time, mystical time

happy 1-year anniversary of taylor announcing she got her masters back to all who celebrate

Also idgaf, she was spot on when she said lyrically this album was a lot like folklore. There’s a song contrasting her life with the fate of a Shakespearean heroine. There’s a song using Elizabeth Taylor’s life story as a vehicle to talk about her own love life. There’s a song about man-made gemstones and how that’s akin to making your own luck. There’s a song with a full plot about deep betrayal and her masters. There’s a song about earnestness. A song telling a story about high school and a life lesson she learned. A wistful song about what she wants out of life. A song telling the story of a fictional star and her fan. She uses sweeping metaphors and aesthetic-sounding SAT words all throughout.

the starlights ✨️

"Okay, so I have this tradition when, the eve before I have a new album that comes out that starts a new musical era, I listen to the entirety of the last album that I made. So I listened to Tortured Poets Department to say goodbye to it, and I do it every time. It's every night before a new album comes out!"