Considering that this album begins with the fanfare of "Welcome to New York," an anthem for carpetbaggers reaping the spoils of rampant gentrification, that progressive escalation in size is something to behold, even if the towering scale winds up slightly overwhelming. Swift tailored 1989 after Tedder's patterns, constructing nearly every one of the album's 13 tracks as a glassy, imposing skyscraper that deliberately casts its shadow upon on its predecessor. The heavy presence of Martin, who wound up producing all the vocals along with half the record, is something of a feint. Swift claims she patterned the album's sound after the MTV-ready sound of the year 1989, and while some cuts are conceivably anchored in the era of Debbie Gibson and George Michael - "Shake It Off" is giddy on the momentum of its own pom-poms, the bonus track "New Romantics" effectively conjures the ghost of 1983 new wave, "Out of the Woods" veers into territory previously pioneered by one-video wonder T'Pau (their big hit "Heart and Soul" arrived in 1987, two years before Taylor's year zero) - this is a modern album through and through. This busy kitchen is typical of modern pop albums, as is the incessant gleam of 1989's steely productions, every element of which blinds when caught in the sun. Taylor is rarely without co-writers here: only "This Love" belongs to her alone, with the other major collaborators being OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, fun.'s Jack Antonoff, and Imogen Heap. Truth be told, Swift already made the leap from country to pop with 2012's Red, a nominally country LP distinguished by three songs co-written and produced by Max Martin and Shellback, a team that returns for twice that number on 1989 ( Martin has one additional non- Shellback co-write with Swift). Pre-order now at □□ /Vjyy2gA72Oįearless (Taylor’s Version) will be released April 9 and will feature six never-before released songs, which almost made the original album.When she announced 1989 a few months prior to its October 2014 release, Taylor Swift called her sixth record her first "documented, official" pop album, explicitly severing herself from her country roots. Love Story (Taylor’s Version) will be out tonight. It has 26 songs including 6 never before released songs from the vault. I’m thrilled to tell you that my new version of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) is done and will be with you soon.
The new album sees Taylor taking back control, stating on Twitter on February 12 in a puzzle that spelled out the release date, “artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really *knows* that body of work” Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. “He knew what he was doing they both did. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it,”
This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. In a statement penned on Tumblr back in August 2019, Swift said of the acquisition:
Studying taylor swift’s lyrics /pAsKLzmF07 prathana (taylor’s version) April 4, 2021 Taylor making debut, fearless, speak now, red, 1989, reputation, lover, folklore and evermore /B2nEqeC9kk Fearless, which earned Swift her first Grammy Award, was written when the singer-songwriter was between ages 16-18. The album is the first of six that Taylor Swift announced in August 2019 that she will be re-recording, following music manager, Scooter Braun’s acquisition of Swift’s original masters.