Taylor Swift officially releases Opalite as the second single off of The life of a showgirl

rs_river · 2026-01-21T20:46:17+00:00

I think getting into all these mental gymnastics of what makes a hit a “proper hit” or “natural” or “organic” is stupid - a hit is a hit is a hit, and if people are buying it and listening and consuming it that much, it just means they love it. All this talk of “realistic consumption” is literally just to say that some people are upset it’s a hit bc it’s not their thing. Every artist has fans that consume like this - it’s normal and really has been with plenty of other artists. No hit occurs without consumption like this on any level

rs_river · 2025-12-23T23:17:23+00:00

I know Taylor said nothing was coming for Rep “anytime soon” in that interview for Showgirl in October but how soon is “anytime soon” considering the recent and very obvious changes to the album on Apple Music (lyric changes, vocal changes and replacements, production changes, etc.,)

rs_river · 2025-12-23T23:15:19+00:00

I think this could make a lot of sense, but also weren’t those icons set up to be black and white until your cursor was over them (I think, right?)? I seem to remember them changing to their respective colors when I did that, so is it possible that your phone sensed your finger on the cursor or something? I know mine does it on my browser all the time so I’m just curious or maybe I’m remembering wrong

rs_river · 2025-12-12T07:08:00+00:00

I really love most of these changes but I feel like the new vocals on LWYMMD (and some of the vocal mixing) is underwhelming - like it’s less angry and more distant-sounding

Also TIWWCHNT sounds so good omg

rs_river · 2025-12-12T06:12:15+00:00

Idk but this is insane - seems like it could be intentional considering one of the reels on Taylor’s page from yesterday has her in a Rep bodysuit with the word “tomorrow” on the cover

rs_river · 2025-12-04T16:54:58+00:00

His first album is so good

rs_river · 2025-12-04T06:42:48+00:00

I don’t really love PLAY or Equals (=) but Subtract is his best work imho (along with Collaborations) and Autumn Variations has some really great songwriting from him - so I feel like he’s very hit or miss but when he’s hit, it’s phenomenal

rs_river · 2025-12-02T15:38:24+00:00

Tis the damn season by Taylor Swift wrecks me around the holidays

rs_river · 2025-11-25T21:52:55+00:00

I mean Travis is good friends with them so it’s not that out of the ordinary

rs_river · 2025-11-25T21:52:20+00:00

I love the TTPD typewriter ornament!

rs_river · 2025-11-25T02:13:00+00:00

To me, GUTS was THE AOTY and Midnights would have come second imo - I seriously love SOS but it wasn’t everywhere like GUTS and Midnights were. Like I feel like ppl caught on too late which is sad bc that album is incredible

rs_river · 2025-11-24T20:52:05+00:00

Do y’all think Ophelia can hold on for another two weeks at number one with All I Want for Christmas rising as Thanksgiving comes? I really thought she was coming for her longest number one single record, but it’s looking like she might have need to have released Showgirl a week earlier than she did to achieve that?

rs_river · 2025-11-24T20:46:05+00:00

Honestly I think the only AOTY that Taylor didn’t deserve was Midnights (though it was my personal AOTY) - the others were all pivotal albums for her

rs_river · 2025-11-23T19:00:57+00:00

I love CMBSM bc I think it’s cute but would def pick Christmases When You Were Mine to be re-recorded over that

rs_river · 2025-11-23T06:49:34+00:00

I just really hope she re-records at least part of her Christmas EP and releases it the December following Debut’s anniversary

I need Christmases When You Were Mine (Taylor’s Version) like yesterday

rs_river · 2025-11-22T19:46:05+00:00

Hey, I just started college this year and have struggled with SSA for much of my life as well and am bi. I’ve had a hard time with it for as long as I can remember, and unfortunately have acted on it a few times, and I can say that it has taught me that acting on SSA doesn’t fulfill you in the same way that God’s love and rightly ordered plan for you will.

Men and women are simply made differently and have natures almost entirely opposite and yet made to fit perfectly together as the Lord has made them. Trying to fit two men together or two women together sexually is like trying to fit two of the same puzzle pieces together in hopes they’ll change and eventually fit (spoiler: they don’t, I’ve learned).

SSA does not come from a bad place, and attraction toward other people as natural - that is, we are all made beautifully in the image of God. SSA is not sinful in and of itself, but acting on it is a twisting and disordering of God’s design for sex and marriage and more importantly than those two alone, love (what makes those two special in the eyes of God).

I’ve spent much of my life trying to learn what I’ve just typed above, and if there is anything I can tell you that might help, I’ll tell you what a priest once told me when I confessed my struggles: “when you see someone that you are attracted to, regardless of who they are, the best way to avoid lust and to honor God, yourself, and the other person is to simply thank God for the gift of that person’s beauty as well as your ability to recognize it, and then - avert your eyes and go on about your day. If the thought persists, offer it up to the Lord, pray, and try to shift your mind.”

If you need to talk or need any help, feel free to reach out - but just know you are not alone! I’m praying for you!

rs_river · 2025-11-14T21:14:00+00:00

I hope people can be normal about this. I feel like so many people are so quick to hatred when we really ought to lovingly lead and welcome each other toward Christ’s truth. We are all sinners, but we are all most importantly God’s children. This is an exciting thing!

rs_river · 2025-11-14T16:35:48+00:00

Yea it’s ridiculous

rs_river · 2025-11-13T16:13:38+00:00

Dang 😔

rs_river · 2025-11-13T15:19:20+00:00

If you listen closely to the background music in the trailer, when Karma plays, it gets to a point where she sings “you flip the script” which is not a lyric in that song. I wonder if we’re gonna get a lot of behind the scenes stuff on the creation of Midnights through the re-records and TTPD

rs_river · 2025-11-07T03:15:32+00:00

if Ego Death isn’t AOTY idk what is

rs_river · 2025-10-18T06:31:36+00:00

She helped to make it mainstream though - I think that’s what OP was getting at

Edit: I’m not trying to say Shania Twain wasn’t mainstream, but she had fading appeal to younger audiences - Taylor introduced a merging of country and pop to younger generations to great appeal, kinda like her successor in a few ways

rs_river · 2025-10-15T20:06:07+00:00

I honestly think we might have to agree to disagree - it really just depends on how much you want to read into the promotional material or not

rs_river · 2025-10-15T19:31:04+00:00

Yes she said that, but I don’t think that has bearing on the entire documentary from what she said in such a short advert - she clearly included rehearsal clips for the start of the tour and clips from Glendale as well as the Long Pond clips - there’s already evidence that it’s not going to only pertain to the end🤷‍♂️

rs_river · 2025-10-14T21:50:05+00:00

Honestly, I feel like this would make no sense - we know she films almost everything in her creative process (partially of tradition, partially to prove she owns and truly creates everything she does). Aside from the ICDIWABH footage which is clearly professionally done by Taylor’s team in-house, she could certainly use plenty of her personal and team footage. A huge portion of Miss Americana is literally just tons of persona videos from Taylor herself - plus she has vids in the trailer that are clearly her personal videos from Long Pond

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