wow this was in a review of the showgirl album - had anyone heard of this?! I had not until this review!
“Many of the songs here do benefit from following Martin’s signature “melodic math,” in which the words are required to fit exactly to the music in ways that enhance their listenability tenfold, a discipline Swift ignored on many recent albums. Still, there are just as many standout melodic hooks on songs she’s written with Jack Antonoff and others in the past eight years.”