Culture | Music Taylor Swift is perhaps the biggest artist alive on the planet right now. A newly-minted billionaire and celebrated songwriter , she’s capable of creating minor earthquakes with her gigs and is currently in the middle of the world-spanning Eras Tour – aka the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. For good reason.
With a back catalogue spanning 11 albums (including the release of her April 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department) and a penchant for mastering any musical genre she turns her hand to – electropop, country, and folk among them – Swift has built up a staggering number of fans over the course of two decades. As she continues the European leg of her tour, arriving in London on June 21, what better time to rank all of her albums, once and for all? Sit back and watch the sparks fly..
. This little-loved 2019 album is Swift at her most paint-by-numbers. Billed as a celebration of love (specifically her relationship with now-ex boyfriend Joe Alwyn ), Lover was a pivot away from the moodier Reputation in favour of sunshine and rainbows.
Accordingly, many of the songs featured here are twee, sugar-coated confections like I Forgot That You Existed, Paper Rings and the uber-cringey London Boy. Lover’s major redeeming feature is the stone-cold banger Cold Summer, which is only now having its moment in the spotlight. Overall, best skipped.
An album full of the kind of lyrical puzzles that fans have come to expect, and adore, from the queen of po.
