Dear „Old Taylor Swift: “ Why did you have to „die“ in your song „Look What You Made Me Do?“<\/b>
\nAfter a three year hiatus, Queen Swifty made her long-awaited return to music last night with \u201cLook What You Made Me Do.\u201d It was rumored that when Taylor Swift, 27, dropped her first single off her sixth album, now known to be called Reputation, she would take aim at her most famous foes: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. In that respect, Taylor indeed delivered. The song is filled with references to Kimye and the narrative that turned her into Internet\u2019s favorite \u201csnake.\u201d While I applaud her decision to embrace an Heir of Slytherin role, I can\u2019 t help but feel let down.
I\u2019 ll concede that if Taylor had dropped a \u201cShake It Off\u201d-eqsue record as her first single back, most fans would\u2019 ve felt cheated. But killing \u201cOld Taylor\u201d \u2014 must we take it that far? And what does that even mean? So far, all I know about \u201cNew Taylor\u201d is that she samples songs from the 80s, speaks limited Latin, and is taking her cues from Beyonce. That\u2019s not the Taylor I know and love. My Taylor apologizes to Nicki Minaj when she mistakenly calls her out on Twitter before getting all the facts. (A mistake I\u2019 m pleased she didn\u2019 t repeat last night.) My Taylor gave Joe Jonas and John Mayer what was coming to them for breaking her heart, and she did it without crossing the petty line. My Taylor held her head up no matter what was thrown at her. So, I ask you, what was wrong with \u201cOld Taylor?\u201d And why is this 2.0 version so ready to play into Kimye\u2019s hands?
Let me clear: I have faith in Swift. Anyone who calls her \u201cbasic\u201d is denying the fact that she has meticulously and expertly crafted a brand to challenge any pop icon creating music today. Yes, this song particular song feels\u2026off. Yes, its too repetitive, both figuratively and lyrically \u2014 and not in a good it\u2019s-stuck-in-my-head sort of way. But every artist goes \u201cdark\u201d at some point in their career. Right after the smash success of Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson dropped My December. KC admitted she was broken when she wrote that album, albeit in a very different way than Taylor, but it felt like a huge departure from anything she did before. That\u2019s sort of what\u2019s happening now with T. Swift. But this all seems too angry, too out-for-blood. I want to see her rise above the beef, not stoop down to it.
But again, I have faith. I want to see what she does with the video. I want to see what she does with the album as a whole, to see if she addresses some of the bigger issues she\u2019s been faced with, like the sexual assault case and being labeled anti-feminism for skipping the Women\u2019s March.
And, in the end, no matter what the album sounds like as a whole, this is the record that Taylor really wanted to do \u2014 and that is very \u201cOld Taylor.\u201d I have no doubt she\u2019s gonna pour a ton of emotion into this one and for better or worse, that\u2019s what we, her loyal Swifties, ultimately love about every version of Taylor Swift.
HollywoodLifers, do you agree? Do you love the song despite it all or do you think Taylor is just harboring too much bad blood?<\/p>\n

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