Taylor Swift reputation

4 stars out of 5 -- "REPUTATION is her most intimate album -- a song cycle about how it feels when you stop chasing romance and start letting your life happen. As one of the all-time great pop masterminds, she's trying something new, as she always does."
"Swift constantly refers back to the grand implications of its title, but never has she sounded freer than she does here, a self-styled villain biting the forbidden fruit of gossip and letting its juices run down her neck."
"['New Year's Day' is] an intimate, infinitely tender ballad plinked out on bare piano notes with a sweeping roundelay chorus."
Clash (Magazine) - "The quiet but stark simplicity of ballad 'New Year's Day' borne out of navigating a not-so-secret relationship amidst the gluttony of celebrity life, a highlight."