rumbling, with drums that echo as if from within a black hole; by the final chorus, swift’s vocals are processed within an inch of their life. in stark contrast to the passionate hue of her words, the overall effect is oddly impersonal, bordering on numb. of all of the songs on ...
Why It’s Great: It may be a seemingly simple line, but the rhyme and rhythm of this lyric are masterfully crafted. “exile” is one of Swift's softest and lowest-register songs (thank you, Bon Iver). While Iver delivers many of the song's lines, Swift sings, “Second, third, and...
Why It’s Great: It may be a seemingly simple line, but the rhyme and rhythm of this lyric are masterfully crafted. “exile” is one of Swift's softest and lowest-register songs (thank you, Bon Iver). While Iver delivers many of the song's lines, Swift sings, “Second, third, and...
On Friday, Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” But just how poetic is it?
Swift has long played with rhyme and unexpected rhythm. “She’ll often establish a pattern and won't satisfy it — and that often comes in a moment of emotional ache," says Adair. On “Fortnight,” it appears in a few ways. Adair points out ...
august 26, 2019 on her seventh album, taylor swift is a little wiser and a lot more in love. though uneven, lover is a bright, fun album with great emotional honesty. save save the theme of taylor swift ’s lover is right there in the title. these 18 songs are odes to the things...
Swift’s longest lyrical obsession is the loss of innocence, a theme she makes fairly devastating here. Set to high piano flurries, Seven switches between hopscotch-rhyme verses about childhood rituals, and pleading, choral depictionsof herself at seven, “in the weeds, before I learned civility...
The theme of Taylor Swift’s Lover is right there in the title. These 18 songs are odes to the things she loves most and knows best: her boyfriend and her mom, the West Village and the West End, and, always and forever on a Taylor Swift album, being in love. It’s an exuberant ...
Variety ranks the 75 best songs of Taylor Swift's career, now updated to include selections from 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.'
The '1989 (Taylor's Version)' Vault section harks back to the Swift of 2014, lyrically, while, musically, sounding like a canny 'Midnights' sequel.