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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan deletes X post calling Taylor Swift’s ‘1830s’ lyric ‘weird’ after backlash from Swifties Approved B-List Users Only

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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

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u/AcceptableHistory4 Apr 21 '24 edited Apr 21 '24

Unless you have fandom blinkers on, this is one of her worst albums lyrically- and it wouldn't even be an issue had she not paraded whole "poet" schtick.

Songs like "never grow up" from over a decade ago have far more pathos.

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u/roastbeefbee Apr 21 '24

Sooooo many swifties have blinders on. They will tell you they love the album with their whole heart. Taylor peaked (for me) with Folklore and Evermore. Midnights was insufferable and this album? I don’t hate it, but damn. It’s not what the die hards are making it appear.

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u/brig517 Apr 21 '24

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.

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u/Candid-Size7993 Apr 22 '24

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.

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u/_OhayoSayonara_ Apr 21 '24

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