Taylor Swift review, Red (Taylor’s Version) – A better, brighter version of a terrific pop album
The IndependentSign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “I’ve always said that the world is a different place for the heartbroken,” Taylor Swift wrote in June, when announcing the re-recorded version of her 2012 album, Red. The album’s lead single, “We Are Never Getting Back Together”, was her first to be produced by Swedish pop wizard Max Martin and his partner Shellback. There’s a lo-fi duet with Phoebe Bridgers called “Nothing New”, where their voices drop to cracked mutters as they nag away at the insecurities that come with age: “How can a person know everything at 18 and nothing at 22?” Outlaw country singer Chris Stapleton joins Swift for the gutsy duet, “I Bet You Think About Me”. She appears to share the confessional inside track: “You said if we had been closer in age, maybe it would have been fine/ And that made me want to die/ The idea you had of me, who was she?/ An ever-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you?/ Not weeping in the party bathroom, some actress asking me what happened/ YOU, that’s what happened/ You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes/ Sipping coffee like you were on a late night show…” Extended like this, “All Too Well” stretches out like a road before her, offering release and momentum.
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