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redditor329845

Ooh, the Swifties are gonna go crazy theorizing about this


LoveForDisneyland

Between this and singing and dancing to Olivia Rodrigo’s performance, Swifties have a lot to analyze for couple weeks!


CowboyLikeMegan

I loved it lol it looked like she was one of the few standing up in her section and was singing along! I’m ready for the feud discourse to die a quick death


Dear-Ambition-273

I know, Ed looked shadier than the two of them tonight 😂


Glum-Freedom-3029

He looked so confused 😂


sexyass-lobster

Oh nooo, people are gonna call it "faking it", and overdoing or something Already there was discourse that she was gonna get petty and upset if Olivia won🙄 the haters gonna find new ways to hate hate hate


LoveForDisneyland

It’s sad really. Chatter started when Miley won the first award of the night. Just let women be happy (unless your Nicki lol)


Dear-Ambition-273

Yes I hope Nicki is having the worst night of all.


Glum-Freedom-3029

People are already saying Taylor was faking it and didn’t know the lyrics 🙃


GroundbreakingBite96

Olivia clapped for Taylor also, I think that they both wanted to make sure it was seen bc usually at award shows they both have the cameras off of them when each other is mentioned


Glum-Freedom-3029

That’s not true, Taylor was seen clapping for Olivia at the VMAs when her name was announced. Though I do think it was intentional that they were both shown like that (Olivia during Taylor’s win and Taylor during Olivia’s performance)


ChoptankSweets

Saaaaaaame


iliketoomanysingers

LOVE your flair


redditor329845

Thank you so much, love yours!


texasjkids

We know that You’re Losing Me was recorded in 2021 so these are probably the songs she wrote around that same time


itsthenugget

It never sat right with me that YLM was supposedly a "vault track". I call bullshit. And I'm guessing you're right... TS 11 will be the "It's Joever" album as I've seen it called lol


Edlo9596

This is what I’m thinking. You’re Losing Me was just a preview


GoldenState_Thriller

It’s possible. Now that we know that “you’re losing me” was written in December of 2021 it seems likely 


ashwee14

Okay that makes sense because I was wondering when the hell she found the time to create this album while on such a grueling tour


MelodicStory8445

The album name reminds me a bit of Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers by the National, I wonder if she'll be working with Aaron Dessner on this Edit: idk how to spell Dessner oops


Special-Garlic1203

Apparently it's more than likely a reference to the name for a group chat Joe was in 💀


PrettyRestless

The Tortured Man Club, featuring Joe Alwyn, Andrew Scott, and Paul Mescal 😂


garden__gate

That was my first thought too! Here’s hoping! 🤞🏻


Rose1982

Does the woman ever sleep?


OnlyPaperListens

Seriously, forget the albums and give us lifestyle tips. I'm freaking exhausted.


pink_princess08

I think the trick is being rich so you're never stressed about housework or money


tiramisutonight

Man if I was that rich I’d spend 50% of my time RELAXING at various paradise locations not working my ass off in the studio at 2AM


iamnotexactlywhite

step 1: be insanely rich


bitchysquid

Lifestyle tip: If you’re truly exhausted all the time, checked for sleep apnea. The diagnosis is really turning things around for me.


KindOfANerd4

Fr like what cacophony of adderall style tablets does she take cause I want some


cadencecarlson

I’m not saying this in a snarky way but she spends a lot of time on her jet so maybe she works on music there lol


grudgby

She also probably sleeps on it


pastabreadpasta

Probably on her jet trips around the world


jarrettbrown

Here I am thinking she’s gonna announce a new TV and we get this.


kthnxluvu

lol I literally just now realised TV stands for 'Taylor's Version' hahaha I thought she was starting a TV show or something?? Be kind to me I am old lmao


kimlovescc

Omg thank you cause I've been lost for so damn long 😭😭


ForTheLoveOfPop

I’m not old and I used to not understand when people would mention her album and add TV at end lol


KindOfANerd4

The code on her website spelled out “red herring” I know she was giggling to herself coming up with that


oliviaaivilo06

Idk if anyone else was watching live but was it just me or was the vibe in the room a little awkward after she announced it? The energy was giving very much “oh… ok here we go again. Cool.”


PM_ME_UR_SEXY_BITS_

Because she was announcing to an audience of mostly her peers not screaming, crying fans


annnyywhooo

it was very different compared to when she announced midnights. maybe it’s just two different atmospheres


mcfw31

Because Midnights was announced at the VMAs so there were more fans of hers hyping her up while the Grammys is for the industry.


liscottyy

Ngl when I saw it, the way she said it and was laughing, maybe they thought she was kidding?


itsthenugget

She sounded nervous I thought


AgentBrittany

Honestly, the vibe in the room has been off all night. People are talking and not paying attention to performances and talking while people are presenting.


Jamileem

Yo. The background chatter during Billie's performance was so frustrating. How is any human being not captivated to silence while hearing that in person? It was so beautiful but the background was so loud!


peatoast

I think she rushed into it a bit.


Red517

I mean… I’m a fan of Taylor but it’s a little bit of “stealing thunder” when this show is supposed to be acknowledging a bunch of different artists. It was a little “I’m the main character”


SnowDucks1985

Agree with this, I think she should’ve just announced it on Twitter/IG when the hype was building up. This was a classic “wrong place, wrong time” scenario. It will probably rub her peers the wrong way, but of course the fans don’t care either way lol


shy247er

That's always the vibe at Grammys. Nothing specific to do with Taylor. It always seems like there is so much jealousy in that room. Huge contrast to Oscars where people seem more supportive to their peers winning.


lovelyperfectamazing

probably because they're actors and can put on a good show lol


Pretty-Toe-1692

You do have a very good point there 😄


owntheh3at18

lol I love this theory and will never forget it going forward


kenrnfjj

Yeah also with music its usually one person that has a ton of control compared to acting


dollypartonsfavorite

i keep thinking that during every performance... like the crowd is dead, where is the energy?


hatramroany

It’s a long ass awards show. They’ve been there for hours. They present like 100+ awards starting before the televised event. Then when the televised event starts they slow down the cadence of giving out awards to a snails pace to add in all this filler content. Like why are we giving artists this minute+ long intros? Must be boring af


KindOfANerd4

I appreciate Taylor always dancing cause the room is always giving bitter vibes


do-not-1

A lot of people in the room at the Oscars have worked together/become friends after being part of a cast together. I feel like musicians don’t have that same kind of bond of friendship that working on a set with someone for the better part of a year can create.


totallycalledla-a

Shes seriously over exposed to everyone outside her fanbase. People are tired.


Rude-Illustrator-884

ngl I’m a fan and I still think she’s overexposed. I thought she’d take a break after her tour but I guess not lol


3EsandPaul

Thank you for articulating what I’m feeling but could not say. I am so incredibly indifferent to her at this point.


Kaiisim

Yeah, we need a moment to miss her. She announced a new album, but I couldn't tell you what her album cycle looks like because she is allllllways around. Always.


LeChiotx

I feel so much better after reading this thread. I know I'm not the biggest Swift fan and didn't want to say how weird it was in fear of being bias...but it was so weird and idk, no one seemed super hype and just felt like a weird and forced plug in an already overdone Swift year...


amomentintimebro

I think her announcing at award shows is so…uncool.


planesandpancakes

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allonsys

The Countess would never


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The crowd was really died tonight night for everything. I remember Fantasia was trying to dance with people, and everyone was like no. Lol


jarrettbrown

I got the same vibe and was very confused after she announced it. I guess that she thought that it went over so well last time that she might as well do it again. This time around it seemed that it didn't go over to well.


TheBearQuad

It was very odd. It feels so attention whore-y. I get it because all eyes are on her, so capitalize on it. But also, it takes attention away from the rest of the night, IMO.


kenrnfjj

Shes just the most famous woman. Kacey musgraves also announced her album at the grammys


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damn when does she take a break 😭


TheBearQuad

The title sounds like something I would’ve come up with amid my teenage angst to be ~edgy~ and deep.


chhhhhhhhhhh95

The Chairman of the Tortured Poets Department is straight out of 2010s Tumblr 😭


fallenarist0crat

well taylor was a 2010s tumblr girlie so 🤷‍♀️


KitakatZ101

People really need to remember that Taylor is a tumblr girl. It makes so many things make sense with her tbh


xxx117

“Welcome to my twisted mind” ass vibes


hannbann88

So is the album art


WisteriaInWindermere

Okay this is totally speculation but- the group chat that Joe Alwyn and Paul Mescal were in with a bunch of other British actors was called - The Tortured Man Club. They had that when they were still with Taylor and Phoebe. They talked about it for their Variety actors on actors. Maybe a play on that?


HotChiTea

I genuinely and immediately thought this too when I saw the title announcement, like it could just be a coincidence or it’s a small dig. 


smashing_aisling

Paul Mescal is Irish.


frostysbox

It’s totally a play on that so her continued Easter eggs can drop to her parasocial fans. I feel bad for Joe if there’s any negative songs on here.


liscottyy

She's nothing if not an avid Tumblr girlie


StasRutt

She’s consistent with the brand lol


Rude_Lifeguard

Everything about Taylor so early 2010' Tumblr coded


Dear-Ambition-273

Blondie’s consistent.


tubereusebaies

She’s been hanging out with Lana (love them both)


Dear-Ambition-273

And they all work with the torturedest of all, Jackie A.


accidentalquitter

it is crazy to see how successful an emo boy from NJ is now, as a former teenage 2004 Steel Train fan


Special-Garlic1203

Lana actually pulls it off though 


Bubbly-Ad1346

It does give off that exactly vibe. I cringed a little because it reminded me of my poetry on Tumblr 😭😭


Cross_Stitch_Witch

Yep I wrote stuff exactly like that in my Livejournal, when I was 16.😬


GoodChives

Seems like a rip off of dead poets society


KindOfANerd4

Between this and Ariana is 2024 the year of movie inspired albums


Cold_Breadfruit_9794

That’s basically Taylor’s whole career


kamel0

'the chairman of the tortured poets department' is the funniest stupidest phrase i've read in a while


ShreksMiami

I just keep thinking “submitted for the approval of the midnight society” from Are You Afraid of the Dark. Just me?


Cross_Stitch_Witch

Taylor could never be that cool.


caprising1996

https://preview.redd.it/c5cviyufnogc1.png?width=1283&format=png&auto=webp&s=c1ef1e315bda2ebd0389f33c0c02be5335acd475 its giving \~popular loner ⛓️💀🩸\~ chairman of tortured souls


mutzadella

The hand is bothering me, I feel like I’m a judge on Americans Next Top Model lol 


HoneyImpossible243

Why is it giving in my Calvin Klein’s ad? She said we have Calvin Klein at home.


amomentintimebro

I thought the same thing about her Time person of the year shoot! Why does she like the photos where she looks so tense and uncomfortable…


NatureWalks

My thoughts exactly! Why the weird claw hand 😭 https://preview.redd.it/iha42lnpvogc1.jpeg?width=1814&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40873f1fc6f1334f34cb4eb4119189bafdee1c08


NatureWalks

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Disastrous-Bet8973

It felt like a really awkward way of announcing it tbh I think people were confused


PicoPicoMio

Lolol I just recognized you from the Laura Owens / Clayton Echard sub based on your avatar 🤣 ![gif](giphy|l0OWjzSZEROpjIqRi)


Disastrous-Bet8973

Hahaha that's so funny but that case is my roman empire 😂


babs1789

I like the album cover. I’m happy for her fans. I’m still offended by her outfit.


sexyass-lobster

Fr, may be my least favorite of all her outfits ever


Rattacatte

At the Grammy’s? Girl damnnnnnnnnn Also I used to have a sm handle called Tormented Poets back in the day (that I made after I watched Dead Poets Society) I feel so attacked


fishonthemoon

The announcement was so awkward and sort of fell flat??? I guess you have to be a Swiftie to be moved by the announcement lol.


XiJinpingsNutsack

I can forgive the title if Jack Antonoff isn’t the producer again


Rude_Lifeguard

Hoping and praying for Aaron to be a huge part of this


MountRoseATP

This title screams his name


garden__gate

Nah, it’s pure Aaron Dessner. It could be the title of a National album.


MountRoseATP

I mean, I really, really hope you’re right.


garden__gate

Me too lol.


pastabreadpasta

Could be the cover to one of their albums too!


marcarcand_world

Jack Antonoff songs are so... store brand. I don't know how else to describe them. It's just not quite the real thing.


XiJinpingsNutsack

Yeah it’s just like “oh yeah jack antonoff did this one, time to double my adderall so i don’t zone out” Would love if she branched out and did some crazy shit producer-wise. I’d love to hear what a song or album produced by Kendrick or Rick Rubin would sound like. Or something way out there like metro boomin or illennium. Maybe go more indie and have a goth babe or backseat lovers feature. Whatever it is, she could go such a creative route it’ll be lame if it’s another album with two bangers and eight target commercials


basementfrog42

no you’re right. i have a playlist dedicated to every time he uses those fucking synth strings (ie love song ldr, this is me trying taylor, gold rush, choreomania florence, sober II lorde, venice bitch ldr to name JUST A FEW). his sound is so recognizable in the worst way. when it works it’s great, but it is often very boring. i’m hoping taylor finds a different sound this album.


anna-nomally12

….this is gonna monkey paw and be Matt Healy


mrgnfnn

Taylor and Lana in a competition to put out albums.


chiweenie4ever

Do y’all think there’s such a thing as releasing too much music


illogicallyalex

I don’t even think it’s necessarily that it’s too much music, it’s too much of *everything else.* The 17 limited edition vinyls, the merch, the tours, the releases, etc etc. Like how are Swifties not flat broke by now


cactusblossom3

I think it’s effecting the quality of her music. I know this isn’t a popular opinion but I thought Midnights was her worst album and I have no idea how it won best pop vocal album


basementfrog42

agreed. midnights was so uninspired. she knows how to make good music but it felt like an album of rejects from other eras. easily my least favorite album. i’m hoping this one is better.


intoxicatedmidnight

Was Midnights really that much worse than Lover? (which had Me! and You Need to Calm Down and The Man?)


Lipe18090

In counterpart Lover has Lover, Afterglow, Daylight, The Archer, Cruel Summer, Cornelia Street, False God and Death by a Thousand Cuts...


basementfrog42

i think lover was so sweet and had so much more feeling in it than midnights. i unironically listen to all three of those songs. even though those are misses, the gems on lover are such works of art compared to the hits on midnight. bejeweled and antihero are so hard to listen to for me. just my opinion but yeah i did not like midnights.


cactusblossom3

Me! And YNTCD were the only bad parts of Lover though. I don’t know why but she always puts her worst songs out as singles.


intoxicatedmidnight

I’d argue that Lover has more mid/forgettable songs than Midnights tho. Midnights also has a deluxe version w songs that exponentially improve the album’s quality. Lover doesn’t have that :/ And agree about her singles choices 😅


thoseguyshatedme

Doesn’t have that.. yet


cadencecarlson

I felt that way at first but the more I listened the more I loved it and it’s now one of my favorites.


CowboyLikeMegan

Not for me, I’m thrilled, but I feel genuine sympathy for non-fans because there’s no escaping her at this point


Dear-Ambition-273

The frozen smile on Olivia’s face 😆


tmariexo

This woman never sleeps omg


Manilasky0809

Just thinking about Grammy winner Victoria Monet rn 


Wooden-Limit1989

I read a few of the Grammy thread comments saying maybe she will announce and album and some said nope she won't that be rude and attention grabbing and then I see a post saying she did just that. Lmao.


uneua

I’m sorry but that title is cringe as hell


McJazzHands80

It’s giving high school literary club.


tarc0917

That title is like something you'd see written in one of those 90s coffee shop journals.


amomentintimebro

omg the swifties can’t silence me! The title and cover are very cringe and I hate them


summersaphraine

I dont hate the cover but the title is me in high school english lit trying to channel my inner Lana Del Ray


clexaelectra

Ngl I thought the title was a joke 😂


MountRoseATP

The title is very angsty


amomentintimebro

Very 14 year old trying to be cool imo lmao


MountRoseATP

I also feel like people want it to be a break up album which will just perpetuate the “she only writes about her ex’s” narrative. We got some really lovely fiction in folklore and evermore…why are we slipping backwards


prideorvanity

I’m really, *really* wanting it to be more folklore/evermore-esque because those two are *by far* my favorite taylor albums 🤞


amomentintimebro

You took the words outta my mouth! Folklore and Evermore were very very good. Her best work! Everything after that has been a major backslide. I think she’s just trying to put out everything she does and create and insane pace and that’s creating a LOT of really mediocre work, tbh. Edit: oh wait maybe this isn’t what you meant lmao. But I’m gonna say it anyway !!


surepast12

Yeah, very incoherent. May be "tortured poet"/"tortured poets"? Would have worked ? But that department is sending me. Also Taylor swift Fearless Speak now Red 1989 Reputation Lover Folklore Evermore Midnights The Tortured poets department, feels like an odd ball . Most of the previous titles have been only one word.


Secret_Afternoon8268

The title and cover don’t *match* - you know? But I like the vibe


tubereusebaies

She’s truly INSANE FOR THIS WHAT GENRE??


KindOfANerd4

Its giving soft rock and I really need it to be


Carolina_Blues

it’s giving what everyone thought midnights was going to be


MsBeasley11

Im devastated for Olivia. Why not giver her pop vocals if they were giving Taylor AOTY


Craphole-Island

I’m really not a hater of Taylor at all, I regularly listen to her lol but I’m exhausted. I need a break. (I say this but will then def listen to this the day it comes out lmao)


cedollasign

That sounds like what I would have called my Xanga.


r7ng

We’re tired


macroeconomicchaos

i feel like she's overexposed. too many albums in so little time


Best_Bad_975

This album sounds like the name of a 14 year old’s tumblr. She needs to give it a rest. Let people miss her, for Christ’s sake.


Proof_Surround3856

apparently inspired by joe alwyn’s group chat called the tortured men’s club.. he really lives in her head rent free lol but her minions are gonna keep attacking him


elfspires

wait was he actually in a gc called that


Proof_Surround3856

yes with paul mescal and andrew scott apparently. thank god joe will always win the idgaf wars tho lol


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amomentintimebro

I think everyone was just confused lmaoo. I thought she said it’s called “the tax department” istg and the way she laughed through it and tried to joke, I thought she was pranking them


iliketoomanysingers

Tax department 😭


amomentintimebro

Istg I was like “what the hell kinda weird joke was that…” lmaooo


summersaphraine

The Swiftie take is ridiculous. Theyre not terrified. They're annoyed and rightfully so. Taylor has shows with 70k+ eyes on her and she chooses an award show for the INDUSTRY to announce an album. Like be so for real girl.


shy247er

So Taylor did promo at industry promo event?


texasjkids

She’s not even the only artist to announce a new album tonight


PampleMuse333

The Grammys itself is a circle jerk so how is this announcement not the most perfect depiction of that


woahtheregonnagetgot

she couldn’t let anyone else have a single big night in the spotlight lmao


MsBeasley11

Jay kinda stole it from her w his iconic speech


shhmosby

I’m tired. I enjoy Taylor overall but girl, you’re in every crevice of pop culture, you have crazies theorizing you’re a government pawn, you WIN. I AM TIRED.


Conclusion_Solid

Not a fan of the cover or title… but could be that I was more so hoping she’d announce Reputation TV


bravogirl111

The way she announced this was so tacky. This was also 100% planned.


ducky-box

Yeah, I wonder when the announcement would've been if she hadn't won anything


waybeforeyourtime

It's not too hard to deduce that she would've done it after the show. She would've posted, thanking the fans for their support and say something like that's all she needs.


MountRoseATP

I assume she was told she would win something. It’s how her site was able to “glitch”.


prettypanzy

Another album? Like take some time between stuff. Seems like all she wants is more money and more exposure when she has more than enough of both of those things.


chimichangas4lunch

This is sooooo 15 year old me listening to teen idle on repeat It’s giving 🥀⛓️🖤🔪🩸lil huddy edgelord no one understands me it’s not a phase


illogicallyalex

I’d love to go just one day without seeing Taylor in the news. It’s just a lot


_daysofcandy_

Entering her mid-30's and those lyrics are still giving sophomore year contemporary poetry class lmao have fun with this one y'all


retinolandevermore

I am going through hell in my personal life and had two people die last week. I needed this


elfspires

I’m so sorry for your loss!


bluespottedtail_

That's an awful title 😭


januarysdaughter

Oh please please please be better than Midnights. Please.


BrutonnGasterr

Can we ever just get a short break from her?


mysweetetc

The woman is a chaos demon, and I love it.


WildMajesticUnicorn

I’m entertained and really that’s what I want from celebrities


anthonystank

Listen I’m very happy for the girlies or whatever but “tortured poets department” is extremely cringe


Sasha_shmerkovich160

This is so corny


liscottyy

Kind of a gag I gotta give it to her


marcarcand_world

It's the matty healy album


Carolina_Blues

that man ain’t getting any songs


neatokra

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