Myths and legends are a part of life, more so for a celebrity. Taylor Swift is essentially known for her confessional, autobiographical songwriting. Her music is deeply infused with visual imagery and elaborate metaphors, often smearing through time in the various projects. Just like most art, her music blurs the boundaries of fact and fiction. Even in her deeply personal albums, the concept of absolute truth may be a myth. Her life has been the topic of mainstream discussion for …
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Taylor Swift is one of the most searched and discussed people on this planet. She has been living in the public eye, since high school, for almost two decades now. A publication aptly called her name the number one click magnet of today’s time. When a person is studied so much in the media, she is bound to draw comparisons and parallelisms. Her art, her personality, her private life, her beliefs, and her views are all talked about constantly. Apart …
The past year has been a hoot and a half. It threw into question, every practice of every industry. In a world where forming human connections became harder, how was an up-and-coming artist supposed to make it big? An already difficult world for the new artists hogging their guitars through a crowded city, 2020 was no picnic. Strategies had to be changed, perspectives rewritten and outlook evolved. But even when the times are trying, a creative mind finds a way. …
If one is to summarise the entire album in a few words, it’d be in the words by Taylor Swift herself. Quoting Pablo Neruda’s Tonight, I Can Write, Swift said that the line “love is so short, forgetting is so long” had been stuck with her ever since she came across it. The album RED, which she has described time and again as her only “to the core, about heartbreak”, makes a modern commentary on the love that doesn’t last …