10:01 pm - 10/23/2012
"We're happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way. It's miserable and magical," Taylor Swift sings in "22," a song on her brand-new album, Red. Those lyrics illuminate the rollercoaster ride that is this 22-year-old superstar's life, while also reflecting the myriad of emotions conveyed on the 16-song project.
But while the same can be said for Taylor's three previous studio albums -- all of which serve as the musical diary of her love life -- Red blurs genre lines more than she's ever dared before. The album's catchy first single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," was her first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and teams the once-labeled 'country' star with pop heavyweights Max Martin and Shellback, known for their work with Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne, among a long list of other pop phenomenons. Other tracks stray from the bubblegum into more rock territory, including the anthemic opening track "State of Grace," the daringly defiant "Treacherous" and whimsical ballad, "The Last Time" featuring Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody.
"For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you," Taylor tells The Boot. "It doesn't have to limit you. It doesn't have to make up this kind of imaginary rule book of you can only use these instruments, you can only use this kind of song structure and you can't go anywhere near loops or big drum sounds. I love the idea of getting to paint with lots of different colors, musically."
The album's title, Taylor explains, is her signature color when it comes to love. "Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration. It's an interesting color to correlate with all the really intense parts of a relationship, whether they're good or bad."
Real-life relationships are, of course, the project's top inspiration, making the true star of Red its mystery. Taylor's fans are obsessed with figuring out which famous ex-boyfriend inspired each song. But the singer stays adamantly tight-lipped ... for her listeners' own good. The Boot sat down with Taylor in a Nashville recording studio to talk about why she'll never reveal the true subjects behind her songs, her new theory on love and the one very important friend in her life whom she'll never, ever write a song about. Watch our exclusive video interview below.
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Taylor Swift Paints Pop-Laden Picture of Love Life on 'Red' (Exclusive Video Interview)
"We're happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way. It's miserable and magical," Taylor Swift sings in "22," a song on her brand-new album, Red. Those lyrics illuminate the rollercoaster ride that is this 22-year-old superstar's life, while also reflecting the myriad of emotions conveyed on the 16-song project.
But while the same can be said for Taylor's three previous studio albums -- all of which serve as the musical diary of her love life -- Red blurs genre lines more than she's ever dared before. The album's catchy first single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," was her first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and teams the once-labeled 'country' star with pop heavyweights Max Martin and Shellback, known for their work with Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne, among a long list of other pop phenomenons. Other tracks stray from the bubblegum into more rock territory, including the anthemic opening track "State of Grace," the daringly defiant "Treacherous" and whimsical ballad, "The Last Time" featuring Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody.
"For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you," Taylor tells The Boot. "It doesn't have to limit you. It doesn't have to make up this kind of imaginary rule book of you can only use these instruments, you can only use this kind of song structure and you can't go anywhere near loops or big drum sounds. I love the idea of getting to paint with lots of different colors, musically."
The album's title, Taylor explains, is her signature color when it comes to love. "Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration. It's an interesting color to correlate with all the really intense parts of a relationship, whether they're good or bad."
Real-life relationships are, of course, the project's top inspiration, making the true star of Red its mystery. Taylor's fans are obsessed with figuring out which famous ex-boyfriend inspired each song. But the singer stays adamantly tight-lipped ... for her listeners' own good. The Boot sat down with Taylor in a Nashville recording studio to talk about why she'll never reveal the true subjects behind her songs, her new theory on love and the one very important friend in her life whom she'll never, ever write a song about. Watch our exclusive video interview below.
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also, i don't even like her and i'm obsessed. what's happening?
Edited at 2012-10-24 06:09 am (UTC)
/all I will ever have to say about this album
YOU GET THAT PROMO GIRL!
http://www.putlocker.com/file/1AB7985D6
deluxe version
EHC could be a possibility considering Ed is up and coming and it is catchy and everyone seems to like it. Starlight is so annoying imo and I just picture Love Story 2.0
Fuck the concert footage shit, besides Sparks Fly, because that is flawless (even if I wanted a legit amazing video for that)
This girl needs to learn some color theory. Red doesn't represent happiness, falling in love, or some of those other things.
For example, green usually represents things that relate to money (envy, greed) or nature (growth, life). It doesn't usually represent lust, depression, madness, etc. It wouldn't make sense for Taylor to call this album green or to correlate green with the themes of her album.
All the stuff about intensity, passion, anger, danger, etc makes sense, but the lighter aspects of relationships she's talking about aren't red.
but even the ones that are, generally speaking, agreed upon by most people in a given culture are not as a matter of fact agreen upon by everyone. ever heard of a little something called s u b j e c t i v i t y ? while TS is just a standard American, there is no rule that says that one must associate red with X, Y, and Z because lolsubjective.
argument fail; try again/harder.
/not even a swift fan
and of course everyone will have to deal.
But I'd probably have to go with Speak Now>RED>Fearless>Eponymous if I'm being completely honest with myself.
The other albums with Love Story and You Belong with me etc I have never bothered getting. Her stiff sassiness is so annoying for me. But I just downloaded this new one after being told to listen and have been listening to it on youtube for since monday.
For me, that is saying a lot. She's got a lot of class with this album.
And I love it.
Edited at 2012-10-24 07:07 am (UTC)
I Stan Willa Ford.