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Staff picks: Favorite Taylor Swift era
The Arts & Culture staff share their favorite T-Swift Era
Sam Lillianthal, Arts & Culture Intern
“The ‘folklore’ Taylor Swift era is undoubtedly the best one. It came at the perfect time in the middle of COVID-19 quarantine with a mix of country, folk and pop. Her music went back to her country roots, but everything is more mature lyrically and sonically. This era emphasized the music over everything else, which felt like the true Taylor showing herself to the world. There was no hype or rollout for this album, it just came out and shook the music world just like her albums always do. Songs like ‘august’ and ‘betty’ are already classics. Swift herself liked this era so much she expanded on it with ‘evermore,’ which also has some amazing songs. I got my mom who hated Taylor Swift for years to actually dig and appreciate ‘folklore.’ Other eras have the style and iconic moments, but this smaller, understated era ends up abo
… Ready for it? Power ranking Taylor Swift’s lead singles
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Does Taylor Swift ever sleep? This past year has been a stream of nonstop pop from Swift, who blessed us with three albums in a six-month span. With her first rerecorded album
Fearless (Taylor’s Version) dropping today, let’s reflect on Swift’s incredible 15-year career with a power ranking of her nine lead singles.
9. “Me!” featuring Brendon Urie,
Lover (2019)
Even for some of the most dedicated Swifties, it’s not too difficult to admit that “Me!” is pretty much a hot mess. The song, symbolic of Swift shedding her
Music is one of the most important elements of the show, and Mr O’Regan explained that the process of deciding when to plug a certain song is a difficult one.
“You always want to foreground the Irish soundtracks, and you always want to bring in as many pop chart hits as you can,” he said.
“We go through lists of footage and we work out what we can afford, and the licence of the copyright, and then they [the editors] would compile footage onto computer drives and I’d take it home.”
Mr O’Regan said he has 15 hardbacks in his homes with hand-written notes detailing each and every important moment in the decade, making it easier for him to put the whole picture together.