Taylor Swift Gets POPular
Lilly Molini
A&E Editor
When it comes to Taylor Swift, too much is never enough.
Swift released her fifth CD entitled “1989”on Oct. 27, with a new twist that is bigger and better yet.
The CD features 14 of Swift’s latest hits which are all about love, of course. What else could you expect from the eighties synth-pop lover herself?
Going with the eighties feel, “1989” was the ideal title for the album. Afterall, that’s the
year Swift was born. It’s easy to say she’s experienced more love than most of her fans in the last 24 years.
Although, few of the songs on the record feature Swift’s classic tear-spotted guitar. The
drastic departure went well and she nailed exactly what she was going for.
Those who really knew Swift know that she has way too many feelings for way too many boys who most likely can’t even spell feelings. Each song is a new story featuring a new boy with a new direction no one was expecting.
Swift has written enough upscale songs for five CD’s, and has written more songs in the last 24 years than most artists do in a career.
To say the least, this woman is extremely successful.
The CD is full of expertly-crafted songs written about heartbreak. It’s no wonder it went platinum in the first week of sales.
Track two on the disc, “Blank Space” hit number one on the iTunes charts and still remains there over 3 weeks later.
The song talks about love, and Swift’s reputation as a dating disaster.
With lyrics like, “Saw you there and I thought Oh my God, look at that face, You look like my next mistake, Love’s a game, want to play?” Swift pokes fun at herself and relates common feelings to her many listeners.
This piece is allegedly about her past boyfriend, Harry Styles, from the pop band One Direction.
Swift doesn’t just belt her pipes about past lovers, but new haters as well.
In the song “Shake it Off,” Swift sings about not just heartbreakers but skeptics as well.
The song states how the players will play and the haters will hate, but you just need to
simply brush it off because their opinion of you does not matter.
Although heartbreaks are something Swift is very experienced with, pop music was something she wasn’t so sure of.
Now that Swift is thriving and in the light now more than ever, she has finally set herself apart from her country roots.
“1989” is worth the buy, and it may not bring you “Out Of the Woods” or into your “Wildest Dreams,” but it may just fill your “Blank Space”.
