#22. Taylor Swift - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
I've known all along she was an evil ****ing genius, and this is the song that proves it. I realize it seems basic at first, but once you get it... just brilliant. Wow.
It also holds the distinction of being the third catchiest song of the year.
As conflicted as I feel about Drake's involvement with everything Aaliyah, after the release of this song it became impossible deny that at least something good came out of it. It may be a sad listen, but at the same time it's reassuring in a way. I have no doubt that had she lived, A would have fit perfectly into today's musical landscape and this just confirms that.
The horns! The xylophones! The steel drums! The words that don't make sense! The sung parts! The elephant on the single cover! That flooooow...! This is how to up the hype, for any project.
Reefer and cabanas
All my vehicles handsome
The Mullers with the bezels
I bought 'em to spoil the fellas
These bitches and they banter
**** is up with they grammar
They never talking money
I can never understand 'em
Exceptionally well produced, first of all. I guess it's common to prefer Oblivion (also awesome), but I feel this one's simplicity does the best job of highlighting what's so great about it. Simultaneously creepy and catchy, I luv it.
My heart will never feel
Will never see
Will never know
Home and I know
Playing the deck above
It’s always different
I am the one who falls
Literally AWE-INSPIRING that he can do this at age 39. Not as slick as Nasty, but it's ten times as heavy, which may be even more valuable at this stage in the game.
Heinous crimes behind me, search but can't find me
**** sadness, had this been you having this lavish
Habitual happiness at me you wouldn’t look backwards
You would have sex on condominium roof decks
So anyone move next, I'll hit you with two Tecs
Rocking Roberto Cavalli no shirt on convertible Mazy
My Colombiana mommy riding beside me
Every tat mean something, that’s my word on my body
I’ll have to lean something with that Mossberg shotty