MUSIC: TAYLOR SWIFT, MOULIN ROUGE, MORE.

– LOVER

What does it say about us that we’re more ex-cited about the new Stella x Taylor Swift clothing collection than we are about Taylor’s new musical collection? Okay, to quote Taylor, You Need To Calm Down, we’re joking! On her seventh album Taylor veers between a “love letter to love” and being an angry activist ghosting teen greenie Greta Thunberg. Mostly though, rather than focusing on the catastrophic outcome of possible ecocide, Taylor cross-examines her interpersonal relationships. It all makes sense on London Boy, a valentine to current squeeze, Joe Alwyn (from Boy Erased and Oscar-winner The Favourite). Is Lover personal therapy set to music? Yes. Is it upbeat, catchy and gay-friendly? Very.