Taylor Swift album in Oct.; hear new single
But thats not all she did. Swift also answered questions rather eloquently, Id say about her upcoming album, and gave us a first listen to her brand new single, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, which is already the No. 1 song on iTunes. But more on that in a minute.
Swift, clad in a red dress and red lipstick, started the chat off by explaining her albums title: All the different emotions that are written about on this album are all pretty much about the kind of tumultuous, crazy, insane, intense, semi-toxic relationships that Ive experienced in the last two years. All those emotions spanning from intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion, all of that in my mind, all those emotions are red. You know, theres nothing in between. Theres nothing beige about any of those feelings.
- The album will feature a whopping 16 tracks, and! thats not including bonus tracks that will be available in various places. I have a really, really nice record label for letting me do that, joked Swift.
- You can expect more cryptic liner notes with secret messages Its pretty difficult to come up with them, Swift told the crowd, because I know that you guys are going to figure it out. Still, she thinks the effort is valuable: Im really excited about the fact that you guys care about lyrics. Hiding little codes in lyrics is kind of a way of encouraging that.
- Yes, there will be an Ed Sheeran collaboration on the album. Both singers were fans of each other (Swift loved his Lego House video), and they made it happen.
- Sounds like a world tour could be in the works. Were going to be doing lots of traveling all over everywhere, Swift told a pair of Swedish fans, before expressing a desire to head to South America soon. But thats all she would say about tour plans. Thats a whole other conversation.
- Swift wanted to make the album more than she wanted to appear on the silver screen. I would love to do a movie that I was so obsessed with that I couldnt think of anything other than shooting that movie, said Swift, but shes still holding off for a perfect project. I love music, and I love touring, and I love seeing you guys all the time, and so its really hard to take time away from doing that. I dont like to.
Check out the new single!After talking about her album, Swift unveiled her new song, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together which was produced by pop mastermind Max Martin a.k.a. the man behind I Want It That Way, Baby One More Time, Since U Been Gone, I Kissed A Girl, and innumerable other number one smashes.
The track, which you can hear in the video below at the 21:00 mark, sounds like a brighter, more-polished Avril Lavigne tune, wi! th an und! eniable, instantly catchy hook. In typical Swift fashion, shes telling off an ex-boyfriend, but theres a rah-rah festive flair that makes the whole affair seem joyous rather than dour. Sure, it isnt very country (though there is a country mix), but somehow I doubt her loyal fanbase will mind theyll be too busy singing along. That Weeee-eeee are never ever ever. refrain is a total earworm, which should help distract from the songs rather juvenile sensibilities (it definitely feels less mature than the breakup songs on Speak Now like Back to December), which may only further frustrate Swifts critics.
What do you think? Excited for the return of the pop-country megastar? What do you think of her new single? Will you be picking up Red?
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