I was so upset. (chuckles) - You're like,

"This is where it's going? This is where it's heading?"

- This is good. I haven't heard this one either.

I'm so excited to listen to all of this fully.

♪ (industrial music) ♪

- (FBE) Today we're gonna be playing you selections

of every song from Taylor Swift's new album, Reputation.

- Yes! Okay, I'm so excited. - I don't really like Taylor Swift,

so this should be fun. - (both chuckling)

- I was a Taylor Swift fan when I was younger,

but I don't know if I vibe with her new stuff.

- All the promotional stuff she's been putting on her Instagram,

it's dark, and it's real, and it's about her mistakes.

And I'm just excited to see the drama.

♪ (thumping bass) ♪ - Man, I feel like every artist now

is using the deepest possible bass.

- ♪ Knew he was a killer... ♪ - Oh, yeah!

This is the one that I like. - I've heard this one, actually,

but I didn't know it was her. - This is dope.

- ♪ I-I see how this gon' go ♪

♪ Touch me and you'll never be alone ♪

- I really like the beat, it's just not something

I'd listen to all the time. - ♪ I know I'm gonna be with you ♪

♪ So I take my time ♪ ♪ Are you ready for it ♪

- I love that song. - That's a banger for sure.

Definitely setting the tone for the album.

- When you say Taylor Swift, I associate her with fairytale,

acoustic songs about having a crush,

but this song gives me kind of a hard vibe.

- ♪ Ooh, you and me, we got big reputations ♪

♪ Aah, and you heard about me ♪

- Well, this is definitely different. (chuckles)

- (Future) ♪ You so dope... ♪ - Oh, there's a rapper

in a Taylor Swift song. - Wow. I would've never expected

Future and Taylor Swift to be on the same song together.

- ♪ I wanna be your end game, end game ♪

- (Ed Sheeran) ♪ Now well, when I was young ♪

- Is that Ed Sheeran?

- (Ed Sheeran) ♪ ...when I was young ♪

- Who is this? (laughs) - He has a good voice.

- (gasps) It's Ed Sheeran! - (both laugh)

- Oh my god!

- (Ed Sheeran) ♪ The truth is, it's easier to ignore it,

believe me ♪ - I like that one.

She's trying to go all out and change up what she sounds like.

- If you're an artist and you're a fan of someone,

and you see that they're talented, you definitely wanna work with them.

Future's been super hot for the last year or two years,

and Ed Sheeran is also super popular right now.

I think it was just a good business move

as far as attracting a different listener.

- ♪ They say I did something bad ♪ ♪ Then why's it feel so good? ♪

- Oh! Okay. - I haven't heard this one yet.

- ♪ Why's it feel so good? ♪ - I kind of like it.

- ♪ And I'd do it over and over and over again if I could ♪

- Wow, she's really bringing out her bad girl side.

- This album is almost cathartic for her.

And to purge all this bullshit from the media that she's received

over the past years, I think it's like a way for her to heal.

- ♪ For you, I would... ♪ - Ooh.

- Oh, I really like this one.

- This sounds just like Lana Del Ray.

- ♪ I would lose my mind ♪

♪ They say, "She's gone too far this time" ♪

♪ Don't blame me, your love made me crazy ♪

- A little, like, future base, a little EDM sound.

- ♪ ...my drug is my baby ♪

♪ I'll be using for the rest of my life ♪

- Not really a fan of that one.

It kind of sounds like she was trying to go for something

that she wasn't even comfortable with.

- I can barely even pay attention

to what the song's trying to be about.

Don't add this trap, techno shit to it.

- ♪ Dive bar on the East Side, where you at? ♪

- The beat's really smooth.

- This sounds more like her other stuff, her older stuff.

- ♪ Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? ♪

♪ Isn't it delicate? ♪ - Okay, that was good.

I'll give her that one. - For any artist coming out

with a whole new style, it's very bold.

And a lot of artists aren't willing to make that jump,

but because she's brave enough to do it,

you know, that's-- there's something really admirable in that.

- ♪ I... ♪ - Yeah.

- When this came out the first time, I was so upset.

- You were like, "This is where it's going?"

"This is where it's heading?"

- This is the worst song I've ever heard in my whole life.

- There's so many memes of this. - I actually like this song a lot.

- (Taylor) I'm sorry, the old Taylor...

- This part kills me.

- (Taylor) Why? Oh.

- (giggles) - (Taylor) 'Cause she's dead.

- This is so funny, oh my gosh.

- Based on the sound of this, it's like she's trying to sound

like the next sex icon, pop idol. - A lot of her music on this album

seems to be a little bit darker. - (singing along) ♪ Look what

you just made me do ♪ ♪ Look what you just made me do ♪

- I knew she was coming out with something different,

but then it was really intense, and talking about how she was dead,

and I think that kind of her introduction, like,

the old bubblegum Taylor Swift, she's not here anymore.

Look at my new hardcore stuff. - Her first album, she made that

when she was, you know, under 20. And now she's an adult woman.

For people that hate on artists for creating a new sound,

that's-- shame on them.

- ♪ ...we break down a little ♪

- It's very, like-- - There's very little difference

in these things. You could literally put the whole CD together

and it'd be this one song. - I forgot how many songs

we've listened to. - ♪ ...our pieces fall ♪

- Now it's like she's trying to sound like Lorde.

- This sounds like Lana too, but this sounds good.

I like this one.

- Very epic.

- Anything where everything blends together, the voices

and this music... amazing.

- ♪ You know I'm not a bad girl, but I ♪

♪ Do bad things with you ♪ - That's a song

that I would listen to, and I wouldn't immediately

think it was Taylor Swift. - She's obviously trying to change

the way that people view her, but I just hate when stars do that,

because it's like, you created your image,

and now you're angry about it? - ♪ Whiskey on ice,

Sunset and Vine ♪ - Oh yeah. I heard this one.

- ♪ ...ruined my life

by not being mine ♪

♪ You're so gorgeous ♪ - Mm. (chuckles) This one's fun.

- (mouthing) ♪ I can't say anything to your face ♪

I love this song.

- ♪ And I'm so curious ♪ - See, this sounds more

like Taylor Swift. - This is definitely

a little bit older school Taylor Swift.

- ♪ ...can I say? ♪ ♪ You're gorgeous ♪

- (groans) That's what I'm talking about!

The actual music aspect of it, it's wonderful.

- If you start 'em off with the new stuff,

you're like here's a taste of a new direction

and new sound that I wanna start messing around with,

but then for all my diehard fans, second part of the album,

here's the music that you love and became a fan of me for.

So she's kind of giving both sides.

- ♪ You were drivin' the getaway car ♪

- It's completely different.

It's a 180, all the way around. - Weird.

- ♪ Don't pretend it's such a mystery ♪

♪ Think about the place where you first met me ♪

- Aww. - See I could definitely

see myself jamming-- She likes it! She likes it!

- Oh yeah. This one for sure sounds like her old music.

- Yeah. See, that just made me all, like, "Aww."

I feel like old Taylor's back in that song. (laughs)

- It feels more complete, I feel like.

I feel like if it just had all those aggressive songs,

it just would feel kind of one-dimensional.

- ♪ We met a few weeks ago ♪ - Ooh, I like this one.

I like the snaps. Ooh.

- ♪ ...like trying on clothes ♪

♪ Salute to me, I'm your American queen ♪

- This fits Lorde more than it does Taylor Swift.

- ♪ You are the one I have been waiting for ♪

♪ King of my heart, body and soul ♪

- I love how her lyrics always tell stories.

- It's really important as an artist to always be creative and exploring

different avenues as far as sounds go.

- ♪ I, I loved you in spite of ♪

♪ Deep fears that the world would divide us ♪

- (chuckles) I like the first ones better.

- ♪ But we were dancing ♪ - Okay, Taylor.

All right. I'm impressed.