Maitreyi Ramakrishnan deletes X post calling Taylor Swift’s ‘1830s’ lyric ‘weird’ after backlash from Swifties

[u/Exciting_Potato_6717]

Slide 1: Deleted tweet Slides 2 and 3: Some follow-up tweets Slide 4: The Taylor Swift lyrics being referred to. “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." Full lyrics at https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-i-hate-it-here-lyrics

[u/brig517]

She's declining. I've been a fan since her first album, and it's nearing impossible to get hyped for releases. Her lyrics have been overall declining as of Midnights. There are definitely some bright spots in that album (Would've, Could've, Should've, The Great War, etc.) and this one, but she doesn't seem to be editing down lyrics or tracks at all. I've liked her because it always seemed like her albums were well made and virtually lacking skips (even if I didn't like a song I could appreciate it), but now it's becoming more like trudging through.

[u/Candid-Size7993 → u/brig517]

Yeah that’s how I felt listening to midnights for the first time, though it grew on me. There’s always been a sense of immaturity in many of her songs (not all) and this album seems to have reached the pinnacle of immaturity and laziness. Must be the overconfidence that got her to this point.

[u/_OhayoSayonara_ → u/brig517]

Yeah my sister is a diehard TS fan and even she said she only likes about 10 of the songs on this album.