That titular syllable is exhaled breathily on the chorus and later, as the song’s intensity builds, shouted like a slur from the cheap seats.
“If they call me a slut,” she sings, in a love-struck, lavender haze, “you know it might be worth it for once.”That lyric feels flippant, even half-baked.
But it’s also important to remember where, in 2014, Swift was in her evolution.
“‘Slut!’” is not a great Taylor Swift song, though it is an interesting one.
For all its messiness, this track feels like a more honest snapshot of who she was at a certain moment in time — a young woman, wielding words, still figuring it all out.
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Swift, Kathleen Hanna, “, ”, ” Swift, it’s, Lena Dunham, you’re, Amber Rose, Reese Witherspoon, Taylor