Talk:Fortnight (song)

Clara Bow

Does the music video reference Clara Bow's institutionalization? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 23:02, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

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Nominator: Ippantekina (talk · contribs) 06:47, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Gained (talk · contribs) 10:47, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Ippantekina! I'll be reviewing the article you nominated for GAN. "Fortnight" is one of the more memorable tracks from TTPD, but it can never defeat "Anti-Hero" for its numerous meme-mable lines. Jokes aside, I'll start this in a few days and try not to screw anything up.

Comments

Lead and infobox

• "Fortnight" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift featuring vocals from American rapper and singer Post Malone – Why does Swift have an article before it while Malone does not? A consistent format should be implemented
• Studios and length in the infobox are unsourced and does not appear in the body
• In the first sentence of the "Critical reception" section, it says that the song received mixed reception, while the lead states it was divided among critics. Doesn't "mixed" and "divided" have different meanings?
• but others considered the production weak – As far as I can tell, only Business Insider and NME comments fitted that description. I don't think two out of the fourteen reviews really represent the song's critical assessment. I suggest replacing it with other sentiments that were talked about more in the section.
• with the second highest single-week streaming figure since 2020 – the Billboard source says that the song "[marked] the top total for a song in a single week" since the removal of user-generated Youtube content in the Hot 100's calculation in 2020, surpassing "Drivers License" for it.

Background and release

• Add and link Taylor Swift
• "hitting him up" – I don't see the quote in the source given
• The track was released as the lead single of The Tortured Poets Department on April 19, 2024, concurrently with the album's release – the source only implies that it was released concurrently with the album; I suggest finding an explicit one and replacing the other
• I think you should address that the song was serviced to US and Italian radios at the same day when it was released
• Wikilink remix
• A remix produced by Blond:ish was released on May 21, 2024 – the source implies that it was released on that date, also suggesting to find an explicit source for this
• Starting from the May 2024 shows in Nanterre as part of the Eras Tour – I know that the shows were promoted as Paris instead of Nanterre but I suggest finding an explicit source for this too
• I think you should include the part of the Variety source where the "TTPD"-emblazoned "bed was [also tilting] every which way"

Music and lyrics

• The sample looks good
• I can't access The Times source but I would suggest checking if it lines up with the text
• This section doesn't seem to exhaust all of its sources; the American Songwriter source has a whole section on the song's music (Swift's Apartment Complex), but it goes completely missing in this section. I suggest checking the section's sources and adding info if it is missing in the prose
• the lyrics had a heavy "air of death" – In the given source, I don't seem to find any indication that it is heavy
• There's two "suggested" in the same sentence

Critical reception

• The Malone photo looks good
• praising how Swift's and Malone's vocals go well together – Perhaps I'm reading this very literally, but I don't see that they praised the collaboration
• Mesfin Fekadu of The Hollywood Reporter also picked it as an album highlight – I'm confused; the source specifically said Malone was a highlight and not the song
• "labelled" should be "labeled" as this article uses American English
• while Our Culture Mag's said – I'm pretty sure that there's something missing here
• For a Taylor Swift lead single, I expected this to have more reviews than what it currently has. Make sure that you have included all of them to accurately present the song's critical consensus. I also suggest combining the reviews with the lists and rankings of Swift's discography as they were released around the same time and are shockingly underused in TTPD articles.

Commercial performance

• tying her with Bad Bunny for the most chart toppers among solo acts – the source says that Swift broke the tie with Bad Bunny for the most number-one songs for a soloist
• Clarify that Swift has the most chart-toppers on Adult Pop Airplay for a soloist
• The aforementioned Billboard source in the lead
• You can replace the Portuguese source with the Austrian source since it also covers Portugal
• This section completely neglates the song's certifications

Accolades

• No issues

Music video

(This section has a lot of problems...)

• Hawke's and Charles's photos looks good
• Swift wrote and directed the music video for "Fortnight", with cinematography handled by Rodrigo Prieto – The source mentions none of these
• It has a black-and-white cinematography – This is not mentioned in the given sources
• "psychiatrists" is a very different term from "scientists" which was mentioned in the given sources
• Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone thought that this part seemingly tells "the story of star-crossed lovers" – The quote is not connected to the part, it's what Spanos described for the video's story
• Back at the mental facility, – the given source does not mention this
• Both perform a shock therapy on her and until sparks emit from the machine and Malone unplugs the machine are unsourced
• In the final scene, Malone calls from a telephone booth that Swift is on top of in the pouring thunderstorm rain, on an isolated cliff – This one took me a couple reads to understand it
• According to some publications, the music video evokes the 2023 movie Poor Things – the EW source specifically says that to a scene with Malone, not the music video

Personnel to Release history

• No issues

References

• Many citations have their publication linked while others do not; every publication should be wikilinked

Ippantekina, with all the problems I have pointed out I think this article is rushed and very far from GA standards. Knowing your contributions, this is a very dissapointing one. Please address all of these issues before nominating it again. Gained (talk) 06:18, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

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