[castle13]

Originally posted by Vespertine

A benefit of being in Her imperial phase. She could literally say the album was inspired by Norwegian death metal and no one would dare question it.

You just earned a one way ticket to my Light Hearted Joke Award nominees list.

[BlueMoon77]

Originally posted by Finny

Style.
Maybe not the chorus, but the synths in the verses are definitely 80s sounding.

Yea, Style is definitely nostalgic to the late 80s.


Style is perfect though. Remember when we were all upset over HYGTG (which I loved, and still do), and WTNY, and then the Target commercial aired and we were all SLAYED!?


People on ATRL actually saying its chorus is nothing special . It's literally one of the highlights on 1989

[castle13]

Originally posted by Icannot

You Are In Love is basically the female version of Bruce's Secret Garden:



From the instruments, structure and phrasing- even the subject! I love both of them so much.

They sound so much alike yet there's still a distinct difference I just can't

[GiftFromGod]

"For a moment a band of thieves in ripped up jeans got to rule the world."


What kind of lyricist is The Lord?

[castle13]

Originally posted by BlueMoon77

Yea, Style is definitely nostalgic to the late 80s.


Style is perfect though. Remember when we were all upset over HYGTG (which I loved, and still do), and WTNY, and then the Target commercial aired and we were all SLAYED!?


People on ATRL actually saying its chorus is nothing special . It's literally one of the highlights on 1989

You were upset with HYGTG at first?

[BlueMoon77]

Originally posted by feelslikeadream

I think YAIL, OOTW, IWYW sound the most 80s, while other songs have some 80s elements (Style, WTNY, TL) but don't have an overall 80s sound. The rest don't sound 80s at all to me

YESSSS!! OOTW does too!! Talk about longevity, OOTW was great upon first listen, and is even better after 5 months.


That intro hunty>>>>>>>

[Finny]

New Romantics has an 80s vibe, no?

& yep All You Had to Do Was Stay reminds me of the 90s, as well as Blank Space

[BlueMoon77]

I can argue that OOTW would've been a great 2nd single choice, but I'm overall happy that she didn't stick to her regular release shedule of an uptempo song followed by a ballad.

[castle13]

Originally posted by Buffy

If you listen to the instrumentals, the production alone is very 80's on every single track. There are subtle 80's instrumentation happening in every song. So Taylor didn't exactly lie. She made most of the songs contemporary, but she also infused old with the new.

Hi! You were the one who posted the links of the instrumentals right?
My hero <3

[castle13]

Originally posted by Finny

New Romantics has an 80s vibe, no?

& yep All You Had to Do Was Stay reminds me of the 90s, as well as Blank Space

The chorus of Blank Space yes so much. Acoustic like the one in the voice memo would slay the 90's feel

[castle13]

Listening to You Are In Love. How could anyone dislike this is beyond me.

[Vespertine]

Originally posted by castle13

You just earned a one way ticket to my Light Hearted Joke Award nominees list.

[BlueMoon77]

Originally posted by JakeKills

Only the Antonoff songs sound remotely 80s. I'm surprised She wasn't dragged to hell and back for that when "80s inspired" was like the main selling point.

80s sounding songs on 1989


WTNY
IWYW
YAIL
NR
STYLE
AYHTDWS
OOTW

7/16.


Almost half the album

[Vespertine]

Originally posted by Finny

New Romantics has an 80s vibe, no?

& yep All You Had to Do Was Stay reminds me of the 90s, as well as Blank Space

omg yes how could I forgot New Romantics. g0dly.

Okay so two of the most 80s tracks are bonus tracks.

[TaylorFantasy]

Originally posted by holyground

I swear I saw GU post this exact same line before.

Wait and I thought it's only me that the line sounds terribly familiar

You R In Lena>>>
The only bad thing about the song is Lena.
Wonderland can sit in the recycle bin.

[Buffy]

Originally posted by castle13

Hi! You were the one who posted the links of the instrumentals right?
My hero <3

Oops, yes. That was me, wasn't it?

[Vespertine]

Originally posted by BlueMoon77

People on ATRL actually saying its chorus is nothing special . It's literally one of the highlights on 1989

True about Style's chorus, but for me, the verses are just SO good that they overshadow the chorus even.

[holyground]

AYHTDWS sounds pretty modern to me.

[Finny]

Originally posted by Vespertine

True about Style's chorus, but for me, the verses are just SO good that they overshadow the chorus even.

The verses overshadow everything on the album for me

[Buffy]

Originally posted by Vespertine

True about Style's chorus, but for me, the verses are just SO good that they overshadow the chorus even.

I love Style so much. The chorus is pretty catchy! I like how there's a slight pause between her syllables in the chorus.

You've got that James. Dean. Day. Dream.
And I got that Red. Lip. Clas--sic.

Lyrical melodic chanteuse!