You knew it was coming. You're gonna want to go listen to the album before you take this... so I'll try not to grade till after it's been streaming, I guess. Let's take a dive into the new (largely great, LWYMMD aside) Taylor Swift offering and see what we can trivialize.
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Two answers required. Reputation arguably forms two distinct halves as a listening experience, an argument strengthened by the ellipses (...) in the titles of its opening and midpoint tracks. NAME BOTH SONGS.
Muddle sugar with bitters, add ice and whiskey, and garnish with a citrus rind or candied cherry. You've just made a cocktail that features prominently in the pre-chorus of WHAT SONG FROM REPUTATION?
"End Game" features Future (say that five times fast!) and Ed Sheeran, the latter of whom appeared on WHAT PREVIOUS TAYLOR SWIFT TRACK from Red, before it was all so different?
"Say you fancy me, not fancy stuff," implores Ms. Swift in "King of My Heart." WHAT UNUSUAL SIX-LETTER WORD describes this figure of speech, in which "fancy" is applied in two different usages?
Two answers required. Ms. Swift appeared on Saturday Night Live the day after her album's release, repping the neuter third-person singular by performing WHICH TWO SINGLES?
SNL wasn't her only live performance this week; she also interrupted WHAT ABC DRAMA to showcase the song that answers Question 13? You might say this shocking incident caused quite a stir.
WHAT VOICE MODULATION EFFECT is heard in each of these excerpts? (Click the link to listen!)
Two answers required. Fans who read Ms. Swift's lyrics through a queer lens can find much to discuss on Reputation. Many of these fans are proponents of #Kaylor or #Swiftgron, couple portmanteaux referring to WHAT TWO GIRLFRIENDS (and purportedly, girlfriends) of Taylor Swift?
This excerpt from "Dress," the album's high watermark, is a prominent example of WHAT CENTURIES-OLD COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUE in which the music reflects the literal meaning of the lyric?
The album credits revealed the toddler's voice kicking off "Gorgeous" to belong to the child of a famous Hollywood couple; NAME EITHER PARENT.
THREE answers required. The writers with the most song credits on Reputation are, of course, Taylor Swift herself (15), followed by a tie for second place (9) and a solid fourth place (6). WHAT THREE MEN served as Ms. Swift's primary collaborators?
Speaking of credit, three completely different gentlemen are listed as co-writers on "Look What You Made Me Do," a nod to the similarity between its chorus and the excessively attractive song they made famous under WHAT BAND NAME?
We were informed on that execrable lead single that "the old Taylor" was dead. WHAT SONG from the album, sonically distinct in its stripped-down production, reveals reports of her demise to have been greatly exaggerated?