island breeze

THE KINDNESS OF YOU DOING THIS

“I think that’s an amazing observation, and I think by the time Jack and I wrote New Year’s Day, I kind of had an idea as to maybe where I might go next creatively. And so New Year’s Day was at the end of the reputation album for a reason, because it felt like the resolution to what in many ways reputation was for me. It was like a venting process, a grieving process. It was the first time I realized I could still have a happy life and still do my job even if I didn’t have public opinion or public favor. Women in music, you really see how much of our career success hinges on likability, and male artists, they don’t have to be likable all the time, because people focus on what they make. And so reputation was an exercise in me realizing that I can reject likability and still really enjoy my life.”

thinking about the evolution of "good girls, hopeful they'll be and long they will wait" to "i think he knows he better lock it down, or i won't stick around cause good ones never wait"

The Man - 2019