It will never go out of fashion.
On Friday, Taylor Swift broke free 1989 (Taylor’s version). The reissue, Swift’s fourth, comes nine years after she first released her crossover pop album and includes five previously unheard vault tracks written for the project.
As in the 1989s the original 16 tracks, the vault tracks are synthy, shimmering gems about lost love. And for the re-recording process, Swift teamed up with her regular collaborator Jack Antonoff, who co-produced each of the new tracks. (The pair have worked together since she was first released in 1989 in 2014)
Taylor Swift’s 1989 album cover (Taylor’s Version).
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Here, PEOPLE breaks down five new vault tracks, from soaring and soaring choruses to Instagrammable lyrics.
“Slut!”
Hotly awaited new song “Slut!” offers a response to the public slut-shaming Swift endured early in her career. But unlike its satirical, cheesy sister track “Blank Space,” Swift sleepily shrugs off the scrutiny and embraces secret romance on “Slut!”
“But if I’m dressed up, maybe they’re looking at us / If they call me a slut, you know it might be worth it sometime / If I’m gonna be drunk, I might as well be drunk love,” Swift sings over the effervescent melody.
Best lyrics: “Being this young is an art.”
“Say Don’t Go”
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One of Swift’s greatest gifts as a songwriter is that she feels everything so deeply—and can convey those feelings like no one else. Check out: “Say Don’t Go,” Diane Warren’s instant classic breakup song, is about the end of a romance and sounds like a cross between the original in 1989 stand out “Clean” and “All You had to do was stay.”
Best lyrics: “Why did you whisper in the dark / Just to leave me in the night / Now your silence makes me scream, scream.”
“Now that we’re not talking”
“Now That We Don’t Talk” is Swift’s shortest song to date, but it packs a punch. The track finds Swift — as specific as ever — seeking words of wisdom from her mom as she watches her ex move on from the divorce: “You got long hair / You got new icons / And on the outside it looks like you’re trying to live on / I miss the old / You didn’t have to change / But I don’t think I have a say / Now that we don’t talk / I call my mom, she says it was for the best / Remind me that I gave more, you’ll want me less / I can’t be your friend / That’s why I’m paying the price of what I lost and what it cost.”
Best lyrics: “Now that we’re not talking / I don’t have to pretend I like acid rock.”
“Legends from the suburbs”
Like most of these new ones vault songs, “Suburban Legends” sounds like it would fit nicely with them Midnight tracks like them in 1989 accents.
During the drive, sometimes producing wind chimes, Swift reflects on a lover with a “misaligned star sign,” singing, “I didn’t come here to make friends / We were born to be suburban legends / When you hold me, you hold me together / And you kiss me in a way that will screw me forever.”
Best lyrics: “I broke my own heart because you were too polite to do that.”
“Is it over now?”
Between synths and drum beats, “Is It Over Now” gives “Out of the Woods” 2.0, mixed with Midnight the composition “Labyrinth”. The song finds Swift picking up the pieces after she and her ex moved on: “If she’s got blue eyes, I’ll guess you’ll probably date her / Dreaming of my mouth before they call you a lying traitor / You’re looking for something bigger in every model’s bed.” ”
Best lyrics: “Your new girlfriend is my clone.”
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