The hype has been deafening. Since Taylor Swift announced her 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department at the Grammy's back in February, speculation has run rampant: Will this be her nu-metal album? It's a discussion that has consumed The Nu Metal Agenda offices on a daily basis - as we shared industry rumors about collaborations with Munky, sessions with Wes Borland, and Ross Robinson - and now, finally, as we gather around the stereo in my four bedroom Tribeca penthouse, we get to answer the public's burning question.
See below for our detailed track-by-track answer to the question on everybody's lips; has Taylor Swift made the nu-metal album of the year?
- Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
No. - The Tortured Poets Department
No. - My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
No again. - Down Bad
Again, no. - So Long, London
Nope. - But Daddy I Love Him
Definitely not. - Fresh Out the Slammer
Negatory. - Florida!!! (feat. Florence + the Machine)
I was really holding out hope for this one but, alas, no. - Guilty As Sin?
Bottom of the ninth, still nothing. - Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
HOLY SHIT YES! Oh, fuck, my music library shuffled that was actually “Click Click Boom.” No. - I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
I Can Say It's Nu Metal (But It's Really Not) - loml
We're all pretty drunk now, Riv's crying, but still not a glimmer of nu-metal. - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
But can you do it with turntables and drop tuning?? Apparently not... - The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
No. - The Alchemy
Fighting with Josh for the aux cord now. He's trying to play Meteora. I'm hanging in there. - Clara Bow
Come on... - All's Fair in Love and Poetry...
NOPE!!!
Well, guess not. Devastating. We'll get 'em next time, Nu Metal Agenda.
