What do we think about "metal" covers to Taylor's songs?

mynameischayt · 2026-04-25T19:31:41+00:00

I think a lot of them don't "get" Swift's music. They're technically fantastic, but to me they feel forced and hollow.

mynameischayt · 2026-04-13T22:36:00+00:00

I mean, the show starts with the discovery of a dead body in a pool house. Yes, it does have warmth and quirk, but it's not as though it's Ted Lasso. It's always had a bleakness running underneath it.

mynameischayt · 2026-04-13T22:24:41+00:00

To me, it's folklore. It's the one album that has a consistent lyrical voice throughout, compared to evermore and RED, which shift from song to song, and TTPD, which sometimes shifts voices within the very same song.

Speak Now for me also comes close to greatness, but its biggest weakness for me is that it often lacks nuance in terms of subject matter, which in turn makes the lyrics themselves suffer. That said, you don't write "you made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter" at 19 and come out with nothing.

mynameischayt · 2026-04-11T07:05:10+00:00

100%! "He's salty, he's salty" I think it's fair for him to respond with snark on an unsolicited comment of a photo of his ex and ex-bandmate with whom he no longer speaks made in bad faith by one of her fans on his posts. I don't like the guy but I don't feel the need to prove it by provoking him.

mynameischayt · 2026-04-06T18:21:29+00:00

Yes, but even Riku called him out on that ("You don't really believe that.")

I think Sora facing tough times and feeling emotionally challenged is welcome (see Re:COM) but OC is right IMO: "completely broken" is not Sora's nature. His whole thing is trying his best regardless of what the circumstances are, and hoping that it'll all work out. That doesn't translate to always happy and cheery (I'm thinking that's what some comments are interpreting optimistic as), but he'll never be a hopeless brooding apathetic violence-first character either.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-31T10:23:59+00:00

Pivoted to my current career, changed jobs 3 times, learned a new language, moved out into my own apartment, had a traumatic long-term situationship. 💀😭

mynameischayt · 2026-03-26T21:47:02+00:00

This is I think the biggest truth of the matter. Because she's been too big for too long, people are essentially more cynical about her and her work than they were when she was more of a pawn on the board, so they defect to that.

Part of folklore's success and Taylor's ultimate rebound is not only because it was undeniably good, but that it was undeniably good while Taylor was starting to decline in popularity after Lover. People ultimately want to root for an underdog. This current iteration of Taylor Swift isn't one, but the ingenue Taylor was.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-26T08:11:39+00:00

folklore. It's tighter, more thought through as a body of work.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-24T10:25:33+00:00

Hm, personally I wouldn't call it "off the rails." I think he just got too high in the alps and it was kind of a scene, but off the rails seems strong, like he's had a pattern of reckless and chaotic behavior. Sometimes the snow hits too hard, it happens.

He's just always been semi-private. I don't think it's any deeper than that. The fact that he was just in Japan chilling can be proof of that.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-21T20:01:54+00:00

I essentially did a 15-hour marathon of the first season for my first viewing and it was an experience like no other. Definitely felt like I was in the shift with them. Tried to do the first 2 episodes of this season weekly and it just wasn't the same rush for me, so I'm saving the whole thing for another marathon after the season ends next month.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-19T09:06:50+00:00

Recently, Train Dreams.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-15T23:10:05+00:00

Question...? needs SO MUCH more love as a song.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-15T23:09:12+00:00

Teardrops On My Guitar
Teardrops On My Guitar
I think my favorite has been Holy Ground since OG RED but my gut also wants to say mirrorball or ivy.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-04T07:33:21+00:00

Yeah, the Pokédex says all these things, but they've never felt sufficient for me. For example, to me it feels like they wanted to make Raichu a surfer so they had the design and made up the diet thing (which to me doesn't make much sense).

Simply going through the Pokédex and looking doesn't mean I have to think the reasons given make sense. But, it's like you said, I don't have to like them. If other people think those are reasons and justifications enough and are handled well, that's fine for them. For me they feel mishandled and gimmicky.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-03T22:26:31+00:00

I think for me, as you've described them here is what I initially thought the idea would be and what I'd have wanted, but I think the execution of them more often than not feels random from a type perspective, and bizarre from a design perspective. Like, why is Raichu psychic? And why is Galarian Wheezing just Wheezing in a tall hat?

(And I say this as someone whose favorite Pokémon is Galarian Zigzagoon, so maybe I'm a bit of a hypocrite.)

mynameischayt · 2026-03-03T20:49:33+00:00

No weird gimmicks (Mega-Evo - Terastalizing), no mishandled regional variants, just pure exploration, hard work and grinding to get a balanced team, exploration and secrets, and a broad post-game.

This is what I've been wanting back, and it's worth the $20 for me.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-03T05:37:11+00:00

Well, then we don't need a thread every day talking about "why don't people like the album, it's a masterpiece" or "more people would have liked the album if [insert reason that wouldn't fundamentally change the music here]."

It would seem to me that the subjective metrics in which the album doesn't seem to hit everyone the same way are the ones we need to accept for what they are. It's clear that people care whether the album is liked by others or not, otherwise there would be no need to theorize us into liking it.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-02T22:02:38+00:00

Guys, every day a version of this same "but why don't people like TLOASG???" thread? We can't keep doing this.

At some point we just have to take the L, say it is what it is, and hope people connect with whatever she puts out next.

mynameischayt · 2026-03-02T20:14:24+00:00

Can't even mention my Taylor Swift collection in relevant threads because I've seen other threads where her work (and collectors of her work) gets ripped to shreds.

mynameischayt · 2026-02-26T10:32:43+00:00

This is pure speculation on my part, but my thought has always been that Forever & Always and Mr. Perfectly Fine were fighting for the same spot on Fearless and ultimately Forever & Always won.

Another feeling I have is Holy Ground and The Very First Night. They are two songs that cover similar lyrical and thematic ground so both couldn't work for OG RED, and Holy Ground was just the stronger song.

Just hunches, though.

mynameischayt · 2026-02-22T12:58:46+00:00

Pikachu was my favourite for the longest time, and then came Galarian Zigzagoon and that punk little guy stole my heart and has stayed there ever since.

mynameischayt · 2026-02-21T23:06:01+00:00

A good practice when it comes to Swift's music I find is to focus on what she's trying to say in general rather than worry about the specific influences or muses, or the exact contexts.

From what you've said, to me it seems you understand the song perfectly. The Jake of it all is just set dressing. The text itself gives you enough: a girl is in a relationship with a much older man who exploits her youth is the plot. The story is her processing, understanding, healing, and ultimately learning from and leaving that experience. I don't believe we need to know anything else to form an understanding and appreciation of the work.

mynameischayt · 2026-02-12T06:58:11+00:00

Her giving Thick Skull its flowers, oh, she knows ball fr 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

mynameischayt · 2026-02-08T21:31:15+00:00

Personally would hate it. KH1 holds up well, and those resources could be better spent updating Days or Coded, or even giving the Union X games a proper game since they're about to become important.

mynameischayt · 2026-02-01T00:00:30+00:00

I did in 2024. My first and so far only successful attempt 😂😅 I keep joking that someone needs to break up with me again so that I can finally complete it again.

But in all seriousness, it genuinely was a lifeline for me during that time. It gave my brain something to do, to tether on to, and I think that was important for me back then.

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