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Of course one of the biggest things around Taylor lately is her transition from country fairytale princess to full on pop icon and one of the biggest stars in the world, but which side are you on? I was gonna add in an "in between" option as Red was kinda the bridge between both but no cop outs


Personally I find it so hard to choose as Speak Now, Red and Fearless are among my all time fave albums as is 1989, she absolutely nails country conventions on so many songs without trying too hard to be different whilst still staying true to herself, and All Too Well and Love Story are both in my top 10 songs ever with others high up in my rankings too. Her lyrics on Speak Now especially I feel are so clever, they take simple things like someone giving you butterflies or taking your boyfriend and absolutely nails how these things would make you feel, but she keeps the songs and melodies largely very simple. She wrote about everything from unrequited school crushes, cheating partners, doing wrong in a relationship, school, childhood, god knows what else and it always felt honest and hit the nail on the head whatever the subject was, whether she was playing a character or writing about her own life experiences.

But I had to go with pop overall, of course 1989 is so different to the others it's almost impossible to compare, with Red converging the two styles. But on the whole, she's gone stratospheric with it and it's easy to see why. Her songwriting style translates so well to pop bangers, perhaps because even in the debut era you could tell she had that pop sensibility and that's why she crossed over so successfully even before going fully pop. I feel so excited by where she might go as an artist and she has so much room to grow, honestly I have no idea what to expect from Reputation and I absolutely love that! As much I adore country Taylor and a lot of the songs remain among my all time faves, I feel that she had to move and grow as there's only so far you can go with country. By Red I think she started exhausting country but that era worked as a great transition so we weren't suddenly going from heart on her sleeve Speak Now Taylor to sleek and intricate 1989 Taylor