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Post by tryexp on Aug 27, 2017 11:36:40 GMT -5
Don't know if this is real or not, but I think there were rumours around May about Taylor filming a video...
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Post by tamed09 on Aug 27, 2017 19:37:54 GMT -5
My favorite video ever from her....the ending was a complete shade fest on so many levels and her budget has to be one of the biggest we've seen in music ever
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 27, 2017 19:41:53 GMT -5
Still don't love the song but the video is the shįt!! She should've won Pop Video of the Year for that one soon as they played it!
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Post by gbaby on Aug 27, 2017 19:47:46 GMT -5
The ending of that video = why I LOVE her. People are too quick to write her off as basic, forgetting that she is actually quite brilliant. I'm here for everything she's doing rn.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Aug 27, 2017 19:58:17 GMT -5
Her and Joseph Kahn need to make videos together forever. They compliment each other perfectly. She is one of the few artists out right now that is consistently delivering high quality, replay worthy MV and I love her so much for that.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 27, 2017 20:13:11 GMT -5
She and Zayn won Best Collaboration at the VMAs.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Aug 27, 2017 20:23:54 GMT -5
Her and Joseph Kahn need to make videos together forever. They compliment each other perfectly. She is one of the few artists out right now that is consistently delivering high quality, replay worthy MV and I love her so much for that. I would love to see a Steven Klein directed video for one of her darker songs because he's really good at getting that aesthetic right.
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Post by theflying on Aug 27, 2017 22:53:12 GMT -5
Something about the video and the song hit me, and I think it's going to be indicative thematically of what we can expect from the album.
It was based off of the "what is she trying to do" here: is she parodying herself? Is it a joke? Is it revenge? What is her aim here? Why is her album titled "reputation"? Why is she parodying herself being a victim?
It hit me what the theme of this project is:
Owning it.
Suddenly, the lyrics of the lead single make sense.
Look at how she opens:
I don't like your little games. Don't like your titled stage. The role you made me play. Of the fool. No, I don't like you.
It's super pointed. That's what's different than before. Far from couching her feelings in metaphors, she goes right for the jugular: the dreams are no longer "wild" --- they're bad. And they're not just bad -- she SHOUTS it at the person. Contrast this song to "Bad Blood" -- which not only DOES play the victim a bit, it obscures the feelings in sentimental metaphors.
Here? Nope. "I've got a list of names, and yours is in red underlined." Not only does she feel what she feel, she's doubling f**king down on it.
"Maybe I got mine but you'll all get yours."
Woah. 1989 Taylor wouldn't have written that.
The chorus now makes sense: I always thought the Right Said Fred was so...bizarre. Ultimately, that's a sample you strut to. It's a choice of confidence. When you roll your eyes and go "Taylor's playing the victim -- look, she's all "ooo, you made me do this!" -- thats Taylor mocking you in the chorus of the song.. She's deliberately mocking someone who's making fun of her for being some oversensitive prissy princess who writes scorned love songs about exes.
Blank Space is about mocking the image of that oversensitive princess.
LWYMMD is about mocking the PERSON who uses that image to make fun of Taylor.
Instead of playing the victim, look for Taylor to instead own her choices, own her character, and own her success.
That's why the album is called reputation. That's what the album's songs are going to be about; look for themes about owning choices you've made even if they're unpopular. Look for empowerment themes that come from adversity (which is already there in LWYMMD's prechorus) but perhaps ring darker than what we typically expect from empowerment anthems.
I have a number of nagging suspicions that when the music critics look at Taylor's album, this will be the thing they pick up on.
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Aug 28, 2017 1:48:50 GMT -5
Some reactor on Youtube mentioned this : that Taylor's LWYMMD MV reminded him of a KPop music video and in the very best way.
I agree. The production values are sky high and there is so much visual pop in every scene.
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Post by songslikethis on Aug 28, 2017 8:20:24 GMT -5
I don't know if anyone posted this yet, but that tweet from May where someone posted a photo of a set piece from the Taylor music video is the door to the vault in the video, not a clock like everyone thought.
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Post by Mack on Aug 28, 2017 9:56:43 GMT -5
She and Zayn won Best Collaboration at the VMAs. Winning awards and smashing records left & right? But I thought she was over? Hm. Anyway... Just dropping in to say that the 'Look What You Made Me Do' video is perfection. I've actually lost count of how many times I've watched it since last night. It's that good. When all is said and done, it may even overtake 'Picture to Burn' as my favorite video of hers. Waiting another two months for this album is going to be torture.
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Post by grandelf on Aug 28, 2017 14:17:35 GMT -5
She is so crazy that it almost scares me but definitely gotta hand it to her, this is the best music video I've seen in like 15 years.
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Post by Zinc. on Aug 30, 2017 10:08:35 GMT -5
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Post by HEADOFTHEPACK on Aug 30, 2017 11:06:21 GMT -5
Don't know if this is real or not, but I think there were rumours around May about Taylor filming a video... If it is real that's a BIG production. I want to know what the budget was.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Aug 30, 2017 11:17:30 GMT -5
Budget most likely didn't matter, but to guesstimate, maybe in/near the millions. Big Machine is loaded, she's loaded, Joseph got that CHECK.
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Post by bat1990 on Aug 30, 2017 11:29:54 GMT -5
Budget most likely didn't matter, but to guesstimate, maybe in/near the millions. Big Machine is loaded, she's loaded, Joseph got that CHECK. The perks of a small (indie?) label with major label distribution deals.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Aug 30, 2017 11:31:24 GMT -5
Budget most likely didn't matter, but to guesstimate, maybe in/near the millions. Big Machine is loaded, she's loaded, Joseph got that CHECK. The perks of a small (indie?) label with major label distribution deals. Yep, it's still indie, and I think her dad had bought a share in it.
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Post by Zinc. on Aug 30, 2017 11:43:55 GMT -5
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Post by Dylan :) on Aug 30, 2017 12:23:32 GMT -5
It is pretty insane that they had that many people in the video (actors, dancers, production people), got the ABC commercial, VMA performance, all that stuff. And we did not know one thing about it (bar people guessing the release date) which Taylor did not want us to know, until she was ready to tell us. Even the name was kept secret. The plot of the video (outside of it being huge and expensive). Nothing. As Todrick said, that is something to really respect
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Post by Caviar on Aug 30, 2017 12:44:31 GMT -5
Good behind the scenes clip. Also I didn't think she'd top "Black Space" video but she did it 1000x over. Amazing. QUEEN OF POP
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Post by AP on Aug 30, 2017 13:57:09 GMT -5
It is pretty insane that they had that many people in the video (actors, dancers, production people), got the ABC commercial, VMA performance, all that stuff. And we did not know one thing about it (bar people guessing the release date) which Taylor did not want us to know, until she was ready to tell us. Even the name was kept secret. The plot of the video (outside of it being huge and expensive). Nothing. As Todrick said, that is something to really respect And people really thought it was gonna be called Timeless
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Post by Revelry on Aug 30, 2017 14:10:49 GMT -5
I love that she's pretty much the only artist (aside from Adele) that can pull off an old fashioned album roll-out. To be able to have a 3 month lead-up to the album release is exciting in this day and age.
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Post by Exclusive on Aug 30, 2017 15:30:56 GMT -5
Is this available for any pre orders?
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Post by felipe on Aug 31, 2017 5:13:17 GMT -5
It is pretty insane that they had that many people in the video (actors, dancers, production people), got the ABC commercial, VMA performance, all that stuff. And we did not know one thing about it (bar people guessing the release date) which Taylor did not want us to know, until she was ready to tell us. Even the name was kept secret. The plot of the video (outside of it being huge and expensive). Nothing. As Todrick said, that is something to really respect Exactly. There were so many people involved, and yet we heard absolutely nothing about it. Truly remarkable, I wonder how they did it. I wonder when the song was written/recorded. The "feast" line seemed like a reference to Bon Apetit, and "all I think about is Karma" sounded like a reference to Swish Swish, but if the video was really filmed in May, the timeline gets a little confusing.
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Post by Taylor. on Aug 31, 2017 9:21:23 GMT -5
Is this available for any pre orders? Yes.
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Post by pnobelysk on Aug 31, 2017 16:35:46 GMT -5
I wonder if the dollar in the bathtub was added digitally after the trial? Even though she deserved to win the trial, it would've been really crazy to include it before the case was even settled
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Post by schnetzka on Aug 31, 2017 17:50:49 GMT -5
I wonder if the dollar in the bathtub was added digitally after the trial? Even though she deserved to win the trial, it would've been really crazy to include it before the case was even settled They said the video was in post-production until the day it was released so it's possible.
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Post by spaceykSVP1999 on Aug 31, 2017 19:55:06 GMT -5
Style is her greatest single. If it sounds like less of a standout now than it did when it was new, it's because that sound was used on other tracks during and afterwards, and now it's fallen out of vogue. And Jason Lipshutz remains an absolutely s**t writer. Scream!
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Post by Florencia on Sept 1, 2017 19:59:32 GMT -5
The duration of track 1 now appears on iTunes in several countries. It's too soon for a promo single, so I don't know if this was an accident or if they are releasing something next week
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Post by Glove Slap on Sept 1, 2017 20:29:16 GMT -5
Style is her greatest single. If it sounds like less of a standout now than it did when it was new, it's because that sound was used on other tracks during and afterwards, and now it's fallen out of vogue. And Jason Lipshutz remains an absolutely s**t writer. Scream! ...he is garbage. Good fit.
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