![]() ![]() “Gorgeous” (8/10): One of my rules of music is that I don’t like to hear children speaking in a song this fun song, which begins with Blake Lively’s kid saying “gorgeous!”, is the one exception I tolerate. “So It Goes” (9/10): Maybe I’m in the minority, but I think this is a hidden gem that lyrically and musically expresses the overall tone and atmosphere of the album. “Look What You Made Me Do” (7/10): Musically there’s about four different songs going on here, and they work well enough together in this vengeful tune, although it was probably a mistake to release this as the album’s lead single that crazy music video, though, is easily a 10/10. “Delicate” (9/10): In contrast to her (pre- Folklore) tendency for big, bombastic emotions, Taylor goes for understated and a bit coy, and it pays off in what seems like the most successful single from this album. “Don’t Blame Me” (8.5/10): The “crazy Taylor” of Reputation compares her lover to a narcotic, and the explosive chorus really lifts this track. “I Did Something Bad” (8/10): … Taylor begins her descent into madness in an energetic track that I suspect contains more than a bit of sarcasm. ![]() “End Game” (9.5/10): I once derided this song, but I was wrong somehow this epic combo of Future, Sheeran, Swift, rap, and pop really works (even though it seems it shouldn’t), foreshadowing the optimistic turn at the end of the album, but first… “… Ready For It?” (8.5/10): Let the games begin indeed, as Taylor throws down perhaps her strongest opening track on any of her albums. At at the end of this epic rock opera, the final track points unambiguously toward her ‘resurrection’ on a “New Year’s Day.” This isn’t so much “Taylor Swift” as it is “Taylor Swift’s reputation“ she plays the media caricature of herself here while “old Taylor” is dead. It’s perhaps the most consistent and most cohesive of her albums (statistically demonstrated by the fact it has the lowest standard deviation! #statsnerd), even though throughout much of it her tongue seems firmly in her cheek. At first, I didn’t much care for it, but over time, my opinion of it has greatly improved. Of all Taylor’s albums, I’ve had the most complex relationship with Reputation. ![]()
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