3 "Mirrorball" (2020)
Taylor shines like the disco ball gazing down on the dance floor, wondering why everybody else looks so confident and imagining how that feels. A seething ballad about a loner feeling a little too loud and a little too bright, afraid everyone’s staring at her flaws yet feeling invisible anyway. “Mirrorball”revisits the party vibe of “New Romantics” from another angle, with Taylor twirling on high heels, spinning like a girl in a brand new dress, hating herself for being so desperate to sparkle for strangers. This is the kind of vulnerable teen sensibility that got her started writing songs in the first place (i.e. most of her debut album). But in classic Swift style, she decides exactly what she’s going to allow herself to feel, then wonders why she feels the exact opposite. She’s the same girl in the swing from “Seven,” grown up yet still feeling like she’s dangling in mid-air, never touching ground. Who else has a songwriting mind like this? Queen of Concept.
Best line: “I’m still a believer but I don’t know why / I’ve never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try.”
Taylor像迪斯科球一样闪耀在舞池中,凝视着舞池,思考着为何每个人看起来都那么自信并想象着那种感觉。这是一首暗潮涌动的民谣,讲述了一个孤独的人觉得自己有点太吵,有点太亮,害怕所有人都盯着她的缺点,却又觉得自己还是看不见。"Mirrorball "从另一个角度重温了《New Romantics》的派对氛围,Taylor踩着高跟鞋旋转,像个穿着崭新裙子的女孩(化用Taylor歌曲《Holy Ground》歌词中“Spinning like a girl in a brand new dress”),怨恨自己太想在陌生人面前闪闪发光。这就是最初让她着手歌曲创作的、那种脆弱的少女情怀(即她首张专辑的大部分内容)。但在经典的Swift风格中,她准确地决定了她要让自己感受到什么,然后想知道为什么她的感觉完全相反。她就是《seven》中那个荡起秋千的女孩,长大了,却仍然觉得自己悬在半空中,永远也碰不到地面。还有谁有这样的创作思路?Taylor真是“概念女王”。
最佳歌词:“I’m still a believer but I don’t know why / I’ve never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try.”