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Might sound parasocial outside, but I haven’t cried specifically *for* Taylor in such a long time till now. I can’t imagine all the mind games, all the times she’d had to contort herself several times over, all the micro-hurts she’d accumulated through the entire history of them.

In Filipino, “para naman tayong walang pinagsamahan eh.”

Don’t get me wrong—she doesn’t *physically* need you (or any one fan) to breathe. But if you really ARE leaving the door, wouldn’t it be just right—for everything you’ve been through with Taylor’s music—to do so gently, to not slam the door, to not burn the house you once loved?

I cannot imagine being instrumental, let alone an active participant, in the obviously coordinated takedown of the very person whose music has been with you at various stages of life. I cannot imagine not fully loving Taylor for who she is and only selecting what YOU want to see.

This was gut-wrenching. All I can say is Taylor has been SO gracious for years, and anything she does and says now would be very much warranted and long overdue. Never faltered even one second, but for those who did, I cannot imagine EVER wishing for Taylor be anything but happy.

📈 | Within just 8 hours of the deluxe album’s release, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore has already reached #1 in 73 countries on Apple Music. MORE COUNTRIES TO COME VERY SOON.

JUST IN TIME FOR THE ENCORE. BRACE FOR IMPACT.

And now, for the encore.

Biggest song debuts in Global Spotify history: #1. The Fate of Ophelia 30.98M #2. Fortnight 25.2M #3. Elizabeth Taylor 23.97M #4. Opalite 23.71M #5. Father Figure 21.80M #6. Eldest Daughter 19.96M #7. Actually Romantic 19.39M #8. The Tortured Poets Department 19.08M #9. Wood 19.01M #10. CANCELLED! 18.83M #11. Wi$h Li$t 18.80M #12. Ruin The Friendship 18.75M #13. The Life of a Showgirl 18.73M #14. Down Bad 17.4M #15. Anti-Hero 17.4M #16. So Long London 17.2M #17. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys 17.1M #18. Lavender Haze 16.4M #19. Honey 15.9955M #20. Seven 15.9954M #21. But Daddy I Love Him 15.5M #22. Snow On the Beach 15M #23. SWIM 14.6M #24. Florida!!! 14.5M #25. Maroon 14.4M #26. Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 14.4M #27. I Had Some Help 13.95M #28. I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 13.7M #29. Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? 13M #30. You’re On Your Own, Kid 12.8M #31. Fresh Out the Slammer 12.75M #32. Guilty As Sin? 12.7M #33. Midnight Rain 12.6M #34. Aperture 12.48M #35. MONACO 12.45M #36. Girls Want Girls 12.4M #37. loml 12.08M #38. Vigilante Shit 11.88M #39. Moscow Mule 11.75M #40. Champagne Poetry 11.7M #41. Style (Taylor’s Version) 11.67M #42. Fair Trade 11.64M #43. Question…? 11.56M #44. Slut! 11.31M #45. yes, and? 11.2M #46. Body To Body 11.19M #47. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) 11.1M #48. Butter 11.04M #49. I Don’t Care 10.98M #50. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived 10.82M #51. LUNCH 10.79M #52. Karma 10.78M #53. drop dead 10.71M [NEW]

📈 | With only 11 hours of the MV counting toward the tracking day, Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” catapults to #2 on Global Spotify — ascending 37 spots with a whopping 6.21M streams (Feb. 6). It surpasses her billion-streamer mega-hit “The Fate of Ophelia” for the first time ever.

So much d*mbassery for a “news account” lol it’s “insane” (as if it wasn’t Billboard/YouTube’s fault) BECAUSE your faves aren’t the ones who thought it first 💀 But watch it become the STANDARD for mainstream artists. Taylor is blazing the trail, and y’all simply have to follow.

Is it safe to say this is Taylor’s biggest chart achievement to date? No, scratch that—is it safe to say this is the biggest chart achievement of ANY artist ever? 2.7M pure sales (US) during first day of release??? I can’t even fathom how ASTRONOMICAL and unprecedented this is.