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Song of the Day #4,091: ‘Afterglow’ – Taylor Swift

After the two week Quentin Tarantino countdown, I’m still in the mood to rank things. So I thought I’d try something new and comment on a new album by ranking all of its songs in order over the course of a week.

Taylor Swift’s Lover gets the honor. Released a few weeks back, this album has gotten better with each listen. It feels like a natural synthesis of Swift’s country and pop periods, as well as her most mature and best-sounding album yet. I’ve always had a soft spot for Speak Now, but Lover might surpass it as my favorite Swift album.

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Song of the Day 4,070: ‘False God’ – Taylor Swift

A new Taylor Swift album is always cause for rejoicing, meme-ifying and hot takes from every corner of the internet. Her latest, Lover, released last Friday, will certainly be no exception.

I haven’t spent enough time with the album yet to offer my own in-depth assessment, but after a listen and a half I can make a few early observations.

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Song of the Day #3,959: ‘ME!’ – Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie

Taylor Swift blew up YouTube last week with the release of her latest song and video, a candy-colored pop duet (with Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco) called ‘ME!’

I don’t know if this is the first single from an as-yet-unannounced album, or just a one-off, but what it most resembles is the end credits song from a second-tier animated film (think ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ or ‘Happy’). Light, fun, forgettable.

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Song of the Day #3,688: ‘Delicate’ – Taylor Swift

In the 13th and 14th spots on Billboard’s Hot 100 we have two songs I featured the last time I looked at the charts — ‘The Middle‘ by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey; and ‘Meant to Be‘ by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line. These two country-flavored hits were back to back in the top five in late May and they’ve stuck together lower on the chart.

At #15 is another (one-time) country artist, though it’s been awhile since Taylor Swift got her twang on. In fact, I think the best unexpected career move for Swift right now would be to put out another bona fide country pop album.

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Song of the Day #3,541: ‘Fifteen (Live)’ – Taylor Swift

As with Big Star’s ‘Thirteen,’ I knew exactly which song I’d feature for today’s number before I even started looking. Taylor Swift’s ‘Fifteen‘ is lovely and iconic and certainly the best song ever written with this title.

Swift is also in contention for slot #22 with, you guessed it, ’22,’ but I have decided to go with only one song per artist, so somebody else will get the nod in a week.

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