No Country for Taylor Swift? Max Martin Works on "Most Of" New Album
Taylor Swift's latest album Red was significant not only for its humongous sales (1.2 million copies in its first week!), but also for tracks that abandoned the country sound she broke out with. Her poppy smash singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," "I Knew You Were Trouble." and "22" were the work of pop-producer extraordinaire Max Martin, who apparently is playing a major role is T.Swift's upcoming LP.
Idolator quotes a Rolling Stone story that says Martin has worked "on most of" Tay Tay's upcoming record, which means this will probably be her poppiest yet. RS also quotes Scott Borchetta, CEO of Taylor's country label, as saying, "Will country stations play a complete pop song just because it's her? No. But when she comes to town, her friends at country radio will come and see her."
For fans who love the Taylor Swift they hear on Top 40 radio these days, this is probably great news. But for those who first fell in love with her self-titled debut album ("Teardrops on My Guitar," anyone?), this is likely not the direction they hoped for.
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