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8.14.2012

Taylor Swift will never ever ever stop writing hits

Swifties, the time has arrived. Our beloved Taylor Swift just released her new single off her fourth album, "Red." So save the date. October 22 will be the day we flock to the stores to listen to that alleged "very sad album" of hers.

But in the mean time, let's make a toast to breakups, because in this song, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" makes flipping off your douche bag ex in the artful form of a pop song seem so cool....and so liberating.

Even if Swift tried purposely writing the worst song ever, she would still make it a hit. Why? She knows how to write a song that speaks to millions of heartbroken, boy-hating fans across the world.

Since the single was released on iTunes just shortly after Swift's live webchat on Youtube at 7 pm ET, the single has...
  1. Made its way on the radio to hopefully replace "Call Me, Maybe" (I heard it at 2 am. Anyone have me beat?)
  2. Made its way to the No. 1 spot on iTunes
  3. Beat Lady GaGa's record for fastest selling on iTunes in music history. Swift did it in 50 minutes. GaGa did it in 1 hour
  4. Proved to everyone that once you go pop, you never go back (sorry country)
 We can bicker about how Swift's voice and how she sometimes under performs at live telecast performances. Love her voice, hate her voice, there is no arguing that she has songwriting ability. Who cares if 90 percent of her songs are about ex-boyfriends instead of singing about growing up, life, death, taking chances--whatever those unsuccessful 22 year old singers are writing about these days. Swift knows how to write a hit song--even if it's a story we've heard in her other 334653 singles.

Swift's biggest haters--her critics--are saying that her new hit is immature. Yes, it sounds like something a teenager would sing. Yes, it's NOT country whatsoever, so those fans hoping for a song sounding like her country-charmed first album might have to wait for the fifth album. Yes, it's about an ex boyfriend, but she's making the big bucks and probably made millions in those 50 record-breaking minutes.

Sadly, most of us can say we've never done it, and sorry to burst your bubble, but we probably never will either.

But if your relationship acts like it came out of high school--breaking up, getting back together, I love you, I hate you x 30, then maybe writing a song to match that is perfect. And maybe a song like this would smack us out of pity mode and make us jump on our beds with Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia spilling down our faces as we flip off our ex boyfriend's ugly face in our head, kicking the hard snotty tissues in his face. That's the song we need, not some victimized song like "White Horse" and "You're Not Story." Be a fighter. Show them their immature ways are not going to make you listen to a sad, emotional Taylor Swift country song.

You would rather listen to an upbeat, quirky, Taylor Swift teeny bopper song instead.


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