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[ SECRET POST #6806 ]

⌈ Secret Post #6806 ⌋

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[The Sims]

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[Jenna Ortega]

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Genuine question: WHY?

I mean, seventeen different versions of the same album is still, y'know, the same album. You get the same songs, right?

If you really like the designs of seventeen different versions, why not just, IDK, print out posters of them or something?

I want to collect them because they're pretty. The CDs come with little trinket jewelry items, and the vinyls are glittery or patterned or whatever. It's incredibly stupid, I know.

It's a money grab.

Cancel them. Buy one at random from a store, ideally a locally owned one.

The sole point of the variants is to boost sales. This not only inflates her net worth a little but it massively inflates her sales records and drives up the costs for concert tickets and merch, which inflate her net worth a lot.

I think I am going to cancel them. 2 more vinyl variants were released this week, and I bought those too. I've now spent over $200 and that is insane. I can only listen to one at a time anyway.

Keep the two prettiest that you want (if you can afford it), cancel the others, and put those in the virtual basket or "to buy later" section.

Don't look at them for a week or a month. Sometimes, it eases the "gotta get them all" feeling while giving you the time to ride it out until you get to "actually, no" point.

You are the reason why she keeps releasing so many.

I know :(

I'm in the same boat. Only reason I didn't get all four of the CD releases is that they sold out. I'll wait for their next come around.

What can I say, I like extra material like photos and artist notes.

And don't take it hard from the commenters above me, acting like "gotta have every variant" isn't one of the most common fandom mindsets. They just don't want to admit TS fandom counts as something like Star Trek fandom or anime fandom.

Genuinely asking, since I don't know anything about it: what are the differences between the releases?

I think you make a good point in your last paragraph. Tons of fans have multiple figurines of the same character, or have multiple shirts for the same show, or versions of the same book with different covers, etc. If the different releases have different promo material it's just triggering the same collector mindset that a lot of fandoms foster without getting grief from outsiders.

Not who you asked but as someone who has bought most of the variants:

The standard editions

Orange vinyl - basic standard, has all songs, no extras
Orange CD - basic standard, w/fold-out poster
Orange cassette - basic standard, just cassette (there are not usually different variants of the cassettes, just the one, for those who collect them)

The variant CDs

Orange ver - 'Sweat & Vanilla Perfume' edition - Special orange glitter box, unique to edition photocards, purple-eye keychain
Red ver - 'It's Frightening' edition - Different cover, Special red glitter box, unique to edition photocards, red-heart wood keychain
Purple ver - 'It's Rapturous' edition - Different cover, Special purple glitter box, unique to edition photocards, love letter envelope golden necklace
Silver ver - 'It's Beautiful' edition - Different cover, Special silver glitter box, unique to edition photocards, silver charm bracelet

Vinyl variants

Purple ver - Shiny Bug edition in 'Shimmering Violet' - Different cover, purple shimmer vinyl, unique to edition photostrip, 'Shiny Bug' poem by Taylor
Wintergreen ver - Shiny Bug edition 'Wintergreen & Onyx' - Different cover, pale green (wintergreen) vinyl, unique to edition photostrip, 'Shiny Bug' poem by Taylor

Yellow ver - Baby, That's Show Business edition in 'Lovely Bouquet Golden' - Different cover, yellow splatter vinyl, unique to edition photostrip, 'Baby, That's Show Business' poem by Taylor
Blue ver - Baby, That's Show Business edition in 'Lakeside Beach Blue' - Different cover, dark blue sparkle vinyl, unique to edition photostrip, 'Baby, That's Show Business' poem by Taylor

As a cd/vinyl collector, y'all have no idea how the word “photocard” bothers me. I know that Taylor doesn't abuse it the way that it’s done in K-pop, but the idea is just…yuck…

I don't get why people do this, either.

Although I do have two White Lotus shirts. One's a sweatshirt, though!

(WL fans, the Abercrombie collaboration is the BEST. This is the nicest fandom merch I have ever bought. Most HBO merch is garbage, but these are nice; embroidered text and logos, no "HBO" visible branding there to ruin it.

They fucked up Succession merch so badly. They are not serious people.

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I’m a collector and author if the second comment. You’re right that collecting plays into it and is a valid and common fan activity. I honestly didn’t make the connection because I don’t collect fan merch and didn’t see the point in buying multiples of the same thing.

But I think secret OP isn’t really happy doing that and I would class them more a victim of FOMO than a collector.

Yeah. It's kind of true if I'm being honest. If she had released all of these items as just regular for-sale products being available on her store indefinitely, would I have bought ANY of them? No. I stream music on spotify 99% of the time anyway. I get into the mindset of "Oh no it won't last and if I don't buy it now I'll never get to have it" although truthfully I know there's a good chance that some of these will come back in stock, at least temporarily. It happened with TTPD anyway.

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I'm really torn. I want these, but I don't. What if I don't like the album? I don't want to resell them because that's a hassle and I don't want someone to try and scam me. FOMO gets me. I'm not sure what I'm going to do.

Taylor herself has said this album is upbeat pop, with infectious melodies. If that's your jam, you'll probably like it. If you're a folkmore/TTPD fan primarily, you might not. Everything else is up to you. Buy your fav cover and don't worry about the rest. It all has the same 12 songs on it.

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(Anonymous) - 2025-08-25 09:23 (UTC) - Expand

I think you need to cancel and spend the money on a therapy. I am being genuine. You are not happy about this and consumerism is not a good thing for everyone.

You're not wrong.

I can see buying an extra or two (for playing, another for preserving) but that's just ridiculous.