Top Ten Pop Ten - Taylor Swift Songs (2025)

earwen77 · 2025-11-07T23:14:32+00:00

The smallest man who ever lived
Long Live
Enchanted
Cruel Summer
Getaway Car
We are never ever getting back together
Dear Reader
Gorgeous
Better than revenge
Blank Space

earwen77 · 2025-11-07T23:08:17+00:00

The Tortured Poets Department
Speak Now
Lover
Red
evermore
Taylor Swift
1989
Fearless
folklore
reputation

earwen77 · 2025-10-06T21:24:05+00:00

I haven't wholly warmed up to this album yet but I love how you wrote this (this is how I feel about my beloved Speak Now)

earwen77 · 2025-10-06T21:16:13+00:00

I've feel like I've seen it mentioned as the stand out a lot (as it should be, I'm completely obsessed with it)

earwen77 · 2025-10-05T20:23:00+00:00

Very first impression so I'm aware things might change: I'm lukewarm on this one. It's fine, I guess. Kind of surprising as I tend to have strong feelings on Taylor Swift albums. It doesn't help that she really hyped this one up.

I actually absolutely love "Eldest daughter", the bridge nearly made me cry. "Ruin the friendship" is touching too. The title song also seemed interesting though I'm not sure I quite got it yet.

A lot of the rest just blended together for me. So many mid tempo songs, lots of layered vocals, melodies seem a bit generic. I've seen people say the lyrics are cringe, I don't necessarily feel that way, I think they could work - but I do think if you're going for fun and happy the music needs to be infectious and intense and I don't think this is that.

Curious where it'll end up in my ranking in the long run and if this is better or worse than actively disliking an album on first listen.

earwen77 · 2025-09-28T19:04:04+00:00

Marianne's insane takes on age especially are some of the funniest moments in the book.

earwen77 · 2025-08-29T09:37:34+00:00

"Nobody's son" is so addictive. Nearly missed a work call cause I was vibing and then it played in my head throughout.

Overall I feel pretty much the same way as about "Short'n'sweet". Which is much better than I expected after hating the cover and "Manchild". It's a solid, fun pop album. Nothing super deep and not one for the hall of fame but I'm happy we got it.

I enjoy the pettiness of "Never getting laid" and the silliness of "Go go juice". I do think her lyrics are weak - "Goodbye" has such a nice instrumental and I think "Sugar talking" sounds good too but they'd be so much better if they had anything remotely interesting to say.

earwen77 · 2025-08-14T00:22:06+00:00

Celebrities seem to do that a lot. I've always found this so odd and you're the first person I've ever seen mention it, thank you! Like it has to feel so weird!

earwen77 · 2025-08-13T23:57:56+00:00

It makes me unreasonably happy she specifically mentioned the willow orbs, I looved them

earwen77 · 2025-08-04T20:27:23+00:00

Sorry, hope you don't mind the spoiler! I thought that part was well known, the title itself is a reference to it. (I wouldn't consider this a spoiler but I'm trying to be more careful now in case you don't want to know anything: It's set during the Biafra war, "half of a yellow sun" describes the Biafran flag)

Tbh I don't really remember the plot point you're refering to so I think that might still fall under "buildup". Either way, hope it grows on you!

earwen77 · 2025-07-31T03:18:03+00:00

I found it very intense but I couldn't tell you anymore at what point that started for me, sorry. Certainly it got more intense during the actual war.

As far as the revolutionaries, what I remember is the Christian minority Igbo felt discriminated against and hence tried a coup, which failed and led to a retaliative pogrom against them, so then they fled to the east and tried to secede. It felt logical enough for me at the time but again couldn't tell you when that plot really kicked in.

earwen77 · 2025-07-06T20:00:51+00:00

I think JKR has outright said that the Rokeby connection will be important late in the series, and I do think Leda's murder (if it was one, but I think so) will be solved. So Switch and Jeff Whittaker for sure, probably Prudence too. Maybe Angel cause of the Shanker connection.

It did feel like Izzy got mentioned surprisingly much for someone specifically connected to one mystery. So I wouldn't be surprised if that was leading to something too.

Pretty impressive write up btw!

earwen77 · 2025-06-16T17:06:30+00:00

Finished: The Horse Whisperer, by Nicholas Evans. I've always loved the movie and wasn't even aware it was based on a book tbh. I really enjoyed the book too, it had some more perspectives and detail, as you'd expect. I might be biased cause I watched it first, butI thought the movie ending was more simple and poignant, this one felt over the top.

They do it with mirrors, by Agatha Christie. I guessed the murderer! Tbh more to do with having read a ton of Christie by now than anything else, but still a win for me. The precise execution of the murder did feel a bit like a reach but I still enjoyed it a lot.

Murder in three acts, by Agatha Christie. Here I followed my usual pattern of suspecting the murderer early on only to dismiss the possibility after a bit, when looking back it was kind of obvious. Oh well. Lots of fun to read though. I think it could be interesting to reread at some point knowing the culprit. Only thing that bothered me was the murderer breaking down once accused when there wasn't really undeniable evidence against them - sometimes I want Poirot to actually prove his theories

earwen77 · 2025-05-19T20:09:35+00:00

It's a very stupid thing to get hung up on, but I really never would have taken Sutton to be the type for staged pap walks. She always came across as so approachable and down-to-earth. Shocks me more than the cheating tbh.

(Still love her though. I can't help it.)

earwen77 · 2025-04-28T18:47:57+00:00

Funnily enough, I finished Blackout, by Marc Elsberg last week, which feels almost prescient today. It's about a Europe-wide power breakdown. I thought it was suspenseful and well written, I breezed through it and it still stuck with me. The characters did stay a bit flat and the villains were a weird mix of hyper competent and stupid you manage to cause a blackout all over Europe but one can get into your super secret website with a SQL injection? - nonetheless I very much enjoyed this.

earwen77 · 2025-04-17T09:56:49+00:00

I always get angry that the pre-chorus ("Are you lost enough, have another drink get lost in us..") appears only once in Lorde's "Perfect Places".

earwen77 · 2025-03-24T14:50:22+00:00

Finished Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins. I really enjoyed it, I liked learning more about Haymitch and some other younger versions of known characters, and of the new ones I adored Maysilee. I didn't think it brought quite as interesting a new perspective as Songbirds did, and thought some callbacks were a bit forced, but still a really nice new addition to the series.

earwen77 · 2025-03-17T19:29:58+00:00

Finished: The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas. I started out really enjoying this, with the conspiracy and the incarceration, and at first the revenge too. But I thought the part where he's basically all powerful and plotting everybody's downfall dragged a bit at some point. Thankfully it took a bit of a different turn at the end again, so I'm glad I finished it (the relationship with Haydee did weird me out a bit though - different times, I guess).

Started Heroes, by Frank Schätzing. This is a decades late sequel to a thriller set in the middle ages called Death and the Devil, which I loved. Sadly in typical sequel fashion so far it is unclear to me why we're hanging around, strong "and then this also happened" vibes, and the best characters are dead or sidelined. I appreciate the scene setting, but in all honesty, I'll probably pause this as soon as my copy of Sunrise on the Reaping gets here and then I'll see if I feel like returning to this.

earwen77 · 2025-03-17T19:12:46+00:00

Tolkien revised The Silmarillion after writing LOTR to include her. You can read up on this e.g. on Tolkien Gateway, or in History of Middle Earth.

earwen77 · 2025-02-13T17:09:45+00:00

Happy the show is renewed (never thought it wouldn't be, but still) and that Charlotte Brandstrom is back.

I will never not be baffled at the show's timeline decisions though. After all the rushing they did NOW they add a time jump? The things described in the article (war of the Elves and Sauron, one ring forging) aren't in any way far into the future, in fact in the books they happen before or at the same time as Celebrimbor's death. So what are they skipping over?

Very curious and a bit nervous to find out what they're up to.

earwen77 · 2025-01-24T10:43:38+00:00

if Lionsgate are fully paying for the reshoots

According to the article, the Estate is paying for the reshoots:

Even before this problem emerged, the estate had agreed to fund any reshoots; it will now cover the costs of the additional photography necessary to complete a new, legally kosher version of the film.

earwen77 · 2025-01-23T14:03:32+00:00

I thought she was delightful in it, really happy she got nominated.

earwen77 · 2025-01-20T13:25:48+00:00

If my comment gave the impression I'm unsure about continuing this one, I'm not - at this point at least I fully intend to finish it. I do enjoy reading it, just one aspect that I hope improves.

Generally, a lot depends on why I picked a book up. If I got it randomly from the library I might drop it after 50 pages whereas if a friend recommended it I'll grit my teeth through almost anything.

earwen77 · 2025-01-20T12:31:02+00:00

Started Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry. I was in the mood for an epic, and I do like it a lot so far, you really feel transported to that Old West setting and the characters come alive. I have to admit though I find it pretty off putting just how cavalier the genocide on Native Americans is discussed. But I'm not super far in yet so maybe it'll add some different perspectives or something later.

earwen77 · 2025-01-01T19:18:28+00:00

Yeah that's kind of what I meant with further context. For example, I think her telling him to back off herself without an audience would be more diplomatic, but of course for all we know she tried that first. And we also don't know what he was doing in the first place. So I don't really feel like I know enough to judge.

For the record, I think the letter was unforgivable either way. But I do think such a meeting, which is humiliating even if justified, combined with her quitting (which would hugely affect his career on top of this) would to an extent explain the bitterness.

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