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Reputation #2
reputation / Volume 2
72-page Volume 2 Magazine includes:
·Taylor Swift's New Album—reputation CD
·14 Photography Portraits
·20 Personal Photos
·23 Photos from the Creation of Her Latest Music Video
·2 Paintings by Taylor
·1 Poster
·Poetry by Taylor
·16 Pages of Handwritten Lyrics on Her Watercolor Paintings
For the past two years, Taylor focused on her music, her art, her lyrics and living her life. In these two uniquely different collectible magazines, you will find a variety of art created and curated by Taylor herself including her music, her paintings, her handwritten lyrics and more. This will be the only window of this kind into the creation of Taylor's sixth studio album, reputation.
Inside of the Volume 2 Magazine, you will find the reputation Standard CD in a double gate-fold holder with the Standard reputation album cover artwork printed on the front and back. You will be able to easily detach this holder from the magazine, and it will have the disk in one sleeve, and the Standard CD booklet in the other.
·Taylor Swift's New Album—reputation CD
·14 Photography Portraits
·20 Personal Photos
·23 Photos from the Creation of Her Latest Music Video
·2 Paintings by Taylor
·1 Poster
·Poetry by Taylor
·16 Pages of Handwritten Lyrics on Her Watercolor Paintings
For the past two years, Taylor focused on her music, her art, her lyrics and living her life. In these two uniquely different collectible magazines, you will find a variety of art created and curated by Taylor herself including her music, her paintings, her handwritten lyrics and more. This will be the only window of this kind into the creation of Taylor's sixth studio album, reputation.
Inside of the Volume 2 Magazine, you will find the reputation Standard CD in a double gate-fold holder with the Standard reputation album cover artwork printed on the front and back. You will be able to easily detach this holder from the magazine, and it will have the disk in one sleeve, and the Standard CD booklet in the other.
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72 pages, Paperback
Published November 10, 2017
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Taylor Swift
321 books4,088 followersTaylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Swift spent her early years on her family's Christmas tree farm. Her grandmother had been a professional opera singer, and Swift soon followed in her footsteps. By the age of 10, Swift was singing at a variety of local events, including fairs and contests. She sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11, and began writing her own songs and learning guitar at 12 years old.
To pursue her music career, Swift often visited Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital. There she co-wrote songs, and tried to land a recording contract. Noting her dedication, Swift and her family moved to nearby Hendersonville, Tennessee, in an attempt to further Swift's career.
A stellar performance at The Bluebird Café in Nashville helped Swift get a contract with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records. She released her first single, "Tim McGraw," in 2006, and the song became a Top 10 hit on the country charts. It also appeared on her self-titled debut album in October of that same year, selling more than 2.5 million copies. More popular singles soon followed, including "Our Song," a No. 1 country music hit. "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Picture to Burn," and "Should've Said No" were also successful tracks.
In addition to commercial success, Swift received a lot of critical praise for her debut effort. She won the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Female Vocalist in 2007. Swift next released Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in 2007. Her renditions of "Silent Night" and "Santa Baby" were modest hits on the country charts.
In 2008, Swift was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category, and won the Academy of Country Music's "Female Vocalist of the Year" Award, the American Music Awards "Favorite Female Country Artist" award, and the American Music Association's "Horizon" award. Around this same time, Swift released her next album, Fearless (2008), which hit the top of both the country and pop charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. By the end of the year, Swift had become the highest-selling country artist of 2008.
In 2009, Swift netted several awards for her work on Fearless, including "Video of the Year" and "Female Video of the Year" for "Love Story" at the CMT Music Awards. On September 13, 2009, Swift also won the MTV Video Music Award for "Best Female Video," making her the first country music star to win an MTV Video Music Award. The win stirred controversy when rapper Kanye West leaped to the stage during Swift's speech, took the microphone, and declared that R&B singer Beyoncé should have won Swift's award. The stunned Swift was unable to make her acceptance speech, and West was removed from the show. When Beyoncé accepted her award for "Best Video of the Year" later in the show, she called Swift to the stage to finish her speech. West later apologized to Swift privately,
and made a public apology on The Jay Leno Show.
If possible, the attention has made Swift an even hotter commodity. Her concert tickets now sell out in less than two minutes, and she is currently ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, with more than $18 million in earnings this year alone. She recently made her second appearance on comedy show Saturday Night Live, this time as both the host and musical guest. She has also been tapped for four CMA nominations in 2009—"Female Vocalist", "Music Video of the Year", "Best Album" and "Entertainer of the Year"— as well as six American Music Award nominations.
To pursue her music career, Swift often visited Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital. There she co-wrote songs, and tried to land a recording contract. Noting her dedication, Swift and her family moved to nearby Hendersonville, Tennessee, in an attempt to further Swift's career.
A stellar performance at The Bluebird Café in Nashville helped Swift get a contract with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records. She released her first single, "Tim McGraw," in 2006, and the song became a Top 10 hit on the country charts. It also appeared on her self-titled debut album in October of that same year, selling more than 2.5 million copies. More popular singles soon followed, including "Our Song," a No. 1 country music hit. "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Picture to Burn," and "Should've Said No" were also successful tracks.
In addition to commercial success, Swift received a lot of critical praise for her debut effort. She won the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Female Vocalist in 2007. Swift next released Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in 2007. Her renditions of "Silent Night" and "Santa Baby" were modest hits on the country charts.
In 2008, Swift was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category, and won the Academy of Country Music's "Female Vocalist of the Year" Award, the American Music Awards "Favorite Female Country Artist" award, and the American Music Association's "Horizon" award. Around this same time, Swift released her next album, Fearless (2008), which hit the top of both the country and pop charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. By the end of the year, Swift had become the highest-selling country artist of 2008.
In 2009, Swift netted several awards for her work on Fearless, including "Video of the Year" and "Female Video of the Year" for "Love Story" at the CMT Music Awards. On September 13, 2009, Swift also won the MTV Video Music Award for "Best Female Video," making her the first country music star to win an MTV Video Music Award. The win stirred controversy when rapper Kanye West leaped to the stage during Swift's speech, took the microphone, and declared that R&B singer Beyoncé should have won Swift's award. The stunned Swift was unable to make her acceptance speech, and West was removed from the show. When Beyoncé accepted her award for "Best Video of the Year" later in the show, she called Swift to the stage to finish her speech. West later apologized to Swift privately,
and made a public apology on The Jay Leno Show.
If possible, the attention has made Swift an even hotter commodity. Her concert tickets now sell out in less than two minutes, and she is currently ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, with more than $18 million in earnings this year alone. She recently made her second appearance on comedy show Saturday Night Live, this time as both the host and musical guest. She has also been tapped for four CMA nominations in 2009—"Female Vocalist", "Music Video of the Year", "Best Album" and "Entertainer of the Year"— as well as six American Music Award nominations.
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February 22, 2023
"THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER EXPLANATION
THERE WILL BE JUST REPUTATION 🐍😈"
THERE WILL BE JUST REPUTATION 🐍😈"
July 30, 2018
Taylor Swift's reputation album did not release with a conventional deluxe edition like most of her other albums had. This time, she released her album with exclusive magazines to replace the standard deluxe CD. To mix things up, two unique versions of this deluxe magazine were sold – reputation Volume 1 and reputation Volume 2. I already reviewed reputation Volume 1, so I recommend reading that review first to get a better idea of what each magazine is like since my sentiments about that volume are mostly the same for this volume as well.
Just as with reputation Volume 1, this magazine also includes a copy of the reputation CD with a foldable case. It's a little annoying that I now have three copies of the same album, but since I wanted unopened copies of these collectible magazines, I had no choice but to get them with the CDs as well. Also, both magazines include the same poster with an abstract background and some lyrics on them. I'm disappointed that each magazine didn't provide a different poster, so now I have two of the same. So far, not so good.
The photos included in this volume are different from those in reputation Volume 1, but they follow the same generality as those in the last magazine. You have the professional photo shoot shots, some behind-the-scenes images to her music videos, and the candid pictures of Taylor Swift just being herself. One thing I noticed that was a real letdown was the fact that Taylor Swift's paintings in reputation Volume 2 are the exact same ones as in reputation Volume 1. I know she is not an avowed painter, so she most likely does not have a lot of paintings to show off in the first place, but I'm sure they could have compiled something else to add to each magazine to make them different in this regard. Why not put one painting in the first magazine and the other one in the second magazine? There are only two paintings overall, so one per volume would have been fine. Instead, we get the same paintings twice over, which is a shame.
The lyric sheets are handwritten here as they were in the last magazine, but the songs themselves are different (mostly). Lyrics included in reputation Volume 2 are for the following songs: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Look What You Made Me Do, Getaway Car, King Of My Heart, Dress, Dancing With Our Hands Tied, Call It What You Want, and New Year's Day (a beautiful song). You will notice that the only repeat in both magazines is “Look What You Made Me Do,” which isn't so bad; for the most part, you are getting a whole new set of handwritten lyrics to read. I figure that this song was included both times because it is probably her most popular song off reputation, so it makes sense to have it printed twice.
One of the selling points of the first volume was the fact that it included some original content written by Taylor Swift, consisting of her introduction to the magazine and her poem at the end. Unfortunately, the only new content in reputation Volume 2 is the addition of a new poem, for the introduction is the same between both magazines. Again, this is a bit of a letdown, but the poem makes up for it. Taylor Swift's poem, “If You're Anything Like Me,” is a great piece that showcases her ability to write far more than just music. Taylor Swift has a lot of beautiful sentiments to share in more arenas than just music, and I hope she writes a book one day to show off her writing prowess and share her personal thoughts.
A lot of similarities exist between reputation Volume 1 and reputation Volume 2 – almost too many to justify two separate purchases if you are not a hugely dedicated fan. Even to the most devout Taylor Swift fans like myself, the lack of different content between the two magazines is pretty disappointing. What saves this volume from being a total letdown is the fact that I liked the content of this volume a bit more than the first volume. They lyrics in this volume, for example, included more of my favorite songs than reputation Volume 1 had. There was also a really entertaining caption to a behind-the-scenes set of pictures from one of her music videos where Taylor Swift talks about interacting with several Taylor look-alikes. I can only imagine how weird it must have been for her to stare at all those people dressed like her with such similar faces on top of it!
In the end, it comes down to personal preference and level of fandom. If you want the lyrics to your favorite reputation song, then pick the volume that contains those lyrics; you don't need both for something that specific. If you like the cover of one magazine over the other, then buy that one for your collection. But if you are a major Taylor Swift fan, then getting both magazines is the only way to go despite some of the repeated content. Though I am a bit saddened that reputation Volume 2 was not an entirely new publication, I did end up liking a lot of what it offered. What they should have done was make one giant-sized collectible magazine with all of the content of both volumes in it so that nobody could complain about having to buy the same CD multiple times or getting some of the same content. As it stands, each magazine is good enough alone, but they'd be much better as one larger work.
Just as with reputation Volume 1, this magazine also includes a copy of the reputation CD with a foldable case. It's a little annoying that I now have three copies of the same album, but since I wanted unopened copies of these collectible magazines, I had no choice but to get them with the CDs as well. Also, both magazines include the same poster with an abstract background and some lyrics on them. I'm disappointed that each magazine didn't provide a different poster, so now I have two of the same. So far, not so good.
The photos included in this volume are different from those in reputation Volume 1, but they follow the same generality as those in the last magazine. You have the professional photo shoot shots, some behind-the-scenes images to her music videos, and the candid pictures of Taylor Swift just being herself. One thing I noticed that was a real letdown was the fact that Taylor Swift's paintings in reputation Volume 2 are the exact same ones as in reputation Volume 1. I know she is not an avowed painter, so she most likely does not have a lot of paintings to show off in the first place, but I'm sure they could have compiled something else to add to each magazine to make them different in this regard. Why not put one painting in the first magazine and the other one in the second magazine? There are only two paintings overall, so one per volume would have been fine. Instead, we get the same paintings twice over, which is a shame.
The lyric sheets are handwritten here as they were in the last magazine, but the songs themselves are different (mostly). Lyrics included in reputation Volume 2 are for the following songs: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Look What You Made Me Do, Getaway Car, King Of My Heart, Dress, Dancing With Our Hands Tied, Call It What You Want, and New Year's Day (a beautiful song). You will notice that the only repeat in both magazines is “Look What You Made Me Do,” which isn't so bad; for the most part, you are getting a whole new set of handwritten lyrics to read. I figure that this song was included both times because it is probably her most popular song off reputation, so it makes sense to have it printed twice.
One of the selling points of the first volume was the fact that it included some original content written by Taylor Swift, consisting of her introduction to the magazine and her poem at the end. Unfortunately, the only new content in reputation Volume 2 is the addition of a new poem, for the introduction is the same between both magazines. Again, this is a bit of a letdown, but the poem makes up for it. Taylor Swift's poem, “If You're Anything Like Me,” is a great piece that showcases her ability to write far more than just music. Taylor Swift has a lot of beautiful sentiments to share in more arenas than just music, and I hope she writes a book one day to show off her writing prowess and share her personal thoughts.
A lot of similarities exist between reputation Volume 1 and reputation Volume 2 – almost too many to justify two separate purchases if you are not a hugely dedicated fan. Even to the most devout Taylor Swift fans like myself, the lack of different content between the two magazines is pretty disappointing. What saves this volume from being a total letdown is the fact that I liked the content of this volume a bit more than the first volume. They lyrics in this volume, for example, included more of my favorite songs than reputation Volume 1 had. There was also a really entertaining caption to a behind-the-scenes set of pictures from one of her music videos where Taylor Swift talks about interacting with several Taylor look-alikes. I can only imagine how weird it must have been for her to stare at all those people dressed like her with such similar faces on top of it!
In the end, it comes down to personal preference and level of fandom. If you want the lyrics to your favorite reputation song, then pick the volume that contains those lyrics; you don't need both for something that specific. If you like the cover of one magazine over the other, then buy that one for your collection. But if you are a major Taylor Swift fan, then getting both magazines is the only way to go despite some of the repeated content. Though I am a bit saddened that reputation Volume 2 was not an entirely new publication, I did end up liking a lot of what it offered. What they should have done was make one giant-sized collectible magazine with all of the content of both volumes in it so that nobody could complain about having to buy the same CD multiple times or getting some of the same content. As it stands, each magazine is good enough alone, but they'd be much better as one larger work.
November 10, 2018
I wish post malone would do the same here 😍
December 1, 2021
“it’s going to be okay”
May 5, 2023
Taylor, kindly write a poem book already yeah? (Volume 2)
July 3, 2023
Best song on album is New Year’s Day. Oh and I did smt bad.
March 22, 2023
If you're anything like me,
You knock on wood every time you make plans.
You cross your fingers, hold your breath,
Wish on lucky numbers and eyelashes
Your superstitions were the lone survivors of the shipwreck.
Rest In Peace, to your naive bravado...
If life gets too good now,
Darling, it scares you.
You knock on wood every time you make plans.
You cross your fingers, hold your breath,
Wish on lucky numbers and eyelashes
Your superstitions were the lone survivors of the shipwreck.
Rest In Peace, to your naive bravado...
If life gets too good now,
Darling, it scares you.
July 16, 2024
Not to say about this one. It’s like used all the good ideas on the first volume
I did like a lot of the outfits tho
- Some of the same pictures
- The one with the army jacket… 👏 (page 8)
- Dress on page 14: can’t tell if i love or hate
- Look a likes to play “The old Taylor”
- Different poem talking about the things anyone would think about when they’re sad and alone. But just keep pushing on because it will get better
- Back is made to look like a tabloid. Spilling secrets and exclusives
I’m also not sure where my poster for this volume went. Let’s hope they’re the same…
I did like a lot of the outfits tho
- Some of the same pictures
- The one with the army jacket… 👏 (page 8)
- Dress on page 14: can’t tell if i love or hate
- Look a likes to play “The old Taylor”
- Different poem talking about the things anyone would think about when they’re sad and alone. But just keep pushing on because it will get better
- Back is made to look like a tabloid. Spilling secrets and exclusives
I’m also not sure where my poster for this volume went. Let’s hope they’re the same…
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