Taylor Swift released her newest
album, 1989, on October 27, and it is
her first album completely breaking free of her country background. Her first
album titled Taylor Swift, included “Change,”
“Picture to Burn,” and “Should’ve Said No.” She also is known for her songs, “Fearless,”
“Love Story,” “Sparks Fly,” “Mean,” “The Lucky One” and “Red.” Through each of
her albums, there were more songs with a pop sound.
1989 is is her first album
completely lacking a country feel, which may not necessarily be a bad thing. Over
the past eight years, since the beginning of her career, Swift has clearly
attempted to cross the pop-country boundary. She isn’t pretending to be
something she is not, but instead becoming more of herself as her music has
evolved. Red was the album that
consisted mostly of pop but was still somewhat called country. Songs like “I
Knew You Were Trouble” and “We Are Never Getting Back Together” are two of the
most popular songs on Red, both pop
songs and both very different from Tim
McGraw from her very first album. Writing all of her own songs, Swift has
been making the change on her own, without being influenced by anyone else for
her to switch genres.
Recently, she has received
criticism from her collection of break up song after break up song; however,
she has also been able to keep up a very positive public appearance by avoiding
controversy. She has won numerous awards including multiple Country Music
Awards, American Country Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards,
Brit Awards, CMA Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Grammy Awards, iHeart Music
Awards and People’s Choice Awards. Swift has never forgotten that she has many
younger fans that look up to her as a role model and try to follow her example.
She has advocated for human rights, natural disaster relief, children’s
literacy, LGBT anti-discrimination and helping sick children’s charities. A
perfect example of her efforts to show her appreciation for all for her fans is
when she surprised Jordan Lee Nickerson, a patient at Boston Children's
Hospital this summer. Nickerson has Williams Syndrome and was recently
diagnosed with leukemia as well, Swift being her generous self sang her
hit song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” to Nickerson.
In her just-over-a-week-old album, 1989’s first released single was “Shake
It Off.” In this song, she easily shrugs of the ridiculous criticism that has
come to her about her dating many, many, many guys such as Joe Jonas, Harry
Styles, Taylor Lautner and Conor Kennedy. Some say it’s time for her to act
like a twenty four year old rather than the sixteen year old she was when her
entire career began. However, her not changing the messages of her songs has
clearly continued to hold the attention of her fan base.
Other songs on the 1989 album include “Blank Space,” “Out
of the Woods” and “Bad Blood.” Sadly, none of these songs have remained on
YouTube past last Tuesday or Spotify, so looks like you have to head to Target
to get that Deluxe Edition or hop on iTunes ASAP.
So, how do you like the new album?
Taylor Swift sings during her Red Tour
photo from flicker: jazills/CC
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