{"id":5309,"date":"2019-08-28T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2019-08-28T23:35:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T23:35:48","slug":"taylor-swifts-lover-isnt-as-bad-as-its-singles-but-its-not-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/2019\/08\/28\/taylor-swifts-lover-isnt-as-bad-as-its-singles-but-its-not-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ Isn’t as Bad as its Singles, But it’s Not Great"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Pop\u2019s biggest name is back with her seventh studio release amidst an ongoing war with her previous label, Big Machine. This is Taylor Swift\u2019s first album released by Republic, but that doesn\u2019t stop similarities between this and her other works from sitting in plain sight. Lover<\/em> is overdosed with breakup songs and the occasional love song, which at this point in time molds it into simply another record for haters to hate and Swifties to fit on their vinyl shelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Opener \u201cI Forgot That You Existed\u201d starts with a basic bubblegum pop bassline, sadly assuring us once again Swift holds no interest in returning to her country roots anytime soon. What\u2019s often kept her recent pop albums afloat, however, has been her pen in divulging past relationships. Unfortunately, most of the wordplay is nothing spectacular, leaving dull lines such as \u201cIn my feelings more than Drake, so yeah\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alt-rock phenom St. Vincent has a writing credit on the superior follow-up \u201cCruel Summer\u201d, not that it\u2019s noticeable: in the pool of breakup songs across this LP, the \u201cMasseduction\u201d singer isn\u2019t able to pump any of her steamy one-liners here. However, pulsating synths courtesy of Jack Antonoff help Taylor craft the LP\u2019s best and least-annoying chorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first three tracks focus on Swift\u2019s love life, but \u201cThe Man\u201d brings a welcome turn to the writing. The track takes a break from all the sappy stuff to pit double standards in our face. Seeing Swift in this element makes for the LP\u2019s best writing by far, spitting relevant zingers like \u201cIf I was out flashing my dollars\/I’d be a bitch, not a baller\u201d. It comes at an interesting time in the star\u2019s career surrounding her alleged money-hungry persona<\/a>, but this song lands enough punches to get its point across. If only there had been more times Swift went out of her comfort zone like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n