Ranking every song on The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology by Taylor Swift 👀 🤍

[@AllySheehan]

Finally back doing what I do best: ranking Taylor Swift songs!! 🎧✨ Ranking every Taylor Swift song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJzcYoSpiM6XZ5osi=AsJPtLI7L_vUNlEy I love you guys so much, thank you for always being excited with me 🥹🫶 If you'd like to help support my channel: ko-fi.com/agirlnamedally

[@clansome]

"Twilight Baseball Scene" = Muse, one of my favourite bands of all time. fwiw They had no idea what scene their music would be "appended" to. It just ROCKS.

[@AllySheehan]

@@clansome supermassive black hole is iconic but it’s more the scene itself that impacts me!!

[@clansome]

@@AllySheehan I know what you mean. 👍

[@AllySheehan]

@@clansome the new moon soundtrack is so phenomenal too!

[@darsynia]

GUILTY AS SIN SUPREMACY. I worry, because she puts singles on the tour and and and

[@BreannaLynnVlogs]

I love The Bolter so much. It just scratches a part of my brain that I can't properly explain. The chorus melody is just so catchy and fun for a song about being afraid of getting hurt so you just leave before you can get hurt.

[@ur_favharrie]

YESSS

[@avalangston1]

that’s exactly how i feel about it scratches an itch i didn’t know i had

[@AudreyAnderson-tw6yo]

Yes it’s so underrated

[@emamacitas]

literally THE SONG ever

[@davidbrennan5973]

I love the Idina Sackville story too

[@iwascleopatra99]

the albatross is one of my favorites because it sounds so mysterious and convicting. it’s like hearing the assumed “villains” side of the story. it also sounds like it could be featured in a movie. ex. it gives me strong “maleficent” (the movie) vibes !! & i think it adds a lot of insight into how the media often criminalizes women. its also my “birthday song”

[@Sara01977]

Yes!! Every time I hear this, I’m convinced we will see this song in a movie or tv series. It’s so cinematic. I also get choked up a bit when I hear it. I think of it as a companion song to “WAOLOM.” Both songs discuss public perception of her and women, in general. I see both as a little bit of an FU, like well if you believed or listened to me in the 1st place, vibes.

[@kaylabellinger9775]

It feels like the witchy vibe of Willow has been cranked up, and I adore it so much.

[@ShadowTiger.4000]

Albatross is in my top 3 Taylor songs of all time. Its a masterpiece.

[@leahbelieva]

This song does for me what I Know Places does for me.

[@itsa_peanut]

I love Albatross for the exact reason you don’t like it! So strange. The melody feels like rocking on a boat during a storm, and I love when a song paints a clear picture like that. It really reminds me of Newfoundland folk songs, and I’m curious if other Canadians resonate with that sentiment

[@absolutetwaddle]

Albatross gives me major evermore vibes, which is my favorite Taylor album 🍁🍂

[@ellie_mk07]

omg thats exactly what it feels like!! i'd never known how to describe it before until you said that! i dont reach to listen to it that much but thats still so interesting

[@jenniferthecloud1475]

I agree! It calls back to the poem (I think?) that it's based on! I recommend watching the youtuber On Writing | Megan Maclaine's analysis of the song next to the poem, I found it really interesting and I understand the song much better now Here's the video if you're interested:kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4bXn6GLntx4iM0si=RRknkNQXAmhMQ0IJ

[@Goat.Cheese]

It's my second favorite song on the entire album!

[@justcurious2001]

@@jenniferthecloud1475thank you so much for sharing that video! After Ally’s videos ( of course ❤) I live for that kind of insight!

[@gaceofspades]

The AUDACITY to compare Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus to evermore (taylors best album) and to Cowboy like me (the best song on the best album) and then rank it this low? We need to talk, asap

[@ufcia20]

Haha 😅 I also am an evermore and COSOSOM STAN! but the way Ally described why evermore is a tough album for her, it makes sense that a song which reminds her of that album sound would be a skip for her 🫶

[@gaceofspades]

@ufcia20 oh damn I completly disregarded that. Thanks for reminding me 🫶

[@debbyandere5773]

You read my mind 😂 I was shocked

[@evakramer8401]

exactly! evermore the song and chloe or sam or sophia or marcus and cowboy like me are all in my top 10 lol

[@xkhadijasdreamsx]

​@@gaceofspades😂

[@theperson679]

the joy i feel watching an ally sheehan intro is unable to be put in words, thank you ally my all nighter just got 13x better

[@izzyisabrat]

that is so real the intro makes me so happy

[@EtashaVats]

this is so accurate

[@HarryPearson-fd6xg]

Certainly does hit different

[@MadisonDT21]

Her intro always hits different. It will never get old!

[@theperson679]

@taymillivgirlss just changed ty idk how i didnt think of that haha

[@ev3rmor3-78]

time stamps for anyone who wants them ☕ Fortnight - 5:44 The Tortured Poets Department - 7:07 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys - 7:51 [ easiest to vibe to ] Down Bad - 9:12 [ most heartbreak ] So Long, London - 9:57 But Daddy I Love Him - 10:51 Fresh Out The Slammer - 13:08 Florida!!! - 14:31 Guilty as Sin? - 15:19 [ best vocals ] Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? - 14:22 I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) - 18:39 loml - 20:02 I Can Do It With A Broken Heart - 20:40 The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - 21:41 The Alchemy - 23:21 Clara Bow - 24:41 ty for the likes! here's the anthology my loves! The Black Dog - 27:07 imgonnagetyouback - 28:32 The Albatross - 29:56 Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus - 30:42 [ saddest ] How Did It End? - 31:34 [ certified vibe ] So High School - 32:07 I Hate It Here - 34:22 thanK you aIMee - 35:00 I Look In People's Windows: 35:41 The Prophecy - 36:26 [ most underrated ] Cassandra - 38:00 Peter - 39:37 The Bolter - 40:01 Robin - 40:22 41:06 - The Manuscript let me know if you want any of the fornight remixes!

[@-swiftie4life_]

TYSM UR A LEGEND

[@ev3rmor3-78]

@@-swiftie4life_ np!!

[@kerrisouth]

38 seconds for loml! Breaks my heart.

[@peytonhowlter2334]

the joy when Ally puts my personal god tier songs in her god tier >>> fresh out the slammer and guilty as sin ON TOP

[@AllySheehan]

ok so you have TASTE!!

[@fqinted.lqveৎ]

@@AllySheehan YESSSS

[@cc1526]

Hey just a tiny, baseline explanation of a key change in case you’re curious! So a key change is when the entire song changes the key it’s played in, not just when a note changes. So in guilty as sin, there is no key change. She changes the note for “upper thigh” but the key and the chords are still the same. Here’s two examples of her most famous songs with key changes so you can hear the difference. Getaway car: The key change is when she starts the bridge “we were jet set Bonnie and Clyde” (I think it changes from the key of C to D) Love story: the key change is when she sings “marry me Juliet” (also a key change from key of C to D) There’s more but these are the most famous two that come to mind. Basically, if it sounds like she just changed a few notes, that would be a note change, but if the whole song sounds different, even the background music, then it’s probably a key change. Especially if the song sounds higher than when it started out as most key changes in pop music involve transitioning to a higher key 🫶

[@AnneleenRoesems]

Yes, I was thinking this when Ally mentioned the key change in Guilty As Sin, thanks for explaining it so clearly! One that I would add as an easy to hear example for people who are still a bit unsure if they understand a key change is Betty, as it has such a long lead up to it. Like you KNOW something is going to happen. “So I showed up at your party… yeah I showed up at your parrrrrtyyy…” and then it happens at the third time “yeah I SHOWED up at your party” the last ”showed” is where it happens 😊

[@felienmusic]

lol I just typed this in a comment and then I saw this - same mind 😂🙏🏻

[@starbucksmocha88]

Thank you so much for this explanation!! I was like "huh I really don't think I understand what a key change is" after Ally mentioned it, so this helps a lot to know that was actually a note change, I don't have the ear for music to be able to identify notes or keys etc

[@danijela._.]

Taylor: *releases an album* Ally: Who else decodes you like me?

[@butterycrossiants]

Underrated comment 😂

[@danielabourne3057]

i personally LOVE the albatross and the bolter, the melody in the albatross makes me feel like dancing willow style? and the bolter has incredible story telling and the melody is amazing . justice for so long london!!! for me it’s a femenine rage song, and yes how did it end is very sad but i feel like it has an angry/angsty undertone to it? i love it

[@AhmadAli-ix5mp]

I saw the title n i was like "ALLY BEING FEARLESS AND GONNA SPEAK NOW today"

[@sigrid9325]

I understood the start of the smallest man who ever lived as when you are just reflecting on the situation, you're still processing it and the more you think about what happened the angrier you get until you just explode. I think the song from beginning to end is the perfect representation of reflecting and understanding the situation, as well as female rage. edit: to clarify “ was any of it true” aka the beginning she’s wondering and slowly as she’s wondering it turns into anger because she realised how unfair the situation was. But again music is an art form and you can understand it how you want and how you relate to it, this is simply my opinion 🫶🏻 i hope everyone has an amazing day❤️

[@dancerchronicles]

yes this is exactly how I feel cause the whole album theme was centered around the stages of grief with the heartbreak so I interpret the verses as depression but then the bridge is anger

[@olive.ellen201]

Yes yes yes

[@kerrisouth]

Great explanation!​@@dancerchronicles

[@zeldamain6409]

That sponsor transition was so smooth

[@13.gorgeous]

Ikr literally mind blown 🤯😃

[@stephbabies]

The way my jaw dropped 😂

[@Ellariestarss]

The surf shark sponsor Is iconic

[@azkollath]

for robin, im not a parent. i am however a teacher and oh my god robin is so beautiful for that aspect. especially because i teach 2/3 year olds. the melody is so sweet and calming and i just want my kids to know they are loved and they are so smart and i am so proud of them and i love this song

[@kerrisouth]

I love your description and you are obviously a wonderful teacher!

[@jdaqua]

17:15 but nobody talks about the true elites, the track 10’s… not ONE bad track within those: Mary, The Way I Loved You, Better Than Revenge, The Last Time, How You Get The Girl, King of My Heart, DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS, Illicit, Ivy, Labyrinth and now Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? (The Prophecy is also a track 10 if anthology is counted as a separate album) Also loved the video and ranking tbh

[@AllySheehan]

WOW you're absolutely right

[@jdaqua]

@@AllySheehan you’d be right about track 9’s if stay stay stay got swapped out for literally any other song on the deluxe / vault (except Run) or even eyes open / safe & sound

[@katariinablom6710]

100% agree with Track 10’s! Deeply superior songs

[@cc1526]

Agreed until I saw labyrinth in there. I’m sorry but the second I hear Taylor and Jack making noises I don’t think I should be privy to hearing, I skip it 💀

[@stephiem09612]

Also 12s tbh

[@NenaShelby]

the relief i felt when you put the black dog in second tier😮‍💨

[@AllySheehan]

it was a close call

[@AllySheehan]

please tell me you saw where i mentioned your ranking and the album cover

[@Urlocaldescendantseditor]

Ahh hey nena ily❤

[@sarahjarbeau2574]

As someone who was in London for the Eras tour and went to The Black Dog bar, it was 98% swifties. They sell baseball caps, glasses, bracelets. Taylor put them on the swiftie map for sure! Also, had great food, which is a bonus!

[@AllySheehan]

she also ironically (and probably intentionally) ruined it for her ex in doing so lmao

[@izzyisabrat]

funnily enough my swiftie friends’ parents had their wedding reception in the black dog!

[@Cerrie88]

I saw the black dog and it was beauitful ! I need to go to the pub

[@sarahjarbeau2574]

@@AllySheehan oh 1000% 😂😂

[@witchywoman2008]

But isn’t the song about The Black Dog bar in Cork, Ireland that The 1975 went to after a show? Not the one in London. Afaik the owner of the London pub lied about Joe being a regular just to get Swifties to visit - which I guess worked 💀

[@random-zz8ut]

YESSSSS for putting fresh out the slammer in god tier. not everyone understands it but IM SO GLAD WE DO. i just wish more people did because its so unique and tasteful

[@sophielem59]

THE GLEE PICTURES WITH DADDY I LOVE HIM?? I'M LAUGHING SOOO HARD.

[@juliaomera]

LMAOOO REAL

[@ufcia20]

Omg thank you for that! I was only listening to this part so almost missed such a gem ❤️

[@bubblegumnnebula]

Yeah, you're right. Robin hits so hard when you have little children in your life. I cry every time I listen to it, because all I think about is my nephews. Robin perfectly captures the desperate need to protect the little kiddos from the horrors of the world. There is no force stronger than the incessant need to protect these perfect little humans

[@swnsetss]

THE FIT SCREAMSS ANTHOLOGY, the thought that goes into each and every video is truly amazing

[@AllySheehan]

thank you so much!!!!

[@wolf0220]

Fr I love you ally

[@aedan7878]

one of the things about this album is how incredible the first reactions were. i still vividly remember the shock when the drums in florida kicked in, the jaw drop moment when tsmwel’s bridge came on, and the audible gasp when she sang “taylor swift” in clara bow. god i wish i could go back to hearing this album for the first time

[@linamed4614]

haven't watched the video yet but i know for a fact that so highschool is god tier for you

[@AllySheehan]

☺☺☺

[@cassieopeaa]

its probably my least favorite taylor swift song of all time 😭 i feel so alone

[@swiftlight.13]

@@cassieopeaagirl-

[@TDRyan]

​@@cassieopeaaI respect your opinion. Your wrong. But I respect it 😁😁😁

[@kerrisouth]

​@@cassieopeaathere's another content provider who agrees with you. Also, I'm meh.

[@lheman3]

For The Albatross, I thought the up/down/up/down melody was symbolic of the albatross flapping it's wings, and when the melodies smooth out, it's when the albatross is just soaring through the sky. Maybe that's just too deep?

[@AllySheehan]

no it definitely could be! i also think its like a boat rocking back and forth i just sonically don't enjoy it haha

[@lheman3]

@@AllySheehan Totally agree with sonically not liking it. Regardless, I feel like whiplash 😔 Love the lyrics though!

[@kerrisouth]

Love this! Thank you.

[@zeyneppp5170]

I had my "fresh out the slammer" moment with "the black dog" and I can't wait to have it with FOTS too😍

[@random-zz8ut]

i'm not a parent but a fresh graduate and so this song (robin) still hits for me. it's like me singing to my younger self, that's how i see it. and it NEVER fails to make me cry. the "way to go tiger, higher and higher"??? instant tears. especially when i think of all the milestones we've already hit in life! this album dropped right around the time my batch was graduating, and that was also when i attended eras (my first concert ever + my fav musician who i literally grew up with mind you) and screamed my lungs out to long live, so the timing of those moments will always be very special for me.

[@adairirene]

The respect for Fresh Out the Slammer!!! FINALLY! Thank you, Ally!!

[@AllySheehan]

somebody had to say it

[@meowtwo5274]

How Did It End? is TS's pinnacle of songwriting to me. It's so powerful and raw. I think it might be her best song ever. Brutal to listen to but there's so much happening.

[@kerrisouth]

Watching her perform it live during the acoustic set gave me goosebumps. And I rarely get those! I forget to play the anthology half in my car since I still need the CD (another week!) Oldish car

[@hkandm4s23]

So high school sends me straight back to high school. I'm 3 years older than Taylor, and the first time i heard it all i could think about was listening to 'kiss me' by sixpence none the richer or watching high school romance movies at a slumber party. She absolutely nailed the vibe, and honestly despite the simplicity of the lyrics everyone wanted to make fun of, her internal rhyming, flow and wordplay is so excellent.

[@Cerrie88]

So high school is mine and husbands song ( he doesn’t care) but honestly. The song calls so many things from our relationship at the beginning I love it so much

[@ufcia20]

That’s what it was reminding me of! Thank you so much 🫶

[@kindredanastasia]

omg, SAME! It immediately brought me to sixpence none the richer!

[@hkandm4s23]

@@kindredanastasiaoh, fun fact i totally forgot.... Taylor also said in her Vogue interview that kiss me was the first song she learned on guitar.

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

Sometimes the songs are just… deep in different ways.

[@Intothesunset89]

FRESH OUT THE SLAMMER is my fave. From first listen, I was like yup, that’s my girly. It’s absolutely transcendental, it feels like late summer and tastes like nostalgia.

[@ashlynkarguth1629]

The instrument on But Daddy I Love Him is actually a mandolin!! It’s also an iconic country sound lol

[@AllySheehan]

I LOVE IT

[@ashlynkarguth1629]

@@AllySheehan ahhhh hello!! I love your content so much

[@nickneime_]

the mandolin is also present in sad beautiful tragic right?

[@ashlynkarguth1629]

@@nickneime_ not positive, but it’s def in Fifteen also!

[@SaltierMermaid]

Thank you 👏 I was looking for this comment

[@klmnopqrstuvwxyz1874]

My top songs 1. Guilty as sin? 2. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys 3. But Daddy I love him! 4. loml 5. Down Bad 6. Peter

[@kerrisouth]

Yes! I would go 1, 4, 3, 2, (your numbering) and then Chloe, Sam, Sophia or Marcus (in some order). I like The Bolter and really everything on the complete album but Robin.

[@yousaid4ever29]

crying over ur take on LOML! that’s my fav song on the album 😭

[@citizenofcydonia3871]

Justice for Peter which is 100% a GOD TIER SONG and one of the best songs she has ever put out. That said, love hearing you rank TS songs, as always. Your first video ranking all of her songs highly participated in me becoming a swiftie so thank you ❤

[@melissadavis4981]

26:44 same... idk how anyone could be upset that we got more songs ESPECIALLY because imo the Anthology is what I listen to more

[@Delia.162]

I just realised that if you see the second part of the album by itself then „how did it end?“ is Track 5 which fits perfect but also „so high school“ is Track six which fits perfectly as well.

[@LongLiveSwiftie100]

the Harry Potter edit with the Black dog was sooo good

[@emrysfalco]

I really appreciate that you are a person who can't listen to sad songs, especially when you're sad because I am the person you described who can only listen to sad songs when sad. All of your "this is me crying" songs are my favorites because they just hit so close to home. I know that on my Spotify Wrapped my top song of the year will be How did it End? because I listen to it near-constantly. I loop it, sometimes it's the only song I listen to all day, other times it's just sprinkled into all the other sad songs I love. But I enjoy seeing your perspective because it is just so different to my own, it's refreshing to see how the same songs that I can listen to endlessly will just send you into a sobbing mess. It helps to pull me out of my own head a little, so thank you for being so honest about how all the songs affect you, good and bad.

[@AllySheehan]

Wow I genuinely am so impressed by this and it's sometihng I'd love to be able to do! How do you listen to sad songs when you feel bad, without feeling 10 x worse?

[@emrysfalco]

@@AllySheehan I think that sad songs are a form of catharsis for me, especially because they often are so relatable to something that happened in my own life. When it feels like Taylor reached into my soul and wrote a song about what they found there, it makes me feel less alone. In All Too Well, Clean, all of folklore and evermore, I get those feelings and it brings me comfort even if I'm crying. I sometimes scream-sing Would've Could've Should've because it just brings me so much peace. I've been made to feel very isolated in my feelings for basically my entire life, so when I can feel seen, even if it's in a sad context, it helps me realize that I am not alone and that I can make it through my hurt as well.

[@starbucksmocha88]

Omg are you me!? I identify with everything you've said here!! The sad songs are my absolute faves and I play them so much, when Ally said she doesn't listen to loml I was like lol that's my #1 on TTPD and I'm sure it'll end up my #1 on my Spotify wrapped! Either that or the black dog probably. I totally agree with you, it helps so much to listen to sad songs it's like having your feelings validated. I grew up in a house with a toxic family situation and my feelings were never validated and it was really isolating but music and esp sad & cathartic songs were always there for me. It's nice to see someone else has a similar connection to sad songs, they def make me feel less alone with the feelings!

[@nickmagalhaes1659]

@@emrysfalcoyou put in words my feelings about sad songsss

[@kerrisouth]

​@@emrysfalcoThis is beautifully written. It's jarring to my psyche to listen to cheerful songs when I feel bad or in pain of some sort. Cognitive dissonance. But neutral songs work really well.

[@tuesdaywithjisoo8395]

The fact that when you played you're favourite part of Clara Bow my CD of TTPD that was playing played that same part.

[@fesja_reads]

I'm a parent and I LOVE Robin so much. When she mashed it up with Never Grow Up, I was holding my daughter during that moment during bedtime and was sobbing! One of my favourite mashups of hers!

[@SaltierMermaid]

That day was my daughter’s 4th birthday…😭 on a good day, I can’t get through Never Grow Up…TS did me dirty that day…the way I hyperventilated 😭

[@MonicaGrunden-1]

CLICKED FASTER THAN YOU COULD SAY SABOTAGE

[@mackenziemcneil441]

Your editing is always god tier Ally! I lost it at the Elijah wood insert ahhahaa

[@AllySheehan]

heheheh thank you so much

[@candlesandcloth]

I am SO happy that you love FOTS as much as I do!! The flow is unmatched. I'm shocked it's so underrated. "Swirled you into all of my poems," is one of my fav lyrics of hers, full stop.

[@kerrisouth]

That is a top tier lyric for sure!

[@TheSummelBaerli]

YES! Clara Bow is God Tier - what you described is how I felt, too. Like instant nostalgia? I don’t know, it’s just magic

[@kerrisouth]

I find it confusing, though the gist is good stuff. I don't look forward to it when listening to the album. I overthink it.

[@juliana24575]

Ally girl you nailed the editing in this video! Laughed so much at the memes 😂

[@Kiraweis]

I was on vacation (in Munich at the era's tour!!!!!!) so just getting to watch this now but hearing Fresh Out the Slammer live was hearing it for the "first time" for me and I'm obsessed now. You are so right!

[@michaelchime4091]

Cassandra is my favourite song on the album. It's so beautiful and touching

[@lostinparadisealice]

Thank you for saying that! 31 song are alot, not every song is the cherry on the top, of course not. But giving the material to us and the opportunity to choose our own TTPD or enjoy the hole journey is the best that could happen. I am so happy with my playlist and I am also sure, that many songs were missing on a shortend album.

[@thebedrockobserver]

It is actually illegal to be this early 28 SECONDS!!! love to see more taylor content though!!!

[@thebedrockobserver]

Wait can you please ❤ again i lost it 😭😭😭

[@Olfonia]

peter and the black dog are god tier songs for me ❤ btw i love listening to you discuss taylor stuff so much 😊 swiftie love from germany

[@itsjohnny2502]

i hate it here was made for me and is the best thing ever made no matter how hard it makes me cry. thats what makes it so good, js how much i can relate with the lyrics. theres something about the production that makes it sound extremely nostalgic to me which in turn makes it even sadder :’)

[@kerrisouth]

I appreciate it. I can't listen to it that often.

[@MillieES11]

I feel like this whole ranking just explains you so well, your god tier songs are just so ally

[@lmzeller]

Thanks Ally, I needed this even if I disagree on some song rankings! You're the BEST!

[@sarahbarley]

As an older sister, Robin is one of my favorite songs from this album, maybe even ever. It really makes me think of both my younger self and the innocence I used to have and also my younger brother. I get so sad thinking about him growing up and losing that innocence the way I did.

[@alinaklein4275]

I must say the TTPD Album hits live so much different!! Especially But Daddy I love him and down bad because of the visuals. But her voice in But daddy i love him + who’s afraid is out of this world. I saw her last week in Germany and this weekend on Sunday in Munich for the last time😭 i love this album so much live

[@farrahaliceblack7453]

You're SO right for pairing Casandra with Mad Woman. I already made a TTPD/ Folklore / Evermore favs Spotify playlist and named it "Sad Poets in the Woods"

[@YlilRhom]

Okay I actually LOVE The Bolter!! Maybe the placement on the album itself could be different - it feels so fun and joyous and its at the very end which sonically is interesting, but for me that song has been so fascinating to continue to listen to. I think the guitar is so beautiful and the transition from the first verse to the pre-chorus is so so good, I really love the production. Especially how she emphasizes that yes she fell into the freezing ice, an event that quite honestly is scary as fuck and usually lethal, but she lived? She came out alive? So so good, I wouldn't put god tier but Twilight Baseball Scene for me, I love listening to this song! And the bridge!!! Just so good, i'm surprised you don't like it as much. Otherwise I agree with your ranking but I dont skip any of the songs, wtf you didn't even talk about loml haha but I do understand why. Thanks for the content, your editing is always so funny I love seeing what references you are going to include and this video did not disappoint! Rent was due today, well done

[@ktp1699]

Bolter is twilight tier for sure ❤️

[@kerrisouth]

loml is so underrated, I'm seeing. I think it's a beautiful song and worth more than 38 seconds. To each their own!

[@taliathomson5113]

That uneasy feeling you get from The Albatross is the syncopation of the rhythm. I believe it is being used to represent the movements of waves at sea when on a boat. Syncopation is generally when the melody is on the off beats instead of on the beat. In the verses of the song, Taylor begins each beat of 4 on beat 1 however her next note/word comes before the beat (Eg. Wise is on beat 1 and then very quickly followed by Men on beat 1 3/4, technical term notation wise it is a Dotted quaver semi quaver rhythm). The chorus is different again where it doesn't start on beat one but half a beat late giving once again that syncopated rhythm. Basically it gives the song a "sea shanty" vibe to it which is fitting for the theme. I personally love the song (which is a bonus because I was at Sydney N1 when it was announced) but I can appreciate it isn't for everyone. ( 30:05 )

[@starbucksmocha88]

Thanks so much for this explanation! I love the albatross so much it is God tier for me and really scratches an itch in my brain. I didn't know this technical stuff though, so cool and so fitting with the sea shanty vibe!

[@togetherafterglow]

If anyone cares, these are probably my god tier songs and why - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart: when the bass drum hits in the chorus it really makes you want to make your existence worth it. - I Look In People's Windows: it's so calming and I actually love that it's short, it needed to say what it needed to say - I Hate It Here: this song is like a friend in a song, I hope that makes sense

[@MissteriousMisstress]

Agree with IHIH friend in a song . 🎉🎉

[@kerrisouth]

I love your reasons. Thanks for writing out the names. I have trouble with acronyms in general!

[@jewlz96]

I will never be over fresh out the slammer the most perfect transition after so long London! It’s sexy, tells a story, and has that indulgent side of Taylor’s song writing! God tier for sure! I also agree with Clara Bow as God Tier! From the moment I heard the red album I have been obsessed with the dark side of fame portrayed in the Lucky One and Clara Bow is the perfect continuation! Also the fact the she references herself! I still get the chills! You really helped me appreciate I can fix him with your matty analysis and bridge hype! That bridge I think is sexier than vigilante shit! Happy Taylor has appreciated that kind of passion but happy she is a lot more stable now with Trav!

[@blurios706]

so happy to see you appreciating fresh out the slammer, guilty as sin, and imgonnagetyouback, genuinely a few of the best songs off ttpd. loved this ranking ally, another banger video 🙏

[@JRT026]

I love love love fresh out the slammer, the “another summer, talking cover-“ had me. And the “grey and blue and fights and tunnels” HAD ME

[@JRT026]

I FEEL THE SAME WAY FOR LOML. Our ranking are matching up 😭😭

[@kerrisouth]

​@@JRT026I'm with you on loml. Love it.

[@ashtually]

Since first listening, my rankings have changed so much! I remember thinking imgonnagetyouback and The Bolter were at the bottom on my actual first listen. But then about a month later I listened to both those songs for the first time *properly* and they've both shot up to iconic favs since then! A great video, I loved it! Thank you 🤍🖤

[@iteachlit]

22:50 I just had a new thought about “Smallest Man”: maybe it’s meant to feel like a slow burn, because she’s confused and feels tricked. It mimics their relationship in that it felt like something it wasn’t and she’s trying to work out where it was going-and then WHAM! into that stunning series of question-accusations.

[@mysteryyyy]

I absolutely LOVE seeing people rank songs, I enjoy it so much how it differs from my own personal opinions, it's so fun!❤

[@lenaolishevska4070]

It blows my mind that there are no two swifties with the same taste, I still haven’t seen anyone even with same album ranking as me

[@mysteryyyy]

@@lenaolishevska4070 oh definitely! I recently made a swiftie friend and we're the opposite, she looooves the sad, slow songs as where Im more inclined to the upbeat songs. The best part is, she's super respectful and I can talk to her about my opinions freely without fearing backlash.

[@taliathomson5113]

Yes instrumentation is a word. It basically means combining instruments in music. When someone talks about instrumentation they are talking about the instruments that are being used and how they are working and interacting with each other. You are so right, the instrumentation of Fresh out the Slammer is soooooo good!! ( 13:28 )

[@dakotalee6990]

This is unhinged, but the way you feel about My Boy is kind of how I feel about Down Bad. Love the song, such a vibe, but I have this image in my head of like cutesy stuffed animals dressed all cool/sexy and signing the song in a smoke filled lounge, some teddy bears in suits with sunglasses in the back nodding their heads and snapping with the beat, and I have no idea where the image came from but it haunts me every time I listen to the song and I just can't get rid of it. Talk about self-sabotage mode.

[@kerrisouth]

LOL!

[@lainoir2005]

clara bow is literally in my top 3, and what your saying about the being familiar is so on point to my listening experience!!

[@KateE527]

For me I prefer the second half and I view it as one album just because the anthology starts with Fortnight and goes through the album that was released before 2am

[@mayatracey8485]

Your videos always make my day better. I had the most hectic day yesterday with my flight getting canceled and having to take multiple planes and busses to get back home and in the process lost my language. After getting home and seeing you posted I video it made it all better I was so exited to sit down and watch this.

[@croakiex9873]

Idk if she will, and she absolutely does not owe it to us but I would DIE if we got a full live TTPD album Thank you for blessing us with another god tier ranking video

[@AnaSousa-dv3nr]

I was able to hear Fresh out the Slammer live in Portugal and it was incredible. Lots of tears of joy 😍🥰

[@so_it_goes_13]

Under a minute gang love you ally

[@taliathomson5113]

25:21 yes they are violins. Im no violin player however I am around them a lot. Someome correct me if I am wrong but I believe it is a very light bowing action (barely touching the string) and a higher placement of the fingers on the fingerboard giving it that airy higher pitch. Also sorry in advance Ally for all of the musical analysis that is about to happen in your comment section. You are giving me lots of good things I never thought to analyse!!

[@GraceNicholls-od2kz]

The black dog in London makes people pay £20 deposit for any glass that has the black dog written on it as so many swifties have been taking as a souvenir 😂 deffo popping off as a business!!

[@AllySheehan]

hahaha honestly smart good on them

[@Music_fr0g]

My opinion as a Smallest Man Who Ever Lived girlie: of course I love the bridge and thinks it gets the recognition it deserves, but I wish the rest of the song was more/as popular. Here's some specific things I love❤: 1. "Was any of it true?" "And I don't even want you back I just want to know" Captures the confusion of a relationship ending abruptly perfectly to me. 2. "In public showed me off, than sank in stoned oblivion." So sad😫😭 3. THE SIGH IN THE BEGINNING >>> 4. "They just ghosted you, now you know what it feels like." I could probably go on forever, but I'll leave it here❤💿✨

[@briedalessandris4695]

I love your content, Ally! So happy to see the love for Fresh Out the Slammer. I hope you hear Chloe or Sam for the "first time" eventually! It's one of my favorites off the Anthology.

[@kerrisouth]

I'm a "Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus" girlie for sure.

[@picklegirl9401]

I totally agree with you on MBOBHFT. All my friends love that song and I never felt that strongly on it. It just wasn't my favorite and there was something about it that I didn't like but didn't know what and you perfectly described it. Finally someone who understands!

[@emotionallyliv]

you need to re do your 'every taylor swift song' ranking!!

[@AllySheehan]

i did at the end of this vid!

[@taylorloverrr]

40:28 when you said 'hey siri, play robin by taylor swift' my siri started playing 'we can't stop' by miley cyrus

[@AllySheehan]

taste

[@cozza_mj13]

the love for but daddy i love him is so real 😆🤍

[@visro_5942]

ttpd is my favourite album and i've listened to all of the songs SO MANY times but still everytime you start playing a song and start talking about it it's like april 19th again and i feel like i'm hearing it for the very first time and i am still blown away by every single song! thank you so much for giving me the chance to experience That Feeling again!! i love your backrounds of these videos so much, how you always decorate and everything! so much vate goes into all the aspects of your videos! and i LOVE how you always have matching nails for the videos you do! i usually watch your videos while i do my nails and i love that time of the week so much because its truely such a perfect and calm "me time" and to see your nails always matching the theme makes me so happy! you're just such a thoughtful and sweet person! thank you!! 🤍🤍🤍💗

[@carlijnklamer5002]

When you said "i think for me" i chocked on my icecreamcone. Thank you❤🤣

[@justaperson0848]

18:53 I actually think that the "good lord" is referring to taylor herself. there's the lyric in clara bow, "you're the new god we're worshipping." since i can fix him is (to me at least) directed at the fans, she's using the fact that we see her as a god to say that she herself does not need to try at all to fix him, she's that powerful that it'll just happen

[@cozza_mj13]

YESSS ALLY!! i’ve just finished the end of the school year today( im from the uk 😆) and this is the perfect way to start my summer holiday! 🤍

[@Speaknowgirly-4eva]

Omg ally, your videos are what I go to when I need comfort, and this one was no different! I can’t wait for the anthology deep dive!

[@kiarauuh]

When you said “tiers,” I thought you meant “tears” and I went “already?!!!” 😂😂

[@rebekahmann7477]

YESSS ALLY IM SO HAPPY ABOUT THE FRESH OUT THE SLAMMER LOVE

[@starzzdontshine]

honestly this ranking is so surreal(?) to me because our opinions are so wildly different (dare i say opposite) especially on the anthology. (also i genuinely cannot believe that there are people who dont like the albatross it is literally the greatest song to exist and i will stand by that)

[@sweeetlikeehoneyyy]

Honestly, The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived is actually the Illicit Affairs of TTPD..Everyone listens to them for the bridge..

[@giuli_taylorsversion_]

And on your she basically only plays the bridge of both😅

[@sweeetlikeehoneyyy]

@@giuli_taylorsversion_ exactlyy

[@matchbox2736]

Hi Ally! Love you vids! I'm a classical musician and wanted to say: 1) instrumentation is a word! Yes! 2) Guilty As Sin doesn't have a key change, there's just a break and then a return in an intense last bit. Kind of like in Say Don't Go.

[@AllySheehan]

you're right it's more like a melody change or higher note?

[@Ellietaylorgilmoreversion]

LOVE THE FIT!!

[@carissa859]

100% agree on Fresh Out The Slammer. One day it just hit me and I couldn’t stop listening to it!

[@achilleaspanagi2765]

OMGGG I'VE BEEN WAITINGGG

[@AllySheehan]

sorry!!!! had to let it settle in so it could be added to the big ranking

[@claudiofrnco]

42:16 The Lover (remix) with Shawn is such an underrated song, I love it sooooo much. I felt that this part of the video was like Ally saying "I'm having his baby, no, I'm not but you should see your faces".

[@em.styles]

MY BOY IS MY FAVORITE SONG😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@em.styles]

but imma imgonnagetyouback STAN TOO🙌

[@em.styles]

THE BOLTER LOW AND I CAN FIX HIM HIGH?!?!!!???!!!!??

[@kerrisouth]

​@@em.styles you're funny :)

[@livrose3567]

Interesting about loml and the albatross because for me I LOVE the melody and it’s so soothing how consistent it is. Same goes for so high school and the black dog with the consistent piano backing

[@kerrisouth]

I love loml and look forward to it every time I play the album. I'm old fashioned with albums. Loml is beautifully written and moving. I adore the phantoms on the terrace, the Impressionist paintings of heaven and more.

[@skurinski]

Irrelevant to the video but Innocent slaps. People just dont like it cause of the Kanye association but the lyrics and production are beyond superior

[@stephlove5934]

you’re so right about fresh out the slammer 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻