If Taylor Swift's new album is anything like Lover, it'll be a treat. And it'll followed by 10-20 years of "what did you do during quarantine?" even though it really represent the rich getting richer.
T-Swizzle? Not financially endangered by COVID.
T-Swizzle? Not financially endangered by COVID.
Don't want to be that guy, but it's like celebrity quarantine projects exist to convince us they're going through this just like us... Even though the one thing they can't do is see their friends. Not nothing! But they already live in a world where they never have to work again.
What if all those bad takes about how "at least we'll get great music" out of a Trump presidency had nothing to do with protest music, Actually? His "don't even try to control the pandemic" policies forced all the musicians to stay indoors with nothing to do but make albums.
Anyone else getting the vibe that "folklore" is a dry run for Taylor's plan to re-record her back catalog? This is the most country Taylor album in years.
First impression of "folklore" is that it's good! Honestly, a chill Taylor album that's doesn't have a single song trying to be a club anthem is a breath of fresh air on its own.
I wished for a Taylor Swift album without any rapping, the monkey's paw curled, and I got a Taylor Swift album where all the love songs are vague as shit. She really has to work out these issues with "You." See a counselor. Something.
Taylor Swift's music always fills me up with this profound sense of loneliness. Like there's this whole world out there that I know nothing about and will never know anything about. She writes about parties like Rachel Carson wrote about the sea. Only more vague, obviously.
My initial favorite song was "the 1" because, as much as I hate to admit or even think about the implications of it, I slot myself into it pretty well. Set high expectations that the rest of the album lagged behind.
No idea which song will emerge as my actual favorite over time.
No idea which song will emerge as my actual favorite over time.