If you’re an artist who sat down and shared your time and words with us, thank you. If you’ve shared our reviews or tuned in to read, thank you. And if you are Frank Ocean, please stop making ugly jewelry and drop the album.
Despite the album’s flaws, it does feel like the right place for Taylor Swift to land at this moment in her career. Sure, Midnights seems a bit overwrought and over-engineered (probably with the Eras tour in mind), but it’s also a useful palette-cleanser after the seriousness of Taylor’s last two records.
written by Audrey Davis
Cool It Down is fixated on those who came before, who the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are now, and who will succeed them.
written by Erick Zepeda
And while in modern times, the tides have turned back in disco’s favor with some fantastic disco-inspired records, hardly any have taken the time and care that Beyoncé has put into honoring the genre’s roots and legacy.
guest written by Laurence Turner-Cordova
