reputation
You don’t need to hear Taylor Swift declare her old self dead—as she does on the incendiary “Look What You Made Me Do”—to know that *reputation* is both a warning shot to her detractors and a full-scale artistic transformation. There\'s a newfound complexity to all these songs: They\'re dark and meaningful, catchy and lived-in, pointed and provocative. She\'s braggadocious on “End Game,” a languid hip-hop cut with Ed Sheeran and Future, and then sassy and sensual on “…Ready for It?” and “I Did Something Bad.” But songs like “Call It What You Want” and “Delicate” bring Taylor\'s many emotional layers together and confront the dynamic between her celebrity and personal life: “My reputation’s never been worse/So, you must like me for me,” she offers. It all makes for a boundlessly energetic, soul-baring pop masterpiece—and her boldest statement yet.
Taylor Swift’s sixth album is an aggressive, lascivious display of craftsmanship, but her full embrace of modern pop feels sadly conventional.
The definitive song of the first era of Taylor Swift’s career is 2008’s “Love Story,” a heart-in-throat Dashboard Confessional anthem that has the artistic audacity to re-envision Romeo And Juliet with a happy ending. Swift was going through a typically Swiftian tough relationship at the time, and connected, like many…
Taylor Swift ploughs over the media and former friends with her exhilarating, tank-like sixth album 'Reputation'.
On her sixth album, Taylor Swift leans into her public persona with results that range from sublime to ridiculous.
Our take on Taylor Swift's sixth album, 'Reputation,' the darker, deeper side of the pop mastermind. Rob Sheffield's Rolling Stone review.
Each of the 15 songs on 'reputation' tackles how Swift is perceived by the people who know her - and the people who don’t
Taylor Swift never hesitated to place a veiled version of herself at the center of her songs, but reputation is her first record specifically about "Taylor Swift Superstar," not the singer/songwriter who grew up in public.
The tides have turned against Taylor Swift. Even more quickly than the masses latched onto the pop perfection of 2014's 1989 (like, in addit...
"Baby, let the games begin," chants Taylor Swift on "...Ready For It?" a track of pummelling synths and undoubted ferocity.
On the lead single ‘Look What You Made Me Do’, Taylor Swift spun a tale of woe and vengeance, dismantling all the ignominy that followed her
The pop star’s love life and squabbles take centre stage on a riveting R&B set that carries her even further from her country roots
Swift assesses her crumbling empire and tattered reputation, discovering redemption in love.
It may be mired in bitterness and gossip, but the pop star’s songwriting smarts and lyrical prowess are impossible to deny on her sixth album
Swift can confidently say, “Nobody’s heard from me for months/ I’m doing better than I ever was.”
When we talk about Taylor Swift, should we focus on her music or her public image?