When Taylor Swift was 17 years old, she penned one of the most iconic love songs of all time. It begins with a scene-setting verse like no other: “We were both young when I first saw you/ I close my eyes and the flashback starts/ I'm standin' there/ On a balcony in summer air.” The Shakespearean pop-country anthem has since rightfully earned its reputation as a certified banger at parties and weddings, and will go down in history as perhaps Swift’s most romantic love letter in her glorious songwriting career.
Now 36 and married, Swift is entering a new era that not all her fans are going to like. Even the greatest songwriters of lore own their duds. For the world’s most famous pop girlie, that came swiftly in the form of “Cleveland!”, one of four tracks from her Life of a Showgirl encore release on Friday.
