Taylor Swift












Title: Fearless (Taylor's Version) 

Artist: Taylor Swift

Producers:  Christopher Rowe and Taylor Swift 

Release Date: April 9, 2021 

Genre: Pop, country music, rock

Publisher/Label: Universal Republic Records 

Format: Compact Dis
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Summary

Fearless is the 2nd studio album by Taylor Swift and re-recorded April 9, 2021. The rerecording of Fearless (Taylor’s Version), features 26 songs, including six previously unreleased ones. Her album Fearless won Album of the Year at the County Music Association Awards and the Academy of County Music Awards in 2009. In 2010, it won Album of the Year and Best County Album, at the Grammy. 

Fearless Youtube video: ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lLigiVgJsE

Critical Evaluation

In listening to the album, the music conjures emotional reactions with references to the past, and pulls on nostalgia and bitter sweetness. She has been vocal about artist's rights, as told in this People article. The re recording of  "You Belong With Me" "Love Story" or "Fifteen" sound basically the same. For those that have listened to Taylor Swift either in the periphery or a fan, it is a time warp/time travel, and the mention of  specific ages, connoting how time goes on, memory, and nostalgia Swift has a talent for this, pulling on nostalgia on recent events one could argue.  even when what she was nostalgic for seemed like it must have happened last week. A great question posed,  is whether she unwittingly building a time-hopping narrative around her work not unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and if so, how does Tom Hiddleston factor into all this? (Spin, 2021)

Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-releases-first-re-recorded-album-fearless-4163701/
Source: https://www.spin.com/2021/04/taylor-swifts-fearless-taylors-version-review/

Listener’s Annotation


A collection of  mostly love songs, nostalgic pop/country. 

Artist Info:
Taylor Alison Swift is a multi-Grammy award-winning American singer/songwriter who, in 2010 at the age of 20, became the youngest artist in history to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2011 Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year. She also has been named the American Music Awards Artist of the Year, as well as the Entertainer of the Year for both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, among many other accolades. As of this writing, she is also the top-selling digital artist in music history.

Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2357847/bio

Why I Included This In My Selection

She is loved by many in this age range





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