darling it was good

"Okay, this is my 13th Grammy. It's just my lucky number. I don't know if I've ever told you that. Um, I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way. But I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans. So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I've been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand new album comes out April 19th. It's called The Tortured Poets Department. I'm going to go and post the cover right now backstage. Thank you! I love you!"

#also again to the point of music being a metaphor for love on debut#i think its so sweet how it transforms from music by other people being the soundtrack to love#tim mcgraw -- my favorite song#got the radio on -- trying to find a place in this world -- the radio as a soundtrack for finding self love as well#but then slowly the songs transform into something that two lovers are creating together#because when we get -- he whispers songs into my window in words that nobody knows#he's both singing her the song but it's also a metaphor for his existence inspiring her#then it transforms into writing songs being an act of love#our song is something that the two people have created together -- but it's the speaker who WRITES it. it belongs only to her#i wrote an essay about this but idk it was really coherent but it's like#debut is about taking ownership of this thing that you love (music) and making it your own#tim mcgraw wrote the first song that's referenced on the album -- we don't hear it but we know it's his song#and then we watch over the course of the album as she discovers her own voice -- her own place in this world#and so by the end of the album#it's taylor herself writing the song#she's soundtracking her own life rather than relying on anyone else#SORRY ITS ALWAYS BEEN BRILLIANT

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