1989

this is such a product of its time in a way that i really enjoy--everything about this from the polaroids to the lyrics and production all feel definitively 2014. and even though i didn't LOVE 2014 as a year, there's a certain fun to this album that hasn't ever really gone away. for me this is her most consistent pop album, like things never tread into the super vulnerably emotional beyond clean, and honestly i'm okay with that. it's an easy listen and a fantastic record

  • welcome to new york

    • this isn't a song that i think of playing but its a super fun opening and look "you can want who you want, boys and boys, and girls and girls" felt very validating to me at 16 who was incredibly closeted and unsure of her sexuality

  • blank space

    • this song slaps so fucking hard i cannot even lie. i remember losing it when this music video came out because its just a fun song that is so tongue in cheek its makes me giggly laugh

  • style

    • maybe her best pure pop song i think she put crack cocaine in it

  • out of the woods

    • this bridge makes me wanna punch my fist into the floor and scream it out. honestly not my favorite favorite from this album but still a banger

  • all you had to do was stay

    • i really REALLY want to hear an acoustic version of this cause the lyrics are heartwrenching on their own but with this synth background its a bit odd (and i know she did it as a surprise song i mean like a full production version on spotify of the acoustic)

  • shake it off

    • the lyrics are not great but? but its still fun its still gonna make me dance and ill have a good time when this is on

  • i wish you would

    • i forget about this song and then go "wow i should listen to this more" and then just forget again...but its good!

  • bad blood

    • not her best but i was going through a frankly traumatic friend breakup at the time of its release and it was cathartic

  • wildest dreams

    • the blueprint for her later records for songs like dress; its wonderfully orchestral and big-sounding

  • how you get the girl

    • I LOVE THIS SONG I NEED IT IN MY VEINS

  • this love

    • maybe when i fall in love i'll get this but now i just imagine my favorite ships with it

  • i know places

    • 'and we run' is such a great line into the chorus just something about this HITS

  • clean

    • this feels like one of her more hopeful vulnerable songs and it does make me feel like things can be okay eventually

  • wonderland

    • its really good but i've never been like "wow!" to it

  • you are in love

    • similar feelings about this to this love maybe i'll get it later on

  • new romantics

    • i didn't get this song in 2014 but nOW?? now i get it. i have indeed cried tears of mascara in the bathroom

  • "slut!"

    • im still in shock this is a love song but i kinda vibe with it--not my favorite but still really strong

  • say don't go

    • i really like it but i can't say it really hit me as much as it seems its hitting others

  • now that we don't talk

    • snuck into being my favorite vault track and i stand by it

  • suburban legends

    • this would've killed in 2014 tumblr

  • is it over now?

    • absolutely brutal but with a good beat behind it

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