By: Jean McCelland
1989
“1989” is Taylor Swift’s full “coming out” into the
realm of pop music.
Being her fifth album, her full transformation from a drawling,
Nashville princess of country, to a young woman who’s experienced
the weight of living is fully evident.
Conceived on the front doorstep of the city that never sleeps, Swift
reached a pivotal moment in her life where she dropped everything
to move to New York. Her journey through the highs and lows of
her new life are presented in a way that’s catchy, yet carrying underlying weight along with it.
If you say that you’ve never wanted to dance to “Shake it Off”, then
you, dear reader, are a liar, caught red-handed. This song just calls
for the impromptu dance solo, and I have yet to see someone resist
swaying to the beat.
Yet, the track is acknowledging the fact of the opposition she had faced throughout her 10 years of making music.
The background music in “Out of the Woods”, although “poppy” in its essence, is what completes this
track.
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