Swift teamed up with pop-production masters Max Martin and Shellback to create this synth-pop masterpiece that is so rock-solid even Swift can't keep herself from referencing it in later works. 'Style' as GQ's Jay Willis puts it, is a 'fatalistic, vaguely noir-ish account of young love in turmoil.' Song highlight: Every single line is perfect, but especially this one: 'Nothing safe is worth the drive.'

In my humble opinion, no one talks about 'Treacherous' enough, which is a damn shame because it's one of Swift's best - and sexiest - songs of all time. This song has everything you could ever want from a Swiftian love song: there's tension in the opening line ('Put your lips close to mine / As long as they don't touch) car imagery that leads back to her lover ('Two headlights shine through the sleepless night / And I will get you, and get you alone) impactful line changes ('This slope is treacherous / This path is reckless' becomes 'This hope is treacherous / This daydream is dangerous') and one of the tightest couplets of her career ('And I'll do anything you say / If you say it with your hands / And I'd be smart to walk away / But you're quicksand).Īll of that adds up to it being a brilliantly written song that exemplifies exactly why Swift is one of the best songwriters of her generation. I'm sorry, but 'And all we are is skin and bone / Trained to get along / Forever going with the flow / But you're friction,' is quite possibly the most poetic line about sex that I've ever heard in my entire life and lyrics like 'I don't want you like a best friend' and 'Scratches down your back now' just simply do not compare. When 'Reputation' came out in 2017, everyone from my own friends to the most devout Swifties had thoughts about how she included songs about sex like 'Dress' and 'So It Goes…' This solidified what I already knew: everyone slept so hard on 2012's 'Treacherous.' 'Treacherous' is the third song on 'Red.' Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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