![]() ![]() “I was getting my ideas the same way I always did and then a few months in they started coming to me as pop melodies and I could not fight it and I just embraced it,” Taylor explained in an interview with Grammy Pro. Swift, pop country sensation, at the time had only produced country albums but when she began to create RED she started to experiment with pop music. A girl from Nashville starts to sing “I remember when we broke up – the first time / saying this is it, I’ve had enough – because like / we hadn’t seen each other in a month – when you, said you, needed space – what ” and the Hollywood stars aligned at the voice of a new crossover hit song. This caught the attention of pretty much the entire world, including the country and pop music genres. ![]() The song begins with a hard-to-ignore poppy undertone categorized by its very synthesized guitar playing that obviously has the help of computer-generation (think the chorus of “Like A Prayer” by Madonna). This new sound is most prevalent in “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and has created quite the controversy on what is and what isn’t country music – with Swift in the hot seat. This era, if you will, of Taylor Swift’s career was focused around creating a new sound. The song was an instant success with her fans (I being one of them). Swift’s goodbye-boy song also made its way to Time magazine’s Top 10 Songs of 2012, a list noted to be the best songs put out that year. ![]() The song was her first to peak at number one on Billboard Hot 100 and also topped Billboard’s Top Country Songs for nine consecutive weeks. Swift’s charismatic voice and slightly sassy conversational tone rule this song, proving that the boy who treated her wrong won’t ever be back in her life. In 2012, Taylor Swift set the record for the most digital sales of a song by a woman with her single “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” The hit single from Swift’s fourth album RED, is a song that bids adieu to an ex-lover, Swift promises that they won’t ever be getting back together…like ever. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (2012) – Taylor Swift ![]()
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