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TopicSnake's Song a Day Challenge 2021
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01/08/21 12:24:41 PM
#12:


January 8, 2021

Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic8j13piAhQ

Though Lover may have been a hit or miss album for me, there was at least one song that was a crystal clear revelation for me: Cruel Summer. It had practically encapsulated everything that had made me a T-Swift fan up until that point, and felt like a culmination of everything she had tried to do with her song-writing. The dreamy wistful nostalgia of Taylor's best 1989 deep cuts, an industrial-synth production that references Reputation, the incising love affairs of Taylor's country roots, and just that slight dash of rock edge that helped mold and inform both Speak Now and Red. Taylor, a typical queen of bridges in general, does her best work ever here, ranting out ultra-emotional lines like the dramatic climax of a Shakespearean play, each ramping up in intensity until "he looks up grinning like a devil" comes out of her mouth like she's about to guest vocal for the next Slipknot song. Yes, it's a song influenced by all her work but it's also a unique voice in a unique moment all to its own, an undeniable triumph of catchy song-writing, in which Taylor does what she does best, lead you on an emotional roller-coaster where you're far from the same person you were when you started the track.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zBIN_6XhWnxruaaPBCUeMmjxgFjnUqT
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jTxT9jsJalDGBUw3AUGL5

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