So that’s exactly what I did:Īs the opener on the album, it most definitely does not disappoint. I decided, at this point, that I just truly needed to break each song down and really analyze the intricate lyrics written by Swift. I started to make connections between the songs and relate them to some of the tracks on folklore. It’s a beautiful mixture of made up storytelling, real life devastation, and so much more. Īfter just the first listen all the way through, I had already fallen in love. “evermore” is said to be the sister album to Swift’s previous hit folklore. Less than six months after her surprise album drop of folklore in July, Swift has just released a brand new album containing a total of 15 tracks and 2 bonus tracks on the deluxe edition. I’m really not sure why Swift doing this, whether about Kanye, a failed relationship or the fight with Scooter over music rights bothers you so much, but I think the problem is yours not hers.Whether it be a murder mystery, a tribute to her grandma, or even just a bench on Coney Island, recording artist Taylor Swift’s ninth studio album, evermore, has it all. If in the years and decades to come, Ariana Grande wants to reference the Manchester concert tragedy or the Chicks want to reference the backlash over the Bush comments, I’m fine with that…and I would actually be interested to hear the perspective through a more distanced, mature lens. If Swift wants to make some reference back to a traumatic moment in her life for years to come, I think she is entitled to do so. Frankly, there are only so many subjects an artist can write about (the seven plots theory). I’ve said this before, but I think you hold Swift to a different standard than other artists you like, and I really don’t understand why. If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you goĮven if these lyrics are making some vague or even overt reference to the Kanye West incident, so what? You used to get down on Taylor when you felt she was playing the “victim,” and now you’re critical when she approaches this traumatic event, along with other emotional events like failed relationships, from a mature “I’m over it and in a better place” perspective. Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky Will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things Now I just know there’s more (Know there’s more) I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your doorīut if someone comes at us, this time, I’m ready I always felt I must look better in the rear viewĪt the golden gates they once held the keys to If the shoe fits, walk in it ’til your high heels break I was in the alley, surrounded on all sides Like the war of words I shouted in my sleep
I tried to pick my battles ’til the battle picked me
I’ve knocked out the weaker tracks, and everything from here on out is good-to-great. It comes from an older and wiser place, but I didn’t need another of these songs from the post- Lover/ Folklore Taylor. And that’s fitting, because the subject matter is the whole Kanye drama. ‘Long Story Short’ is the one song on either album that could have appeared on Reputation. I’m not really buying the storytelling here, with the whole May-December power imbalance narrative ringing false. This one loses me in the verses but redeems itself in the chorus when Taylor hits those sweet high notes. A little of that goes a long way on this song, though, and it overstays its welcome and becomes a distraction. The track has very interesting production, with percussion closer to Nine Inch Nails territory that anything I’ve ever heard on a Taylor Swift record.
The song least like everything else on Folklore and Evermore, for better and worse.
Continuing my countdown of the songs on Taylor Swift’s Evermore…
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