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Woman Doing Her Best to Like New Taylor Swift Album Lest She Face The Consequences (i.ibb.co)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

She's got a lot of good / great songs in her repertoire. You'll find something you like.

Edit: I watched her documentary before I really got into her music. I think that's a great starting point.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I've tried, and her music is fine but it's just not convincing enough to relisten, and absolutely nothing she's made justifies the cult like obsession from swifties.

As far as female pop singers go, I'd much rather listen to Purity Ring. Or any jpop/jrock outfit with a female singer for that matter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Meh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You could always watch her documentary. If that's more your speed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I did. I enjoyed it.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I like death metal and gangster rap. I can appreciate that she’s a talented musician but none of it does anything for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If anything, you might like Cardigan. I've enjoyed metal and some rap most of my life, and I find that those are more about the lyrics than the melody (but obviously the melody matters). Cardigan is one of her best lyrical songs, IMO.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As a fellow enjoyer of heavy/extreme music, I appreciate a well-written song in any genre, and I'd say her talents are far more along the songwriting vein. She's a reasonable musician, but her ear for hooks and her lyricism are far more remarkable than her musicianship.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I like synthwave remixes of anime title themes and 90s songs covered in the Mario 64 soundfont, which Taylor Swift song do you recommend?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I wrote that Lover is the closest to synthwave, but that was before I listened to some of Midnights with my daughter in the car. Midnights is very synthwavey in a The Weeknd/Billie Eilish way. Probably you were just making a joke and aren't actually interested, but in case you are, give the whole album a listen. You might actually find something you like there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago