This is the first album of Taylor Swift's that I've listened to from beginning to end. Most of my experience with her music is from the radio. She's got some bangers and earworms for sure. She's obviously very popular, which is very much an understatement.
I've never sought out her music unless someone said, "Hey, you should check out this song". My wife is NOT a fan of her music at all and will change the radio station every time her music comes on. Years ago, there was one summer where we were driving to the beach and her popular hit at the time came on three different times during the three hour drive and we joked about how many more times we'd hear it.
With that said, I feel that most of her music in the past, and again with this album is made for high school girls. I think one of the lyrics was "in second period" referencing high school. I'm not the target audience and that's fine.
So you're not a fan, why did you listen to the album? Curiosity, the hype, and my wife LOVES George Michael so I wanted to hear Taylor's take on "Father Figure". That song and "Eldest Daughter" are the standouts for me, but I don't really seeing them getting radio play unless they take out or censor the expletives. Speaking of which, 8 of the 12 tracks are marked as explicit. Is that normal for her albums or are her lyrics getting more mature as she's maturing?
I'm not a music aficionado nor a Taylor stan. I don't know which tracks are the diss tracks. I don't hunt for Easter eggs, nor did I read the lyrics as I listened to the songs looking for hidden meaning. I did notice she said "New Heights" in "Father Figure" which made me think of the Kelce's podcast. Not sure if that was intentional or not and if it was or wasn't, it has no bearing. I'm just a guy who listened to this album once and two of the songs twice.
