Taylor Swift

How You Get the World: Reflections on Taylor Swift, Postscript 1

Mixtapes and Magical Gardens

Apr 19, 2024 •

How You Get the World: Reflections on Taylor Swift, Pt. 6

The end of the American popular music era

Jan 4, 2024 •

How You Get the World: Reflections on Taylor Swift, Pt. 5

Part 5: Taylor Swift, modal rap, and the end of "range"

Nov 13, 2023 •

How You Get the World: Reflections on Taylor Swift, Pt. 4

Part 4: Imagining a world without "Teardrops"

Sep 23, 2023 •

How You Get the World: Reflections on Taylor Swift, Pt. 3

Part 3: In which I fulfill my need to talk mostly about Ashlee Simpson, but eventually get back around to the topic at hand

Sep 5, 2023 •

How You Get the World: Reflections on Taylor Swift, Pt. 2

Part 2: An immediate digression into "Weird Al" Yankovic and the media maelstrom

Sep 2, 2023 •

How You Get the World: Reflections on Taylor Swift, Pt. 1

Part 1: Taylor Swift surveys the wreckage of the late aughts and fancies she'll build an ice castle on top

Sep 1, 2023 •

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