Disappointed by the length and style of the album, some Swifties are editing the original TTPD to their liking
, Samantha Roberts, of Portland, Oregon, felt open to the idea of a 31-song album. But two hours and two minutes later, she changed her mind. “Roberts found the album “messy, unfocused, and in need of a good editor,” a sentiment echoed by Brooke Thames, a Pennsylvania resident and Swiftie since theYet both Roberts and Thames saw flashes of brilliance amid the filler.
Some fans, like Houston resident Syazween Zainal, were simply gathering the songs they liked in one place. “I didn’t want to go through the motions of skipping through a 31-song album,” Zainal says. Others appear to have been editing for vibes. There are “Upbeatmade it easier to detach from all the romantic lore surrounding the album. That’s why you won’t find “But Daddy I Love Him,”Matty Healy, on Bethell’s playlist. “It’s a fun song,” Bethell says.
Roberts, similarly, edited out songs that made her cringe, including “But Daddy I Love Him” and “ThanK You AIMee,” which she says “never should have been recorded, let alone included on the album.” A quick, informal look at the data suggests others feel the same way.
“People can disagree on which songs are their favorites,” says Zainal, “but I’m at peace with my own playlist.” So is Roberts, who listens to her curated playlist so often she sometimes forgets the other songs exist. “Once I was able to devote my full attention to those handpicked tracks, I started to connect to the music on a deeper level,” says Roberts, adding, “A decade from now, we might be considering, “It would be my favorite album of hers, ever. By a mile.
“This is the version I’m going to be listening to probably for the rest of the year, which is going to make Taylor my top artist,” says Thames, adding, “It’ll be funny though, becauseAnd therein lies the irony of the fan edit. As consumption and creation overlap, it becomes increasingly difficult to know where an artist’s product ends and a fan’s begins.
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