Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” • Page 7

I have too many reservations about her as a person, and more importantly as a role model. From the Kanye drama, the Katy drama, silence on Trump, white feminism, to ever give this song a true "fair chance".... but this sounds like a poor imitation at Lorde's sound and vibe.

and to earlier mentions of Kanye here.. I dont think he will respond to this, and I really hope he doesn't waste his time. This feud is done and gone to him, no need to drag it back to the front.

 

I find it weird one would assume she's totally at fault (or even whatsoever at fault) for the Katy or Kanye situations

 

not at fault, but she certainly manipulated it

 

the opposing sides have certainly showed more truth to their narrative than she has

 

The Katy thing seems petty on both sides, idk, it's whatever. I find Kanye's "Famous" line inexcusable though

 

its all petty... idk the Kanye thing gets so cross sectional between feminism and racism. i really go back and forth with it.

 

I will always remember when Taylor tried to distance her accountability and play brand new with how she brought the Katy feud to light and the interviewer wrote:

"Now, there are more than a few molecules of bullshit in this response. When Swift says, “And that’s basically all you say,” she’s neglecting to mention that she also told the reporter that the disharmony stemmed from a business conflict, and that the individual in question tried to sabotage an arena tour by hiring away some of her employees. These details dramatically reduce the pool of potential candidates. Yet consider the strategy’s larger brilliance: In order to abort the possibility of a rumor she did not want, she propagated the existence of a different rumor that offered the added value of making the song more interesting."


She's an evil genius like she is masterful at controlling the narrative and understanding how the public will react to things. She's so perceptive. I do think every celeb manipulates a situation to benefit them but tbh Taylor is just better at it. Also her feuds are boring and nothing new has developed about them in forever so its a constant rehash of the same tired bs and I now resent every party involved who drags it out further lol.

 

Not a huge Taylor fan (haven't listened to 1989 yet) but I'm not feeling this. It's not bad, it's just meh for me...

 

The chorus is the only part I like -- it's too bad that lyrically it's not as unsettling as it sounds when related to the rest of the song. Everything else is typical Taylor sounding but with trite lyrics

 

I gave this another spin just now at work. One of my customers goes "Is this Taylor Swift? Sheesh."

Yeah, bad song is still bad.

 

"Look!"
"What?"
"You made me stew."

 

I should not have laughed as hard as I did.

 

I actually love it. Will be huge

 

What do you mean

 

You're gonna see a lot of this slowed down chorus stuff in pop for the next 12 months.

 

First listen: skeptical; didn't fully enjoy.
Second listen: decent.
Third listen: love it.

Video is fantastic as well. Really digging this.

 

Verdict's in .... it's a massive hit.

Following its first week of streaming, "Look" blasts onto the Streaming Songs chart at No. 1 with 84.4 million U.S. streams in the week ending Aug. 31, according to Nielsen Music. The total is not only the highest for any song this year, passing the 69.6 million with which "Despacito" peaked on the June 17-dated chart, but the highest ever in a week for a song by a female artist, surpassing the debut week of Adele's "Hello" (61.6 million, Nov. 14, 2015).

Only one song has posted a greater weekly total than "Look" on Streaming Songs (which began on March 2, 2013): Baauer's "Harlem Shake," which peaked with 103 million, powered heavily by user-generated clips featuring the song's audio (the week that the survey debuted).

"Look" also launches with the top weekly download sales this year: 353,000 in the week ending Aug. 31, as it starts at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart. That tops the 240,000-download start for Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" (Jan. 28). "Look" sports the highest weekly sales since Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling!" bowed with 379,000 on May 28, 2016 (and the best total for a woman since Adele's "Hello" sold 480,000 in its third week, reflected on the Nov. 28, 2015-dated Digital Song Sales chart).

With its 77-1 vault on the Hot 100, "Look" makes the fifth-greatest leap to No. 1 of all-time. Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You" leads with its 97-1 surge (Feb. 7, 2009). Swift replaces herself for the fifth-biggest jump to the summit: her first leader, 2012's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," rocketed 72-1. (Both "Look" and "Never" debuted from initial airplay before bounding to No. 1 following their first full weeks of streaming and sales tracking. Streaming and sales follow a Friday-Thursday measurement week, while airplay is tracked Monday-Sunday for the Hot 100's tabulation.)

Swift first led the Hot 100 with "Never" for three weeks in 2012. She added her second, third and fourth No. 1s from 1989: "Shake It Off" (four weeks, 2014), "Blank Space" (seven, 2014-15) and "Bad Blood," featuring Kendrick Lamar (one, 2015). With "Look" leading in its second week on the Hot 100, all five of Swift's No. 1s have reigned in four or fewer chart weeks.