Il nuovo singolo di Taylor Swift da Reputation è già approdato nelle radio australiane e ben presto raggiungerà anche quelle del resto del mondo.
Come ampiamente previsto sulla base dei rumors circolati negli ultimi mesi si tratta di Getaway Car, trasmesso in anteprima da alcune emittenti in Oceania e annunciato come nuovo singolo dalla stessa Taylor Swift in un audio trasmesso da una stazione radio neozelandese: “Ehi, è Taylor che vi parla e voi state ascoltando il mio nuovo singolo, Getaway Car” ha dichiarato la cantante nel jingle che lancia la canzone.
Ballata pop dal ritornello molto orecchiabile, con Getaway Car la scelta della popstar e dei suoi discografici è ricaduta su uno dei brani più popolari di Reputation tra i fan della Swift.
Per il best seller Reputation, ultimo album in studio rilasciato lo scorso autunno, Getaway Car è il sesto estratto dopo i successi di Look What You Made Me Do, … Ready For It?, End Game, Gorgeous e Delicate. Rilasciati tra settembre 2017 e marzo 2018, sono tutti entrati nella Billboard Hot 100 e sono stati certificati platino o multiplatino negli Stati Uniti.
Non è una novità che la Swift estragga così tanti singoli da un solo disco, basti pensare che il precedente album 1989 risalente al 2014 è stato in radio per due anni con l’alternanza di ben sette singoli.
D’altronde la promozione del disco è legata anche a quella del tour ancora in corso, iniziato a maggio con 53 spettacoli in programma negli stadi. Dopo la tranche in Nord America che la vede attualmente impegnata, la popstar sarà anche in Oceania e in Asia col suo Reputation World Tour, il quinto con cui gira il mondo a meno di trent’anni. Iniziata a Glendale il 9 maggio scorso, la tournée finirà a Tokyo il 21 novembre.
Ecco l’audio dell’annuncio della Swift che ufficializza il nuovo singolo, insieme al brano e al testo, scritto dalla cantante col compositore Jack Antonoff.
No, nothing good starts in a getaway car
He was the best of times, the worst of crimes
I struck a match and blew your mind
But I didn’t mean it
And you didn’t see it
The ties were black, the lies were white
And shades of grey in candlelight
I wanted to leave him
I needed a reason
X marks the spot, where we fell apart
He poisoned the well, I was lyin’ to myself
I knew it from the first Old Fashioned, we were cursed
We never had a shotgun shot in the dark
You were drivin’ the getaway car
We were flyin’, but we’d never get far
Don’t pretend it’s such a mystery
Think about the place where you first met me
We’re ridin’ in a getaway car
There were sirens in the beat of your heart
Should’ve known I’d be the first to leave
Think about the place where you first met me
In a getaway car, oh-oh
No, they never get far, oh-ahh
No, nothing good starts in a getaway car
It was the great escape, the prison break
The light of freedom on my face
But you weren’t thinkin’
And I was just drinkin’
While he was runnin’ after us, I was screamin’, “go, go, go!”
But with three of us, honey, it’s a side show
And a circus ain’t a love story
And now we’re both sorry (we’re both sorry)
X marks the spot, where we fell apart
He poisoned the well, every man for himself
I knew it from the first Old Fashioned, we were cursed
It hit you like a shotgun shot to the heart
You were drivin’ the getaway car
We were flyin’, but we’d never get far
Don’t pretend it’s such a mystery
Think about the place where you first met me
We’re ridin’ in a getaway car
There were sirens in the beat of your heart
Should’ve known I’d be the first to leave
Think about the place where you first met me
In a getaway car, oh-oh
No, they never get far, oh-ahh
No, nothing good starts in a getaway car
We were jet-set, Bonnie and Clyde
Until I switched to the other side
To the other si-i-i-i-ide
It’s no surprise I turned you in
‘Cause us traitors never win
I’m in a getaway car
I left you in a motel bar
Put the money in a bag and I stole the keys
That was the last time you ever saw me
Drivin’ the getaway car
We were flyin’, but we’d never get far
Don’t pretend it’s such a mystery
Think about the place where you first met me
We’re ridin’ in a getaway car
There were sirens in the beat of your heart
Should’ve known I’d be the first to leave
Think about the place where you first met me
In a getaway car, oh-oh
No, they never get far, oh-ahh
No, nothing good starts in a getaway car
I was ridin’ in a getaway car
I was cryin’ in a getaway car
I was dyin’ in a getaway car
Said goodbye in a getaway car
Ridin’ in a getaway car
I was cryin’ in a getaway car
I was dyin’ in a getaway car
Said goodbye in a getaway car