In defense of Taylor Swift
12 years, 4 months ago

In defense of Taylor Swift

Salon  

On Sunday, Salon published a piece that asked the question: Is Taylor Swift being taken too seriously? She is an artist who, without irony, titles her songs “Love Story” and “Innocent.” You’ll find wit and sass and even sarcasm in Swift’s lyrics but never cynicism or hopelessness, and for those who’ve actually experienced life after 22, that can be difficult to stomach. When I first heard Taylor Swift’s “Our Song,” a twangy hit off her self-titled debut, I thought it was a cover, that’s how primary and obvious it felt. It’s about tapping into the version of our selves that is simultaneously most basic and most complete, the version formed in high school, when, as John Hughes once said, “it feels as good to feel bad as it does to feel good.” There is nothing more emotionally sophisticated in the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” or Dion and the Belmonts’ “Teenager in Love” or the Crystals’ “Then He Kissed Me” than in Swift’s best songs. And though I realize this will sound like blasphemy to many, Swift’s “Fifteen” could be the sequel to Big Star’s “Thirteen.” 1.2 million 22-year-old girls didn’t buy Swift’s new album, "Red," when it came out last month; 1.2 million moms and older sisters and 16-year-olds and at least a couple of dads and a lot of gay men did because that feeling of being, as Swift puts it, “happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way” never really leaves you.

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Unreleased Taylor Swift song resurfaces: Lesser-known artist's cover scrubbed due to false speculation
1 month, 1 week ago

Unreleased Taylor Swift song resurfaces: Lesser-known artist's cover scrubbed due to false speculation

Hindustan Times  

A lesser-known artist shared a cover of an unreleased Taylor Swift song earlier this month, shaking up the mega superstar’s fandom with a rollercoaster of emotions. The song TikTok and the rest of the Internet has been buzzing about is “Need,” which is believed to be an unreleased “vault song” from the pop sensation’s album “Lover.” Steven Wilmot, a lesser-known …

Unreleased Taylor Swift song resurfaces: Lesser-known artist's cover scrubbed due to false speculation
1 month, 1 week ago

Unreleased Taylor Swift song resurfaces: Lesser-known artist's cover scrubbed due to false speculation

Hindustan Times  

A lesser-known artist shared a cover of an unreleased Taylor Swift song earlier this month, shaking up the mega superstar’s fandom with a rollercoaster of emotions. The song TikTok and the rest of the Internet has been buzzing about is “Need,” which is believed to be an unreleased “vault song” from the pop sensation’s album “Lover.” Steven Wilmot, a lesser-known …

Billboard clarifies why Taylor Swift didn’t make the cut over Beyoncé’s 'greatness': Fans say, ‘she was robbed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Billboard clarifies why Taylor Swift didn’t make the cut over Beyoncé’s 'greatness': Fans say, ‘she was robbed

Hindustan Times  

When Billboard crowned Beyoncé the greatest pop star of the 21st century, leaving Taylor Swift in the runner-up spot, the internet plunged right into debate mode. While the magazine acknowledged that the Cruel Summer singer is the century’s biggest pop star by the numbers “from album sales to streams to touring dominance,” with her historic Eras Tour poised to become …

Taylor Swift's reaction to Beyonce being named greatest pop star of 21st Century revealed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Taylor Swift's reaction to Beyonce being named greatest pop star of 21st Century revealed

Hindustan Times  

Taylor Swift has nothing but praise for Beyonce after losing the greatest pop star of the 21st Century title to her. Taylor Swift's reaction to Beyonce being named the greatest pop star of 21st century revealed Taylor Swift ‘really happy’ for Beyonce's Billboard achievement “Taylor will always support strong female artists and thinks Beyoncé is so deserving of this honor,” …

"She ripped up her own formula": How Taylor Swift single-handedly changed pop music
4 months, 1 week ago

"She ripped up her own formula": How Taylor Swift single-handedly changed pop music

Salon  

There are no accidents in Taylor Swift's world. It was also, as critic and author Rob Sheffield puts it in his new book, "Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music," classic "Petty Taylor." Sheffield, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and author of prior books about The Beatles, Duran Duran and David Bowie, has been writing …

Did Taylor Swift reinvent pop music? This author makes the case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Did Taylor Swift reinvent pop music? This author makes the case

LA Times  

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. This week we speak with Rolling Stone pop music critic Rob Sheffield about his new book “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music.” We also look at recent releases reviewed by Times critics. Author Rob Sheffield with the jacket cover of his new book, “Heartbreak Is the National …

Taylor Swift’s Business Savvy Flies in the Face of Modern Marketing
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Taylor Swift’s Business Savvy Flies in the Face of Modern Marketing

Bloomberg  

This is the business acceleration we all dream of: a product, popular enough from the get-go 18 years ago, compounding its market each year without fading, suddenly sparking a volume of sales, across sub-products, to have people speculate on its macroeconomic effect. It’s the acceleration you are curious about when you find yourself wearing lettered bracelets, knowing more of her …

Has Taylor Swift peaked?
6 months, 1 week ago

Has Taylor Swift peaked?

Hindustan Times  

TAYLOR SWIFT has a strong claim to being the most popular entertainer of the 21st century—and perhaps of all time. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly On April 19th she released a double album entitled “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology”. Gone are the irresistibly catchy choruses of “I Knew You Were Trouble” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, replaced with dreamy …

Taylor Swift’s candidness about her struggles sparks positive change in her fans, new study reveals
8 months ago

Taylor Swift’s candidness about her struggles sparks positive change in her fans, new study reveals

Hindustan Times  

Taylor Swift is a cultural phenomenon and a global sensation, she touched the hearts of millions. Researchers at the University of Vermont conducted a new study to understand how Taylor Swift’s openness about her body image struggles and eating disorders influenced her fans’ behaviour towards these topics. Fans resonate with her candidness on Miss Americana The pop star struggled with …

It’s Time for Men to Make an Admission About Taylor Swift
10 months, 4 weeks ago

It’s Time for Men to Make an Admission About Taylor Swift

Slate  

Colt Seavers, the professional stunt performer played by Ryan Gosling in The Fall Guy, is used to brutalizing his body, but a broken heart is another matter. But Swifties who’ve come on board amid the triumphant highs of the “Eras” era may not be used to seeing her sink quite so low, and this is especially true of a demographic …

Taylor Swift reacts to The Tortured Poets Department critic reviews with fitting lyrics
11 months, 1 week ago

Taylor Swift reacts to The Tortured Poets Department critic reviews with fitting lyrics

Hindustan Times  

Taylor Swift is celebrating the worldwide success of her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, by reacting to critic reviews. Taylor Swift personally responds to album reviews of The Tortured Poets Department by major tabloids Taylor Swift reacts to album reviews with lyrics from TTPD The Cruel Summer singer shared the review by Rolling Stone magazine, titled “Come for the …

Taylor Swift's TTPD album reviewer's byline removed due to ‘threats of violence’
11 months, 1 week ago

Taylor Swift's TTPD album reviewer's byline removed due to ‘threats of violence’

Hindustan Times  

Inserting an editor's note with their latest review of Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department album, Paste Magazine announced earlier that they had removed the author's byline in their attempts to protect them from “threats of violence.” FILE PHOTO: Taylor Swift accepts the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, …

The Problem With Taylor Swift’s New Album
11 months, 1 week ago

The Problem With Taylor Swift’s New Album

Slate  

“Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all,” Taylor Swift sings on “But Daddy I Love Him.” It’s the song on which her new album The Tortured Poets Department finally gains some momentum, six tracks in. Now she’s upset about her good reputation: “I’ll tell you something about my good name,” she sings, “it’s mine alone to disgrace.” …

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is the anti-Reputation.
11 months, 1 week ago

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is the anti-Reputation.

Slate  

Taylor Swift has released The Tortured Poets Department, and her fans and detractors alike can agree on one thing: To quote the poet, “This is exhausting.” The feeling doesn’t come entirely as a surprise, given the midnight release of the lengthy 16-track album, or the larger context into which it drops. The richest tracks on TTPD are the songs about …

We need to talk about Taylor Swift’s dress sense
1 year, 1 month ago

We need to talk about Taylor Swift’s dress sense

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It’s hard …

Using your head to explain Taylor Swift's unparalleled success doesn't work. Her appeal comes from somewhere else
1 year, 1 month ago

Using your head to explain Taylor Swift's unparalleled success doesn't work. Her appeal comes from somewhere else

ABC  

You might have opinions about Taylor Swift. They're some of the lyrics to one of Taylor Swift's most famous songs and in Australia her fans are paying back the love in the most wholesome ways. Like all great songwriters — or writers in general — she phrases sentiments in a way that make you feel she is talking to you …

LIZ JONES: Why I've publicly shamed my former partners for over 25 years
1 year, 1 month ago

LIZ JONES: Why I've publicly shamed my former partners for over 25 years

Daily Mail  

Revenge isn’t just best served cold. I sat up straight when I read Whatshisname thinks Taylor has dissed him, because that very morning, in North Yorkshire not Nashville, I received a text from my most recent ex-boyfriend that read, after I tentatively reminded him about Valentine’s Day: ‘I seem to remember being dissed and rejected by you IN YOUR COLUMN.’ …

The Taylor Swift machine is completely inescapable – is it a recipe for disaster?
1 year, 1 month ago

The Taylor Swift machine is completely inescapable – is it a recipe for disaster?

The Independent  

Sign 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. Taylor Swift announces new album live at Grammys Swift …

Taylor Swift fans criticise The New York Times over column speculating about her sexuality
1 year, 2 months ago

Taylor Swift fans criticise The New York Times over column speculating about her sexuality

The Independent  

Sign 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. The writer, Anna Marks, suggests that the Swift, 34, …

Taylor Swift steps out with Brittany Mahomes and Lindsay Bell in Beverly Hills amid her inner circle's fury at New York Times' op-ed suggesting she's GAY
1 year, 2 months ago

Taylor Swift steps out with Brittany Mahomes and Lindsay Bell in Beverly Hills amid her inner circle's fury at New York Times' op-ed suggesting she's GAY

Daily Mail  

Taylor Swift wowed in a black mini dress as she enjoyed a girls' night out with her friends Brittany Mahomes and Lindsay Bell in Beverly Hills on Saturday. Taylor Swift, 34, wowed in a black mini dress as she enjoyed a girls' night out with her friends Brittany Mahomes and Lindsay Bell in Beverly Hills on Saturday The singer showed …

Yet another college course on Taylor Swift makes clear: She’s more than a pop star
1 year, 4 months ago

Yet another college course on Taylor Swift makes clear: She’s more than a pop star

LA Times  

Taylor Swift arrives at the world premiere of her concert film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” at the Grove in Los Angeles. Though Fink doesn’t plan to teach a course on Swift, he imagines such a class could discuss “genre and race and whiteness,” “the state of the music industry,” and feminism and girl culture. Earlier this year, another Stanford …

Why Is a 4-Year-Old Taylor Swift Song No. 1?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why Is a 4-Year-Old Taylor Swift Song No. 1?

Slate  

What do you get for the woman who already has everything—a billion-dollar-grossing tour, the keys to several cities, a smash movie, a strapping boyfriend? That four-year gap is very similar to what Swift just did with “Cruel Summer,” but there are lots of other examples: The Moody Blues’ torch song “Nights in White Satin,” a No. That said, TikTok only …

Have We Reached Peak Taylor Swift? The Psychology Behind When Someone Becomes Overexposed.
1 year, 5 months ago

Have We Reached Peak Taylor Swift? The Psychology Behind When Someone Becomes Overexposed.

Huff Post  

Kevin Winter via Getty Images “She has a very large following, but no celebrity can make 100% of the population like them,” said professor Jaye L. Derrick of Taylor Swift. “It looked super romantic and was super intimate.” Gotham via Getty Images Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift arrive at the "SNL" afterparty on Sunday in New York City. “Too many …

Why does (almost) everyone love Taylor Swift?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why does (almost) everyone love Taylor Swift?

Hindustan Times  

There’s no denying it: Taylor Swift is currently among the most successful pop stars on the planet, an absolute cultural and economic powerhouse. Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" concert film is set to become the big movie event of the fall. There's even a Wikipedia article dedicated solely to the "Cultural impact of Taylor Swift." Taylor Swift fans are not only …

Exhilarating, intimate, fun (and long): Our critics weigh in on ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’
1 year, 5 months ago

Exhilarating, intimate, fun (and long): Our critics weigh in on ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’

LA Times  

Taylormania has come to the multiplex. MIKAEL WOOD: Well, Justin, allow me to start by quoting Taylor Swift: “Welcome to the Eras tour!” Having seen Swift’s show three times — on opening night in Arizona and then twice at SoFi Stadium — I’m eager to hear how this pop extravaganza played onscreen for someone who hasn’t seen it in the …

Taylor Swift, 1989, review: a cheesy celebration of young and reckless love
1 year, 7 months ago

Taylor Swift, 1989, review: a cheesy celebration of young and reckless love

The Telegraph  

This is a tale of star-crossed celebrity lovers: America’s country sweetheart and British pop’s bad-boy Romeo. Taylor Swift has something of a reputation for writing pithy songs about her love life and this time her subject matter is One Direction ladies man Harry Styles. In case listeners are in any doubt about the identity of the heartbreaker with the “James …

How Taylor Swift mastered the singer-songwriter blueprint
2 years, 1 month ago

How Taylor Swift mastered the singer-songwriter blueprint

The Independent  

Sign 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. “Her lyrics are written in a way as if …

Why Taylor Swift never went out of Style: A societal perspective
2 years, 4 months ago

Why Taylor Swift never went out of Style: A societal perspective

India Today  

I am biased when it comes to Taylor Swift - embellished euphemisms or sesquipedalian literary references cannot hide the fact. Taylor Swift has had a gold rush of record-breaking fame, juxtaposed to the ageist narrative on ‘geriatric’ female pop-stars and their downwards career graph. But no one could call Taylor Swift yesterday’s news. Her magnetic girl next door charm and …

How Taylor Swift’s Best Song Went From Underground Fave to 10-Minute Masterpiece
55 years, 3 months ago

How Taylor Swift’s Best Song Went From Underground Fave to 10-Minute Masterpiece

Slate  

In 2012, a 22-year-old Taylor Swift was “happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time,” as she sang in her appropriately named, iconic hit “22.” And nearly 10 years later, a now-31-year-old Swift is revisiting those feelings, with the long-awaited rerelease of her beloved album, Red. Along with a return to songs like “22,” this version of the 2012 …

The 40 best albums of 2020, from Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways to Taylor Swift’s Folklore
4 years, 3 months ago

The 40 best albums of 2020, from Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways to Taylor Swift’s Folklore

The Independent  

Sign 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. ROC Read the full review 30) Bob Dylan – …

Taylor Swift's new album Folklore is a definitive jolt away from a near-decade of her signature big-tent pop
4 years, 8 months ago

Taylor Swift's new album Folklore is a definitive jolt away from a near-decade of her signature big-tent pop

Firstpost  

Folklore is not really about embracing a new genre so much as abandoning any sense of duty to the ones Taylor Swift has been built upon. The song that catapulted Taylor Swift from too-cool-for-country phenom to the-world-is-not-enough pop supernova was ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,’ the debut single from her fourth album Red in 2012. Folklore, her alternately …

Taylor Swift review, Folklore: This shimmering album is exquisite, piano-based poetry
4 years, 8 months ago

Taylor Swift review, Folklore: This shimmering album is exquisite, piano-based poetry

The Independent  

Sign 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. Written and recorded in isolation, it includes collaborations with …

Music Review: Taylor Swift’s new album is strikingly heroic
4 years, 8 months ago

Music Review: Taylor Swift’s new album is strikingly heroic

Associated Press  

Taylor Swift, “folklore” In the years since Taylor Swift released her killer pop album “1989” in 2014, the singer has amped the production of her music, adding sounds including electronica, synth pop, R&B, dubstep, dance and even trap to her songs. Her eighth record has a calmness and coolness reminiscent of the 2008 masterpiece “Fearless” and 2010’s charming “Speak Now,” …

Taylor Swift misquoted me, I found it funny and pointed it out – and then all hell broke loose
5 years, 6 months ago

Taylor Swift misquoted me, I found it funny and pointed it out – and then all hell broke loose

The Independent  

It’s a strange feeling to review a pop star’s album, only to find that your words have been posted to their 121 million followers on Instagram. “There is a brilliant album among the 18 songs, if only it had been pruned a little.” A few days later, I was amused to discover that Swift had taken my pruning advice to …

Taylor Swift celebrates love in all its chaos with new album
5 years, 7 months ago

Taylor Swift celebrates love in all its chaos with new album

Hindustan Times  

Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated seventh album has arrived in all its lovestruck, honeyed glory, a clear shift from the vengeful goth lite of her previous record. “This album is very much a celebration of love, in all its complexity, coziness, and chaos,” Swift tweeted upon Friday’s midnight release of her latest project. “It’s the first album of mine that I’ve …

Review: Taylor Swift taps into her joyful side with ‘Lover’
5 years, 7 months ago

Review: Taylor Swift taps into her joyful side with ‘Lover’

Associated Press  

Taylor Swift, “Lover” If you want an easy way to see how far Taylor Swift has come since her last album, just compare the two covers. She seems to revel in the hard-fought happiness she’s found with her boyfriend of three years, the Englishman Joe Alwyn, the obvious source of “London Boy.” Things are getting serious, apparently. In the Go-Go’s-ish …

Taylor Swift Lover review round-up: Critics say album feels ‘evolutionary rather than revolutionary’
5 years, 7 months ago

Taylor Swift Lover review round-up: Critics say album feels ‘evolutionary rather than revolutionary’

The Independent  

Sign 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. Here’s a round-up of some of the major reviews …

Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ courts — gasp! — adults with grown-up emotional complexity
5 years, 7 months ago

Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ courts — gasp! — adults with grown-up emotional complexity

LA Times  

Well, it’s no wonder she nixed that dopey lyric telling kids that spelling is fun: On “Lover,” Taylor Swift turns out not to be speaking to the children who made her one of pop’s biggest stars. When she released “Me!,” her seventh studio album’s oppressively cheerful lead single, the song contained a much-maligned bit in which Swift and her duet …

Taylor Swift's Lover: The struggle to maintain superstardom
5 years, 7 months ago

Taylor Swift's Lover: The struggle to maintain superstardom

BBC  

Taylor Swift's Lover: The struggle to maintain superstardom Alamy She has been one of the 21st Century’s great pop-cultural icons, while enduring a backlash like few others. When Famous came out, Swift publicly flinched, saying: “I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be part of.” But then Kardashian posted …

Taylor Swift announces seventh album will be titled Lover
5 years, 9 months ago

Taylor Swift announces seventh album will be titled Lover

Daily Mail  

Taylor Swift delighted her fans on Thursday by announcing details of her latest album. She went live on her Instagram to give fans an insight to her forth coming album that features 18 songs. New album alert: Taylor Swift went live on her Instagram to give fans an insight to her forth coming album that features 18 songs The singer …

Taylor Swift writes essay on the 'power of pop' amid speculation about new album release
6 years, 1 month ago

Taylor Swift writes essay on the 'power of pop' amid speculation about new album release

The Independent  

Sign 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 Taylor Swift has written an …

Perspective: Taylor Swift is pop’s loudest diarist. Now she has a new soapbox
6 years, 5 months ago

Perspective: Taylor Swift is pop’s loudest diarist. Now she has a new soapbox

LA Times  

Pop Music Critic Taylor Swift isn’t exactly the sit-silently-by type. Not only that, but the singer also vividly laid out her opposition to Bredesen’s opponent, Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, whose voting record in the House — including her positions on pay equity, domestic violence and marriage equality — “appalls and terrifies me,” Swift wrote. “I always have and always will …

Can a Metallica-loving dad really appreciate a Taylor Swift mega show?
6 years, 9 months ago

Can a Metallica-loving dad really appreciate a Taylor Swift mega show?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Another friend, Karen Attwood, who …

Watch Taylor Swift's new music video for "Delicate" (VIDEO.)
7 years ago

Watch Taylor Swift's new music video for "Delicate" (VIDEO.)

Slate  

In case you haven’t heard, Taylor Swift has undergone an image makeover. It’s been an uncomfortable transition to witness, as Swift moves from school playground diss tracks like “Better Than Revenge” to rap-laden callouts like “… Ready for It?” and “End Game.” There’s a cloying sense of effort behind Swift’s image revamp, particularly in her videos for “Look What You …

Review: Taylor Swift’s privacy is a public act on ‘Reputation’
7 years, 4 months ago

Review: Taylor Swift’s privacy is a public act on ‘Reputation’

LA Times  

Taylor Swift, seen performing in 2016, describes romance as a refuge from celebrity on her new album, “Reputation.” Pop Music Critic For Taylor Swift, love — or the idea of it — has always represented a refuge, an escape, a shelter in a storm. “My reputation’s never been worse / So you must like me for me,” she tells a …

Music Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘reputation’ is pure pop magic
7 years, 4 months ago

Music Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘reputation’ is pure pop magic

Associated Press  

Taylor Swift, “reputation” If you’d stop thinking about her reputation, you’d actually appreciate the musicality of Taylor Swift’s “reputation.” Sure, she named the album that so there will be blog posts and essays deciphering the lyrics — was that about Kanye? On 2014’s “1989,” Swift showed she could deliver great pop songs. Co-stars include rap hitmaker Future and Ed Sheeran, …

Taylor Swift’s talent remains intact on ‘Reputation,’ her most focused, most cohesive album yet
7 years, 4 months ago

Taylor Swift’s talent remains intact on ‘Reputation,’ her most focused, most cohesive album yet

LA Times  

Diary entries, as a rule, don’t constitute art. That’s what drew me in to Taylor Swift and her music upon the release of her 2006 debut album, “Taylor Swift,” and that’s what has kept me closely tracking the remarkable arc of her career since then, up to and including today’s release of her sixth album, “Reputation.” From the beginning, Swift …

Why Taylor Swift’s New No. 1 Is Her “Ballad of John and Yoko”
7 years, 6 months ago

Why Taylor Swift’s New No. 1 Is Her “Ballad of John and Yoko”

Slate  

Two weeks ago, when America’s inevitable next No. Arguably, then, Swift’s “Look” is the most-streamed song ever not fueled by a viral video meme. Not that “Look” was a slouch in the video department: In its first day, Taylor set a global record for a lyric video, before premiering her official, high-budget clip at MTV’s Video Music Awards. Even if …

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ shows she’s got more than gossip on her mind
7 years, 6 months ago

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ shows she’s got more than gossip on her mind

LA Times  

Taylor Swift’s debut album became one of the biggest hits out of Nashville, selling more than 3 million copies before Swift had turned 18. The former country wunderkind turned international pop sensation is coming back Nov. 10 with “Reputation,” her sixth studio album and her first new collection in three years, the longest break she’s taken between albums since the …

On Taylor Swift’s New Single, She Sheds Her Old Skin. What’s Left?
7 years, 7 months ago

On Taylor Swift’s New Single, She Sheds Her Old Skin. What’s Left?

Slate  

The irony of what’s sure to be the most talked-about moment on Taylor Swift’s generally, intriguingly, frustratingly unpleasant new single—when the music goes into suspended animation so that she can drawl, “I’m sorry, but the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now … Why? Oh, ’cause she’s dead”—is that it’s the point in “Look What You Made Me …

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