KARMA

***KARMA*** is the sixth studio album by the American singer song-writer Taylor Swift. The album was released July 15th 2016, through Big Machine Records (replacing 'reputation'). In this album, Swift walks away from the 80's-inspired synth-pop from her previous album '1989' and plays with different genres, including rock, pop-punk, pop-rock, alt-pop, alt-rock, electro-pop, folk-rock, trap and experimental music.

## General information

### Genre

Rock, pop-punk, pop-rock, alt-pop, electro-pop, alt-rock, folk-rock, trap, experimental

### Producer(s)

Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Liam Howe, Rick Nowels

## Singles

1. "Spotlight"
Released: April 15th
2. "Kissing Strangers (ft. Miley Cyrus & Hayley Williams)"
Released: May 13th
3. "Getaway Car"
Released: June 17th
4. "Wild Side (ft. Drake)"
Released: July 15th
5. "Delicate"
Released: August 12th

## Promotional Singles

1. "Spotlight"

2. "Kissing Strangers (ft. Miley Cyrus & Hayley Williams)"

3. "Getaway Car"

The album is composed by thirteen songs in the standard edition, and sixteen in the deluxe edition. Some of these songs feature artists like Miley Cyrus and Hayley Williams, The Weeknd, Drake, Stevie Nicks and Lana Del Rey. It was mostly written by Swift, but with some songs written with the help of Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Shellback and Ryan Tedder. The album was produced by, like her previous work, Jack Antonoff and Max Martin, but also with some new people, like Liam Howe and Rick Nowels. Lyrically, the album touches on themes Swift has never experimented with: fame, revenge, infidelity and revelry.

## Background

After her most successful era '1989', an era where she shared a lot of her life through social media, she disappeared completely for a couple of months. Some time after this sudden disapparition that sparkled lots of conversations about Swift, some strange signs in New York City started to appear. They showed the letter 'K' with the messages "TS6" and "7/15" on both sides and a black background. A couple of weeks after this, the same sign but this time with an 'A' appeared in London. Later, an 'R' sign appeared in Los Angeles. Then an 'M' sign in Miami and, to conclude, another 'A' sign in Nashville. These letter spelled the name of the album, and confirmed the theories that fans had been creating over the last weeks.

## Singles

### Singles

* The first and lead single of the album, 'Spotlight', was released April 15th.
* The second single of the album, 'Kissing Strangers (ft. Miley Cyrus & Hayley Williams)', was released May 13th.
* The third single, 'Getaway Car', was released June 17th.
* The fourth single, 'Wild Side (ft. Drake)', was released July 15th.
* The fifth single, 'Delicate', was released August 12th.

### Promotional singles

* 'Spotlight' was the first promotional and lead single for 'KARMA'
* 'Kissing Strangers (ft. Miley Cyrus & Hayley Williams)' was the second promotional single for 'KARMA'
* 'Getaway Car' was the third and last promotional single for 'KARMA'

## Critical Reception

The album aesthetic and sound, that had never been seen by Swift, surprised fans and various magazines. "'KARMA' feels like Swift shedding her skin to show us her real self through sounds never heard before in her repertoire", said Rolling Stone Magazine. Some people loved this new Taylor era, the edgyness and darkness of the aesthetic and the new rock sounds heard in her new music, but some people thought that the new style was forced and was just used for Swift to remain relevant, and missed the hyper-pop and synth-pop from her previous works.

## Tracklist

### Deluxe edition

Lana Del Rey)