Taylor Swift’s Beethovian Blank Space

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2015

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Taylor Swift’s Blank Space is about emptiness of the heart. This motif of Blank Space is contained through the entire piece: from the drums, to the melody, to the lyrics. We pull away the sonic structures to show how Taylor recreates that empty feeling and explores the predictable devolution of fiery romance. FEATURING Taylor Swift – Blank Space NY Magazine – Why You Keep Mishearing That Taylor Swift Lyric This episode first broadcast on the Very Loose Women podcast on Resonance 104.4FM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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