and maybe that's it.

#1989tv is now a track list that feels and sounds lived in and the album is all the better for it. it's nearly November and i have a feeling i know what's going to wind up at the top of my Apple Music Replay 2023 playlist.

i know it's been written to death, but 1989 was her first full-on pop album that left her country sound completely behind, and you can hear that in the original. it's not... trepidation... but there's maybe a bit of trying really hard to stay within the lines of pop "clean," working very hard to make it *perfect*.

#1989tv is a Swift that is now fully comfortable working in pop and willing to really live in the music she (and her producers) have created.