Although she has famously explored what she calls "crazy love" in her past work, 1989 is different.
"Emotionally speaking, it's not a heartbreak record," Swift, 24, tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story. "My music is derived from what's happening in my personal life, and I haven't had my heart broken." "When I'm deeply hurt by something, I usually respond by writing exactly how I feel about it in a song," she says, "but I just haven't been devastated in the last couple of years."
"My music before this has been very guitar-heavy, live drums, it's had a very acoustic sound at its core," says Swift. "This is a sound that's based in synth pop and keyboards and automated drums and vocal layering."
It's interesting how nowadays it's assumed that live instruments like guitar and drums give more authenticity to your work and how robotic synths are just "too easy" or whatever. But she seems to be running the opposite direction. We'll see how that works out for her.
she better deliver some pop perfection.