#the mastermind the legend taylor swift everybody

[annamatix]

okay going off what i said here:

look:

1. in a specific place, laying down normally, straight neat hair

2. in a specific place, looking into the distance, hair a little less neat

3. in the middle of nowhere, looking somewhat shocked, pretty messy hair

4. no background, looking very anguished, extremely messy hair

not to mention each variant gets notably darker and darker as well

(basically as she releases new variants they get darker, she goes more insane, and the background fades)

taylor swift the woman that you are...........

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Covinsky: A Playlist

I Like Me Better by Lauv

Style by Taylor Swift

Make You Mine by PUBLIC

Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift

Hey Lover by The Daughters Of Eve

Beginning Middle End by Leah Nobel

Dandelions by Ruth B.

Gorgeous by Taylor Swift

Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears

Mastermind by Taylor Swift

About Love by MARINA

Enchanted by Taylor Swift

All Of Me by John Legend

How You Get The Girl by Taylor Swift

Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Lovers by Anna Of The North

[neard21]

2016: Albums Of The Year - #5-2

5. Run The Jewels – RTJ3

Out of nowhere, Run The Jewels dropped the greatest Christmas present on all of us with a surprise Christmas day album drop. If ever there has been a year that needed RTJ with their aggressively on-point politically charged lyrics and heavy beats, it was this year. Up to this point, Killer Mike had been the focal point of RTJ but RTJ3 may be el-P’s finest moment both in terms of killer beats and cutting lyrics. There are so many big tunes on here, from the returning call-to-arms of Talk to Me to the immense Legend Has It. Guest appearances are few and far between here and while Danny Brown’s contribution and Zack de la Rocha’s surprise appearance in anthem Kill Your Masters are both excellent, RTJ are so far ahead at the moment, you wonder if they were even needed. Even though they released this album 6 days from the end of the year, there is no way this couldn’t have made it into my list. With an extra month or two of spinning this, it could easily have been album of the year. Maybe next year!

4. Metallica – Hardwired …. To self-destruct

Talk about anticipation and hype. It had been 8 years since Metallica’s return to form album, Death Magnetic and there had been teases of a new album in most of those 8 years. Finally, 2016 saw the return of Metallica. Another band and another album that were direly needed in this tumultuous year. Metallica delivered on all fronts. While some tracks do go the wrong side of 6 minutes, every single track has at least one 3-4 minute segment that is out-of-this-world with some of the best soloing that Kirk Hammett has produced in a long time. Take Dream no More and Halo on Fire as macrocosms for the album; both are maybe 2 minutes too long and start off a bit too slowly but both end in explosions of noise and energy that hark back to the earliest days of Metallica. Unusually for this album, Metallica did actually produce 2 radio single friendly short tracks in the relentless Hardwired and Moth Into Flame. Standout track on the album has to be Spit Out The Bone which is all of the above and so much more with the most exciting and inventive solos Hammett may ever have produced. This track alone means the album rightly deserves its place this high on the list.

3. Kano – Made In The Manor

Quietly keeping under the radar of the recent grim revolution has been the third of grime’s original trifecta of godfathers has been Kano patiently waiting. Kano could have ridden the wave of the classic nu-wave grime style that Skepta has pioneered. Instead, he went in a completely different direction and made one hell of an album because of it. This isn’t to say that Kano can’t spit with the best of them, as proved in the bangers Hail, 3 Wheel-Ups and GarageSkankFREESTYLE. These were the exception that proved the rule on this album this year however, with Kano choosing a much more reflective tone for the majority of the album. Beautifully reflective tracks such as T-Shirt Weather and Drinking In The West End see Kano in relaxed form reminiscing about times growing up in the east end of London. This Is England is then a microcosm of this reflection and the bleakness of this same area now along with the country as a whole. The story telling and imagery portrayed throughout this album make it the juggernaut it is and while at times it is grim and downbeat, the way Kano tells it makes it feel like everything might be ok but a call to arms is needed. Silently, Kano came out of nowhere this year and made the grime album of the year in mine and many others’ eyes.

2. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo

What is there to be said about Kanye West and the furore he has caused this year, both positive and negative? Unveiled in the most surreal of surroundings; a fashion show at Madison Square Garden broadcast live around the world, The Life of Pablo would see Kanye West upping the ante once again. The original body of work (one which has changed so many times since) unveiled at the show were both controversial and jarring which undoubtedly was a masterminded way to get maximum publicity. Within this first set, aside from the awkward Taylor Swift and bleached t-shirt lyrics, there were moments of great clarity that stand up there with some of West’s best songs. Ultralight Beam was on such moment, a gospel record in only the way West could have done it that was an indication of what was to come. Fade was another of the standouts in this initial set with probably the best dance floor groove of the year. What happened after the initial reveal was what set this album apart as both a musical body of work, thanks to the additional tracks, but also as breathing, ever changing art piece. New tracks; No More Parties in LA, 30 Hours and Facts proved that while West loves to push the envelope he can still make the most classic of hip-hop jams that some people say he isn’t as capable of these days. Little subtle changes were to come on many tracks that made this album so rewarding listen after listen and equally as rewarding to listen to still. Even though this may not have been everybody’s cup of tea and Kanye may have made more enemies again this year, it is hard to argue that The Life of Pablo had probably the biggest impact on the music industry last year.