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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 11h

Bunting doesn't work. Hitting doesn't work. Might be time for these guys to start trying some tomfoolery.

AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 11h

I think the real brilliance of Taylor on this one was that she successfully framed LOAS much more as a follow-up to the Eras Tour — and spiritually, as a follow-up to '1989' — than as a follow-up to TTPD.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 11h

This game already might have set a new standard for juiced-up pitchers yelling insane shit to nobody as they head to the dugout

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 11h

Oh absolutely. I just think that says more about Taylor and what she's done over her career to this point — developing a fanbase truly without equal in my lifetime and making nearly every right step in the past 18 years (particularly in the last five) — than it does about this album specifically.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 12h

tremendous performance

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 12h

I don't think I understand the distinction you're making at the end here.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 12h

Now the streaming totals are also absurdly big, so it's def not like no one's listening to this album. We'll see how those sustain; for TTPD the dropoff was much quicker than I (or likely she) anticipated. But I just don't think the sales say that much about if people are digging the record or not.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 12h

In truth, album sales have never had less to do with how much fans want to listen to an album. Most younger fans aren't even buying albums to play them, but as art objects, as collectibles, as shows of support for their favs. I know someone who bought 7 copies and prob won't actually listen to any.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 12h

I don't doubt there's a good # of general-interest purchases in that total. But there's also a very big number of Swifties buying up to double-digits of the literally dozens of variants available. We'll never have exact totals but it's not actually 3.5 million people buying this album.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 13h

Bottom line: I think "mixed" is actually the perfect word to describe the reaction to this album. As far as I can tell, just about every perspective on it is ably represented by some not-inconsiderable percentage of listeners.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 13h

That said, I think Taylor is so popular and appeals to so many different demos/ages — and for so many different reasons — that no one person is going to get a sampling of opinions in their circles that is totally representative. Everyone's seeing a pretty small part of the elephant, so to speak.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 13h

Well commercially, it's a win and a massive one. But I don't think the sales number means much about the album's overall reception. 2.7 mil of that came on the first day, and in reality a very large % of that was pre-ordered even earlier. The # is indicative of Taylor's popularity, not this album's.

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 14h

as in what you've heard from people is uniformly positive?

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 14h

mostly where I'm at (also what even is "full power" for this team and for how much of the season do we actually expect to be at it)

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 20h

I am not really even standing on home plate currently, that's how much throw to first

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 20h

Listening to PinkPantheress' 'Fancy Some More?' a really fun remix album that nonetheless once again demonstrates why comparing other remix albums to 'Brat and it's completely different' is like comparing other blockbuster sequels to 'The Godfather Part II'

AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 1d

Not a lot of times in life I can feel myself explicitly Practicing Self-Care but this morning after one of the more brutal Philly sports nights of my life I did interrupt my usual run through New Music Friday to listen to the full 'Brat' remix album

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 20h

and ftr I don't really know why he would? He's not a known personality, not all his movies are Cool Guy Movies, and though there's obv some overlapping themes/actors/devices across his filmography I would say there is not a Thing to his movies like there is with those others (or even w/ Brother Wes)

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 21h

ok NOW you can say she's broken the sales record www.billboard.com/music/chart-...

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Breaks Modern-Era Single-Week U.S. Album Sales Record

Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" has broken the modern-era one-week album sales record, previously held by the debut of Adele's "25."

www.billboard.com

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 21h

I agree! We talk some about this on the pod, how ahead of her time she was as an underground/not-quite-pop star

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 22h

this is not a U.K.-based podcast!

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 22h

48 minutes of Jabari Walker and Kennedy Chandler oughta wash out the taste of last night for Philly sports fans

Adam Aaronson @adamaaronson.bsky.social · 22h

The following players are inactive tonight vs. Orlando, per the Sixers:

VJ Edgecombe
Joel Embiid
Paul George
Quentin Grimes
Kyle Lowry
Jared McCain
Trendon Watford

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 1d

Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom month on Greatest Pop Stars! First: @alinaisyou.bsky.social on 1995 Björk.

-Does Jay Leno get freaked out by dolphin sounds?
-Should Jean Paul Gaultier have intro'd Björk + Madonna?
-'Post' or 'Homogenic'?
-'Tank Girl': actually any good?
www.billboard.com/music/pop/bj...

Would We Have Called Björk a Pop Star in 1995?

This Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast looks at the Björk of 30 years ago — too enigmatic to fit in anywhere, but too spectacular to ignore.

www.billboard.com

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 1d

Alex Warren vs. Is There a Song of the Summer

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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 1d

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dev0)))n @bigugly.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, one of the finest albums of the 21st century turned 10. Natural Born Losers thrives on taboos how contemporaneous alt-pop stars could only dream of approaching. The doors it opened are numerous, substantial, and growing. www.pastemagazine.com/music/nicole...

Nicole Dollanganger's Natural Born Losers Turns 10

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

www.pastemagazine.com

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