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Ranking Taylor Swift's "From The Vault" Songs // Every Version is Taylor's Version!

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Following the announcement that Taylor Swift has officially purchased the master recordings of her first six albums, a pursuit widely publicized since 2019, her journey to reclaim her music has reached a defining milestone. This moment, along with the path she took to get here, marks a significant turning point in Taylor's career. She has been very vocal about re-recording her first six albums as a way to reclaim ownership of her early work after the rights to the original master recordings were sold by Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta to Scooter Braun and his company, Ithica Holdings in 2019 for $300 million. In a 2019 letter, Taylor says she was never given the option to buy the rights back to her albums, and the masters being sold to Scooter Braun was her "worst case scenario". She continued by saying, "This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term 'loyalty' is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that ...
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"July" by Noah Cyrus // Song Review

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Released as the lead single from Noah Cyrus' 2020 EP THE END OF EVERYTHING , "July" is a beautiful and deeply reflective ballad that blends folk and country influences into something intimate and timeless. It's nostalgic tone radiates a warmth that so perfectly captures the feeling of summer.  Written at a songwriting camp in Bali in July 2019 alongside collaborators PJ Harding and Michael Sonier, the song's inspiration stemmed from a significant breakup she had gone through exactly one year prior. In an interview with  Rolling Stone , Noah said, "I was thinking about a relationship I was in for a few years that ended on the Fourth of July. That's kind of what had been on my mind the past couple of days and once we started the words just flowed."  In "July", Noah looks back on the cyclical nature of that relationship a year in hindsight, now being able to see all that she was able to overcome. "You know I, I'm afraid of change, gue...
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"Angel Of My Dreams" by JADE // Song Review

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"Angel Of My Dreams" is such an unexpected and unique direction for JADE to be taking with her debut single, in all of the best ways. To enter into a new chapter of her career as a solo artist with a song that serves as such a poignant and defiant commentary on how fickle fame can be and opening up about her own experiences in the music industry is such a powerful note to open on. Coming out of Little Mix - one of the most successful girl groups in history, who went on hiatus in 2021 - this song serves as a bold reintroduction of who JADE is as a solo artist. She opens up about the love/hate relationship she has with fame and the industry as a whole, with such an unfiltered approach. "Angel of my dreams, I will always love you and hate you, it's not fair, it's so bittersweet, I will always want you and need you, you don't care," she sings in the chorus.  The song is so captivating and doesn't follow the traditional pop song structure at all. It ope...
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Addison by Addison Rae // Debut Album Review

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Addison Rae 's self-titled debut album is a refreshingly sincere and euphoric burst of pop, glittering with personality and unshakable self-belief. She brings a radiant dose of positivity with her music, which not only shines throughout this entire album, but also reflects in her public persona as well. She is the girl she says she is, which makes even the campiest, tongue-in-cheek lyrics feel rooted in something genuine. Addison fills a space in pop that's been missing: something playful, glitzy, and heartfelt all at once. "It's a journey, the music is very introspective," Addison said in an interview with Elle. She added that it is "...kind of a look in the mirror at myself and I think a very optimistic approach at the hard times in life." Despite her uniquely unconventional rise as one of the earliest breakout TikTok stars, Addison has managed to carve out a new lane for herself, one that far surpasses her social media beginnings. She has been build...
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