"You must calm down" by Taylor Swift Review

In her latest decree, Glenda the Good Witch, of the current pop, Taylor Swift asked an anonymous group of online foes to "calm down." If this seems like a useless call in the middle of all that is screwed up about social media, it is. But since she's abducted her Reputation Wicked costume, Swift is about spreading self-love, touting the joys of spelling and rain in the mud of the rainbow. in the Lover era of the album, she would have publish an anti-bullying ally hymn so positive that it's almost annoying.

Basically, "You must calm down" is well-intentioned. Yes, of course, it is good to take the high road, kill them with kindness and other clichés that moms like to tell tweens. But Swift aggressively avoids anything that is more nuanced, adopting the Internet to fight the enemies of the Internet. "You shoot me as if it's Boss," she says with all the talent of someone who's just been listening to a rap song for the first time. In an effort to "wipe out enemies" and demonstrate resilience, she reveals none of the uncertainties and vulnerability that were previously at the heart of her writing. Instead, the words are written with the energy of an emoji to paint nails and delivered with a plastic smile.

Swift dedicates the second half of the song to prove his ally to the gay community, which deserves again some the accessories. But her way of showing off her alliance is disconcerting: "Why be angry, while you can be GLAAD," she sings, reinforcing the LGBTQ-centric media organization, while parrying a literal slogan to Tupperware. And when she says "the shadow never made people less cheerful", she adopts a slang with strange black origins in order to create a moment of falling from the mic, but ends up sounding like another company proving that she is "championed for the cause" during Pride. Month. All this, combined with a hook composed mainly of vowels, gives a song at once disconcerting and disappointing. "You must calm down" is like one of those sophisticated unicorn cupcakes, an incredibly cute confection designed to distract you from the fact that it's a poor dessert. I can not think of anything that I would rather buy less.