Taylor Swifts tenth album reveals a simpler fantasy: the desire to be truly free.
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The albums were for musings on love; the business discussions went elsewhere.
That made her feel a little unknowable.
Bejeweled revisits the maximalism ofLover.
(You could slot a number of these songs on past Swift albums.
Sweet Nothing makes you crave more music in the stripped, stately style of New Years Day.
The production is tasteful, gossamer at its best and sometimes just skeletal.
Shes conceding to being crafty, a terrifyingly effective overthinker and overachiever.
Swifts giving herself a hard time and cussing up a storm.
Whitney Houston and Mariah Careyraisedeyebrowsblending pop and R&B.
Swift gets perfect scores.
Thats not a fair comparison, you may say.
It was the 80s and 90s.
And songs such as Question …?
(Good girl, sad boy / Big city, wrong choices) would make serviceable rom-coms.
Its a life of flux, of handlers and endless travel.
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