Swift wrote and produced the track with New Zealand producer Joel Little, who recorded it at Golden Age Studio in Los Angeles and Golden Age West Studio in Auckland.

The most explicitly political song on the album is 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince', which she wrote a few months after the midterm elections. midterm elections, she endorsed Democrat candidates for her home state of Tennessee-her first time publicly voicing her political opinion. After witnessing the political events affecting the rights of certain people, she became disillusioned with the contemporary American political climate and decided to abandon her previous apolitical stance. She had been warned against getting involved in politics by her record label since she started out as a country music singer in 2006, and did not publicly endorse any candidate for the 2016 U.S. Ī few Lover songs reflected Swift's evolved perception of contemporary American politics. Lover predominantly consists of open-hearted love songs celebrating the ups and downs of love and represents her mature understanding of a sustainable relationship, with a bright and atmospheric sound incorporating 1980s-influenced pop rock and electropop. The love she received from fans despite her tarnished 'America's Sweetheart' reputation in the press, which ' humanity to her life', inspired her to embrace positivity and vulnerability. Recorded after Swift finished her Reputation Stadium Tour in November 2018, Lover was inspired by her recalibrated personal life after the controversies leading up to her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017). Background and production Īmerican singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's seventh studio album, Lover, was released through Republic Records on Augit was her first album after she ended her 12-year contract with Big Machine Records. It is the namesake to Swift's 2020 documentary film, Miss Americana, and it served as the opening number of her sixth headlining concert tour, the Eras Tour (2023). In the United States, it peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100.

After Lover was released, the song charted on the singles charts in Australia, Canada, Scotland, and Singapore. Some journalists noted 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince' as Lover 's most political song and that it represented Swift's decision to become more socially engaged, departing from her previous apolitical stance. Most music critics praised the track's production, poetic lyricism, and layered messages, but a few were unimpressed with Swift's efforts to write a political song. It is a protest song, making use of a high school imagery lyrically to depict the protagonist's struggles navigating through a flawed system, with allusions to a troubled love story. Produced by Swift and co-writer Joel Little, 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince' is a gloomy synth-pop tune with marching band-styled percussion and background cheerleading shouts. midterm elections to capture her disillusionment with the American political climate. She wrote the song a few months after the 2018 U.S. ' Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince' is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her seventh studio album Lover (2019). 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince' on YouTube

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