Taylor Swift Drops New Track: "I Knew You Were Trouble"

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On the latest cut released from her upcoming Red album, Taylor Swift continues her journey from idiosyncratic country songstress to sanitized pop megastar. While her twangy accent and southern charm have reappeared in small glimpses in other recent preview tracks, such as “Begin Again,” and “Red,” they are nowhere to be found on this most recent album cut. Instead, Swift dishes out generic pop phrases about a failed relationship over a track that sounds like an unholy mixture of “Hey Soul Sister” and a Skrillex B-side that didn’t have enough “whomp” to make it onto the album. Though we love Taylor, and this track is sure to be a smash, it sounds like Max Martin should have given her a bit more control over the faders on this one.

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