![]() ![]() The actor’s also about to become a much more familiar face to U.S. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.folklore: the long pond studio sessions. Taylor released her third studio album, Speak Now, in October 2010. She wrote the album entirely by herself and co-produced it with Nathan Chapman, her longtime collaborator. That album musically expands on the country pop sound of her two previous albums, with elements of radio-friendly pop crossover that had been evident on its predecessor Fearless(2008). On Speak Now‘s follow-up, RED, Taylor aimed to experiment beyond her previous albums’ formulaic country pop sound. To this end, she approached different producers beyond her career base of Nashville, Tennessee.Īlthough Taylor wanted to experiment with various musical styles, she, as a songwriter, prioritized the lyrics over the production, striving to capture her temporary emotions. She went to Los Angeles to meet with Swedish producer Max Martin, whose chart-topping pop songs had impressed her by “how can just land a chorus”. For “I Knew You Were Trouble”, Taylor developed the song as a ballad on piano, and asked Martin and Shellback to accompany the intense emotional sentiment with a “chaotic” sound. ![]() «I remember bringing in this slow, sad thing that I had written, called ‘I Knew You Were Trouble.’ I had originally called it ‘Trouble’. I was like, ‘I don't know if we could have some kind of intense bass drop or something, like dubstep is really awesome…’ And they were just like, ‘Yes, absolutely!’ And then Shellback was like, ‘In the verse, let's do this really frantic drum beat.’ And it just was something I would never have thought of to make the beat of the verse really up-tempo, and then make the intensity drop off the chorus, and then have it build back up, and then have a production explosion at the end of the chorus. It was so thrilling! I couldn't believe the song started where it started and then their added ideas with production. They ended up seeping into my brain and I started thinking the way that I would hope they would think. So the challenge of it was so thrilling for me.» Taylor Swift I would write a verse and Max would be like, ‘This is this many syllables, can you shorten it and make it more succinct, but convey the same message?’ And I would just go off into a corner and I felt like I had like this amazing assignment. Taylor performed “I Knew You Were Trouble.” for the first time at the 2012 American Music Awards on November 18, 2012. Afterwards, she embarked on a promotional tour for RED in Australia and performed the song on Today and the ARIA Music Awards. ![]()
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