Count back from today to 1989 and you get an even quarter century. Taylor Swift, the songwriter who built an empire on being young, isn’t shy about the fact that she’s getting older. She slapped her birth year right on the cover of her fifth album, daring you to do the math. Now that the country star-turned-poptimist talking point has hit the square middle of her 20s — she’ll turn 25 on December 13th — Swift releases 1989, a full-blooded work of synthpop that speaks sharply to the millennial condition.
There's evolution with purpose in every fibre of 1989, and far from jettisoning her integrity in this drastic lunge, she's proved in her bold, risky decision that she's got courage in her convictions to pull it off and faith in her fans to accept the new direction.
The Line of Best Fit review was already added and the average didn't change. CoS gave it a 75, which is is the same as her current metascore. Pretty sure that means it stays at 75.
The Line of Best Fit review was already added and the average didn't change. CoS gave it a 75, which is is the same as her current metascore. Pretty sure that means it stays at 75.
Mess. The two 50s really dragged the average down.
Taylor Swift may not be challenge societal norms in the same way as Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and my own band CHRIST ALIVE are, but she’s relatable and that counts for a lot. I spent a surprising amount of 1989 rooting for its protagonist and sharing in her triumph. As it turns out, we’re not so different after all. Now if only I knew how to make more people adore me…
