{"id":798361,"date":"2019-08-08T12:46:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=869006"},"modified":"2019-08-08T12:46:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:46:22","slug":"taylor-swifts-lover-album-everything-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/taylor-swifts-lover-album-everything-we-know-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Lover\u2019 Album: Everything We Know So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taylor Swift<\/a> is releasing Lover<\/em>, her seventh album and first with Republic Records, on August 23rd. In contrast with her dark, secretive Reputation <\/em>era, Swift is offering up more and more hints about what the LP will entail.<\/p>\n

The build-up to the release of Lover<\/em> has been chock-full of \u201ceaster eggs,\u201d as Swift and her fans have referred to them: The video for lead single \u201cME!<\/a>\u201d alone features several references to Swift\u2019s next release, \u201cYou Need to Calm Down.\u201d And in the \u201cYou Need to Calm Down<\/a>\u201d video itself, the number \u201c5\u201d bullseye points to the release of Lover<\/em> track \u201cThe Archer,\u201d which Swift released nine days later.<\/p>\n

Swift has not revealed everything about the 18-track album, of course, but the bread crumbs paint a pastel-hued picture, much like her recent videos and the LP\u2019s cover. Here\u2019s what we know about Lover<\/em> so far.<\/p>\n

The title track is a big, woozy Antonoff number
<\/strong>The track \u201cLover\u201d was co-produced with Jack Antonoff<\/a>, a frequent collaborator with Swift since 1989<\/em>. Vogue<\/em> calls it \u201ca romantic, haunting, waltzy, singer-songwritery nugget: classic Swift.\u201d We even have a tidbit of the lyrics: \u201cMy heart\u2019s been borrowed and yours has been blue\/All\u2019s well that ends well to end up with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has one of my favorite bridges,\u201d Swift told Vogue<\/em>. \u201cI love a bridge, and I was really able to go to Bridge City.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift plays around with gender roles in \u201cThe Man\u201d
<\/strong>The second track that Swift shared with Vogue<\/em> during her interview for her September cover story<\/a> is \u201ca thought experiment\u201d: What would public perception of her be like if she were a man?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had made all the same choices, all the same mistakes, all the same accomplishments, how would it read?\u201d is how Swift describes the song\u2019s premise. (Side note: has Swift heard Neko Case\u2019s \u201cMan\u201d<\/a>?)<\/p>\n

The track, which is described as a \u201csynth-pop earworm,\u201d gives a pretty undiluted answer to the question: \u201cI\u2019d be a fearless leader. I\u2019d be an alpha type. When everyone believes ya: What\u2019s that like?\u201d<\/p>\n

Possible Lover<\/em> collaborations include the Dixie Chicks<\/a>
<\/strong>No collaborations have been confirmed by Swift, aside from Brendon Urie\u2019s appearance on the previously released single \u201cME!\u201d. Rumors have circulated, however, that the Dixie Chicks will make an appearance, especially since the country trio appeared in a portrait in the background of the \u201cME!\u201d video, as well as on a jacket pin featured on Swift\u2019s recent Entertainment Weekly<\/em> cover<\/a>. Plus, the Chicks have been working in the studio with Antonoff on their own upcoming album, so it\u2019s almost certain that they would have crossed paths with Swift during her Lover<\/em> sessions.<\/p>\n

Also featured on that Entertainment Weekly<\/em> cover? A Drake pin, as well as ones for Troye Sivan, Faith Hill and Selena Gomez. But those could just be Swift showing her appreciation.<\/p>\n

Swift considers Lover<\/em> \u201cher favorite album yet,\u201d and also her happiest
<\/strong>\u201cThere are so many ways in which this album feels like a new beginning,\u201d Swift told Vogue<\/em>. \u201cThis album is really a love letter to love, in all of its maddening, passionate, exciting, enchanting, horrific, tragic, wonderful glory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift goes on to explain the rollout for her previous album, 2017\u2019s Reputation<\/em>, as a \u201cgrieving process,\u201d referencing the \u201cgreat cancellation\u201d she experienced when Kim Kardashian called her a \u201csnake\u201d on Twitter and launched a months-long troll campaign in Swift\u2019s direction. Lover<\/em> marks her finally being \u201cat peace\u201d with herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so strange trying to be self-aware when you\u2019ve been cast as this always smiling, always happy \u2018America\u2019s sweetheart\u2019 thing, and then having that taken away and realizing that it\u2019s actually a great thing that it was taken away, because that\u2019s extremely limiting,\u201d said Swift. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to go straight to gratitude with it. Ever. But we\u2019re going to find positive aspects to it. We\u2019re never going to write a thank-you note.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Reputation-Lover<\/em> dichotomy may have been inspired by Loie Fuller
<\/strong>Swift dedicated her song \u201cDress\u201d to Fuller, the openly gay Parisian who pioneered both modern dance and theatrical lighting, every night on her Reputation<\/em> tour. Swift\u2019s Vogue<\/em> interview points out the parallels between the two<\/a>. Fuller \u201cfought for artists to own their work,\u201d something that Swift has also used her platform to fiercely campaign for. Fuller was also fond of illusions, using \u201cswirling fabric and colored lights\u201d to play games with her audience. And Fuller had two particularly famous dance pieces that should prick the ears of any Swift fan: \u201cSerpentine Dance\u201d and \u201cButterfly Dance.\u201d After all the snake imagery during the Reputation<\/em> era, it\u2019s only appropriate that Swift fill the Lover <\/em>rollout with butterflies.<\/p>\n

Swift is hosting \u201csecret session\u201d listening parties for her fans around the world
<\/strong>As she had done for 1989<\/em> and Reputation<\/em>, Swift has invited super fans into her homes around the world to have the official first listen of her new album in full right alongside Swift herself. So far, sessions have taken place in London, Nashville and Los Angeles. Obviously, since the purpose of the sessions are for them to be \u201csecret,\u201d loyal Swifties have kept mum on further information about the album besides how much they enjoy what they heard (as well as their personal photo ops with the singer).<\/p>\n

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Taylor with fans at #LoverSecretSessions<\/a> in Nashville last night \u2013 sporting her pink hair! Congrats everyone! (Part 1) \u203c\ufe0f #Lover<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/P7dREYHclb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Taylor Swift Updates (@SimplySFans) August 5, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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