Guarda il video di Cardigan di Taylor Swift dal nuovo album Folklore – Testo

Cardigan di Taylor Swift ha edulcorato la sorpresa che la popstar ha fatto ai suoi fan: Folklore, il suo ottavo album in studio, è stato annunciato senza preavviso nella giornata di ieri 23 luglio. In questo nuovo disco – 16 tracce + la bonus track The Lakes – Taylor Swift ha inserito tutti i suoi tormenti, sentimenti che hanno unito il mondo intero in questo 2020 pieno di brutte sorprese.

Parliamo, ovviamente, del grande lockdown e della morte di George Floyd. Un progetto, Folklore, che si è rivelato inaspettato anche per la stessa popstar di Lover che mentre procedeva ai lavori su questo nuovo disco non riusciva a trovare il momento giusto per la release. Per questo ha scelto di lanciarlo all’improvviso.

Cardigan di Taylor Swift è anche un video emozionale, con la cantante che viaggia verso un mondo parallelo mentre suona il piano. Siamo di fronte a una ballata pop che strizza l’occhio all’ambient, al trip hop e alla pancia, perché dalle prime note scopriamo tutta la sincerità di un’artista che ha bisogno di dire qualcosa e ancora e ancora.

[Verse 1]
Vintage tee, brand new phone
High heels on cobblestones
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
Sequined smile, black lipstick
Sensual politics
When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Chorus]
But I knew you
Dancin’ in your Levi’s
Drunk under a streetlight, I
I knew you
Hand under my sweatshirt
Baby, kiss it better, I

[Refrain]
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Under someone’s bed
You put me on and said I was your favorite

[Verse 2]
A friend to all is a friend to none
Chase two girls, lose the one
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
[Chorus]
But I knew you
Playing hide-and-seek and
Giving me your weekends, I
I knew you
Your heartbeat on the High Line
Once in twenty lifetimes, I

[Refrain]
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Under someone’s bed
You put me on and said I was your favorite

[Bridge]
To kiss in cars and downtown bars
Was all we needed
You drew stars around my scars
But now I’m bleedin’

[Chorus]
‘Cause I knew you
Steppin’ on the last train
Marked me like a bloodstain, I
I knew you
Tried to change the ending
Peter losing Wendy, I
I knew you
Leavin’ like a father
Running like water, I
And when you are young, they assume you know nothing
[Verse 3]
But I knew you’d linger like a tattoo kiss
I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs
The smell of smoke would hang around this long
‘Cause I knew everything when I was young
I knew I’d curse you for the longest time
Chasin’ shadows in the grocery line
I knew you’d miss me once the thrill expired
And you’d be standin’ in my front porch light
And I knew you’d come back to me
You’d come back to me
And you’d come back to me
And you’d come back

[Refrain]
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Under someone’s bed
You put me on and said I was your favorite

The Man di Taylor Swift in radio da venerdì 14 febbraio – Testo

The Man di Taylor Swift sbarcherà in radio da venerdì 14 febbraio. La canzone è un nuovo estratto dall’album Lover ed è una riflessione su come si comporterebbero i mass media se lei fosse una donna. La cantautrice statunitense, del resto, non è nuova a lanciare messaggi ispirati da argomenti delicati come l’amore, l’omosessualità e i diritti delle donne.

Nel testo di The Man di Taylor Swift, infatti, leggiamo una forte protesta contro gli sforzi che una donna deve fare per raggiungere obiettivi che altrimenti sarebbero propri dell’uomo, che comunque riesce a condurre i propri progetti – secondo quanto contesta Taylor Swift – senza affrontare il pregiudizio dei mass media.

Il brano ha un arrangiamento synth pop ed è stato prodotto da Joel Little.

Di seguito il testo di The Man di Taylor Swift.

I would be complex, I would be cool
They’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to
And that would be okay for me to do
Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you

I’d be a fearless leader
I’d be an alpha type
When everyone believes ya
What’s that like?

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man
And I’m so sick of them coming at me again
‘Cause if I was a man, then I’d be the man
I’d be the man
I’d be the man

They’d say I hustled, put in the work
They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve
What I was wearing, if I was rude
Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves

And they would toast to me, oh, let the players play
I’d be just like Leo in Saint-Tropez

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man
And I’m so sick of them coming at me again
‘Cause if I was a man, then I’d be the man
I’d be the man
I’d be the man

What’s it like to brag about raking in dollars
And getting bit++es and models?
And it’s all good if you’re bad
And it’s okay if you’re mad
If I was out flashing my dollars
I’d be a bi++h, not a baller
They’d paint me out to be bad
So, it’s okay that I’m mad

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (You know that)
And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (Coming at me again)
‘Cause if I was a man (If I was a man)
Then I’d be the man (Then I’d be the man)
I’m so sick of running as fast as I can (As fast as I can)
Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (Hey)
And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (Coming at me again)
‘Cause if I was a man (If I was a man), then I’d be the man
I’d be the man
I’d be the man (Oh)
I’d be the man (Yeah)
I’d be the man (I’d be the man)

If I was a man, then I’d be the man

Grammy Awards 2016: tutte le nomination

I Grammy Awards 2016 sono i riconoscimenti per i migliori album, compositori e artisti dell’anno, e nello specifico comprende tutte le pubblicazioni ufficiali rilasciate tra il 1° Ottobre 2014 e il 30 Settembre 2015.

1989 di Taylor Swift: doppia nomination come miglior album?

Tra i numerosi riconoscimenti ricevuti, Video dell’Anno con “Bad Blood” ai VMA, Billboard Top Artist Award e il duetto con Nicki Minaj che gli è valso titoli e copertine di mezzo mondo, di certo Taylor Swift è la reginetta di questo 2015.