3。平流層(2017年-今) 就像飛機起飛，Taylor終於穿過了風雲變幻的對流層，進入了風平浪靜的平流層。 2020年Taylor和Kanye West完整版錄音被放出, 一舉還Taylor清白。 Taylor和Katy Perry和解，二人合拍了Taylor的新歌You Need to Calm Down，漢堡配薯條，二人玩得很歡樂。
 
一切都風平浪靜了: 所有的事兒都擺平了，所有的不和都和解了，所有的資本都聽話了，男神也來了。。。沒有人能再傷害到她。能傷害到她的，只剩下她自己了! 就像個獨裁者，舉目四望，沒有對手，唯一的對手就是她自己！強人的詛咒就是無處安放的自己，而Taylor的強人詛咒也如影隨形如期而至。
2019年第七張專輯Lover 這是一個寫給愛情的情書，Taylor墜入情網，Reputation時期那個黑化的，有點hip hop款的Taylor不見了，代之以糖果色的童話般的仙境。調色盤上所有的亮色都被她用上了，幸福中的女人真是俗不可耐。哈哈。音樂製作也是流行傳統兼備。
平流層開始的日子是甜蜜的，到處都是你是我的，我是你的，forever and ever的夢中囈語/海誓山盟。當然既然date了英國人，就沒法不來點政治，此專輯中You Need to Calm Down這首歌，是Taylor首次展現她的政治傾向： You are somebody that we don't know But you're coming at my friends like a missile Why are you mad? When you could be GLAAD? (You could be GLAAD) Sunshine on the street at the parade But you would rather be in the dark ages Making that sign, must've taken all night You just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace And control your urges to scream about all the people you hate 'Cause shade never made anybody less gay so GLAAD和glad同音，是個gay和Lesbian的組織。最後一句shade never made anybody less gay也雙關。表面上是你在陰暗角落搞三搞四，你開心嗎？說給那些hater聽的。腦筋轉下彎的意思就是再捂着蓋着，你也還是gay，就認了吧！說給gay們聽，呼籲認可自己。
2020年第八張專輯Folklore 民謠，大段的歌詞講故事。Taylor又抱起了真正的吉他，撥拉個和旋，就開始唱，聲線也從熱烈變得有些低沉，攻擊性減弱了。Taylor穿上cottagecore風的格子衫，粗毛衣，大外套。。。刪繁就簡，回歸原聲，唱着舒緩的訴說，遠離喧囂。30歲的Taylor首次有了沉澱，這部專輯質感而小眾，非常特別，藝術價值和耐聽性都很高，為Taylor贏得了第三個格萊美獎。
這部專輯也是Joe和Taylor二人感情的巔峰，Joe co-write並co-produce了這個專輯中的多首歌曲，Exile，Betty， My Tears Ricochet，August，This Is Me Trying，Illicit Affairs。有人說，這就是Taylor給他個臉，沒有Joe，Taylor以前不也寫好歌？但是，這部專輯的歌詞，被公認為是Taylor歌詞的巔峰，不能說Joe只是個濫竽充數Joe，Joe的文學藝術水平還是不錯的，甚至高過Taylor。Anyway，2020年Taylor和Joe被quarantine在家裡，熱戀中的二人小日子過得很靜美。靜美的風格很適合Joe，Taylor沉浸在Joe的舒適世界裡，她的音樂也不再爆炸，而是比較冷靜地流淌。 我本人對民謠沒啥興趣，依依啊啊唱半天，快唱睡着了。但比較適合疫情期間吧。有一首歌很好聽，就是Exile，和一個民謠樂隊合作的。那個男聲我也不知道是誰，但很好聽。倆人無比纏綿地唱着分道揚鑣。唱的非常好，詞是怨，曲是愛，愛恨交纏，完美地合在一起，有種暴力的美麗!
2020年第九張專輯Evermore Folklore的姊妹篇，也是民謠款，但鼓點伴奏速度都比較pop，我覺得比較回歸Taylor自己。Taylor發推說：I have no idea what will come next. I have no idea about a lot of things these days and so I’ve clung to the one thing that keeps me connected to you all. That thing always has and always will be music. And may it continue, evermore. 天長地久，Taylor和大家一樣，被關在家裡，彷徨而迷茫，能天長地久的只有音樂。 我認為最好聽的是Coney Island這首歌，和Exile一樣，也是男女對唱，也是唱情傷: Exile唱分道揚鑣 － I'm in exile, seein' you out。而Coney Island唱比分道揚鑣還麻煩的貌合神離： And I'm sitting on a bench in Coney Island Wondering, "Where did my baby go?" The fast times, the bright lights, the merry-go Sorry for not making you my centerfold Coney Island是紐約的一個遊樂場，做歌名就想表達，外面看起來很開心快樂，但心裡未必。 The question pounds my head What's a lifetime of achievement If I pushed you to the edge But you were too polite to leave me? Do you miss the rogue Who coaxed you into paradise and left you there? Will you forgive my soul When you're too wise to trust me and too old to care? 貌合神離的感情往往就是這樣，為了某種體面，或者不願意承認失敗，就維持着。但是心裡老犯嘀咕: 何必呢？值得嗎？寫得惟妙惟肖。 這兩首歌都是Joe和Taylor co-write的。覺得他倆也確實找死，把這種東西寫得如此傳神，彼此感情也就見底了，離死不遠了。個人認為，感情這種東西，雙方都應該悠着點，不可見底，要保持一種最後的神秘，或者說最後的自我，不可全抖落出來，有些話是說不得的。anyway，感謝他倆奮不顧身毫無保留的職業精神，我們才有好歌聽。哈哈。
2022年第十張專輯Midnights 此張專輯，Taylor回歸了電子流行風格。也回歸了老娘最屌的攻擊性。打扮也讓眾人傻眼。濃重的煙熏眼妝，流海遮住眉毛，外加迷離深邃的眼神。此張專輯也是首次不發主打歌熱場，直接就上專輯。非常霸氣。那意思就是: 沒聽過？我的歌還用聽嗎？買就是了，准沒錯! 那個不好惹的Taylor，回來了。
專輯中 Anti-Hero & Bejeweled兩首歌的MV拍的很燒錢，也真心不錯，值得一看。歌也好聽，很Taylor。 Anti-Hero自省得挺明白的 It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me At tea time, everybody agrees I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism Like some kind of congressman? (Tale as old as time) I wake up screaming from dreaming One day I'll watch as you're leaving And life will lose all its meaning (For the last time)
Bejeweled又公主病爆表: Baby love, I think I've been a little too kind Didn't notice you walking all over my peace of mind In the shoes I gave you as a present Puttin' someone first only works when you're in their top five And by the way, I'm going out tonight Best believe I'm still bejeweled When I walk in the room I can still make the whole place shimmer And when I meet the band They ask, "Do you have a man?" I can still say, "I don't remember" 好傢夥的，看來Joe是完蛋了。
最後說說Taylor與Joe的關係，雖說她倆咋地不干別人啥事兒，但Taylor的影響力太大了，Taylor嫁不出去，後果還是很嚴重的，因為她會連帶着一幫女孩子跟風一起絕戶脾氣，這可非同小可。 Joe可以說是Taylor陷得最深的一次，時間也長達6年！Joe的美色對女人來說是讓人失足級別的，Taylor也不例外，況且當年她正處於人生低谷。但是，他倆顯然是不合適的，Joe是個典型的英國佬，好處是沉靜內斂有思想有class，不好就是心眼深有手段。而Taylor是個典型的美國姑娘，才華橫溢，熱情奔放，所向披靡。他倆相愛確實不容易。Evermore專輯裡有首歌，叫Tolerate It，我覺得寫得挺真實的，他倆在一起就是這個樣子: 一個熱情洋溢，毫無保留;一個深不見底，別彆扭扭。 I sit and watch you reading with your head low I wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed I sit and watch you, I notice everything you do or don't do You're so much older and wiser and I
I wait by the door like I'm just a kid Use my best colors for your portrait Lay the table with the fancy shit And watch you tolerate it If it's all in my head tell me now Tell me I've got it wrong somehow I know my love should be celebrated But you tolerate it
I greet you with a battle hero's welcome I take your indiscretions all in good fun I sit and listen, I polish plates until they gleam and glisten You're so much older and wiser and I
I wait by the door like I'm just a kid Use my best colors for your portrait Lay the table with the fancy shit And watch you tolerate it If it's all in my head tell me now Tell me I've got it wrong somehow I know my love should be celebrated But you tolerate it
While you were out building other worlds, where was I? Where's that man who'd throw blankets over my barbed wire? I made you my temple, my mural, my sky Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life Drawing hearts in the byline Always taking up too much space or time You assume I'm fine But what would you do if I
Break free and leave us in ruins Took this dagger in me and removed it Gain the weight of you then lose it Believe me, I could do it If it's all in my head tell me now Tell me I've got it wrong somehow I know my love should be celebrated But you tolerate it I sit and watch you Taylor太紅了，這始終是個問題，沒人能夠和她並肩而不黯然失色。而婚姻難就難在它光自己好沒有用: 它必需成就自己，也同時成就他人。從這個角度講，婚姻不是戰利品，婚姻是一件藝術品，不需要最好，只需要正好。哪來的正好啊？當然需要尋找，但更重要的，就是妥協。妥協不是湊合將就，不是委屈求全。妥協是一種藝術，懂得優雅地妥協的人，才會優雅的生活。從不妥協的Taylor這次真的遇上對手了，那個對手正是成就她至今的，那個無比優秀，無比能打，百戰不殆的，她自己。 *** *** *** *** *** Taylor一路走來，十張專輯，我們見證了她的成長和喜怒哀樂。想起另一位天才Avril Lavigne，同樣才華橫溢，年少成名，同樣剛正不阿，衝鋒陷陣。。。但Taylor比她走得更久，Taylor的命是很硬的。祝福她，祝福所有真誠對待自己的人。
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