![]() It’s a great feeling when a band you’ve followed from the beginning of their early days makes a record that seems so fully realized and impactful to their legacy. Read More “The Eras Tour: Taylor Swift’s Greatest Love Song” New ‘Ribbons & Sugar’ Pressing Everyone seemingly has something to say about it. Taylor has achieved something not seen in decades: monoculture. Somewhere in the middle of this wild and inaccurate Venn diagram of discourse is the truth: we are witnessing something not quite before seen in history. (Okay, this one is more on Taylor’s incredible mind for capitalism but, c’mon folks, it’s the same record. (This is exhausting.) I bought all four versions so I could have a clock. The delusion fan view goes something like this: Is this algebraic formula an Easter egg? (No.) Taylor Swift is for the girls, gays, and theys and straight men shouldn’t be allowed at the tour. The critical view goes something like this: after mastering country, pop, and indie, are we looking at the next all-time great? (Ignoring the fact that, if she were a man, she’d already be lauded as being there.) The cynical view of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour goes something like this: let’s take a cash grab tour of her past lovers and public debacles through songs that may have changed genres two or three times, but all sound the same.
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