Taylor Swift Says New Album Will Be 'Weirder', 'Darker'

While it's doubtful that Taylor Swift will stray too far from the "putting ex-boyfriends on blast" methods that have allowed her to mint money with each new release, she says fans should expect a change on her new album. TSwift says her Red follow-up will be weirder and darker. 

"I think the goal for the next album is to continue to change, and never change in the same way twice," Swift said. "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? It's my fifth album, which is crazy to think about, but I think what I'm noticing about it so far is it's definitely taking a different turn than anything I've done before." 

In an interview with the AP, Swift elaborated exactly how she plans to change.

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," she said. "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."

Swift added that the nature of Nashville has allowed a  "kind of fusing of genres lately" that makes her "really happy and excited."

What do you think? Are you already anticipating Taylor's next album? Do you want her sound to change?

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