“It’s hell on earth to be heavenly.”
How to break the silent-movie internet? Get Taylor Swift to write about one of the greatest stars of the cinematic jazz age. Better yet, get her to tease the track title ahead of time so that the web can be filled with clickbait speculation and “Everything you need to know” filler articles for weeks in advance of the album’s arrival.
But now, The Tortured Poets Department, Swift’s 11th studio album, has been released, and we can all brew ourselves a coffee, relax and listen to ‘Clara Bow’.