如何评价Taylor Swift 的新专《forklore》?

《folklore》

谢邀，初次乐评，仅代表个人观点：

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每次听着《folklore》这张专辑，就会感觉时间过得好快，不知不觉，就已听到一半。

这是在《Lover》《reputation》《1989》乃至其他任何专辑中我所无法感觉到的。

在这样工业流行的快节奏式生活中，还能有这样一些悠闲、舒畅的民谣曲，让我们能释放自己的压抑。

我很庆幸。特别是由活跃在主流pop区的，我最欣赏与喜爱的艺术家—Taylor Swift所创作的。

《folklore》无疑是我近几年最爱的几张专辑之一，也会成为我近期听得最多的专辑。

《folklore》同样是Taylor词曲创作的又一次巅峰，不论是商业还是口碑都是她应有的水平。（打破创造了多少记录我也不介绍了，本文以我浅薄的知识，进行纯主观评价。）

要论我最爱的一首歌，我无法得知是哪一曲，我的最爱会不断地改变。

在此，我挑几首最具代表性与对我意义深刻的歌曲来推荐：

1.《cardigan》

就像一首诗歌，工整地对应着上下句，其中的故事与旋律都值得回味。

在tay开口第一句，就营造出一种古老的奇幻民谣氛围，tay将恋爱中的心酸与美好都娓娓道来。作为三角恋中的大姐，cardigan以女主角（女朋友）betty的视角来描述。

而这首歌放在track 2也是饶有意味。最为精彩的在于bridge部分，歌曲的Bridge部分毫无疑问是tay创作生涯中最出色的bridge之一。

不愧是Bridge Queen！

2.《the last great american dynasty》

该专辑叙事作的巅峰，我初听就最爱的一首，其霸气的名字与深意着实吸引人注意。

歌曲以女主人公Rebekah的大半生来映射美国部分事物的变化，同时也与tay的名人生涯产生联系，相互呼应。

我一直在想，这首歌应该是整专最具主流流行气息的歌曲。

3.《exile》feat. Bon lver

exile的出现，成为了我最喜爱的一首男女对唱情歌。

作为全专唯一一首合作歌曲，发挥出了超强的实力，是全专的情感巅峰（话说tay的track4一直都是比较高能的部分，Out Of The Woods、Don't Blame Me等都是如此）。

歌曲bridge部分的合唱简直是太让人惊喜了，其对情感的刻画过程就像一对恋人吵架时的模样。（话说tay的bridge部分就没让人失望过。）

4.《seven》

开头的“please～”足以让我心神荡漾，这部分绝对是最有记忆点的一段hook。seven的曲调不算多，但是最让我印象深刻。

seven的出现，让我确信了tay就是一个森林女巫，无论是歌词方面，还是氛围制作方面，这首歌是最具民谣气息的。

taytay好像在森林中穿梭，告诉着她的爱人她的爱有多深，有多久～

5.《august》

在炎热的八月份，这首歌成为了独属我的夏日记忆。

《august》让我听到了来自《Cruel Summer》的残影，这好像是一份执着，对于爱的执着追求，“明知道你不属于我”，却又没有了残夏的那一丝冷酷。

august，描述三角恋中的无名女孩，她的回忆却是更畅快明朗的。或许，以后的每个夏日我都会重复听《august》，许多许多次。

6.《illicit affairs》

我没有特意去读懂歌曲的故事，但它的旋律就让我感伤。歌曲侧重描写了关于禁忌的话题与危险的爱。

毫无疑问，illicit affairs会是我在深夜在难过时常听的一首歌。

如果描述爱情的话，我更倾向于把《illicit affairs》和《Don't Blame Me》对比，两首都可以算作把爱比做poison，无法自控拯救，只是歌曲的表现强度不同。

7.《invisible string》

taytay描述相爱的两人中，有一根隐形的线牵引着彼此，让一切都显得pretty.

我最爱这首歌的演唱方式，taytay略带随性又无谓的语气来演绎这首歌，让这首歌不经意间成为后半张最出彩的时刻。

同样，invisible string拥有专辑最具画面感的叙事。有趣的是，Bad Blood作为彩蛋惊喜出现在第二段verse，仿佛是对taytay过往的一种回眸。

8.《betty》

极具乡村风格的开头，是后半张类似于august的存在。betty作为三角恋的最后一曲，歌曲大以男主James角度自述。

或许betty最后拒绝了James的道歉，但她还是会想念从前的快樂，以及床底的cardigan.

歌曲 Bridge部分情感的层层递进，就像James在不断地追忆与他痛苦的加深。

9.《hoax》

慢慢才喜欢的一首。很慢热，很悦耳。

hoax就像是自我在痛苦边缘不断徘徊，对周遭事物的失望，信仰幻灭后的无助，被欺骗后的伤心，或许这一切就是一场骗局，而我是不断受伤的那一人。

hoax带给我的感觉是所有歌曲中最难以割舍的，可能我自己也一直伴随着这种悲伤生存。

hoax注定是我深夜最喜爱的一首歌。

有趣的是，从尾曲《hoax》切入的下一首track 1《the 1》，在歌曲表达与听感上显得别有深意。

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分享歌词：

1. Rosé flowing with your chosen family.

And it would've been sweet. 《the 1》

2. And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed.

You put me on and said I was your favorite.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

When you are young they assume you know nothing.

You drew stars around my scars.

Running like water. 《cardigan》

3.Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis.

There goes the last great American dynasty.

Pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight sea.

I had a marvelous time ruining everything.

《the last great american dynasty》

4. I think I've seen this film before.

And I didn't like the ending.

You're not my homeland anymore.

So what am I defending now？

You were my town now I'm in exile seein' you out.

Those eyes add insult to injury.

We always walked a very thin line.

You never gave a warning sign. 《exile》

5. And if I'm on fire you'll be made of ashes too.

And you're the hero flying around saving face.

And so the battleships will sink beneath the waves.

You had to kill me but it killed you just the same.

Look at how my tears ricochet.

《my tears ricochet》

6.Shimmering beautiful.

And when I break it's in a million pieces.

Spinning in my highest heels love，

Shining just for you.

I'm a mirrorball. 《mirrorball》

7.Please picture me in the trees.

I hit my peak at seven feet.

In the swing over the creek.

I was too scared to jump in but I I was high.

Sweet tea in the summer.

Cross your heart won't tell no other.

Love you to the moon and to Saturn.

Passed down like folk songs.

Our love will be passed on.

Our love lasts so long. 《seven》

8. But I can see us lost in the memory.

August slipped away into a moment in time.

'Cause it was never mine～

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets，

August sipped away like a bottle of wine.

'Cause you were never mine～

Your back beneath the sun.

Wishin' I could write my name on it.

So much for summer love and saying us.

For the hope of it all. 《august》

9. I had the shiniest wheels now they're rusting.

Could've followed my fears all the way down.

And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad.

Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here.

You're a flashback in a film reel.

On the one screen in my town.

I just wanted you to know that

this is me trying. 《this is me trying》

10. Make sure nobody sees you leave.

Take the road less traveled by.

Tell yourself you can always stop.

So you leave no trace behind，

Like you don't even exist.

And that's the thing about illicit affairs.

Don't call me kid，

Don't call me baby.

Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me.

For you I would ruin myself，

A million little times.

《illicit affairs》

11. Green was the color of the grass.

Where I used to read at Centennial Park.

Time curious time....

Gave me no compasses gave me no signs.

Bad was the blood of the song in the cab

On your first trip to LA.

Getting lunch down by the Lakes，

She said I looked like an American singer.

Time mystical time....

Cutting me open then healing me fine.

Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire.

Chains around my demons，

Wool to brave the seasons，

Cold was the steel of my axe to grind.

For the boys who broke my heart，

Now I send their babies presents.

Gold was the color of the leaves.

Time wondrous time.....

Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies.

And isn't it just so pretty to think

All along there was some

Invisible string

Tying you to me

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Me

Ah-ah-ah 《invisible string》

12. Does a scorpion sting when fighting back.

My cannons all firing at your yacht，

They say move on.

And women like hunting witches too.

Doing your dirtiest work for you.

'Til her claws come out and you find something.

To wrap your noose around.

She should be mad，

Should be scathing like me.

But no one likes a mad woman.

《mad woman》

13. Keep your helmet keep your life son.

Just a flesh wound here's your rifle.

Crawling up the beaches now.

With you I serve with you I fall down down.

Watch you breathe in watch you breathing out out.

Something med school did not cover.

But you dream of some epiphany.

Just one single glimpse of relief.

To make some sense of what you've seen.

《epiphany》

14. If I told you it was just a summer thing.

I'm only seventeen，

I don't know anything，

But I know I miss you.

Most times but this time it was true.

But if I just showed up at your party，

Would you have me？

Would you want me？

Like a figment of my worst intentions.

Those days turned into nights.

I dreamt of you all summer long.

Standing in your cardigan.

Kissing in my car again.

Stopped at a streetlight.

You know I miss you. 《betty》

15. Our coming of age has come and gone.

Suddenly this summer it's clear.

I never had the courage of my convictions.

But I'm a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm.

If your cascade ocean wave blues come.

But there's robbers to the east Clowns to the West.

But I would die for you in secret.

The devil's in the details But you got a friend in me.

Would it be enough.

If I could never give you peace.

《peace》

16. My only one，

My smoking gun，

My eclipsed sun，

This has broken me down.

My twisted knife，

My sleepless night，

My winless fight，

This has frozen my ground.

Screaming give me a reason.

Your faithless love's the only hoax

I believe in.

Don't want no other shade of blue.

But you，

No other sadness in the world would do.

You knew it still hurts underneath my scars.

From when they pulled me apart.

《hoax》

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其余7首我都很喜欢，写了这么多太累了，所以就先写到这里了。

图已授权，源自微博用户@MosaicBrokenHearts-

自创文章，未经授权，禁止转载。

温馨又幸福，相比之前的词更有诗意，更让人向往远方。

如果不是霉的嗓音相比之前更佳醇厚有底蕴，我真的会以为这是speak now 和fearless时期的曲子，还是那个弹着吉他的泡面霉。

或许她早就释然了，她越来越好啦！