ALBUM: Midnights When I think of Midnights, I think of going out drinking with friends in sparkly outfits until 2am. It’s a moody, sultry, luxurious album in both sound and in visuals, so I knew I was going to play off her music video vibes for the cocktail shoot. Songs like “Bejeweled” and “Lavender Haze”…
ALBUM: evermore evermore is folklore’s depressed older sister in pretty much every possible way. The color scheme is darker, the lyrics are more traumatic, and the overall vibe is very much “haunted old barn in the middle of nowhere.” Taylor’s photoshoot for this album is one of my favorites of all time, so I wanted…
ALBUM: folklore folklore is a hopeful album to me; yes, it deals with some intense lows, but the overarching feeling is anticipation and eagerness. The album is reminiscent of past times, but still looks forward to new ones and shows that we can appreciate what we once had while still being open to progressing and…
ALBUM: Lover The Lover cocktail couldn’t be anything other than pastels and candy and lovey-dovey vibes, and I think I really hit the nail on the head with this one if I say so myself. I wanted this drink to taste as candy-coated as this album looks and these songs sound, so this cotton candy…
ALBUM: reputation I will be totally honest here, guys–reputation took a while to grow on me. It was a very polarizing album when it came out at the height of Taylor’s beef with Kim and Kanye, and it felt like a total divide: either you loved it or you hated it. But the longer it’s…
ALBUM: Red (Taylor’s Version) No other album perfectly embodies a season like Taylor Swift’s Red embodies autumn. Through not only the imagery in her lyrics (falling leaves, cozy scarves, coffee in cafes) but the production of the songs themselves, Red has always made me feel like bundling up in a sweater and driving with the…
ALBUM: Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) For the most part, I’ve always found Speak Now to be a very whimsical album. It’s filled with a range of emotions put into songs with titles that are very on the nose: “Sparks Fly” is peppy and upbeat, “Haunted” is powerful and passionate, and “Enchanted” sounds fit for a…
ALBUM: Fearless (Taylor’s Version) The Fearless album is, to me, the epitome of being a young, carefree teenage girl. It covers first loves, first heartbreaks, high school crushes, growing up, and becoming the person you were meant to be (or at least trying to figure it out). It’s still youthful and fun, but with some…
ALBUM: Taylor Swift Taylor Swift’s debut album puts her early teenage years on display through twangy guitar strums and a peppy faux-southern drawl in every note–it’s juvenile in the best way, and it’s a relatable reflection of being a young girl trying to find her place in the world (no pun intended). She bookends heartbreaking…
ALBUM: 1989 (Taylor’s Version) While 1989 is pretty much a total deviation from Taylor’s previous albums in terms of sound, there’s one piece of imagery that’s constant through much of the album: red lipstick. It was the first thing I noticed when listening to the album, and the first thing I thought of when envisioning…