Ah yes that special time of year when all kinds of musicians sit down at their computer and courageously express their opinions about Taylor Swift

Dear boring white guy: oh wow you like her new album more because it’s not so “pop”? Cool, wow, great. Weird that drum sounds kept you from hearing the songs on her earlier records but that’s cool I guess

Dear jazz musician: oh cool you want her to use more chords, nice. We want conciseness re: motivic development but chords? USE ‘EM ALL

Dear vocalist: oh, her vocal technique is “bad”? Great, thanks for sharing, I’ll tell her you said so, that’s definitely the point of the songs

Dear older guy: you like her early records because they authentically expressed the inner life of a teenager but her new ones alienate you? Interesting https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">