With her three-album streak of platinum-weekers, Taylor is clearly the Super Bowl of pop. (I suppose this makes Justin the Oscars of pop: elite, not quite as high-rated, very well-dressed.) Like Slate’s own Carl Wilson, you may well be enjoying 1989 as a sturdy, shimmering pop album that showcases Swift’s songwriting savvy. You may even be enjoying it more than new albums by fellow pop stars like Ariana Grande—I know I am—but are you enjoying it seven and a half times as much? Does Swift’s shrewdness, her skill, her singular persona warrant this different-class status?
Unlike some observers, I enjoy Taylor Swift enough that I wouldn’t propose taking up pitchforks against her. But make no mistake: Like our nation’s economy, popular music in the 2010s has an unmistakable class of 1 percenters, and Swift is its queen. A queen who pens op-eds for the Wall Street Journal and, I gather, recently moved just a few blocks away from Zuccotti Park.
Jared Padalecki @jarpad 4 min
Thank GOD I don't have to worry about @taylorswift13 turning on whenever I'm using @Spotify #CanBieberQuitSpotifyNextPlease?
#4 and 5. There's 2 new release above, and Meghan performed at CMAs.
BLANK SPACE's slayage even didn't begin yet, release date (like 3 days), especially Music Video, BS is a good abbreviation, a lot of storms are coming The past several days were just warm-up, I think.
1989's longevity will be above and beyond our crazies expectation, SHAKE IT OFF taught me this lesson, it's definitely above our expectations even some of you guys were prepared well. So...the massive first week was not the end of her slayage, I think.