Why It’s Great:Back whenLoverwas released, it didn't seem that one line in “Cruel Summer” would spiral the way it did. Long before songs like “You're Losing Me” and “So Long London” came onto the scene, the lyric stood out. Given thatLoverwas written during Swift's time wit...
difference is clear: more warmth, more intimacy, more clarity with which to appreciate the deceptive ease of Swift’s songwriting.) Elsewhere, she revisits other juggernauts like “Fifteen”, “Forever & Always” and, of course, “You Belong With Me”, another of her biggest-selling songs. ...
Would I say "You Belong with Me" is Swift's most standout lyrical work as a songwriter? No, but it cemented her place in pop culture history as one of her first huge mainstream hits, and will remain a go-to karaoke fave forever. Best lyric: "Dreaming of the day when you wake up...
” but Taylor Swift diehards understand that this is less a song and more an evisceration. Swift, often so strict at confining herself to the structure of straightforward pop songs even when operating in the country genre, sprawls herself out here and lets her hurt seep into the expensive f...
Swift twists the word “cruel” into knots and the rasp when she describes her man “grinning like a devil.” I love the chaotic repetition of “are we out of the woods yet?” I also lovethe behind-the-scenes videoof Swift and Antonoff solving a lyrical riddle about motel bars and ...
On the heels of her latest album release,The Tortured Poets Department, we Swifties have been busy decoding and absorbing lyrics from a whopping 31 songs poignantly chronicling heartbreak, grief, love and trauma. In addition to new album drops, fans now also look forward torereleases of...
Taylor Swift's legion of Swifties have cracked the code once again! The "Look What You Made Me Do" singer dropped her eleventh studio album on Friday (Apr. 19). One of the tracks, "The Alchemy," was a standout for fans, which had numerous lyrical clues about who inspired the track...
“So Long, London,”heavily speculatedto be about Swift’s breakup withJoe Alwyn, is the fifth track on her 11th studio album,The Tortured Poets Department, which dropped on Friday, April 19. In the lyrics, Swift, 34, featured poetic parallels to several of her past songs. ...
Taylor Swift's legion of Swifties have cracked the code once again! The "Look What You Made Me Do" singer dropped her eleventh studio album on Friday (Apr. 19). One of the tracks, "The Alchemy," was a standout for fans, which had numerous lyrical clues about who inspired the track...
Taylor Swift's legion of Swifties have cracked the code once again! The "Look What You Made Me Do" singer dropped her eleventh studio album on Friday (Apr. 19). One of the tracks, "The Alchemy," was a standout for fans, which had numerous lyrical clues about who inspired the track...