“New Year’s Day” is a standout song on Taylor Swift’s new album, Reputation, for several reasons. First and foremost, it’s the sole ballad, which is a shocking move from an artist known for her melodic, acoustic tunes. It’s also the most lyrically poignant song on the record. The majority of Reputation features Swift lamenting about…
Read moreOne of the most devastating songs on Taylor Swift‘s new album, Reputation, is “Getaway Car.” Not sonically, of course—it’s a total bop—but lyrically: It centers on a woman, presumably Swift, using a new, great guy to essentially get away from her ex-boyfriend. The whirlwind relationship is personified with a “getaway car”; the first few weeks…
Read moreThere’s one element to Taylor Swift’s song “Gorgeous” that people have been talking about for weeks: the baby’s voice at the beginning. I mean that literally, by the way; the song begins with an actual baby cooing the word “gorgeous.” Seconds after the song dropped, fans started theorizing about the identity of this child, who…
Read moreIt’s finally here, people: Taylor Swift‘s sixth studio album, Reputation. And it was well worth the wait because the record is good, plain and simple—a delectable collection of techno-heavy bops with poignant, petty, and wildly romantic lyrics. Like all Swift albums, though, fans will most likely care more about the words to these songs than…
Read moreSorry Haylor stans, but this isn’t the song you’ve been waiting for. When Taylor Swift’s Reputation track list was released just days ago, sleuthing Swifities took to dissecting each song’s name for clues, crafting theories both sensical and non. And, unsurprisingly, one of those theories harkened back to the ye olde days of Swift’s relationship…
Read moreOne of the hallmarks of “Old” Taylor Swift is her surprised face. You know what I’m talking about: It’s the wide-eyed, open-mouthed expression Swift made every time she scooped up an award between 2007 and 2014. The surprised face was endearing at first—because it seemed genuine—but as the years went on, some people grew skeptical…
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