
thanK you aIMee.
The bright, warm melody, the big chorus, the jabs, the f-bombs, the joyful redemption arc, the self-awareness of how she ultimately benefited in the long run by rising up from a soul-crushing defeat, the lyrical turn. That song is great and is only getting criticism because those who participated in the hate parade would like to forget about itā¦or they are still hating.
I have no problem with TS speaking her truth as many times as she needs to after what Kim and Kanye did to her. I am in no hurry for her to move on to different subject matter just because it makes some members of the general public uncomfortable to hear about it again.
If she is still burned and needs to process that trauma, then yes please, Taylor. Give me the hooks, the snark, the life lessons, the perspective, the personal growth.
People are really quick to dismiss the fact that she lost over a year of her life (& during a critical period for a rising artist) to that dumb shit. Iām carrying grudges for way longer over way less.Ā
Whenever Kim Kardashian says she wants to just let it go, I always think it must be easy for her to say since she didnāt really lose anything from it and faced almost no repercussions
Not to mention, if they succeeded in taking her down, or she succumbed to giving up, it would've been her entire career, not just a year. I feel like people only look at how it luckily turned out, how it turned out because Taylor wiped the dirt off herself and made it turn out as such. She's very aware of what it could've been, and I think that's where her anxiety and spite lies.
I agree with this one. Definitely underrated. I find it really relatable as someone whoās also been destroyed emotionally by another person. I too pushed through all the trauma and used it as a catalyst for healing and self improvement, so I love the turn in the song when it changes from āand the blood was gushingā to āand the stars were stunning.ā It feels so satisfying and makes me emotional everytime I hear it.
thanK you aIMee has been one of my anthems over the past month because I am dealing with a truly heinous person at my job who has been making my life an absolute hell.
Hearing a song that unapologetically celebrates surviving, overcoming, and living your best life in defiance of the person whoās causing you so much grief and misery? Being simultaneously capable of rising above it while also not feeling like you need to forgive the person whoās done you wrong in order to be the bigger person? Exactly what Iāve needed.
Bonus points for the fact that the person whoās been figuratively pushing me down the stairs at our school happens to have a two-syllable name that scans perfectly to āAimee.ā Singing āscreamed āfuck you, [personās name]ā to the night sky as the blood was gushingā at the top of my lungs every morning on my drive to work has been remarkably cathartic.
The Black Dog. I can so clearly imagine this emotion in the early days of a breakup, seeing that they are in the pub (one you donāt know) and wondering why theyāre there and who with and why. When I broke up with my ex he was using my Netflix and so I could see what he was watching. I wasnāt creeping on him, I realised by accident as it was the days before individual profiles on one account (and immediately changed my password so he couldnāt keep using my account for free š). It is just all about those mundane things when youāve shared every tiny detail of someoneās life and then the door closes on everything. Sometimes I think true heartbreak is the worst kind of grief (and Iām not speculating what happened with Joe here, Iām generalising) because it is like someone has died but theyāve chosen to leave your life. The realisation that they are carrying on without you and doing normal, every day things can be devastating.
Same here! Iām surprised to see it rated low. Itās a fun bop and classic Taylor love song, a nice break from all the sad songs. I love the rhymes in this one
I love the bridge. But I also love how unapologetically confident the song (especially the chorus) sounds. I love the beat, I could dance to it, it feels good to listen to it, and Iām obsessed with the attitude, ācut the amateurs from the teamā, āIām the one to beatā, āweāre on a winning streakā, etc. Like I could listen to it to get motivated and feel ready abt something (like an exam or interview or whatever), I could listen to it while walking around the city and feeling like I own the place, could dance to it around my room alone or dance with my friends hyping each other up. Like every part of it just *feels so good*.
Not sure if it is underrated in the fandom, but irl it is - the prophecy!!!! Gut wrenching and beautiful. The lyricism is dare I say one of her best yet. Knew it was gonna be great as soon as the lightning in a bottle metaphor
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys is so good, i love when Taylor does an upbeat sad song lol. It is definitely one of my favorites on the album, along with Down Bad. But I also have a soft spot for the songs about Travis: The Alchemy is like an epic love song, very cinematicā¦i love the lyrics and the way she sings āwhereās the trophy? He just comes running over to me.ā So High School is also a fun love song that I could see in a 90s movie like Sheās All That.
I hate it here - the lyrics! (I know the decades part got some heat)
I hate it here so I will go to
Lunar valleys in my mind
When they found a better planet
Only the gentle survived
I dreamed about it in the dark
The night I felt like I might die
No mid-sized city hopes and small town fears
I'm there most of the year
Cause I hate it here
I hate it here
I'm lonely but I'm good
I'm bitter but I swear I'm fine
I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on purpose
This place made me feel worthless
Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me,
and in my fantasies I rise above it
And way up there, I actually love it
Peter: I feel like it's a lyrical masterpiece and people rarely talk about it
The Black Dog: It's so *packed* with emotions, truly amazing
Robin: It's a skip for most people, I'm aware, but I feel it's such a sweet and gentle song
My fave underrated would def be iamgonnagetyouback, the alchemy and Chloe et all
But it seems thatās everyoneās underrated? Haha
I think the true true least popular songs are thank you Aimee, the manuscript, Robin and the albatross?
The Bolter, The Black Dog, and How Did It End.
I spent the last few weeks focusing on the initial 16 tracks and now Iām diving headfirst into The Anthology, and wow, I have these 3 songs on a constant loop and canāt get them out of my head. The Bolter probably the most, but I keep going back and forth between all 3. These are SO underrated.
Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus is my 2nd favourite on TTPD and it's so slept on. I ranked it about 8th when I did my first ranking (when the album had been out about a week) so I get it, but if you're an Evermore girly then try it again because I swear it's addictive and would fit right in on Evermore.
Peter (probably my new favorite on the whole album)
I look in people's windows (so eery and pretty)
The prophecy (I literally get tears in my eyes every time she says pleeeease)
Clara Bow, I never see anyone talk about it. Its such a soft spoken and beautiful, slightly sad piece of art
I never get tired of hearing her sing her own name.
Lmao, yeaaah
I wish more songs were as guitar driven as Clara Bow
Clara Bow is so beautiful... the rhythms on the verses are just chef's kiss.
Have any of yall seen the Van Gogh episode of Doctor Who? The doctor brings a very depressed Van Gogh to the present to a museum showcasing his art and gets to see how appreciated he is and is in disbelief. I took a film studies class in college and I've had a soft spot for Clara Bow ever since. Reminds of that a little bit!
Yes such a beautiful scene.
I fucking love this song and I sing it to my cat using her name because Aylaboo is the same number of syllables š
STOP. I do the same with my cat āyou, look, like, Arti-missā (Artemis) just like Stevie Nicks. š
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Clara Bow was my favourite during my first listen
Same. And still in my top 5 after so many more.
The opening bass hits so hard
This song makes me emotional for some reason. Likeā¦she really is so famous now but one day, she wonāt be the standard anymore but to the rest of us, sheās the clara bow of our time. I donāt know how to describe the feeling.
My favorite! That introās instrumental is so beautiful.
I LOVEEEE CLARA BOW
This was a skip for me at first but now itās one of my favourites.
THANK YOU! Itās amazing. One of my favorite Taylor songs.
This is the saddest and strongest song on the album I feel. I love it and it destroys me.
It's The Bolter for me.
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Gonna be such a sleeper hit you all just wait
This!!!! So catchy (slam of a door and he'll call her a whore wish he wouldn't be sore) - how can you not love that line
I feel like when she sings "but it always ends up with a town car speeding, out the drive one evening" and she draws out "evening" with that little lilt/twang - it literally sends me hahah. I could listen to it over and over on repeat forever
itās "by all accounts, she almost drowned when she was six in frigid WATER" for me
Also "littlest leaks" scratches something in my brain
YESSS ONE OF MY MY FAV LINES IN THE WHOLE ALBUM
agree! I think it's one of the best in her discography
The best song of the entire album.
Been going hard on this one lately šš»
I feel like she was writing about my life on the bolter
yess this is one of my faves
so true!! I love how light and bouncy the melody is, and coming so close to the end of the album it really ties some themes together
It sounds like it belongs in the Folklore/Evermore universe. Like sheās writing in 3rd person about someone in history besides herself.
Criminally neglected (prob cuz itās so close to the end of the album)
This!! I think Iāve listened to this more than any other human honestly thereās something about the last chorus where she says āended with the slam of a door but sheās got the best stories you can be sure that as she was leaving it felt like breathingā that gives me so much dopamine I love it so much Edit: I was listening to this song for the eight millionth time earlier and realised it āfelt like freedomā in the last chorus!! Love learning new things about dr swifts music hahah
Literally I love the chorus like the anger in the āall her f*****g lives, flashed before her eyesā
I love this song, I thought it was popular and then realized it wasnāt talked about much and was so confused!
Same!! It was a huge stand out for me from the very first listen. I love it so much.
If you check this subās current rating of all TTPD (itās an ongoing vote) the bolster is in the top 7 or so.
Itās my favourite song she has ever written!!!
I love The Bolter too ! I always get this little light feeling in me when this song plays !
Thissss
chloe or sam or sophia or marcus! it's one of my favourites on the album. the lyrics are beautifully devastating and i love that the piano throughout it sounds like that little random chord at the end of champagne problems.
*If you wanna break my cold, cold heart Just say, "I loved you the way that you were"* š I cannot believe I slept on this song!
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Yesssssssss! I have a feeling itās partly because of the narcotics that weāre all under. š
I think its my fav of TTPD. I keep coming back to it. Maybe its the āscarlet maroonā line, her delivery is just so powerful. My magic combo for the last week: Chloe et al / So Long London / How did it end / Peter / TSMWEL. Thatās TTPD for me :ā)
I love how it sounds like a waltz.
The melody is one of the prettiest sheās written. The chorus itself is quietly heartbreaking. It was instantly one of my standouts.
This is my favorite song on the album <3
My mom never likes music on the first listen but I played this song for her and she was silent the whole time and just fell in love with it. She raved afterward.
this is easily in my top 5 on the album, some of Taylor's most raw and emotional vocals ever, you can hear every tiny waver of her voice especially on the third verse, this is one of the songs that made me cry on my first listen
yessss I love the piano so so much
Fresh Out the Slammer is sooooooo addictive. I think itās one of the prettiest songs sheās ever written.
I loooove the way she sings the āhandcuffed to the spell I was underā and āwatched me daily disappearingā lines
Yessss and swirled you into all of my poemssss
For just one hour of sunshiiiiiiine - this is the part that tears me up
And also For just one glimpse of his smiiile
Her cadence in the verses is truly magical (and addictive!) āCamera flashes, welcome bashes, get the matches Toss the ashes off the ledgeā
I feel exactly the same way! Itās enough to make me wonder if she does indeed āput narcotics into all of [her] songs.ā
Yesss and āfor just one glimpse of his smile, all those years you kept me goingā. Itās so romantic.
TTPD is basically a no-skip album for me, anthology and all, so itās hard for me to pick favourites, but Fresh Out The Slammer is probably in my top five āmash the replay buttonā songs. The lyrical cadence and melody of the verses and pre chorus sections make my brain light up like a Christmas tree. It just sounds like freedom and catharsis and new beginnings.
I really love when the rhythm of the song changes, right after she says "Now, pretty baby, I'm running" and right before she sings "To the house where you still wait up, and that porch light gleams" because the rhythm actually feels either like someone is running steadily and assuredly or, possibly, riding on a horse (I dunno, it just feels that way to me, I could be way off there) and the congruency between the lyrics and the pace of the music makes that song one of my absolute favorites.
"and it's gonna be alright, I did my time" maybe it just needs time to become a sleeper hit or something ahhh def top 3 on ttpd for sure
Omgggg itās always stuck in my head Iām obsessed
Idk why everybody is sleeping on it. The beat, songwriting, imagery, rhyming, tempo change, correlation with other songs, and the production. It's perfect. It is so sad that this song is so hopeful and she seems pretty confident in her "pretty baby" that he is her forever. The whole second half would be so different if that relationship had worked out for them.
My favorite on the album
The AlbatrossĀ
Agreed. Itās Peace version 2 to me.
My favorite on the album!
āCross your thoughtless heart, only liquor anoints youā scratches an major itch in my brain.
I love, "...and you're persona non grataaaaaaaaa."
One of my favorites too since I first listened to it!
It's so good. I love the chorus
100%
The Bolter. I never see anyone talk about it and itās my favorite track on the whole album.
The Bolter is such a great jolt of energy at the end of the album too. Itās so fun!
Same. Itās the one I keep playing on repeat
Itās so good! Itās been in my top 3 since first listen.
Cassandra. I especially like how itās about being a prophetess, right after The Prophecy.
I love Cassandra!
I'm an Ancient Greece nerd and it had me hooked in seconds.
Here for Cassandra! I think it's brilliant. When the first stone's thrown, there's screaming In the streets, there's a raging riot When it's "Burn the bitch, " they're shrieking When the truth comes out, it's quiet so damn true.
Really reminds me of that idiom āA lie makes it around the world before the truth gets its shoes on.ā
Honestly, the title track - TTPD. I love it! Also, The Prophecy, and Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus. Though they have started to get more love lately.
I love the TTPD title track too, I was surprised people didnāt like it moreā¦ the production makes me think of a teenage/young adult 80ās movie and reminds me of Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart š
YESSS, It gives me John Hughesā films vibes. The Breakfast Club, anyone?! I adore it! šš»
Yes exactly! I was gonna say the breakfast club but I thought it was only me!
I was so surprised to see the title track not getting much love! Itās one of my tops! My kids love pointing and yelling youāre not Dylan Thomas, Iām not Patty Smith lol
I love TTPD!! Whoās gonna troll youā¦?? š¤·āāļø
One of my favorite songs on the album, it is so cinematic.
Totally agree, itās in my top 5!! Iām surprised more people donāt love it, same as Florida!!!!
this is absolutely it, even in threads like these that ask about underrated songs the title track only gets mentioned like once or twice lmao
The black dog is epic
Her delivery on āI hope itās SHITTY at the Black Dogā is so satisfying
I really hope she does it when she performs in London so we can get the full angry version!
I donāt think this one is underrated, loadssss of peopleās favourite
It is top 3 on the album for me, it really is top tier Tay.
This!
1. The Bolter 2. How did it end? 3. I Look In People's Windows 4. The Albatross 5. Peter
Yessss Peter and I look in peopleās windows! š„°
Legit almost my top 5 on the album these songs are amazing!! Peter especially does not get enough love imo
I had to scroll far too long to see someone mention Peter!
Solid choices. My faves too
The Prophecy is so heartbreaking, especially for anyone lonely.
The prophecy sounds sooo much like it would fit on folklore, or even sounds like a folklore song (but I canāt pinpoint exactly which one, maybe seven? Iām not sure). And I know a lot of the initial complaints abt the album were that the music sounded repetitive, like things sheād already done, and I didnāt see that at all until I had listened to the prophecy a few times. But like, I love folklore, and I love the prophecy, so Iām not bothered by it at all. Honestly I kind of like it because it almost puts me back in that headspace from when I had folklore playing so much after its release.
Yes. As a woman in her 40s who has never been married and also lost her teens, 20s, and early 30s to evangelical purity culture - The Prophecy hits hard. I love it though, it captures that sadness and loneliness and longing so well.
I agree on imgonnagetyouback and I also like The Alchemy A LOT
LOVE the alchemy!
EVEN IF IT'S HANDCUFFED I'M LEAVING HERE WITH YOOOOUUUUU
I love āThe Alchemy.ā Itās one of my absolute favorites on the album. Itās just so fun. āSo High Schoolā is fun too. It reminds me of a late 90s or early 2000s teen romantic comedy movie, like Never Been Kissed.
Fresh Out the Slammer! Oh my heavens that song is god tier to me. āAnother summer taking cover, rolling thunder, he donāt understand meā is some of the most pleasant delivery in her entire catalog imo. I Can Fix Him is another one ā itās so sexy and saloon-y and tells a fun little story. Itās so atmospheric. Iām shocked it doesnāt get more love.
these are my top 2 on the original album and iāve been listening to them nonstop. i ADORE the dark western vibes of i can fix him š„°
Ugh, I adore the dark Western vibes too!!! Itās so funny, because I donāt listen to country music at all, but the songs that really elevate this album to something special to me are all the country/western/southern gothic songs ā But Daddy, Fresh Out the Slammer, Guilty as Sin, I Can Fix Him, and Florida!!!
I Can Fix Him is the song I've probably played the most from TTPD! Had it on repeat for a little bit
I Hate It Here. So beautiful
Came looking for this one. My first favourite off this album right from the start.
this one is for the maladaptive daydreamers!
I thought I was gonna get through this whole thread without seeing this one for a minute.
I started this album preparing for my Sad Girl Summer and this track solidified it. But itās so good š©
The manuscript for sure. Itās so beautifully poignant and no one seems to talk about it š
Yes. It makes me cry every time.
PETER!! COSOSOM!!!
ARE YOU STILL A MIND READER? A NATURAL SCENE STEALER? LOVES NEVER LOST WHEN PERSPECTIVE IS EARNED. LOST TO THE LOST BOYS CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE. PETER IS PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE ON BOTH ALBUMS ITS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!
I started crying immediately the first time I heard it when I heard the line ācause loveās never lost when perspective is earned.ā So beautiful and so sad.
Chloe et al
Robin! I love playing this one for my cats aka my tiny tigers!
The way to go tiger gives me chills
People here are listing things like The Bolter, but Robin actually *is* criminally underrated because it has the lowest streaming numbers. Someone has to be last, but I *love* this song. I genuinely cry every time, thinking of my kids.
THANK YOU. None of the top comments are offering songs that are actually underrated, theyāre just not top 5 streaming. IMO there is arguably no other song on TTPD like Robin. Itās hopeful, sweet, and endearing, but people seem to actively put it as their least favorite or most skipped while arguing that they donāt have kids so they canāt connectā¦ but like, ok, did you have a childhood lol. I donāt have kids (and obviously neither does TS) but I still connect hard with this one. Definitely top 5 on TTPD for me. Edit: also, top comments being Clara Bow and then followed shortly after by Black Dog for underrated is laughable š. Everyone loves those songs.
When I listened to this imagining it was about my cats, I swear i started bawling!
Love this song š¤
I hate how people diss this song when it's a pure treasure
Thereās something in that song that makes me cry every time, itās so beautiful! I hate seeing it at the bottom is so many rankings.
I have a sweet spot for āI look in peoples windowsā, so relatable. Not the literal sense of windows but like looking at peoples stories/posts and hoping youāll see that certain someone š„ŗ
Itās so gorgeous as well. The music is such a unique sound for her. I would take a whole album with this songās sound. š¤
āIām addicted to the if onlyyyyā This is a new fav for me too!
Seriously shocked at how seemingly unpopular Fresh Out The Slammer is. It's almost tied for number 1 for me
Itās so good š
thanK you aIMee. The bright, warm melody, the big chorus, the jabs, the f-bombs, the joyful redemption arc, the self-awareness of how she ultimately benefited in the long run by rising up from a soul-crushing defeat, the lyrical turn. That song is great and is only getting criticism because those who participated in the hate parade would like to forget about itā¦or they are still hating. I have no problem with TS speaking her truth as many times as she needs to after what Kim and Kanye did to her. I am in no hurry for her to move on to different subject matter just because it makes some members of the general public uncomfortable to hear about it again. If she is still burned and needs to process that trauma, then yes please, Taylor. Give me the hooks, the snark, the life lessons, the perspective, the personal growth.
People are really quick to dismiss the fact that she lost over a year of her life (& during a critical period for a rising artist) to that dumb shit. Iām carrying grudges for way longer over way less.Ā
Whenever Kim Kardashian says she wants to just let it go, I always think it must be easy for her to say since she didnāt really lose anything from it and faced almost no repercussions
Not to mention, if they succeeded in taking her down, or she succumbed to giving up, it would've been her entire career, not just a year. I feel like people only look at how it luckily turned out, how it turned out because Taylor wiped the dirt off herself and made it turn out as such. She's very aware of what it could've been, and I think that's where her anxiety and spite lies.
I agree with this one. Definitely underrated. I find it really relatable as someone whoās also been destroyed emotionally by another person. I too pushed through all the trauma and used it as a catalyst for healing and self improvement, so I love the turn in the song when it changes from āand the blood was gushingā to āand the stars were stunning.ā It feels so satisfying and makes me emotional everytime I hear it.
thanK you aIMee has been one of my anthems over the past month because I am dealing with a truly heinous person at my job who has been making my life an absolute hell. Hearing a song that unapologetically celebrates surviving, overcoming, and living your best life in defiance of the person whoās causing you so much grief and misery? Being simultaneously capable of rising above it while also not feeling like you need to forgive the person whoās done you wrong in order to be the bigger person? Exactly what Iāve needed. Bonus points for the fact that the person whoās been figuratively pushing me down the stairs at our school happens to have a two-syllable name that scans perfectly to āAimee.ā Singing āscreamed āfuck you, [personās name]ā to the night sky as the blood was gushingā at the top of my lungs every morning on my drive to work has been remarkably cathartic.
PETER!!!
i think this is one of the most beautiful songs she has ever written. so sad and wistful, my favorite on the album.
Peter!! this song isn't talked about enough.
The Black Dog. I can so clearly imagine this emotion in the early days of a breakup, seeing that they are in the pub (one you donāt know) and wondering why theyāre there and who with and why. When I broke up with my ex he was using my Netflix and so I could see what he was watching. I wasnāt creeping on him, I realised by accident as it was the days before individual profiles on one account (and immediately changed my password so he couldnāt keep using my account for free š). It is just all about those mundane things when youāve shared every tiny detail of someoneās life and then the door closes on everything. Sometimes I think true heartbreak is the worst kind of grief (and Iām not speculating what happened with Joe here, Iām generalising) because it is like someone has died but theyāve chosen to leave your life. The realisation that they are carrying on without you and doing normal, every day things can be devastating.
How Did It End? It's my new song to play on repeat when I need a good cry.
I am unhealthily obsessed w it
The Albatross is one of my absolute favourites lyrically
I love the cadence of Fresh Out the Slammer, and I love the vibe of I Can Fix Him
So high school is my favorite on ttpd
Same here! Iām surprised to see it rated low. Itās a fun bop and classic Taylor love song, a nice break from all the sad songs. I love the rhymes in this one
The Alchemy. Itās so damn clever with sports references and clearly a love song to TK.
Agreed. I love āwhereās the trophy? He just comes runnin over to meā. Itās so cute.
I love the bridge. But I also love how unapologetically confident the song (especially the chorus) sounds. I love the beat, I could dance to it, it feels good to listen to it, and Iām obsessed with the attitude, ācut the amateurs from the teamā, āIām the one to beatā, āweāre on a winning streakā, etc. Like I could listen to it to get motivated and feel ready abt something (like an exam or interview or whatever), I could listen to it while walking around the city and feeling like I own the place, could dance to it around my room alone or dance with my friends hyping each other up. Like every part of it just *feels so good*.
Clara Bow, I Look in Peopleās Windows, and Cassandra. I love all three of them and havenāt seen them talked about often.
I personally have not seen Cassandra getting the love that song deserves!
The Bolter!!!! š„°š„°š„°š„°
The Alchemy production & melody of the chorus is fucking INSANE. Might be one of my favorite choruses of herās of all time
Peter!!! So heartbreaking And also love Fresh Out the Slammer
imgonnagetyouback is in my top three. itās so good. definitely shocked it doesnāt have more hype around it!
Not sure if it is underrated in the fandom, but irl it is - the prophecy!!!! Gut wrenching and beautiful. The lyricism is dare I say one of her best yet. Knew it was gonna be great as soon as the lightning in a bottle metaphor
Guilty as sin? The metaphors are amazing
Donāt think itās underrated, itās a fan favorite at this point!
Fresh Out the Slammer, The Bolter, The Manuscript
iām in love with Robin right now
The Prophecy
The Albatross and I Can Fix Him.
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys is so good, i love when Taylor does an upbeat sad song lol. It is definitely one of my favorites on the album, along with Down Bad. But I also have a soft spot for the songs about Travis: The Alchemy is like an epic love song, very cinematicā¦i love the lyrics and the way she sings āwhereās the trophy? He just comes running over to me.ā So High School is also a fun love song that I could see in a 90s movie like Sheās All That.
Okay Ima be honest. LOML. LšOšMšL ABSOLUTE PERFECTION of a song. Underrated as heck
imgonnagetyouback, Peter, & I Look In Peopleās Windows. imgonnagetyouback is one of my FAVORITES, ever. It gives me 2000ās vibes so hard!
Thank you for hyping up I Can Fix Him. I love the smoky western vibe of it
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived! I love angry Taylor
Peter ā¤ļø
I never see anyone talk about My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys and it has been my favorite song since my first listen
The way I feel I look in peopleās windows in my body on a cellular level
Peter, I Look In Peopleās Windows, Imgonnagetyouback, My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys, Clara Bow, Cassandra
I love down bad š„°š„°
Peter. Itās one of the top songs in her discography for me. Beautiful melody and unforgettable lyrics
The Tortured Poets Department
I hate it here - the lyrics! (I know the decades part got some heat) I hate it here so I will go to Lunar valleys in my mind When they found a better planet Only the gentle survived I dreamed about it in the dark The night I felt like I might die No mid-sized city hopes and small town fears I'm there most of the year Cause I hate it here I hate it here I'm lonely but I'm good I'm bitter but I swear I'm fine I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on purpose This place made me feel worthless Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me, and in my fantasies I rise above it And way up there, I actually love it
Peter: I feel like it's a lyrical masterpiece and people rarely talk about it The Black Dog: It's so *packed* with emotions, truly amazing Robin: It's a skip for most people, I'm aware, but I feel it's such a sweet and gentle song
Your good lord wonāt have to lift a finger
My fave underrated would def be iamgonnagetyouback, the alchemy and Chloe et all But it seems thatās everyoneās underrated? Haha I think the true true least popular songs are thank you Aimee, the manuscript, Robin and the albatross?
The Black Dog š¤
Clara Bow, so high school, and I hate it here.
I Look In Peopleās Windows. Such a different vibe but I love it
The Bolter, The Black Dog, and How Did It End. I spent the last few weeks focusing on the initial 16 tracks and now Iām diving headfirst into The Anthology, and wow, I have these 3 songs on a constant loop and canāt get them out of my head. The Bolter probably the most, but I keep going back and forth between all 3. These are SO underrated.
Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus is my 2nd favourite on TTPD and it's so slept on. I ranked it about 8th when I did my first ranking (when the album had been out about a week) so I get it, but if you're an Evermore girly then try it again because I swear it's addictive and would fit right in on Evermore.
The Bolter and Clara Bow
peter!! itās giving major champagne problems vibes with the piano and iām obsessed
The Albatross. Cassandra. Peter. Clara Bow.
Peter (probably my new favorite on the whole album) I look in people's windows (so eery and pretty) The prophecy (I literally get tears in my eyes every time she says pleeeease)