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Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Call It What You Want
| cover = Taylor Swift - Call It What You Want.jpg
| caption = Promotional graphic for the song
| type = Promotional single
| artist = Taylor Swift
| album = Reputation
| released =
| studio = Rough Customer (Brooklyn Heights)
| genre =
* Electropop
* R&B
* trap
* synth-pop
| length =
| label = Big Machine
| writer =
* Taylor Swift
* Jack Antonoff
| producer =
* Jack Antonoff
* Taylor Swift
| misc =
}}
"'Call It What You Want'" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album 'Reputation' (2017). It was released on November 3, 2017, as a promotional single from the album. It is an electropop, R&B, trap, and synth-pop song, which was written and produced by Swift along with Jack Antonoff. It received critical acclaim upon release.
Release
Swift held several listening parties during October 2017, where she played her sixth studio album 'Reputation' for 100 fans from all around the world. After releasing "Gorgeous" as the first promotional single of the album, on November 2, 2017, Swift announced she would be releasing "Call It What You Want" as the second promotional single from 'Reputation', while posting teasers on her official Twitter and Instagram accounts. The track was released at midnight on November 3, 2017 along with a lyric video on YouTube. The song was engineered by Laura Sisk at Rough Customer Studio in Brooklyn Heights. It was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound Studios in New York.
Composition
"Call It What You Want" has been described as a "well-crafted electro-pop ballad", "atmospheric, R&B-trap crossover" and "stark synth-pop love song". Jack Antonoff, the co-producer and co-writer of the track, revealed on Twitter that "Call It What You Want" was "made with an MPC, live kick, dx7 strings and samples of Taylor's voice as the intro and throughout. Making her voice into an instrument." He also added that he was "honored to have 'Call It What You Want' out in the world. That song means a great deal to me", and recommend fans to "listen on headphones at night on a walk". "Call It What You Want" also features Swift rapping.
The song is performed in the key of A major in cut time with a tempo of 82 beats per minute. It follows a chord progression of D A E D/F Fm7, and Swift's vocals span from E3 to C5.
Critical reception
The song received critical acclaim. The song was named the 20th best song of 2017 by 'Rolling Stone'. According to 'Entertainment Weekly', the song, in which Swift says she is "doing better than [she] ever was" and details her romantic life, was well received by her fan base. Frank Guan of Vulture stated that the song "deals in gossamer and light; its spare, airy production evokes, or attempts to evoke, a sense of radiant, protective romance in the wake of a devastating social debacle; listeners ready to view that loss as the one she suffered last year at the hands of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will meet no resistance." 'USA Today' gave it a positive review, saying it was more subdued than her other recent singles, and "the most perceptive and unabashedly romantic song of the singer's new era", and "surprisingly effective and grown-up". 'Complex Magazine' had the opinion that the song was the first single pre-released from her album that was not "distressing", as "Call It What You Want" is "actually good," and also dropped the "revenge narrative to great effect."
'Spin Magazine' gave it a similar review, saying it was much better than her other recent material.
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Call It What You What" entered at number 27 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and at number one on the 'Billboard' Digital Song Sales charts with 68,000 digital copies. As a result, she became the first artist to have 15 entries reach the latter's summit and extended her record with most debuts at number one on it with 14. It is also the fourth 'Reputation' track to top the chart after "Look What You Made Me Do", "...Ready for It?", and "Gorgeous". In Australia, it opened at number 16 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
Live performances
Swift performed an acoustic version of "Call It What You Want" during a SiriusXM Fishbowl session on November 10, 2017. A day later, Swift performed an acoustic version of the song again during an episode of the 43rd season of 'Saturday Night Live', alongside "...Ready for It?". The song was also a regular part of her setlist for the Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour.
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of 'Reputation'.
* Taylor Swift vocals, songwriter, producer
* Jack Antonoff producer, songwriter, programming, instruments, background vocals
* Laura Sisk engineer
* Serban Ghenea mixing
* John Hanes mix engineer
* Randy Merrill mastering
Charts
Certifications
See also
* List of number-one digital songs of 2017 (U.S.)
References
Category:2010s ballads
Category:2017 songs
Category:American synth-pop songs
Category:Electropop songs
Category:Electropop ballads
Category:American contemporary R&B songs
Category:Contemporary R&B ballads
Category:Trap music songs
Category:Songs written by Jack Antonoff
Category:Songs written by Taylor Swift
Category:Taylor Swift songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Jack Antonoff
Category:Song recordings produced by Taylor Swift
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