Taylor Swift - 1989

MeganTu · Feb 20, 2017

Shake It Off is by no means her best work but it did the job of a lead single well. It was fun, in your face and introduced a newer, "I don't give a fuck" version of Taylor.

As much as I love other songs a lot more on the album, I couldn't imagine 1989 being lead by anything other than Shake It Off.

How You Get The Girl is the one I skip the most. I've said it before but lyrically it feels like it fits in with her 3rd album, it's a bop for high school kids.

RJF · Feb 20, 2017

I can't wait to get stabbed on a NYC Subway this summer as "Welcome To New York" plays into my foolish ears.

DirtyPornStar · Feb 20, 2017

ohnostalgia said:
I mean if you take it literally sure.... it's also a metaphor for finding a new life that makes you happy.

I mean, putting aside my cringe at her stint as NYC's global ambassador, it's still an incredibly twee song that pales in comparison to tracks on 1989 that better capture her doe-eyed romanticism. The production alone makes the album start on a whimper when it could have begun with a bang ("Blank Space").

Beginner · Feb 20, 2017

Welcome To New York is nice enough as an extended album intro.

You're dead inside if Shake It Off doesn't make you bop.

Kyle. · Feb 20, 2017

Sinful said:
The beefed up production in the single version of Bad Blood does go off a tad though.

The rapping also helps elevate a bad song. It's such an odd choice of single when there's so many strong tracks on the album.

Robsolete · Feb 20, 2017

RJF said:
I can't wait to get stabbed on a NYC Subway this summer as "Welcome To New York" plays into my foolish ears.

@Laura Vanderbooben has been waiting for you...

sexercise · Feb 20, 2017

Welcome to New York is Taylor's schtick in a way that she hasn't really done it before. Her writing is essentially telling her life stories through a fairytale lens & Welcome to New York captures that "Pennsylvania girl going to the big city" aesthetic that's quintessentially Taylor. I love it but I can see why people hate it

Laura Vanderbooben · Feb 20, 2017

This is all reminding me that I saw the handwritten Welcome to New York lyrics last night at the Taylor Swift Experience.

Heartthrob · Feb 20, 2017

All You Had To Do Was STAAAAY is such a moment. It's kind of super generic and impersonal but so catchy and irresistible that it's impossible not to sing along. Quintessential Pop Taylor.

Laura Vanderbooben · Feb 20, 2017

Robsolete said:
@Laura Vanderbooben has been waiting for you...

I'll have you know I haven't stabbed anyone on the subway in weeks.

imperialsteroid · Feb 20, 2017

Heartthrob said:
All You Had To Do Was STAAAAY is such a moment. It's kind of super generic and impersonal but so catchy and irresistible that it's impossible not to sing along. Quintessential Pop Taylor.

Like most of the songs on the album, it's the intricacies that make it brilliant. "Letmeremindyouthat thiiis waass whaat you waannteddd!" takes the cake.

Synthline · Feb 21, 2017

The gag is that a lot of New York has become just as plastic and sterile (on the surface as least) as the 1989 opening track. The song captures what I imagine must got through the heads of financially-naive NYU freshmen, trust fund enabled transplants, and so forth. It has its good melodic moments. I bop ironically.

Drew · Feb 21, 2017

Bad Blood is mostly shit and it was only a single because of all the press she made sure it got. I don't think even her most devoted fans are under the illusion it was one of the best songs on the album. All You Had to Do should have been the 4th single.

popzone · Feb 21, 2017

All You Had To Do Was Stay is a career highlight. Those chorus melodies are otherworldly.

Lander · Feb 21, 2017

I was championing it as a single for too long, that song deserved a release.

Laura Vanderbooben · Feb 21, 2017

Synthline said:
The gag is that a lot of New York has become just as plastic and sterile (on the surface as least) as the 1989 opening track. The song captures what I imagine must got through the heads of financially-naive NYU freshmen, trust fund enabled transplants, and so forth. It has its good melodic moments. I bop ironically.

@ me next time

Luckey · Feb 21, 2017

Speaking of which, Zedd's new song "Stay" basically rips the hook from AYHTDWS.

VICTORsaurio · Feb 21, 2017

Luckey said:
Speaking of which, Zedd's new song "Stay" basically rips the hook from AYHTDWS.

LOL, came to post that:

Beginner · Feb 21, 2017

VICTORsaurio said:
LOL, came to post that:

evilsin · Feb 21, 2017

Luckey said:
Speaking of which, Zedd's new song "Stay" basically rips the hook from AYHTDWS.