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Zhang �1 Nick Zhang

Mr. Bethea

Lyric Peotry

13 November 2018

Reputation by Taylor Swift

After Taylor Swift fell into disrepute, she was truly reborn. As a creative singer

who reveals a lot of real life emotions and details in her works, she constantly refines

and shares her emotional connection with her audience. In her new album, people find

resonance in her work, connect it with their own lives. "Reputation" is not only the

original efforts of Taylor Swift, but also means that she turned gorgeously and

dominated. This album is like a swearing word from her to the world. Revenge fantasy,

sweet love, painful growth... all the good and bad things that happened in these stages

of life, her music seems to have gone through with us all over again.

But last August, the now 28-year-old singer declared that "the old Taylor is

dead" in her eerie single "Look What You Made Me Do," the beginning of a new era for

Swift (Weatherby). The disclosure of the society, the accusations of rumor makers,

these straight-forward lyrics shred the ugly face of those unscrupulous people. Taylor

Swift did not endure the rumors in the society, but created this rock album after the

silence. If 1989 is still what Taylor hopes to gain the understanding of the public, this

album is really a matter of opening up the past concerns, saying goodbye to the past

as well as being a true Taylor Swift. No longer caring about the so-called "reputation ",

preferring to be burned to death by those ridiculous "images." This air of newfound

jadedness is one of the many ways in which Swift broadcasts her long-overdue loss of

Zhang �2 innocence on “Reputation,” an album that captures the singer during the most

turbulent but commercially successful period of her career. (Primeau)

The cover is black and white, the picture is Taylor's head, and the side is the

newspaper's article and title words. The cover of the album may be a metaphor, it

reveals that Taylor can no longer stand the report of the gossip media, and the chain on

the neck represents depression and breathlessness. The theme and style of the album

are all refined from their own lives. The emotions and themes interpreted in her songs

make the audience feel more deeply that her album is her life. Without even using any

real words, fans can surmise what this means — a reference to the endless headlines

and stories the singer has spurred in recent years. (Primeau) Reputation, come to diss

the past and all opponents.

The lyrics and MV are full of real stalks in Taylor Swift's life , with Taylor's

resentment for circles and industry since his debut. In the era of streaming singles, she

is the rare young star who still worships at the altar of the album, an old-fashioned

instinct that serves her surprisingly well. (Battan) "Look What You Made Me Do" is a

counterattack against Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and numerous

online "black mold". And “Delicate” tells the story of Taylor Swift's embarrassment and

hardship in his career. She also talks about the deep expectations of love, the desire to

cultivate positive results, and the fear of being too hasty, worrying about the mood of

being too late. Different songs actually express Taylor’s different experiences and

feelings.

With this album, Taylor Swift became the first artist to reach the top of the iTunes

real-time list in at least 90 countries including the United States, Britain, Australia,

Germany, France, and Canada. In addition to the one-handed production, the album

Zhang �3 "Reputation" also invited the partner Jack Antonoff, the singles Max Martin and

Shellback and other musicians to work together. Meanwhile, besides the hip-hop

information revealed on the cover, Taylor also has a lot of technology in the music built

by Auto-Tune. The collision between mechanics and humanity has become a very

interesting part of this album.The most outstanding achievement of her as a pop singer

is to present the love story to the audience in a real and delicate way. At the end of the

album, people can find out that "reputation" is neither a hateful album, nor a self-

satisfaction. In the end, it is a more like a personal diary-style work telling that she is

trying to escape from the stigma and going out of the shade with all her lovers.

The attitude of “Reputation” is to be brave enough to breaking through every

rules. For Taylor Swift herself, this album is also a reflection and summary of the past

ten years - she has repeatedly faded into the friendship that she once proud of. Her

story actually reveals our own life in some way. Reputation has created many people

but also destroyed countless people. Songs are not a piece of art, they truly become

the emotional medium of the audience. In “Reputation”, there are your stories, my

stories and Taylor’s stories.