{"id":28980,"date":"2025-10-05T18:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T22:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=28980"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:05:31","slug":"thoughts-on-taylor-swifts-new-album-answer-carefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/10\/05\/thoughts-on-taylor-swifts-new-album-answer-carefully\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Taylor Swift&#8217;s new album? Answer carefully&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100525-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100525-6.jpg\" alt=\"thoughts on taylor swift's new album? answer carefully...\" class=\"wp-image-28977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100525-6.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100525-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100525-6-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">thoughts on taylor swift&#8217;s new album? answer carefully&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I enjoyed it! It&#8217;s fun to experience how different each album is from the one proceeding. Favorite track: The Fate of Ophelia, I&#8217;m a sucker for a Shakespeare allusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100625-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100625-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Honestly, mid. The lyrics don't hold up compared to her previous work (folklore\/evermore), and the production strikes me as bland, with none of the sheer fun or creativity of 1989 or even midnights. Taylor jumped the shark w\/ TPD imo. That's okay, I still love all her earlier work.\" class=\"wp-image-28995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100625-1.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100625-1-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AW100625-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Honestly, mid. The lyrics don&#8217;t hold up compared to her previous work (folklore\/evermore), and the production strikes me as bland, with none of the sheer fun or creativity of 1989 or even midnights. Taylor jumped the shark w\/ TPD imo. That&#8217;s okay, I still love all her earlier work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beauty, eye of the beholder, etc. But there does seem to be a growing consensus among reviewers that her work as a whole on this album isn&#8217;t the equal of her earlier work. A consensus of reviewers doesn&#8217;t mean much, though: <em>Moby Dick<\/em> was panned in its time and didn&#8217;t sell well. Perhaps the work just doesn&#8217;t match the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed it! It&#8217;s fun to experience how different each album is from the one proceeding. Favorite track: The Fate of Ophelia, I&#8217;m a sucker for a Shakespeare allusion. Beauty, eye of the beholder, etc. But there does seem to be a growing consensus among reviewers that her work as a whole on this album &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/10\/05\/thoughts-on-taylor-swifts-new-album-answer-carefully\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thoughts on Taylor Swift&#8217;s new album? 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