Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Taylor Swift is having a strange summer.
1 spotthis summer that the most hotly contested spot on the Billboard Hot 100 right now is No.
The endless positivity of ME!and you should probably Calm Down fits in oddly now.
Songs about chilling out hit differently when you have good reasons not to.
I like The Archer because its honest and tired and wounded.
Shes saying, I hate fighting, but its the job.
Its natural, when you start to find yourself on more and more peoples radars, to draw fire.
Its impossible to be liked by everyone.
The Archer is the Fuck, what am I doing?
after the bad battle on social media.
Its the moment when you hang back and reassess the reasons you treat people the way you do.
Its a return to the exhausted energy ofReputationcuts like Delicate.
Its also a gamble.
I played it for a friend last night, and he was bored by the mix.
It doesnt take off.
It avoids the busy highs of the otherLoversingles.
It sounds more like a Bruce Springsteen ballad or a sentimental Cyndi Lauper song.
Its hooky without being fussy, a quality I wish this singer would lean into more often.
I hope theres more on the album where this came from.
