A less unanimous reception than usual? Taylor Swift doesn’t care. The singer, who released her twelfth album on October 3, The life of a showgirlaccompanied by a “movie” that far surpasses two cinema heavyweights, One battle after another by Paul Thomas Anderson or The crushing machinewith Dwayne Johnson.
We understand, under these conditions, that Taylor Swift has little concern about the reception of her album, which also broke streaming listening records on Spotify after its release.
“The rule in show business is that, the week of my album release, as soon as someone says my name or the title of my album, it helps. And when it comes to art, I have a lot of respect for people’s subjectivity,” the singer declared Tuesday, when asked about the mixed reception from fans on the show. The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music.
“A concern for posterity”
“I’m not the art police. Everyone has the right to feel exactly what they want. And my goal as an artist is to be a mirror.”
The singer puts so much of herself into her songs that, according to her, time is on her side and her fans’ interest in her songs lies in a shared experience. With already 12 albums under her belt and almost 20 years of career, the singer knows that fans can appreciate an album that they didn’t like when it was released.
“And what I often like to hear my fans say is, ‘Before, I didn’t identify with Reputation. And now that I’ve been through other things, it’s my favorite album.” Or: ‘I used to be a fan by Fearlessnow I’m obsessed with Eternally“We’re doing this while it lasts. I have so much concern for posterity when I compose my music. I know what I did. I know I love it, and I know, on the subject of ShowgirlThat’s all part of it.”
“I wanted to have fun”
If the content of the album, co-written with Swedish producers Max Martin and Shellback, confused some fans who were expecting something catchier, Taylor Swift fully embraces its compositions and lyrics.
“Making this album is really something I wanted to do from the beginning of my career, because I always wanted to have fun this way,” Taylor Swift explains. “Having fun, being silly, flirting, joking and letting this side of me express itself, which is an important part of who I am.”
Because if she has sung a lot about love and breakups, Taylor Swift today has no happiness with her fiancé, American football player Travis Kelce.
Source: BFM TV
