Taylor Swift’s Red

Mackenzie Happe, Staff Writer

October 26, 2012

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If you’re a country fan, then you already know that Taylor Swift’s new album Red came out this Monday. Heck, even if you aren’t a country fan you probably know. This album has been long awaited by teen girls all over the world. I know I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Taylor is an icon for most girls and I know a few of you fellows have a little celeb crush on her too.

The Taylor craze began way back in October 2006 when her debut album Taylor Swift released. She first showed her ability to read teenage minds and write songs accordingly with her single “Our Song.” Swift continued her career by dazzling us with her next album Fearless and then Speak Now. All of her albums resulted in a summer tour around the country.

Knowing Taylor Swift’s usual abilities to know the lives of teens and write songs directly pertaining to them, we all had big expectations for her latest album, Red. Everyone got a little taste of how this new album would sound, seeing as Taylor dropped multiple songs before the actual album came out. Songs like “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “I Knew You Were Trouble” showed us that Taylor was taking a turn for the pop industry, whereas “Begin Again” implied that she didn’t lose her country side.

Many Taylor fans that like her country side were quite upset with her pop songs, but she gained some new fans from her catchy choruses and new dubstep beats. With these few songs that released, Taylor was sending mixed signals about how her album would sound.

Listening to Red makes it obvious that Taylor’s style is changing, but for the better. She still has the ability to capture romance and reality in her songs, but her music has gotten vamped up. The lyrics connect to the lives of many people and provide anthems for teenage girls all over America.

“It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes,” Taylor begins one of her pop songs. This song, “22”, is obviously going to smash the top charts just like many of her other new hits. This week after the release of her album, twenty out of the top forty songs were hers. Taylor dominated half of the top forty with one album.

If you haven’t already listened to this album, you definitely should. Even if you didn’t like Taylor before, this album has a little bit of something for everyone.

About the Contributor

Mackenzie Happe, Staff Writer

When you walk around Bethel Park High School there is clearly a diverse student body; however, everyone has one thing in common: immense school spirit. At Bethel Park, students pride themselves in their extracurriculars. Whether it's on the court, or in the musical you can count on the student body to give every performance their all. "I really enjoy being involed in Bethel Park High School," says Mackenize Happe, a senior this year and active member of the community. Students like Mackenzie work hard everyday to make sure this school is a great place. Mackenzie has quite an impressive resume. She is the secretary of the Student Government Association, a tennis player, dancer in the musical, and member of the Homecoming committee. She was also a part of Powderpuff, where the seniors had a remarkable win. When she isn't busy in school, you can find her serving up some delicious treats at the local Dairy Queen. Mackenzie laughs, "My favorite part is all the free ice cream!" Mackenzie has many aspirations for the future. She has a passion for journalism and plans to study it next year at the University of Maryland. She even participates in a journalism internship at Point Park University every week. We can assure that there will be many articles from this member of Hawk Eye! Mackenzie is really looking forward to working with the paper this year and believes she has many positive contributions to make. With students like Mackenzie, we can trust that Bethel Park will keep moving in the right direction. Written by: Olivia Zeiler, Staff Writer