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After her first six albums were sold to investors, Swift said she would record entirely new versions of her old songs that she would own. Source
In 2020, pop learned how much simple physical proximity affects music, and how to cope with isolation. Source
On social media this year, the stan was ascendant, fueling commercial competition, trolling and other arcane battles. How did we get here? Source
Answering your questions about the year’s biggest stars, and also some of its curious flops. Source
The singer and songwriter’s July album traded glossy sheen for an acoustic-Minimalistic palette. A second album with the same collaborators moves even further from her pop past. Source
The “sister record” to her Grammy-nominated “Folklore” again features Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff and Justin Vernon, along with new collaborators. Source
Tracks responding to real-time events and a spectrum of moods captured the hodgepodge feelings of life in lockdown. Source
Isolation was unavoidable this year: Some albums embraced it, some raged against it, some tried to imagine a world without it. Source
Playing her latest album for the first time with two collaborators who helped make it, Swift heightens the songs’ sense of pristine contemplation. Source
