Facts About Taylor Swift's Reputation Album
Once upon a time, Taylor Swift was (and nonetheless is, through the best way) America's sweetheart from a small borough in Nashville. Following her longtime feud with Kanye West and Katy Perry, Taylor Swift's life has been scrutinized by the media. Streams of snake emojis flooded her social media, which she recalled that she 'went via some shallow times for a while as a result of it.'
In 2017, the whole thing had modified. The world entered the darker side of Tay together with her 6th studio album, Reputation, on November 10. Supported by way of singles like Look What You Made Me Do, Ready for It, End Game, and Delicate, the singer herself described the album as probably the most cathartic piece of artwork she'd ever written.
"This has definitely been my most cathartic album. After I finished it, it was like, "Now I can write regular songs again," T told the Los Angeles Times.
The album is a declaration of winning for Taylor, as she took all the negative bits and turned it into positive. To celebrate Reputation, here are some of the facts you might want to know about the album. Yes, it's been more than two years, but a little bit throwback won't hurt, eh?
12 Reputation Was ... Different
In contrary to the other six albums she'd ever released from Taylor Swift (2006) to Lover (2019), Reputation, as we'd said earlier, has a much darker tone.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, this is what Tay Tay had to say about the making of Reputation and how it was 'so far from what I usually do.' She said, "I believe I would have made Reputation whether or not or now not I in fact put out the album or ever made another album again. That album became an actual technique of catharsis, and I assumed I experienced catharsis ahead of, however I'd by no means had till that album as it become creating this strange protection mechanism. And, I'd never really done that during that specific approach ahead of. I took that template of, ok, that is what you might be all announcing about me. Let me just write from this character for a 2nd."
11 Reputation Almost Didn't Happen
The more albums you have released, the lesser space you have left on your songwriting canvas. No wonder, because for some artists, it's hard to maintain longevity after their third or fourth album. Taylor defined the year 2015 with 1989 album, a record she's proud of, but she almost had no idea what to do next after that.
"The Grammys occur, which is like this incredible blitz of excitement, followed via me going, "Oh my god, what am I going to make next?" I had no concept what to make next, as a result of I used to be so proud. 1989 — I'm still so, so deeply happy with that file," Taylor told Rolling Stone. "But I used to be like, where can we go from right here? I do not know what comes after this. And so, when my existence took a very dramatic shift, unexpectedly, I knew what to make subsequent."
10 Taylor, The Record-Breaker
To help propel the album, Taylor embarked on the Reputation Stadium Tour from May 8 to November 21, 2018. From the United States to Japan, Taylor and co only made 53 stops and grossed over $345.7 million, making it the highest-grossing tour in the US by a female musician of all time. To immortalize her best tour, Netflix released a concert film, Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour, on December 31, 2018.
9 Who's The Kid From Gorgeous?
Taylor kicks off the second single of the Reputation album, Gorgeous, with a sweet baby voice cooing in its intro. But who's that baby?
The singer herself revealed on the album's booklet that it's Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's elder daughter, James, "Baby intro voice by James Reynolds."
The singer herself had cemented her picture-perfect friendship with Blake Lively back in 2015 with an Instagram post of their cozy trip to the Queensland theme park in Australia.
8 Reputation Was Tay's Only Album To Have A Curse Word
On the song I Did Something Bad from Reputation, Taylor referenced her biggest nemesis, Kanye and Kim, and dissed her former sweeties Calvin Harris & Tom Hiddleston, at the same time. It was Taylor's first song ever to feature a curse word, "If a man talks shit, then I owe him nothing / I don't be apologetic about it one bit, 'purpose he had it coming."
But it wasn't the last. On the track The Man from her 2019 album Lover, Taylor tackled sexism and croons, "What's it like to gloat about raking in greenbacks / And getting bitches and fashions?"
7 No Interview
When artists use interviews and talkshow appearances to help promote the album, Taylor solely used the power of her social media.
Speaking to Zane Lowe, here is why Taylor refused to interview the Reputation era. She said, "At the very starting of the album, I was pretty happy with coining the time period: 'There can be no explanation. There will just be Reputation', and so that became what I determined became going to be the album, and I caught with it. I didn't go back on it. I did not check out to provide an explanation for the album because I didn't really feel that I owed that to anyone. There was so much that happened over a couple of years that made me really feel truly, truly horrible. And I did not feel like expressing that to them. I didn't feel like speaking about it. I simply felt like making track, then going out at the road and doing a stadium excursion and doing everything I may for my lovers."
6 'Et Tu Brute'
Taylor Swift is the queen of Easter eggs and symbolism, and after she released the visual of Look What You Made Me Do on August 27, 2017, her large army of Swifties quickly put it under their microscope and decoded it.
One of the most subtle Easter eggs from the video is 'et tu brute,' a quote from the Shakespearean play Julius Caesar, bamboozled into her throne. Caesar utters these words at the moment of his assassination as he finds out that his closest friend, Marcus Brutus, is the mastermind behind it.
5 Reputation Wasn't The First Time Taylor Rapped
Yes, Taylor does rap on some parts on Reputation, but true Swifties know that it wasn't the first time she raps. Back in 2009 at the CMT Music Awards, Taylor Swift, under a moniker T-Swizzle, rapped with Buy U A Drank rapper-slash-singer, T-Pain. The track was called Thug Story, a playful nod to her 2008 hit Love Story.
"I'm so gangster you can in finding me baking cookies at night / You out clubbing, but I just made caramel delight / T-Swift and T-Pain rapping on the same observe / It's a thug story, tell me can you deal with that?" she rapped.
4 Rep Was The Second Best-Selling Album Of 2017
Despite its lack of promo, Taylor Swift's star power has put Reputation to where it's at now: the best selling album by a female artist of 2017. With over 2 million copies sold worldwide within the first week, Reputation debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart. According to IFPI's Global Music Report 2018, Reputation has sold over 4.5 million copies. The only competition she had was with her partner in crime, Ed Sheeran, who scored a whopping 6.2 million with ÷ (Divide).
3 Goodbye, Big Machine Records
After 12 years with Big Machine Records, a music label that signed her when she was only a 14-year old aspiring songwriter from the country, Taylor Swift put the journey with BME to an end with Reputation. After a month with no label, she landed a deal with UMG's Republic Records.
"I'm ecstatic to announce that my musical house will likely be Republic Records and Universal Music Group," she took to Instagram to announce the deal. "Over the years, Sir Lucian Grainge and Monte Lipman were such fantastic partners. It's so thrilling to me that they, and the UMG team, will likely be my label circle of relatives moving forward."
2 Except For Ed Sheeran & Future, There Are No Other Features On Reputation
Well, who needs features when you're the most Googled artist of the year?
To bring the hip-hop flavor on the album to live, Taylor linked up with rapper Future for the album's single, End Game, and her BFF Ed Sheeran. Other than that, there are no features on the album.
1 Reputation Earned A Grammy Nomination For Best Pop Vocal Album
Taylor Swift has always been a definition of 'Grammy darling.' In 2010, she became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year for her sophomore album, Fearless. For Reputation, Taylor earned another Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album, only to lose to Ariana Grande's Sweetener. Many fans would think it's a snub, but with Sweetener by Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello's self-titled albums, P!nk's Beautiful Trauma, and Kelly Clarkson's Meaning of Life on the table, it's always a hard time to pick a winner without causing any controversies.
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