Tag Archives: Taylor Swift

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Song of the Day #5,520: ‘Cruel Summer’ – Taylor Swift

It’s a testament to the world-conquering success of Taylor Swift that a single from a four-year-old album currently sits at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

‘Cruel Summer’ is one of the best songs on 2919’s Lover. At the time of the album’s release, I wrote this about the track: “This should have been the first single, and I’d bet it still has the potential to become a big hit.” 

Now, I’m no prophet. That was the opinion held by pretty much everyone, and it’s the reason ‘Cruel Summer’ finally got an official single release earlier this year in the midst of the record-breaking Eras tour.

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Song of the Day #5,466: ‘Roar’ – Taylor Swift (AI)

My final example of an AI-generated song features two artists once locked in a bitter feud. Taylor Swift and Katy Perry squashed their beef on their own a few years ago, but if they hadn’t the machines were ready to do it for them.

This is a pretty convincing rendition, in part because ‘Roar’ sounds a bit like a Taylor Swift song from the early to mid 2010s. That makes sense, as many of Swift’s hits from that period were co-written by Max Martin, as was ‘Roar.’

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Song of the Day #5,283: ‘Karma’ – Taylor Swift

Guest blogger Daniel continues his countdown of the year’s top albums…

Best Albums of 2022 – #8
Midnights – Taylor Swift

Now, I would say it’s likely that many reading right now who know me are shocked by this low placement of one of my favorite artists. It is true. I am a diehard Swifty. She could drop an absolute turd of an album and I would still revere it as a gold. This album is far from trash and much closer to treasure, but 2022 was a trove.

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Song of the Day #5,275: ‘Sweet Nothing’ – Taylor Swift

My Favorite 2022 Albums
#4 – Midnights – Taylor Swift

I just spent a week ranking every song on this album, so I won’t go into a lot of detail here. Suffice it to say that Swift is both a great artist and a great superstar, with a keen sense of how she’s evolving in both of those roles, and Midnights is perhaps the best synthesis yet.

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Song of the Day #5,273: ‘All You Had To Do Was Stay’ – Taylor Swift

I recently wrote about the importance of track five on Taylor Swift’s albums, and the Random iTunes Fairy has responded by serving up one of those tracks today.

‘All You Had To Do Was Stay,’ from the 2014 album 1989, is one of Swift’s more upbeat track fives, in keeping with the overall style of that album. But lyrically it delivers a healthy dose of emotional turmoil. If you read the song before playing it, you might expect a tortured ballad rather than a slick bop.

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