Rec
šŗ
That remix question reminded me of this one.
Taylor Swift is a complicated woman. Whether due to bravery, curiosity, or some sort of witchās curse, she seems dogged in her attempts to replicate music with which she has no experience or familiarity, the results of which are sometimesālike in this caseāfrustratingly better than expected. Kendrick Lamarās entire production team is behind this single for 2022ās Midnights, and itās got the same direct-injection powertrain of earlier bulldozers like Mine and Cornelia Street, with a great little melody skipping over the top and none of the lyrical mishaps that tend to go bump under the wheels of some of her other songs. And yet: it spends its entire 3 and a half minute runtime blindfolded and tied to a folding chair. We donāt get to see anything it can do. Eventually it sort of tips itself over and waves its legs in the air like a bug and dies. Thatās it.
I donāt understand what happened in the studio but there are at least several dozen people, mostly on SoundCloud rather than the remix album she seems to have helmed, that have taken this thing outside and brought it up to cruising speed. Once it gets going you can really feel it all lit up in neon, 14-inch talons, sparks skittering off where it touches the concrete. Itās a fantastic song I think. Probably one of her best. I wish I knew why it got the CIA treatment.
Taylor Swift is a complicated woman. Whether due to bravery, curiosity, or some sort of witchās curse, she seems dogged in her attempts to replicate music with which she has no experience or familiarity, the results of which are sometimesālike in this caseāfrustratingly better than expected. Kendrick Lamarās entire production team is behind this single for 2022ās Midnights, and itās got the same direct-injection powertrain of earlier bulldozers like Mine and Cornelia Street, with a great little melody skipping over the top and none of the lyrical mishaps that tend to go bump under the wheels of some of her other songs. And yet: it spends its entire 3 and a half minute runtime blindfolded and tied to a folding chair. We donāt get to see anything it can do. Eventually it sort of tips itself over and waves its legs in the air like a bug and dies. Thatās it.
I donāt understand what happened in the studio but there are at least several dozen people, mostly on SoundCloud rather than the remix album she seems to have helmed, that have taken this thing outside and brought it up to cruising speed. Once it gets going you can really feel it all lit up in neon, 14-inch talons, sparks skittering off where it touches the concrete. Itās a fantastic song I think. Probably one of her best. I wish I knew why it got the CIA treatment.
3d ago
Related Recs
Rec
I donāt think pop music has historically ever had a moment like her āGirl, So Confusingā remix verse. Itās not a joke. Itās a triumph for literature. Everyone remembers where they were the first time they heard it. This was a serious revolution and took us out of her usual fever dreaminess of controlled poetic syntax (which I love) , to just unmasked, raw, chaotic feminine brutality and I donāt think we appreciate the prose switch-up enough. I also have said āletās work it out on the remix?ā to many people Iāve fought with since the song dropped. Sometimes I even write a verse mimicking the song taking accountability of what Iāve done and I send it to who Iām in a conflict with, it actually helps! Iām obsessed with the new singles off her upcoming album Virgin and Iām already studying the cadence of epigrams like āMDMA in the back gardenā,. Iām someone who struggles with severe summer depression, which is taboo in the world of seasonal sadists but taking my discman for a walk by the ocean as āThe Pathā starts up on my (files purchased on ITunes!) burnt CD-R copy of āSolar Powerā is natureās SSRI. Suck on that, Saint Johnās Wort.
Jun 13, 2025
Rec
šµwish sheād edited this album down from 3 million songs to like 12 solid ones, but this song is a solid bop.
Rec
itās crazy to think sheās been around 15 years and this is one of the best songs sheās ever put out. Itās silly itās outrageous the lyrics read like a tumblr post and sheās just out here trying to be that girl. Itās been stuck in my head since I heard it. following up a poetry book which Iām sure not a lot of people read with this unhinged masterpiece is the energy I want to see in the world.
Apr 11, 2025
Top Recs from @yuck
Rec
Personally speaking? I canāt get enough of this stuff. I would like more please
