1989

just wanted to say: i didn't like her. like, seriously.

until now.

taylor swift's new album is absolute pop perfection.

she doesn't break any new ground musically, but that's the point. she's managed to put together a record that's so simple that it's genius.

sometimes you need a break from the music that makes you question everything (i'm looking at you fka twigs) and blows your mind with its composition. it's all brilliant and is really my favourite type of record but, as i said, sometimes you need to take a step back.

enter 1989.

it is mindless pure pop music at its best. the lyrics are simple and the themes relatable for fellow 24 year old females. it's just fun.

musically, the record borrows from lorde, lana del rey, haim and even the chromatics. miss swift does nothing groundbreaking. she's really just reused the blueprint of those breakthrough artists and given them a shiny pop-sheen. but it works. oh, how it works.

admittedly, the album loses steam as it chugs along. pre-2008, i'd be happy for my ipod to only have enough storage space on it for the first half of the record. out of the woods has that chorus that you will one day find yourself chanting along with your closest girlfriends. blank space is your unrealised life goal to be a femme fatale in song form. the easy favourite (at this point anyway) is style. with synths pumping reminding you of symmetry's 2012 release, it stands out musically on the album. maybe even a bit too much. but it has resulted in my repeat button getting a major workout today.

if my summer can be half as fun as 1989 is, i'll be a happy girl.



now, no more procrastinating. back to it.

*clicks repeat*