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Here's Exactly What Waiting For Taylor Swift's New Album Feels Like

The agony and the ecstasy of the '1989' build-up, in GIFs.

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By John Walker
October 24, 2014 / 9:01 AM

Some people might tell you that Taylor Swift's upcoming fifth studio album, 1989, will be released very soon -- Monday, October 27, in fact. "What's another couple of hours," they might mindlessly cackle as they toss a loose handful of popcorn at their mouths, missing every third kernel in their hubris.

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Those people are FOOLS. The wait for the "Shake It Off" singer's LP has been nothing short of excruciating. Agonizingly slow, even. It's been like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street. And then running out of gas. It's been like being unable to form a coherent simile because OH MY GOD, WHY ISN'T TAYLOR'S ALBUM OUT YET!? These GIFs know what I'm talking about.

Here I am, still waiting for Taylor Swift's new album.

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You know, 1989? Also known as the best chance 2014 has at a platinum-selling album by an artist?

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Eat it, "Frozen" soundtrack.

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Will I make it to Monday? It's been rough.

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Constantly refreshing Instagram, never able to sleep.

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New lyrics. The track list. Revealed morning, noon and night right when you least expect it.

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I haven't slept in days. Maybe it's been weeks. I don't even know anymore.

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OH MY GOD, is that a new Taylor song playing in that Target commercial? Is that "Style"?!

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My friend Abigail says it's not about Harry Styles.

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Abigail and I aren't friends anymore.

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Wait, the early reviews of 1989 are in.

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The New York Times loves 1989!

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So does TIME!

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BRB, burning the New York Daily News.

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Hold up... Not one of those critics quoted the lyrics to "Bad Blood" in their reviews. Why won't they tell me what the lyrics are?!

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(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

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All that's left is for the album to arrive.

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Soon, it will be Monday. Soon, we will be "Out Of The Woods."

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What will 1989 sound like?

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Like the pitter-patter of Scottish Folds on the hardwood floor two stories above you?

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Like a familiar voice, gently whispering "no its becky" in your good ear?

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Like a chorus of flaxen-haired angels sent down to post-industrial Pennsylvania to save us from lesser album sales?

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Truly, my life has been building to this moment.

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Hurry, 1989. Hurry.

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