1989: The narratives behind Taylor Swift's best-selling album

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A remastered version of Taylor Swift's 1989

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the album that sold the most copies throughout her career

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launched her as a pop sensation, will be available on October 27.

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It was a revolution in perception as much as in music.

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Taylor portrayed awkward teenagers and heartbroken twenty-somethings in her earlier albums.

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She is suddenly the center of attention in 1989

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she is manipulating her public persona and is conscious of what people think of her.

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She wrote most of it while on the Red Tour in 2013–14

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