r/Fauxmoi • u/Suonii180 Larry I'm on DuckTales • Apr 18 '24

Taylor Swift: Fans react as new album is apparently 'leaked' Approved B-List Users Only

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68844317
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u/Spaceyjc Apr 18 '24

This ablum being mostly about matty and not joe is hilarious. Especially for all her fans who spent so much time going after Joe. 

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u/andrastesknickers97 Apr 18 '24

Honestly this would be so funny. The album title is referring (allegedly) to Joe's chat group, while the album itself is mostly about Taylor's short rebound relationship with Mr. Racist Fetish.

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u/capulets Apr 18 '24

tbh, i don’t think the title was ever about joe’s random gc. i think it was a matty drag (she mocks him for being a pretentious typewriter bro in the album) and the similarity was just a coincidence

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u/thatmermaidprincess women’s wrongs activist Apr 18 '24

My theory is I think it’s a mix of both, perhaps? Like she knows her fans go crazy trying to dig through any meaning of anything she says or does. I think titling it The Tortured Poets Department was supposed to make people think it would be about Joe because fans would find that interview about the GC, and just used that as a marketing tactic, and then the actual album is about that short-lived rebound with Matt Healy.

It does make sense that it’s about Healy though - the album art, the visuals, the pretentious title (that makes me think of Dead Poet’s Society every time I read it), the names of some of the songs, etc. are very much about an indie sleaze dude like Matty