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Publication: The Quad, West Chester University, West Chester PA.
Scott Borchetta, the head of Taylor Swift's label, said of 1989, "This is extraordinary. It's the best album you've ever done. Can you just give me three country songs?"
"Love you. Mean it," Taylor Swift answered, "But this is how it's going to be."
This conversation with Borchetta and Swift conveys her attitude towards 1989 and her transition from a country superstar to a pop princess.
Swift's last album, Red, was straddling the line between country and pop, but, as Swift said, "At a certain point, if you chase two rabbits, you lose them both." Swift decided to go all the way and lose the country reputation that has been following her around to chase a new pop reputation.
For her and her fans, this is a big deal because she is giving her fans a completely different sound than what they have been hearing since 2006. She is severing her ties to country with 1989 as she will not be going to country award shows and her songs will not be heard on country radio.
Country fans may...