The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift

the tortured poets department - taylor swift

“But this mostly perfect life can feel a lot like being a tiger in an wildlife enclosure. It’s pretty in there, but you can’t get out. It’s peculiar to me that after all these years, I still get so anxious when I see a group of people staring, amassed outside my house, pointing, camera phones up... they could never imagine how much that feels like being hunted. And no matter how big my house is, or how many albums I sell, I’m still going to be the rabbit. Because the hunters will always outnumber me. The spectators will stand by, shaking their heads, going “That poor girl.”

But the point is.. they’re still watching. Everyone loves to watch a good hunt.

I worry for my generation and the ones after that because they will never truly experience a moment without attempting to capture it and own it. I am of the generation where you see a beautiful flower growing up through the cracks in the sidewalk, and you pick it. You take it with you to show everyone you know. Whereas I think our ancestors might come upon a beautiful flower and stop and think ‘Wow. That is really beautiful.“

Nevermind that picking a flower kills it, the same way taking a picture of a moment can ruin it altogether. They needed to possess things. They need photographic proof that they were there. They need to then post that photo online so their friends can see it. So that they can spend all day checking the comments underneath. That level of possession worries me.”

—Taylor in her Lover Diary entries written August 14, 2013

people really sleep on the red surprise song dress

happy eras tour singapore!!! 💗 of course we have to play the surprise song game for night one so please please leave your guesses in the tags or replies of this post and i will be giving shoutouts to all the winners :)

i’m going to guess afterglow and yoyok

it started raining during midnigh rain and ofc taylor was really happy about it (eras tour mexico city n3) (x)

I fear this entire album is going to cause a physical reaction more visceral than hearing starved my body for the first time ever

me too