REVIEW: 'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift

I feel like I haven't done a music review in absolutely ages but I thought I would do this one in particular because I genuinely love it. I was listening to a podcast that recommended 'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift and so I searched it on YouTube; ever since, I have been obsessed, constantly playing it on repeat (like right now as I'm writing this). I just checked the views on VEVO and to date, it has over 73 million views and it wasn't even released two weeks ago. That is absolutely insane. Its from her new albumn '1989' which I've heard a few other songs of and I love as well. I would definitely recommend buying it on iTunes because its just so good.

 

 

The entire song sounds so well made; I also think Taylor's voice has improved so much over the last few years which you can definitely hear in Blank Space. I think the music video was such a perfect choice as well and I never usually say that because I don't watch the video at all. Most times when I listen to music, I'll use the lyrics verson because I get frustrated with the official music video. However in this one, I think Taylor excelled herself.

The plot of the video is about a fictional verson of Taylor, who is a serial dater and falls very hard for a certain man. They enjoy this blissful life in a big country house, doing traditional activities like horse-riding together, painting his portrait and carving his name into a tree. She then finds out that he has been talking to another woman and the jealous (and slightly mad) Taylor comes out. She destroys his car, his painting and his phone in frustration, only to break down crying. She quickly moves onto the next man for it to start all over again.

One of the reasons why I really like it is because Taylor said that she wrote the song as a sort of reaction towards all the negative press she gets about dating. I think that was such a good move on her part because she is constantly criticised by the media for doing things that everyone else is doing. They also always say that she only writes about her boyfriends in songs but surely that's the point of being a songwriter? To write about personal experiences in order to make music that is honest and real? For example, Adele admitted that a lot of her songs were about ex boyfriends and she didn't get any negative attention for it? So why is Taylor being targeted for it? Just something to think about.

Autumn 2014

Tayla xx

Autumn 2014

Over the last two months or so, I've been taking some photos for this one blog post in particular. I did this last year so I will leave a link HERE; its so cool because I've taken a lot of pictures of the same trees which is really weird thinking that its been a whole year since then. I've taken more than I did last year but I did still want to include more, but time sort of ran out. Its been very gloomy and rainy in the last few weeks so I definitely think winter is on its way. I'm really happy with the ones that I did manage to get though so let's have a little look.

I started taking photos at the start of September when the leaves were just starting to turn yellow and now, they are a very orange/brown colour which I think looks so beautiful in photos. The photos above are from a wall that has been covered with leaves; I walk past it everyday for school but it was only on this specific day that I noticed the redness of certain leaves, so I thought I would document its beauty.

The pictures above are probably my favourite ones I've taken because they just came out looking so good. Another thing is that they symbolise where I live; I've walked past those trees thousands of times and never really thought how pretty they actually are until I took the photos.

I think Autumn is so underrated as a season, it really is. The colours are just so incredibly beautiful and I love taking pictures of the trees and the leaves. I'm actually really happy that I took the photos over a few months because I just think it makes the photos have more of a range I guess.

Like I said, I was going to take more but within the last few weeks, the weather has suddenly changed from being slightly chilly to just plain cold. It's also been very windy and miserable looking outside which I doubt would have made good photos. I was very picky about what condition I wanted to have pictures from (it had to be sunny or at least not pouring down with rain). Now, its always so cloudy that any photos I would have wanted just wouldn't look good so I decided to just remain with the photos I had already taken.

 

 

Well that's about it for me this time, I am trying to write more, I PROMISE. I have a million ideas for my blog but I just don't the time to actually do it. If I'm not doing Sixth Form work, I'm doing UCAS things, or searching for a job or looking after my cousins, there's a 99% chance I'm sleeping. Sorry about that, folks. Anyway, if you want to follow my blog, you can. You can read my last post by clicking the link below:

Happy Halloween!!!

Tayla xx