It may be a sign that the 29-year-old has entered a new phase of her life: SheвЂ™s now impressively private (she and her long-term boyfriend are rarely seen together in public), politically fired up (this album finds her fighting for queer and womenвЂ™s rights) and eager to see the big picture (fans have speculated that the gut-wrenching вЂњSoon YouвЂ™ll Get BetterвЂќ is about her motherвЂ™s battles with cancer).ДЄs a result, sheвЂ™s never sounded stronger or more in control. Arriving 13 years after her eponymous debut album-and following a string of songs that sometimes felt like battle scars from public breakups and celebrity feuds-this project comes off clear-eyed, thick-skinned and grown-up. SheвЂ™s in love-pure, steady, starry-eyed, shout-it-from-the-rooftops love. Vincent, who shares a credit with Swift and Antonoff on the Bananarama namesake вЂњCruel Summer.ThereвЂ™s a reason Taylor Swift sounds so confident and cool on Lover, her seventh album and the most free-spirited yet. Another collaborator of note is Annie Clark, a.k.a. Cautious Clay and Sounwave join in on вЂњLondon Boy.вЂќ The Dixie Chicks grace us with their presence on вЂњSoon YouвЂ™ll Get Better,вЂќ which is a monumental collab. Producers and songwriters Joel Little, Frank Dukes, and Louis Bell also figure prominently. Lover finds Taylor renewing her collaboration with Jack Antonoff from 1989 and Reputation for eight tracks. Three songs - вЂњLover,вЂќ вЂњCornelia Street,вЂќ and вЂњDaylightвЂќ - are solo Swift-written enterprises. The album clocks in at 18 tracks, all of which have writing credits from Taylor. And now, after the Summer of Swift, Lover has arrived. Then we all had six hours to catch our breath. Later Thursday afternoon, Taylor did the absolute most on her live YouTube вЂњLoverвЂ™s LoungeвЂќ feature, premiering the third music video off the album and showcasing its tie-in Stella McCartney merch line. Taylor started Thursday off with a Good Morning America interview where she announced that she will rerecord her first five albums, whose masters were bought by her nemesis Scooter Braun from her former label, Big Machine Records, in June. Lover is TaylorвЂ™s first album with Republic Records, meaning sheвЂ™ll own its masters outright from the time of its release. Most confounding of all was how Swift used queer imagery, rainbows and bi flag colors galore, in a way that baited Kaylor truthers but ultimately led to declarations of allyship.ДЄ post shared by Taylor Swift on at 12:19pm PDTДЄnd somehow, amid all this, she had time to extol the virtues of Digital Fur Technology before her upcoming role in Cats. The numbers - like all of the 5вЂ™s that appeared in her videos before the вЂњArcherвЂќ release or the вЂњtenвЂќ dice on her Instagram exactly ten days ago - mostly teased track listings and release dates. The pastels and the butterflies seemed to mostly represent a tonal shift away from TaylorвЂ™s snake-emoji-filled Reputation era toward something more poppy and optimistic. вЂњThe ArcherвЂќ was a Sagittarian anthem released on day one of Leo season, and вЂњLoverвЂќ recounts her вЂњthree summersвЂќвЂ“long relationship with Joe Alwyn by way of the Hereditary dollhouse.ДЄnd the theories, oh, the theories! As always, Taylor has teased us with enough symbols to justify a third season of Mindhunter. Then came вЂњ You Need to Calm Down,вЂќ which put the likes of the Fab Five, Hayley Kiyoko, and Jade Jolie in a trailer park and saw Taylor and Katy Perry squashing their beef patties. First was the aforementioned вЂњ ME!вЂќ - which, the less we afore-mention it, the better. WeвЂ™ve had three lead singles and one promotional track off Lover up until now. ItвЂ™s been a long, winding, secret-code-strewn road, but we made it! Remember when Taylor performed at the Stonewall Inn for an audience of primarily Jesse Tyler Ferguson in the middle of Pride Month? Remember TaylorвЂ™s Diet-Beychella-Lite drumline at the Billboard Music Awards? Remember when вЂњME!вЂќ still advocated for the fun of spelling? (Because weвЂ™d rather not!) Hello, Lover ! Taylor SwiftвЂ™s seventh studio album is here and ready to be streamed on a platform near you. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Amazon

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