Listen, we all agree that is a big deal. One of the world’s bestselling musicians, her current Eras Tour, which arrives in Toronto this month, . Earlier this year, she became the first and only artist to .
But let’s be real for a minute. Some of her music is To mark Swift’s arrival in Toronto, we asked some music experts — both Swifties and haters — to weigh in with the Taylor song that gets on their nerves. I feel bad about choosing this.
Taylor Swift was a teenager when she co-wrote this song about an unrequited crush on a boy named Drew, and it doesn’t feel good to criticize a teenager taking a big swing and putting herself out there but still, I forge on. This would have been perfect (and scandalous) for her high school talent show, but by then Swift was a rising country star opening for the likes of Rascal Flatts and George Strait. When it peaked on the Canadian charts in the summer of 2007, I was a rookie reporter, always in my car, accompanied by this song: a saccharine, amorphous blob of young, unrequited love, with no edge or entertainment value.
There was a raw honesty and a relatability there — but it wasn’t interesting. Every time she sang “Drew looks at me,” I shuddered. He seemed pretty unremarkable from her lyrics, and here she was, “wishing on a wishing star” for him.
Blech. The closed captioning in the music video tells you everything you need to know: “Gentle wistful music continues.” I like Taylor Swift’s music.
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