![]() Swift is passionate about artists owning their work, a passion intensified when she was not offered the chance to buy back her masters, leading to the current Taylor’s Version re-recordings. Directors are far more famous than screenwriters, and have a greater impact on the final movie, so that makes sense, but offers little to go off. All anyone is talking about is Swift the director. However, the screenplay itself feels secondary. The brief snippets of writing we’ve seen away from music have always felt like they are cloyingly grabbing at this greatness she knows she has within her, but has never quite achieved without a melody behind her. Swift is an expert at loading her songs with clever and resonant imagery, telling tight narratives that are both self-contained and self-referential, often subverting expectations or transforming a song’s entire context with a clever twist in the bridge or final chorus. However, on the rare occasions she has revealed her poetry or prose, it has never struck me the same. Above the tribalism, Swift is an all-time great song writer. Everything Swift creates is perfect and everything is trash. In an age of stans and kweens, everything is zero sum. It’s hard to say this about a woman who breaks records as often as she sneezes, but it feels as if her talents in this field aren’t fully appreciated. I firmly believe Swift is the greatest lyricist working today. A screenplay written in the midst of this hot streak bodes well, and given the albums’ tones, likely means a romantic tragedy. Swift has always known her biggest asset is not her voice, but her words, and those sister albums are the magnum opus of this talent. Swift wrote the movie over the pandemic, which coincides with her writing Folklore and Evermore - her two most lyrically ambitious and rewarding albums. ![]() First, we should think of the environment the movie was written in. It’s hard to say whether a movie will be good when all you know is that it exists (and even then, only kind of), but there are clues to be found if you know where to look. But the big question remains - will it be any good? I have a tight enough grip on both worlds to know that one way or another, Swift’s movie will destroy me. By the time this year ends, I will have seen 800 movies in 2022 and pushed TheGamer’s growth into film coverage, which will see us choose a Movie of the Year alongside Game of the Year for the first time. ![]() ‘Liking movies’ is as ubiquitous as ‘listening to Taylor Swift’, but again I think I’m in the upper percentiles. Related: Taylor Swift Fans Are Copying Gamers’ Worst Habits I’m an ‘I can tell you the year this photo was taken just by the hairstyle’ Swiftie. I’m not just an ‘I like her songs on the radio’ Swiftie. It’s a running joke at TheGamer that I can bring any conversation back to Taylor Swift. I fought in the bear pit for Eras Tour tickets, which I’m flying halfway around the world for because dates for my country have not been announced yet. I’ve been with her since I’m Only Me When I’m With You on her debut album. I’m a major Taylor Swift fan, but I’m also a currently alive human being, so what else is new? While Swift popped up on every Spotify Wrapped on Earth, she was top of mine with more listens than the rest of the top five combined.
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