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dark and dark and dark. everything is dark, everything is not JUST a poetic line, BUT a poetic line with meaning!!!! wow!!!

Honest confession: since TTPD i haven't listened to her older albums or any other artist that much. This album just keeps on revealing new plots and meaning and what u said about MBOBHFT is what I'm going through for the last 2 yrs and this album has offered me the much needed catharsis

whos here after his arrest???

Amazing analysis ❤

This is sad and it should have been arrested years ago. This is a lot of stuff but I believe it is a distraction because so much has happened

As someone who listens to poetic artists such as Maulskull and Sadistik and as someone who writes poetry, I thought of this album as an elementary level of poetry. The analogies are too easy to read, and I could only view this album as something that was made for commonfolk and not exactly for highly educated and well-written folk. Her music is for an audience who typically does not take time out of their life to think deeply or even have an advanced vocabulary.

She changed my life! She is the Greatest human to ever exist.

You deserve more subscribers, sir!

To be honest, this isn’t my favorite album of hers. For me, an album like folklore was her at her best creatively, which says a lot because the album was so stripped back production wise. However, to me, it exemplifed why people who become fans stay fans. I’ve grown up with her all my life, and there’s been a song at every album cycle that spoke to me personally. I mean it. Even with albums I did not like. She just has a way with words. For TTPD though, I kept revisiting it because I wasn’t sure what it was about it that was polarizing. It’s not her most exciting album production wise, nor is it her most neatly put together work (which has almost become expected out of her). I think this was just her raw and feeling her own emotions without censoring any of it. People take it mostly as the album about Matty, but it’s very introspective in a way that she hasn’t yet done. Usually, she is the victor and the heroine that’s come up on top narratively. This one, she’s hurt and she’s demanding justice for situations that have no heroes or villains, because it’s life. She has to move on because even when you have no answers for anything, the show still has to go on.

The problem with Taylor is she's a marketing genius who doesn't know when to stop. Too much of something good or bad is going to backfire on you. (This is coming from someone who knows every lyric she's ever written by heart I love her writing and I used to love her as a person too but recent events showed me that no I don't know her at all to judge her person in a good or a bad way because I get to see only what her marketing team allows me to see.. but music wise she is really good but then again it's hard to separate the art from the artist..)

Say complexity one more time

Ttpd is so good lyrically and melodically- some people are not ready for it

Wish you'd spent that time on your homework 😂😂😂

I’m a Swiftie and I absolutely loved watching your take. Your video and video editing is phenomenal! I was glued to the screen as I listened. Thank you!

sorry but your voice is not suitable for voice over

Color me impressed! This popped up in my Recommended videos, as I have been watching a lot of behind the scenes and album breakdowns for different artists. Like you, I was a Taylor Swift listener in the early days but, gravitated towards other types of music along the way. Well aware of her music and anything that's been in the press but, not deep into her catalog and not even close to a Swiftie. Not a hater, by any means. I was just listening to a different type of music. There's so much hype around this album that I am intrigued but, I wasn't sure that I wanted to dedicate the time to it. Your video here absolutely sold me on it. You did such an excellent job of putting all of the tracks into perspective and giving enough insight into each song, without giving away the entire experience. I'm super interested in listening to "Down Bad" now, for reasons that are obvious when you check my username. 😂👽 Thank you so much for such an honest, authentic introduction to this part of Taylor's work. I'm honestly excited to give this a listen now. Thank you for giving Taylor a chance and for helping me see what I might have missed. This is really a great summary that you've put together. You should be very proud of this one. I think the Swifties will be genuinely touched by your authenticity and how you truly looked at Taylor as a human and an artist in this piece. You feel, to me, like you have a gentle, kind heart and we need more of that in the world. Thanks for the hot tip. I gotta go listen to the album now. ❤

When I saw a video about taylor swift, that's when I watched and subscribed

See this album getting a cult classic stamp in 5 yrs ...just like Reputation album...that album got mixed reactions as well but is now considered a gothic classic in Taylor's discography...this album will be considered iconic and remembered cus it was released ahead of its time.

Taylor is such an interesting lens into the specific female experience with scrutiny of emotions. The beauty in darkness/sadness like this when presented by men for decades has been celebrated as exploring themes such as this. Taylor's commentary is very much not just a snapshot of the zeitgeist, but what i feel is a shared sentiment of being a successful woman crumbling under the pressure to fit a mold, but still be a genuine self, and continute the success at the expense of those. The pulling from all different directions and resulting deterioration of the person and their mental health has appeared for years, and i feel is ubiquitous to the experience of a woman in a man's world who is not entirely hardened. Taylor is very much a flawed thinkpiece into the female experience, particularly with mental strain from said flaws in conjunction with societal expectations.

Was hoping this video was gonna call out her disgusting, greedy, selfish strategy of trying to block any other female peer from getting to number 1 on Billboard by releasing an absurd amount of album variants :( Next.

3:46 this is 1989 era

I have my own metaphor. Matty is the moon, and Taylor the sun. They both cannot be together, if only in a glimpse.. No matter how she loves the dark as her sun sets, or how he longs for the dawn only to fade. Their time together will always be legendary, but temporary. 💔

My absolute favorite album with 1989 being #2. I felt so connected to every one of her songs. They really humanize her. So many hear her singing thru a speaker and maybe I'm saying this more for myself than anyone but it shows and doesn't just tell she is experiencing the human condition like all of us. And she smiles and fakes it til she makes it but she was miserable and so many of us know, especially women we are conditioned to do this, we have to smile thru the tears. I am still not done with this album and listen to it every day. It's definitely going to be my spotify top 10 songs. The metaphors are a puzzle and every time I hear the song over I catch something new. I love Taylor. I always have. And she crosses generations because my 15 yr old daughter loves her as well. We bond over her music and have so much empathy for her. She has been thru so much.

Thank you for covering Taylor you did a great job. I absolutely love how respectful you were about her and the album on it too so tysm🫶🏻

*folklore* has been my favourite album, lyrically, and *1989* sonically. However, I think that *TTPD* is taking both their spots for me. I can't stop listening to it. She didn't write this (double) album for it to be a "banger", this album was her artistic outlet for her heartbreak. This album is her rawest and most honest art she's ever done. I'm loving it. I'm feeling it deeply. I agree with pretty much all your interpretations. I think that the album was mainly written about Matty Healy, their whirlwind relationship after ten years of "what ifs" and longing, and the devastating heartbreak he caused her to have.

this is such a good take on the album… it’s actually relieving as a fan that, as the time passes, more people are beginning to give this project a chance without the preconceptions stablished by the hate train it suffered during the release days… it may not be groundbreaking production-wise, but the lyrical content is definitely one of the best and more complex works of her catalogue. i hope time fixes the overall perception. btw new subscriber here, and would love to see your opinions on her other albums!

I think the truest “fans” of Taylor as an artist are either those who prefer her early work, or prefer her late work and don’t care at all about who she’s dating. I had to wait for the exposure to “die down” so i could enjoy TTPD without hearing from the perspective of celebrity news articles and stan twitter. Taylor can be harder to enjoy when you’re already not a super fan and just like the imagery of her music.

Nice work, I have different interpretations but that don't matter. Good stuff, her music is definitely complex and I learned a thing or two from this 👍

Okay but why’d this flop so much 😂

Must be so hard to write songs about people who you hate and have wronged you and then emasculate an entire gender and brainwashing little girls to think the same way and profit off all of that. Yes her songs got stolen and it’s great she got them back but using people for your own success to the point people don’t even want to be around you for fear they will be publicly shamed forever at the following high school proms etc for the rest of eternity is something I can’t stand behind.

For someone who isn’t a Taylor fan, you were very respectful and got a lot of stuff right (for the most part) I love this deep dive into an album that isn’t for everyone on first listen but is much deeper and means more than just a “cash grab” She literally said she released this album bc she had to She’s an artist who loves releasing and making music She’s a writer who uses songs to make sense of her life & feelings I don’t get why haters make a music artist releasing music is a bad thing

I never trust a narcissist, but they love me, so i play them like a violin and i makes it look oh so easy. For every lie i tell them, they tell me three. This is how the world works, now all he thinks about is me - Taylor Swift, totally an empath victim who doesn't get off on playing games. No disrespect to your video at all, it was great, i just dont trust her as someone who comes from abusive situations. Also, you have a really nice voice 🙂

Lifelong fan. Midnights was full self sabotage with PTSD. Once I first heard TTPD my instinct was “this is not for public consumption” simply bc of how psychologically dark it is. Many American people/fans are not mature, nuanced, afflicted, or self reflective. Sarcasm, hyperbole, religious metaphor, addiction honesty, & satire aren’t for everyone. She took a slam at her fans / fame often which I adored and appreciated - are they ready for it?

Great video !!!!! 🙏💐💛😇🌈🕊🌈😇💛💐🙏

You really need to put some respect on Taylor's name This woman is unbelievable, really! She's a True artist But sometimes the production is just not good Taylor is an incredible powerful songwriter She needs a much better producer who can match that Jack's production is so childish that's why people say her music is "mid" but it's really not For people who only focus on production and not lycris I have to say that it is Midnights and ttpd's production was not good tbh She won album of the year because she wrote amazing tracks Jack is not a perfect fit for Taylor She needs to take her music to the next level and touch a more mature audience The ones who are acctualy critizing her Cause she is talented But her producer is messing up everything And I've seen many sweefties saying the same things as me

This is such a great album

I think she's very self aware in anti hero MV she presents the fool, the villain and the goddess. The fool is the regular version of her before the fame that wanted This life and wanting to keep everyone happy. The villain is the pop star version that imageries too big to hang out, starving herself, striving for perfection. And the last one is the goddess at the end of the video neither of the two other Taylor's ever touch the largest one because she represents the idol her fans worship but she's not real, she's only a figment , a character Taylor gives them at every show. In that same video she pictures her as it would be if she continues down that path and ignores her true feelings. The fact is matty and her have had a love affair that spans over a decade but because there was never a photo it didn't happen right? TTPD is her unmasking infront of everyone. As she did in the fortnight video. The only way to truly understand the album is to know matty Healy. Watch, oh Caroline(it goes with delicate), me+you together song, I'm still in love with you, part of the band. Medicine / mirrorball. They have been speaking in a secret language but bc some of her fans decided that as a recovering addict that's not PC he is not worthy of the goddess they aimed to tear her down if she didn't do as they say. I think ttpd prologue is an ironic tongue in cheek they had her on trial wanting to crucify her for being with him so she submitted into evidence her plea of "insanity"

as an avid taylor fan, this is my favorite album. it really shows the affects of fame. she doesn’t sugarcoat anything and gives and honest opinion. people hating on this album are crazy

The Tortured Poets Department is set in its own fictional universe. Major points: • The Tortured Poets Department is a government building/agency, which studies how the traumatic backstories of poets/artists made them better at creativity ✍. • Every narrator has a traumatic backstory, eventually ends up a successful artist, and is studied at the TTPD. • The universe is in the near-ish future with normalised international dating, holograms, a miracle move on drug, an anti-drug-addiction treatment, hovercraft, etc. • The universe has the supernatural with the song I Look in People's Windows being the most blatant inclusion. (The guy is clearly psychic). • The universe has alien abduction with Down Bad. • Every backstory in the TTPD is sad, but they usually have happy 😆 endings or inevitable happy endings if the narrative was to continue. There is no real true bad ending. • Taylor can sympathise with all the Tortured Poets, since her own traumatic event of Kanye/Kim made her a better poet/artist. Which is likely the inspiration behind the TTPD universe.

What's with all the AI images?

Brilliant work from top to bottom.

lovely video! but as a constructive criticism, none of the pictures you used as examples were from the lover era nor from 2020. 3:43 first pic: 2023 or 2024, can't remember correctly second pic: 2016 third and fourth pics: 2014. 1989 era. ... but it's just a silly criticism. your video was excellent!

sensational

TTPD definitely has some of her best songs like How did it end, I hate it here, Chloe or sam or Sophia of Marcus, the prophecy.. The Anthology part of the album is so underrated

The editing of the video is really well done. I think I have a new found appreciation for TTPD more after this video. Some of the lyrics sound off on the album but I think they fit in the context.

This album felt like a wannabe Lana del rey album

It was indeed a risky album that could put her in a bad light. I'm really glad she put it out though. The funny thing is if people who don't like her really put in the time to litsen to it and study it, they can make legit points about her being bad. But they just throw around blind accusations that make their point bland. Imperfect album from imperfect person. I like it. And I loved your video.❤

good video!!! i think this album just has SOOO many layers of complexity of her life and recent public relationships and public scrutiny that has just flown right over a lot of the gp's heads

It is so sad

You literally read this all wrong and loml is about Matty Healy not Joe. You're reading it like you didn't pick up most of the album is about Matty.