My Unpopular Taylor Swift Opinions

Don't blame me. Seriously don't blame me....

I can’t believe I am about to do this, but I am about to expose my unpopular Taylor Swift opinions.

I am a little bit a lot scared right now, and I am very much aware of the fact that every single time I wrote a controversial post I lost a few subscribers (lost five of them because of my Taylor-is-wrong-about-Vienna post). But hey, haters gonna hate!

These are just my personal opinions. Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions, and I respect every single opinion, so there is no need to unsubscribe from this blog only because you disagree with me.

So here they are, my unpopular Taylor Swift opinions.

Lover Is Not One Of Her Best Albums

I know many people absolutely adore Lover and might want to come after me for saying this, but I stand by it.

For me, Lover is just too long. The tracklist includes some incredible hidden gems: like Death By A Thousand Cuts, Cornelia Street, I Think He Knows, and False God. However about a third of it just doesn’t hit the mark.

I don’t like I Forgot That You Existed. I don’t like It’s Nice To Have A Friend. I don’t like Afterglow. I think ME!, You Need To Calm Down, and The Man are only good as singles. If they weren’t singles, I wouldn’t have liked them at all.

Something about these songs just feels flat, forced, and mid. There’s no depth in the storytelling, and it seems like she wrote them just to check off a box on whatever topic they’re about (she wrote You Need To Calm Down just to have a song about the LGBTQ+ community).

Another thing I don’t like about the album is its aesthetic. Let me clarify: Taylor had SO MUCH potential with this one. SO MUCH. But she chose to go with a pretty childish aesthetic that gives off major ME! music video vibes, and not in a good way. Her hair was absolutely fried, and as someone who spends way too much time on my own hair, it just hurts me. I really wish she could rewind, wash it really well, and take better care of it.

Just to clarify, I do love Lover. It’s not a bad album, it’s just not one of her best.

The Deluxe Versions Of Midnights Are Better Than The Regular One

I love Midnights. I love it so much. It’s my all-time favorite Taylor Swift album, and I am obsessed with it. However, I do think that the deluxe versions of Midnights (3am, Late Night, and Till Dawn) are better than the original album.

The regular, 13-track version of Midnights is incredible, but it includes songs that have a higher chance of going viral: Anti Hero, Bejeweled, Karma, Vigilante Shit, etc. I totally respect Taylor for putting these tracks on the original record. After all, she’s an artist, she wants to be successful, and these songs had a better shot at being hits.

The deluxe versions of Midnights, though, include the deeper cuts, the shattering masterpieces, and some of her best lyrics. The Great War, Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve, Hits Different, and You’re Losing Me are just a few examples.

For me, these are the true gems of Midnights. They’re the songs I play on repeat every single day, and I think they’re better than Karma, Bejeweled, and Lavender Haze.

I Want TS12 More Than I Want Reputation (Taylor’s Version)

At this point, waiting for Reputation (Taylor’s Version) has become a kind of lifeline for me. It’s so fun to come up with theories and lose it every time Taylor wears something black. I don’t want this era of my life to end.

I already know TS12 is going to be one of Taylor’s best albums of all time. I think it’ll be the mature and smarter version of Lover, with an amazing aesthetic and healthy hair. It’s going to include some of the sweetest love songs, and as the #1 Tayvis stan, I can’t wait for those.

As for Rep TV, I don’t mind waiting. Don’t get me wrong—I LOVE Reputation. It’s one of Taylor’s best records, and the Vault Tracks are going to be insane. But like I said, I don’t mind waiting a little longer. Clowning and daydreaming about Rep TV is fun. It’s exciting to make up a theory and watch it blow up in my face. It’s fun to be 100% sure Taylor is adding I Did Something Bad to the setlist and debuting a new Rep bodysuit, even though she doesn’t. I love the anticipation of Reputation (Taylor’s Version), and I don’t mind waiting a little longer.

But I can’t wait until 2026 for more Tayvis songs. I need them.

Now.

Evermore Is Better Than Folklore

People might hate me for this, but I love Evermore more than I love Folklore. Don’t get me wrong: I am absolutely obsessed with Folklore. I just like Evermore better.

In Folklore, Taylor was only starting to experiment with alternative/indie music. While the final product was incredible, it wasn’t very cohesive, and I find some songs on the record (like Epiphany) a bit boring.

I saw someone on Instagram say that Folklore is the teenage version of Evermore, and I completely agree. In Folklore, she was experimenting with a new genre, like throwing rocks into a lake. But in Evermore, she decided to dive right into that lake.

Folklore has a free, young-spirited vibe. Evermore, on the other hand, is dark and melancholic. It explores much heavier themes—like murder, cons, and loss.

In Evermore, Taylor really managed to paint vivid pictures with her lyrics, especially with songs like Cowboy Like Me and Tolerate It. It’s also much more cohesive than Folklore, and I like it better that way.

Taylor Named The Tortured Poets Department In Its Name Only To Make An Impression, It Doesn’t Actually Fit The Album

I love TTPD, but I think Taylor didn’t choose the right title for the album.

When she first announced it, I remember telling my friends something like, “She named an album The Tortured Poets Department; it’s going to be so dark and sad and slow.” In response, my friend said, “She’s going to make it a pop album, and it’s going to be the worst decision of her life.”

Well, she was right: TTPD is indeed a pop album. The title gives off the vibe of a drunk, depressed, melancholic poet writing songs alone in her dark apartment. However, the album feels more like a sparkly yet depressed pop star moving around the world while dealing with heartbreak.

I think Taylor was trying to make an impression and surprise everyone. She doesn’t usually choose such a long and weighty title (I mean: 1989, Lover, Midnights, Fearless…). She aimed to create an album that looks like a mix of Red and Evermore with a black and white aesthetic, even though it feels more like if Folklore and Midnights had a baby.

I believe she only wrote TTPD the song to justify such a title. It’s a very unusual name for an album. The song itself feels unauthentic and forced, and it definitely doesn’t sound like what I expected. It was probably written just so it could be the title track, to surprise everyone and mistake both the fans and Taylor.

I think Taylor genuinely believed that TTPD would be a sad, poetic, melancholic album. She’s not entirely wrong. Songs like loml, The Manuscript, and The Black Dog are indeed heartbreaking. But when I look at the entire album, it doesn’t give off the vibe I expected from a title like The Tortured Poets Department.

Fortnight Is A Bad Single Choice

Fortnight should have never been the lead single from TTPD. It’s a vibe, it’s cute, but it’s not single material.

There are way better songs on Tortured Poets that could’ve been much more successful than Fortnight. I mean, I Can Do It With A Broken Heart?! Guilty As Sin?! But Daddy I Love Him?! Down Bad?! Florida?!

There was so much potential: potential for a great music video, for a great viral song, for the actual Song Of The Summer. But once again, Taylor Swift proved that choosing a lead single isn’t her strong suit.

Don’t get me wrong, Fortnight is a good song, but it’s just good. It’s not great, the lyrics aren’t incredible. It’s fine. The music video is pretty boring. It was Taylor trying to fulfill the vision she had for TTPD, even though that vision was never meant to be. The video is very aesthetically pleasing, but she’s definitely made better ones.

It didn’t deserve so many VMAs. Espresso was robbed from Song Of The Summer, and on that, I shall never forgive. Never ever ever.

Being A Swiftie Doesn’t Mean You Have To Agree With 100% Of What Taylor Does

I think sometimes people forget that Taylor Swift is a human being. She is not perfect; she makes mistakes and bad decisions, and some Swifties need to understand that.

Admiring someone doesn’t mean you have to blindly agree with everything that person does. I remember the amount of hate people who spoke about the Vienna situation received last month. Honestly, why is that?

You don’t know Taylor. You don’t know what kind of person she really is. The Taylor Swift you know is Taylor Swift™, the brand, the person she wants you to know.

If you agree with 100% of what a person you don’t actually know says, then something is probably wrong. Me disagreeing with Taylor on certain topics doesn’t make me less of a fan, and no one deserves to be hated because their opinions differ from Taylor’s.