April 26th, 2024
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: Perversely Fascinating, Subtly Disastrous Failures at this level are rare. Enjoy them when they happen.By: Malachi Lui
Social scientists will likely spend years analyzing Taylor Swift’s retained meteoric success, but the primary cause seems very simple: pure narcissism. Swift’s music is almost entirely about her, from her perspective only; in both her music and her public presence, those around her (lovers, friends, enemies) are secondary to her and how she feels, their proximity or distance meant to prove something favorable about her. In the age of main character syndrome, Swift’s... Read More
October 31st, 2023
‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Searches For A Sound We’ve Heard Before New re-recording of Taylor Swift’s most important album falls shortBy: Malachi Lui
In 2022, one in every 25 vinyl LPs sold in the US was a Taylor Swift record. That’s 1.7 million LP sales across her catalog last year, almost 945,000 of which came from her latest album, Midnights. Swift’s vinyl success not only represents her continuing fame, but also her smart marketing tactics and ability to still sell albums. Midnights comes in four cover variants, which with the associated wall mount forms, on the back, a clock. To many artists and consumers,... Read More
