Taylor Swift Song of the Week: “I Know Places”
By Kara Johnson
Taylor Swift’s 1989 is pop perfection and it’s hard to pick just one song to take reign over the rest. But, for our Song of the Week, there could only be one.
One of the most underrated songs on 1989 is now our Song of the Week. “I Know Places” is filled with genius production, a solid storyline and incredible vocals by Swift herself. The track was written by Swift and Ryan Tedder (One Republic) and is the tenth track on the album.
Swift’s experience with writing “I Know Places” was very organic, and she explains the process during a Grammy Pro video where the songstress explains the process behind each track on the album. Needless to say, her process behind “I Know Places” in particular is amazing, and it’s certainly a track everyone can relate to.
"“I had this idea of like, you know, when you’re in love — along the lines of ‘Out of the Woods’ — it’s very precious, it’s fragile. As soon as the world gets ahold of it, whether it’s your friends or people around town hear about it … it’s kind of like the first thing people want to do when they hear that people are in love is just kind of try to ruin it, if they’re not the greatest human beings,” -Taylor Swift"
The song gives off a type of urgency, which goes effortlessly with the storyline. Swift has a skill of making her songs sounds exactly how you would feel if you were in the story, and “I Know Places” is definitely no exception to that rule.
"“I kind of was in a place where I was like, ‘No one is gonna sign up for this. There are just too many cameras pointed at me. There are too many ridiculous elaborations on my life. It’s just not ever gonna work,’” Swift admits. “But I decided to write a love song, just kind of like, ‘What would I say if I met someone really awesome and they were like, hey, I’m worried about all this attention you get?’ So I wrote this song called ‘I Know Places’ about, like, ‘Hey, I know places we can hide. We could outrun them.’”- Taylor Swift"
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