That’s What People Say

Taylor Swift chatted with Rolling Stone Magazine about the release of her new single, “Shake It Off”. The single was released during Taylor’s Yahoo livestream yesterday, August 18.

Taylor also talked to the magazine about the goal for her new album, 1989, the new style of music she is going for on this album, and so much more. Highlights can be found below.

On changing her music: “Two years gives you enough time to grow and change; change what you believe in and what’s influencing and inspiring you. In the process, my music changed. I woke up every single day not wanting, but needing, to make a new style of music. This album is a rebirth for me.”

On her new single: “I’ve had every part of my life dissected — my choices, my actions, my words, my body, my style, my music. When you live your life under that kind of scrutiny, you can either let it break you, or you can get really good at dodging punches. And when one lands, you know how to deal with it. And I guess the way that I deal with it is to shake it off.”

On her goal for this album: “I think the goal for the next album is to continue to change, and never change in the same way twice. How do I write these figurative diary entries in ways that I’ve never written them before and to a sonic backdrop that I’ve never explored before?

I’ll bring in ideas and they’ll take such a different turn than where I thought they were going to go, and that level of unexpected spontaneity is something that really thrills me in the process of making music. What if we did this? What if we made it weirder? What if we took it darker? I love people who have endless strange and exciting ideas about where music can go.”

To read the full interview click here. Taylor’s new album, 1989 will be released on October 27. What do you think of the new single?