Taylor Swift is a master of reinvention, and even more so in creating a buzz. That sweet little girl that told the world a love story has turned into a confident woman, which has always made me think that Taylor is very much in the driver’s seat of her own life. I thought she had control over everything, but her new song “Look What You Made Me Do” is telling a slightly different story.
The lead single for her upcoming album, “Reputation”, due for release in November, is an electro-pop track about the moment you allow your personality to change because whatever you did, or whoever you were before, didn’t work. I think we’ve all been there.
So, Taylor is killing off Taylor, while sounding a little bit like Lorde with her electro sound and reminding me a lot of Meghan Trainor’s “Me Too” in the chorus. A chorus you’ll have to practice well to get it right and sing along with, but you somehow end up with it in your head anyway after hearing it. Clever. It also provides a very surprising change in the song. Expect the unexpected from the new Taylor.
The song is full of lyrical references that everyone is having a field day on. For instance, people suspect the first couple of lines refer to her troubles with Kanye West. Yep, why not fuel that fire again. We all can’t wait to see what Kanye has to say about that…. Not.
Of course, everyone wants to know who or what inspired the song, but I think it’s more interesting that this song gives me more insight to how she thinks and what it must be like to be Taylor Swift, the star, while also being a regular human being with everyday problems.
Just recently, Lorde said something about her friendship with Taylor being like someone who has very specific allergies. There are restrictions to what you can do together. Even though she got called out on this, I think she described it really well. There are specific rules to play by. I would imagine Taylor is very shielded (hopefully by a good team of people), but when someone does finally get close to her and things don’t work out, it must hurt double time. Enough to change each time like she describes in her new song.
