Taylor Swift fans can be quite loyal and vocal, to the point that one magazine excluded a critic’s byline from an unfavorable review of the hitmaker’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Paste magazine cited security reasons such as the need for the review to be anonymous.
Writing on They don’t agree with the work.’
They ended the statement by saying, “We care more about the safety of our staff than the name attached to an item.”
While the negative review didn’t deter any of the millions of people who have already heard the album since its release Friday morning, it does offer a strong dose of criticism, accusing the Grammy winner of being incapable of not “infantilizing.” the same people who buy their music and fuel their successes in the first place.
A negative review of Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, was published anonymously in Paste Magazine for fear of harassment, which in turn earned the ire of some of the artist’s most loyal fans.
The review also states that TTPD’s “title track features some of Swift’s worst lyrics to date.”
The writer praised But Dad, I Love It, saying that it “really aids the ability to create stunning, still melodies that Swift has long proven she has finesse for.”
Much of the article seemed to disagree over whether Swift could be tortured while living the lifestyle of a billionaire.
‘If Swift can return to one of her dozens of beach houses around the world, put her feet up and say, “I’m a poet of struggle,” then who’s to say that millions – perhaps billions – of people with access to a notes system. Won’t an app and a social media account dream that dream too? they asked.
Fans were furious that the writer did not back up his words.
‘Where is the supposed “review” of the real album? “This is pure rage vomit lol,” one angry fan wrote.
“The first line about Sylvia Plath taking her own life is not peculiar and is more in bad taste when you add the moral insinuations about Taylor’s use of the jet, considering that the writer clearly has no interest in being empathetic unless it’s time to take down Taylor in a “music review.”‘ wrote another.
“We want a real journalist to return, not this gossip article,” declared one follower.
The magazine cited safety concerns as the reason for not revealing the reviewer’s name, explaining that some Swifties had threatened violence following a poor 2019 review of Lover.
The review accused Swift, 34, of infantilizing her audience.
Angry fans left their own review of the review.
At least one reader appreciated the anonymous author’s version of the new LP.
At least one reader seemed to appreciate the controversial column.
‘Amazing article, pasta magazine!!! I am very glad that real journalists tell the truth and are not afraid to denounce the devil,” he wrote.
Despite obtaining somewhat less positive reviews than their last three albums, according to metacriticThe Department of Tortured Poets was an immediate hit with consumers.
It sold about 1.4 million copies on Friday, surpassing the record set in 1989 (Taylor’s version) to become her biggest American album to date.
The Department of Tortured Poets was an immediate hit with consumers. It sold about 1.4 million copies on Friday and was streamed on Spotify more than 300 million times in a single day. The single Fortnight, featuring Post Malone, also broke records.
The LP was broadcast on Spotify more than 300 million times in a single day.
It became the first album to cross the 200 and 300 million views mark, according to the platform.
Fortnight, the first single with Post Malone, also broke records for the most streamed song in a single day.
Swift wrote ‘All’s Fair in Love and Poetry,’ but topping the charts while hanging out at one of her beach houses may be the best revenge after a bad review.